Hi - Beginning on January 5, I decided to increase my exercise from 3 days a week to 6 or 7 days a week. So far so good. I've exercised 14 of the past 16 days. I thought I'd start logging what I did here, for accountability & to feel good about my accomplishments. Feel free to join me if you'd like to post your daily exercise and/or food intake.

Friday, January 17: 30 minutes running on treadmill
Saturday, January 18: 45 minutes weight lifting
Sunday, January 19: 1.5 hours ice skating
Monday, January 20: 45 minutes kickboxing
Tuesday, January 21: 2 hours ice skating
Wednesday, January 22: 35 minutes weight lifting

FYI...I take figure skating lessons on Tuesday nights after work and I usually practice every Sunday as well.

Keep on moving, everybody!

Here's what I've been eating.

Tuesday, January 21
8am: drip coffee & a blueberry muffin
12pm: vegetable curry wrap
2pm: 1 peppermint stick
8pm: green salad with cottage cheese & a brownie

Wednesday, January 22
8am: nonfat latte & a luna bar
12pm: baked potato w/ veggies & vegan chili
4pm: genisoy bar
7pm: cheese ravioli w/ marinara & green salad

Date Cal F Cal Minutes Miles
1/2/2003 149 46.6 31.18 1.11
1/3/2003 153 48 31.17 1.09
1/6/2003 129 40.4 24.57 1.18
1/8/2003 169 52.8 36.31 1.23
1/10/2003 169 52.8 36.3 1.23
1/15/2003 179 56.2 36.31 1.35
1/17/2003 189 59 36.27 1.38
1/21/2003 178 55.8 36.3 1.35
1/22/2003 161 50.5 36.3 1.24
1/23/2003 200 62.5 31.17 1.43

This is what I have done so far this year! I did a pretty intense workout today. I did an iFIT.com workout Level 2 but had to modify it to a max speed of 4MPH instead of the 5. I could only go that speed for 1 minute then had to back down to 3MPH but I did 3 sprints at 4MPH for 1 minute! I am pretty whipped since I jsut finished the workout about 15 minutes ago.

I can't say what I've done this year, but here's this week:

Jazzercise Sun., Mon., Thur., Sat. (that makes my four!) : )

Janine: Way to go! That's fantastic! I have an Proform iFit treadmill & I love it. I use the preprogrammed workouts a lot. I have a TV w/ a DVD player in front of my treadmill & I own all the DVD box sets of Sex & the City. I've found that popping in an episode of Sex & the City makes the 30 minute high intensity workout fly by. I've been working up my intensity on the treadmill the fastest I can comfortably run is 6.0 (but I can only maintain that for about three minutes before I have to start backing down into the 5 range). Keep up the good work, Janine!

g.h.grl - Jazzercise sounds like so much fun. Keep it up!


Thursday, January 23 - Zip, Zilch, Nada. No exercise today. I usually exercise between 5 & 6 am and today I had to get up early to take my SO to the airport. He's at the Super Bowl this weekend & I've got the house to myself...yeah!

Firiday, January 24 - 30 minutes of cardio/strength & 15 minutes toning with hand weights

Thursday's food:
8am - non-fat latte & luna bar
12pm - veggie sandwich & fruit
3pm - cookie
6pm - green salad & 2 cosmos

Friday's food:
10am - non-fat latte & 1 slice lemon bread
2pm - toasted bagel with sundried tomato cream cheese & thick tomato slices
10pm - green salad & annie's organic mac 'n cheese

On Saturday, I didn't get a chance to exercise. I scrubbed out my rabbit's run & visited a friend who just had her wisdom teeth removed. However, I didn't eat too terribly bad on Saturday:

11am - Bob's 5 grain hot cereal w/ a banana
3pm - Nonfat latte & blueberry muffin
7pm - bean, green pepper & onion enchilada w/ whole pinto beans & mexi rice
8pm - 1/2 cupcake

Sunday, Jan 26
Exercise: 2 hours ice skating
Food:
10am - Bob's 5 grain hot cereal w/ a banana
3pm - Nonfat latte & 1 slice banana bread
6pm - sauteed veggies & jasmine rice
8pm - 1/2 cup cake & 1/2 cup fat free pudding

Okay, here's to a new work week (yeah!)

Monday's Exercise: 1 hour weight training (upper body, lower body & abs).

Monday's Food:
8am - nonfat latte & luna bar
10am - handful M&Ms (bad, I know, but hey, everything in moderation, right? This is my long term eating plan and my long term eating plan HAS to include M&Ms!)
1pm - Baja veggie wrap
7pm - Sweet potato w/ tomatos & black beans.
8pm - 1/2 cup cake

Tuesday, January 28

Got off to a good start today with 45 minutes of kickboxing! And, I have ice skating tonight, so I'll pack in an additional 2 hours of cardio. Yeah!

Breakfast at 8am: nonfat latte & luna bar
Lunch: TBD
Dinner: TBD

Have a great day everybody!