Fitness Progress 7

Progress on Goals:
 1. Add cardio to training slowly (milk supply) in preparation for the Spartan race.
--- No longer nursing Mason, so the milk supply is no longer an issue.  I have started cardio training at least 3 times a week.
 2. TRY the 5 AM workouts for a week.
--- Did it and love it! That's what I will continue to do on days I don't work the night before.
 3. Drink more water!
--- Doing good here!
 4. Target tranverse abdominus.
--- Probably should do this 4 times a week or so.  I am doing it 2 times a week.  Not seeing any improvement of my diastasis recti yet.
 5.Get to bed earlier. (around 9:30 PM)
--- Some days are better than others, but it mostly just depends on when Jeff gets home from work.  For the most part though, I have been getting to bed before 10 PM.

The 5 AM workout time is great! I get there at 5 and workout until 6-6:15.  I get back home around 6:30 in time to make breakfast for Jeff and myself before he leaves at 7 AM.  Mason is usually up by then too, so it's nice to be able to spend that family time together bright and early in the morning.  I also don't need to use any childcare, obviously, since Jeff is home.  Bonus!

Training for the Spartan is going well.  I am doing sprints, stairs, burpees and hilly treadmill runs.  I'm pretty embarrassed about how out-of-shape I am cardio-wise.  I am training based on heart rate... so the speed of my longer runs depends upon my heart rate.  I want to train properly! So because of that, it took me 10 minutes to run a mile on a level 4 slope. Not great. But improvements will come, I am sure.

I have been tracking my macros kind of loosely so that I can get an idea of what I want to start meal prepping for muscle growth.  And I am having a hard time hitting my calories! (surprising!!) If I eat junk, obviously I have no problem exceeding my calorie goal, but I had a day where I had only consume 1400 calories and I felt like I had been eating allll day long.  First world problem, I know.  But I do recognize that's an area I need to improve! I bought almonds and avocados to add some good calories in.  Never thought I'd see the day where this was a problem, haha!

I'm really starting to increase my weight in lifting now that I am no longer nursing.  I am sad to not be nursing, but it is nice to be put aside worries about milk supply! It was so touch-and-go! I had a goal to squat my body weight in a set of 10 reps and accomplished that this week! So hooray for gaining strength! Just like with cardio, I like to train properly to avoid injury, so I am slowly getting back to where I was lifting before I got pregnant.  I was curling 20's.  Now I'm curling 15's, but I started at 10, then 12, so it is nice to see those improvements all around.  I'll get back to what I was doing before soon!

We have a couple trips planned the next few weeks, so I will be doing workouts wherever we are staying.  [We are going to Washington, Las Vegas, and San Diego in the next 4 weeks! Traveling for a  total of 10 days.]

I haven't weighed myself in weeks, and that's fine. :)

Goals:
1. Run a hilly mile in 8 minutes with HR in a good range.
2. Make a meal prep menu.
3. Target transverse abs 4 times a week.
4. Do 20 burpees in a row.
5. Get up the canyons for a hike in the snow!

Mason is 7 Months Old!

Mason James is growing so fast! 7 months! We never knew how fun a baby could be.

Feeding: At just a few days shy of 7 months old, Mason stopped nursing. (My milk supply just wasn't cutting it and he was refusing to nurse unless I was full, which would take 12 hours! It didn't take long for my supply to drop off. I didn't experience any pain or fullness after I stopped.) He takes 6 oz. of formula every 3 hours during the day. He also gets 2-3 meals of solids. He likes carrots with applesauce, butternut squash, green beans with sweet potatoes, and oatmeal. We make our food at home; he gets some puréed and some soft chunks.

Sleeping: still mostly sleeping through the night, with the exception of needing some extra loving every now again because of teething. He takes 2 naps. One in the morning and one in the afternoon. Still doing the "2-3-4" sleep schedule. He always sleeps on his tummy with white noise playing.  He loves swaying and being sung to before bed.  We always sing "You are my Sunshine" to him.

 

Growing: Size 3 diapers. 6 month and 6-9 month clothes.

 
Mason is working on crawling, but cares a lot more about standing and working on walking. He can pull himself to standing, mostly using our fingers to hold on, but has pulled himself up onto the ottoman several times too. He moves all over but not very intentionally. He LOVES walking and standing with holding onto fingers and will get upset if you sit him down or pick him up when he is doing so.  We think it's pretty funny!

 

He loves playing and mimicking his daddy. They squeak and cough with each other. It's the cutest thing.





He went to two hot springs: Fifth Water and Maple Grove. He enjoyed them both!

 

We took him to Oktoberfest, he had fun people watching! He had his first night without either of us home with him (while we went to Garth Brooks' concert) and he did great!



It was his first Halloween and he was the cutest little zebra!

Mason loves reading books and pulling his toys out of the bin.

This boy brings us so much happiness and purpose! We love him so so much!