July fitness goals

The month of June was quite interesting. I did very well but my baby got the croup and I was not sleeping at all then I was gone all day at the Alt conference. The week after that my daughter who is my babysitter went to camp. So I got 2 weeks with no working out. I still managed to loose 1 pound. I am 9 pounds away from my goal. Slow but surely.

For July I want to workout 15 days. It's very hard with the kids at home this summer and it takes a lot of will power to fit my time in. 15 hours seem doable to me.

14 days with no chemicals in my food. Have you read your labels? It is insane the amount of crap they try to feed us. Is there such thing as natural and out of the garden anymore?. In France there is no way we would put so many chemicals in our food. So for 14 days. If I can't understand the label it is not going in my body. Also your body stocks those chemicals because it doesn't know what to do with it sabotaging your weight loss.

1 gallon of water everyday. Still working on that one. I do pretty good but I want to make sure it is a priority.

No sugar for 14 days. This one goes with no chemical too. Only fruits and no sweeteners. No chocolate, no snickers, Very hard for me but really needed because the treats always get me.

Do you have goals for July? Make sure to tell me and even link your post in the comments. 
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week 7 and 8: My skirt fits!

Week 7 was still a struggle since I was a little bit sick with a sore throat. I still managed to work out 4:45 minutes. My eating was pretty bad but on Sunday I fit one of my skirt that I was not fitting last month, so I have been loosing weight anyway.

Week 8. I had to deal with sick kids again. I swear we never got out of colds since this winter. I still worked out 3 hours and my eating was pretty good. I have been a little discouraged but I know that if I continue to work out. Even if it's just walking I will get fit and finally fit my old clothes.

My legs are really looking great and I have to focus on the positive about my body. A lot of people I know are working out too since I started and I am happy I can be a positive influence. 
There has been some viral clips on Facebook about "loving your body how it is" Meaning it's ok to be fat...Well I have to tell you. When you hit 40 you better be ready for diabetes and cholesterol and high blood pressure. It's around the corner. I really don't care what your body looks like but you have to be healthy.

I had gestational diabetes with my last pregnancy and I did not take medicine. I went super strict with the diet and I made it but it was super hard.
There is no way on earth I am going to have diabetes in few years. It was my wake up call for me. I want to be healthy and being overweight when you are older is not being healthy. 

Week 6: Le sick Fiasco

Last week was a real fiasco. Baby was sick and then when she was better I got sick. Bla.

I still managed to fit 1 hour of work out. Pilates and Yoga. I now fit my "medium jeans" and I am at 141 pounds. My goal is 128 with muscles. It really sounds hard to me but last year I was almost there with 131 pounds and muscles.

I had my cheat meal at 5 brothers and I thought about it all week until Saturday when I had it. I was full super fast and did not even finish my burger and fries. I thought that was funny and disappointing at the same time! I guess I shrunk my stomach.

What is your favorite cheat meal? Do you have one?

week 5: progress and favorite fitness treat

My favorite fitness treat: It keeps you full and the protein get digested slowly witch is perfect for a late night snack.

Cottage cheese treat:

1/2 cup fat free cottage cheese,

Drizzle with honey and 12 Raspberries.

You can add 1 teaspoon Chia seeds. They make you feel more full because they expand during digestion.

Last week was pretty brutal: I had to work out 8 hours to make up for the week before. My goal is 5 hours a week.

I was doing super good and did 7 hours then my baby got a nasty cold and I got stuck home with her coughing and crying at home. 

She wanted to be held all day and I could have done the last hour but I didn't sleep the night before because of the baby and also my back was feeling uncomfortable. I think I stretched it to much in my yoga class.

Result: I still feel pretty good about the 7 hours. I did all my normal class plus weights and extra yoga at home. I have been working on my arms with the weights.

I did very well with my healthy and clean meals. 

Perfect with 1 gallon of water a day.

I had a piece of thin mint chocolate cake for cheat dessert.

I had this: My favorite Pancake peanut butter and banana stacks for cheat meal.

I did great on the green juice at every meal.

I really feel more happy and get exited about cute work out clothes.

How is your fitness journey going?

Week 4: Pounds lost and May goals

This week was pretty horrible. I was super busy and lots of things came up so I only worked out 2 hours and 30 minutes. I had 1 hour Zumba and 1 hour Pilates. The pilates really are effective and I am "dying" during the class. 

I lost 3 pounds so far in 4 weeks. I am not super happy about it but I will take it. I have lost inches on my stomach in particular because of all the core exercises.

I have done super good this week with the clean diet.

I need to work out 7:30 minutes this week because my goal is 5 hours a week and I fell short this week.

My goals for May:

- Drink 1 gallon a day,

- One vegetable at each meal or some green juice, even at breakfast.

- One chicken salad at every lunch.

- One cheat meal a week.

_ one cheat dessert a week.

- Reducing the amount of calories I eat each day.

- 15 minutes of yoga on my own every evenings. 15 poses, 1 minute each.

- Focusing on myself. Getting my body healthy and positive and not focusing on my problems.

Do you have goals for May? Fitness or things you want to accomplish?

If you make a post about it, share in the comments the link.

Week 3: my working out every day.

This week the kids were on spring break so I was able to work out more. I made a little mistake last week with my post. I try to work out everyday but not 4 hours a day. 1 hour a day. My goal is to work out everyday.

Last week I did: 

1:15 Kickboxing, 1 hour Zumba, 1 hour Pilates, 1 hour yoga, 1:30 walking/running.

I also did 30 minutes of cardio. I was going to try this new class but the baby would not get up and eat so it took us longer to get there and I only did 30 minutes of the 1 hour class. It was not my favorite and I was actually bored. I also did the 30 minutes abs class and did not like it. I could not do any of the floor exercises correctly. I guess I need to improve but I did not feel it was very effective. The Pilate class is way more effective. I did 15 minutes of weights for my upper body. Total of 7 hours for last week.

I started to really like Yoga and looking forward to the class. I am still not good at it.

My diet was pretty good and I started eating a chicken salad for every meal for 3 days. I can see my waist shrinking but the scale is not showing anything yet. 

7 hours in a week is my top achievement. 

My fitness journey can be very frustrating at time because results are very slow and I can't quit. I guess it's like everything. I have to keep going otherwise my efforts are gone.

I had 4 cinnamon buns for my cheat day and it made me very sick. I count it as a positive. I am eating less sugar and white bread and my body notices.