Sometimes I am a little too critical of my myself and start to concentrate on all the health/ fitness goals that I have not yet accomplished. I look in the mirror and all I see are the lumps and bumps that I have still yet to lose. I need to remind myself every now and then that the goals that I have accomplished are great in themselves.
I can get so down on myself about not being in "right" jean size and although I wont lie and say that its not important to me, I will say that I do need to work on a healthier self image of myself.
Maybe I should take notes from this girl:
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Lettuce and Water Please?
My weigh in and measurements are in 2 weeks and Memorial Day is in 3 which brings along a possibility of wearing a swimsuit. Let the starvation begin!!
Maybe I'll just start the Baby Food Diet Jennifer Aniston is doing or the Freshology Diet Kendra is on.
Well, my chunky monkey butt loves food a bit too much to eat baby food and no one ever got me that stinkin money tree I asked for on Christmas to pay 1500.00/month for "Fresh" food, so I guess I'm going to have to go circa 1942 and just eat healthy.
That meant a grocery shopping trip for me last night and a whole lot of meal planning. Which I am actually really excited about.
So when you see this by the pool Memorial Weekend:
It will definitely not be me but Im working on it :)
TONIGHTS WORKOUT:
P90X- Plyometrics
Maybe I'll just start the Baby Food Diet Jennifer Aniston is doing or the Freshology Diet Kendra is on.
Well, my chunky monkey butt loves food a bit too much to eat baby food and no one ever got me that stinkin money tree I asked for on Christmas to pay 1500.00/month for "Fresh" food, so I guess I'm going to have to go circa 1942 and just eat healthy.
That meant a grocery shopping trip for me last night and a whole lot of meal planning. Which I am actually really excited about.
So when you see this by the pool Memorial Weekend:
It will definitely not be me but Im working on it :)
TONIGHTS WORKOUT:
P90X- Plyometrics
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Checking In
I'm on week 2...Woop Woop!
I took my measurements last week which were....36-24-36. I WISH!
Theres no way in hell Im posting my measurements, I think I disclosed enough when I wrote my weight on here and not a day goes by that Im not tempting to "Delete Post".
But in keeping with the whole honesty thing I will post when I lose inches.."when" being the key word.
On a completely different topic....I saw George Strait in concert for the first time this past Saturday and it was AMAZING!! I also saw myself in the pictures afterwords and could have sworn that a piglet went to the concert with the Hubs instead of myself. All I saw were multiple chins and cheeks that were obviously storing food for the winter (that is over 6 months away) taking over each picture.
Dont you just hate when you don't get one good picture of yourself? :(
**Apologies for the completely scatterbrained post you just read but it's late and I was needing to check-in**
I took my measurements last week which were....36-24-36. I WISH!
Theres no way in hell Im posting my measurements, I think I disclosed enough when I wrote my weight on here and not a day goes by that Im not tempting to "Delete Post".
But in keeping with the whole honesty thing I will post when I lose inches.."when" being the key word.
On a completely different topic....I saw George Strait in concert for the first time this past Saturday and it was AMAZING!! I also saw myself in the pictures afterwords and could have sworn that a piglet went to the concert with the Hubs instead of myself. All I saw were multiple chins and cheeks that were obviously storing food for the winter (that is over 6 months away) taking over each picture.
Dont you just hate when you don't get one good picture of yourself? :(
**Apologies for the completely scatterbrained post you just read but it's late and I was needing to check-in**
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
The couple that works out together...
The Hubs and I decided to work out together this past Monday. In the past we had some difficulties when it comes to this. We have completely different intensity levels which makes us a perfect couple in the real world but not so much in the gym world. Needless to say we don't work out much together not to mention we have completely different schedules and workout interests that it doesn't work out most times anyway.
Overall I really enjoyed working out with him,mainly because it was a DVD workout where they have a plan and are telling you exactly what to do vs the Hubs telling me what to do, so it got an "A" from me. He corrected my form on one exercise and although I complained and rolled my eyes,in hindsight I really appreciated it and realized I need to appreciate him doing that instead of complaining. **Ahhh..Marriage...you live and learn.**
This is EXACTLY what we looked like after our workout:
Dont roll your eyes! It was a transformational workout!!
Meanwhile, one of my close friends has also just this week started working out with her BF and its going pretty well for her too. They recently went out and set up some "Mini outdoor circuit training stations" and did them together. How cute is that?
The more I think about occasionally working out together, the more I'm really starting to fall in love with the idea of "Gym Date" with the Hubs. What a great idea to carve out some time to spend with each other and motivate each other to reach our goals together? I LOVE IT!!
Overall I really enjoyed working out with him,mainly because it was a DVD workout where they have a plan and are telling you exactly what to do vs the Hubs telling me what to do, so it got an "A" from me. He corrected my form on one exercise and although I complained and rolled my eyes,in hindsight I really appreciated it and realized I need to appreciate him doing that instead of complaining. **Ahhh..Marriage...you live and learn.**
This is EXACTLY what we looked like after our workout:
Dont roll your eyes! It was a transformational workout!!
Meanwhile, one of my close friends has also just this week started working out with her BF and its going pretty well for her too. They recently went out and set up some "Mini outdoor circuit training stations" and did them together. How cute is that?
The more I think about occasionally working out together, the more I'm really starting to fall in love with the idea of "Gym Date" with the Hubs. What a great idea to carve out some time to spend with each other and motivate each other to reach our goals together? I LOVE IT!!
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
P90X Start Week
A friend and I were chatting the other day about our goals and what we are trying to accomplish in our workouts. It got me thinking about my goal being to lose weight so that I feel better about myself and I can effectively train and complete a Marathon in November.
I know that alot of people all different sizes complete marathons every year, and regardless of size, its about endurance but I want more than that. I don't want to struggle more than I'm already going to because I was too lazy and not committed enough to lose a few extra pounds that I need to lose anyway to stay healthy.
In the last couple of months, I started P90x full time then I stopped and was sprinkling in runs and only using it for weight training. All that going back and forth is not a good plan for me. Ive found out that I'm not good at having too many training programs in front of me. I have to concentrate on one thing and that's it- finish it. It was what I did for 1/2 marathon training last year and it worked for me, I just didn't realize it till now. This is a learning process for me and whats going to work FOR ME and teaching me how I'm going to be able to live a healthier lifestyle for the rest of my life.
MY COMMITMENT TO MYSELF:
I am going to completing P90x, I'm doing the Classic Version. My end date will be on July 24th which should be about 2-3 weeks after my Marathon training starts. I'm going to try and sprinkle in runs if I can but I'm not going to kill myself over it.
I need to concentrate on the short term goal of losing weight so that I can accomplish my long term goal of completing a marathon.
Sorry I'm rambling on and on about this but I really felt like I was just running in circles with my workouts and now I have a plan. :)
I know that alot of people all different sizes complete marathons every year, and regardless of size, its about endurance but I want more than that. I don't want to struggle more than I'm already going to because I was too lazy and not committed enough to lose a few extra pounds that I need to lose anyway to stay healthy.
In the last couple of months, I started P90x full time then I stopped and was sprinkling in runs and only using it for weight training. All that going back and forth is not a good plan for me. Ive found out that I'm not good at having too many training programs in front of me. I have to concentrate on one thing and that's it- finish it. It was what I did for 1/2 marathon training last year and it worked for me, I just didn't realize it till now. This is a learning process for me and whats going to work FOR ME and teaching me how I'm going to be able to live a healthier lifestyle for the rest of my life.
MY COMMITMENT TO MYSELF:
I am going to completing P90x, I'm doing the Classic Version. My end date will be on July 24th which should be about 2-3 weeks after my Marathon training starts. I'm going to try and sprinkle in runs if I can but I'm not going to kill myself over it.
I need to concentrate on the short term goal of losing weight so that I can accomplish my long term goal of completing a marathon.
Sorry I'm rambling on and on about this but I really felt like I was just running in circles with my workouts and now I have a plan. :)
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