Wow, I am exhausted tonight!!  I started the day bright and early at 5:30 with an hour of incline walking on the treadmill.  Then after breakfast I wanted to get outside with M and we did a leisurely walk of 50 minutes.  I’m having family over tomorrow so I emptied the kitchen and entryway and cleaned the floor, which seemed to take forever.  I also did my first day of Boot Camp today!  It was HARD.  I am so out of shape I guess.

After we warmed up we did a circuit for I don’t know, maybe 25 minutes? of tire flips and jumps, rocking planks, and lunges with a twist holding a medicine ball – I used a 6 pound for most of the time and then 4 pounds on the last set.  Oh my hell, that kicked my ass!  I have never done those tire flips before.  I was dripping and having a hard time breathing.  Then we moved to do core work with the TRX.  I seriously need a lot of work on my core.  I couldn’t hold most of the planks for very long and I felt a lot of pressure in my back because I wasn’t holding my glutes tight enough.  I think I will be attempting a lot more of that kind of stuff at home.

I can’t remember what the trainer said we were doing on Wednesday but I am ready to be whooped again  I am super glad to be doing it with my good friend too  Misery loves company.

After all the activity today my Fitbit has me at 24,000+ steps!!  That is a record for me

Now time for bed!

I thought I’d share what I’m planning for this week’s workouts.  I have been slacking on exercise for the past few months and I really want to get back to doing it regularly.  Here’s what is going on this week:

• Monday – Boot camp starts today!!  I am going to go for a walk this morning and then boot camp is this afternoon.  I was planning on doing weights also, but I think I’ll wait and see how boot camp goes.
• Tuesday – Run 3 miles
• Wednesday – Boot camp and possibly weights
• Thursday – Run 3 miles and boot camp
• Friday – Weights, depending on boot camp the day before, and walking
• Saturday – rest
• Sunday – Run 3-4 miles

I am going to try to get at least 10,000 steps every day on my Fitbit.  We’ll see what I end up with and then make a goal for a little bit more next week.

I have decided that right now I need help to get in shape and start moving back towards a happy, healthy me!  I have three things that I think will be the ticket.

1. I signed up for Boot Camp with a friend!  We will be going 3 times a week for 7 weeks in the evenings to hopefully get our asses handed to us
2. I am going to join in a Fitbit challenge via Cheeseslave.  Should be a good motivator!
3. I just registered for The Other Half Marathon again!  I think a race schedule has always been a big helper to keep me motivated and moving towards fitness.

With all of these combined I should have plenty to keep me going and to look forward to, and will hopefully be in a better place all around by the time I do the race

Seems like we did a lot this weekend!  Bright and early on Saturday morning we went to Sugarhouse Park where M and I ran a 5k!!  This is her second one through Girls on the Run.  It was so much fun!!  She did awesome too.  She ran the entire race only stopping twice!  She sure amazed me  I can’t wait to do another one with her.

After we cleaned up and came down from our runner’s high we went out to get some plants for our ‘garden’, finally.  We have a small strip of dirt in the back yard and we planted some tomatoes, peppers, squash, and herbs.  Hopefully we’ll at least have a small amount of homegrown stuff to eat this year.

This morning we took off to Millcreek Canyon for a hike.  We ended up doing Desolation Trail and it was great!  It took us almost 3 hours to do 4.42 miles.  I was so proud of M for sticking it out and making it to the lookout on top!  It was great weather and we really enjoyed the hike.

Afterward we enjoyed some pool time at the outdoor Murray pool.  We’d never been there.  It wasn’t too crowded and it was nice to sit around in the water after all of our activity this weekend.

Only 2 more days of school left!!  I hope that we will get in a lot more fun once the summer really starts