Membership to Snap Fitness in tow, I started my first workout Saturday, the 21st. Weighed in at 223.8. Due to a very stressful week last week & working long hours, I only got work outs in Monday & Tuesday nights and then again on Saturday. I felt pretty sore last week so I am easing my way in doing cardio on the treadmill & elliptical. Ab work & some arm & leg work on the weight machines.
Normally with the stressful week I had last week, working almost 60 hours, I generally would have eaten mostly fast food, but I was prepared with healthy lunches and dinners at work all week so I did well.
Saturday, the 28th I weighed in at 220.8 so I lost 3 lbs the first week. I don't expect that trend will continue, but normal for getting back into the eating right & working out routine. My first goal line is to 195, which is the weight I weighed before I had my son. So that would be 25.8 more lbs.
This week I made it to the gym Monday night, last night I did an ab workout only, and tonight I will be back to cardio and weights.
I am really going to struggle with having healthy meals with my schedule that don't come in the form of Healthy Choice, Lein Cuisine, etc. I've gotta do some research on quick, easy, healthy meals. Salmon and Chicken Breast on the George Foreman are my go-to favorites when I am home with enough time, but I don't want to get sick of eating the same things, cooked the same way.
If anybody has healthy recipe suggestions or sites they love, I would love some guidance!
I love your new blog Becky! You know, Lean Cuisine and Healthy Choice meals taste all right but never fill me up so I think you'll definitely do better if you can squeeze some time in for cooking meals. Prepping stuff in advance for the week can be really helpful- I'm sure with 60 hour work weeks and getting to the gym afterward it's got to be so hard though. I'm not much of a cook but when I do try new recipes I like Real Simple magazine's "Five Easy Dinners" section they feature each month. It looks like you can get the recipes online as well:
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Good luck!
Thanks so much Tracey! :)
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