Summer Update

Obviously, I haven't blogged here much over this past summer. That does NOT mean that I haven't been working hard. I was chosen for a weight loss contest on Win, Lose, Blog. It was 6 weeks long. I won! It was so much fun. I'm so glad I was chosen as it gave me the extra encouragement I needed to lose weight this summer. Overall, I am down about 10 lbs from this time last year. I'm happy with that.

I have a very big goal of being down to my wedding weight by my 10th anniversary (Dec 19th). This means I need to lose about 15 lbs. I'm going to try my best to get there.

My goals for the next week:

Plan in advance my eating and exercise. Log all eating and exercising.

Limit all sugars. Try to only use natural sweeteners (like honey)

Eat 5 small, frequent meals. All balanced with good carbs, protein, and some fat. Eat lots of veggies.

No white flour or HFCS at all.

Do Insanity every morning and get to the gym for other exercise as I can. I have some sick kiddos right now so that might not work.

Only drink water and (one glass) skim milk each day

Be more active with kids each day (if they are better, of course). I'm hoping to get some extra walks in with them this week.

Insanity

I've been very interested in the Insanity program from beachbody.com. I've been researching it for awhile and it looks amazing. High, intense interval training. That's how I lost the weight before (well, and clean eating, of course). Well, I bought it this last week! For about 1/3 the price on beachbody. And, no, it wasn't a pirated copy either. Amazingly, there are a LOT of those out there. That's just sad for the people that put out these products.

No, I bought it from a local student here. I saw his post on craigslist.com. He is moving and just wanting to get rid of things. Honestly, I don't think he ever did the workouts as everything was brand new! New wall calendar, food journal and recipes, etc. It also came with three additional DVD's that don't usually come with the program.

I started this on Wednesday and so far I love it! It is super hard (thus, the name, Insanity) but I can see where it will get much easier for me. I thought I was in pretty good shape. I mean, I work out hard almost every day, just finished a half marathon, chase my kids around all day long, etc. I need to lose 20-30 lbs but otherwise, pretty good shape. However, I was quickly humbled during the first workout of Insanity. That's good, though, I want to be pushed!

I would caution anyone with bad joints to be very careful when doing this program. And, if you are just starting out exercising, don't start with this. Seriously, get in really good shape before you start this. It is dang hard and there are lots of jumping, ploymetrics, etc. I do it on carpet but put two mats over it to make it easier on my joints.