Can you Pin your way to fit?

In the spirit of a new year and resolutions, I decided to do an experiment and make it public. I have, as I'm sure many of you do too, a spot on my Pinterest account for a board dedicated to fitness. Now this board has many pins, but is not often looked at or used. I decided I needed to change that. So what I intend to do is to see if I can get fit, toned, and feeling better with more energy, just using pins. I'm not allowed to do anything other than what is on a pin, and I'm not going to upload any new pins front the internet. I'm trying to see if I can get a balanced workout that helps me achieve my fitness goals just be using Pinterest. Brett has helped me with the basic structure I should be looking for in my workouts for the next 31 days, and now I have to try and find the pins to make it happen. There seem to be a lot of great things out there, so I'm excited to get going.

I only plan on using basic gym equipment. I have a treadmill at home, resistance bands, kettle bells and dumbbells, and a stability ball. I think those things should be enough. My workouts should only be 20-40 minutes long; I just don't have time to do more. I'd like to find out how to make this fit into my busy lifestyle of teaching, directing, and performing.

Also, I'm the kind of person that if I don't have a workout buddy,  I can use just about any excuse to avoid working out, which is where making this public comes in.  I need to know others will know if I skip a workout; I need to accountability. I know (and you'll see from Before pictures) that I'm not a fat person, but I also know that I'm not really a healthy person, I just have good genes which keep me thinner. I use a Garmin Vivofit tracker and know I take an average of 5,000-6,000 steps a day (I don't often meet my 10,000 step goal). I eat ok, and generally sleep 7-8 hours. All of that is nice, but I'm not toned, I lack any muscle definition, and have no cardio stamina. I'm not in this to lose weight, if I gain weight and it's muscle weight, I'll be fine with that.

Feel free to join me for the next 31 days and see if you too can get fit! You can find my board at www.pinterest.com/musical_muse3

 

January 1, 2015

BEFORE: 123.4 pounds

  No flexing...

 Attempting to flex... no biceps to be seen. :(

 Not much seen here... probably should have worn shorts.

My first day started with sleeping in after a late night and found me feeling quite apprehensive to start this journey. I did not want to take before pictures (even though this was my idea) and I didn't really want to work out. I really wanted to sit on the couch in front of the heater and read all day. Finally around 3 pm I stopped procrastinating and went to the basement to workout. It was freezing, so 30 more minutes of stretching and sitting in front of a space heater, I finally got started.

(Btw, I workout watching Bones... I don't know why, but I like it better than music)

Today I did a pin called: The Morning Workout



It was hard, at least for me. I did pushups from my knees, no way I could do full ones yet. Everything else I did all the way. It took me about 40 minutes to do all three sets. I took a 3-5 minute rest break between each rep through. I ended feeling weak and wobbly. I'm definitely out of shape.