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oh man am I sore!
This morning when I rolled over to get Little Man out of his bed my abs let me know they were there.
And then I went to pick him up and my arms said, "we're here too"
my legs didn't want to get out of bed.
and I was still tired from my late night so I wasn't complaining. ;)
but I had a baby boy that wanted to play.
sometimes the "old" workouts work the best.
nothing too fancy.
happy Friday everyone!! :)

Thriving Thursday!

that's the best that I could come up with off the to of my head ;)
and bare with me, I am doing this on my phone so it won't turn out how the rest of the posts turn out.
Today I ran 4 miles!!
well, I ran about 3.5 and walked about half a mile throughout my entire run.
it.felt.AMAZING!
I decided to take it back to originals.
nothing to fancy
after I ran I took about a five minute break to lower my heart rate and to stretch.
don't forget to stretch!!
no matter what workout you are doing.
after my five minute break I did sit ups.
I like to put my feet in the air and reach up to my toes.
I do 4 sets of 25 with a 30 diving break in between each set.
remember to breath.
after sit ups, I went straight to pushups.
nothing fancy.
I do 10 pushups with a 30 second break in between.
with pushups I go until I cant complete a set.
but I push through as hard as I can.
again, DON'T FORGET TO STRETCH.
it does so much for your muscles if you stretch.
and it also helps keep your flexibility!
also don't forget to drink water.
you are losing so much as you sweat and you need to replace that.
have a good week!
take 5 minutes out of your day to do something active!

Thursdays workout?

my Wednesday's workout is going to have to be tomorrow. I know I know....Thursday doesn't quite work out with the saying. I'll think of something clever. ;) I've got doctor and dentist appointments today that are messing things up. but I promise that I will post my workout tomorrow. :)

Workout Follow-Up

I know it's Friday and not Thursday, but yesterday I was dealing with house work and a baby with an upset tummy.

So most of my day was spent cleaning and making my baby happy.

But, my toosh was sore yesterday and is still sore today from Wednesday's Workout.

I know I'm weird but right now it's the "feel good" sore.

Not "Oh my gosh I can't walk" sore. :)

I'm excited for next weeks workout.

We'll take a break from glutes and do some arms, maybe abs, maybe both! :)

Have a GREAT weekend!!

and don't forget to take 5 - 10 minutes out of your busy life to do something active!

Wednesday's Workout

Hey Everyone!

This week has been pretty crazy!

And because of the stinkin weather we have been stuck inside this week.

But I haven't forgotten about the Wednesday's Workout!

So the first workout that I'd love to share with you is...

Well...I'm sure there is a name for it but I don't quite know what it's called...

I've been doing it for awhile and love what it does.

I guess it's a leg lift but standing up.

You can hold onto a chair, one leg planted on the ground, lift the other leg as high as you want and take it back down next to your planted foot but don't put it down.

I usually lift my leg to a 45 degree angle.

I do one set of 60 lifts then switch legs.

I do 2 sets each foot.

If you have good balance, you can do these without holding onto anything.

And you can really do them anywhere.

I do them whenever I brush my teeth, do the dishes, etc.

They really don't take much from you to do.

And they work the outside of your glutes.

After the second set you will feet it.

I'm working on getting my camera fixed so you'll have to take the phone pictures for a little bit.

The second workout I chose also works your glutes and hips.

It's called the Swinger.

• Start on ground on all fours; for extra counterbalancing support, prop left hand up on fingertips and bend left elbow slightly.
• Extend right leg behind you at hip level, toes pointed; then, keeping hips still, bring it directly out to side.
• Hold for 1 count; return to start.
• Do 8 reps. Switch sides and repeat. Do 2 sets.

This one is a new favorite.

These two workouts are so easy to do and don't take much time to do them.

Maybe...5 minutes?

You could even add last weeks workouts to these two and have an awesome lower workout!

We are going to get those tooshies ready for summer and swim suits!

Report on last week:

On Thursday, my inner thighs felts amazing!

I love the feeling of being sore.

My arms were sore and I could really feel it when I went to lift my baby above my head.

I could only hold him for a few seconds before my arms started to shake a little.

I'm hoping to do my reports on Thursday but something came up last week.

Take 5 minutes to do these two workouts. 

You will not regret doing them :)

I love this!

Walk, run, crawl...Anything!

And this doesn't have to specifically be about running/walking!

It could be about anything that you are trying to do.

Slow is better than nothing.

Happy Wednesday!

Wednesday's Workout!

Here is my first Wednesday Workout's post!

Bare with me as I figure out exactly how I am going to do this over the next few weeks.

Anyways, I officially started my Ragnar training on Monday.

I went out to my sisters house to use her treadmill.

I wasn't exactly sure how much of it would come back to me so I took it easy.

She loved it because she got to play with Lyle and didn't have to fight her kids to hold him. ;)

It took me an hour but I did 4 miles total.

I walked have, ran half, and continued that until 4 miles.

I also increased the incline up to 6 while walking and 2 while running.

It felt amazing!

I have missed running so much and am so glad that it is coming back easier than I thought it would.

I wasn't as sore as I thought I was going to be but enough that it took a little more power to get up.

Tuesday, the weather was gorgeous so when Dee got home from work, we took Lyle out and went on a walk.

We have a nice hill in our neighborhood so I know where I am going to be running when I start outside.

Today I decided to take it a little easy and I only chose two workouts that I found on pinterest.

The first one is Catwalk Pins

We all have that flab in between our legs that we would love to get rid of!

well...here is a really good solution to that!

Lie on your side and support your head with one arm.

Lift your top leg and place your foot on the chair.

Very slowly, lift the lower leg to touch the underside of the chair.

Hold for a few seconds, lower several inches then lift straight back.

Continue for 30 seconds then switch legs and repeat.

If you feel the burn you know you are doing them right.

Here is my attempt to take a picture of myself doing them:

 

If you feel that these are too easy for you, try lifting your body so that it is alined with your upper leg.

Support your body with your lower arm and lift the lower leg.

It should look like this:

The image above is also from the same website as the Catwalk Pins.

I tried doing these...I couldn't even lift my lower leg off the ground.

I have something to shoot for now! :)

These second workout I chose were pushups from Fitness Fury.

These are what they look like:

I got into the pushup position with my legs a little off from my body.

Then I took one leg and crossed it over so I could keep my balance.

I lost a lot of my upper strength and was only able to do 10 pushups on each side.

I am going to do 3 reps of 10 but do them throughout the day.

This will tone your arms along with your abs!

Two in one is my favorite way to go!

I would have done more but this little guy wanted my attention until he fell asleep

I am also going to go for a run tonight when Dee gets home from work.

I'll let you know how sore I am tomorrow from the Catwalk Pins and the funky pushups!

I challenge you to take 5 - 10 minutes out of your day to try these!

Cake Batter Cookie Dough

I know what you are thinking...

Two posts in one day?

She's on a roll! ;)

I just made Safe-to-Eat Cake Batter Cookie Dough and it is delicious!

I just had to share!

It is soo easy and there are no eggs!

The only problem is...it's too easy to make and so dang delicious that you are going to eat the whole thing...

Luckily I made it, which means that I won't eat it.

I did taste a little but when I make my own desserts I usually don't eat them because I see all the sugar that goes into the yummy treats.

It seriously is a must make if you haven't made it already!

Three Months

It has been awhile since my last blog but we are still alive!

My baby boy is three months old now!

It really goes by way to fast!

I am cherishing every minute with him and trying to get as much snuggle time with him.

It amazes me how much they learn in three months!

He is very, very observant

He loves to sit up

He has figured out how to get his toys into his mouth

He loves to suck on his hands (we might have a thumb sucker)

He is starting to actually laugh (cutest thing ever)

Still loves to talk

He is seriously the sweetest baby I know!

Don't worry....he does have his cry fits when he is extremely tired.

He gets that from his Daddy ;)

Last Sunday Dee blessed Little Man and it was the sweetest blessing I've ever heard.

Lyle did amazing and didn't cry, poop, or spit up during the blessing.

I was so worried that he was going to.

After the blessing, Dee held up Lyle to show everyone and he looked around at everyone.

I have never seen a baby look around the way he did.

I love having the Priesthood in my house.

It is such a blessing to have and to see the power Dee has as well is amazing.

We had about 72 people come and we took up most of the chapel.

 

 

We had a brunch afterwards and luckily I have an amazing Brother-In-Law that was able to use his connections and get us the Hope Community Center for free.

Can you imagine 72 people in my 1200sq house??

Yeah...me neither...

We had amazing food brought by everyone and enjoyed the great company.

I was so excited to send everyone home though and have time with just my little family.

We pretty much went to bed early.

Before that we did go visit my Grandma who wasn't able to be there due to her health.

This is today after church.

Dee dressed him today and may I say, he did a GREAT job!!

My baby boy looks so handsome!

 

I am going to start training for the Ragnar and am going to start blogging about it.

I LOVE running but taking that first step out the door is the hardest.

So I figure if I blog about my training that it will at least help me stay motivated.

I am going to dedicate Wednesday to my workouts.

Wednesday Workouts

Kinda catchy huh? :)

My main goal when I work out is to get fit and build that muscle.

I will post my running (or walking) for that week and if I do anything else I'll post it.

We'll see how this works ;)