{"id":31908,"date":"2016-07-06T13:28:08","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T17:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mominthecity.com\/?p=31908"},"modified":"2016-07-08T11:17:14","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T15:17:14","slug":"daily-workout-gains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/daily-workout-gains\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Things I GAINED from Doing a Daily Workout for 30 Days in a Row"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\"5<\/a>\n

During the month of June, I completed a daily workout for 30 days in a row. (Woot!) A friend and I decided to do it and it ended up being a lot of fun. I didn\u2019t really have any expectations going into the challenge. I\u2019m very aware that my days of eating whatever I want and just exercising in order to keep everything \u201ctight and right\u201d are long gone. The studies about exercise not helping you lose much weight is true for most people that I know who are over the age of 40. (Of course there are people \u2013 like my husband<\/strong> \u2013 who have a hard time gaining weight no matter what and how much they eat. That\u2019s not the issue for most folks though!)<\/p>\n

Anyway, I didn\u2019t lose much weight\u2026just 2 pounds. There were several benefits to the challenge though:<\/p>\n

1. I have more energy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2. I have less headaches.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

3. I am more mindful of my eating.<\/strong> Since I\u2019m pretty healthy\/my doctor has no concerns about anything, I enjoy eating a variety of foods. I have just started being more mindful of saving snacks and splurge dishes for the weekends or special family outings. A smoothie for breakfast, soup for lunch and a reasonable dinner is my normal weekday menu.<\/p>\n

4. Beyond the physical aspects, I really just enjoyed getting back into the habit of exercising.<\/strong> In order to keep myself challenged, I did one (of the 6) CIZE<\/a> workouts every day going from the hardest to the easiest one. On the seventh day, I would do one of my old Hip Hop Abs<\/a> routines. By the end of the month, I could do all of the routines, which was fun. At the beginning, some of those CIZE moves were hard<\/strong> for me.<\/p>\n

5. I also learned some things that apply to life in general.<\/strong> One thing was how helpful it is to do things with a partner. I\u2019m kind of a \u201cdo things at my own pace\u201d\/\u201dmarch to the beat of my own drum\u201d type of person BUT I\u2019m so glad that I did this challenge with a friend. I don\u2019t think that I would have done all 30 days if we had not made that commitment to each other. (One night after an extremely full day, I was up at 11:30pm getting my exercise for the day in.)<\/p>\n

Another thing that stood out was being reminded to break challenging things down into smaller steps. Shaun T. is a really good trainer. He teaches moves bit by bit and then builds on them. I tend to break challenging things into 3 or 4 chunks at the most but I can see how breaking my goals down even more can be helpful in certain situations.<\/p>\n

The only negative things is that I end up being hungrier after exercising. I worked around that by changing my workout timing from the morning to right before dinner \u2013 the largest meal of my day. So far, so good. Moving forward, I have decided to workout at least 5 days a week. I think that I need at least one day a week for my body to rest and recover. Now, on to the next good habit! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Helpful Posts About Exercise<\/h2>\n

The science is in: exercise won\u2019t help you lose much weight<\/a> \u2013 Vox<\/em><\/p>\n

How Exercise Shapes You, Far Beyond the Gym<\/a> \u2013 NY Mag\u2019s Science of Us<\/em><\/p>\n

Why You Should Exercise (No, Not to Lose Weight)<\/a> \u2013 The New York Times\u2019 The Upshot<\/em><\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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