Step to it!

Hello dear friends!

Guess what!  I've lost 5 lbs since 1/7!  Hooray!

Guess what else - I've found a new blog site that I love!  It's called Tone It Up and it's my new favorite thing.  I tried to create my own workout calendar, but I think I was a bit unrealistic.  I was also very very uncreative.  Same thing over and over - no wonder it wasn't working!  TIU  sent me my weekly calendar an it's varied and it's wonderful.  They also told me to look back over my journey and write about it.  About my failure an my successes and to see just how far I've really come.  I think this "entire me" approach is going to be very beneficial...  Their abs workout for today was really difficult - I have issues with plank and downward dog and such for long periods of times not only because of my pansy-ass abs, but my wrists start really hurting as well :(  I tried to modify it, but I wound up just adding my own thing that worked better with my body.  As I get stronger, I hope to be able to do it their way for longer and longer until I don't have to do substitutions!

I did Step as well tonight and let me tell you - I feel super uncoordinated!  I did it and I put a lot of effort into it, but it was not a pretty sight I can tell you that.  But I was there and I sweated it out and that ladies and gentlemen, is what it's all about ;)

Tune in tomorrow for Tales from BodyCombat!

Wooohooohoohooo!

Well kids, today has been one of ups and downs.  Down - I was starving and all the veggies and crap in my lunch box looked completely insufficient, so I had Dairy Queen :(  Wah-wah-wahhhhh.  Ups - BodyCombat was AWESOME!!!  I was fighting my back the whole time, but I felt so energized and completely and utterly jazzed at the end!  When we were doing abs at the end, I had my hands under my head and I was sweating so much it felt like I just got out of the shower.  Gross in the coolest way ever!!  It's been so long since I'm felt just so empowered and completely in control of my own destiny.  Plus, I got home and still did my abs and squats that are part of my 30 day challenge.  Got to the point where I almost threw up, but I didn't - so we're still on Cloud9 :)  I'm exhausted, but still so happy and mentally firing on all cylinders.  It's days like today that remind me why I love working out.

Tomorrow is running - let's do it!!!

Catching Up...

So, it's been a while.

I would love to say that I made good on everything I was talking about before I dropped off the face of the map - but that would be a lie.  Have you ever noticed when people disappear, they're usually about 10lbs heavier when they finally pull their face out of the box of cookie and decide to rejoin the human race?  Enter present day.

While I'm certainly a lot heavier, the past months haven't been a total loss.  I did the Christmas Carol Classic again and beat last year's time by 17 minutes!  Woot new PR!  The best part - my back didn't hurt and the entire time it actually felt pretty good.  Not gonna lie - running by the finish line and knowing I had an entire additional lap around the course to finish the 10k was not easy.  It would've been so much easier to just finish the 5k and call life good, but I pushed through and finished the entire 10k.  Hooray self!

I have a new job which I love and that's making a huge difference in my happiness levels.  I also don't have to work 2 jobs anymore, so that's another plus :)  We've just started the Biggest Loser at work and so now I have money on the line.  It's a $50 buy in and then it's $1 a pound for every pound you've gained at weekly weigh in.  So, is $150+ going to be enough of an incentive to get less jiggly?  I hope so!  If that's not enough, I've got the Cupid Undie Run coming up in February, plus a trip to Strawberry Park Hot Springs where clothing is optional after dark - talk about incentive!  I don't think I'll have the guts to go au natural, but I'd like to feel confident in myself if I did.

I've created a fairly ambitious workout calendar for myself which includes a 30 day ab/squat challenge.  Yes, I've already messed up, but I'm doing at least part of every day, meaning I'm doing abs every day, so hopefully I'll see some changes in the not too distant future!

So, here we go again - starting back on the path to fitness and sexy hotness.  Stay tuned!