Hard Work

So I have been away from my blog for a while, it was constant baseball mania at our house. 

My mellow moments were for sleeping, not for thinking or typing...

But, seriously, I did not make my busy schedule an excuse to NOT go to the gym. I did, 5 days a week.

There were moments I ate too many snacks, drank too much wine...

But, I tried to maintain consistent workouts.

It is HARD WORK.

Now, I am focusing recording my workouts and slowly eliminating dairy from my diet. And huge reducing the amount of sea food I eat. This is thanks to a documentary that basically promotes Veganism. 


Monday:
Breakfast: Organic pink lady apple w/2 tbsp all-natural peanut butter
Lunch: Salad -romain lettuce, broccoli, cucumber, carrots, cherry tomatoes and garbanzo beans w/ a homemade lemon vinaigrette.
Snack: 1/4 cup raw almonds
Dinner: Rainbow quinoa with roasted bell peppers, zucchini & onions and cooked black beans. Dressing was a 1/2 tsp of teriyaki sauce and some siracha.

I pretty much ate that simian combo for 2 weeks. Minus, my cheat night last Friday that was Trader Joes gluten-free pizza and wine. Or my veggie burger (sans bun) on Saturday while at a BBQ.

I have felt leaner, fuller, and overall great, so I'm feeling like this is a good plan for a while. I think the key is to find a rhythm but to not feel pressured that it is the end all be all.

Oh, and my workouts varied:
Monday: 2 mile outdoor run, 50 air squats, 30 push-ups, 50 lunges
Tuesday:Interval run on the treadmill, the key is to get your heart rate to max, mine is 160, that's when you burn the most calories...100 bar squats, 50 deadlifts with 50lb, 30 lunges with 25 lb dumb bell
Wednesday: YOGA...always
Thursday:Repeat monday
Friday:Repeat tuesday
Saturday: I had to head out early to visit family, but I did pilates with my theraband. Check out resistant band workouts, you won't feel sore, but you feel great as you're doing it. It sometimes that is all that matters

This schedule was last week, and it seemed to work, so I am on repeat. The biggest difference, though is me trying REALLY HARD to NOT drink WINE during the work week. I gave in tonight, I admit, and I had to brush my teeth and tell myself that I was fine and didn't need to snack, because it is HARD WORK to not snack. And when I drink, I want to snack.

My thought is chances are, if I am thinking about this, and experiencing this, then someone else is. So here I am sharing my new plan. When I began this plan I weighed 106. 

let me remind you that I am 5 feet. So being 106 is completely realistic, I am not too skinny, or too heavy. I am comfortable, however I want to be leaner, stronger and firmer.