A day in pictures

Today is a beautiful day.

Week three!

I have been getting up at 4am most days and two days a week have used my lunch hour to do my P90X workout! I still love it! Lol! It is so rewarding and challenging. I feel stronger and I am wearing a pair if prepregnancy jeans today!

I have a coach with this program that doesn't live to far from me and I am going to get some shakeology from get. They are protein meal replacement shakes. I love my protein shakes so I think I might as well follow the whole program and BRING IT the best I can!

Anyone else out there try this program?

P90X

So week one is in the books and week two is almost half way over!  It is flying by, never thought I would say that about extreme exercise! The only downfall this week is that I have a cold.  It is bringing me down, down, down!!!!  But the upside is that it won't last forever!  I am noticing a difference already and I know by the end of the first month, I will be rocking some muscles! This program is TOUGH!

I have found by asking some people that are doing this program too, that they don't appear or even have told me that they aren't sore.  How can that be???  I have asked others who have done it before who are in excellent shape about this and they tell me not to worry, they just aren't pushing themselves or are not doing it right.  Made me feel better but also made me feel kind of sad for the people who aren't pushing themselves.  Why do the program if your not going to go extreme?  That is what it is all about! But kudos to them for pushing play right? 

I have been experimenting and researching recovery drinks that don't cost a fortune.  Any ideas?

That time of year!!!

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P90X

Hey folks! 
My husband and I are on a journey together.  We finished day 3 of P90X together this morning! Let me tell you, we get up at 4am, we BRING IT for over an hour and then we drink protein shakes together!  This is probably the best thing for our marriage! LOL! Mentally, physically, and emotionally. 

This program is extreme that is for sure.  I feel so sore but yet so good.  I am tired.  But I do want to do it again the next day.  The first day was a lot of push ups and pull ups.  The next day was Plyometrics.  As long as it wasn't push ups or pull ups, I was happy! :)  This morning was shoulders and arms. Last night I didn't think I would be able to do it because I was so sore and stiff from Monday's workout, but after stretching out and getting warmed up, I was able to perform to the best of my ability.  I was shocked and very pleased with myself and with my husband.  :) 

It is funny because my husband is pretty fit and very active with his job.  He keeps checking to see how I am feeling and if I am sore.  I say yes and he is relieved because he is too!  LOL!  So I know it is working us both!

I am psyched to see what this will do with our physical states!  :)  I know I can do this for the whole 90 days.  So when I am done maybe I will share my before and after photos? :)

Tomorrow 4am...yoga!

Hello folks!

I have been missing in action lately.  Still moving and eating the best I can and still living life to the fullest.  A lot of things are going on in my life and I only have so much time during the day and blogging got put to the wayside.  But I miss you. 

Monday my hubby and I are starting P90X!  I am so excited to work out with him and he is just as excited!! We have taken our before pictures and our measurements.  He isn't overweight by any means but does want to bulk up and have some rippling muscle definition.  And I of course want the same, but am not starting out as "not overweight".  HA!

I have been happier and life is great right now.  I am content and the forces that try to beat me down, just don't seem to get through like they use to.  My family is awesome.  

I am going to sign off with an awesome photo I took yesterday....

Ya thats right!

I'm sweaty and proud of it! And I'm showing my love at work! Lol!

There's the cows!

Shelves

I am in love with my shelves my husband made me! Aren't they beautiful? He welded the brackets or whatever you call the holders, lol, out of horseshoes to match the rest of our western decor.

And by the way, the skull is a buffalo. His name is Charlie.

Looking for cows

So every day my little boy crawls as fast as he can to the window when he hears his daddy coming to feed the cows in the feed lot next to our house. There are always cows staring at us through this window!

But he was sleeping during feeding this morning and when he got up he went to check out the cows through the window and he couldn't see them! He started to get the big frown sad cry face that is just so cute/sad at the same time! Well daddy is working cows today. I had to tell my baby boy that the cows will be back soon.

Wednesday weigh in

So I weighed in 182.8! That's a loss of 2.8 and back to where I was prior to the holidays lol. So I feel god about that!

I have been researching and learning about what foods to be eating that are food for me. I have been eating a lot more protein and fiber. I bought some vanilla almond milk to see what that tastes like.

I am feeling pretty good! Going to exercise tomorrow. Going to bed now lol! It's been a long couple of days.

I have a question...

After losing weight I see that some people fall of the wagon so to say. What is it that made you fall? What made you think it was on again to eat unhealthy or not exercise? What was your trigger?

If we work so hard at losing weight and striving at healthy eating and exercise so that it is our way of life, why do we give it up?

I have to admit I have gained and I believe I am back at 186. But with eating clean for the last couple of days I hope to see a little change in the scale tomorrow and even more next Wednesday. I have a banquet to go to this weekend but I will bring my own foods just in case my options are slim. I am going to have my husband there I help me and tell me no if need be lol! And also it is PMS time. So now wonder I am wanting chocolate!!!

What will the scale say tomorrow?

Eat clean

So I am day 2 of totally clean eating. Yesterday I had a headache by the end of the day. I wanted to start this after my birthday that was on Sunday. Cause my daughter made me an awesome birthday cake!

So I have still been on the lookout for examples of people following healthy lifestyles and what their day is like. I got a great response from Keelie! Thank you Keelie!
Majority of the time I feel pretty good about myself and how I'm looking and am able to go about my day positively. I think to myself that I'm healthier, I'm skinnier, I look damn good! Then I see a reflection and say "who the heck is that?" "ick!". "need to fix this!" HA! Then I have to mentally start over. Sometimes I have even said to myself "oh geez, I forgot I look like that". So at least I can forget and work on the change. Lol.

People judge by how many times you start over. But really weight loss is always in our mind so did we really stop?

Still taking comments on how you live your healthy lifestyle day to day. What's your average day look like? What thoughts or decisions do you have to make to stay lean?

Live your life like a healthy person

So over the past week I have refreshed myself in this healthy journey and I have run across the saying "live your day like you've lost 50 pounds an you will end up there" "live like a healthy person". I understand the general concept of this way if thinking and it make sense but my question is how does the average everyday healthy person live? What is an example of their day? Do they constantly think of ways to b healthy or does it just come naturally? Do they say to themselves "if I eat this I will gain weight"? Or do they just go about their marry way? What do thy do when they see a plate of brownies or a box of pizza? What about when they are dragging butt tired? I would love for my readers to answer these questions for me. I would love to here about your average day no matter how boring it may be to you or how simple I may seem. To me it is the most interesting! I may have to ask a few people I know I they would be willing to journal their day for me. What does Adar in the life of a healthy person who isn't trying to lose weight look like???