At it again

I know I have been away from the blog world for some time but I am going to take a shot at it again. I started working out again, so I figure I can keep a log of what I am doing & my results. And I will TRY to post some pictures of the little ones or funny stories from them. So lets start with the workout. Monday check in... It has been really hard for me to start working out again after this pregnancy. I just always seem to make an excuse. I ran a 5K on Thanksgiving and have not done anything since then. I always make this great plan of running so many days per week & then doing some other type of workout as well. So time to change it up again. I got Zumba for the Wii for Christmas & am signing up to do the Go St Louis Marathon Relay in April. I started out slow with Zumba as I have no idea of the moves. So Lucas & I did a few songs Tuesday. He seemed to have fun & I started to get a little sweat going on. I can only imagine what it will be like when I do a full class. Then I ran about 1.8 miles on Thursday night. It felt so good to get out there and run again. I also got my butt out there last night in the cold and ran thanks to a good friend and her text. I plan to run 2-3 times this week as well as some more Zumba. So until next Monday's check in.

2012

I know I have not posted in a long time and I am not going to make excuses. Because that is just a waste of time. But here is to a new year.

So I have never been one to make new years resolutions and if I did, I never stuck to it. But I am going to try this year. I have a good group of friends that will keep me on track and hopefully get me to stick to it a little better.

So in 2012 I am going to try and get my life/house more organized. I always say I need to clean out the closet or organize the basement, but just never get to it. So I am going to take a page from a friend's book (or her binder) and try something new this year. She uses a Goals & Project Binder. In it includes meal plans, goals for the week (personal & family), and projects for the year. Of course this is not something that I will put together in one week for the whole year and then try to stick to it. I plan on taking it 1 week at a time.

So hoping this works for me and can de-clutter my life/house.

Happy New Year!!!

P90X/running

Let me first say that I am upset with myself. I am not going to finish the P90X (at least not this time). My back started hurting, so I took a couple of days off which turned into 10 days. Now I am still going to be doing some of the workouts, but have decided to start running as well. I really miss the running (I thought I would never say that). I decided to run a 5K with 6 of my friends the end of July. So since I have not run since the half in April, I figured I better get back to hitting the pavement. So this is my workout for the next 6 weeks. Running Sunday, Tuesday & Thursday. Monday will do P90X core & Friday will do P90X either Cardio or Kenpo. And then I will also do the ab ripper X on Tuesday & Thursday. I think this will still get me working out and ready for the race in July.

My view from here

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to the best father I could ask for my son.

P90X-phase 1

So I ran my first half after having the baby but was not at the weight I wanted to be at. So I decided to start P90X. This is a butt kicking workout. It works on the philosophy of muscle confusion. What is muscle confusion you ask? P90X uses targeted training phases so your body keeps adapting and growing. You'll never "plateau"—which means your body will never get used to the routines, making improvements slow down or even stop. That came from their website, but it just means that you work out different parts of the body each day so your muscles don't get used to it. You have 3 different phases of 3 weeks each and a recovery week. But in all reality, there it is not the recovery that you might think. You are still working out 6 days, but just not as intense.

So my results so far. I won't tell my weight, but I have lost 2 lbs & 1 inch off my waist. I am not upset that I did not lose much weight, because that is apparently how it seems to work. The weight will come off later. If I get brave enough at the end, I will post my before & after pictures.

So onto phase 2

6 month update

This post is a little late and I apologize for that, but I just have so much fun playing with Lucas. Lucas had his 6 month update the beginning of March and he just continues to be a growing boy. He was 25.6 lbs and almost 29 inches long. That would be in the 97% aka big boy. He is rolling all over the place, but not quite crawling yet. Loves to be in his walker or bouncer. I think that when ever he does crawl it will not be for long and will be walking very soon after.

We took Lucas to the playground for the 1st time the other day and he just loved the swing. Huge smiles and laughing the whole time. And he got to watch all the other kids as well.