What Now?

Well it's been a week since we got back from Ottawa and 10 days since we ran our Half.  I bet you are all wondering where this blog will go from here and if we will keep it up.  We have discussed this and initially we started the blog to keep ourselves accountable for running but we have decided to keep it going to keep you (our 2 faithful readers) abreast of what work out programs we are following (among other things).  We still have some running on the schedule as we are signed up for the 1^st annual BLT trail run on Oct 25, 2014.  This run is a 5k run so it's something we can manage AND we each have a co-worker signed up to run their first 5k!!  :)

After a complete week of rest we have started back on another type of workout schedule.  We will be following the 3 month Jillian Michaels Body Revolution work outs program. 

It's easier for you to turn your computer around than it is for us to rotate this picture.

These workouts are 30 minute videos and there are 3 phases (3 months).  During each phase the workouts progressively get harder.  There are 12 videos in total and the first two weeks you do video 1 & 2, the next two weeks 3 & 4 etc.  There are also two cardio days in there and for now we will be running on those cardio days instead of doing the cardio videos.  Here is a look at our schedule for October.  Sunday may become a rest day once Zumba is over.  (Take notice that tonight is our first run night).  We have done this program before and it works.  But we suppose everything works when you stick with a plan.

Also, with this program we are each trying a different meal plan.  Twin 1 is trying out the Jillian Micheals meal plan (as mentioned in previous posts) and Twin 2 is trying out Weight Watchers.  Weigh day is every Friday.  We will also be keeping track of our measurements  because with strength training it's more about lost inches than lost weight as muscle weighs more than fat (that's the rumour anyway).  Every week we will weigh in and every 4 weeks we will measure inches. 

As the videos are a 3 month program this will take us right up to Christmas.  CHRISTMAS??!!!!