Bikini Body Mommy 6.0 Fit Test Today

Hello
I'm going to try to do the 90 Day 6.0 Challenge since I no longer go to the gym. I really love her workouts.

Website - Bikini Body Mommy
YouTube - Bikini Body Mommy 6.0

My stats, kinda sad -

Speed squats - 46
Push Up on Knees - 16
Mt Climbers - 88
Static Lunge Right - 21
Static Lunge Left - 24
High Knees - 90
Tricep Dips -20
Elbow Plank - 30 sec

Im exhausted and my arms feel week, legs are feeling sore already. Obviously I really need to workout.

Advocare Links

I'm starting the 24 Day Challenge on Sunday. I'm super nervous so I have been searching for websites and bloggers who have been through it before. Here is a list of what I have bookmarked so far:

Life is a Run - Recipes and tips, she did a good job of describing exactly what she did for the challenge.
North Country Advocare -  This one hasn't been updated recently but has a lot of recipes.
24 day challenge bundle - Has some great printables, one is for eating out tips.
Clear Lake CrossFit - This is a manual with a measurement sheet.
the motivated momma - 24 days of recipes blog.
Time to Save - Advocare Recipes
Advocare Meal Journal - Only a few recipes, set up in 2012.
Jenny Collier - 24 recipes blog.
Advocare Runner -  This one is up to date, success stories, recipes and also after the challenge.
Beth 24 day challenge -  This one also is not up to date, but it is a success story and what she is taking from Advocare after the challenge.
Get You in Shape - 72 day challenge results for inspiration.
The Dish by Trish - Recipes and a few post from the challenge.
Trim Down Challenge -  Links and resources.
Choose the Challenge - Links and virtual coach, also a facebook page.

Good luck!

Shaping Up

I have been tracking my steps for the day with my phone, but I need to try to keep my phone on me more often. As I run around to get the kids to school I haven't been wearing it which could be 250-500 steps. My goal is 7,000 a day which is tough for someone who works a desk job. I have a lunch break and besides that I only walk to the bathroom, the break room for water, and every once in awhile to the copy machine. I have been trying to get up and talk to co-workers instead of IM or emailing, but I don't do that too often either. Wednesday I really wanted to do my best, and I am proud of the results. I started off the morning with a fitness routine found on Pinterest:

Source

I was able to get all the way to 20 squats. I had to look up what leg lifts even were, turns out they are really hard ab exercises. At lunch, I ate my sandwich at my desk and took 20 min to walk outside. It was a gorgeous day. It didn't help with the afternoon slump, but I'm glad I did it.

When I got home I knew I really needed to run today if I was going to do it 3 times this week. I mowed the front yard and then went for my 3+ mile run. I was tracking my steps and on run keeper until my phone died about a block from my house. I ended up logging 11,679 steps today, but I know it was more than that. I'm going to look into a pedometer or one of the new fitness gadget hoping to stay motivated. 10,000 steps a day is approximately 5 miles for the average person, so if I walk a mile that is 2,000 steps. Seems doable if I put my mind to it. My biggest worry is the Midwest winter will be here before I know it, do I have the guts to run outside in the cold?

Running Apps

In 2011 my sister ran her first half marathon.  As a girl with allergy and asthma all her life, I pretty much thought she was going to die.  I knew she worked out, but non of us girls were athletic in high school.  So when she actually survived and got a medal and all, I thought why not me?  So in February 2012 I signed up for the same half marathon, and I completed my half marathon in October of 2012.  I have never been much of a runner, and almost passed out doing laps for volleyball in eighth grade.  I kept asking my sister how she trained, but she told me she runs until she can't, then walks, and runs again when she is able.  That doesn't work for me.  I feel I will either sell myself short or push myself too far.  I decided that my iPhone needed to help me.

I tried a few programs, mostly free, to help me get off the couch and become a runner.

You can get a version of 5k Runner for free that lets you do 4 workouts equaling one week and a day of the running program.  I did really like how this was set up, however I'm doing a half marathon, not a 5k.  If I was just doing a 5k I probably would have bought the full program of this application.  One thing I didn't like: I thought the prompts were a little too quiet.

MapMyRun allows you to go on your computer and map where you will run, so you will know ahead of time how far your run will be.  This can then be sent to your phone for you to follow.  You can also just go out and run and it will track by GPS, where you went and how far, and how long it took.  I didn't really get into this application as much because I liked to plan my workout instead of my route.  Sometimes I would turn this app and my RunKeeper app at the same time, because it does have some contest type things from Shape you can enter online.  You can also log in your food with this one, how much water you have had and your weight.  Also if you log your run, it will subtract the amount of calories you burned from the amount of calories you ate that day.

Half Marathon Training was $1.99. I found it harder to navigate  I like the run/walk interval training for me because I still need to build my lung capacity.

RunKeeper is the app that I keep using. It is easy to set the different training sessions I want. You can set it as a number of repetitions, plus it syncs to the website. You can share on Facebook or with selected friends. I can view all my past activities (times I ran) and it does track calories when I run outside.  While running it will make this beep noise when to change to the next interval, and you can automatically add a 5 minute warm up and cool down. While running they show the time counting up for the total time and counting down on each interval, which is what helps to push me through when I don't want to run anymore. You can add a playlist to run to as well but I usually just play iheartradio or Pandora. I can still hear the beep for interval change through the music which was too faint on some running apps.

This year I don't plan on running and half marathons but I would like to run a full one sometime. This year I have done the 5k Glow Run and I have the Warrior Dash later this summer which is also another 5k. I hope to find another race to run since I ran 3 races last year.

Will This Workout, Workout?

So according to my height and weight, I am overweight.
In the Spring of 2012 I started to train for a Half Marathon after losing my very active job in February. I was able to easily run the Half Marathon with all the adrenaline and side line motivation, but a few weeks later I found myself at the doctors office with high blood pressure. I weighed 140 lb, and at 5', this is 12 lb overweight. My doctors never said anything about losing weight but I was shocked at the amount since it had been awhile since I stepped on the scale. I was always the bigger girl out of the three of us, but I did lose 15 lb in my first year in college. Before I got pregnant with my daughter I was 110 lb and wore a size 4. It has always been my goal to get back to this state after two kids, but I was 20 at the time.
By changing my diet to eating less wheat, and trying to follow the Paleo/Primal diet while exercising I was able to shed 10 lb. I am now working to be at least 125, since weight fluctuates by a few pounds everyday. At work we have been having a lot of motivational things to sign up for and keep on track. Currently I am doing the ShapeUp Challenge and keeping track of my steps, workout time, and weight. I had no idea how few steps I take in a day considering I have a desk job.
Sunday I started the Shrink a Size in 14 Days plan by Prevention. I measured by biceps, thighs, waist and hips to compare again at the end. I also used the Paint Program to make a chart so all the exercises are on one sheet of paper with the treadmill instructions and printed them to look at while working out. This makes it easier than looking at the computer because I could get sucked in to doing other things. So far it has been a challenge. My legs were sore after day two. It is a walking workout,but its speed walking. With my short legs it is intense. In two weeks I will post how many inches I lost and how much I weigh. I know there is no miracle cure and it what works for one person won't work for another, but I know surfing the internet doesn't make me sweat.

Crossfit Craze

Different day, but similar calorie burn tonight.

This week I'm trying the Crossfit work out of the day found at Crossfit Mama. She post a new work out M-F and so far I am able to adapt them to what I have on hand. These are really challenging. Today it took me 48:27 to do today's workout. I used my treadmill and went between 3-5 mph for .5 miles, used my hand weights for the kettle bell workout, and did knee push ups, repeat 5 times. I wanted to go 5 mph for all the half miles but my legs are sore from the 150 squats I did yesterday.  I figured I need to at least give Crossfit a week of my life to see how well it goes.