My Fitness challenge - week 1.
If you all remember last week when I was totally ticked off because I have been gaining a very unhealthy weight for my height. I wrote about it here and said that I would be rededicating myself to my fitness workout and weight loss routine.I was going to add a post about this yesterday, but I already had written two posts and did not want to bombard you with too many postings!Well, I have so far made good on that progress and have lost 3 lbs already. I have made myself get on my treadmill starting last Monday and so far, so good. I was able to hop on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
However, my cardio daily totals should have been 60 minutes daily and I have only been doing about 20-25 minutes on those days. That equals a weekly goal of 300 minutes that I should be getting. But as of now, I am not.
I am really nervous about getting another ACL injury from running so I am making sure that I start slow this time.
My total goal for weekly calories burned are 1530. This past week I burned just 798. That’s still, 2 whole meals if you think about it. 
My strength training consisted of simple exercises of dumbbell wrist curls, lateral raises, flys, chest presses, bicep curls, crunches and so on. I wanted to keep my first week very simple and easy. I am just not in the mood to be getting any injuries!
And I have been at my “Sparkpeople” all week. logging all my food, my water, exercises, etc. Seriously, you guys need to join there. It really is worth it.
Free Online Diet Plan at SparkPeople.comI even updated my weight loss there a little while ago. So, all in all it has been a great week for a start. Hopefully I will be able to loose 2-3 lbs this week too.
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My current workout routine…
I have been meaning to post my exercise routine for some time now, but for some reason I am always putting it on the back burner.
It took me more then 6 months to come up with this routine that was workable to me. Usually I use to just try and *keep track* of what I did. This proved to be harder then what I actually thought. Most “Fitness people” will tell you that you need to keep sort of a workout diary/log in order to stay on track. I never really thought I would need one - until I realized I was getting confuzzled as to what days and what areas of the body I could work on! 
There is no hard and fast rule to how much you can work on each muscle group, but to make it easier and to cut down on the time it takes to do all the workouts, most stick to about 1-3 different groups on any given day. And also you want to feel the pain the next day.
Say if you work arms on Thursday…to feel a small amount of soreness on Friday means that you have broken down that muscle AND are repairing it…so resting is good.
So…without boring you all too much….I present you with my “Workout routine”… Keep in mind that when I work on my “arms” I am also working my shoulders. And the same goes for my back too. I just like to narrow it down to only a few groups…This way I am not overwhelmed.
Monday - Cardio/Glutes/Chest
Tuesday - Abs/Arms
Wednesday - Cardio/Glutes/Chest
Thursday - Abs/Arms
Friday - Cardio/glutes/chest
Saturday - Abs/arms
Sunday - Rest!
