Weigh In Wednesday EP2 "How Did My First Week Go You Ask...?" with Polly

So I just completed week one of my new lifestyle change. I just have to say this transition is not going to be an easy one and this is definitely not for the weak hearted or the easily discouraged. I had some good days and some not so good days, but my promise to my readers and my fitness partner Polly is to always be honest about what I’m putting in my body. Now last week I told you guys about my eating habits being the first thing I needed to change and get a grip on before I could even think about doing anything else. If I still planned on eating chips (Uncle Rays BBQ to be exact), down three glasses of wine every night, and still snack on all of my son’s fruit snacks when he fell asleep, any workout I did would just help me maintain and not actually help me lose and get fit.

After filling out my questionnaire, provided by my fitness Partner Polly, it was clear that snacks and alcohol were going to be my biggest challenges. Week one for me was filled with Tuna, boiled eggs, baked salmon, steamed vegetables, salad, and oatmeal. I filled a old milk gallon bottle with water, made it ice cold and dragged it with me the entire day. I only drank water Monday -Friday. I treated myself to a little wine and a couple slices of cheese bread on Saturday. :) Polly sent me some amazing snack options as well, which are listed below.

Snacking options:

*Greek Yogurt & granola

*Greek York & fruit

*Ccontainer of mixed fruit

*Pretzels & hummu (be very, very careful with the sodium on the pretzels)

*thinly sliced bell peppers and hummus

*smoothie

Right now as far as my job, I’m sitting down for 9 hours so it was clear that outside of losing the snacks I needed to also find some time to become more active. Luck for me Polly is always ready and willing to help me not only with motivation but amazing suggestions. Week one I suggest starting slow. Below is what Polly suggested.

1. Run or jog on the treadmill until you reach a mile. There is no rush here, do not sprint! The goal is to complete a mile. Once finished record your time in a notebook.

2. Rest and catch your breath & try to drink as much water as possible ( half the bottle)

3. Using the elliptical, do 10 minutes of the calorie burn cycle.

4. Repeat step two.

5. Do each exercise for 15 seconds each. Then redo each exercise for a total of 3x.

*high knees

*rest

*burpees

*Seal jacks

*rest

*Mountain climbers

6. Cool down/ walk on the treadmill for 10 minutes. Incline 2 & Speed 3 ( or 3.4 depending on the treadmill)

7.Stretch, do this cool down stretch from Youtube

*******IF YOU WAKE UP SORE STRETCH!NEVER FORGET TOO STRETCH!!!******

Please feel free to try this workout. I think that the most important thing I learned this week was to move at your own pace and your body will surprise you. I exceeded my expectations. Monday I got a membership with Lifetime Fitness. By Tuesday I was twirling and sweating in Zumba class. Thursday I pushed myself in Cycle Class for 1 hour. By Sunday I was walking into the gym on my own to spend 25 minuets on the stair master and another 10 minuets on the cycle.

All and all I would like to say I had a great first week. I still have a long way to go, but I hope my persistence and change for the better encourages you guys to get up, get out and make a change.