Just so you know!

I've been keeping up with my workouts, but I'm going to start blogging once a week instead of every day because well I've been really busy and it's easier to update once a week with new (hopefully new) measurements, pictures, and the adventures from that week. Pat discovered the other day that the P90x also has a lean body workout that is supposed to be for people that are looking to lose weight, so I'm going to be switching to that one next week. It's a lot more cardio and hopefully will help me to lose the weight a little quicker although I'm not in a huge hurry because I am giving myself a year to lose the amount of weight that I want to. Pat has done awesome with his diet...me, not so much. I had pizza on Tuesday night, we had nothing in the house for the kids to eat for dinner so I asked Declan what he wanted and he said pizza so that's what we got and of course I couldn't resist. Other than that, today I had a small slice of lasagna at Pat's grandparents house and it was SO GOOD! I'm trying to be good but it's getting more and more difficult. Although Pat did buy a new cookbook and I can't wait to try some of the recipes out of it. All the recipes are low calorie, low sugar, and low fat. This lady's goal was to take the foods that people love to eat and make them more healthy. So far we haven't tried anything, but the first thing I'm going to attempt to make (and it's good for you) is orange chicken. I will let you know how it goes and if the recipes are good. The book is called Eat What You Love.

Weight and measurement update!

What I've lost so far:
Pounds: 3.8
waist: 2.75"
Chest: 3.25"
hips: 2"
thighs: 1"
arms and ankle: 0.25"
% body fat: 0.7%

I'm pretty excited to see such a loss in just two weeks! I hope to continue to lose all the extra inches and weight. We splurged yesterday and took a day off (we had the option to take a day off or do stretching) and we had chinese food. It was SOOO good, but we felt so guilty after eating it. We are starting back on our diet today and today is arms and chest as well as the ab ripper X! I am so glad that Pat and I have been doing this together because it's helping both of us stick with it. We are going on week #3 and then next week is stretching I believe and then we move into phase 2. We are 1/2 way finished with phase 1 already!

Days 12 & 13

Well last night was day 12 for our P90x workout and man it hurt but I did good. I was able to keep up with about 90% of the routines at the pace that they were doing them. It was a lot of leg squats, lunges and pull ups. I pushed myself hard and I felt like I was going to lose my dinner but I felt great today (other than being really tired...I didn't do my workout until a little after midnight and then we woke up early to go garage saling). I digress. So I did great on the legs and back portion but once I again I fell short of my goal many times throughout the ab ripper part of the workout, which sucks because that's the part I want to work out the most. The legs, hips and tummy...also that flabby part under my arm...you know what I'm talking about. So I was kind of disappointed that I didn't do as much as I was aiming for, but hey, I have 78 more days of this workout plan, so I have plenty of time to practice, right?! You just wait, come June I am actually going to feel good about putting on a swimming suit!

Day 13...we haven't been home long enough to do todays workout. We went garage saling all morning, then we had some returns to do and we walked around the mall for a little while because it was POURING and then we went to church and then grocery shopping and we came home, I made dinner, we bathed the kids and put them in bed so now, I'm waiting until about 10:30 to start doing my workout so that I hopefully won't hurl. Tonight is Kenpo which is my absolute FAVORITE. It reminds me a lot of cardio kickboxing but it's fun, it's tough and I feel like I had a great workout when I'm finished because I am drenched in sweat. Anyway, I promise I'm going to do my workout tonight!

PS: I've been doing okay with my diet but great with the workouts. I have lost about 3.6 pounds in 2 weeks and I'll do the official weight and measurements tomorrow for you all because I know you guys are just dying to know!

I'm all caught up!

Well sort of. Today instead of doing the Yoga, I decided to do the cardio workout. Pat did it this morning and said it was a great work out so I decided to give it a try and MAN was it hard! I feel great now though. I was going to attempt to do the ab ripper afterwards since I missed it yesterday along with arms and shoulders but I'm whooped. Maybe I'll do it tonight, if not, there's always tomorrow (and it's on tomorrow's agenda).

I am feeling good!!!

Day 10

Well I missed my workout on day 10 (yesterday) so I am supposed to do yoga today and I was supposed to do arms and back yesterday. Originally I was going to do my arm workout while the kids napped and my yoga workout after I get home from work tonight so I could be caught back up but I think instead of doing that I'm going to do the cardio workout today.

To my surprise, even though I have not been doing all that great with my diet, I got on the scale this morning and realized I have lost a total of 3.6 pounds so far!!! I'm excited about that.

Day 9

Today was Plyometrics and I actually made it through the entire workout and get this....without throwing up! I was not able to do all the reps of each exercise but I did make it through the entire 60 minute workout. It was hard and my legs feel like jello but I'm going to continue on. Tomorrow is arms and back.

YIKES

Day 8, we basically are starting all over again with the workouts. We do the same workouts each day of the week for the first three weeks so today was arms and back. I feel like each of my arms weighs 100 pounds. It was a good workout but I am wiped out and ready for bed.

I thought I'd upload some photos from the end of week 1. I am going to try to upload new photos each monday so that I can see my progress or lack there of and so that it keeps pushing me to stick with this even though I want to give up and eat junk and drink soda, I am going to press on. I don't want to continue looking like I do. Did I mention the fact that I look like I'm about 7 months pregnant? :o( It's gonna change