2010 Hot 100 Week 1 Update

Here’s my Week 1 HOT 100 Update!

1. Nurture my Body, Soul & Mind
   
• I really need to spend some Me, Myself & I time every day and focus on grounding myself. When I am not grounded I find I swing all over the place. I'm unorganized, stressed, a little more negative towards myself and possibly judgmental to others.
  
• Week 1(Sept 23-30): I planned on going to Hot YOGA at least 2x but neither session happened. This is a great place for me to de-stress and spend a little time meditating afterwards. But it didn’t happen because of my schedule. I did however spend some time on the weekend, just by myself, relaxing and doing a bit of reading (between all the re-organizing I was doing). I can definitely improve in this area.(B-)
  
2. Put 110% effort into my 3x strength training sessions, and 3x Interval cardio sessions
   
• In the last 2 years, I do not feel like I have worked at my hardest during my workouts. I've just been going through the motions. Now some days my body aches, and my muscles are sore but I still feel I could do more. I am going to try to do my absolute best without burning myself out. And in order to not burn out, I need to make sure that goal #1 is a priority.
  
• Week 1(Sept 23-30): (A+) I saw a definite improvement in this area. I’ve been pushed more in my strength training sessions at the gym and have done some at home to get in my 3x per week. I think I do need to ST more often as my muscle groups have too long of a time between workouts. I’m with my PT until the end of this month and I can’t afford anymore sessions (darn they are expensive) so I’m going to work out some kind of plan to work the right muscles together and 48-72 hours apart. I only managed 1 session of interval training but I did do lots of walking.
  
3. 90/10 rule for eating.
   
• 90% of the time I want to eat organic, clean, healthy meals. As few chemicals as possible. 10% (or less) of the time will be my leeway. Those times where either the supply isn't available or I just need a "free" meal. I loathe to grant myself a free "DAY" as I can quickly undo everything I have gained during the previous six days of eating 100% on track.
  
• Week 1(Sept 23-30): (C) I can definitely improve here. But it is a work in progress and it is getting better as I learn what my body is wanting/needing. I had episodes of not being hungry and being aware of my body’s real needs this past week so it is getting better.
  
4. Track an average of 10,000 steps every day.  
   
• Every day is not too much of a stretch. Even on easy days where all I want to do is walk, then I will walk 10,000 steps worth. That's only about an hour of walking really. It can be done.
  
• Week 1(Sept 23-30): I did 5500 some days, 13000 other days. It averaged out to ~9000 per day when I calculated the 7 day average.. My pedometer is a bit big and bulky and I need to find something less intrusive if I am going to wear it every day. There have been quite a few days that I have accidentally reset it by likely leaning against something and hitting the reset button. Some days I KNOW I have done 10,000 steps and at the end of the night when I take it off, it will only say 900 steps or something like that. (B)
  
5. Stop being wasteful.
   
• Sometimes at the end of the week I throw out more bad fruit and veggies than I should be. I need to learn to only buy what I need for a couple of days and then make sure I eat it. I hate waste and I sometimes over-buy a product and it goes bad by the time I eat it. I live close to a grocery store so I should only buy a couple of days’ worth.
  
• Week 1(Sept 23-30): I didn’t buy anything I didn’t use but I did throw out some stuff at the weekend because it was bad. But since then, so far so good. (A)
  

It’s Friday and I’m going blog visiting. I hope you all have a fantastic day!

Ttyl

Sandra