Week two was similar to week one I did a lot of slow but effective workouts. My week consisted of:
Monday: 30-minute walk. Strength training lifting pallets. Tuesday: 30-minute walk in the cemetery. 30-minute walk with boyfriend in our neighborhood. Wednesday: Strength training PIIT28 workout and 30-minute walk in neighborhood. Thursday: 30-minute Pilates workout. Friday: Playing outside for 30 minutes with Kaleo. Saturday: Strength training, planks. 30-minute stretching and yoga session. Sunday: Walked around the mall for an hour. Walked in the neighborhood with Kaleo and Gaby. I did a bit more intense workouts other than just walking. I focused on more strength building even if it wasn’t my assigned day for strength training. This week my mental health seemed better than any other week where I am not doing daily exercise. I like the progress I see in my mental health. I hope it continues in these months while doing this fitness journey.
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My first week was difficult. I did easy workouts for a beginner, but I still felt it and the end of each day. My daily workouts were this:
Monday: Strength Training, lifting pallets. I also went for a 30 minute walk in my neighborhood. Tuesday: 30 minute walk in cemetery. Wednesday: Strength training, Tricep push-ups. 30 minutes of Pilates. Thursday: 30 minute walk in the cemetery. Friday: Strength Training, lifting pallets and boxes. 30 minutes of stretching. Saturday: 30 minute walk in the casino. Sunday: 30 minutes of stretching. Gardening, and walking in Walmart. I know, I didn't do a lot of intense workouts, but I haven't actually worked out in months. I feel it is better to start off slow because I won't feel burnt out as quickly. As I feel more comfortable with daily exercise I will intensify workouts. I am a person who struggles with my weight and body image. I refuse to wear a bikini because of hatred of my stomach. I hate wearing tight fitting clothing because I feel fat. Whatever it is, I will always find something wrong with my body. One of the reasons I decided to do this fitness journey is because I feel unhealthy and out of shape, but I also decided to do it because daily exercise helps improve mental health. I decided for the beginning of this journey I will take it slow, and gradually intensify it as needed. I chose to document this journey because I feel it will be more motivation for me. I notice eating healthy and exercising on my own I tend to fail a lot, but I feel forcing myself to write about my experiences and showing monthly progress pictures will help me to succeed. I plan on doing this journey on my blog for six months to force myself to exercise, I may do monthly updates from time to time, but this will not be a permanent feature on my blog. So now for my plan. For my first week, I will be doing daily exercise for at least 30 minutes (or more) a day. This will be different things from intense work outs to more moderate work outs. I intend to do strength training 3 times a week. These strength trainings will be part of the 30-minute daily exercise. I will not do 30 minutes of strength training until I feel comfortable enough to do so. So here is my baseline picture and weight. I currently weigh 165 pounds. My goal weight is 145 pounds, but if I don’t reach my goal in 6 months it’s not a bad thing. Next week I will talk about my work outs I did during the week and how I felt after my first week. Wish me luck everyone!
So since this is a Fitness Page, I've decided to do a piece by piece installment of my own fitness journey. I plan on posting each week (if possible) a work out plan. I will also post a monthly progress picture. I am going to do my best to get more active in the next few months. If I am lucky in this time I will lose some weight too. My goal for this installment is to not only better myself physically, but hopefully it will help with my mental health too. I've been struggling a lot lately, and hope that becoming more active will help. Studies show that daily exercise helps with anxiety and stress levels, so I am pretty hopeful that I will have a positive outcome. Stay tuned for my fitness journey.
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