Passed with flying colors!

I was completely ecstatic to see this number on my scale today.

I know, I need to find time to paint my toes again...

I had such a terrible previous week and so I was really hoping I could push through and make the most of this week. I not only knocked off the 2 lbs that I gained in week 4 but I lost well past that and have a total of 6.4 lbs down in the last week! I was praying to just see 239 at least but 236 is fantastic. I'm so happy to be out of the 240s finally. I have been wavering up and down in those numbers pretty much since I've had Bethany and it drove me nuts. Hopefully I never have to see them ever again! This puts my total weightloss this year so far at 11.4 lbs. I feel great with that number and am excited to keep on going towards goal. I worked out 3 times yesterday and am really proud of myself for that. I ended up doing 15 minutes on the elliptical after dinner last night. We had spaghetti and meatballs with garlic toast so even though I had done 2 different workout dvd's with friends that morning I thought I better not just sit around on my butt after eating a meal like that so close to bed time. So far today I have done a 20 minute Turbo Jam routine and am feeling pretty great still. On track calorie-wise and looking forward to having some catfish for dinner tonight. :)

A taste of Insanity

I'm feeling pretty amazing today. I ate alright yesterday and managed to get a workout in even after feeling super icky from that food poisoning or whatever it was this past weekend. Well today I feel so much better now and my eating is on track for the day so far.

I stopped by my friend Ashley's house this morning after dropping off Jett since its her day off and I brought over a workout dvd for us to do. Her friend was supposed to show up but didn't get there at the time she assumed she would be there so we went ahead and worked out. As soon as we finished her friend showed up and apparently it was exactly the same time she told me to show up (I arrived an hour early though) so Ashley just assumed her friend was gonna come early even though she told her a certain time. haha. Anyways they went ahead and started their workout which apparently was Insanity. I was trying to feed Bethany when they first started but she seemed to change her mind about being hungry so I sat down the bottle and went ahead and tried to keep up with them. I managed to get in about 25 minutes of the routine. They probably only did about 30-35 total. It was a 45 minute workout I think but they stopped early because Ashley was sore from the day before and tired from already working out with me and the other girl was out of breath the whole time and kept taking long breaks because she just went outside and smoked right before they put in the dvd. Seemed like a terrible idea to me but whatever.... lol.

I am proud of myself for working out twice in one morning. I may even find the time to workout again this afternoon or evening. I am looking forward to hitting the 230s by tomorrow's weigh in! I was pleasantly surprised with what I could do on the Insanity workouts though. Don't get me wrong - it was tough, but I had done a lot of those moves before in several other dvds. The only move that was new to me was the mummy kicks and those seemed easy enough to get the hang of. It was super intense though and hard to keep up at times but what I couldn't do now I modified of course. I hadn't tried Insanity before now though because I thought it was gonna be totally different from anything I've done before. I know p90x is still gonna be rough though so I wont be trying it anytime soon.

One month in...

It's the beginning of a new month and that means its time for new stats and pics. I have to apologize for not posting in the last week but I was quite a bit unhappy with some things going on in my life and definitely let that get to me physically as well. I didn't eat as well as I wanted on some days while others I did alright. I didn't really do much exercising at all except for maybe one actual workout and a heck of a lot of house cleaning on some other days.

I've been busy dealing with getting over sickness and sick kids and also dr's appointments for everyone. Ultimately though.. those are all just excuses. I could have done better but I didnt. I can't change that now and I can only look forward and change how I react in the now and future. This past Tuesday was week 4's weigh in and I didn't share here but I was up a couple pounds. Considering how terrible the 3 days prior to weigh in were I was thankful it wasn't more like 5 or 10. I was motivated to do well this week to make up for last but I let some emotions get the better of me and things didnt go as planned.

Today I forgot to weigh in first thing in the morning and by the time I had a chance to it was already like 5pm. I was fully expecting to be up above that 2lb gain but in fact I had lost those 2 lbs and am now back around to where I was at week 3. So hooray for that. I'm feeling great knowing that. Those darn 239's are calling my name! I am so close. lol. Sitting right at 240.6 lbs this evening. I'm hoping my evening weight isn't just a fluke and that I weigh more in the mornings for some weird reason... but whatever I'll take it. I stepped on the scale several times in disbelief.

Here are my stats after one month back on my journey...

February 1st 2013

Weight: 240.6 lbs (-7.6 lbs since last month)

Measurements

• Bust: 46.5 inches (-0.5 in)
• Waist: 48 inches (0 in)
• Hips: 54.5 inches (-1 in)
• Thighs: 30.5 inches (-0.5 in)
• Calves: 18.5 inches (-0.5 in)
• Neck: 16.5 inches (-2.5 in)
• Arms: 15 inches (0 in)

BMI: 40 (-1.3)

I am mostly surprised by how many inches I've actually lost. I can't believ eI went down that much in my neck already and that I've lost at least something in most other areas too with just under 8 lbs gone. Crazy awesome... :)

Here's to having an even better second month in.