#Mamavation Monday Week 15

Happy Monday everyone!  I hope your weekend was awesome and that you are still going strong in your journey to a healthier you!  Just like last week, I’m going to be running through my list of resolutions and share with you how I’m doing.  Check them out below:

1-3.  Run a 5k, 10k and 15k this year.  Haven’t done these yet, but I’m already training for the 5k I have scheduled in February!

4.  Track my food.  All of it.  I did well with this up until the weekend.  It’s so crazy around here, I literally can’t remember what I eat sometimes.  I definitely need to get on top of it this week.  I also need to cut out alcohol completely instead of tracking it.  It’s going to ruin my journey to healthy if I don’t just dump it all the way.  Shame, because I love my wine!

5.  Attend bootcamp at least 3 days a week.  I attended all 4 days this week, plus got in 2 5k training sessions!  A total of 259 minutes of exercise, woohoo!

6.  Lose 15 pounds by Easter.   So last week I posted that I lost 3 pounds, but that’s gone back up 2.4 pounds, probably from all the alcohol I consumed and some carb heavy meals I made a few nights.  It’s alright though, I’ll get rid of those pounds eventually!

7.  Drink 10+ cups of water each day.  Really had a hard time getting in more than 6 cups until I gave in and bought a $3.00 water bottle at Aldi with a straw.  Man, did that make a difference!  It holds 4 cups, and I can easily drink several full bottles each day!

8.  Do yoga 3 days a week.  Still hasn’t happened.  But I did drag out the wii fit balance board.  Goal this week: TURN IT ON.

9.  Get to bed before midnight.  Super fail at this one.  If I don’t get in bed by 10:00pm, I’m up until 3:00am.  Definitely have to be more organized during the day so I don’t have as much work left to do in the evenings.  And I need to get off youtube!

10.  Join an online health/fitness forum.  I’m officially a part of the Mamavation Sistahood!  You can follow along with me and my wonderful Sistas at the hashtag #mamavation on Twitter!

 

 

One big thing I’m working on is really keeping up with what I cook.  I rarely eat out, and make most meals from scratch without measurements, which makes it kind of a pain to track.  I’m having to make a conscious effort to measure everything out before I put it in the pot, so I can add it all up and get the nutritional info for my meals.  Not too bad in the end though, because I’m building a recipe database that my kids (who love to cook) can use too!

Another thing, I am really proud of myself for getting started with my 5k training.  It’s definitely not easy, probably one of the most difficult things I’ve ever done to be honest.  I start out excited, quickly get winded and feel like the fattest lard ass on the planet, usually start to tear up a bit, but somehow manage to drag myself through the whole 40 minutes.  And then I feel like I can do ANYTHING!  It’s such an emotional rollercoaster, but I think it’s a good thing, sort of cleansing of the soul for me.  And hopefully I don’t look too crazy out there!

How was this week for you? Share your success (or uh-ohs) below so we can all encourage each other!

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