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Monday: 55min HARDCORE abs workout
Tuesday: 45min express Pump class
Wednesday: 45min Shape up for Summer Team Training workout of the week
Thursday: Day off
Friday: 55min Pump class
Saturday: Nothing
Sunday: 5Km run on the treadmill, triceps free weights workout & mini ab training session (thanks Jase!)
Excitement this week – found out my friend Mina is running a 5K race in a couple of weeks time, so I decided to join her. The exciting bit? That race is in New York! It will be my first 5K, it will be winter there, I am gonna be doing it with a dear friend, it’s on Thanksgiving, and it’s in NEW YORK (did I mention that?). Excited – yes! Bring on the challenge.
Monday: 4.5k run on the treadmill
Tuesday: Nothing
Wednesday: 45min Shape up for Summer Team Training workout of the week
Thursday: 45min RPM class
Friday: 4k run on the treadmill + moving house (approx 30 trips up & down 2 flights of stairs + heavy lifting)
Saturday: MOVING DAY (so more heavy lifting + stairs)
Sunday: Exhaustion. Never moving house again!
Yikes – just catching up with last week! Here is what I got up to – not as much as I would like unfortunately!
Monday: 6k run on the treadmill
Tuesday: Nothing – but went up and down the stairs packing the house up enough times to work up a sweat!
Wednesday: 45min Shape up for Summer Team Training workout of the week
Thursday: Nothing
Friday: Sat on a train all day – so nothing
Saturday: Walked the dog. Unfortunately as the dog is 11 years old and very slow – it took 30minutes to get to the corner dairy.
Sunday: Nothing
Wow. Total exercise #fail. Must do better this week!
Monday: 55min step class. Was AWESOME.
Tuesday: 45min express Pump class
Wednesday: 45min Shape up for Summer Team Training workout of the week
Thursday: 45min RPM class
Friday: Day off
Saturday: 4.5hour tramp – along the Orongoronga track, up Cattle Ridge track and back down Butcher Track.
Sunday: Day off
Monday: 6km run on the treadmill (I am including the public holiday in last week)
At the end of our 4.5hour tramp
Weight loss to date: back to where I started 😦 I dunno if I am having a “fat morning” or whether some of the crap food (Nacho’s, wine, chippies) I ate over the weekend counteracted all the exercise I have done in the last 5 weeks – but the reality is the scales were back up this morning. Just means this week I gotta work even harder!
Monday: 55min step class
Tuesday: 3.2k walk/run. Had to walk one way as it was SUPER windy – but on the run back I was FLYIN!
Wednesday: 45min Shape up for Summer Team Training workout of the week – the ‘deck of cards’ killer
Thursday: Day off
Friday: Nothing – too busy at work 😦
Saturday: 55min Pump class.Â
Sunday: Nada. My only excuse is that the weather was complete ass and so I couldn’t get out for a run.
Weightloss to date: 1.4kg. A little bit of a loss so I am happy 🙂
Monday: 55min step class
Tuesday: 30min express pump class – should have been 45mins, but the instructor was late & I had to leave early as I had a meeting (which I went to in my gym gear, and no one blinked an eye – gotta love Icebreaker!)
Wednesday: 45min Shape up for Summer Team Training workout of the week – mainly leg work & an awful thing called the ‘Gut buster’
Thursday: 45min RPM
Friday: Day off to rest & recover
Saturday: 3.6k run. Was planning on it being longer but when I hit the corner of the bays & nearly got knocked over by the wind, I figured it was time to head back
Sunday: Nada.
Weightloss to date: 1.2kg. COME ON metabolism!
p.s. I am also getting sick of eating carrots. Carrots, carrots and more f*n carrots!
Just realised I never posted this on Monday! Oops!
Monday: 55min step class
Tuesday: 45min express pump class (first day of Superpump)
Wednesday: 45min Shape up for Summer Team Training workout of the week – awesome! Love training with other girls.
Thursday: Injured & exhausted = burnout 😦 Did too much on the superpump & overstretched my biceps. Could barely move my arms!
Friday: 1 hour hill walk up Mt Victoria
Saturday: Nothing
Sunday: 2 hour walk around Somes Island
Weightloss to date: 1kg still – I seem to have plateaud this week. That’s ok, gonna keep on keeping on.
And a shoutout to the other girls who are posting their weekly workouts, and to those who have joined me with Nike+! Amanda, Jane and Kristyn – let’s go girls! Anyone else want to join us?
Yellow food.
Mmmmm drooool mmmmm
I love it!
I love fries and wedges and cheese and crackers and burgers and nachos…I go nuts over the yellow stuff!
BUT I have learnt (or am on the way to learning) that it’s not really the best option for me. In fact – as part of the Shape up for Summer challenge, I have given up hot chips/fries/wedges for the next 10 weeks. It’s not that I eat them that often, but I sure do crave them a hell of a lot – and giving in to that craving isn’t going to help me achieve my goals.
So buh-bye to yellow foods – unless it’s a real special treat 😉
Monday: Sluggish 55min step class (day 1 of detox so felt super blurgh)
Tuesday: 45min express pump class
Wednesday: 75min Yoga class
Thursday: 45min RPM class
Friday: day off
Saturday: walk around the botanical gardens
Sunday: 5.42k run on the treadmill
Weightloss to date: 1kg exactly (whooop, yes! A big loss finally!).
Shape up for Summer officially started on Saturday – so bring it on!
The lovely Les Mills is offering a 10 week Shape up for Summer challenge, starting this Saturday. The challenge runs until Saturday 4th of December – and for the grand total of $10 (all money to the Heart Children) I get:
- two weigh-ins (eep)
- two free RPM (spin) rides
- a free 45 min consultation to get you on track
- a weekly motivational email to keep me on trackÂ
- a food and workout template to track my progress
- access to a team training work out of the week (which I have signed up for) – to train with others who are on the challenge
- prizes! spot prizes & an overall prize for the biggest loser & the biggest money raiser for Heart Children
All that for $10 seemed like a great deal so I have signed myself up, completed the first weigh in (sorry, not ready to share this JUST yet) and filled out my planned training diary.
Stay posted for the updates – one a week for the next 10 weeks. I want to shape up for summer! YAY!
Anyone want to join me?  😉
Fine print: you need to sign up by Saturday 25 September at your local Les Mills
