Today is day 12 of my fitness journey!  (Sounds so exciting that way!) LOL  I made it through the 10 day kick start deal-y-o!  It was easier than I thought it would be!  I was very faithful to the food and the water and did doubles 8 of the 10 days.  I worked out (with walking) 27 times in a 10 day period!  LOL  It was fun though!  I lost 3 pounds and 5 inches!  Not too bad for 10 days, I thought.  I am a really slooooooooooooow loser so to see three pounds gone in a week and a half made me happy! : )  I was more excited about the inches though!  I think this work out is a blast which makes it so easy!  I do not dread exercising…I actually look forward to it now! 

   I think I have worked out a schedule for the time being!  I will be doing cardio 6 days a week, sculpting three days a week and abs two days a week.  I will also try to walk some every day!  More for my sanity (my only real quiet time!) than my physicue though!  I am feeling very positive about this and think that if I can maintain my momentum, that I will start to see results. : )  I have decided that once I lose 10 pounds, as a reward I will buy the second set of workout DVDs to offer more variety to my schedule.  (I am very excited about those and hope that I can hold out til the 10 pounds are gone!) Giggles!

    I will check in soonest! : )

 am

  I haven’t posted much about this because I wanted to get in the groove of making it happen first!  I am in the groove now ( !!) so I thought I would put something in print!  I am on day 8 of a 10 day fitness kick start!!  It is an exercise program that is intended to go long term, but the 10 day deal gets you thinking about the right foods and getting back on the exercise train!  I absolutely LOVE the workouts!  They are a combination of kick boxing, matial arts and dance!  They offer aerobic and strength training!  They are a blast!  I have stuck to the food plan portion to a tee and have done very well with drinking more water!  I am doing double work outs plus walking between 2-4 miles a day.  I haven’t decided yet how my workout schedule will go after the 10 days, but am thinking it will look much the same with an extra rest day.   I plan to alternate abs with strength training and do cardio 5-6 days a week.  I am already starting to feel better and regain some of my lost energy.  I have decided that although I feel guilty for taking time away from my kids to do this, that it is really important and I need this me time!  They have all been very good about it and even work out with me some times! : )  I am hoping to set an example for them as well! 

    My goal is to lose 20 pounds and tone everythng up.  I have gone this route before and always struggle with making time to work out or with the food.   I am on a mission now to find a happy compromise with the food though.  I do NOT always want to be on my food guard, but know that this will take serious commitment.  I am going to experiment with the 90/10 rule.  Pay close attention to what I eat most of the time with the occasional indulgence.  I will just have to be certain that the indulgence is truly sinful! : )

   I want to establish new habits and make this the way I do things instead of feeling like I am on a ‘program’.  I want to teach my kids to be fit and healthy by choice so they do not have to struggle with this later.  They already eat really well.  I guess I am lucky there!  I just want them to always feel good and be healthy. 

    I will check in here often! : )  I will be weighing and measuring on Thursday morning and will make note of any changes!

   Ok today is day 6 and I have made it through the first week of torture, I mean exercise!!  Did I mention I hate this particular program ! LOL  I worked out every day this week and did fairly well with my water and food!  I am less sore now and am able to sit on the toilet unassisted! : )  So, I would say that is progress!  LOL  I was unable to resist the temptation of stepping on the scale this morning and have not lost or gained a thing.  I am not at all surprised by this because I am aware of the whole fat to muscle heavier thing.  I actually hopped off the scale more excited than ever!  I know that I will not realistically see any results until about the end of the third week because I know how my body works! I will find the patience somewhere deep within to wait (at that point however if there is not some indication that the prior three weeks of torture, I mean exercise were productive I will run over that dvd with my van several times before melting it! : )  Big grin!  Tomorrow will be a stretching workout which my body is begging for and then Monday starts the second pahse of the workout.  Everything increases from the reps to the intensity.  I also plan on increasing the weights I have been using.  This phase will last two weeks and then I will move up to the last phase for the last three weeks.  So, here’s to the first week down!  Clank!  Despite the whining I have thouroughly enjoyed the feeling of working my muscles again.  I can feel the very slightest beginnings of things tightening and waking up!  I am looking forward to next week!  Have a happy day!

am : )

   I did my workout tonight and roller skated for two hours today!  My body is feeling very worn out from the newly added workouts!  I am still very sore, but am excited about what I am doing!  I have to admit though that 40 minutes into my workout tonight I started day dreaming about what exercise program will replace this one at the end of the 6 weeks! LOL  Too soon for that…I think not!

   I did fair with my water today…only about 60 oz.  My food was not bad, but I think I had too few calories.  My schedule was nutso and so I didn’t eat at regular intervals either.  It is much harder for me to try to adhere to a schedule when I have to be out of the house.

  Tomorrow is another full day, so I will have to be creative with both the food and water!  Hope to work out first thing in the morning though.  I do much better all the way around if I can check that off first thing!  We had an unexpected animal emergency this morning and so I spent my work out time in the vet’s office. 

  I am off to bed now!  I am really sleepy!

am : )

Day 2!!

    OOOOOUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCHHHHH!

 am : )

   Well, I did it!  I started my new fitness routine today! LOL  I put on my cute little work out clothes and popped the dvd into the player and then some how I managed to get through the whole hour and the bonus abs section!  I remembered about 4 minutes in why I HATE this particular program so much!  The instructor is perky and perfect with what seems to be the inner makings of some sort of inhuman droid!  She smiles through 25 minutes of squats and lunges and her favorite phrase is ’two more, ok now faster!!’  I found my new mantra about 34 minutes in…”It is only six weeks!  I can do anything for six weeks!”  Now here I sit almost 11 hours later and my thighs are starting to burn and curse my name!  My abs are getting tight and seem to be making my face scrunch up when I try to do those silly things like walk and sit!  This creates  a problem in itself because with all this water I am trying to drink I am spending a ton of time in the potty!  (which as we all know requires sitting!)

    I took my measurements and weighed in, but have decided to hold off on posting them for a little bit.   On the up side…I managed to drink 80 oz of water today, had a good food day and took all of my vitamins!  : )  Day one down…41 to go!

am : )

   Ok, I thought the best way to get all this rolling was to set some goals!  I want to be optimistic, but also do not want to set myself up for failure!  I decided to go with a 666 plan! LOL  I figured since this is going to be the work out from hell that it was only appropriate! Big grin!

666…

6-being the number of 8oz glasses of water I am going to try to drink in a day

6-being the number of pounds I hope to lose (1 pound a week seems reasonable/doable to me!)

6-being the number of inches I hope to lose

     So there you have it…my goals for the next 6 weeks!  I will take my measurements and weigh in tomorrow!  I haven’t decided how often, if at all during the six weeks that I will reweigh and measure.  I guess I will just play that by ear!  I watched the first part of the workout tonight!  The first week is a dialy one hour workout that includes almost 25 minutes of just squats and lunges…ugh!  I can hear my thighs begging for mercy already! Then there is an additional 10 minute abs segment that you do three times a week.  Wish me luck…I think I may need it! : )

am : ) 

   Just had to put it in type! LOL  I have somehow managed to drink almost 80 oz of water today and it is only 6:03 pm!  This may not sound like a big deal to anyone, but for me this is unheard of!  I feel as if I have swallowed an entire water cooler and my eyes have dislodged themselves and seem to be floating in their sockets, but I did it! Now if you will excuse me I have to pee…again! : )

 

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   Newsflash!!  Ok, I think I have just about talked myself into becoming an exercise person again!   I normally enjoy my exercise routine, but have been off schedule for quite a while now.  I use to be able to get away with having some freedom in my routine, but as the years pile on so do the pounds!  (How cliche’!) LOL  I use to walk between 2-4 miles every day six days a week (I really LOVE my walks!). It feels like ‘my’ time and gives me the chance to clear my head and work through whatever life has thrown at me that day in my little pea brain!  My kids normally give me space and time to do this because they know that means an hour of free time for them as well! : ) In addition to my wonderful walk, I would try to do some sort of video or free weight kinda deal.   If I can manage to squeeze in the time to get this done every day the benefits are wonderful!  It keeps my head mostly clear and allows me to be more together and organized.  I juggle so many things in my life and so that is a real necessity!  Lately, that has been missing and it is impacting me on a lot of different levels.  I miss exercising and really want to get back to it.  The trick is finding the time to make it happen, but I have decided that I just have to work it in!  So, (drum roll pleeease!) I drug out my most feared exercise program and dusted it off!  It is a six week program…36 days of actual routine exercise and 6 days of stretching on your rest day(s).  I absolutely hate this program!  LOL  I mean HATE, HATE, HATE it, but I happen to know that it is effective, a short term commitment and probably just what I need to kick start my exercise drive again!  I plan to journal the whole painful thing right here, both to keep me accountable and to let me whine about it without feeling like I am whining at a live body (saves my cat a lot of frustating conversations! LOL)

  I am feeling the need within myself to make some life changes!  I need to get focused and centered and get control of the chaos monster that is lurking in my shadow.  I am going this route because I feel like it is the bridge to making those changes.  One step at a time and this is the first one…and besides all that I am hoping to drop some pounds and tone up all my flabbies!  I will post my goals here and more than likely my weight and inches as well.  I plan to start the exercise portion on Monday Feb 13th.  The routine takes about an hour a day and I plan to walk as many of those days as I can, weather and time permitting. 

   The food portion of the plan is a monster of a whole other color (or something like that!).    I can exercise til I turn blue and fall over, but the food is a real struggle for me.  I have been altering my diet and lowereing my calories steadily over the last couple of weeks and am hoping that will make this easier.  I haven’t decided yet if I will post my food diary here or not, but am thinking probably not…that is so dull that even I do not want to re-read over it! LOL  I do plan on mentioning my water intake though.  That is something I definately need to improve…my insides must resemble a desert!  I usually am doing well to drink a glass of water a day!

  I will post my goals later!  Right now the whole getting back to it concept is bouncing around in my brain like a weightless astronaut and I need to give it more mental man handling before I put it into action!  I will include a picture of my most loyal furry sounding board though!  Thanks Maddie! 

  Until later..! : )

am : )