Day 22... tough. I was out if town. Tired and had no time. Although I believe I earned my day by dancing my butt off to some of my favorite bands.
Day 23... Home. Tired. Didnt want to, but I did. Setup a circus in my basement. Where its cooler... Jump Rope, abs, lunges, and some arms with weights.25 minutes later I am soaked in sweat and feeling accomplished.
Success! I choose it.
15 minute jog around the neighborhood Friday.9:13 pace.
Saturday 23 minute jog around my Super 8 motel.
What can you accomplish?
The best part of working out with a personal trainer.... you make appointments. There is a commitment. Although there are times I want to cry its so hard I always seem to push through and feel good afterward. Today I hit the treadmill for about 15 minutes before Dewayne my trainer was ready. Today we did a lot of leg work followed by some ab work. Although I enjoy leg workouts today seemed more difficult. Sometimes I really have to dig down deep. I am always glad I did. Day 19 complete. I have no clue how I am going to get Day 20 in since we will be traveling... check back to see if I am able to do it. 
So one of the many reasons that working out can be difficult is that we often don't have time. One of things I have really enjoyed about this challenge is finding new workouts. I have been using a lot of the magazines that I get in the mail because they all seem to have 15 minute workouts in them. Last night I knew it was going to be tough because I knew my Cincinnati Reds were on TV playing the Chicago Cubs. I wanted to watch the game. I think I was born a baseball fan. My father is a huge Reds fan as well. Many family members still tell stories of us watching baseball games together before I can remember. So baseball has since been my favorite sport. Last night I broke out my fitness ball and went to work for about 25 minutes while enjoying the game. The best part is that I did it and got to see a Reds Win! 
Well day 10 is a success... I found this 14 minute workout that I stretched to 30. I did a few more reps to make it slightly longer. I saw this workout in one of my many magazines. It is advertised as a workout to get you "bikini" ready... The real reason I picked it was that I noticed it used the bands instead of weights. Since I have one of these bands... which I had to dig out of the back of one of my closets. The workout was great. It worked me hard... especially with this warm weather my house is much warmer than it has been. My workouts may have to move to the basement soon. Tonight was a really hot night. So here is my challenge for you... dig something out of your closet you know you have and put it to use. Maybe even uncover a piece of equipment you know you are using as a clothes hanger... What could you put to use this week? 
First Happy Mothers Day to all the mom's. I am not sure how many people feel this way but I think my mom is #1. She has always been there and supported me through thick in thin. Days like today I miss living in Cincinnati and miss my mom very much. Yes this is my mom in the picture and no she doesn't mind if you think we look like sisters and want to refer to her as my sister instead of my mom!
I know promised more inquires into food that I eat. So here is what I had for dinner tonight. These are tofu noddles and the recipe is a hungry girl recipe. In fact it is on the package so you don't even have to save the recipe from here you can just follow the instructions on the bag. I bought them at my local Meijer. We talked in many of my meetings this past week about Fettuccine Alfredo. Its really good lets face it. So this hungry girl recipe is awesome. Basically you just rinse the noodles really well and then cook them for 1 minute in the microwave. After taking them out you want to dry them the best you can. Then just as the bag says you add 1 tsp fat free sour cream and 2 tablespoons of fat free cream cheese. Then sprinkle with salt, pepper and grated Parmesan cheese. I also added broccoli and chicken breast to mine. Its yummy and very low in points plus values. The recipe without the chicken and broccoli in fact is only 2 points plus. 
Day 6... Appointment with Dewayne my personal trainer. So I belong to Universal Fitness and training. I love this place. They are really committed to personal training. Dewayne is my personal trainer and he is great!
So I opted for a run. I wasn't really into it so I just said ok at least a mile. Considering I have run 4 half marathons a mile or so is nothing. I pushed for just over two miles. Once again my garmin decided to act strange the first few minutes in my neighborhood. I am not sure if it is the GPS or not. So believe it or not I did run... I took a picture to prove it. I am really feeling good about my accomplishments... How did today go for you?
Sweat baby sweat... OK I promise not to sing. Tonight I found another quick circuit to try since I worked again tonight. I was exhausted from work but I knew I couldn't give in. So I came home changed straight into my workout clothes and picked up the magazine. Today's circuit (pictured) is from Fitness magazine. I liked this one because it was cardio and weights. It also said it would only take 14 minutes. It said to perform each move 3 times. Most of them were only 10 reps or even 5 on each leg. I knew that wasn't quite enough for me so I went ahead and increased it myself. I also finished off with three different sets of 25 crunches. I can't believe I can start sweating so quickly. I then grabbed a quick snack and now I am beat and glad I didn't push this off after only a couple of days... Have you decided on your challenge yet? Are you doing the 100 days of working out... if so have you found anything quick and easy.... remember to complete the 100 days you only have to do 10 minutes per day...
