Today was a challenge...

Day 3


Well I didn't take it easy last night like I intended too... instead we all played "just dance" on the wii for an hour, that is a work out in itself. Everyone kept asking me if I was okay since I was walking funny due to my quads and abs being in such pain, but I was having a blast so I pushed myself through... maybe not a good idea? I don't know. I really felt I wanted to work off those extra calories from that iced capp yesterday though. If I am going to treat myself I need to train myself to thinking I'll have to work hard to work it off so that I am careful in how often and in what I decide to treat myself with. It might not be a system that works for everyone but I am trying it on for size.

I didn't follow my eating plan exactly last night but modified my own version of a healthy supper. I couldn't think of what to have for dinner so I had taken out a couple packs of beef, I decided to make soft tacos with my own home made taco seasoning, for myself I had a chicken breast in the fridge that I cut into strips and grilled on my George Foreman grill. The rest of my family had the regular soft tacos and I had a whole wheat tortilla with my grilled chicken, some cheese and a tiny amount of sour cream, some salsa and loaded it with veggies. It was SO good and satisfying.

OH!! I NEED TO CELEBRATE I finished ALL my water yesterday. All 72oz worth, man was I peeing a lot, hehe. I felt so good about getting in all my water. Today i'm not doing so well with that.

I met with my consultant today and she gave me some really good food ideas for things like camping and eating out and stuff. I'm excited to try them out! One thing she told me is that you can use plain greek yogurt as a sour cream substitute and it tastes basically the same but it is SO much healthier for you, so I am thinking on trying that too.

So today was a challenge because my kids are NOT cooperating, that is part of the challenge of being a mom trying to lose weight though isn't it? So many people out there make that excuse, I know I did: "I don't have time my kids don't give me a break!" well I am finding time. The good thing about the Jillian Michael's work out is that it is literally only like 22 minutes. Some people take longer showers! haha.
My stress was that my baby would scream if I didn't pick him up and have a complete melt down, he is cutting a couple teeth at the same time right now so he is being a big suck, so it was rough juggling getting my proper meals/snacks in - but I did somehow! It's so important to me that I am 100% committed.

I attempted to do my work out after I put the baby to bed and then right when I was just about done the warm up, he woke up. So that foiled my attempt. It took me a bit to get him to go back down and I kept looking at the clock because I really wanted to get my work out in before having to pick up the students from school, after wrestling with my kids and struggling to get the baby to bed I really was not in the mood to exercise today. If I didn't have such support and if I wasn't blogging i'm sure I would have created some sort of excuse as to why I would allow myself to skip out....
The biggest challenge was yet to come when a really good friend of mine called me and I haven't seen her in a bit, she said her kids were outside splashing in the swimming pool and I should get the boys in their swim suits and come on down, MAN that was the hardest temptation to come at me so far... I kept trying to figure out in my head how I could do my work out "later" but I know me, and I know later would never come.  So I told her I can't because I needed to work out (even though I really was not in the mood).

So I got baby to sleep and forced myself to work out pushing past all the pain. Seriously Day 3 is so far the hardest day yet. Everything is hurting more than the last 2 days and I know that is a good thing, that pain reminds me that my body is changing and keeps me motivated to keep pushing through, but at the same time... IT HURTS! lol
I found today I felt more achy and tired quicker than the days before, I was able to do less reps too as my muscles were getting to that "pinch" feeling sooner. I still tried to barrel through it though but I am surprised at how "weak" my muscles are feeling today. Ah well, all part of the journey.

I had my students try the work out yesterday when they were asking why stairs and sitting was so hard. Let me tell you I felt SO GOOD that I was able to out do a couple ACTIVE 16 year old boys... they couldn't get past circuit 1 (there are 3 circuits total for the level 1 work out). So that was actually really empowering.

Tonight I am going out for "coffee" with a friend at Starbucks, any recommendations on something healthy to drink there? I am thinking something with green tea as green tea is supposed to be excellent for you!

Well that's my day so far, seriously though tonight I WILL take it easier. Maybe play board games or something.

Thanks for following along with me!

~Ciao