I have a habit of on again / off again diet and exercise plans. Nothing fad, but I alternate having healthy habits and falling off of the wagon. Recently, I’ve been feeling like I need to get moving again. Add to that some prompting on Facebook, and I really felt compelled to get back on track.
Sidetracked Sarah recently asked the 5 days of Cleaning & Organizing participants if they were interested in a 12 week diet/exercise challenge. Um, yeah! And so Get Healthy & Fit was born! Each week beginning today through 12/3, nineteen bloggers will each be sharing their own unique diet and exercise plan for getting healthy and fit.
My diet/exercise plan is as follows:
Exercise – weekly
run x3 (or other cardio)
weights x2
I’m fortunate that my gym offers childcare 2 mornings a week so I will be going to the gym to lift weights twice a week. For those days when I can’t go (kids sick or something), I will do a strength-training workout video. I have a ton of them! I will be running in most weather (except rainstorms, due to kiddos getting cold & wet) and if I can’t, I will be doing cardio at home with another video. The kids love those!
I’d also like to do abdominal exercises as many days as I can fit them in, but I am not making any promises or goals on this one.
Diet Goals
My diet plan is less of a plan and more of some limits. I’m a total veggie hater. Really. The CSA isn’t really helping much, unfortunately :(. So my goal is to remember to add in a fruit and vegetable with every meal and my snacks need to be fruit or veg FIRST.
Also, I am going to be limiting juice to weekends at breakfast only (not MUCH of a change, but still) and pop to once a week, preferably at home (it’s cheaper). I’m also going to make a point to drink water only and not going for lemonade, kool-aid (ick) or anything else in desperation.
And finally, I’m going to try limiting eating out to 2 times per week or less. This isn’t always a problem but some weeks just get crazy and I get lazy and I go way over this. This guideline is for THOSE weeks. And I try to get lunch with hubby once a week, so that leaves one other ‘I didn’t plan well’ stop.
Goals
I’m not necessarily aiming for a ton of weight loss because I’m sure I will gain some pounds after I go back to strength training with muscle being built, but I would ideally like to lose the last 10 lbs that I gained with my two girls. Actually, my lowest adult weight ever was 154 (for a whole week!) and I would like to beat that AND weigh less than my super tall/skinny hubby. Again. Going to a size 8 would be a sweet alternative to losing 10 lbs. Either would work for me :).
My start:
- Starting Weight: 160 lbs
- BMI: 27.5 – Overweight
- Bust: 39″
- Waist: 34″
- Hips: 40″
- Upper Arms: 12″ L/R
- Thighs: 24″ L / 23.5″ R
- Calves: 15.5″ L/R
Wow! 160 lbs looks quite different two kids later; I weighed just a few lbs less (5 lbs) at my skinniest and it was visibly much different! Anyway, while I will only be updating weight most weeks, I will be updating all stats every 4 weeks with new photos at the end.
Do you need some help and motivation? I would love to follow you, too! If you blog about it, comment with your post; if not, just comment about your journey. Let’s get healthy & fit together!
Come check out all the ladies participating at Sidetracked Sarah’s!
This post will be linked to Mamavation Monday’s.
Sarah Robinson
10 September 2012 at 10:42 AM (12 years ago)Excited that you’re doing this with us! You have a great plan!!
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Jeri Lynn
10 September 2012 at 9:19 AM (12 years ago)Hi Jen. I am doing the 12 week Get Fit & Healthy too! I have been knowing what to do for a long time, but this summer I began to add a little faith to my knowledge…and now I am making real progress. I will be posting a daily dose of Faith For Fitness…for those (like me) who need the constant encouragement to be faithful! Looking forward to swapping success stories in the near future. 🙂
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jen Reply:
September 10th, 2012 at 10:24 AM
Great idea!! I can’t wait to find a few extra minutes to check out what everyone else is doing; I’ll be by sometime this week :).
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