Workout challenge next 7 days

So as most people I got a little lazy over the holidays and it has been a BLAST. I mean sitting on the couch doing nothing and eating is way more fun then going to the gym and eating healthy right? Um the answer is no. But I still did it and now feel like doo doo. I need a serious reboot.

 

So first thing first get my workout back on track. I would start with diet too but I would be lying if I said I wasn't going to be eating some super yummy new years eve lobster and drinking some yummy wine all night long. haha.

 

Yesterday I started with working out again and went to the gym and it felt AMAZING! Hurt like I haven't hurt in months but sooo good.

 

Today(Saturday)-Jillian Michael's workout because it is just too darn cold to go outside.

 

Sunday-Run 4 miles and Strength training

 

Monday-Jillian Michael's

 

Tuesday-Body Pump and 30 mins elliptical

 

Wednesday-4 miles and strength training

 

Thursday-60 mins elliptical and strength training

 

Friday-Body pump and 2 miles

 

Saturday-Yoga and Jillian Michael's

 

There is my workouts for the next week. This is my way of keeping myself accountable. I need it! I need to get back on track! I still have 25lbs to lose! I still have a long way to go to complete this journey.

 

January 1, 2013 I will get back on track with my diet. I will detox and reboot like its nobodys business. I will go back to eating healthier and eating less carbs and less processed foods. I will do it!

Fun Fun Fun

My sister Devin got here a few days ago and we have been having so much fun and doing SOO much Christmas related activities =) Two days ago we went and saw Santa. Marcus is in LOVE with Santa, Teny on the other hand wanted nothing to do with him. She looked at me like who is this man holding me and then when asked to smile she cried. lol. Oh well maybe next year. After that my other sister Aurora and I went shopping. Aurora is 11 and this is the first year she has wanted to spend her own money and buy people presents. She bought everyone in our family a present all with 71$ and boy did she do good. She had a little help since you know I used my mad couponing skills. lol. But it was really nice to watch her get so excited to buy other people presents cause it shows that eventually that even for kids they learn that its not about getting gifts its about giving and helping others. It was very nice to sit back and see the joy. The joy I feel getting my kids presents, the joy I feel when I see them open them and see their smiling faces. So it was a very nice afternoon spent with her and a sleeping Teny =)

Yesterday my mom and sisters watched the babies and let Chris and myself go out and finish up shopping and just have some time just the 2 of us. I love that I have family near that take my children and allow me to spend so much time with my husband. I feel so blessed that we get to go on at least 2 dates a month and my mom takes Marcus at least 2-3 times a month and has him spend the night with her just because she loves him. So its nice even though we have small children we still get to spend tons of time just the 2 of us.

So we shopped, and shopped and shopped and ate really bad food, and shopped some more. We had a blast =) When the kids are at my moms house they take amazing naps so we got back to her house around 3 thinking they would wake up and when we realized they were still sleeping we decided to play phase 10. This game is seriously the BEST game ever. My family is serious about this game. We get seriously competitive. We were actually able to almost finish the game before either baby woke up, they both slept from 1-5!!

Later that night we went to an event called Christmas at the Park. It was a half mile trail where they had a million light displays. The kids were in heaven, I thought it was pretty awesome. It was just a fun night. Little cold (ok it was 40 degrees).

But I will leave you with LOTS of pictures =)

 



My little Teny is 17 Months OLD!

I can NOT believe Teny is 17 months old. Almost a year and a half. I feel like just yesterday we were celebrating her first birthday and then I feel like it was just 2 days ago that she was born. These last 17 months have gone by so incredibly fast.

This last month Teny has changed ALOT. I even posted on facebook that she went to bed one night a baby and woke up a toddler. Its been insane watching her literally change into a toddler. It makes me a little sad.

She is talking so much. Some of her everyday words are: Bubba, rora, mama(this is actually my mom), dada, mommy, teny, ball, hermie, up, uh oh, whered it go, more, milk, please, thank you, Izzy, bye bye, nigh nigh, hello, stop and open.

She has almost all her teeth. She was a little bit of a late teether but she is all caught up now.

She still LOVES eating!

She got a really bad cold this month that lasted FOREVER!! I also think she has bad allergies like her mommy.

She is becoming quite the Mommy's girl. Like she would love if I carried her around all day long and never left her sight. She does leave me and go play in her room by herself and she is still independent but she does come and make sure I haven't left the house and if she's been playing she'll come find me in the kitchen and say "kiss" and Ill give her a kiss and then she goes back to playing. She just loves her some mommy. I think its mainly because her and I do EVERYTHING together. Even when Chris is home and I could leave her I take her with me just cause she's so much fun and such a good little shopper. I love being with her as much as she loves being with me.

 

She doesn't quite get Christmas but she loves for the lights on the tree to always be on, she loves finding Hermie every morning, she loves the Christmas music, she loves baking cookies, and eating a chocolate from her advent calender, she loves all the Christmas lights on the houses. Im hoping next year we can teacher her about Christmas and show her its more then just Christmas lights and music and cookies. But for now this is Christmas to her.

Teny is just overall a kind, happy, sweet little girl and I cant believe how old and big she is getting. Please make time stop!!

The plank challenge

Ive seen alot about the plank challenge going around and I thought what the heck might as well try it.

 

But let me say how much I HATE planks. I think they are horrible I hate doing them and I try my hardest to avoid them.

 

So yesterday at the gym I told myself I was going to do one and I did and now I HURT so badly. I held it for 1 min and 30 seconds. Which I thought was pretty stinking awesome.

 

Soooo I thought I would try again today and Iam in so much pain I could barley hold 30 seconds. My whole body was shaking and my body literally quit on me. Maybe there is something to planking. Just maybe I should do it more often and not just for the month of December. No promises cause I still hate it and think planking is the worst thing ever. lol

 

I am going to try my hardest to make it past 5 miles today. I really am struggling with this mental block and I dont know how to kick it. So Im downloading some amazing music and hopefully new music will give me some motivation.

 

I also have to go to the doctor and have them take a look at my leg. Every time I run I get a horrible horrible pain in my leg. I stretch it before and after my runs and it still bothers me while I run. So that appts next week.

Happy Wednesday

So yesterday's run was kind of an EPIC failure! Not because I was in pain, not because my toes were rubbing together and causing more blisters, not because my knee was hurting me but because my pants ripped in the middle of my run!!!

 

I was just passing 1.5 miles as my pants ripped right down the middle. I stopped and had to think about what was happening and what I was going to do.

 

So in true Ashley fashion I ran as fast as I could outta the gym. HAHA.

 

I guess it really was time for new pants.

 

I ran to target (after changing) and bought new pants. Not the best running pants but at least they wont rip on me anytime soon. HA

 

Today I went back and ran 4 miles. It hurt. Not gonna lie. I wish I could get passed the 5 mile mark. But I get hit with a seriously mental block every single time. Im hoping Saturday when I do my first ever long run outside and not on a treadmill that I will be able to push farther cause I wont be bored outta my mind. So we shall see.

 

But I have gone back to tracking my calories. I realized that if you don't think about the calories your putting in you eat WAY more then you should. I started off with my smaller portions but since I wasn't counting I would eat an extra cookie or whatever and those things add up. I haven't gained or lost a pound since late Oct/early Nov and it SUCKS!

 

I know right now Im more focused on running then I am losing weight but I saw something on pinterest the other day and its sticking with me and that's "you cant out run a bad diet" and its totally true. I'm working my butt off running everyday and eating like crap. That just doesn't make any sense.

 

So Im back on the calorie counting band wagon. =) Day 2 is going well. Day 1 was going well until my mom brought me mellow mushroom cheese pizza for dinner and then my sister in law brought over yummy brownies those 2 things alone doubled my total calorie count for the whole day!! lol.

 

Im hoping to keep this up through the new year but Christmas is a very tempting time of year. Especially since Chris has 3 weeks of leave, my sister comes for 2 weeks, this weekend we are going away to Charlotte for a marriage retreat, and we might be going to Disney. Its going to be so crazy busy and so full of Christmas activities it's going to be hard to workout and eat right, but I don't want to gain any weight over the holidays so I have to do this. There is no other option =)

Sick

We have been sick for the past oh 7 DAYS! I have not ran since I last posted about kicking that miles butt! I really think Im going to be hurting today after a nice 4 miler.

 

I hate when I get into a good workout grove in this case a running grove and have to stop. Im praying I didnt lose everything I worked so hard for. Running is something you either use it or lose it.

 

So here goes nothing.

 

I'll post later as to weather or not I DIED!! lol