OND

Hello, Friends.  Over the weekend I was busy doing homework for the class I'm taking, and I dismally admitted to myself that I hadn't done any of my workouts all week long.  FAIL.  So much for my Accountability Calendar!  I've been trying to get ahead in my school work so when I go to South Carolina this weekend to visit my friend Kristin, I could really just enjoy it and not have to think about school work.  Anyway...this whole calendar, keeping myself accountable for excercising, and eating right consistently is just a lot of work!  A LOT!  Especially this time of year when all I want to do is eat, watch movies, snuggle with my puppies and bury myself under warm, fuzzy blankets. 

I work for a Wine and Spirits distribution company, and we have a "season" called O.N.D.  which stands for October, November, December.  OND, for my company is the busiest time of the year...mostly because of football, and all the holidays.  I giggle, because I changed the acronym OND to Obviously No Diets.    HA HA.  Well seriously, October, it starts to get cold, and apple crisp, pumpkins scones, pumpkin latte's, pumpkin muffins, pies, etc... fill my head with their goodness and then of course Thanksgiving comes sneakily out of nowhere, and then Christmas...  BAM CHRISTMAS!  I hate to break it to you, but Christmas is 10 weeks away!  So...my point is....working out and eating healthy is important to me, but I'm not going to beat myself up about it.  I'm going to enjoy life.  Be an epicure of the season's treats, hold close to the ones I love and be mindful of my choices. 

HAPPY OND to you and 'Toasts ma goats!'

If it's important to you, you'll find a way

Morning, friends!  This week is flying by for me.  It's already Thursday!  I've been so busy at work and have had a ton of school work to catch up on this week, which hasn't left me much time to get my workouts in.  I did however over the weekend, get in a mile run which I shaved off 17 seconds from my last timed mile and did it in 10:14!  Progress people!  Progress!  In order to do this, I sped up the treadmill to about 7.5 every other quarter of a mile, then back down to 6. 

Monday's workout I managed to complete in 6 minutes.  Here's an overview of it:

5 Rounds for time:
10x Mountain Climbers
10x Jumping Jacks
10x Tuck Jumps
10x Squats  

The tuck jumps nearly killed me.  They seem so easy, but, they seriously get my heart rate up, quickly.  I also managed to complete an outdoor 2 mile run after that workout.  Well, it was more like a WOG.  (walk/jog).  My legs were on fire after that.  I''m hoping to get in Wednesday's missed workout at some point today.    

   

A Quickie!

Today's WOD (workout of the day) was a quickie!! I aim for the easy, do anywhere, kind of workouts.

5 Rounds for time:
15 Walking Lunges with a weight in each hand
30 Tuck Jumps  

This workout took me 8 minutes to complete, and I was a sweaty, exhausted mess at completion.  Another workout checked off my calendar!

Keeping Yourself Accountable

Hi Friends!  I'm trying to get better to schedule in my workouts on a calendar to keep me more accountable to actually doing them.  To Summarize, I'm trying to get in a mile run/walk 5 days per week, and 3 crossfit workouts per week. 



My October Workout Calendar



Yesterday I was successful with a mile and the following crossfit workout:

5 Rounds for Time~

5 Burpees
10 Push- ups
15 Superman's
20 Air- Squats  

My mile time sucks (10:31)....I got under 11 minutes though!  Ha ha, that's good for me.  Just another goal though to get my time down.  The crossfit workout I completed in 17 minutes.  WOOP WOOP!    How do you keep yourself accountable and motivated to workout consistently?