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Fitness plan – end of week 2

Thought I would update on how my fitness plan was going (maybe I’ll try to do this weekly for the first 10 weeks at least)…

It’s the end of week 2, and I met my simple fitness goals – I got my minimum 3 “blocks” of exercise in. As a result, I’m down another 2 lbs.

Did a huge power walk on Monday with some light jogging thrown in (I must have been encouraged by my new snazzy track pants). Then my legs were killing me for a few days, so I downgraded to “just” a walk mid-week. Did another big walk/jog on Friday morning as well. I also did a tour of the RF fitness centre and decided to go ahead and get the 6-month membership! So I’m making the commitment to work out there at least a couple times a week until November. I’ll try to alternate between aquafit, swimming, the weight room, the cardio room, spinning classes, and aerobic/yoga/etc. classes to keep things interesting and to keep myself motivated. I’m feeling really positive about having a place to go to work out that has everything I need!

We’ve been working on changing our eating habits over here, and Paul’s mom lent us a WW booklet. We’d started to track our “points” but I just found it waaaay too overwhelming for me. Finding out that I’m going sooooo much over my daily “limit” of how much I should be eating just made me feel depressed and discouraged. I made my fitness plan simple and easy to follow through with for a reason – so that I wouldn’t get too discouraged to do anything at all! So although I will be watching my portion sizes and snacking habits, I’m not going to track calories all day. With this voracious nursing-mommy appetite, it just doesn’t jive well (I’m constantly snacking throughout the day). And my focus isn’t really on changing what I eat, it’s about being more active!

So far, it’s going well!