Wk 5, Day 4 - Thurs, 2-Jan-2014

5 GRATITUDES (Thank you, Heavenly Papa!):

• That my husband got another interview.  Hope they like him and will go further into the interview process and hire him.
• That I got a workout done.  
• That I got my subcon work done today.  
• Our son got straight A's, and our daughter got all A's and 1 B.
• That I'm feeling overall better physically.

THOUGHTS:

• I've been wanting to workout, but have not felt good any of the days the past 2 weeks to do a workout.  Yesterday was the least I've coughed, and I got enough rest, so I thought I would give it a go.  Hope it's okay.  We'll see.
• Sometimes it's really challenging being a parent.

ACTIONS:

• Took my heart meds, hair supps, Multi vitamins, fish oil, probiotics, cinnamon. 
• Drank some of tea with ginger, lemon, green tea, and alkaline drops.
• Used vaporizer with hydrogen peroxide.
• Taking prescribed cough medication - taking this consistently is helping a lot.

LIFE TO DOs:

• Helped my husband with his phone interview.
• Went to Costco to pickup supplies.  1st day of coupons and saved a bunch.
• Laundry:  2 loads clothes
• Change passwords on hotmail email accounts. - haven't done this in a long time.  It's time.
• Submit subcon invoice.
• Finish all my Thursday subcon work today. - Done with 2 minutes to spare.
• Update my husband's ss card at the ss administration office in downtown Phx. 
• Update driver's license for my husband.
• Return stuff to CVS for credit or a refund.
• Pay for son's field trip fee in January. - will pay for in January.
• Put away summer clothes and hang winter clothes up.
• Make photo album for husband's mom. 
• Make photo album for kids' Grandma M. 
• Upload videos to YT for kids for karate. - Loaded this to the wrong YT account.
• I need to get an estimate on the repairs and fax to them this week. - I called JT regarding this and he told me what I needed to do.
• Get some ActivaFulvic.
• Apply at ST, EJ, CW.
• Resolve format issues with some MP3s to my iPod.
• Continue with job search.
• File paperwork in crate.
• Explorer Things To Fix List - rear 3rd brake light (whole assembly $120 + labor), passenger side powered mirror ($31 from eBay + labor), passenger front seat powered windows ($120-200 total), left rear tail light ($35 from eBay + labor), rear windshield wiper ($20 from eBay + labor), front hood strut mechanism, rear driver's side door fixing it ($200)

SLEEP:

• 11:30 pm - 8:15 am (8.75 hrs) - It might be a little less, but the codeine in the cough med makes me really sleepy and tired, sometimes a little pukey. 

FOOD JOURNAL:
Breakfast  (11:15 am) - 3 eggs scrambled with leftover fried rice

Lunch (3:15 pm) - some homemade fried rice & chow mein

Dinner (7:00 pm) -  

EXERCISE 

Workout Time = 1:51 pm

Warmup -  30 sec. each

• Shoulder Rolls (forward and backward)
• Arm Front Cross Swings
• Torso Circles
• Torso Twists (side to side)
• High Knee March
• Boxer Shuffle

Zuzka ZSHRED #12

Just the preview video

Cardio Jump Rope Workout

Buy-In:

• 1 min. jump rope, medium speed, high knees
• 1 min. jump rope, fast speed, high knees
• 1 min. jump rope, low jack shuffle

3 Rounds

• 15 Weighted Burpees
• 15 Jump Tucks & Ground Touches
• 15 3-point Plank Jumps

Cooldown:  8:58 min. - regular with foam roller

Warmup:  Time = 3:15, Max HR = 113 bpm, Avg HR = 98 bpm

Buy In:  Time = 3:10, Max HR = 147 bpm, Avg HR = 135 bpm 

Round 1:  Time = 5:03, Max HR = 153 bpm, Avg HR = 140 bpm 

Round 2:  Time = 4:45 Max HR = 159 bpm, Avg HR = 147 bpm
Round 3:  Time = 4:25, Max HR = 166 bpm, Avg HR = 158 bpm
Cooldown:  Time = 7:25, Max HR = 156 bpm, Avg HR = 127 bpm

Zone 1 = 5:09, Zone 2 = 2:05, Zone 3 = 2:37, Zone 4 = 6:08, Zone 5 = 5:41

Total Time = 28:24

Max HR = 166 bpm

Avg HR = 135 bpm

Total Calories = 355

Notes:  Since I haven't worked out in over 2 weeks, I didn't want to do the full blown workout, which would've been 25 reps of each of the exercises in the 3 rounds.  So, for each round, I did 30 reps fewer than Zuzka did.  This workout felt alright, even though I am still coughing.