Day 6 & 7 of LGMH

Day 6 was just the pushup challenge, I got super busy and never fit in time for running yesterday. Not happy about it but I made up for it today. I stretched a little and then ran for ten minutes but I ran longer than I walked in the ten minutes. It felt good and I wasn't totally dead at the end of it. I think I managed .55 miles which is not my best but it is fine by me.

Tomorrow is another pushup challenge, 26 pushups I believe? I think I'm going to do some yoga and running tomorrow. I'm feeling positive! :)

Day 5 of LGMH

So yesterday I continued on with the workout. I have been so busy that I literally finished an assignment for school got on the ground did my pushup challenge and got back up to do more work. It has been insane. I am hoping tomorrow I'll be able to start getting the running in again. My arms are starting to look better though :) Maybe it's just my imagination lol

Day 3 & 4 of LGMH

So, I didn't get to post yesterday because I was insanely busy but I managed to get my pushup challenge in yesterday. It wasn't very difficult, except my arms were so sore from the first couple of days that I had some trouble. I didn't get to run yesterday or today. But I did about 15 minutes of yoga today. I had an insane migraine that is only just going away now. I could barely concentrate on driving to work let alone go running.

LGMH Day 2!

LGMH = Let's Get Me Healthy :)

It is technically 12:07 am Wednesday but I just got home...

Today was insane I went to work, helped fill 200 water balloons, worked out, and showered all before 11am! Then I did some stuff for my internship and went back to work, where sadly, water day was cancelled and moved to Thursday. Worst of all is I babysit Thursday afternoons and I won't be able to take part :(

Anyways - to the workout! Today I ran on the treadmill 10 minutes just like yesterday. I'm going to keep going with the 10 minute set-up and move it up gradually as my stamina improves.

Then I did the Long and Lean workout from the Beach Babe dvd! I loved it because it is pretty much a yoga routine and I love me some yoga! The girls who made the dvd, are the owners of Tone It Up, and they are amazing. You just want to watch them and see what they have to say on their blog, it is infectious. I'm hoping as I get stronger I can start doing the other routines on the dvd, I've tried and I end up collapsing part way through. I know it is better to do a little, but not when you can't even hold the right form.

Other than that, I felt good today. I am sore in my shoulders from the pushup challenge, but I'm excited to do that tomorrow.

Good Night!

Fitness Series! Let's get me healthy!

Picture from wikepedia

Let me preface this entire post by saying, I know, I'm the last person on earth you expected to be making this post. Don't worry I wasn't expecting it either!

As I've mentioned in the past I am not exactly a "healthy" person, and I don't only mean in the food and lack of exercise sense. I've got fibromayalgia, I am usually sick with some sort of infection a few times a month, and I've got pretty bad joints due to dance and just being me.

However, one of the biggest things that can help with fibro, they say, is exercise. I'm exhausted of constantly being in pain, and I rarely complain about it or even mention it...but it's gotten pretty bad.

Plus, I've gained some weight and I haven't felt great about myself and how I look. I'm not strong at all in my arms and I've lost most of the strength I had in my legs.

So what is a girl to do? Get off her ass and start working out!

So here's the deal, I am going to post everyday about the exercise I do. I have a plan in place and I am going to try and stick to it.

What I am attempting to do :
- running
- yoga
- 100 pushup challenge
- 200 squat challenge
- Beach babe workout by Tone It Up

Those are the five things my exercise will consist of...however I won't be doing it all at once. This week I've decided to start with running 10 minutes a day, and doing the 100 pushup challenge. If you don't know about the challenge don't worry, tomorrow I am going to do a post on it.

My running though is broken up into this: 1 minute of walking, 2 minutes jogging (3mph), 4 minutes of running (4mph), 2 minutes of jogging, and 1 minute of walking. 10 minutes may seem wimpy and 4mph may not seem that fast...but hey, I have to start with baby steps!

Happy fitness!