Getting back on track

Well, I missed Monday because I was feeling really sick. I went to bed immediately after work and slept till the next morning. Yesterday, we went out for tacos with our neighbors and didn't make it home in time to Shred. But today is a new day. We will Shred tonight.

On a happier note, for my 2nd weigh in at work for our version of the Biggest Looser, I am down another 4 pounds. I think the scale at work is a little light, but I'll take it!

Day 2

We decided to Shred with our two and a half year old tonight. Let me tell you, nothing can distract you from the pain as much as seeing the girl in a diaper and purple crocs jumping around like crazy during the jumping jacks. She had a blast. It was definately more fun for me and the husband to have her laying on the floor imitating my lame attempt at push ups. :)

It was a little better to know what to expect, but still had me panting and wiped out at the end. How can twenty minutes be so hard?

Scratch that...

As the day progresses, I keep getting more and more sore. I'm feeling it in my rear end, thighs, and abs the worse. All good news to me though, those areas all need work! I'm a little scared to do it again tonight.... but I will!

This morning's verdict

My booty is a little sore, but overall I feel fine. My husband? He's feeling it this morning. I guess the working out I had been doing at the gym was helping after all. I think I'll continue with level one for at least a few more days till I get comfortable with it and then move on to level two.

Day 1

Just finished day one-level one. That's way more of a cardio workout than I expected, especially in twenty minutes. I was huffing and puffing my way through the entire twenty minutes. I let my husband talk me into five pound hand weights instead of the three pounders that I was wanting to get. I was regretting that midway. But now that it's over, I am really glad that I took the plunge and went ahead with them.

I'll report back tomorrow with how sore I am. I think I'll be okay, but I could just be kidding myself.

I am also planning to go hard core with eating right for the next thirty days. We are doing our own version of The Biggest Looser at work, Monday is our second weigh in, the third and last is April 15th. As of last month, I was winning, barely, and I want to keep it up. Any ideas for healthy lunch ideas?

And so it begins... again

I've attempted to loose these last ten pounds before. Obviously, I fail often. I'm promising myself this time will be different. I've done weight watchers, with sucess, but I always give up before I reach my goal- then I get depressed about it and gain back what I've lost. I've recently started going to the gym and working out. Pretty much the first time in my life I've kept up at it, and I admit, I should have started years ago. Diet and exercise, as much as I hate to admit it, do have to go together for maximum results.

I'm just not one who likes exercise. I wish I was, really I do. I don't get the endorphin high I've heard people talk about. I just get tired and sore. So for me to get my booty to the gym and stay for an hour is a BIG deal. When you are a wife and a mother to a toddler though, life gets in the way sometime. So, I've decided to join the club and dedicate the next thirty days to doing the Shred. Here's to hoping I can get rid of these last ten pounds I've been hanging onto. I'm going to try to get brave tonight and get my husband to take "before" pictures of me. Even though I've already lost about ten pounds, I'm still going to consider these my before pictures, because there was no way I would have let him take a picture of me ten pounds ago.