onward and downward

Just finished Jillian level 2 and my butt was kicked. I forsee very sore legs in my near future....YES!!! The next couple of days will be challenging with no husband around to see what I could stuff in my face after the kids are in bed. My plan is to look forward to a nice Fresca at the end of the day and NO food after 8:00...just like you....my inspiration.

We are still in this and we will be 10 pounds lighter by Christmas!!! We still have two months!! We can and must be successful FOR ONCE!!!!

Small detour in progress

bummer.  I thought I'd be able to continue my exercise  goal through my weekend.  However...it is not happening. 

1. The hotel room is nice, but very small.  No room at all for anthing but maybe some jumping jacks. 
2. I'm not in the hotel room alone.  I'm here when kids are sleeping.  Can't exercise with sleeping kids.
3. It's raining outside and anyway...I'm not able to leave kids to go out and run and I can't use the exercise room because again....I'm not able to leave kids.

So, I guess I'll just have to get back at it on Monday.  Speaking of which, here are my next week's goals:

• Exercise 5 days a week.  Eat Oatmeal every morning.  Chicken, rice, veges for lunch. Anything I want for supper.  No eating after 8:00pm.

Rock on.

slacker no more

Wednesday came and went with no inspiration on this blog. Perhaps that's why I failed and didn't exercise yesterday. Yes, that must be it. However, Jillian and I had a nice reunion tonight and tomorrow I plan to move up to the level 2 workout! As I type, I am enjoying a delicious, refreshing Fresca on ice. Black Cherry Fresca is the most divine, but when your Target doesn't carry it, original Fresca will do almost as well.

Tomorrow is Friday, and then we must conquer the weekend my friend. Next week's goals may have to include some sort of eating plan, but I do like this one-step-at-a-time method. We have learned that we can't overwhelm what fragile bit of self control we have. We are building a volcano of fitness one lego at a time. Carry on.

I ain't no failure

Just finished working out with Jillian WHILE watching The Biggest Loser, so I'm sure that will somehow double my results. Two days in and two Jillian workouts under my belt. It's 8:26 pm and I must not eat. I must not. I must not. Huh....I may feel a poem coming on.

At 8:26 I must not eat
I will not cheat
won't suck a cleat
don't want no meat
to pad my seat
maybe something whole wheat
but not tonight.

help me Jillian...speak to my soul.

Pat me on the back

Last night I did my Slim in Six DVD at about 9:30pm. Helped that I did it in my room with my laptop running an episode of Law and Order.  This morning I did 10 minute trainer before school and will do Slim in Six tonight.

If at first you don't succeed....

destroy all evidence that you ever tried.


Now What Kind of Quote is That?!?  Certainly not the words of the incredible shrinking women!  Let the world see how we haven't been here in how many days..... I'm not counting, so I don't know.
So, my little friend across this great land, let's join hands and hearts and voices, voices, hearts and hands and together lets change the world through our fitness and diet blog.

Now I'm going to get some sleep.

let the shrinkage begin

Tonight I had a date with this woman. Jillian...my hero. She will whip my floppy butt into shape in 30 days. As I disclaimer let me state that my body may not EXACTLY resemble Jillian's in 30 days, but I'm pretty sure she worked at it a bit longer than that. I will boldly claim that a month from now, I will be a little less floppy and a little more shredded. Shred. That's a good word. Unless it's shredded cheese in a big juicy Chipotle burrito. Shredded carrots.....much less tasty. But let's focus on the positive and the things we CAN have, rather than the things we CAN'T have like ENERGY! UPPER ARM STRENGTH! and a CAN DO IT ATTITUDE! No more trying to bend over our stomachs...let's shred 'em! With Jillian leading the way.

Instant Soreness due to lack of any muscle

It was a sad realization when a thirty something overweight mother of 4 did her first exercise routine in over 3 months.  "I feel sore already.  I'm not sure how that is possible..could be to my total lack of any muscle tone in my hamstrings."  Still, the future fitness model was proud that she was able to overcome the odds which were stacked against her to fit in her first exercise day.  "It was a hard day.  The kids had lots of school work, I had stayed up late doing paperwork the night before.  I took an allergy pill in the afternoon not knowing it would knock me out and force me to my bed so that I wouldn't colapse on my kitchen floor".  After being forced into a drug induced nap during her baby's naptime, it seemed as if she would have to wait until 9:20pm to exercise.  The flabby homeschool mother found the time to get in her exercise after dropping off kids at church.  With a 18 month old joining her in lunges, squats and leg kicks, she got the job done.  "Now on to tomorrow.  I've succeeded my first day, and nothing can stop me now."  What once would have been an easy workout in her youth proved to be just the ticket needed to get a good sweat going.  Day one for this woman is complete.

Associated Press / September 23 2009

Sarah Palin 2 is in this with you

After eating a sufficient amount of Caribou Coffee Caramel Hi-Rise ice cream tonight, which is the most amazing food on the planet, I am happy to be part of this our FINAL weight loss blog.

My goal for tomorrow is to follow the Weight Watchers plan, focusing on fruits, lean protien, and other healthful foods. I vow to not use my points on oreos and baked chips, which may still yield weight loss but leave me feeling cruddy.

I will do 30 minutes of exercise. I'm not sure if it will be running, or maybe a Jillian workout, but exercise WILL happen.

I will drink at least 3 large glasses of water (like 20 oz.) Hopefully more, but at least 3.

Two mid-aged hotties will be unleashed this Christmas, and they may possibly be sporting a stylish outfit of some sort. Off we go.

Pre-day one

Goals!

Breakfast: ENIVA VIBE instead of coffee. Scrambled eggs (2 whites, 1 egg) and whole grain english muffin

Snack: Protein Shake

Lunch: Veges and some protien (maybe a morningstar fake burger?)

Snack: Almonds

Supper: Pecan Chicken and mixed greens with lite dressing and some sliced apples.

Dessert: If needed I have a sugar - free pudding awaiting me.

Will do Slim in Six workout -- Start it Up.