What a great day!

Hi all of you marvelous people that actually read my blog! 

I've had a really good day overall. This is awesome. I love having days like this. 

I started off my day with my baby boy coming to play with me in my room. He loves to come and cuddle with me in the mornings. I have to go get him out of his crib, change his diaper, and all but FORCE him to come in my room...but once he's there, he loves to play! 

Then, we watched Monsters Inc. for the millionth time and had breakfast - Dark Chocolate Muffins. So good and not terrible for you. He loves his "nuppins." 

He was so tired after the movie went off, so I put him down for a nap. While he was napping, I drank some coffee and recovered from last night. If you read my blog or watched the video blog from last night, you'll know that I got SICK after dinner last night. I threw up everything that I had eaten since 4:30 pm...which sucked. I felt ok after that, but still felt a little weak. I didn't recover completely until about 5 pm today. I guess it really was a 24-hr bug or something. 

We had a light lunch - Christian ate chicken nuggets and I had a No Bake Energy Bite from my fridge. I wasn't incredibly hungry and that helped to tide me over until dinner. (Lunch wasn't served until 2:30 pm...lol). 

We then needed to get out of the house, so we went to the grocery store. I was completely out of milk and Christian was running low on apple juice. We went and picked that up, gassed up my vehicle, and came back home so I could cook dinner. We had Egg-Battered Fried Chicken. Sounds like it's really bad for you, but actually comes in at about 288 calories per serving. I made rice too. Christian ate every. last. bite. That always makes me feel good. Boosts my ego when the 2 year old approves.  

Christian went to bed at about 7:40 pm. That's 20 minutes early for him, but he was EXHAUSTED after the short visit from Grammy and Papa after dinner. Once he was down, I did Insanity - Pure Cardio. This was the first time that I had done this video and WOW! No water breaks!? I took two, which isn't bad. I pushed through the workout, but I did start feeling a little weak after the first 5 minutes of it. I figured it was remnants of last night's sickness. I kept going though. Be proud!  

Now, I'm watching Buffy and trying to relax. I think if I could be any fictional character, it'd be Buffy. I'd even accept the fact that I'd have died twice if I could be her. She's awesome. Haha. I watch Buffy and am inspired to change my life so that I can be as active as a slayer  It's a little lame and embarrassing to say that, I know, but it's one of my many inspirations to keep going with my lifestyle change. I'm in it for real this time around. I'm over feeling bad. I'm over being overweight. I'm over feeling insecure. I'm over it and ready to change! 

      

Cussing Out Shaun T and CURRICULUM HAPPINESS! :)

Do you see me? 

Do you see my face? 

I just cussed out my TV. Like, Shaun T has now been thoroughly cussed out. People, if you know me at all, you know I RARELY use vulgar language. I think for 40 minutes, I rarely said something that was nice. 

Phew.  

Other than that boss workout I just did, it was a pretty good day! I ate fairly well. I tried a new salmon recipe from SparkRecipes. So delicious. I also tried couscous for the first time. It was also REALLY good!  

My curriculum is done for the school year. Another teacher and I planned everything. We have all of our resources for the ENTIRE year! We are going to get back together around the 15th and write specific lesson plans for the first few weeks of school. I already feel SO much better about this year, despite the transition to a new school. 

On another note, I am so nervous that I'm not going to lose any weight this week. I'm getting back in routines. I'm eating better again. I'm working out. I'm drinking my water. I just still feel like I'm going to weigh myself on Sunday and have gained weight...or measure myself and have gained inches. I'm so terrified to gain weight. I'm scared that I'll quit if I have zero results after a week of working so hard. Then, I feel stupid for feeling that way...which then makes me more nervous. Ugh. I hate this cycle of badness.

Insanity Day 2 - Plyometric Cardio Circuit

Today was the first "real" workout for Insanity. 

I fit it into my day pretty easily...it just sucked. Actually, at one point, he said we had 30 seconds for a water break, and I giggled a little. I grabbed my water and sat out that entire next circuit. I joined back in for the 3rd circuit of basketball drills. This is just the hardest workout program I think I've ever done. I hear it's that way for most people. 

I was so sore this morning from just the fit test alone. However, I'm going to keep pushing every day. I can only get better. :) 

--Andi

Insanity - Day 1 - Fit Test

OMG. Seriously? SERIOUSLY?!?!?!?!?!?

That sucked.

I just finished my Fit Test for Insanity. Also counts as today's workout. The video is about 25 minutes long and it sucks. I wonder if I'm going to feel like this every day. I'm proud of myself for getting up to do it....but I hurt. My chest is cold. My legs feel like jello. Wahhhhhh.

Anyway, here are my results from the very first fit test. I almost feel like I should be ashamed....except I know that this is somewhere for me to start. It can only get better from here.

MOVE	FIT TEST 1 (day 1)	FIT TEST 2 (day 15)	FIT TEST 3 (day 36)	FIT TEST 4 (day 50)	FIT TEST 5 (day 63)
1. SWITCH KICKS	64
2. POWER JACKS	27
3. POWER KNEES	60
4. POWER JUMPS	8
5. GLOBE JUMPS	5 (pause)
6. SUICIDE JUMPS	8
7. PUSH-UP JACKS	5 (kind of)
8. LOW PL ANK OBLIQUE	25

I had to pause after doing globe jumps because I thought my chest was going to explode.

Push-up jacks were also interesting because I can't even do a dang push-up...so, tell me how I'm going to do push-up jacks?! I tried though. Phew.

Fit Test - Check!

Insanity - Day 0

Wow, it has been a long time since I have posted. I am a slacker. I'm sorry.

I'm going to be doing a lot better. I promise. I'm going to start doing my teacher posts again as well as this new, fun series on my fitness level.

Tomorrow, Monday, 7/29/13, I am starting Insanity. I am soooo nervous about it. I feel like a fat cow most of the time. I will be measuring and everything today as well as taking pictures. I am not confident enough to take pictures and post them yet, but I will when I start to see progress, maybe. I am very self-conscious about the way that I look. I won't even let boyfriend really rub on my stomach. I'm not really a large person....but I'm flabby. Guess that's what happens when you have been overweight forever and then you have a baby. Unfortunately, I can't use the baby excuse anymore. C is two now (almost 26 months, to be exact). I own this. It's my responsibility to get in shape for myself, my son, and the life that I want to live.

Tomorrow starts the Insanity workout. I believe that Day 1 is simply the fit test. I've tried it before and I wanted to throw up just after doing that. I just need to remember that I don't need to be perfect and keep up with Shaun T. I can go at my own pace as long as I'm pushing myself. So nervous.

I'll definitely post how it goes.

Here are my goals:

In 60 days, I'd like to
--Lose 8 lbs.
--Lose 2" from my waist
--Lose 1" from each thigh
--Tighten up my arms a little.
--Feel more comfortable in my own skin (most important)
--Be proud of the progress that I've made

Wish me luck. :)