September resolutions

As a part of becoming the best/healthiest I can be before the end of 2012, I am giving myself 4 months to slowly change some habits that have crept back in and solidify the good stuff that I already have going:

  • walk 60 miles
  • get back to running, run 20 miles
  • cut down from 4 cups of coffee/day to just one :-)
  • work my Italian lessons
  • get back to meditation and visualization

My workouts today:

30 min Interval Run in the am

Body Rock in the pm

Complete 2 Sets of the following exercises for 50 Seconds on with a 10 Second Rest In-between

1) Mountain Climbers

2) Squat Lunge Back & Side Lunge

3) Ugi Jump – Using the Ugi Ball

4) Push Ups

5) Straight Arm Plyo-metric Jump

6) Reverse Pull Ups – Using the BodyRock Equalizer or Dip Station


My quads are killing me, great feeling!!!


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Workout Programs
Vitogo
CardioTrainer
JEFIT
Fitness Builder
Nike BOOM
StrongLifts 5x5
Nike Training Club
Sportaneous
iFightBack 
Workout Trackers
Fitocracy
MyFitnessPal
GymPact
Workout Trainer
GymBuddy
Fleetly Fitness
Alpine Replay
Running
runtastic
MapMyRun
Nike+ GPS
Couch-to-5k
RunKeeper
Runmeter GPS
miCoach
Zombies, Run!
Yoga
Pocket Yoga
All-In Yoga
Nutrition & Weight Loss
Fooducate
ShopWell
Whole Foods Market Recipes
Yumee
Caffeine Zone
Weight Watchers Mobile
MealSnap
MyPlate Calorie Tracker
The Eatery
Noom Weight Loss Coach
Lose It!
CalorieCounter
Diet & Food Tracker 
Medical
HealthTap Express
MyQuitCoach
ZocDoc
Skeletal Systems Pro
Epocrates
Skin Scan
GlucoseBuddy
JetLag RX
Cooking
Green Kitchen
Cookwell
Cook It Allergy Free
Substitutions
CookingLight Quick & Healthy Menu Maker
Epicurious Recipe & Shopping List
Stress Reduction
Stress Check
Relax & Rest Guided Meditations
Awareness
Sleep
SleepCycle
Pzizz
Boost Brainpower
Brain Trainer
Memory Trainer Pro

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Workout Programs

Workout Trackers

Running

Yoga

Nutrition & Weight Loss

Medical

Cooking

Stress Reduction

Sleep

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A view worth running for early in the morning!!!

A view worth running for early in the morning!!!

Happy Spring from amazingly warm Boston!
And what a wonderful day it was - Tuesday = Juice fast day!
Breakfast: 1 pint of grapefruit juice (2 grapefruits)
During the day: 22 oz green veggie juice (kale, cucumber, celery, green pepper, ginger, lemon peeled, green apple, cilantro)
Dinner: 1 pint of red juice (carrots, beats, ginger, lemon, pear)
Wanted to run tonight, but my legs still felt like rocks due to my Sunday run and Monday hike :-) so I did 1 hour (4 miles) of speed walking outside, so nice to be able to be out of the gym and in the fresh air!
Happy Juicing!!!

Happy Spring from amazingly warm Boston!

And what a wonderful day it was - Tuesday = Juice fast day!

  • Breakfast: 1 pint of grapefruit juice (2 grapefruits)
  • During the day: 22 oz green veggie juice (kale, cucumber, celery, green pepper, ginger, lemon peeled, green apple, cilantro)
  • Dinner: 1 pint of red juice (carrots, beats, ginger, lemon, pear)

Wanted to run tonight, but my legs still felt like rocks due to my Sunday run and Monday hike :-) so I did 1 hour (4 miles) of speed walking outside, so nice to be able to be out of the gym and in the fresh air!

Happy Juicing!!!

Antsy pants

All day today, I cannot wait to get out of work and go interval running :-) I am hooked on it, such a hard cardio, but such a huge high and reward after. And to think I have never been big into running and now I do it 3-4 x a week is amazing.

I used to do 1 minute high intensity running, 1 minute walking, but I started doing intervals suggested by Bob Harper on the Biggest Looser (love the show and love him!)

They go as follows:

  • 5 min warm up
  • 10 min run
  • 2 min recover (walk)
  • 8 min run
  • 2 min recover
  • 6 min run
  • 2 min recover
  • 4 min run
  • 2 min recover
  • 2 min run
  • 2 min recover
  • cooldown for 5 min OR repeat if you are up for it :-)

Bob Harper claims it will “torch the fat right off your body”, and I bet it kicks your metabolism in a very high gear!!!

Happy running, kick some ass today!