And so my staycation begins!

I have the Aug 31st-Sept 8th off.. and decided to take a staycation and stay in Milwaukee for some R&R and really focus on doing what I've been increasingly growing a passion for, health & fitness!

So I'm taking the week to work out, and try new healthy recipes :) may not be the most ideal vacation and time off from work, but I'm gonna capitalize on the time off! I've been trying to lose weight since February, and though it's been a long & slow process, I've lost 16 lbs since I started at my highest in Feb by just working out and eating healthy. I'd of course have weeks where I just blow it- but I always got back on track.

 

10 more to go :)

I always just do cardio- maybe throw in 15 squats and lunges each or something and call it a day, but I know strength and circuit training will have the most impact on the bod.

I count cals to keep me on track, and so usually I have the elliptical telling me how much cals I burn, but with strength training I don't have that so I bought a heart rate monitor to tell me what I'm burning while I do my DVDs at home :)

Took the HRM for a spin and went for a run and liked what I saw, I feel like that's a high burn but i'm trusting it's accurate- I mean, I won't complain! It has a chest strap so it's gotta be somewhat accurate?

So here goes a week of health, fitness and wellness :)

...and blogging about it.