Moe's Journey to Best Health

Sick....

The past two weeks have been great!  I've been working out consistently and eating healthy foods.  This last Thursday my throat felt sore, and by Friday night I had a full blown cold, yesterday I did nothing, and here I am a little congested but glad that I'm almost over this thing.  Thank goodness.  Outside of my sickness, my health habits have been really good.  My strength has been steadily improving.  I'm so close to doing a pull up with no assistance.  It's exciting!  Just this last week I was swinging a 45lb dumbbell over my head one handed.  My legs and arms are getting more defined and I'm loving it.  The improvements over all make it easy to stay focused and keep on track.

Workouts are awesome.  I missed yesterday's gang up due to my cold, but other than that I have not missed a day and I'm feeling strong.  My short term goal in this area is to mix up my non Gravity Janes workouts a little.  This time should be spent focusing on my areas that can be improved, such as thrusters, front squats, push ups, pull ups.

Nutrition has been good as well.  I've been taking my lunch everyday and packing a snack.  Every morning I drink my protein smoothie for breakfast.  For dinner, I've been eating the main course in a small bowl and having a salad on the side so that I don't feel deprived.  This routine has been working really well for me.  I have been feeling lighter and more energetic.  My bane is still caffeine.  I'm on vacation in two weeks for a week, so maybe I'll take that time to get off the drug. 

I hope that all of you are doing well out there and accomplishing your goals and dreams!!

Be Healthy and Happy!!

Love,
Moe

Feeling Young and Spry....

There's nothing better than experiencing improvements in performance.  Yesterday I completed a two hour workout that I could not have imagined 6 months ago.  I see and feel so much change in my body and I love it.  The improvements encourage me to keep going towards my goals.  At the same time I am surrounded by some awesome people at the gym that motivate me with positive feedback.  Their performances give me targets to shoot for.

This last week has been wonderful and I'm feeling strong and healthy.  June was tough, and I have put it behind me.  I let personal issues impact my workouts and my eating habits.  There is still an issue at work that is still open, and every week I think that it will be resolved and I can share some exciting news but I'm still in a holding pattern.  The good news is that I've decided to move forward and not let it affect my diet and exercise.  Sometimes it is so easy for me to blame situations in my life for my eating habits and my goal is to disconnect the two.  When there are situations in life that are challenging, bad diet and lack of exercise only make it harder to get through the day. 

Nutrition....This last week has been great.  Everyday I packed a lunch.  Not only did I save money, but I had control of what I put in my mouth for every meal.  Friday afternoon I did have a small meltdown with chips and 7 layer dip, but it was short lived and did not continue through the weekend.  My goal this week is to pack a lunch everyday.  It really made a difference in my diet last week.

Workouts... Wow, they have been great!  THANK YOU DAVE!!!  I have to talk about yesterday's workout because as I said earlier it felt so good.  The warm up was 800 run, 500M row, 30 sit ups, 30 back ext.  The first circuit was 8 minutes of kettle bell swings.  1 min each of swinging 8k, 12k, 16k, 20k times 2.   Next was a circuit of dead lifts and pull ups, 9-1, 8-2, 7-3, 6-4, 5-5, 4-6, 3-7, 2-8, 1-9.  Last circuit was 100 wall balls, 100 push ups, 100 sit ups, 100 push presses.  I was supposed to do kettle bell snatches instead of push presses, but I have a minor flesh wound on my hand so I didn't want to lose any more skin.  :)  After the circuits, we ran up a killer hill and then back down for a total of a mile.  My goal is to improve my performance capacity, for example I can not get a 100 push ups on the floor, so I'm using a flat bench for incline.   I would like to perform pull ups and dips with out rubber band assistance.  In general my quickness can improve in all areas, eg. running, squats, box jumps, swings, thrusters, rowing etc. 

Finally attached is a picture from the opening.  Dave gave me a copy and I wanted to post it.  Thanks to Rissa for going with me!  It was a fun evening and I can't tell you what a big impact that Dave, the gym, and fellow Janes have all had on my life.  THANK YOU!!

Be Healthy and Happy!

Love,
Moe