460 reps

I must say I'm feeling like quite the little trouper (if I do say so myself). The old me would have given up on working out the first sign of illness - more as a justification for not having to do it. The new me thinks I should still do it, and instead of working hard and fast through it, work more slowly and focus on form. I'm not sure when this mental transition too place, but its pretty neat!

Today was fairly uneventful - busy at work hard pressed on a deadline, made it to my studio, Core Essentials, for my noon hour workout. Back to it at work, ended up staying late, rush to get kids, feed them and get to the pool for swimming lessons! Phew!

The good thing about rushing around and working under the gun is that there is little time to snack! The trick for me is making sure I eat my small meals every 3-4 hours. I make sure I have 100 calorie snacks and fruit in my bag all the time! Making the time to feed my belly is actually assisting in getting RID of my belly :)

Here's today's workout - its call 500 reps (I actually did 460 reps, but close enough)

1. Push up: wide legged regular push ups (30)
2. Prison Squats (50)
3. Push ups: tricep push ups (30)
4. Turkish get-ups (this is a kettlebell move - we did it without weights) (50)
5. Swing thoughs (lunge forward, swing leg into a rear lunge) (50 - back and forth is 1)
6. Sit ups (with soles of feet together) (50)
7. Two jumps forward/ two jumps backward (50 - forward and back is 1)
8. Side crunches (50)
9. Plank with knee tuck (stay in plank bring knee into elbow and hold) (50)
10. Reverse plank with legs kick (keeping hips raised, bend knee and raise other knee bent to your chest and back) (50)

Laurissa was bored (HA!) so she workout out with us. The funny thing is that when your trainer works out along side she sets the pace (and I was damn well going to keep up!). So I'm tired and I have a knitting project for my daughters best friend who's birthday is tomorrow. Off to the sofa I go!

Nite nite