New Beginnings, New Habits, Better Living!

Since my life's theme this year seems to be change drastically and permanently, I figured I'd go with the flow and implement some good habits and better routines into my day-to-day life. Sometimes I forget that health is a balance of many things and only concentrate on food and fitness, when water, sleep, emotional balance and spirituality are just as important.

This week I started implementing a morning routine that, so far, is working perfectly. I wake up, check emails and social networking sites, spend time with doggies and let them out. Then I drink 500ml of water and do a little yoga (10 Sun Salutations, pictured below) while drinking another 500ml. Next comes meditation time! I've always loved meditating but lacked the discipline to do it everyday. I've joined a group of people on Facebook who are all doing a 30 day meditation challenge for March, it's crazy how knowing there are other people doing it with you, even though you only know them online, can motivate you so much! The support there is great and just the thing I needed to implement it daily. I plan on continuing this routine forever more, it makes me feel amazing and get my blood flowing and mind balanced from the start of the day!

Sun Salutation

It's my 24th Birthday on Wednesday and I plan on getting the 25th year of life off on the right foot! I will be starting my usual spring cleanse the day after and I am planning on doing a 30 day one, although as usual, my body will decide when I am ready to stop. I also find it much easier to be 100% raw after a cleanse. I just have to truly stick to it this time. I realize that after having cooked food a few times after a 100% bout, I just get lazy and become a creature of habit. I have to implement strategies that will keep me on the path I want to be on. That's my task for the next few days and throughout my cleanse, to find the best ways to keep my goals in mind, to keep visualizing myself successful in this venture.

As per my usual Monday posts, here is my exercise for the past week!

Feb 27th

Mountain climbers	100	100	100
Bicycle crunches	75	85	89
Butt Lifts	200	200	200
Chest fly's	50	50	40
Chest Press	40	32	33

Feb 28th

10 Sun Salutations

10 minutes Meditation

High Knees	120	150	120
Squats	65	70	80
Crunches	75	75	85
Dips	30	25	24

Feb 29th

10 Sun Salutations

8 minutes Meditation.

Mountain climbers	120	130	130
Bicycle crunches	130	130	110
Butt lifts	150	250	300
Chest fly's	35	40	45
Chest Press	35	40	45

March 1st

10 Sun Salutations

12 minutes Meditation

OFF day

March 2nd

10 Sun Salutations

 13 Minutes meditation

March 3rd

OFF day

5 minutes meditation

March 4th

10 Sun Salutations

 11 minutes Meditation

My minimum workouts per week now is 3x, I want to get that back up to a minimum of 5 in the next few weeks. I think that I'll just be switching it up more and go to the gym 2x a week, plus the calisthenics that I am already doing. 

Have a great week! Smash it every single day. :)