My First Workout

Today is a new year so it makes sense to start fresh. My wonderful husband spent some time last night looking for workout routines for me. Isn't he great? I'm such a lucky girl! During his internet travels, he found quite a few beginner workouts for me and took some from each one to create a custom routine. Our boys worked out with us this morning and they were so cute.

Below is the workout I did this morning. This is a 12 week program with strength training three days per week and cardio 3 days per week. However, since my husband made me a desk for my treadmill, I'm going to walk, blog and Facebook in the mornings 5 days per week. I get the boys on the bus at 8 am so I have about an hour before work. Anyway, here's the workout.

Today, being Friday, was Legs, Calves, and Abs.

Leg Extension - 20 lb. weight
1 set of 20
1 set of 16
1 set of 15
1 set of 14

Leg Curls - 10 lb. weight
1 set of 20
1 set of 16
1 set of 14
1 set of 12

Calf Raises - No weight
2 sets of 20
2 sets of 15

Stationary Lunges - No weight
1 set of 15 (each leg)

Step Ups - No weight
2 sets of 20
2 sets of 15

Crunches - No weight
2 sets of 20

Decline Crunches - No weight
2 sets of 10

Seated Twist - No weight
2 sets of 15

Total workout time: 26 minutes

During this workout, my legs felt like jello. Right now, I feel great! I'm very proud of myself because I was able to complete all of the exercises.

I just remembered that I didn't weigh in this morning before getting started. I'll do that in a bit so I know where I'm starting. I've set a target date of June 1st to lose about 50 pounds. That's losing about 2 pounds per week. My husband is working out with me and we agreed to weigh in on the first of each month. The scale motivates, frustrates, and discourages me. If I see a loss, I'm thrilled and want to do more. But, if I see a gain or nothing at all I'm ready to throw it all out the window.I wasn't going to weigh in until June 1 so I could see some great results but my husband convinced me to weigh in on the first of each month.

I'm really excited about this year. It's starting off on the right foot already and I know it's just going to keep getting better! Check back for my first official weigh in later today!