Bustin' It Out

It's time to make things happen! Results don't come from being lazy, and my ass isn't going to shrink itself!

My first day at the new job is going to be the 28th, so I have 19 days to work it out and lose as much weight as possible. To that end I've created a workout schedule. It has a LOT of variation to keep it interesting.

Here it is:

Here's my pledge to you - I will tweet my success (or lack thereof) every evening on twitter. Every morning I will tweet the previous days total calorie intake and expenditure. If you don't already, follow me and FGS on twitter now!

Here's hoping for the best!

So, What's The Plan?

I've been slacking on getting up a workout schedule for this week. I finally did you, and just started it with tomorrow.

I have a (slightly ambitious) goal of 7 miles tomorrow. My ankle has been really bothering so I didn't get to do my long run last weekend. Which means this will be my longest run in quite some time. I've only been up to 5 recently, so I'm really nervous about this one. I'll also be doing it solo as Fat Girl Slim has no desire to run in any way, shape, or form.

Poor me :(

Anyway, I don't have anything particularly funny or inspirational to say - just wanted to show you my plan for torturing myself over the next 7 days.

Here's to achieving some results!

Muffin Top's (Current) Workout Schedule

First off, I would like to apologize to @Kattungen - I promised her I would post this yesterday and I was a complete failure. I'm sorry Kat! Sometimes life sucks and yesterday was kind of one of those days. So this is for you baby!

Just this very morning I filled out my application for a 9 miler! It's the Pioneer Road Run and is exactly one month from today on November 13th.

Is this a good idea? I'm not really sure. The furthest I've run since the half is 5 miles, so I have 4 weeks to up that distance by 125%. Ouch.

 Damn! That's gotta hurt!!!

So, before I get into the nitty gritty of my schedule I'll tell you my plan for upping the mileage. I have 3 weekends of building and 1 recovery ahead of me. This weekend I'll run 6.5 (30% increase), the following I'll do 8 (23% increase), the third week I'll go balls out and do 10 (25% increase). Since the final weekend will be recovery I'll probably do 6 or 7, depending on how I'm doing.

Since today is Wednesday, I'll start from there and go through Tuesday. I'm actually kind of looking forward to having it all mapped out. When I have a plan, and a particular workout is "scheduled" in, I really feel obligated to do it.

P.S. Don't forget - We only need 1 more blog follower and then we will be doing our first ever give away!!!

Let's Get It On

We've decided to kick it up a notch around these parts. For the next 28 days, Muffin Top and I will get NO LESS than 60 minutes of exercise a day. I am leaving for my husband's police academy graduation in 31 days [HOLY SHIT!!!! Only 31 days!!!], so I want to make the most of these last 4 weeks.  In other words, IT'S ON.

I've gone so far as to create a schedule of sorts for myself. I've noticed I do far better with a plan. So here it is. I have no clue what Muffin Top is going to do, perhaps if you ask nicely she'll post her work out schedule later.

Monday:

-20 mins treadmill @ 7% incline, 3.5 mph
-20 mins elliptical
-20 mins stair climber
-60 mins total

Tuesday:

- 5 mins @ 15 incline, 2.5 mph
- 5 mins @ 10 incline, 3.0 mph
- Repeat x 5
-10 mins stair climber
- 60 mins total

Wednesday:

-20 mins treadmill @ 7% incline, 3.5 mph
-20 mins elliptical
-20 mins stair climber
-60 mins total

Thursday:
-5 mins @ 5.0 mph
-2.5 mins @ 5.5 mph
-2.5 mins @ 6.0 mph
-5 mins @3.5mph
Repeat x 3
-15 mins stair climber
-60 mins total

Friday:

-20 mins treadmill @ 7% incline, 3.5 mph
-20 mins elliptical
-20 mins stair climber
-60 mins total

Saturday:

-Jillian video
-Pilates
-60 mins total

Sunday:

-60 mins walk (recovery)
-Pilates
-80 mins total

I'd like to work in more Pilates in the morning if possible, but who knows because I'm soooo not a morning person.
 
So there you have it.  Kicking ass and taking names, at least for the next 4 weeks.