Leaving Russia sooner than we thought!

I cannot tell you how excited I am right now. We are leaving Russia sooner than we first had planned!! My husband has a business trip in Norway, so we are going to now leave Feb 20th and fly to Norway for a few days, then come back through to Moscow on the 25th. We will then spend one last night in Moscow seeing all the sights, then on the morning of Feb 26th, we fly from Moscow to Houston. I am super excited to be visiting Norway. The timing of everything has worked out quite well and as a result we now have only 11 days left here in Siberia!

Now, on to other matters, my workout plan. I did not do well this weekend with my exercise. We were busy with the house and time just passed me by. So, I once again have to regroup and treat this week as a new opportunity to start over and stay focused.

Goals for Monday 2/9 -

1. Drink at least 16 oz of water first thing in the morning before eating.
2. Take all vitamins and supplements
3. Cardio intervals at least 45 mins
4. Stretch/yoga at least 20 mins
5. Ice my knee at least 3 times
6. Log in all my foods for the day

20 days and counting...

Today is a busy one for me as tomorrow morning I have the company coming to pick up our furniture, dishes and so on. So I am getting everything packed and prepared today, but it will be a fun task, knowing that soon I will be home unpacking all of my stuff and getting our new home ready for us to move in!

Goals for today -

1. Drink at least 128 oz of water
2. Take all vitamins and supplements
3. Stretch and do at 15 mins of yoga/pilates
4. ST upper body ( back,chest and shoulders) and cardio intevals on bike, tread and elliptical.
5. Log in all of my foods

Have a blessed day and I will be back tonight to post my results!

21 days and counting....

I am pre-posting my goals for today as a means to ensure that I accomplish all of them. There is allot going on in my life right now with our move back to the US and I want to stay focused. It seems as if these days I have houses and refrigerators on my mind more than pushups and such. I need to get back to the basics! Setting small goals every day that I can reach, which will ultimately take me to the finish line.

So, what can I do today? I can start my day with a purpose in mind, and do all that I can to achieve it. Today my mission is to reach all of the goals I have set for myself no matter how small.

Daily Goals - Wednesday 2/4 -

1. Drink at least 128 oz of water - done
2. Take all vitamins and supplements - done
3. Stretch and do at least 20 mins of yoga/pilates - done
4. ST upper body and cardio - Calories burned - 400
5. Log in all of my foods - Calories consumed - 1,647
6. Bible study - done

Workout Results - ST Upper body - Biceps,Triceps and Core.

Warm up - Pilates/Yoga and Core Work
One arm horizontal body chops with resistance bands - 3 sets of 12 reps with each arm
Alternating Bicep curls - 3 sets of 12 reps for each arm with 20.2 lb DBs
One arm tricep overhead extensions - 3 sets of 12 reps for each arm with resistance bands.
Cardio - Tread, bike and elliptical intervals with sets of squats and skaters.
Cool down - Pilates/ Yoga and stretching

Let the countdown begin! 22 more days in Russia!

We are back from our wonderful trip to the US! Everything went extremely well. We bought a house in an area north of Houston called The Woodlands and could not be happier! We love the area and cannot wait to start our new life there! We accomplished a great deal while we were gone. We bought both of our cars, set up the gym memberships and finished everything related to the house. We are now back in Russia for 22 more days, and then on Feb 25th we fly out and begin a whole new adventure back in Texas!

During these last few days I have a list of goals that I would like to reach. It will not only help the time here pass by, but it will also give me a chance to finish strong the journey I started here 3 years ago.

Thank you for your comments and support while I was gone in the states. I am looking forward to getting back so that I can start posting my workouts again. 2009 is going to be such a great year and I look forward to sharing my new and exciting journey with you!

Goals for February -

1. Log my foods daily - (I use a site called myfooddiary.com)
2. Drink at least 128 oz of water
3. Complete schedule workout for the day
4. Take all vitamins and supplements.

Schedule for the week -

Tuesday - Off (recovering from flight back)
Wednesday - ST full body with 45 min treadmill walk with running intervals
Thursday - 45 min treadmill walk with running intervals
Friday- ST full body with 45 min treadmill walk with running intervals
Saturday - Off
Sunday - Off

We are going home!!

In two days my husband and I will be flying home with our dog to the US to start our move back home from the Russia to the US. We will be in the US for 2 weeks, then we will be coming back to Russia to make one final move, at the end of February.

During my 2 week stay in the states, I am going to be signing up for my new gym! This is a big deal for me as I have been working out inside my home for the past 3 years that we have been living here in Siberia. It has been hard, especially during the LONG cold winters. But now I will have a gym to go to and explore! I cannot wait!!! I will try and report back how our house finding is going as well as the status of my workouts during the two weeks.

This really is the most exciting time of our lives!

Blessings! xo

Cathe STS clip, Mesocycle 3

Cathe STS clip - extended stretch...

First workout of the new year...

I finally got my first workout in for 09. It was a short workout, but I pushed myself to maximize my time. I did a combination of cardio on the treadmill, bike and the elliptical along with bicep and back ST. It was hard getting into my groove at first but after a few minutes, I hit my stride.

Everything is going well with our move, only 4 more days until we leave for the US!

Cardio Intervals with ST -
Total time - 41 mins
Calories burned - 374
AHR - 73%, 141 MHR - 92%, 177

Update...

Things are going great over here in snowy Siberia!! We are looking forward to flying back to the US in 10 days for the first phase of our move! We will be gone until the end of the month and I will try and log in as much as possible. We are very busy getting our home ready for the move. As far as the house hunting, it is going well!! We have found about 10 homes to view during the next few weeks and we have finalized the arrangements for our dog to fly back with us as well. So much as been done to prepare us for the next 10 days, but there is much left to do!

I am hoping to start back working out tomorrow, I think it has been long enough for my knee to rest and I need to feel the rush of running again, I miss it! I also cannot wait to start lifting again, it has been awhile since my last session and my muscles need to be shocked back into burning mode!

For those of you who are new to my blog, thank you for your comments and support. I hope to have more time soon so that I may reply back and begin posting again. I hope everyone is having a great start to the year!!

Keep reaching and working hard!!

New STS Ab Circuit....

Cathe's STS is coming soon!! In the mean time here is a rather long clip of one of her ab circuit segments. Great stuff!!