Today was the first time in a LONG time that I felt like I had a great workout and a good stretch after! I truly love this free Couch to 5k app! The time just flies when you're listening to a great pandora station and the commentary and timer make the interval training SUPER easy!
I repeated Week 2 Day 1 twice- I ran last Thursday and was not happy with my performance so I thought I would give it a second try! My workout today was:
I added another 10 minutes of walking at the end to just finish the loop in my neighborhood! I got back to the house- did some great stretching on the foam roller...
Then rocked out with Jillian Michaels Ripped in 30, week 1 again (because I totally slacked last week!)
My 20 minute workout ended lasting almost 45 with all the pausing I had to do! I had the sweetest little workout buddy who just has become so inquisitive, so mobile and just ALL OVER THE PLACE!
My little helper was doing such a good job, I gave her the best seat in the house to watch mommy and Jillian.....
Strapped in her Bumbo- Behind the couch.
and I even provided snacks!
The best part was during the speed running cardio intervals- I turned around and saw Olive flailing her arms like a mad-girl pretending to do the exercises! It was pricesless- I took a picture but literally was a creepy blur!
I know it is hard working out with little ones at home- but it can be done!! That's why I am so excited we still have 5 days left of our Core Power giveaway!! Don't forget to enter for your chance to win!!
It's so funny how not only workouts but weekly achievements change once you have kids!! This week we bought a potty chair, Olive started wearing shoes, and I gave her mac and cheese with green beans (not blended) for the first time! The Mac n cheese was gluten-free-organic-basically-vegetables-dyed-orange so I felt not so bad about giving it to her! (I blended and froze the rest! Recipes to come- I love my infantino pouch system)
Another achievement for Monday was I got 2 soups made and a number of other meals prepared or frozen for the next few BUSY months!! Not only have we stepped up our game with eating clean and working out to prepare for the wedding, but to also prepare Olive for a future healthy life!! I'll post a pic sometime this week of the treasure trove that is our freezer- my Grandma Jan would be proud. She lives in Minnesota and could live a month without going to a grocery store in a blizzard with the contents of her "deep freeze" as they call it :)
It was a pretty fulfilling Monday, especially after our Fan-Freaking-Friday and great weekend! We try to avoid having Olive watch tv directly or minimize her exposure- but lately there are a few programs where she is just mesmerized and we have to turn the TV off to get her away.... because of that I decided I couldn't wait any longer to have our own family movie night! We stocked up a few kid flicks on the DVR and David was excited that he had plenty of Disney and Pixar flix to choose from!
So I rushed home from work friday and blew up the air mattress, got blankets and pillows for Daddy, mommy, and baby, and made sure we had snacks! Cheerios for Olive and popcorn for us!
I even busted out the footie jammies for both of us to get all cuddly comfy! She loved the air mattress!
She loved it so much she fell asleep early, before David even finished eating and we could start the movie :)
So... David and I made a date night out of it and watched Ironman 3! IT was AWESOME!
Not gonna lie I was kinda bummed I had the big mess to clean up and she didn't even get to enjoy it- but hey, I tried! LOL :)
We jumped on the air mattress all day saturday before I overhauled and cleaned the entire house :)
I can't wait to do it again!
Hope your weekend was as good as ours and your workouts for 2014 are just as successful!! If you want more details about specifics of my routines just let me know!
X, Jamie
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