Week 2 Day 1 CX-T Find Your Fit Challenge and Track & Field

Well I am into the second week of the Find Your Fit Challenge and I am feeling great.  I have been feeling a little bit tired which I think is from the sun and the heat the past week, but I'm not complaining about it.  I LOVE it!

I am down a few pounds from last Monday, so that alone is a good sign of great workouts, healthy foods and hard work.

And today's workout needed hard work.  BURPEES, Plyo push ups and many squats...oh my!  And that was just a small part of it.  The workouts are fantastic and turn me into a sweaty mess every time.

My food today in and out of the house.  Breakfast at home with egg whites and toast.  Snack at the track with mango and slivered almonds.

Lunch...

My Cucumber, Tomato, Red Pepper & Onion Salad mixed with Quinoa and topped with Chicken Breast.  I packed it up and went to my son's very first track and field meet today.

I was going to be out of the house all morning and afternoon, so I needed to pack some healthy food and water to keep me going during the day.  It was a hot day so I made sure I packed lots of water with lemon to keep me hydrated and took some extra for my son too.

When we got back home I ate the afternoon snack I had packed, watermelon...mmm.

Now Dinner was not at the healthiest place on earth, BUT...I chose a grilled chicken wrap and I totally DID NOT have any of those fries that taste so good and 2 weeks ago I would have stolen some from my kids.  My will power has returned.   I think you all may know which food place I am talking about, and if you don't...well it's good that you don't(I think).

So while I had to eat in and out of our home today, I think I did pretty good.

I want to talk about my son and his first Track & Field meet today.  When my son first told me about that he would be in track and field, I was excited...him, not so much.  I think it was his nerves.  Lately I have had Mondays off so it worked out perfectly that I would be able to go see him.  At first he didn't want me to, then he changed his mind.  Last night he told me he didn't want me to cheer for him.  He said it would distract him.  Oh my dear son...do you know who your mother is???  Of course I am going to cheer for you.  His first couple events were standing long jump and running long jump.  Both of them were on the far side of the field, so the only way he could have heard me was if I had a megaphone.  AND...I didn't have one.  I did see him waving at me a few times, so I knew that he was happy that I was there.

After those events were done, he came up to the stands where I was sitting and told me that his leg hurt.  I think now his nerves were getting to him because he knew he was going to have to run soon.  He also wanted me to buy him some cotton candy, but he then changed his mind to a large bag of popcorn.  I swear the bag was bigger than his head.  He ate a little, and I gave him a pep talk and he was good to go.

After the lunch break it was his time to run the 200 meter race.  I found that many of the kids would look up to the stands if they heard someone cheering their name.  So I decided that I would stand down closer to the finish line so that my son would just keep running.  Now remember he didn't want me to cheer for him...but I did.  I was and still am SO proud of him.  I was so worried that he might not run because of his nerves, but he did and he did great.  He finished with a smile on his face.  He may not have been in the top five, but he did it, and that is what counts the most.

The best part of this was after the race he came up to me and told me that he almost stopped to pick up his friend's hat that flew off while racing, but then he heard me shout "GO TYLER GO!", and he just kept running.  He said that it motivated him to keep going.  Somehow I think he will want me always to cheer him on.  That is something that is no problem at all.

Now you all, or maybe most of you know how much of an emotional sap I am when I comes to shit like this.  My god, when the first 800m race was on, I started to get tears in my eyes, and my son wasn't even in that event.  SAP!!!!!  I was very proud of myself too, to hold it together when my son actually raced.  The results for the boys 200m will be announced tomorrow at school.  They also ran out of time, so he still needs to run the 60m race at the school some time this week.  After he ran the 200m, he got a participant ribbon.  He came up to the stands to show me and he was so happy.  The day was golden.

But it didn't stop there.  He was also competing in the softball throw.  After 2 great throws and all the measurements were entered, he was lining up at the placement tent.  He got 6th place for the softball throw.  When they announced his name, he had a smile from ear to ear.  And so did I.  So proud.  I'm smiling right now as I am typing this.

So I am going to wrap this post up with my hero and inspiration of the day...

My love.

Stay Strong!

Good night

Trina

Week 1 Day 5 Optional Workout CX-T Find Your Fit Challenge

Okay so I was up early yesterday(Saturday)morning.  But not for my workout, but for rather sweating like crazy getting things out for our Spring Garage Sale.  By the time people started showing up, I needed a shower.  The weather was perfect for our sale, no complaints here.  I thought I spent most of my time in the shade, but I got the the first sunburn for the season.  We didn't even get half the stuff out that we wanted to get out for sale, so we are probably going to have another sale in two weeks time.

My daughter was excited for the Garage Sale as she wanted to sell some of her toys and run a Lemonade Stand.  And that she did!  She rolled out of bed late(10am), but she was raring to go.  I made the lemonade for her, set up the table and after having an argument about how much to charge for a glass of lemonade(which ended in tears), she was open for business.  If I let her price the lemonade, she would be able to pay off the mortgage in a day, that's if she made any sales.  She is a very hard little business woman at the age of 7 years.  Anyway, she had a price of .75 cents a glass or 2 for $1.00.

Open for business.

She was also selling the children DVDs that we are clearing out.  She was very pleased with herself at the end of the day.  And so was I.  The only problem her selling lots, was that she wanted to buy stuff.  Buy stuff from our own garage sale.  I had to explain to her that we were trying to get the stuff OUT of our house and not bring it back in.

She was so pleased that she wanted to do it all again today.  Ah...no.  She will be open again in two weeks if the weather is nice.(if not sooner, she may twist my arm)

Anyway, after a long, hot day setting up, working and taking down the garage sale, I really did not feel like riding my spin bike and then doing the Optional 5th Find Your Fit workout.  I was hungry and tired.  So I jumped in the shower, which felt awesome, and got dressed and we went out for dinner.  Once we got back home I thought I can do the #5 workout, so that is what I did.  As tired as I was, it felt great to get it in there.  I did not however, go for a spin.  I figured with all the walking and carrying of things in and out of the house, that was a pretty good workout in the heat of the day.

My food and water consumption wasn't the same as during the week.  I ate healthy foods but not at the same schedule as I do during the week.  Water, I still got in about 9 glasses of lemon water.  It was still all good.

It was a great day overall.

Today is now Mother's Day, Sunday May 10th.

Happy Mother's Day to all the Mum's and Mum's to be!

Today should be a rest day, but when I look around at the state of our home, that just seems impossible.  With renovations and everyday mess making, it seems like the work is never done.  Mind you it is now 2:51pm and I haven't cleaned up anything...LOL.  Actually I did do a couple loads of laundry.  Now I guess I have to fold it all and put it away.  Cinderella, Cinderella.

So with saying that, I must go.

Week 2 of the CX-T Find Your Fit Challenge starts up tomorrow.  I have my workouts and reviewed the video tutorials, now all I need to do is enter the workouts in my Seconds PRO app and I will be ready to go at 6am.

Have a great Mother's Day!  Enjoy your day!

Stay Strong!

Trina

Week 1 Day 4 CX-T Find Your Fit Challenge

OMG...I thought I was going to puke.  The first part of today's workout was fine, tough, but fine.  The second part...like I said, OMG!  The 400 rep challenge was more than tough.  Well the first 100 was.  I will tell you this, doing 100 push ups made me want to puke.  Now I didn't do the 100 non stop.  I started with 20, took a breath, then I did another 10, 10, breather, 5, 5, 10, breather, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 3, 3 and I wanted to puke.  But there was no time for that, my next 100 rep exercise was waiting to be done.

I set my Seconds PRO timer app up for this workout as well.  I gave myself 3 minutes for each 100 Reps for a total of 12 minutes.  WHAT?!?!? was I thinking.  My push ups took me 6 minutes to do.  The next two 100 rep exercises took me 4 minutes to do.  The last one took me 5 minutes to get done with a little bit of breathing time at the end of it.  So all in all, I finished my 400 Rep fit challenge in 19 minutes.

I finished off the workout with some stretching.

Today's food was similar to yesterday's with a few changes, but I need to get things ready for our garage sale tomorrow.  SO...I need to cut this one very short today.

Must go...Stay Strong!

Good night
Trina

Breakfast

Scrambled Egg Whites with Hemp & Quinoa Toast

Week 1 Day 3 CX-T Find Your Fit Challenge

I should rename the title Week 1 Workout 3 since I took a semi-recovery day yesterday.  Ah...but you are a smart bunch and you can follow what I'm doing.

With the CX-T Find Your Fit Challenge, there are 4 workouts with an optional 5th one.  Yes, I will be doing the 5th.  If the following 5 weeks remain the same set up, my weekly schedule will look like this:

Monday: Workout 1
Tuesday: Workout 2
Wednesday: Recovery Cardio(my own choice)
Thursday: Workout 3
Friday: Workout 4
Saturday: Optional Workout 5 with some Recovery Cardio(my own choice)
Sunday: Rest Day

and repeat...

You have to do whatever suits your lifestyle and weekly schedules.  This, up above, works for me.

I did Workout 3 this morning.  At first I thought I wasn't going to be able to move my legs in order to get it done.  But I was good.  Once I started to warm up, the soreness subsided until an hour after I was done.  Then it returned it all it's glory.  Yes, once again it is a "hold on to the wall to sit down and pee" kind of day...I envy you guys.

Today's workout really worked my abs.  Even though my abs of steel are covered with flab, I know that the steel will overcome the flab.

Today's post is going to be short and sweet.  We have had a busy night with the renovations and time has ticked on, and with that my bed is calling me.

I have inputted Day 4's workout into the Seconds Pro app and it looks like it's gonna be a tough one.  There is a 400 Rep Challenge to finish it off...YIKES!!!!

Today's Food...
Breakfast: Phatsoslim's French Toast and Chocolate Protein Shake
I used the Hemp & Quinoa bread, 1 egg white and some cinnamon.  Topped it off with some organic honey.

Snack: Apples and Peanut Butter
The apple wasn't a nice as I was hoping it would be.  I used store bought peanut butter today as it was much smoother than my homemade stuff.

Lunch: Salmon served with the 7 Super Foods Salad & Quinoa
I topped of the salad with some olive oil and vinegar.  I think I put just a bit too much vinegar. It was still very good.

Dinner:  Scrambled Eggs with Salsa and Toast
Sometimes you just need to have breakfast for dinner.  And with us being busy tonight, it was a good fit.

I know it doesn't look very appetizing, but it hit the spot.

Snack: Watermelon

What a perfect end to a busy and beautiful sunny warm Spring day.  Some very refreshing watermelon.  I couldn't make my protein shake to go with it, because we had to shut the water off in the house for the renovations, so tonight I will go without it.

Well that's it for me for today.  I must get my rest as well as Rockin' tomorrow's workout, we are gearing up for a garage sale here on Saturday morning.  The Spring cleaning continues.  Lets hope that we can sell lots of stuff to help pay for more renovations.

Good night...Stay Strong!

Trina