As you probably have noticed, it has been a while since my last post. Unfortunately the past weeks have been so crazy and stressful, something had to be cut, in addition to my lack of sleep. I’m sure many people can relate to the the crazy weeks leading up to finals, and the end of the term. While it was easier to fit the 10 Minute Work Out into my schedule in the beginning of school, it slowly became less and less of a priority as the term went on and my worked picked up, as well as the addition of my extra curricular activities. I was getting less sleep, and I was not able to commit to the work out as much as I would have liked. There is no denying that I saw a difference in my body the first couple weeks I was following the work out, eating right and excerisizing everyday. I know that if I had kept it up like I had in the beginning I would be even more different. I still recommend doing this program, and I would like to try committing to the work out again when I have more time…with less interuptions and commitment.

So for now, I am going to continue to just focus on my workload, and staying ahead in school. The good news is my friends and family that have been watching me follow the workout got interested in trying it for themselves, and are going to take my place blogging about it. So you can track their progress through them, and see how 10 Minute Trainer works out for other people.

Today was such a miserable day out, that it forced me to stay in and do my work for almost the whole day. The good thing was that I was energized all day so doing work wasn’t bad and I was motivated to do my 10 minute trainer workout today. Today I did Abs, Cardio, and Yoga. I have been modifying what is planned out on the schedule, I find myself doing the abs everyday even if it is not suggested. Today it felt good to do yoga cause I woke up in a bad mood and that was like a meditation for me.

Today I got up after my alarm clock went off only one time! It was quite an accomplishment for me. Still half asleep I made my routine breakfast of oatmeal and a granny smith apple. I feel like I cannot function until I have eaten breakfast. Before it used to be  I could not function until I had a cup of coffee. For the longest time I would never eat breakfast, which my parents knew, and kept telling me how important it was. I don’t know why I never wanted to eat it, until one day mom started making me breakfast (and by breakfast I mean a toasted bagel or toast) and brought it into my room, so I was able to eat as I rushed to get ready for school. If it wasn’t for her practically making me get into the habit of eating breakfast, I think I would still be skipping it, and making up for it later in the day. Now that I am so dependant on it I have no idea how I used to get by skipping breakfast.

I watched tv as I ate my oatmeal and could barely keep my eyes open. I thought about crawling right back in bed and getting another couple hours of sleep, but I fought it off and was able to get some productive hours of work in and I did my work out all before my classes today. Today I did Yoga, Abs, and Lower Body. It felt so good to do yoga today, my body has been so tense sitting in front of the computer for hours, or leaning over doing my design homework for hours, I wish I could take an hour long class soon, it is definitely what I need right now with the crazy amount of work and stress that come before finals.

Tonight I did Lower Body, Abs and Total Body. To be honest it had been a while since I’ve done Total Body  and it definteitly felt like more of a challenge than it once was for me. With these workouts getting somewhat repetitive I really feel like taking a class, or going for a long run, something to switch up the cardio…I think it would be a good idea to do once or twice a week…just enough to keep my interest up, but also not so much so that I am not sticking to the work out. The all of the other workouts haven’t seemed to repetitive to me…maybe it is because the excersizes there are in cardio are so unfamiliar to me. Never having played a sport in my life, they feel like excersizes you would do in sports practice, which to me feels foreign.

I realize I am falling out of habit with the workouts…to be honest it is getting a lot harder to find the time or energy to fit them in. My term is coming to and end I don’t even have enough time to get all my work done. If i can’t do a full work out I do try to just one 10 minute workout. Today I just had enough time for the Abs workout. Abs is my favorite workout to do if I am in a rush becuase I don’t really break a sweat, but I do feel tight and feel like I’ve worked something.

Today is Saturday and I stayed in last night to get a lot of work done…then I woke up this morning and did work for the whole day except to take a break to go to the art store and grocery store. The weather has been gross so it is even less appealing to go outside. I’m definitely in need of Thanksgiving break! even though it wont be a break from the work load…

What an eventfu and monumental day. I went to go vote around three, thinking I would avoid the rush of people going before or after work…maybe I did, but I still had to wait an hour and half to vote. It was definitely worth it though. Now Philly has another to go wild about. While watching the results my roommates and I baked cakes to give us something to do while we waited in anticipation.

I was done for the day at three, and didn’t have that much homework, so I defintiey relaxed and had downtime. For my workout I did lower body, Total Body, and Cardio. I must admit with this weekend being Halloween, and well, also being a weekend, my healthy eating went downhill for a couple days, but again I am getting back on track. I felt that I had been eating so healthy for so long that I was due for a nice “treat” and ordered fries with a sandwich one day, and went out to breakfast another morning. So I got off track, but I know I’ll get back on. Eating healthier is easier for me than making myself do the 10 minute trainer everyday.

Today was such a gloomy day. I had to do a photoshoot for photography but I hated walking around the city when it was aboslutely gray out. My class at one was about 10 minute long which was so nice, so I was really productive with my day. Then I had a night class which suprisingly hasn’t been that bad or as painful as I had planned on it being. After my night class I had a meeting to go to, then I finally came back to finish some work and do my work out. I started out doing my workouts in the morning, but now it has turned into a night time thing, I would prefer to do it in the mornings but it just always seems to work out this way.

Today I did abs, Cardio, and Lower Body again…and I also did a lot of walking around the city today to add to my excersize. The same combination wasn’t too repetitive for me, so I didn’t mind. Tomorrow is election day! I will most definitely get out to vote for my first presidential election

Sorry I have been M.I.A…I haven’t stopped the workout, I just have been extremely busy. I know I say that in almost every post but this week especially I barely had time to shower and eat, let alone squeeze in a workout. On top my extremely crammed schedule there was a mess of things unplanned that distracted me and took me away from the workout. I was not planning on being swept up by my friends and convinced to run outside on the streets of Philadelphia into crazy riots when the Phillies won the world series. It was completely spontaneous, and probably not the smartest move to blow off my homework I was working on to run outside in the cold night, to be in packed crowds surrounded by people climbing traffic lights and lighting off fireworks. The streets of Philadelphia after the Phillies won was epic, and I probalby wont have an experience like that ever again. Unfortunately the next morning I started feeling sick…achey and starting to feel a cold come on, so that definitely set me back, and I had to prepare myself for a crazy weekend….Halloween at college is definitely more intense then back at home.

But now thats over…im back! I know I’ve said that too before, but obviously my priorities at school come before my 10 minute trainer work out, and I think everyone encounters this problem of being too busy when it comes to their workout plans. So today to get back in the game I did cardio, abs, and lower body. I think the almost week break I had definitely set me back, and was more of a challenge. Abs was required more of an effort than usual, but as always cardio worked me pretty good.