Setting Goals

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I realized the importance of goals. Sometimes we have goals in mind but we never write them down and hold ourselves accountable for them. With that being said here are my goals for the month of November. Meals and Move blogger, Janetha, gave me this idea and I thought it was great way of holding myself accountable to everyone out there.

So here it goes

  1. Go to the gym 5-6x a week, I would put just 6 but some weeks are more hectic then others

  2. Do weight exercises 3x a week

  3. Do bootcamp routine once a week

  4. take multi-vitamins daily

  5. Have one cheat day for the week

  6. Drink 8 c of water

  7. Cook at least 3x a week, that will be a tough one with school

  8. Track food

  9. Stay on top of the house

  10. Spend more time with mom, it’s been very busy with school


    At the end of November we will come back to this list and see if I was actually able to stay committed to my list. Wish me luck!

Update… Boot camp routine

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The week is coming to an end and I am killing it. this is the routine I did on Wednesday and I will have a week ending report of my successes!

 

Cardio

 Stairmaster 30 min
Date 10/28/10
Date Exercise Set Reps
27-Oct-10 drag curl 3 12
27-Oct-10 bench dip 3 12
27-Oct-10 machine leg curl 3 1  

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27-Oct-10 bosu crunch 3 12
27-Oct-10 good morning 3 12
27-Oct-10 bosu side bridge 3 12
27-Oct-10 assisted dumbbell lunge 3 12
27-Oct-10 dumbbell front squat 3 12
27-Oct-10 overhead triceps extension 3 12
27-Oct-10 zottman curl 3 12

I cant wait until this Saturday, I am trying out a new routine I saw in Fitness RX and it supposed to be a rough one. It is interval training done with giant sets, that cant be fun :-/

Power song of the Day!

In celebration of Halloween!!!! Pics coming soon!

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iFitness…My Fitness Savior

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I <3 iFitness. It is the BEST App you can ever buy on iTunes. I am NOT exaggerating, BUY this app. I was able to create my weight routine for the morning and then email my workout log with the amount of weights used and reps  for tracking. You can either have it emailed in an excel format or in a pdf, that includes the pics of the exercises you did.

Below is what I did this morning:

Cardio 30 min elliptical
Date Exercise Set Duration Speed/Resistance/Distance/Jumps/Sets
Exercise
Date Exercise Set Weight Reps
25-Oct- 10 bar military press 1 20 lb 12
25-Oct- 10 bar military press 2 20 lb 12
25-Oct- 10 bar military press 3 20 lb 12
25-Oct- 10 barbell bent-over row 1 20 lb 12
25-Oct- 10 barbell bent-over row 2 20 lb 12
25-Oct- 10 barbell bent-over row 3 20 lb 12
25-Oct- 10 bar upright row 1 20 lb 12
25-Oct- 10 bar upright row 2 20 lb 12
25-Oct- 10 bar upright row 3 20 lb 12
25-Oct- 10 calf raise 1 45 lb 25
25-Oct- 10 calf raise 2 45 lb 25
25-Oct- 10 calf raise 3 45 lb 25
25-Oct- 10 seated reverse fly 1 8 lb 12
25-Oct-10 seated reverse fly 2 8 lb 12
25-Oct- 10 seated reverse fly 3 8 lb 12
25-Oct- 10 machine chest flye 1 35 lb 12
25-Oct- 10 machine chest flye 2 45 lb 12
25-Oct- 10 machine chest flye 3 45 lb 12
25-Oct- 10 dumbbell flye 1 20 lb 12
25-Oct- 10 dumbbell flye 2 8 lb 12
25-Oct- 10 dumbbell flye 3 8 lb 12

Grazy Grazer!

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Self

I am a bonafied grazer. I eat snacks through out the day plus my 3 main meals. I am true believer of the “eating every three hours” school of thought. My body needs fuel, especially when I wake up at 5 am in the morning to workout, geez. Why wouldnt you do it if it was the best way to stay fit and healthy? Alot of times its fear of gaining wait, but oh contrar, it is the best thing for losing weight, but only if you are consuming the right foods.

So I was so excited when I saw an article from Self.com of 3o healthy snacks. For me anything that is a list of alot of healthy things makes me smile and makes my life a little bit easier.

Below are a list of foods categorized by craving that are under 200 calories:

Craving salty?

  • 5 olives (any kind) (45 calories)
  • 1 small Martin’s pretzel (50 calories)
  • 2 oz Applegate Honey and Maple Turkey Breast wrapped around 2 bread-and-butter pickles (80 calories)
  • 1/4 cup hummus, 3 carrot sticks (80 calories)
  • 1 Laughing Cow Light Swiss Original wedge, 3 pieces Kavli Crispy Thin (85 calories)
  • One 1-oz package tuna jerky (90 calories)
  • 1 oz buffalo mozzarella, 1/2 cup cherry or grape tomatoes (94 calories)
  • 1 bag Baked! Cheetos 100 Calorie Mini Bites (100 calories)
  • 15 Eden’s Nori Maki Crackers rice crackers (110 calories)
  • 1 cup unshelled edamame (120 calories)
  • 50 Eden’s Vegetable Chips (130 calories)
  • One 1-oz package of Planters NUT-trition almonds (130 calories)
  • 1/4 cup Trader Joe’s Chili con Queso, 18 baked tortilla chips (140 calories)
  • 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds in shell (143 calories)
  • 2 pieces (30 grams) prosciutto, 4 dried figs (154 calories)
  • 1 Subway Turkey Breast Wrap (190 calories)

Craving sweet?

  • 1 package Original Apple Nature Valley Fruit Crisps (50 calories)
  • 1 packet O’Coco’s Mocha cookies (90 calories)
  • 1 Jelly Belly 100-calorie pack (100 calories)
  • One 100-calorie pack Trader Joe’s Chocolate Graham Toucan Cookies (100 calories)
  • One 100-calorie Balance Bar (100 calories)
  • 1 Starbucks Mocha Frappuccino bar (120 calories)
  • 1 package Back to Nature Honey Graham Sticks (120 calories)
  • 1/2 banana rolled in 1 tbsp frozen semisweet chocolate chips (123 calories)
  • 2 tbsp Better ‘n Peanut Butter, 4 stalks celery (124 calories)
  • 1 bag Orville Redenbacher’s Smart Pop Butter Mini Bags topped with a spritz of butter spray and 1 tsp sugar (126 calories)
  • 24 Annie’s Chocolate Chip Bunny Graham cookies (140 calories)
  • Half of a 1.08-oz container of M&M’s Minis mixed with 1/3 cup lowfat granola (145 calories)
  • 1 McDonald’s Fruit ‘n Yogurt Parfait (160 calories)
  • 1 container Fage Greek Total 2% fat yogurt, 2 tsp honey (173 calories

It can’t get any easier!