6 week challanege update

So.... It guess it's the beginning of week 4. I've gotten a little side tracked with keeping up with everything. However, I have been walking and doing yoga pretty regularly. There were a few days of rain and me and Jude not feeling well so we took a little "break". But I'm hoping to start blogging about everything again this week.
But here is some exciting news! Over the weekend I got my husband to do yoga with me. The easiest and most explanatory video I had was a pregnancy/postnatal yoga video, so he followed along as we pull up our pelvic floor and worked our birthing hips! And I might add that he did pretty well for a first-timer. He asked if we could do it again, he thinks it might help the tightness in his shoulders and back. I'm excited I think it will be fun doing yoga together!

So the plan for today is to take a long walk with Jude after he wakes up.

6 Week Challange: Week 1 Review

I am officially 1 week into my 6 week exercise challenge and I'm feeling pretty good. This weekend was a bit busy but I did manage to get a nice family walk to the park in on Sunday. All day Saturday I was feeling the effect of my leg workout so I'm glad I didn't do too much.
Today we'll start out with a nice long walk around the neighborhood and then finish it off with a nice workout for my arms! Hopefully I won't die in the horrible humidity today.

I don't know that I've lost any weight yet but I do feel better. I'll reassess the weight situation at the end of the week. (My scale has been acting up but I can't really complain since it was like $1)

6 Week Challaenge: Day 5

We got off to a late start today since Jude slept in till 11am. Him and I both had a weird night. I had a headache all night and I think I heard him whine a couple times during the night. I don't think we got very good sleep. But after a slow morning we appear to be doing better.

Jude's Grandma came over a little before lunch and we went for a nice long walk. (About 1.75 miles) then we stopped at the park for a bit of playing. During naptime I'll be working my legs!

I'll be honest and admit that the walking isn't a big deal but I do dread the workouts. But I'll keep on doing them hopeing to establish a healthy habit and maybe eventually enjoy it. (I doubt it.)

6 week Challenge: Day 4

Today was an off day with my workout regime but Jude and I still went for a little walk around the block this morning. (According to walkjogrun.net it was little under a mile around the neighborhood.)

Tomorrow we're going for a BIG walk. I'm hoping to discover some new territory.
Anyone have suggests for a good morning walk inside the beltline?

My scale is acting weird so I'm not sure what the number are but I already feel a bit more tone.

6 Week Challenge: Day 3

So Day 2 was supposed to be a day of rest but actually turned into a day of stress.

But luckily, today has started off much better. We took our 1 hour walk and stopped at the park to play for a bit. I haven't done my strength training yet. But I probably will after I finish this email.

Today's strength zone is the BUTT!

Try the single leg squat.

6 Week Challenge: Day 1

Today marks the beginning of my fitness challenge. I planned on going for a nice walk around 9am after Jude woke up and ate breakfast. However, after his crazy busy weekend and only taking one short nap yesterday he decided to sleep 15 hours last night resulting in his final waking time at 11am. So we got off to a late start but we still knocked out a hour + walk (complete with play time at the park). When we got home I did a small Ab workout. Each day I plan to focus on a different zone.

According to www.walkjogrun.net I walked 1.78 miles!

Also, here is one of the ab exercises I did today: Plank with Side Rotation (WARNING: It's freakin hard) 3 sets of 10 on each side! OUCH

6 Week Baby Weight Challenge - Introduction

So apparently baby weight doesn't just fall off even if you are breastfeeding. The first two months after Jude was born the weight came off pretty easily. Since then I've been stuck at 10lbs over my pre-pregnancy weigh. So I've finally decided to get pro-active... like chasing around a 1 year old isn't active enough.

So here's my plan. I'm trying to keep it realistic especially while taking care of a precocious toddler.

6 weeks to lose 10lbs.

PLAN
3x's a week 30 mins of cardio
3x's a week target strength training

I hope to document each day's activities to 1) keep myself accountable 2)encourage others to join me.

TODAY:
I did a little planning walk to see how long it takes me to do a fast walk around the neighborhood. 32 minutes (with a small pit stop to talk to a neighbor and his dog) I will probably be counting fast walks as my cardio since 1) I don't have a jogging stroller 2) I'm not a big fan of jogging anyway. I hope to get out before Jude's morning nap then do my strength training during the first 30 min of his nap leaving the next 30 min for getting cleaned up and ready for the day.

The plan starts Monday morning.