Day 60 - Truckin' Along

Today I woke up and weighed myself . . . you can imagine my surprise when I saw the number 145.2 on the scale!!! I was so excited and happy! It actually helped motivate me through Tone 30 and HIIT 15. I pushed really hard through tone 30. I got a new band for more resistance, which was nice, and I really tried to work on those weird lunges she does, I'm still not fully getting them after a whole month! Then I did HIIT 15 and while I have a hard time figuring out the timing on the last drill, I pulled my knees up as high as they could go! It was cool looking at myself jump so high in the mirror that my mom has set up in her workout room :) I then later went and laid out in the sweltering sun for a bit in an attempt to get a little bit of color so maybe next time I take my pictures, I won't blend into the door . . .

I did well eating today and even made sure I didn't over eat while at KC's house (except her dad did put two pieces of chicken on my plate I had to eat . . . which was more than I intended). I did well until I came home after class and saw that my mom had gotten chinese food for dinner! I splurged a little bit and had one crab rangoon and a little bit of hot and sour soup and a fortune cookie.

Hopefully tomorrow will be another good day! May the force be with me!

Day 59 - Much Needed Rest Day

Today was a much needed rest day from Turbo Fire, I'm feeling better about it. Sometimes I get a little grumpy - 6 days a week is a lot! I did do Yuri's Amazing Abs though, I'm still trying to tighten my core, and while its easy now, I hope it gets more challenging and I really start to see improvements.

I am trying to work on my eating, which is still an uphill battle with all the available munchies around this house, but I did much better today. I hope to do even better tomorrow. I tried to not eat much today because I am trying the "calorie confusion" that Yuri recommends. I didn't log the calories, but it felt like I ate a lot less! I was trying to keep with really small meals and lay off the snacks. Hopefully it'll work!

Day 58 - Not feeling it

Today I did Fire 45 and Stretch 10 and I just really wasn't feeling it today. I hope after tomorrow I'll be back to feeling pumped about it, since tomorrow all I have to worry about is the short abs routine.

Eating at home is horrible, I find myself munching without thinking . . . no bueno. I'm going to try to work on that tomorrow.

Day 57 - Yuri's Amazing Abs Solution

So today was the first day of Month 3 for Turbo Fire and Month 1 of Yuri's Amazing Abs Solution. For Turbo Fire I did HIIT 15 and Sculpt 30. It was nice doing a HIIT workout again today for the first time in a month. It was easier than I remembered, I was able to really jump high and put my all in it. I needed a new band for the Sculpt 30, because the other didn't have enough resistance, it was becoming way too easy. I went out and bought one today after that workout.

I did the first workout of Yuri's Amazing Abs Solution today. It wasn't very hard, but some of the moves are deceptively difficult! I was shaking during the Bird Dog and the Plank, I guess that shows that I really do need to work on my stability (I sucked really bad at Bird Dog!). I'm going to keep with it and hope that it ends up really helping my core. I want to try some of his diet stuff, but its hard while at home, I may have to wait until I'm in San Francisco.

Day 56 - End of Month 2!

Today marked the end of month 2 with Core 20! I am amazed I made it this far. I have one more month to go! WooHoo! I will admit that I totally forgot to weigh myself this morning, so I'll fill out the goal sheet tomorrow. I spent the night at Angela's and she drove me back home super early and so I just crawled back in bed! When she called again, I had just woken up and we went to Swing Around to DDR. Talk about turning an off-day into a workout! We did a ton of DDR rounds, rotating and having fun. It got me really tired though, I forgot how much of a workout it is. Though I did notice I could go longer than I used to because I've been doing Turbo Fire! I was able to do more rounds back to back, but I was still sweating like a pig (also no-thanks to how hot it is here!)

I also caved today and bought Yuri's Amazing Abs Solution. I hope its as good as it looks, I have high expectations. I called him though, and he says the first couple may be easier than I'm used to (he said I sounded advanced because I told him I was doing Turbo Fire and wanted to do these afterwards, but if I'm really advanced, idk . . .), but they'll get harder and the sculpt and burn fazes may be pretty intense and there are some he doesn't recommended doing with other workouts, but he says which ones those are. He also includes some interval workouts for the spin bike, eliptical, and a body weight one, should be fun to try something new.

I am really excited to be looking in his "21 day Beat the Buldge" guide. I like most of what he says about nutrition, I'm wondering if its only laid out for 21 days, or if its only meant to be followed for 21 days. I hope its a whole little book on nutrition throughout the rest of the programs (or life).

I'll start that tomorrow, time to add more calenders to the side bar!

Day 55 - Back Home

Today was Fire 45 EZ and Stretch 10. I am at home now, so I was able to workout in my mom's workout room (which is super nice!). The hardwood floors make a world of a difference! I love being able to pivot without jumping a little! I still did out of habit, though, but over all, the pivoting was SOOOO much easier. I also really liked the extra room. I could "double bounce" pretty dang far! Her disk freaked out right at the finale, with only one or two minutes left until the cool down, that was a big bummer. I got it working again, but it took longer than it should have and I had basically cooled off by the time I got it back going for those two minutes :(

All in all it was a pretty nice workout though.

Day 54 - After Month 2 Progress Pics

Alright, so here it is . . .

This month I lost:

3.75 inches lost total

2.8 lbs

Since I've started I've lost:

6 inches total

7.8 lbs

Its not as dramatic as I would have liked, but its definitely something and that's definitely something worth working towards! I didn't do as well with the eating during finals and my last week in San Francisco, I'm determined to push harder and do better this month!

Speaking of bad food . . . today I was in the airport all day. Talk about icky-ness.