Thursday -but IT'S FRIDAY

Well it is for me at least!! Last day and then a nice long weekend! Well, I think I am starting to see some progress in my body. My obliques are looking slimmer I think and I'm officially down 4.5 pounds! YAY.

My knees still hurt and I don't know what that's about or how to fix it. I'm modifying my exercises, but still pushing through and digging deeper as much as I can. We bought a bunch of fresh produce yesterday so I'm ready to get back into the swing of healthy eating/living.

I am determined to loose weight and be healthy. God willing! Give me strength!

On another note.....

Long weekend ahead... and we're heading down the road (or is it up the road? Hmmm whatever) anyhoo. We are heading up to Odessa, TX to visit my grandmother and to attend my cousin Amber's high school graduation. So proud of her and happy for her (happy face)

Got lots of working to do to get ready for the road trip!

MY KNEES HURT!

It's more like... well for lack of a better explanation, the "balls" of my knees. I've been doing Insanity for two weeks now and towards the end of last week my knees started hurting. I'm not certain WHY, but my theory is one of these

1. I started "digging deeper" and trying harder during my workouts
2. I needed new workout shoes
3. Not doing the exercises using the correct form

We went out and got me some new workout kicks. They are uber comfy and I think that helps. I also did some research and tried to correct my form while exercising last night. I'm going to continue digging deeper... I have no other choice. I've either got to give it my all or give up and I refuse to give up!

On a side note I was talking to Anthony this morning about how discouraged I feel. I feel like I'm giving it my all, but I am not seeing results the way he seems to. He reminded me of two things; It's about getting physically fit and becoming healthy....and it's only been TWO weeks. I know this...but I plead microwave generation ha ha!

I'll keep ya posted on my progress!

UPDATE: Nutritious Eating is the PITS

I must confess! I have sinned.....well, not really sinned, but I cheated...on my diet. LOL. Today and yesterday.... and this past weekend I ate pretty much what I wanted. Ate a waffle, sandwich, Chinese, Mongolian grill, doughnut, slushy, and too many coffees! So good, but I need to stop undermining my own success.

Going to help Ant with the yard today, singing rehearsal, then workout tonight.

I MUST get back on the wagon starting.... NOW! I promise. I'll be good from here on out.

FRUSTRATION!?

OK, so it's officially been one week down. I am SO part of the "microwave generation." I want to see my results now.....and because I do not I'm a bit frustrated. I think I'm down maybe a pound or two....NOW, I DO realize that this is due in part to my cheating this weekend.

I went out of town for a funeral and.... well did not do as good as I should have. I had a waffle shaped like Texas, a flat bread sandwich, a piece of fried chicken, mac and cheese, two rolls, coffee. It was so delish, but not at all worth it :-( Back to reality today. As far as eating goes, I think I'm going to have to change my eating plan though. I think I was eating too much last week...too many carbs; only because I don't normally eat a lot of them. I think I'll go back to my healthy eating plan that I used before and just include some of the "elite nutrition" items.

I am convinced that this WILL work. I am going to do what I need to do to be as healthy as is possible and live a long healthy life!

Sunday is an off day for us so it was nice not to have to do anything. Today it's back to the grind!
We will be working out tonight and Lord knows, I hope it all goes well. I'm tired of these gargantuan thighs. Y'all please pray for me!

Day 4 Down...on to Day 5

Still on the INSANE TRAIN. It's a crazy train, but it's good. I missed posting yesterday, but it was so very late when we finished the workout and went to bed. Yesterday my body was still super duper sore all over, but today; after completing 4 days of working out, it's not so bad. Well, either it's not so bad or I'm just getting used to the pain lol.

Yesterday, 5/13/10 Was out cool down / recovery workout. It was mostly a lower body workout combined with some yoga and stretching. Still plenty of sweating though!

I am so looking forward to completing the first week of Insanity to see if there are changes in my body at all. I'm just going to take measurements of my body tonight....should have done this on day 1, but hey! I THINK I'm down maybe 2 pounds this week...I think, but not sure since I didn't REALLY weigh in on day 1. UGH!!

Eating: Well that's a question mark for me. First off, I do not think I need over 2000 calories as the nutrition book says. I don't know that I should have lots of carbs. I might just have to modify the eating portion to meet my needs. We will do the skim milk thing and continue eating fruit and raw nuts. Not eating popcorn or white bread or sweets of any sort. This will be difficult, but hey....made it through week 1 with no sweets. I think those LARBAR nutrition bars are a big help. They are all natural, sweet, and some of the flavors are super good. I think I love them. Delish!!

So, almost done with the first week. Can't wait to start to SEE real progress.

Insanity: Day 3

Still crazy insane, but I think my body will eventually start to cooperate with me. My ENTIRE body is still pretty sore. I am trying to "push" myself to complete the exercises put forth. Do I scream? YES! Do I want to give in? YES! Do I want to strangle Shaun T by the end of the workout? OMGoodness YES!!!

It is so intense, but I feel it will pay off after while! Pray for me y'all

Day 1: The After Effects

They are a-coming! I woke up this morning thinking, "..hey, my body doesn't feel too bad. Matter of fact, I feel pretty good. WOW!"

I kept walking throughout the day.. and the more I walked, the more my body, MY ENTIRE BODY starts to get sore.

It's a good sore though. I'm so excited to see that this thing CAN work, and WILL work if I commit to doing the work.

I know full well that this is not going to be in the least bit easy. It will be quite a lot of work, but I'm willing to do it to get the results that I want.

Here's to my 60 day journey!

INSANITY

SO... I started the INSANITY workout tonight. COMPLETELY understand the name now!

dAY 1: Was it difficult? Absostinkinloutely!! The most difficult workout that i have done to date. As I watched the lady doing the exercise I thought to myself, oh it doesn't look to hard....that is, until i started. This program works your entire body in a short amount of time. I kept hearing, "even the warm-up is difficult" Well I didn't believe it until TODAY.

Definitely difficult, but oh so worth it I think. I plan to stick with it and eat as the nutrition plan suggests. I was able to share some information with the siblings too.

Lots of work, but just as much fun.

OF COURSE I'm not posting my before pics...just yet. Let's see how I look at the end of 60 days :-)

It's been a LONG week!

It's been a VERY long week... and it's only Thursday! I've been absolutely busy every day of this week and it just doesn't get any better lol. I have a busy Friday and a CRAZY Saturday. I'm walking for the March of Dimes this Saturday Morning at 8:00, have a Garden Party at 11:00, and I'm going to Sea World around 7:00 with my sisters to see the Cumbia All Stars lol. Should be super duper fun right! I really hope next week is smoother lol.

Will start posting pictures again soon. I'll definitely have pictures of me and the ladies at the Garden Party. It'll be so fun!