It was a good weekend, but as always, way too short!
I got to watch several cheesy Christmas movies on Lifetime and Hallmark – one of my favorite parts about Christmas! I don’t know which is more pathetic – the movies’ story lines or me laughing at their jokes.
I tricked my dogs into letting me sleep in until 8:00 Saturday morning (and by tricked, I mean fed).
The Christmas tea went well – I forgot my camera so I’ll post pics tomorrow but here is a pic of my inspiration for the table I decorated:
I got a lot of compliments (but I think that’s mostly because of my grandma’s gorgeous china!) and the best part was, all of the decorations together were only $17! (The mason jars were $10 of that.) More details tomorrow!
We had a lot of fun at a Christmas party yesterday afternoon.
And I still got in all of my workouts!
Monday: Rest
Tuesday: 25 min elliptical intervals, 20 min stationary bike, 20 min weights, 10 min stretching
For the weights, I did the following:
3 sets @ 15 reps of Bench Press with 10, 15, 17.5 lb dumbbells
12, 8, 6 Single Arm Row with 17.5 lb dumbbells
3 @ 12 of Bicep Curls with 10, 15, 15 lb dumbbells
3 @ 12 of Overhead Press with 10 lb dumbbells
2 @ 15 of Squats with 20 lb Kettleball
1 @ 15 of Alternating Lunges with 20 lb Kettleball
1 @ 15 of Static Lunges with 20 lb Kettleball, both legs
1 @ 15 of Glute Machine with 40 lbs, both legs
2 @ 10 Pushups on toes
1 @ 15 crunches
1 @ 15 bicycle crunches
1 @ 15 hip lift / toes to ground
1 @ 30 sec Plank
1 @ 30 sec Side Plank, both sides
I was so excited to be able to do bicep curls with 15 lb dumbbells! Little by little, I’m getting stronger (which still isn’t that strong but progress is progress).
Wednesday: 3.04 mile fartlek run (32:17, 10:37/mile), 10 min stretching
It was cold during this run – I had frost on my eyelashes and Katy had a white beard!
Thursday: 3.04 mile tempo run (33:12, 10:55/mile), 10 min stretching
For the last mile of this run, I felt like I was running so slow – like I was running through sand. But I pushed through and was pleased to see that I ran a sub-11 pace. And the sunset was beautiful:
Friday: Rest
Saturday: 6 mile long run (1:09:25, 11:11/mile), 10 min stretching
This is what amazes me – I can go out and run 6 miles at an 11:11 pace very easily and comfortably, but just a few days before, 3 miles at a 10:55 pace seemed ridiculously hard. Running is such a crapshoot sometimes!
Sunday: 5 rounds of this workout (37:29) from Happily Ever After + 10 min stretching:
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As for all of the things I needed to get done last week, I got all of them done except for cleaning the house (I opted for aforementioned cheesy Christmas movies instead). I consider that a success!
Things I need to get done this week:
- Address and mail Christmas cards
- Finish buying Christmas presents and mail them
- Clean the house 😉
- Grocery shop
That should keep me plenty busy.
Do you like watching cheesy Christmas movies?
What is your favorite thing to do during the holiday season?
