The Progressive Workout Plan

Chris sent me a link the other day and asked me to start doing this program with him. It is a really good idea.

http://www.thebuzzmedia.com/workout-program-for-people-that-hate-working-out/

The gist of the workout program is that you start it out super slow and easy. You choose your workout. I call it the progressive work out plan, because you add just 1 thing per week. This week I added my second exercise. So far this plan is working out good.

Here is an excerpt from the article:

“The Basics

The gist of the workout is 3 parts:

1.     Start with a painfully easy workout, like “1 pushup” or “2 squats”, that’s it. Be sure to pick an exercise you like (or can tollerate in small doses).

2.     Do it every day for 1 week.

3.     Every 7 days, add something new (but simple) to the workout and keep doing it for the next week.”

The article is called “Workout Program For People That Hate Working Out.” Now don’t get me wrong, I don’t hate working out, I actually love it, but have a hard time working it into my life every day. I also have a hard time motivating myself to get going on my work out every day. So far with this work out I haven’t had any problems and I get to really think about what my lifelong work out plan is going to be.

Progress

After my first week of WW I have lost 5.8 pounds! Celebrate, yay!! I am so excited. It is added motivation to keep it up. It's different and hard at times. The biggest part is keeping track of my meals and portion control. That's what I am working on and want to do to form a healthier habit. I am making different choices and feeling more accountable for them. It's not like I got this way overnight and it will take a consistent effort on my part to do it and do it right! Lots more to go but it feels good.

The next thing is to figure out when I can get some regular exercise sessions in. My days off seem so full of everything, I just need to "schedule" the time and do it! I am not a morning person but it would be best if I did a swim at 5am....yaaaawwwnnnn!! A girl can dream....:)

Happy New Year 2011

So I finally did it, I joined Weight Watchers. I attended my first meeting today and invested in some good tools that will help! My biggest problem has been portions. Now that I am with WW, I feel more accountable. Paul and Bulla have been super duper supportive. My plan is to attend a meeting every Friday because I usually have that day off. There is a place in NE Portland that I attended and met some really nice people. So, its all good. One day at a time. I feel that will keep my goals in perspective. Seeing the small picture to achieve the big picture is the key for me!! I will try to keep you all update. If anyone else is joining, let me know. It would be nice if we lived closer together to be walking buddies but this will have to do for now.

I love you all and I hope that we will all achieve our goals...mind, body, and spirit!!!

My short Term Goal

I have a goal.  My long term goal is to get to a healthy weight, I'm reaching for 150lbs.  This means I need to lose...about 86lbs.  I know that if you don't set smaller short term goals that losing that amount of weight can be over whelming and one can easily lose sight or give up their goal.  Today I decided to focus on short term goals that will bring my to my long term goal in time.  I plan on losing 8lbs by Christmas.  This means I have 2lbs per week to lose.

What am I going to do, or how am I going about doing this?

Well, I have decided that I can plan a rough schedule and hope that Elyas cooperates, if not then whenever I get a chance to exercise I will.  The plan is that I will wake up around 6ish AM after feeding Elyas and go do my belly dance routine.  At noonish after lunch I will take Elyas for a walk, but if the weather is too bad then I will do mommy and me exercises with Elyas (yoga, etc).

Finally, in the evenings, before I go to sleep (hahahahaha, sleep), I will do a relaxing yoga routine and meditate.

I plan on eating healthy, pretty much following the food pyramid, except I will be cutting dairy out (I think Elyas is allergic or sensitive to dairy).

That is how I plan on losing my 8lbs by Christmas.

I honestly will be happy if Elyas lets me exercise once per day, but we will see what happens :)

Hope all of you and your health goals are going well.  Please let me know what you plan on doing this holiday season to stay healthy and fit.

Love Ya!

Kim

Baby Steps

Keep it going. One day, one step at a time.

I have been sick all week, it just won't go away. I hope to be able to get some exercise next week!

I was reading something the other day about starting up easy and doing one change at a time. Exercise for a couple of weeks or so then work on changing your diet from there or vice versa. The thinking behind this is that your body gets "stressed out" when things change. This way, your body gets used to one change at a time and is more willing to better adjust to your change of habits to help them become more permanent, a part of your new self. Reflecting on this thinking, it makes sense to me. My plan is to work up the momentum, do a bit at a time, it will all add up in the end!