MLHAS #6

I can’t believe it is week 6 already since we started the Long Hot Active Summer Challenge. Time flies by when you keep busy J

So here are the stats (and I’m not happy but not surprised either).

My Weight today is: 183.5

I lost/gained (start 181.9 – last week 182.0)                      +1.5lbs (+1.6 from Start)

Minutes exercised  June 9^th -15^th:  445 (325 quality, 120 Walking)

I can do much better in the exercising department and this is what this entire challenge is for me. To keep my exercise minutes up high for the entire summer. High as in intense quality exercising, not just the walking. I’m not as worried about my weight, as long as it doesn’t go above +5lbs, but I MUST keep exercising. Maintaining is one thing but if I stop exercising then that number on the scale will increase and I can’t allow that to happen this summer. Besides, I feel so much better during and after I exercise.

Lately though, I haven’t been able to do as much as I have wanted to and quite honestly, at 4:00 in the morning (this week especially) when that alarm goes off, I can’t seem to drag this lazy butt out of the bed to get downstairs and do something vigorous. It sucks really. I feel like I need a “sick” day. A day where I can get a good full 8 hours of sleep and wake when my body feels like it. No disturbance at all. All this week, Mr. Sandra has made sleeping peacefully very difficult. He is constantly coughing (he is a smoker), snores extremely loudly or bounces around. Not sure what’s up with him but he is not making it easy to get enough good quality rest these days. He doesn’t have to work, he is retired and can sleep as long as he wants.  I’m just plain tired.

Last night, during my personal training session, she worked my legs again. I’ve decided that my legs are pretty weak. I thought they were strong, but I was wrong. They are just largeJ. By the end of the hour, I could hardly walk down the stairs, I felt like I had jello legs. So when we were done, I got back on the treadmill and walked at an incline, slowly (3.2) for 30 more minutes. My goal is to not get too sore so I like to walk the lactic acid out of my system before stopping and getting into my vehicle. Once I sit, and it pools in my legs, then I’ll be toast. With walking right after, I’ve been good lately and not gotten too sore. However, we will see around 5:00p.m. tonight on how that theory goes.

I hope everyone has a FANTASTIC DAY! And Good luck to all the LHAS challengers!

Ttyl

Sandra