PiYo - Week 4 and 5 Revisited!

Everybody always says that vacations are the death of their health and fitness goals.  Maybe that is true for all of us to some degree, but it doesn't have to totally shatter our dreams of reaching them.  I just returned from a journey to the midwest to visit my grandmother. 

She lives in my hometown and doesn't have wifi, let alone a computer. (Truth be told, she doesn't even have a microwave or an ice maker!)  I had no laptop with me either.  That left me with a choice.  I could have just said I was going to have to take the entire vacation off.  Instead, I went armed with as much success as I could pack.  My Shakeology packets, lots of bottled water, healthy and convenient snacks and, of course, my PiYo dvds.  While I knew she didn't have a way for me to play them (no dvd player), I had the boys bring the PS3.  I never did use that, but ended up sneaking away each day for the first week to my dad's air conditioned RV!  Aside from being a little cramped for room, it worked out marvelously.  I made up my own schedule because of time and space, but I did it.  It was awesome!  Then my dad left for Wisconsin........ this left me with only the house to workout in.  Now, I am not one to look for excuses as to why I can't workout, but let me just say it was next to impossible.  Grandma's house is also quite small and there were people sleeping in literally every room.  There was nowhere to go.  I say all of this to tell you that I will be repeating my weeks 4 and 5.  I did technically do week 4, but not to its full extent.  As for the food?  Did I mention I was at my grandma's?  She is a typical grandma and isn't happy unless she if feeding us.  Plus, I had to have some of the best pizza on the planet....twice!

So, yes, I indulged in areas that I normally don't, but I enjoyed it and am now ready to get back on track.  I want to get everything out of this program that I possible can and I am loving every minute of it.  So, here's to a fresh start week 4.  I am with you all the way.  My schedule for the week looks like this:




 Monday - Sweat
Tuesday - Core
Wednesday - Buns
Thursday - Drench
Friday - Rest
Saturday - Strength Intervals
Sunday - Sweat

Even though we had been gone for just shy of two weeks, I managed to put a pretty good menu together with very little prep necessary and only a short trip to the grocery store until payday!

Meal Planner

	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Work Out	Strength Intervals	Sweat	Core	Buns	Drench	Rest	Sweat
Breakfast	Shakeology Coffee	Shakeology Coffee	Shakeology Coffee	Shakeology Coffee	Shakeology Coffee	Shakeology Coffee	Shakeology Coffee
Snack	Apple & Cashews	Apple w/ PB	Cottage Cheese & Blueberries	Apple & Cashews	Apple & Cheese Stick	Apple w/PB	Cottage Cheese & Blueberries
Lunch	Black Beans & Brown Rice w/ veggies	All natural marinara w/ lean ground beef and brown rice noodles	Grilled Pork Chops, Oven Roasted Potatoes and salad	Mexican Lasagna and salad	Turkey chili on small baked potato w/ veggies	Pork Roast w/ carrots, onions and potatoes w/ steamed green beans	Natural PB/ Sugar Free Jelly on Ezekiel Bread, veggies
Snack	Cheese stick & carrots	Veggies & Hummus	Cherries & Cheese Stick	greek yogurt w/ berries and honey	Veggies & Hummus	Greek Yogurt w/ berries & honey	Veggies & Hummus
Dinner	All natural marinara w/ lean ground beef and brown rice noodles	Grilled Pork Chops, Oven Roasted Potatoes and salad	Mexican Lasagna and salad	Supper night at church (cheat meal)	Pork Roast w/ carrots, onions and potatoes w/ steamed green beans	Lean Burgers (no bun), topped with roasted jalapeno salsa & grilled zucchini	Pita Pizzas & salad
						Grocery day!!!

PiYo Week 4

 The good news is that even after a two week long period without my usual eating plan and workout I came home still feeling good in my clothes and my fingers didn't even swell up on our 16 hour road trip back home.  This may seem silly, but this was the first time that I have traveled and not had sausages for fingers and toes by the time I reached my destination!  Yeah!

This girl is ready to rock PiYo and be back on track!  I am starting my next challenge group on August 18th....who's ready to rock it with me?!?

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