Mimi's Fitness and Things!

My Fitness Blog: March Madness! : "Ok so I borrowed this from the college basketball hoopla that happened this month but this is how I can best describe this month in terms ..."

Ok so I borrowed this from the college basketball hoopla that happened this month but this is how I can best describe this month in terms of my fitness journey.  I can't believe I've completed three solid months and I'm still going strong as far as working out is concerned. I think I found a schedule that works for me. I do cardio on Mondays with a couple guys from work. It's fun working out with men because they push you like another woman couldn't. You don't want to come off looking like a punk because you can't keep up with them so it pushes to me to work harder. They still call me a punk because I don't do an hour of cardio like them but they are not married or have kids to take care so I can't afford to spend all that time on the elliptical. Secretly I don't want too.  LOL Tuesday I  affectionately refer to two a day Tuesdays. I do bootcamp during my lunch hour then in the evening I work out with an old college friend and ex-...

So they say when you start working out you become addicted to it. Whether it be Spinning, running, weight training. I can see how that's true since you can get such a high after working out that you want to be doing all the time.  Now while I love working out and enjoy that workout high you get afterwards I've seem to have gotten a different kind of addiction. I'm addicted to buying workout clothes!!  Every shopaholic knows about that shoppers's high. Sports bras, leggings, shirts, sneakers. You name it and I'm all over it!Nothing excites me more then when I get a email in my inbox stating "Your package has shipped." It's like Christmas and my birthday  all rolled into one.  My husband just rolls his eyes whenever a package comes in the mail for me. Now when I go shopping instead of heading to the dresses or to the kid's clothing where I found myself a lot lately. But that was more because I hated shopping for myself because of my size.  But no...

I had a minor setback this weekend. I ate awful awful food. But it wasn't my fault. My sister came to visit with her family and we were on the go all day all weekend.  There was no time to cook so that left going out to eat. Saturday we went shopping for a dress for a gala we were going too that night. We spent two hours trying on dresses and didn't like any of them and left the store buying a tank top. LOL Afterwards we had lunch at Pollo Tropical. I had their Chipotle Grilled Chicken  sandwich with rice and beans.  It was so good while eating it but I felt bloated for the rest of the evening. I had to put on some shapewear to keep my belly down.  I didn't eat much at the gala because my stomach was aching.  But did you think that stopped me the next day.....  Well yes for at least the first half of the day. My husband made an egg omelet for breakfast before we went to church. After church I went to my other sister's house. She suggested Pollo Tropical ...

Working at a community college I have a plethora of resources at my finger tips such as the library and instructors in any area of expertise you could think of. So the day before yesterday I was speaking to a fitness instructor who teaches one of the Health and Fitness classes we offer.   I went to her asking questions about how to train for a 5K and nutrition. She gave me invaluable information and advice. One of which deserves it's own blog entry soon. But in regards to the 5K she told me about doing interval training and running on different surfaces.  So yesterday since my husband was going to happy hour and someone had to pick up my son from the daycare I couldn't go to Kettlebell. I was disappointed but I instead I decided to do a run on my lunch break. The gym at school has a treadmill so I fired it up and started my run. I did pretty well I thought for my first time ever running on a treadmill. I've walked on treadmills before but never did a sustained run. I r...

We've all heard the saying "never say never".  I use the word never a lot. As in I'll never run a mile, I'll never like oatmeal and I'll never be a size 4. Well the latter might be true. LOL But one thing about saying never is that you limit yourself.   When you start putting restrictions on your ability you won't even try to conquer whatever it is you say you'll never do, be, try. For me it was a lesson I learned just in the last week. I never in my life thought I'd like oatmeal. Ever since I was a little kid I hated the stuff. Just something about soggy oats just didn't appeal to me. Neither did grits, cream of wheat, not even rice pudding. It seemed unnatural. But getting on this health kick everywhere I turned oatmeal was being shoved in my face. I was tempted a time or two to try it but couldn't get it down my throat. Then one day last week I was mixing up some for my son, who happens to love oatmeal, and like all good mommies do I ...

So you remember those days in elementary school when you got up in front of class and told everyone what you did for your summer vacation. Well I'm going to tell you what I did on my spring break. I'm fortunate that I work at a community college that actually gives employers the week off along with the students. Believe me I really appreciate this perk along with the two weeks off during Christmas.   Anyway so I had a week off to do whatever I pleased and what did I do you ask? Well I worked out of course!  I did all the things I wish I could do if I wasn't stuck in a office all day long. I'm trying to remember what I did on Monday but for some reason it's not coming to me.  But I know it was a tough and grueling work out!  LOL  This is why I need to write down my workouts. On Tuesday I did Spinning at LA Fitness! Okay technically this picture was taken on Thursday but I had no camera man with me on Tuesday This was so much fun. I pedaled 15 mil...