Here is an update on how the first week of my new workout plan went… Definitely did not start the way I thought it would!
January 1st- Full body circuit
The new year definitely didn’t start off like I thought it would. My boyfriend and I had to head back to Bellingham early due to his apartment flooding. There was four and a half inches of water throughout his entire apartment. So, as you can imagine everything on the floor was soaking wet and needed to be moved out of the apartment. With this being said, I wasn’t able to hit the gym to get my workout in. Instead, we spent the whole day moving things from his apartment to mine (thankfully we are less than a block apart!).
We were able to move almost everything out of his room and his two other roommates. We flipped mattresses up on top of the box springs to try and dry them out, boxed up all the valuable things to take to my place, and got almost everything off the floor and onto counters and high places that wouldn’t get wet.
Although I didn’t get the workout in I had planned on the calendar, I did get my fair share of heavy lifting. My boyfriend and I ended up carrying his full sized mattress down the hill to my place. This was quite a challenge; I worked up a sweat and definitely engaged my arm and leg muscles to get the job done. I’ll call that a good enough workout for the day! Hopefully the rest of this week I will be able to find some time to hit the gym and stick to my new workout plan.
January 2nd- Run 3.5 miles
Sadly this run didn’t pan out either. My boyfriend and I spent the day on the phone and in the office of the landlord who owns the property that flooded. Fortunately, my boyfriend was able to get out of his current lease and into another lease for an apartment that is still close by. This new lease will start on Friday, but in the meantime we will by busy packing up the rest of his stuff to move into this new place.
After we finally got all the paperwork in line and off the phones it was dark out. My plan was to head to the gym on campus, but found out it closed at 5pm due to winter break still being in effect. What a bummer! I’m already two days into the new year and haven’t been able to try out my new workout plan. At this point I’m longing for a free day to hit the gym and get a workout in, even if it is just for 15 or 20 minutes! Hopefully early Friday I will be able to run outside for a bit.
January 3rd- Full body circuit
Today was a little more relaxed than the rest of the week has gone. All the paperwork has been taken care of and the stress of helping my boyfriend find a place to move into has subsided. Tomorrow and this weekend we will be moving him and his two other roommates into their new place.
As far as the gym went, I didn’t make it in time as the gym closed at 5pm again. Parking is only free on campus after 4:30pm and I didn’t feel like 30 minutes would have been enough time to get the workout in that I wanted. So, instead I revamped my workout to be able to do it at home. This included pushups instead of dumbbells, wall sits instead of leg machines, planks, and a 5 minute core workout. Although I didn’t work up too much of a sweat, this mini workout felt great and was much needed!
I’m so glad I was able to compromise and come up with a different workout to do at home! My boyfriend and I are planning on running Lake Padden tomorrow. It’s about 2.5 miles. I can’t wait to be out in the fresh air and get some good cardio in before moving him into his new apartment later that afternoon.
This week has defiantly been one for the books, I never thought I would have to deal with an apartment flooding or the stress of needing to find a place by next Monday (as classes begin on Tuesday). I am kicking myself for not applying myself harder to my workout plan. It just goes to show you how crazy life can get and the choice I made to put my workout on the back burner was one I will learn from. The goal of the calendar and keeping a log on this blog were to keep me motivated and honest about sticking to my new routine. With the newness of classes beginning next week I will hold myself accountable for going to the gym when I am done with classes. There will be no excuses. This is something I want to do and am excited to see where this journey will take me!
January 4th- Run 3.5 miles
We did it! My boyfriend and I ran Lake Padden first thing this morning when we got up. It felt so good to feel the cold wind blow through my hair as we ran the lake. It has been a couple months since running this lake due to the colder weather and being at home in Seattle over winter break. But it sure felt good to get out there again. It makes me long for the spring and summer weather and being able to run outside every day.
Hopefully after this week I will continue to fall into a habit of going to the gym and running each day of the week and then having Sunday’s off as rest days.
January 5th- Full body circuit
Today was full of packing up boxes, cleaning the old apartment, to the best of our ability with all the industrial fans blowing drywall dust everywhere, and getting things in order for the moving truck tomorrow.
It was a long day, but we successfully finished packing up all of the stuff that didn’t get damaged from the flood. Tomorrow will be full of lifting heavy boxes and moving things from one apartment to the next. So, instead of doing my full body circuit tonight I’m going to count all the moving and lifting as my workout tomorrow! I think this will be a fair trade as we will be moving two mattresses, two sofas, and a bunch of other furniture.
January 5th- Rest
Today was so long! My boyfriend and I got up at 8 this morning to start moving some of the stuff we stashed at my apartment to his new one. By 10 his parents were up here and were able to rent a moving truck for all the mattresses and furniture. Moving those sofas were a pain! Definitely got my workout in for the day with all the heavy lifting. We were able to finish moving everything by 4pm and have spent the past six hours or so unpacking and reorganizing.
As I lay here in bed writing this, I can feel how tired my legs are from being on them all day. I had my watch tracking how many steps I took today along with my heart rate. We took over 14,000 steps and there were some high spikes in the heart rate. I will call that a successful day of exercise. I’m hoping I’m not too sore for my full body circuit tomorrow!
I can’t wait to finally get on a solid routine this upcoming week. With classes starting Tuesday I’m sure I will be able to stick to my January calendar and can’t wait to report back on it and start to see some progress after all the snacking from the holidays.
Hope you all have a great upcoming week!
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