fitbit & fit body boot camp

While it may seem like I've fallen off the face of the earth once again, it's only in blogLand that I cannot keep up with life.

Since completing a work competition, I've been wearing my "awarded" FitBit religiously!  Received it sometime toward the end of May and it has helped spirit my mood into walking a few more {thousand} steps a day - as well as tracking my {interrupted} sleep every night.

I've also purchased a 15-day pass to Fit Body Boot Camp. Two friends also joined me in this quest and we've been having a grand time challenging one another (and our aching, creaking bodies) to yet one more day!

Thirty minutes of some intensive training and my body is ready to head home after a long day and put my feet up!

It has been fun.  Yes, exercise can be fun.  I've now seen enough familiar faces to know that this type of exercise works. They've shown proof with their before/after photos.

Will I continue with this 15-day pass is finished?  Probably not in this formal setting due to the cost of the program.  I will, however, have gleaned enough knowledge to continue working these types of exercises into my daily routine.  Mixed with yoga and cardio, I think I'm on my way to finally reaching my weight loss goal.  If I'm being totally honest with myself, it probably won't happen by my birthday, as I had hoped, but at least halfway there is attainable!

Biggest downfall?  Still trying to cut the SUGAR cravings and intake.

 It's not a torture chamber.  Honest.  It feels good.  It does a body good.  The mind too!

This week will be sessions 8 and 9 out of the total package.  I will finish up the 15 before the kids go back to school in August, and will establish a new routine then.

Always busy, but never too busy to exercise!

35 miles

Not bad if I do say so myself!  A total of 35 miles on the stationary bike and weight training 3x this week. Tomorrow is yoga for 90 minutes at the Hindu Temple.  Still waiting on my FitBit to arrive.  I'd be curious to see how it tracks my day for me, including sleep.  I've had a bit of an anxious week and haven't slept well.

Friday

I biked every day this week.

snowstorm - ghost town in the gym today!

Now if only it would stop snowing, so maybe I could get OUTSIDE and get some exercise too!

just be

i love this quote by Steve Maraboli

“There is nothing more rare, 

nor more beautiful, 

than a woman being herself; 

comfortable in her perfect imperfection. 

To me, that is the true essence of beauty.”

three years ago today,

I gave LIFE for the final time

to a beautiful baby boy

today,

I honor him and his family

for the JOY they have

unknowingly

given me

by allowing me

to be a part of their story

and for all of the imperfections

that now adorn my well-loved & journeyed body

I shout,

"Amen, job well done!"

a great start

1 C kale

1-1/2 C frozen berries

1-1/2 C lowfat yogurt
rice milk

blend into yummy goodness!

continuing to bike

I biked four days this week for a rough total of $6 that was donated to the cause.

Couldn't find the energy on Friday to make my way down to the fitness center.

Update from week's grand total:
Fitness center members travelled 2,513 miles on the cardio machines last week,
 earning 25 cents per mile ($623.25)
to be donated to the Feed the Need fund drive. Way to go! 

exercise tally

I biked further today...  but didn't burn as many calories. Huh!?  To top it off, I went earlier to guarantee a recumbent bike and didn't get one.  My arse is numb and I cannot ride that style ever again. Ouch!

Another $1.50 to the food shelf!

feed the need