I'm going to be participating in a 12 week fitness challenge begining May 15th.
Here's the gist of what I have to do. Wish me luck!
- Keep a food diary. This is so helpful in maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
- Do 30 minutes of cardio at least 3 times weekly
- Do 30 minutes of resistance training (training with weights) at least two times weekly.
- Do 30 minutes of stretching/yoga/flexibility work at least once weekly in addition to the exercise requirements.
- Keep track of points. (point system detailed in other documents).
- Put up some $$$. If you drop out of the challenge, your check gets sent to the charity.
- Maintain a healthy diet.
- Submit points and weight loss (-pounds and -% Body fat) weekly, and inches lost monthly.
- Set a particular and specific fitness goal to be able to complete by the end of the challenge.
30
Yup, today I'm the big 3-0. Don't feel any different. I did have an awesome party on Sunday to celebrate. I think I need to turn 30 every year just to have a party!
It's nice to have those on occassion. Okay, so it wasn't really uneventful, it was just low-key compared to what May has in store for us.
Saturday I did some work on a website and we went shopping for my birthday bbq. Nothing too exciting just some hamburgers, chicken, and beer from Costco. I asked Chris if it was bad luck to have a 30th birthday party before I actually turn 30. Maybe my 30th year will be a bad one or what if I don't even make it to 30? Nothing like being superstitious.
Well, the bbq is this weekend and I won't actually turn 30 until Tuesday. Hopefully I'll still have a good 30th year. This was the only weekend this month though that there was time for a celebration. And for once we're not celebrating my birthday the same weekend as Mother's Day! Not that that's really a bad thing, but last year, we never did get around to my birthday dinner. Oh well.
Sunday morning I had a private agility lesson with Cisco and Berkley. I'm really liking private lessons, you get so much more feedback that is specific to you and your dog(s). Cisco, Berkley and I were run ragged. They took naps when we got home. I watched the LOST recap (now I at least have some idea what the show is about) and then Chris and I went out to West Virginia to see my parents' new house.
