Partway through week one

Day One: half hour walk, PiYo (lower body), HIIT (lower body), half hour walk, floor routine

Day Two: half hour walk, PiYo (upper body), HIIT (upper body), half hour walk, floor routine

Day Three: 1 hour walk (rest needed)

Day Four: 1 hour walk (rest needed)

Issues: forgot to wear sunscreen in the afternoon (sun allergy causing itching rash), pulled quads/glutes/lower back on HIIT lower body routine

Calorie intake rules: 1900 calorie limit on high activity days, 1400 on rest days.

Floor routine: 20 each of crunches, reverse crunches, oblique crunches, leg lifts, elevated oblique crunches (20 on each side), centered lift crunches, bicycle crunches, double crunches.  I tend to go between 40-60 oblique crunches since I find them the least difficult and like to dig in and feel those.

I also add in test stretches before workout videos to test muscle groups for persistent or sharp pains and modify accordingly.  Sometimes I push out some push-ups or tricep push-ups over the day.  Upper thigh area such as quads and glutes are actually weakest areas that need more attention, with core and shoulders being strongest at this point.  Adjust accordingly.

Hoping to get back to this set for day five:

Half hour walk, PiYo Sweat, HIIT Core, half hour walk, floor routine.

Tonight, I'll stick to floor and test stretching.  Will reblog the week on Sunday with actual schedule.  I will wait until early September to do any weighing.  Still haven't started measuring which I may just start base measurements when I resume weighing.  I realize I'm slamming exercise right now so weight loss might be disappointing with the muscle I'm putting on, but damn, I'm getting better at yoga at least.  Never thought I'd see the day again where I bend to touch the floor and am shocked that I palm it without effort.  I was a gymnast as a kid though and would love to be able to build to that fitness level again.  

I do have feminine issues that sometimes interfere with pain levels and hormones, of course, but I'm not setting out to be that honest.  I keep separate personal records for the specifics of my health issues, but I like to combine this blog with that to understand what might be causing plateaus or setbacks.  One thing I do motivate myself with is that I am only gaining strength and flexibility and endurance even when the scales aren't moving.  I am not engaging in drastic or dangerous dieting-- I know that protein, fat, carb, sugar, sodium intake is important with the demands that this activity puts on me and starvation increases the risk of injury or other health risks.  I understand that even if weight loss takes forever to kickstart, I am much healthier than where I started and have learned much and keep learning how to overcome my health challenges.  Even without pain management, nothing has proved impossible.