Feeling it

Wow what a great workout tonight. I did my 20 minutes of kardio(with a k!) and 15 minutes of yoga core. I stretched more than I have ever done. And in my kardio, I did more jumping jacks with weights. I am feeling pretty proud of myself. Before my shower, I stood infront of the mirror and flexed. Im getting toned biceps!!!!! Now if I could only do something about this tummy. Im excited to get my muscles toned. Now I have a rest day tomorrow and then 4 days of the reset, with no workouts, or light workout. Im hoping that I can shed atleast 4 pounds, although I would like to loose 5. I intend to do a light workout everyday and maybe walk on the treadmill. My calorie count will be low and I dont want to over do it though. I have my official weigh in tomorrow as well as my measurments. It will be interesting to see how far I have come in these last weeks of the pink primary. Also, I wanted to mention that I made turkey pattys with stewed tomatoes and sun dried tomatoes, with green beans and couscous. It was sooooo good! I cant wait to make turkey meatballs over whole wheat spaghetti! Even Addie enjoyed the turkey pattys. And I made enough for loads of leftovers! Im planning on having it for lunch tomorrow! And with that, Im heading to bed.
"You have the power to make a change" Jenna from PINK

1st time for everything

Well I have been doing pretty good so far with this diet thing. I have been following the diet and doing the workouts. That was until today. I did the workout this morning, it sucked by the way. We were going back to my parents for my dads birthday. They made sure they made the veggies and rice the right way for me. And I ate my 4 oz of steak. But then he had birthday cake. And yes I had some. Not just some, but 2 1/2 pieces! I have no will power when it comes to cake! It was good and I didnt even feel bad about eating it. And let me tell you in was delicious! I just know that tomorrow I will work even harder at staying on track with the diet and doing the workout. I just hope this doesnt lead to having no will power at work tomorrow. And with that I am heading off to bed!

I think * I live * I am PINK

Wow am I really feeling my 40 minute workout tonight! Im pretty proud of myself because I did a few more jumping jacks than I normally do(I do a few then do the modification.), and I did a few more crab crawls. I have decided that I need to work on the plank position because I always do the motification for that. I wish that I could look in the mirror and see more of a change. I still look down and see my tummy flab. I feel like my arms are getting stronger though. I can start to see my muscles! Im weighing in tomorrow. The last time I weighed myself, I had lost one more pound. So I weigh 154. Im hoping I can get into the 140s by next week. Man, that would feel great! I looked ahead in my pink book and in a week, I do the restart diet for 4 days, then start Phase 2. I hope Im ready! I get worn out now trying to keep up and its only going to get harder. Yesterday was a rest day and I did just that. I was going to do one of the bonus workouts in the evening, but instead I relaxed with my husband and a cup of hot tea. We went to bed early last night and I think that was the best thing for me! Tomorrow I want to get up early and workout because we are having breakfast with some fiends from Ians guard base. Im not sure what I will eat, but I plan on sticking to the diet! I think soup and salad are on tap for lunch and Im not sure about dinner. Well I need to finish my post workout shake and head to bed. Night all!

Day 12

Well here I am at day 12. I havent bloged for awhile so I thought I needed to. Truth is, I dont have much to tell. I thought once I started the workout portion I would be loosing more weight. But I havent. Im still stuck at 155. Ian says he notices that I have lost weight. And I had a friend mention they could tell too. But I havent really noticed anything:( Ian reminds me that I am building muscle. I still just see tubby tummy and flabby arms. I am going to weigh myself tomorrow. Im hoping I have lost atleast 1 pound. I have the day off tomorrow so I might do an extra workout and use the treadmill. I am sore after my workout tonight. It was my push muscles and lower body stuff. My booty is still hurting and it was hard to walk back up the stairs after my workout. I guess thats all! :)

13

13. Most people say thats an unlucky number. Now I am a superstitious person but today 13 was my lucky number. Why you ask? Because I weighed myself and I now weigh 155!!!! I have lost 13 pounds so far!!!!I am so excited, its insane! Especially because yesterday I fell off the bandwagon, hard. Not only did I eat 1 hot dog bun with ketchup, I ate 2. And some popcorn. But in my defence it was a stressful day. We took the Envoy in to get looked at and we have been looking at vehicles. Pressurey(is that a word?) salesmen and expensive parts left me stressed out. And so I guess I have to admit Im a stress eater. And it was free. The bad thing is, I didnt really feel bad about eating it. I felt that way until I put my work pants on and they still fit tight. Then I felt bad for eating 2 hot dog buns and some popcorn. But at the end of the night, I told myself that tomorrow was a new day I would just have to work harder. And did I ever work harder. For breakfast I had 2 slices of turkey sausage and 1 slice of organic bread. I ate my carrots and cauliflower for snacks and drank my water. I even walked around the gift shop at the zoo several times! For lunch I had a bowl of veggie soup, a salad, and an apple. Dinner was fajitas(spelling??) without the fajitas. ???? Ian made peppers, oinion, and zucinni and chicken with fajita seasoning. It was pretty good, just a little spicey. I didnt eat too much, so I was nervous about being able to workout. Well, I did. And it felt good. I did some moves that I didnt think I could do. I only did them 2 times, then did the motification. But atleast I tried. And the scale tonight proved that! I cant believe that I weigh 155! 13...unlucky to some....lucky for me!

working out

This is day 2 of the pink primary diet. And I just want to say first and foremost, Im feeling great! Yesterday was the first day of the new diet and exercise. For breakfast I had 2 slices of canadian bacon and 1 slice of glutten free wheat bread. I also had a cup of green tea. It was delicious! Since we had gone out for Chinese the night before, I had the leftovers for lunch, plus a salad and an apple. And for dinner, we made couscous, pork chop, and green beans. It was so good! After Addie went to bed, I put on my work out clothes, got a bottle of water and my PINK dvds and headed downstaires. Phase 1 is a 20 minute kardio designed to burn fat by involving multiple muscle groups and lots of fast paced but low impact actions. This phase starts right in and I was sweating like no other! The PINK instructor was always saying things like, "you can do it" and "believe in yourself". It was hard and some of the moves I tried and couldnt really do. But the instructor also said that its ok and shows other not as strenius moves. I powered through the 20 minutes and the next part  was yoga. It wasnt your average yoga! Again it was a total body emphasis. I just laid on the floor for awhile when I was done. It was hard to walk back up the staires. After the workouts, I still have to have the whey protein shake. So I had that while I relaxed. Then I enjoyed my hot tea, read my book, and headed to bed. When I woke up this morning, I felt sore! I told Ian I need to take ibuprofin before I work out again! I decided to the next dvd in the morning, so I got ready for that. This time it was strength push muscles: the chest, shoulders, triceps, and thighs. It had the same fat burning intensity. The bonus workout was athletic abs. Oh lord do my abs hurt today. After the workout, I had the protein shake, 2 slices of turkey sausage, and the glutten free bread. ( i make toast) For lunch today, we had veggie soup, salad, and banana. As I write this, Im enjoying green tea. I should probably wrap up because I still need to plan dinner. Looking forward to strenth pull and pilates tomorrow!

Drum roll please....

Well lets see, did I weigh myself today? YES. Was I happy with the result? YES. Am I starting the P.I.N.K primary a few days early? YES!!!!I made my goal of loosing 8 pounds on the reset. I now weigh 160! And boy does it feel good. We went grocery shopping tonight and we didnt have to get so many veggies since now I can have fruit! Also added to the diet are: canadian bacon, turkey sausage, cereal, and more slow carbs!!! Im excited to have cereal, even though its high in fiber and glutten free. Im excited to start a new chapter in my diet.
Switching gears a little, today was a little rough, even though it started great. I made carrot/cauliflower soup and I was optimistic trying it. Let me tell you, it was gross!! So much for lunch. And for supper, well it was delicious! Since we were getting groceries at Hyvee and Addie was getting a little fussy, we decided to eat dinner there. I got Chinese and the salad bar. I had 2 huge salads, with extra veggies. Then I had chicken and veggies. I admit I was a bit jealous of Addie and Ian eating the fortune cookies. (Thats when I went up for my 2nd salad)
So.......today after not eating my soup and being very hungry, i questioned why Im doing this. Then I remembered that I liked being able to fit into my work pants, and having people actually noticing that I lost some poundage. So I ate my bag of carrots and had a handful of almonds. And maybe a few of Addies goldfish. So now Im going to take another picture of myself, front and back and add it to the archive since I havent figured out how to upload pictures here. Then Im going to finish planning my menu for a week of the primary diet and try to figure out when Im going to work out.