Hi Eileen,
I actually plan what I’m going to listen to, when I’m working out.....

Some podcast, some playlists that i create....

It’s a great way to keep things fresh!

and you look forward to it!

Enjoy each day to the fullest!

Day 17 - planned rest day and dinner at Mom’s
Day 18 - 10 minutes squats, lunges, arms
60 Minutes treadmill

Tomorrow I will finish shoveling the snow from Wednesday.  It has been too dark and cold by the time I got home the last couple days.

I have just finished my first 4 week session of Start Moving, Stay Moving.  During that time I walked 5 or 6 times each week ranging from 30 - 60 minutes a workout.  I concentrated on my cardio but also worked on making healthier food choices and did some occasional resistance training.

I am going to repeat the SMSM program starting Monday.  My goals for the next four weeks are:
Continuing doing Cardio 5-6 times a week. Work towards getting up to 60 minutes every time.
Add resistance workout.  2 times a week next week, work up to 4-6 times a week.
Continue to improve my food choices.

By the way, I used one of Scott’s strategies today.  I had not planned well and didn’t bring a lunch with me to work.  One of my co-workers was eating at his desk and had McD’s.  So guess where I headed for lunch.  As I walked in the door my thought was to get a QP and fries.  Then I stopped and thought, and decided I would just get a hamburger and small fries. Then I stopped and thought again and ended up ordering a salad. 

Good job on rethinking the lunch choice!! I have started keeping a few cans of tuna (the small individual serving flavoured kind - my favourite is tomato basil), caned fruit and a bag of baby carrots at work so if I don’t manage to pack a lunch I still have something healthy to get me through the day. High School cafeteria food is still not the healthiest.

Day 19:
45 minutes shovelling snow
25 minutes treadmill
5 minutes stairs

The stair climbing in just on my stairs down to the basement.  I just walked up and down as many times as I could without stopping.  I made it 11 rounds of down and back up.  Before I started moving at the beginning of the year I could barely make it 3 times.

Alright! Eileen.....

Each step....progress!

steps are HARD! way to go!

Day 20
10 minutes Lower Body Pilates
10 minutes Flexibility Pilates
60 minutes treadmill

Today’s was one of those day they I had to trick myself to get on the treadmill by saying I only needed to do 15 minutes as I wasn’t feeling real great but as I walked I felt better and ended up doing the full 60 minutes. 

Well I found out the the lower body Pilates I did yesterday worked my muscles.  I did the Pilates yesterday morning.  Then I did 60 minutes of treadmill at night.  My legs felt fine, and they felt fine when I got up this morning.  But I am a programmer so I spend my whole day at work sitting at my desk.  When I got up after about 3 hours I found that my quads had tightened up and I had to shuffle instead of walk.  So at lunch time I went down to Costco and just walked around to get things loosened up. (and I didn’t have any of the samples).  Tonight I will see how the treadmill goes, I am going to make sure I take enough time to warm up.

I was able to do the full 60 minutes of LSB.  I did need to take a little longer to get up to speed but as soon as they loosened up my quads were fine.

Tomorrow, I will remember to get up and walk around more often.

I’ve just completed my 3rd week of the 100 day challenged.  I moved in 17 of the 21 days.

My quads feel much better today.  I am going to try the upper body Pilates today.  Hopefully, I will be able to use my arms tomorrow.

Be back later with how much I actually did.

If you don’t post, we’ll know the Pilates worked.  What’s really bad is when you work your arms so well, you can’t wash your hair.

You’re doing great!

Bree

Day 22

10 minutes warm up
10 minutes upper body Pilates
10 minutes flexibility Pilates
60 minutes treadmill

We will see if I can wash my hair tomorrow.

Good workout, is your hair clean? 

Bree

My hair is clean.  Although I was feeling it while I was doing the Pilates, my arms were not too bad today.  I’ll have to try harder next time.  Tomorrow, it is the Abs Pilates.  Now, that one I know I will be feeling the next day.

Day 23
60 minutes of LSB on treadmill

I was ready to quit at 30 minutes but just kept tellling myself ‘Just 5 more minutes’ and said it enough times to make it to the end.  That’s 4 straight days that I did the full 60 minutes.  I am ready for my rest day tomorrow.

Way to go Eileen,
Sounds like you have a well earned rest day coming on.
I’m just dreaming of the day i can go 60 mins on the treadmill
Keep it up and take care

Kev

Thanks Kev, it took me 2 months to get to this point.  You will get there too.

Day 24 Rest Day
Day 25 60 minutes LSB on Treadmill
10 minutes Abs Pilates

Had a good day on the treadmill, the hour went by pretty quickly.  On the other hand, the 10 minutes doing the PIlates for my abs took forever.  But I really need to strenghthen my core so I’m going to start doing abs every other day.

Sounds like I may get a chance to do some more shoveling this weekend.  It is raining right now but the temperature is falling and it supposed to change to snow.

Eileen.....Abs ALWAYS seem to take forever....don’t know why that is, except that it HURTS so much when you really work them!

Great workout!

Day 26 60 minutes on the treadmill

I bought a heart monitor and found out that I had been doing okay without it.  Walking at the speed and exertion level that I had been doing I am right in my target heart range.

Sounds like you have a good ‘feel’ for what your body is doing...good for you!