I did it. I made it through three VERY busy weeks which included a dance recital, preschool graduation, my first half marathon, my daughter's birthday party, & two major events at church. Part of my half marathon recovery plan included making it through all of those activities with my sanity intact.
And I also needed to come up with a new fitness plan. I've been so focused on training & my workouts reflected that. Time to comes up with new goals & a new plan to get me there!
Short-term goal: lose 10 lbs
Activities to make that goal a reality: shake up my fitness & nutrition to bust through this plateau, to include running, yoga, strength training, & more fruits & veggies (especially greens!)
Fitness schedule: M-W-Sat, running; T-Th-F, yoga;T-Th-Sat, strength training. Yes, that will require me to double up workouts three times a week, & it will be a challenge with our family schedule. But I'm committed! And this doesn't included swimming or bike rides with my girlie.
Nutrition: a daily green smoothie (usually breakfast) to help me keep my fruit/veg intake up. My Mother's Day gift (a Nutribullet) finally arrived last week, & both hubs & I have been using it daily. It came with a huge book of smoothie recipes as well, & the basic idea is to have one smoothie a day to improve your health. The usual recipe is 50% greens, 50% fruit, nutritional boosts like seeds or nuts, & water or almond milk.
I re-checked my measurements to get a baseline of where I am as of June 1st. I'm so glad I did that! I lost 4 more inches during half marathon training, even though the scale didn't move much.
One challenge will be to make sure I have healthy snacks ready to grab-and-go. My favorite is to pre-pack almonds and dried fruit in snack bags. I'll grab one for me, and one for my Ladybug because she enjoys them too.
I decided not to schedule any races for the summer for two reasons. 1) I really need to bust through this plateau! And 2) the summer humidity slows me down (running) and I think I'll just be disappointed with my finishing times. (And 3) there aren't a whole lot of races in the summer here due to the weather.)
Wish me luck as I change up my schedule. I'm such a schedule person, and change is hard. But I know I need to do this!
And I also needed to come up with a new fitness plan. I've been so focused on training & my workouts reflected that. Time to comes up with new goals & a new plan to get me there!
Short-term goal: lose 10 lbs
Activities to make that goal a reality: shake up my fitness & nutrition to bust through this plateau, to include running, yoga, strength training, & more fruits & veggies (especially greens!)
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Nutrition: a daily green smoothie (usually breakfast) to help me keep my fruit/veg intake up. My Mother's Day gift (a Nutribullet) finally arrived last week, & both hubs & I have been using it daily. It came with a huge book of smoothie recipes as well, & the basic idea is to have one smoothie a day to improve your health. The usual recipe is 50% greens, 50% fruit, nutritional boosts like seeds or nuts, & water or almond milk.
I re-checked my measurements to get a baseline of where I am as of June 1st. I'm so glad I did that! I lost 4 more inches during half marathon training, even though the scale didn't move much.
One challenge will be to make sure I have healthy snacks ready to grab-and-go. My favorite is to pre-pack almonds and dried fruit in snack bags. I'll grab one for me, and one for my Ladybug because she enjoys them too.
I decided not to schedule any races for the summer for two reasons. 1) I really need to bust through this plateau! And 2) the summer humidity slows me down (running) and I think I'll just be disappointed with my finishing times. (And 3) there aren't a whole lot of races in the summer here due to the weather.)
Wish me luck as I change up my schedule. I'm such a schedule person, and change is hard. But I know I need to do this!
I am so proud of you. You have really pressed through and kept going.
ReplyDeleteGreat job! I'm guessing you are loving your nutribullet. How is it better then a magic bullet? Good luck kicking that plateau in the butt!!
ReplyDeleteGreat job! And yes--sometimes shaking up the routine is exactly what your body needs to be "tricked" into getting that scale moving again :D Good luck!!!
ReplyDeleteChanging your routine is totally smart! I know that last year when my weight loss became stagnant even just adding in a different time of class would help kick my body into gear.. good luck!
ReplyDeleteGood luck :) It is a great idea to change your routine and trick your body into doing what you want it to. I love seeing your morning smoothie recipe on twitter :)
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great plan for the summer!
ReplyDeletehows the new groove??
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