Pic Update

You can turn back now. You can close out your browser window and pretend you never saw this. Really, that would be ok. No? Well, I tried.

Here is the picture update I promised to do. I really don't want to post his, but in my effort to be more accountable about my weight loss...

No noticeable difference in the pics, but I have lost 1.5" from my waist and a couple of pounds. I did work out today, at least. I found Barre workouts on our new OnDemand options with cable and it's a lot like taking a quick dance stretch class in the living room. Plus I threw in some yoga today, for the hell of it. Just gotta keep trucking...

Confessions

So here it is... Forgive me followers for I have sinned: I haven't worked out since I logged on to brag about my wonderful fit test results, two weeks ago. Im embarrassed to admit it, but at least thus far all my followers are IRL friends who already know I've been a lazy bum. Im not losing weight, surprise surprise there. Im eating all kinds of horrible things and baking like a madwoman. I've made peanut butter brownie bites and play dough cookies in the last few days.

It's time for a new set of progress pics. I'm a little worried they aren't going to be progressing in the right direction, though. Look out for those a little later on. You have been warned, you don't have to look if you don't wanna. I know I don't.

Time to get re-motivated...again. I've recently discovered Pinterest.com* and I made a special board just for what I am calling Fitspiration. Maybe if I look at it and find new pins for it frequently then I can maintain my momentum instead of this start and stop crap. We also recently switched from Tivo to a regular TimeWarner dvr. I am not thrilled with this change, except for OnDemand. Not only can I catch up on my shows and watch movies, but they have a channel devoted to exercise!! I'm going to try it out for my evening workout tonight. It dawned on me that perhaps I was a little ambitious trying to dive into fitness by doing Insanity. I'm not giving up on it, but I think maybe I need to work my way up to that.

I'm not sure, maybe I am just making excuses, but I'm trying not to be an all or nothing loser. As it stands, either I am all in: working out hard and watching my intake and water or I am all out: bingeing on fatty carbs and firmly planted in my favorite corner of the sofa. I need a middle of the road, I need to find the balance to keep going. So, new approach for the moment: slightly less challenging workout regime and more healthful foods and water.

"The greatest battle is not physical but psychological. The demons telling us to give up when we push ourselves to the limit can never be silenced for good.They must always be answered by the quiet, the steady dignity that simply refuses to give in. Courage. We all suffer. Keep going." -Graeme Fife


*Let me know if you would like to join Pininterest! Send me an email or leave a comment with your email address and I'll get that invite out asap!

Fit Test

Working out, really just behaving at all, this week has been a challenge. I've taken a few days off that I didn't really need to, but I did workout on the days that I maybe should have taken off. Like one of the days I was working on passing a freakin' kidney stone!!  As a matter of fact, I did my Insanity Fit Test on day two of the stone vs. me. I was really worried that it would affect my results, and maybe it did, but I still managed loads of improvement. I'm pretty proud of myself. I'm trying to stay happy with the NSV's so that it's not so hard to deal with when the scale doesn't drop. I haven't been eating the best, so I know why the scale isn't moving. Ugh, back to happy thoughts!

Fit Test Results Day 1 vs Day 14

Switch Kicks  78/ 80

Power Squats  31/ 35

Power Knees  58/ 68

Power Jumps  15/ 21

Globe Jumps  7/ 7

Suicide Jumps  8/ 11

Pushup Jacks  12 /20

Obliques  37/ 50

I should have taken the momentum I had from seeing my results get so much better in two weeks to really push myself through my workout yesterday, but instead I went out with a friend and stuffed my face full of calories and then vegetated on the sofa before passing out. Not my most successful day. Today is a new day! Today I will work on the Everest sized mountain of laundry that is threatening to eat our home if I don't do something. I will finish the dishes that stare accusingly every time I walk through the kitchen. I will work out today. Maybe I'll even get my shit together enough to go spend some birthday money and start a sewing project (or 10, I have a bunch of ideas I want to work with). A trip to the library is on the books for today, also. I promised the monkey that we could go pick out some books if she is well behaved today. It's early, but so far so good! Well, that said, it's time to get off my ass and get to work instead of just talking about it. 

Have a good day!!

Upgraded to Eh

So I did make myself workout. Today was Plyometric Cardio Circuit. It was as awful as I expected and I was a small pool of exhausted sweat by the time it was over, but I do feel better that I did it. I also took a moment to measure myself, hoping against hope that I wasn't giving myself another reason to be upset.

Guess what? I lost 1 1/2" in the last ten days!! And thats because I'm only measuring my neck, waist, and hips plus my weight. No change in the hips, but I lost 1/2" in my neck and a whole inch in my waist! It's slow going, but at least going is going!

After working out,a shower (yay!), a little house cleaning, and dinner & cartoons with my monkey I feel a little better. Sometimes I think I just have to get shit off my chest...hence this blog!

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