Plan for Week 19 of 52

I can't remember if I told everyone that we canceled our gym membership, probably on my other blog I had when I wrote about putting together our budget. Well, we did and our last day is May 31st. We are saving money, but we are also not sure if we will be living near by, since we are looking at houses in other cities. We thought we would just cancel now, hoping we'll be moved out of town by July.

This means I need to come up with a new plan of action since the gym will not be available. I am not happy about running outside, I like the treadmill because I can see my heart rate, distance, speed and time. I will create a plan of action to easily transition into working out outdoors. What activities do we enjoy outside? Biking, hiking, walking, roller blading, gardening, and running.

For running, I will need to ease myself into it because running on the streets and trails is different than running on the belt of a treadmill. There are many more factors that go into it, rocks, cracks, curbs, kids, grass, gravel. This actually will be a great change for me, it will make me stronger having to decipher the different terrain and inclines. I will start with only intervals, my favorite. For biking, I will start riding to work. I love hiking and walking, that's easy for me to do. Hubby loves roller blading, I can do it too, I just don't love it. The more I do it, the easier it will become though. It is a great work out. Gardening and working in the yard is mentally cleansing for me and also very physical, I consider it a good work out for mind and body.

Now for the plan. I have four weeks until the membership is over and need to take full advantage of it. I am thinking this week and next, three days in the gym, two days outside; for example, Monday, Wednesday, Friday in gym, ride bike Tuesday, run or roller blade outside Saturday. Then the last two weeks of the month, two days in gym, three days outside; for example. Monday, Wednesday in gym, ride bike Tuesday, run outside Friday, walk or roller blade Saturday.

Plan for the week:

• Sunday: Run interval 30 minutes, stretch and core - in gym
  
• Monday: Eliptical 15 minutes, Treadmill 15 minutes, stretch, core, weights - in gym
  
• Tuesday: Ride bike to work - 8 miles round trip - outside
  
• Wednesday: Run interval 30 minutes, free weights, core, stretch - in gym
  
• Thursday: AM Yoga, 30 min walk w/ Jorge - at home and outside
  
• Friday: Eliptical 30 minutes , free weights, core, stretch - in gym
  
• Saturday: Something outside - there is an MS Walk we might attend in Boulder - 3 miles - outside
  

Dinner plan for the week:

• Sunday: homemade french bread, corn chowder, grilled asparagus
  
• Monday: Qdoba - going to see houses and my aunt is coming with, she's having a 'jones' for the 'dobe
  
• Tuesday: Tuna Salad
  
• Wednesday: Salad with bacon
  
• Thursday: Artichokes
  
• Friday: Naked Burgers
  
• Saturday: Grill something