Disclaimer

I should just note that I am not a doctor. I'm just a regular person, with regular struggles trying to get in shape, get it together, be elite, live optimal, eat clean, be strong.... you know, all of those things. I'm just sharing what I have tried, learned, what worked and what didn't. People rave when something works for them. I just want to share a real life perspective on my experiences. I've been on this "journey" pretty much for 20 years. Most of which weren't successful.  People that normally give us advice are already fit, in shape and are already badass. I don't know everything or what will work for you. I just know what has and hasn't worked for me. Maybe sharing that will help you find what works for you. Or help you avoid some of the mistakes I made!

Update

Wow, I can't believe I haven't written here in 6 weeks! Today is 150 days in! I went to Florida towards the end of October. November just flew by! Overall I have maintained my weight and have been working out consistently. I have been hovering between 198-201 for the past few weeks. I have been struggling a bit with my eating recently. I just want to eat cupcakes, oreos and pastries. I'm going wedding dress shopping in 11 days. I thought I would be closer to my goal by now. I guess I'm just venting now. Just because I'm not where I planned to be doesn't mean I'm not thankful for where I am. I just think it's time for me to regroup and refocus. I saw this on my run yesterday and couldn't help but take a picture. 

Update!

I know I haven't blogged in almost 2 weeks! It's been busy around these parts. This will serve as my weigh in and update post. I think I will post here once a week. Daily updates are getting harder to do with double workout days and trying to plan a wedding.

Today makes 100 days since starting this healthy lifestyle and logging it all. So far I am down 20 lbs. I don't have the exact inches with me right now but here is what I do have: (last wks measurements) 
-2" from belly button area
-3" from high waist
-4" from chest
-5" from hips
-5" from thighs
-2.5" from arms
-5" from shoulders
my calf fluctuates between -1" or 2"

I think I won't measure myself weekly anymore. I think I'll do it bi weekly or even monthly. I will continue to weigh myself weekly though. I want to make sure I'm still on the right track.

Friday: 51 burpees 12:12, walked about 5 miles this day. Too much indulging with my diet. The scale was up 0.8lbs! Not a happy camper but it is epected. You cant out train a bad diet. 

Saturday: A true rest day. No workouts. Just watching sci fi movies all day.

Sunday: Back to business. Ran 1.5 miles on my break. It felt really good. I didn't feel like I was dying. I ran up the big hill. 48 burpees in my office (supposed to be 50 but someone needed help!) 9:58. Then I did 30 min on the spin bike with at 33lb back pack on while I did one load of laundry.

Good night :)

Wednesday: I did a wod in the morning that consisted of clean and jerks and bar facing burpees. FUN! not! The c+j were actually the hard part, the burpees not so much. Later that day we went to the Big E. It is a big fair that comes to MA each year. I was really interested in the fried oreos! YUMMY! Yes it is a gazillion calories. More like 900.  We walked about 3 miles there.

Thursday: Not having a great day, Just walked 1.5 miles on my break. I really needed to just run or do some heavy lifting to get my energy out.

Friday: Birthday workout in am- tabatta times. -2lbs this week. Went out for a yummy burger for lunch. Had a nice, relaxing birthday.  

Friday: I really did not feel like working out. I spent the entire day cleaning out my closet and the entire house. But then I went out to dinner and ate too much. When I got home I did the bike for 30 min with a 30lb backpack. Did a few deadlifts and like 100 jumping jax.
OHH Weigh in day: -1lb, -0.5" belly button, -0.5" high waist, -1" hips, thighs, shoulders, same for arm and neck.

Saturday: I had a busy day planned. I went to Boston with my bridesmaids to look for dresses. Before we left I did 3 rounds of squats and push press. While in Boston we walked 6-7 miles! I didn't think to turn my watch on until after the first hour of walking. It was an awesome day.

Sunday: I'm still tired from the weekend. Today's workout was pretty simple. 1 lap around the indoor track as my warmup. Then walking lunges one lap. Every time I stopped I did 10 pushups. Yeah, not fun at all. LOL. I stopped 15 times = 150 pushups It took me 29 minutes.

Catch up time!

Boy have I been slacking on this blog! I promise slacking on the blog does not = slacking on my life lol. Ok here goes.

Saturday: 

-2lbs this week
-14.8lbs total

Sunday: I walked 2 miles on my break. More like an active rest day

Monday:
Did whats in the pic. Then 30 minutes of spinning with a 20lb vest. 
Second workout was 20 minutes on the Jacob's Ladder, 40 kb swings and plank hold.

Me spinning with the vest on (well back pack with weights in there). Yes it sucked :)

Saturday WOD:
Instead of Fatal 40 I made it Fatal 20 and only used 15lbs- I was scared. Turns out I needed way more weight but it was still a good workout. OH! Weigh in day! -2lbs and 0.5 inches in a few places.

Day 1/ Day 59

Sunday WOD:
Ran 10 min
sets of 5 back squats- air, 45, 55, 65, 70, 75, 80
tabatta times

Weekend

No workout Friday. Today I went for a walk at the reservoir which is 3.5 miles. No workout tomorrow. I'll be back to my normal schedule of working out on Monday. I'm not sure if I will do too many weights until my next apt (Friday morn) though. I don't want to over exert myself and mess something up with one of my non teeth. I'll just do a ton of cardio. Still on soft foods for now. 

Today was also weigh in day.
-0.5" waist
-0.5" boobs
-1" shoulders

-2.8 lbs this week
-11 lbs total

Saturday & Sunday

Saturday: 1 workout
warmup
5 clean & jerks
5 burpees 
5 pushups
16 min AMRAP

8 rounds + 1 burpee

Weigh in day:

-1lb this week
-9 total so far
only down one inch this week



Sunday: REST DAY
A much needed rest day. I am so sore today it isn't even funny. I wish the numbers would drop faster but I know it takes time. Still I'm happy with how this is going. One day at a time.

Morning Workout:
warmup
Bear Complex x8
WOD
5RFT Cindy, 5 pullups, 10 pushups, 15 squats 13: 12

I was supposed to work out this evening but that didn't work out so well. Instead I did 5 minutes of burpees= 30 burpees. The good thing about these were that each one was done the right way. I was not crawling to stand up-I was able to jump for each one! Small victories.

I forgot to post my Saturday weigh in stats, so here goes:

-1lb this week
-7lb total

Inches lost

My fav snack-apples with this delicious spread below!

If you love peanut butter and chocolate this is for you! A little goes a long way and on fruit SOO YUMMY!