Sunday, November 25, 2012

Getting Stronger in Week 13


Wow! It's hard to believe that I've stuck to my fitness plan for this long!  I am super determined to eat clean & work out often with only 80 days left until my 30th birthday!! I want to enter my 30s looking fabulous & I feel like I'm well on my way.  Sometimes I look at myself & think that I look the same as when I started this blog but I definitely receive comments about the changes (mostly from my wonderful hubby) & I'm well aware of the fact that I can lift so much more than I could three months ago.

My Instagram fitfam continues to keep me motivated & my Fitocracy friends provide great encouragement in keeping me on track.  I keep finding more & more recipe ideas as well as ideas for workouts from looking at my feeds.  One of the fit women I follow on Instagram encouraged me to participate in flexfridays to show my progress.  Her encouragement reminded me that I haven't taken or posted photos of my progress in a long time.  So...December 1 I will have what I call a "like it or not photo shoot".  Part of me wants to wait for everything to look perfect before I share more photos but I know that many other people benefit from seeing their progress photos so I will take some photos whether I like it or not & hope for the best!

My family continues to encourage & support me in my fitness goals.  My mom tweaked the Thanksgiving dinner menu to include more veggies & less of the foods I can't eat this year.  My Hubby is being super supportive & spots me at the gym even if he isn't lifting.  Both of my sisters are attending bootcamp, looking great & helping me stay motived! Check out my wonderful Hubby & Sister logging some serious mileage at the Turkety Trot on Thanksgiving.  I am so proud of my Hubby.  This was his longest race to date!  I am so glad he had Elisa there to run it with him!

Pre-race:

Halfway - 4 miles in:


Ryan crossing the finish line:



Elisa crossing the finish line:



Week 13:

  • 10.1 miles walking
  • 2.5 miles running - My plan is to increase distance by half a mile per run each week.  My right leg is finally feeling good & I don't want to mess it up.
  • 4 hours of weight training - Say what!?  I had a few days off from work & have been cooking less due to Thanksgiving leftovers - both of which freed up time for me to work out!

1 comment:

  1. Way to go on your goals! I can't wait to run with you again. I really enjoyed running with Ryan and he did a fantastic job at Turkey Trot! And I still think that last picture of me running is the best running picture ever taken of me! lol! I usually look worn out and like i'm walking.

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