25 Hours of Fitness!!!

So the Church put out a #LighttheWorld campaign with a 25 Days of Christmas advent calendar. One of the sisters in our ward printed out the calendar and handed them out on Sunday. I was so grateful! It makes it that much easier for me to plan little projects and activities with our family that can help us focus on the Savior. There are great ideas of ways we can serve and do things to remember the gifts from our Savior, and become a light to others. Love it!

So I get home and I immediately get this idea in my head that I should do 25 hours of Fitness!!! It would be a gift to myself! The gift of a healthy habit and a healthier body! So I planned it out.

25 hours = 1500 minutes

Every time I get a workout in (no matter how long it was for) I can jot it down.

GOAL:
complete 25 hours of exercise by Christmas Day. *Make that New Year's Day.  Make that..whenever I get it done!

TRACKING:
I have a piece of paper on the fridge to keep track. I'm going to post this now and update it as I go.
*update: I thought I would also include what I'm doing. 

    YT    = youtube      FM= Fitness Marshall    DR = diastasis rectri   LISS= Low intensity steady state
I'm actually excited about this.

Good luck self! Thank you self.

Here goes.


START: 1500 minutes

 11/29   -10 mins/1490 mins  YT. 10 min Cardio
11/30   -20 mins/1470 mins  YT. Cardio for beginners
12/01   -30 mins/1440 mins  YT. Fitnesss Marshall- Cardio Hip Hop
12/02   -60 mins/1380 mins  GYM walk/jog
12/03   -30 mins/1350 mins  YT 30 min DR safe core workout
12/05   -45 mins/1305 mins  YT low impact cardio. meditation
12/06   -15 mins/1290 mins  YT Beginners Cardio
            -40 mins/1250 mins  YT Popsugar 40 min Full body beginner strength training
12/08 -105 mins/1145 mins  YT- 1 hour FM, 30 min upper body, 15 mins streeeeetch
12/11   -15 mins/1130 mins  
12/12   -30 mins/1100 mins  YT 30 mins cardio
12/14   -45 mins/1055 mins  YT HITT, butt workout
12/15   -60 mins/995 mins    YT 1mile walk, weight training
Woohoo!! Now under the thousand mark!Only 16.583333 hours to go!

12/16  -15 mins/980 mins
12/17  -15 mins/965 mins
12/19  -20 mins/945 mins   YT HIIT. 
12/20  -15 mins/930 mins

 OK. So I already know that I won't hit my Christmas deadline unless I'm working out 3 hours a day for the rest of the week (and that's not realistic or healthy). That's okay. I'm proud of the progress I've made and will continue to push through the week and I'll reach my goal by New Years :)

12/21   -20 mins/910 mins   YT beginner strength training
12/23   -30 mins/880 mins   Walking
            -75 mins/805 mins    Gym- 14:05 mile, leg workout, streeeeetch
12/24   -10 mins/795 mins    YT recovery "workout"
12/27   -90 mins/705 mins    GYM- walk, jog, zumba

12/30  -120mins/585 mins   GYM mile jog/walk, legs, back, arms, chest
12/31  -30 mins/555 mins    Streeeetching. I lifted heavy yesterday. Today I am so sore.

 01/01/2017 Okay so I didn't make the goal. Shucks. Would of been cool. But there are plenty of ups--

  1. I've gained some muscle back. Didn't realize that I lost so much muscle over the past couple years. So feeling my body get more firm does feel good.
  2. Rest is important. I've learned that I really do need to let my body rest and heal after going heavy at the gym. Doing too much without resting and stretching is no good. 
  3. I've shown consistency. Which hasn't been a strength of mine in the past. I'm really proud of myself for at least trying to do something every day.
  4. Aljay has joined me. He jumped back on the train and started going to the gym again and has been doing really well. I'm proud of him.
  5. I'm going to complete this challenge and keep going with my fitness journey. 

01/02  -60 mins/495 mins  DR core, cardio & strength, stretch and flexibility
01/04  -60 mins/435 mins  YT Hiit workout, back, and DR
01/06  -20 mins/415 mins  walking around campus
01/07  -15 mins/400 mins   DR exercises
01/09  -45 mins/355 mins  BBG leg day, stretching
01/10  -45 mins/310 mins  LISS workout

*Another PLUS I've learned over this month and a half challenge is...patience. I am learning and constantly relearning to be patient with my body. I've gained the majority of my weight from my last two pregnancies...so I need to be patient with my body and celebrate the slow and steady progression. I am being better about my eating but not fully cutting things out. I know that realistically, doing this will increase my chances of maintaining any progress that is made over the next couple of months #lifestylechange #icandothis
01/11  -20 mins/290 mins  walked across UVU campus and up 3 flights of stairs with a 20lb box of admissions guides. it counts!!
01/12  -30 mins/260 mins  arms, DR exercises
           -50 mins/210 mins  GYM. 3 miles on the elliptical. 
01/14  -30mins/180 mims  BBG week 1 day 3. with DR safe modifications. should be able to complete this challenge by the end of next week!!! YAY i see the light at the end!!! 
01/16  -30mins/150 mins  BBG week 2 day 1
01/18  -30mins/120 mins  Wolverine mile+ around campus
01/19  -10mins/110 mins   HIIT cardio
           -35mins/75 mins    GYM
01/20  -30mins/45 mins   FM
01/23  -15mins/30 mins   Morning HIIT
01/24  -30mins/0 MINS!!!  morning hiit cardio

 MISSION COMPLETE!!!!

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