Susi Fit

This morning I had a lazy little coach watching over me. Today was Cardio Core. Only 30 minutes, but it's definitely not an easy workout! Below I have videos of two of the moves. Each set of cardio moves is followed by a core move, and at the end you do another round of all the core moves to really burn out those muscles! I don't know that I can say that this one has gotten easier yet, but it's always a good sweat and goes by fast. Today we went out for lunch at work to an Indian restaurant with a buffet. I saved my yellow/red/green meal for this (carbs, protein, veggies), and while I don't really know how the items I chose were prepared, I think I made good choices, staying away from any creamy sauces, while flour and desert. It was really yummy and nice to get some different flavors. This was day 17! We are more than halfway through week 3. And here is the sweaty selfie of the day: Thanks for visiting! Contact me to if you want to find out ...

We have made it to another Booty day! I had a really hard time getting out of bed this morning, but my pre-workout fuel drink got me going, and once I was in my basement, I was ready to hit play. This was our third time doing the Booty workout, which uses loops only. It's 55 minutes long. Just like yesterday, we repeated each set of three exercises three times, which got really painful real fast for this workout! The video below shows the first set, which is all bridge work. And it includes a little visit by my dog/trainer who likes to come check on me. My son was allowed to go back to school today, but he still has to be on a special diet. So it is nice for me to have my prepped dinners ready to go quickly in the evening for me and the hubby. Tonight was baked salmon, brown rice and broccoli - enough to fill my red, yellow and green containers that I had left for the day. I do get to eat a good amount of food on this plan! That's all for today! Tomorrow it's ca...

Today is Monday, which makes this day 15 of this 80 day journey. Yesterday was a rest day, and also a day of stretching and meal prep. There was a new stretching video available for us, and it was nice and to the point at 15 minutes. For meal prep, I tried two recipes from the Fixate cookbook, which is also included in the Beachbody On Demand access. Such a great value! You have access to lots of healthy, easy fix-friendly recipes. All the ones that work for 80 Day Obsession are noted. These two turned out really good! They even have cooking videos you can watch, or you can just read the recipes. One Pot Sausage and Bean Soup Chicken taco filling - yumm! Today's Monday workout was Total Body Core again, which is a favorite of mine. To mix it up yet again, we repeated each set of three exercises three times (ten reps again) instead of going through all sets first and then repeating. This really tired out the muscles targeted in each set. I really liked this set-up. Thi...

Saturdays mean Cardio Flow. Saturdays will ALWAYS mean Cardio Flow! Autumn told us last week that we will do this workout on Saturdays throughout the program. Right now we are doing each move for 4 reps, phase 2 will be 6 reps and phase 3 will be 8 reps. So this should be a great baseline to measure our progress against, hopefully! I did a little video of the final round today. This round contains all the moves, and at the end I was exhausted. The workout builds pyramid-style, in that you do move 1, then 1 and 2, then 1, 2, 3, etc. You get the idea 😄 Luckily this means that those mule kicks/frog hops at the end only happen three times! A good stretch was definitely needed after I've still been keeping the food relatively simple to fill the food containers. My dinner this evening was asparagus and some salmon and chicken for the red/protein. I was home again today, off from work, and so I had a later pre-workout meal again, which I mixed up a bit with some rice and mush...

Another Thursday, another leg day! Yay, said no one ever? I guess I don't hate leg day, I just have a love-hate relationship with it. It really sometimes can feel close to torture during, but after you feel so good - until you sit for a while and then have to get up! Believe me, there were plenty of wobbly ones! We had the same moves as last week, but like with all workouts this week, we went to three rounds instead of two with 10 reps instead of 15. Again, this allowed us to go quite a bit heavier on weights. The move above is the only one that doesn't use weights. It's kinda tough to balance when your  heart is pounding out of your chest! This week the workout is 50 minutes long. Here are a couple of other moves: I stayed at home again today to look after my little patient, so I was able to do my workout a little later in the morning, which is nice. I'm still really motivated and excited to do my workouts every day. I haven't grown tired of the fo...

Let's start with food today! The timed nutrition plan definitely requires planning and prepping, but it does also provide flexibility to move your legs around during your day. Today I was not at work, but stayed home with my son since he had the surgery yesterday. I was still able to follow the plan and just ate my meals at somewhat different times during the day. It definitely helps if you have grab-and-go type stuff prepped in your bridge. The salmon dish below is great for dinner and really quick and easy to make under the broiler in about 15 minutes. Just toss a bunch of veggies around your salmon and drizzle a bit of olive oil over them! Today's pre-workout meal was also my late breakfast: sweet potatoes, spinach and a couple of eggs scrambled, all cooked in some ghee. Today's workout was AAA (arms, abs, and you remember!) We of course switched to the three rounds with 10 reps and challenged ourselves with heavier weights and loops. This workout is well p...

I can't believe we've already reached day 10. It's gone by quickly so far! Today has been a long day. My little dude had to have surgery today, and I was up at 4 a.m., and we all got to the hospital by 5:30 a.m. So needless to say, no morning workout happened today! Thankfully the surgery went very well, and the little patient is now at home resting. I draw a lot of strength from his little guy, just observing how he takes on the world. He is brave and a little trooper, and takes life one day at a time. I'm grateful to our wonderful surgeon and his team. I am proud of myself for still getting in my workout this afternoon. It really helps, for me at least, when I commit to a program like 80 Day Obsession and to a challenge group - the workout has to get done! Today was Cardio Core again, which really gets the heart rate up and then burns out the core with a mix of slider movements at the end. I did not take any video today, so you just have to take my word and...