Day 3

Let me start off with... Teaching is exhausting! When I get home the last thing I feel like doing is working out. Vegging out on the couch sounds way more appealing to me than having my butt kicked by captian crazy (aka Tony Horton) I mean... look, he has crazy eyes!

Anyway, I had a supremely bad attitude once I got home and changed to work out yesterday.

**Sorry John, poor guy puts up with a lot of my crap!**

I think I was alright until I loaded the workout onto the appletv and it said 72 or something minutes! excussssse me????? I thought to myself. At that point I wouldn't be done working out until after 7 and that was really cutting into my do nothing the rest of the night time. Anyway, being the drama queen that I am at times, realized at the end of the video that it was about an hour. PHEW! We did bicepts, tricepts and chest... with added absX... which i really enjoyed...especially since my weights were too light for me so the workout was a breeze! (minus absX of death) Buying weights was quickly added to the things to do this weekend list! I'll be honest, I am thankful that it wasn't to bad of a work out... I really needed a day of being not too horribly sore. (I am not walking like I just rode a horse today!!!)

Food wise, I think yesterday was our best eating day! Not that any have been bad by any means, but the fewest carbs taken in was def yesterday and that seems to be more what the p90 wants you to do. For breakfast: 3 scrambled eggwhites, little bit o cheese, turkey bacon and banana. Lunch: 1/2 a taco salad (stomach got a little upset...pretty sure the sour cream was on it's way out...ehhhhh) Snack: light yogurt, protien shake. Dinner: buffalo chicken panini. Not bad if you ask me!

I am happy to say I survived yesterday...it was questionable at times. Def a rough day but made it through it and am actually feeling wonderful today! Stepped on the scale a few days early for a sneak peak of how I am doing (trying to weigh in once a week) and I was down 5 pounds! WOOHOO! If that isn't encouraging and make me want to continue to "bring it" as captain crazy would say, I dont know what is! Today is yoga day and I am verrrry excited! I have heard how long it is, but i seem to be really enjoying the little bits of yoga I have seen thus far so I am pumped! Well see how i feel tomorrow! : )

Day 2

I am so thankful for all the encouragement and support I got yesterday from my blog. This may sound nerdy, but I have always been the blogger that doesn't share what i write. John is always asking me what is the point because I don't even like sharing it with him, I just like the process of writing and getting things out! So again, thank you for your love and support! :)

I guess I will always write about the previous day on here, seems easier that way...especially since our internet is currently down at home. Yesterday, day 2, went well! My legs were stinkin sore, as well as my abs just a tad bit. I made sure to stretch every so often throughout the day, however I got some strange looks from the kiddos in my class a couple of times. ** If you ever need a self esteem boost, teach kindergarten! These guys are such an encouragement to me and keep me in check! They know i looooove diet dr pepper and have really helped me give it up here recently by attempting to ninja the soda from my hands... smile!** I'm still slowly transitioning into their meal plan so for now it's mainly WW based but here we go..meals! Breakfast: Starbucks skinny cinnamon dolce latte & spinach with eggwhites wrap. Lunch: Tuna Sandwich on sourdough bread. Snack: grapes & a protein shake. Dinner: cheese burger, whole wheat bun, no fat mayo, lettuce and tomato with steamed veggies. As far as our workout goes we had a cardio day with P90... cardioX to be exact! I really enjoyed it to be honest. I had never tried yogo but they do a lot of yoga moves during stretching and the workout and they've always been my fav part of the work out (the whole 2 days now... haha). I def think I may be trying some yoga when I finish all of this!

After my workout yesterday, I gracefully sunk deeeeep into the comfort of the couch with a cuddly winer dog by my side and learned that the internet is STILL down. May not be a huge deal to someone who has cable and does not completely rely on netflix or the appletv for their entertainment sources!!! Luckily I had the luxury of switching between dancing with the stars and the biggest loser! I will be honest, I had never really jumped on the BL bandwagon before this season... but I love the show. I swear, I get a little teary eyed every episode!!! It's such an encouragement and reminder of how much control you have over your body. It amazes me to see the miraculous things people accomplish on that show and after it. love it.

Anyway, I am going to get back to attempting to survive today. It's been a rough morning so far for various reasons not involving my soreness! I guess we can cheer for that at least! Definitely just one of those days that cannot end soon enough! Again, prayers and encouragement are SO appreciated!

Until next time... or should I say, TOMORROW! :)

Day 1

Well. Here I am starting a Flab to FAB blog about my journey for the next 90 days, well techinically 89 but who's counting...right? Let's begin with how i got here exactly. Well, got a boyfriend and got happy fat I guess would be about it. Maybe I am making myself sound a lot worse than I actually am, I dont know... what i do know is that I am not happy where I am at physically but the good thing is I can totally change that for myself. In the past 6 months I have tried anything from working out, to weight watchers, to what I like to call "skinny pills" and just not seeing the results I would like to see. HELL- results period. So, after talking to several people I have decided to take the plunge and just do it. P90X. Luckily, I have a knowledgeable and encourage man in my life who is going to do this with me and support me along the way! Anyway, Why am I starting a blog for all of this? I want accountibility, even if it is just myself that reads this. It's out there and journaling all this I think will really help keep track of my meals and my work outs. I also think it will be interesting to look back and see how I felt afterwards. Im not too sure what my EXACT goal is to be honest. I just want to FEEL good and LOOK good. I know this is not a 90 day life change/diet. Its a lifestyle change. I would like to see inches off all parts of my body, thats for sure and with that I suppose weight loss does come into play. I would love to say goodbye to 40 pounds, which i feel is a big goal but I know I can do it! I just have to remind myself that...1. "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" and 2. to simply LOVE MYSELF. I think those both are my motivation and setting the tone for this new experience in my life. Yesterday was day 1. Before we started the video we took the ever horrible "BEFORE" photos. Let me tell ya, you don't know what you look like till you get in a swim suit and look through a lense. NOT FUN. I am not sure that I can be one of those people that shares my before and after pictures, im just so disappointed in myself/body. Who knows though, in 90 days i could be so happy with myself I want to show off the old me... **crossing fingers!** Anyway, after the tearful picture experience we did the synergetics video, which holy moly! Definately feel the burn in my legs and in my tummy today. I did pretty well with my eating as well.... Breakfast: 1/2 cup Rolled Oats, 1 tbs brown sugar, 2 tbs dried cranberries, and 1/4 chopped up . apple (one of my most fav breakfasts!) Lunch: Tuna Sandwich on Sourdough bread, pringles 100 cal pack and grapes. Snacks: popcorn & protien shake. Dinner: roasted tomato and basil speghitti with feta cheese and cooked shrimp. Not too shabby for day 1. I think after this week, since we went grocery shopping before we checked out the p90 nutrition, we will start their nutrition program. However, I do most of my cooking out of weight waters cook books or cooking light, so shouldn't be too different. I know we are going to attempt to cut carbs other than complex ones next week. Should be interesting considering i LOVE me some carbs! Anyway, that's all for now. Please keep me in your prayers and all encouragement is welcome! :) Have a beautiful day!