Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Last Chance Workout

Today was the last day of Mindy's Dietbet. I paid $25 to get in last month, gambling that I could lose 4% of my body weight during the course of four weeks. I had some good days; I had some bad days. I lost and then I gained.  When I weighed in, I was a pound shy of my goal. I decided to put in a good last chance workout. My weight fluctuates a lot - it can change several pounds from morning to night. So I knew it was 100% possible to shave off that final pound before the deadline.

I was suppose to get up at 4:45am this morning for a run. Instead, I slept in... and it felt awesome. I awoke to my five year old cuddled up in bed with me, which is rare occasion these days. Needless to say, I was actually happy to have missed my early run.

But... I still needed a final workout. By mid-morning, I stepped outside and it was already sticky, humid and uncomfortable. I debated the treadmill, the gym or running on our backyard trail. The girls wanted to swim, so we compromised. I created a little circuit workout to do in the backyard. They could play in the pool, while I worked out - still having an eye on them.
10 sets of this workout will get you...
 2 miles, 300 jumping jacks, 200 pushups, 100 burpees, 250 superman kicks, 250 ab crunchers
NO JOKE.

Once I began the workout, the kids joined in with me, sprinting across the grass. They did the first couple sets with me... and then the last.  Each time I'd jump in the pool, they would squeal like crazy. They even kept count for me with their diving rings, throwing one out every time I completed a sequence.

Make no doubt, I was exhausted by time this workout was done... and yet, it was fun play time with my kiddos. As humid as it was outside, this is the only fathomable workout I could have done today - happily.


P.S. Yes - I made my final weigh-in goal!
Woo-Hoo! Down 7.2 lbs for the month!

18 comments:

  1. That was a hard workout. Love the pool idea. Love how you incorporate the kiddos in your workouts. Good Luck. Congrats on meeting your goal.

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  2. Wow what an awesome workout!! Did you create that yourself! I love how you incorporated a little fun (jumping into pool LOL) with a workout!

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  3. What a great idea! I've joined 2 diet bets (one was yours) and have yet to get to my goal for the challenges. Maybe next time!

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  4. What a great idea for a workout!!! And fun for the kiddos too! Love it! Thanks for sharing!

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  5. This post made me smile. Sounds like a fun (yet hard) day! Congrats on the weight loss, too!!

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  6. That's awesome! I love that your girls are so enthusiastic about your workouts. What a great example to set!

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  7. Such a great mom! Love everything about this post!

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  8. Such a great mom! Love everything about this post!

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  9. Great job!!! I'm coming up on two dietbets I might need to make a last ditch effort for to get that last little bit off! Wish I had a pool to cool off in ;)

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  10. So awesome!! Thanks for sharing!!

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  11. Way to get creative with your circumstances!! Love it!

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  12. Hahaha, now that's just brilliant-- a nice little refresher at the end as well! I think the 200 push-ups ALONE would put me down for the count :p.

    Good on ya!

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  13. You go, girl! Way to fit in a workout and way to reach your goal! You rock!! :0) Have a great weekend!

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  14. Such a great idea and sounds like so much fun, too!

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  15. Sounds awesome & refreshing!!! What a fun way to end and lose weight! YAY!! You look GREAT!

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