Dec 14 - 19

Monday - sick. Lots of snow this morning. After clearing off our crazy huge driveway I decided to take the rest of the day easy.
Tuesday - sick. Cleared off snow again, that was about it for my workout.
Wednesday - 3 minute center plank. 30 second sides.
Thursday - two more days of school then we can take a break and try to get back on track. Feeling better, still have a cough. no workout.
Friday - no workout, ate junk. :(
Saturday - Hasn't been a good week. I did make a resolve to never by junkfood again. Going to stick to the fresh produce isle. Cause really, junk food and candy and chocolate just appear around here, it doesn't need any help from me to get into our home. With all the birthdays and holidays, it would be nice if candy and desserts really were a once in a while treat instead of a two or three times a day occurrence. It's just too much! No more. I've told the kids no chocolate kisses in their stockings this year, and yet somehow I'm sure they'll get plenty of junk food.

Dec 7 - 12

Monday - 12 minutes of planks in rotation - center side side 3x then 3 min reverse plank. Six 10 second let downs. Hyrum stayed home from school today sick, and during the course of the day our conversation turned to getting healthy, he's my new exercise buddy. He and Wesley did the planks with me, Hyrum did the let downs too. I shared some of my struggle with weight as a kid. I think I know enough that I can help him and me reach our goals.

Tuesday - Hyrum and I worked out today, and we had 3 friends join us who don't like to be left out of something fun (like having permission to use the treadmill) so Mel, Wes, and Abi joined us. Lily, Sophi, and Natalie all came down too, it was a cardio party. So the plan was 5 stations at 1 minute each:

1. Jumping Jacks
2. Treadmill
3. high knees
4. jump knee tuck
5. 180 jump turns with toe touch (I just call these "180s")

I didn't want to go upstairs to get my timer, so we had whoever was on the treadmill station keep time, which didn't work very well, some kids couldn't see it and called time after the distance said .59 miles, others added time here and cut down some time in other spots. But we all got an ok workout. They wanted to take a water break after each round and a few during, I just kept going, but I was also able to get in all the cardio I wanted by jumping ahead of the person in front of me and getting on the treadmill for another 1 min sprint, yay. So overall it was a 25 minute workout, I got in four 1 minute sprints, and all the kids were exhausted and sweaty.
Wednesday - Hyrum and I after school: plan was to do 500 mountain climbers, he couldn't figure it out, so I just told him to do Plank Jacks and he could be done when I finished my 500 mtn climbers. Took me a while - we started over twice. First 100 in :48, done with 200 at 2:08, and each 50 was about a minute for the rest of my time, finished 500 in 7:55. Hyrum did 200 plank jacks in that time, plus he had PE today and got some cardio there. Our arms are going to be sore tomorrow!
Thursday - Cize Full Out workout - that one was really fun! So much fun we did it twice
Friday - Full Out again, getting better at it
Saturday - 20 minutes on the treadmill, did five 1 minute sprints, then Abi and I did Full Out, Wes joined us half way through.

Nov 30 - Dec 5

Monday - Cize Crazy 8s, my diet has been way off. Need to kick it in gear
Tuesday - 12 minutes of planks - 1 min each in rotations. Ready to hit reset with diet.
Wednesday - Diet back on track, ate perfectly. No exercise tough - just trying to focus on diet
Thursday - ate perfectly, for exercise I just did a handstand and two head stands for as long as I could (about 30 secs each). I would do Cize, but over the weekend a bunch of kids messed up my exercise area, so now it's covered in legos. When I tried to do it upstairs I was getting irritated with my older kids (Hyrum and Mel) commenting how weird it was. They weren't trying to offend but I can't do it around them anymore, except for Wesley, he likes to do it with me, he's my dancing buddy.
Friday - Ate perfectly. For exercise did six 10 second let downs (as opposed to "pull ups")
Saturday -

Nov 23-28 (Owen is 4 months old)

Monday - two 90 second center planks, 45 seconds on each side
Tuesday - nothing
Wednesday - Started Cize - Crazy 8s
Thursday  - day 2 of Cize - You got this
Friday - Owen is 4 months old! - Crazy 8s again and 8 count abs (my effort during abs was pretty weak), six 10 second let downs
Saturday - nothing. Had a house full of guests all day

Nov 16 - 21 (Owen is 16 weeks)

Monday - Owen is 16 weeks old today. Did 20 minutes of cardio this morning on the treadmill - 1.5 miles walking with 4 one minute sprints during it. Got below 155 today, yay! Ate perfectly
Tuesday - Ate perfectly, 3 minute center plank, 45 second side planks
Wednesday - nothing. Ate perfectly except for a few graham crackers
Thursday  - 4 sprints in the morning on the treadmill plus six 10 second let downs
Friday - nothing, ate a poppy seed muffin = junk food. Also didn't get in my 10 veggies.
Saturday - 2 mile jog outside. Begin fast at 12:30

Nov 9-14 (Owen is 15 weeks)

Monday - ate perfectly over the weekend. I've made some new goals for myself. 2 mile jog outside, jogged (and shuffled!) the whole distance, not walking. good job me
Tuesday - ate perfectly, 3 min center plank, 3 min reverse plank, 44 seconds each side hand plank
Wednesday - ate perfectly, little bit of stretching but no real workout, but what can I say, it's a Wednesday.
Thursday -  ate perfectly, 2 mile jog outside after the kids got home from school so they could watch Owen - jogged the whole time. Saw an infomercial for Cize today... Wesley and I were pretty convinced it's the answer to all our problems. ;) just what we need to make it through the coming winter months.
Friday - ate perfectly, only exercise I did was six 10 second "let downs" - the only thing close to a "pull up" that I can do right now. I also watched an infomercial for Cize and it sold me, except I'm pretty sure it'd end up never being used with all my other exercise DVDs. Still might be worth the 60 bucks if it kicks me in gear for a few months. Weight has plateaued at 156 for the past 3 weeks.
Saturday - nothing. ate perfectly, began a fast at noon, will finish at noon tomorrow. I think I'm going to do a 24 hour fast every Saturday to Sunday, cause I can always find something to fast and pray for, and cause I have like 16 years of not fasting very much to make up for.

Nov 2 - 7 (Owen is 14 weeks)

Monday - Owen is 14 weeks old today. I did not have any Halloween candy this weekend, go me. Bad night with Owen crying last night. I look forward to the day when I get to have 4-5 hours of uninterrupted sleep. Made it through the day without a nap and without a bad attitude. For workout today I broke out my old Bodyrock Notebook - Did the Pull up Challenge (But my pull ups were "let downs" each 10 seconds long. 5 let downs = 1 set, did 3 sets. Also did 60 hanging knee raises, then 20 minutes of cardio on the treadmill with four 1 minute high intensity intervals.
Tuesday - A bad night last night again. Working on my attitude. 3 min center plank, 90 sec reverse plank, 90 sec yoga table, 40 seconds left side hand plank, right side 37 seconds, 20 min stretching
Wednesday - stretching
Thursday - 15 minute workout - 1 min walking lunges, 1 minute wall sit, 1 min stretch, repeat 5 times
Friday - 2 mile jog outside, jogged the whole time without stopping, yay
Saturday - nothing, ate perfectly