Badminton, Running in Boston and Back to the goodlife

Slowly getting back into things..

Last week S and I went to Badminton on Wednesday night. I hadn't played in ages and my arm hurt for so long. No joke, i couldn't squeeze out conditioner for a good 5 days after! That may explain why my hair looks so crazy..or maybe just the wind.

Here we are running along the Charles River in Cambridge.

We stopped for a bit at this cool outdoor gym!

Here I am like, what can I do? I was tired but I kept wanting to go further to get better views. one more bridge..okay one more..okay one more.. we made it all the way to the end, crossed over into Boston and back and then ubered home. Actually ubered straight to 3 little figs..

So nutrition is still a work in progress. trying to eat healthier since being home. the weekend in Boston was a write-off.

We walked up the Bunker -hill monument, that has about 300 stairs and I was huffing and puffing. That doesn't bode well for my upcoming hiking weekend in the Adirondacks..

I went to body shred Monday, soccer yesterday and hopefully badminton today :) I also packed lunches today so that's a start. Fall back to the basics I guess!

Back to the Grind

I hate letting myself get out of shape, because getting back into shape is a b*tch!! But hey, it beats the alternative of staying lazy and barely squeezing into clothes.

After a wonderful vacation and amazing summer I gained 5 pounds. unacceptable.

So, what now?

well, Goodlife membership started up. This week I did:

Monday pm spin

Tuesday am short run with S and Maya the dog

Tuesday pm soccer but I was late because of work so only 1 hour instead of 1.5

Wednesday lunch yoga

I am hoping to go to badminton tonight with S

All this don't mean nada without proper nutrion and last night I had beer and wings. yikes!!

Today so far i've eaten healthy, musli yogurt and raspberries for breakfast, salad for lunch, carrots and apple for snack.. so far so good.

That's all for now, I'll try to post regularly with workouts and nutrition.

get up and get out!

Finally I got up and got out! And I was happy I did :)

I started out my day with a good, quick 5k run :) it started raining on my way back and I got quite soaked but it was a rather nice cool down!

Going to the gym later to do some weights training - been doing a lot of shoulder/arm/legs training so I might to arms/stomach today or legs/stomach

Has it really been so long

I can't believe it's been so long since I've posted on this blog! 

What can I say too much to do not enough time...

I've done a couple of runs, kept up boxing still did a bit of pole dance, which I've given up on just because it's a bit too pricey and sadly the classes I want to do always intervene with my boxing -.-

I've also travelled a lot! 

I've been to Africa, America, Turkey, England, France, Sweden and I'm headed to Italy, England (again) and AUSTRALIA! 

Very excited about that!!!

I sadly haven't been doing a lot of running, I've been in a running slump... but I've done more and more HIIT training on the bike, which has improved my cardio immensely :)

I've also done a fitness check up and in comparison to 2014 july I've lost 5 kilos of fat and gained 3 kilos of muscle!  LOVE IT! Although now i've gained some weight and can't seem to lose it -.-

I've become more social, started going out more, more dinners, more drinks but balancing my workouts ... I've been trying to go to the gym at LEAST 5 times a week and for the past month or so it's been working with of course a couple of exceptions.

Here are a couple of photos I've taken for the blog over the last couple of months and haven't posted ...

forever and ever

I can't believe the last time I posted something on here was in May.... MAY that's forever ago ..

So much has happened since then.. let's see I finished Pole Dance level IV I did a pole perfection LVL III I finished my Kickboxing class I went PARACHUTING I ran I walked I biked, I've been doing a lot of indoor biking lately at the gym just not that motivated for running anymore..

I've now started polerina now that the "summer break" is over and I'm counting down the days for boxing to start again! 

I've been trying to eat healthy as well not sure how I'm doing as I've had non stop guests meaning lots of cake and ice cream :)) 

Here's a couple of photos from pole dancing, some tricks we learnt the first one is a leg extensions, the second a layout and the third is called rosebud. The fourth photo is a pole "kiss" and the fifth of me on a run in the countryside :D

That's it for now :) 

Time for a run or two..

So I haven't posted something in a while. I've been busy. Since my last post I ran a small 6km run called the "Frauen Fun Run" Ladies fun run .. managed to finish in a bit over 33 min, which I was proud of :) These ladies also always give out fantastic goodie bags, which are of course half the fun :D

Here are a couple of photos:

I wasn't too excited about running the race tbh because no one came with me and I thought I'd be a total loner. Turns out I was wrong. The race was fantastic over 2,000 women running & nordic walking through Viennas Prater. Before the run there was a great warm-up session hosted by the Big Smile Club. It was fantastic, I couldn't stop laughing but I joined in and loved every second of it :)

I also took part in a Hip Hop Pole fusion class which was great, something new also enjoyable sadly it was only a one time two hour course. I have however also signed up to Pole Dancing LVL IV ! EEEEEK I start next thursday ..

My cousins came to visit me as well. Of course we went to Parndorf one of Austrias shopping outlets and I bought a bunch of stuff at Nike.. naturally. 

Both E and I got matching rain jackets for running outside just because it was reduced from €80.- to €20.- and it's pink... who doesn't love pink? It sure as hell pimps my fitness wardrobe, which consists of mostly black, some grey and if you're lucky a couple of coloured shirts given to me by E.

Today I went for a fast 6,55km run wearing my new rain jacket I LOVED it! :) It drizzled a bit, but I didn't get wet waheeeey ! Successful buy? I think so :)

Here are a couple of photos of this fantastic pink jacket:

It has a great pocket in back, which I didn't use but could've stuffed with tissues or a hat ? 

The closest nike has to offer to the jacket online is this I guess..

My goal for the month is to get to my next milestone on nike.com, which is only 54 km away ;) 

Wish me luck! 

Spring cleaning

It is officially spring although you wouldn't know it by the weather here. I still cross country skied on Sunday and there was a lot of powdery fresh snow!

It is time for spring cleaning..and that includes my diet.  I was struggling yesterday in my workout and decided that my bad eating habits weren't helping.  I had a super fun weekend and ate and drank a lot.. and didn't sleep much. Well, I sure felt the consequences. It was super worth it, but now it's time to get back on track.  After the workout I went straight to the grocery store to get a big huge bunch of kale. I also got frozen berries, almond milk, carrots..anything healthy and delicious I could get my hands on. nom nom nom


Bring on the healthy eating.

My workouts have been inconsistent. I was sick for a few days and was slow to get back into a routine after. I have been a lot more slack, working out about once ever 2 days or so.  I have done a mix of skiing, conditioning, and squash..with a little running and spin sprinkled in. I want to add back some yoga and get back into daily workouts. Hopefully the weather warms up and I can start building up my runs again!

What are you doing to kick start spring?