Day 43

It’s the official end of the 6th week and we’re off to a really great 7th week! I changed up our workout this morning and took my own advice from yesterday – to the next level. Our workout consisted of 3 miles of the following:
45 seconds of running followed by 30 seconds of walking and then 15 seconds of the following 9 exercises (one exercise per interval – designed to alternate between upright and ground work):

Jumping Jacks
Bicycle Sit-ups
Jump Rope
Pushups
Walking Lunges
Leg flutters – it works the abdominals – I don’t know what it’s called, so I made up my own name…
Jumping Frog Squats
Running High Knees
Up-Downs

All 9 intervals are completed in 1 mile.

I have to say that I am very proud of all the ladies that came to workout this morning! It was me and the girls, the friend, Coworker 1 (CL), Coworker 2 (CA), and one of CA friends – I will call her Lee. But, before I begin, I want to tell Lee that I am proud of her for getting up and coming to workout. Yes, she did only make it through 1 mile of this routine and then just quickly left in her car, but nonetheless, she got her butt up out of bed and showed up. Please don’t give up – it has taken us 6 weeks to be able to accomplish what we accomplished this morning, so don’t get discouraged! I promise I won’t yell at you for falling behind – just don’t quit! As the girls and I were choosing which exercises to incorporate into this workout last night, I honestly didn’t think we would make it all the way through 2 miles – BUT we made it through ALL THREE! (Oh yeah, doing the cabbage patch!) (Crap that hurt…) My muscles are not taking their time to become sore – they were sore before I finished! So sore in fact, that I took the elevator this morning – now THAT is a good workout!

Okay, this morning’s workout was BRUTAL! I don’t know any other way to put it. As usual, there was crying, nausea spells, dizzy spells, and a lot of YELLING! At one point we reached the 15 seconds of Leg Flutters in the 2nd mile and Kat decides to take 10 seconds to get on the ground and then she just laid there! I guess she didn’t think I could see her – so, I tell everyone to continue (there were numerous groans!) and I ran to where she was and got down on the ground in her face and told her that “ALL I’M ASKING IS FOR 15 SECONDS – 15 SECONDS – NOW GO!!!!!” Needless to say, she started crying, but she gave me those 15 seconds! We begin mile 3 and I’m yelling again at the girls to RUN and then I’m saying “WHY CAN’T WE HAVE ONE WORKOUT WITHOUT TEARS? YOU SPEND ALL YOUR ENERGY CRYING WHILE YOUR GETTING IT DONE, SO PUT THE CRYING EFFORT INTO RUNNING!” Then I use CL’s line “I can’t make you do it! If you don’t want to run then that is the results your are going to see – If you want to run, then that is the results you are going to see – you either WANT IT or YOU DON’T! I guess that made Kiki mad because she took off sprinting ahead of everyone else and almost finished the 3rd mile in 1st! I guess whatever works…right?

So, with that being said, I want to show everyone my heroes – this picture is 8 years old – one of my favorites (hold on a minute – tear :'(). Their dedication to getting up early and excitement over the THOUGHT of starting a new school year thinner, has given me the motivation I need to get up every morning and continue what I am doing.




To all the parents out there – this is NOT easy! But, when you get through all the crying, nausea, dizziness, and YELLING, you realize that you are helping your children live the way you want them to live and setting an example by becoming healthier yourself. Every day that we are blessed to wake up we can choose to take advantage of the time and all the opportunities that hopefully will lead us into a long and happy future. I have three degrees hanging on my walls, I LOVE the company I work for, and I am very good at what I do, but NOTHING has been more fulfilling in my life so far than this journey and seeing how MY commitment really is changing the lives that are dearest and closest to my heart.

Now for the worst part of this whole process – my weight and pictures…ughhhhh.

Kiki’s current weight = 127.1 – LOSS of 1lb! Total so far = 10.9lbs!!!
Kitty’s current weight = 168.2 – LOSS of 4.1lbs! Total so far = 9.8lbs!!!
You RRRRRR welcome!
My current weight = 167 – Loss of 1.1lbs! Total so far = 6lbs & since February 25lbs!!!




Given the results after 6 weeks, I can honestly say that I am soooo happy! Remember that we gained weight in one of the six, so that meant we had to lose those too! Not counting that week, we have stuck pretty close to our 2-3lbs a week weight loss goal! YEAH!

Building Blocks – start with one block (2-3lbs a week) and build up!