Days 6(Sat) & 7(Sun)

Saturday was my off day! Yep, I took it off completely...not even counting house-cleaning as work!

Sunday: Excercise: 4 1/2 mile Run 40min. Time change! How do I feel about that? eh..yay and nay...Haley goes to sleep earlier which is kinda nice..Me? I just get up earlier..and I hate it dark earlier..drives me nuts. But, part of the cycle, so I'll go w/it!

Morning started out great, went for a nice run this A.M., nothing like stepping out in that brisk air early on a Sunday morning..just u, God, and a few Saturday night leftovers roaming the streets..ahh...So I'm jogging along my new fave route, down to the cemetary..I find myself eager to get there?? It's like my peaceful resort of running haven..Someone/something speaks to me there..things become a little clearer..So, I do loops until I feel compelled to move on down the street..Then it's back up the hill for a "u can do it, don't stop, don't stop.." pounding in my head as I thrush to the top..If we don't push ourselves we will never know our true strengths..That, and it will take longer to get back home, lol..if I stop...So, lot's of things go through my head as always but I enjoy my morning run and only wish it were beginning as soon as it's ending...

Time to get ready for church..No matter how much extra time I have this morning, I still somehow manage to run behind..It's ok, Im not the only one..Church was great today! Dean's message was awesome!
Challenge Party at 2:00, thankful for good friends, mentors, and fellowship! Tried the apple pie shake which was de-vine!! Think I will be having that a couple times this week!! Amazing relationships are formed and are forming through Visalus and I know if we all can spread the word it can only get better! It is truly a great product and will change ur life if u let it!

Day 5: Lower Body Workout

Day 5 of the Challenge/ 11/4/11 Friday Time: 9:45-10:50 Cardio time: 20min eliptical, with remaining workout lower body

Mood: Ready to workout!!! Leg Days Rule!! Feeling Awesome!

Lower body consisted of: Deadlifts, leg press, dumbell lunges, seated calf raises, dumbbell shrugs, decine crunches, and hyperextensions..wow, love the hyperextensions!
Note: shrugs make me giggle :D, nose goes up, lol

Aware of needing some lifting gloves..hands are getting callouses! ick! ok, ya, i'm totally being a girl, but...well..it kinda hurts..

As of diet today..Breakfast consisted of cup of coffee, 1/2 english muffin w/pb
Lunch was a blueberry/strawberry shake
Dinner: pasta w/light meat sauce, garlic toast, and side salad..
snack of a fruit n nut bar

Need to focus on eating behavior better!

Day 4: 11/3/11 Upper Body Time 4:45pm-5:50pm

Weight: 113.7 Location: The Gym Cardio: 1 hr. teaching zumba class Gym time: Upper Body time 1hr. 5min.
Mood: Great! :) Was in an awesome mood going in, felt even better as I was doing workout, estatic by the end, could Par-tay'd!

Upper Body today consisted of:
Dips, Pullups (which improvised w/lat pulldowns), lateral raises, triceps pushdowns, and cable curls

Def enough recovery from Monday's upper workout for todays..lovin it, def testing different muscle groups, noticing small definition improvement already.
Food/nutrition:
Breakfast: english muffin w/2tbs peanut butter, cup of black coffee
Snack: bananna
Lunch: McD's: (don't freak out) McDouble, sm fry, side salad w/tbs ranch dressing (desperate times call for desperate measures)
Post workout: Blueberry/Strawberry Vi-Shape Shake
Dinner: turkey sausage, 2egg omelet w/green pepper n light ham, pepper jack cheese lightly
couple tbs. of chunky peanut butter (thanks to Haley :))

added on abs tonight: 4x 3type (20,20,40) with change up of full sit ups/reg lift....also add on of 100 full out sit ups..

Day 3: 11/2/11 Off day, but not really

So today was supposed to be my "off" day, which I did lay off on the lifting, however...I could not resist the urge to get outside for a run..it was just way too pretty of a day not to enjoy it! I thought I would do an easy 3 1/2 miles around the neighborhood..nothing major...that turned into a 4.7 miler, felt like I was just hitting a good cadence by then..but, had to cut it off..duties called..A lot can cross ones mind as they run..maybe it's the places they run, or the places they let their mind run to...One of my favorite places to run is through the cemetary. Makes u realize how fortunate you are for every breathe you get to take, every step, time that is spent on this earth..how we all can do something to help someone...live today..really LIVE...Continuing on through town I imagine others joining in with me one by one, uniting on the uneven pavements...Everyone moving, smiling in success..We've joined together, built a team..now who else can we help, inspire?..Yeah, sometimes when ur running, crzy things like that run through my head..i'm admitting it, but there's some sense to it I believe..Just have to read between the lines.

Lunch: Vi-Shake w/peanut butter n 1/3 bananna
So after picking up my Haley from school, we scoot on home and chill for a bit..Not much down time, just dinner: roasted chicken, mashed potatoes, green beans, crescent rolls, and 1/2 cup of milk
Then it's off to her tumbling class, no zumbatomic tonight so I decide for some action at spinning class! 45 minutes of great cardio w/the ol' gang at the gym! what a fun, fantastic time! I'm becoming such a gym rat..and i LOVE IT!!!!!

k, rush to pick up from tumbling, home for snack..shock: peanut butter sandwich on wheat w/ a 1/2 bananna..and dag on halloween candy got me again, so i indulged on a snack pack of oreos..:oO

All in all, it was a great day, I shoulda probably rested, but it's really hard when u have all this energy and feel this vi-vaciously good!! Love the Vi-Life and I want everyone else to as well!

Day 2: 11/1/11 11:15am Lower Body Workout

Length of Workout: 50min. Weight: 113.8 Location: The Gym Cardio: taught 1hr. zumba class
Mood when started: Started off a littled ticked off, not sure why, but more than ever determined to accomplish goal. Rough start, getting the flow of it, by the end I feel like I could move mountains..

Had to make a couple improvisions w/workout, donkey kicks, mountain climbers..they go a long way..did some sumo squats, lunge squats as well..love leg day, its the bomb!

6:45am breakfast: small bowl of Special K vanilla w/almond, cup of coffee black

10:15 Protein Vi Shake (Peanut butter n bananna, my all time fave)

Lunch: sushi bar

Dinner: 4-6oz. fillet, sweet potatoe w/light butter, light brown sugar, 2 boiled eggs, 1/2 english muffin
Snack: cup of vanilla yogurt w/granola, snack sz peanut butter m&m's (dag on halloween)
and I cheated w/3 sm powdered donuts

Day1: 10/31/11 Time 9:00am Upper Body Workout

Length of workout: 1 1/2 hrs. Weight: 113.8 Location: The Gym Cardio: 2 1/2 mile med pace jog

Mood: Determined, There is nothing I cannot do to accomplish my goals. Setting attainable and realistic challenges only empowers us to stay focused mentally, physically, and spiritually. By empowering ourselves with knowledge and skills we can learn to share on with others. Paying it forward.

Pre workout: 1 cup black coffee
-warmup 6min stationary bike
stretch
upperbody (30min)
run/jog (2 1/2 mile)
abs: 4x- 3 type (20, 20, 40)
donkey kicks (3x 20 each side)

11:00 lunch- 100 cal pk oatmeal, 2 scoops vi-shape
                     2 pieces of 35 cal wheat bread w/2tbs. peanut butter
                     1 cup black coffee
snack: fruit n nut bar

Dinner: 1 lg sweet potatoe, light butter, light brown sugar
            6oz ground chuck patty
            cup corn
            handful of tortilla chips n salsa
snack size pb m&m's (happy halloween)

Overall Goals for the Challenge

1. Gain 8-10lbs lean muscle mass, (definition)
2. Solid 8min mile running time for 5k
3. Share the Visalus experience with as many people as possible.