Last week my boyfriend was joking that if I am ever late with a Mark Down Monday post, I should call it Tardy Tuesday. Perhaps in the future, but not this week!
I'm finally getting into a routine... sort of. Because today is Labor Day, I have to wait another whole week before I get to experience what a "normal" week will be like for me... not to mention that this whole month is going to be off because my best friend is getting married, so I'll be doing quite a bit of weekend travel back and forth to New Jersey, squashing workout and eating intentions.
With travel in mind, I've crafted my weekly workout schedule with the most flexible/mobile sessions on the weekends:
Mondays: Strength
Tuesdays: Rest (I have 7.5 hours of class on Tuesdays, hooray!)
Wednesdays: Pump It! Class (I assume this is Georgetown's version of Body Pump. Sadly, it is only offered once a week :( )
Thursdays: 5k Training (I don't have class and usually won't need to go to campus on Thursday, so going to the gym doesn't make sense)
Fridays: Strength- not necessarily a gym strength workout, but potentially just body-weight exercises at home/wherever I happen to be
Saturdays: Spinning if I'm in DC; 5k training if off-campus
Sundays: Run (whole 5k)
This is what my "ideal" workout week will look like, but unfortunately for me there's not a week in the foreseeable future that will be ideal in terms of scheduling, so I have to just go with it.
Another change I have to adapt to is the amount of social eating/drinking I've been doing. It is nothing dangerous, but it hasn't been something I've been figuring into my caloric intake or diet in general. Today I started back up with calorie counting on Livestrong. I think it will be healthy for me to do at least for a little while, as I get a handle on the nutritional content of the meals I'm creating for myself, the social eating and drinking that is a necessity in this town, and changes in my diet in general.
Once again this week was a little funky, but I managed to get in three runs: one with my boyfriend when he was around, a short one the day after my first strength workout back at the gym in three weeks, and a long one on the Capital Crescent Trail, which is really lovely, yesterday. As you may have read, I also tried my first Spinning class and loved it!
My goals for this week are to:
I'm finally getting into a routine... sort of. Because today is Labor Day, I have to wait another whole week before I get to experience what a "normal" week will be like for me... not to mention that this whole month is going to be off because my best friend is getting married, so I'll be doing quite a bit of weekend travel back and forth to New Jersey, squashing workout and eating intentions.
With travel in mind, I've crafted my weekly workout schedule with the most flexible/mobile sessions on the weekends:
Mondays: Strength
Tuesdays: Rest (I have 7.5 hours of class on Tuesdays, hooray!)
Wednesdays: Pump It! Class (I assume this is Georgetown's version of Body Pump. Sadly, it is only offered once a week :( )
Thursdays: 5k Training (I don't have class and usually won't need to go to campus on Thursday, so going to the gym doesn't make sense)
Fridays: Strength- not necessarily a gym strength workout, but potentially just body-weight exercises at home/wherever I happen to be
Saturdays: Spinning if I'm in DC; 5k training if off-campus
Sundays: Run (whole 5k)
This is what my "ideal" workout week will look like, but unfortunately for me there's not a week in the foreseeable future that will be ideal in terms of scheduling, so I have to just go with it.
Another change I have to adapt to is the amount of social eating/drinking I've been doing. It is nothing dangerous, but it hasn't been something I've been figuring into my caloric intake or diet in general. Today I started back up with calorie counting on Livestrong. I think it will be healthy for me to do at least for a little while, as I get a handle on the nutritional content of the meals I'm creating for myself, the social eating and drinking that is a necessity in this town, and changes in my diet in general.
Once again this week was a little funky, but I managed to get in three runs: one with my boyfriend when he was around, a short one the day after my first strength workout back at the gym in three weeks, and a long one on the Capital Crescent Trail, which is really lovely, yesterday. As you may have read, I also tried my first Spinning class and loved it!
My goals for this week are to:
- Continue to settle into my new routine and be forgiving of myself as I do
- Plan social drinking and eating into my diet more attentively
- Post a review of my new Nike+ system I've been getting to know the past few weeks; post at least three times
- Take more pictures, geez! Our couch is coming this week so I'll be able to finally share apartment pictures since it will be fully furnished. Plus, I've been cooking some pretty delicious things, so I'd like to share them with you as well!
- Have an awesome time at my best friend's bachelorette party and not let the stress of being the MoH get to me
- Get in a lot of exercise during the week since the weekend will be spent having a blast in New York!
Wish me luck during my long day tomorrow. I'll be trying out my new Trader Joe's lunchbox, what could POSSIBLY go wrong? ;)
These are great goals! I am sooooo bad with the social eating and drinking. Good for you for staying accountable.
ReplyDeleteAlso, a rad lunch box makes any crazy day better. Good luck with your grad studies and surviving the first month!