Hair Cut

I love my new hair cut. It is so sassy!

Hiatus

Well for the month of March I went on a Hiatus. I limited my computer time, which cut out my blogging time all together. I took time off from the gym. I ate what I wanted and just enjoyed living!

It Was AMAZING.

I am now back on track and back at the gym.

I bought P90X for my husband and I thought I would do it too, but it is so intense that I am scared. I don't usually get scared, but that program is serious!

Jeff and I are planning on getting preggers in June, so until then I am just going to focus on losing what I can, increasing my stamina, and energy. I will continue to exercise everyday when I get pregnant too. My doctor with Micah told me to stop exercising all together and I was only allowed to walk. NOW I know that is CRAP! I will not be as big as last time.

I plan on keeping up on this blog about it as well.

Happy

This new training routine is KILLER. I am exhausted everyday, but I am sure that is what my body needs to get through this plateau. I took yesterday off because I was so tired, but today I went to spin as planned and pushed myself through the pain and I feel good now. I am going to try and get to the gym tonight.

Last night Jeff finally said what I needed to hear for a long time. "who cares". I was telling him that I was depressed because of this or that and what if I never get down to where I want to be and he said 'who cares, you are beautiful and sexy being you.' I have always put so much pressure on myself because I don't want to let anyone down and I don't want people to judge me, but really WHO CARES what others think! It only matters what I think. That release last night took the huge boulder of my shoulders and I can now enjoy the journey!

I am going to do what I can until we start trying for a baby. Then I am going to keep exercising while I am pregnant and be happy with the body God gave me, after all it is a powerful machine.

Training

Today's training looked like this:

warm-up and stretch

Lower-body weight training circuit 1: 15 reps, no rest between exercises, rest 30 sec between each circuit, and repeat 3 times

*walking lunges
*plie squats
*lying leg curl

Cardio Burst-
*100 Jumping jacks
*50 squat jumps
*50 50 bench rebounds
rest as needed

Lower-body weight training circuit 2: 15 reps, no rest between exercises, rest 30 sec between each circuit, and repeat 3 times
*straight leg dead lift
*bench step ups
*deep squat pulses

Cardio Burst-
stepper intervals for 10 minutes.

For extra fat burn I will do at least 30 more minutes of cardio today. I plan on walking to the library (1 mile away), doing a 25 min Pilate's video, and maybe 30 minutes of swimming tonight.

Bikini Routine

Yesterday I started a new lifting routine from Beverly Internation's recent newsletter and they workouts are KILLER! The routine comes from Julie Lohre for the new bikini contest added to the NPC. I love that they added the bikini round and am actually excited because after I have our next baby I truely think that I could do the bikini. It really just depends on how muscular I really am under all this fat. I know that Jeff likes the softer look of what the bikini girls will be.

Food journal is still working wonders. I am doing much better and feel like I am pushing through this plateau.

Groovy

the food journal thing helped today!

I went swimming tonight on top of spinning class this morning. I am feeling it for sure! Tomorrow is lifting and cardio.

I am going to push through this plateau!!!

Today I am feeling groovy

Food Journal

Well, after avoiding it I have started a daily food journal. I know how great they are, but I was just plain LAZY and now it is showing with my 3 month plateau that I just can't get over. The food journal will help me stay on track and also give me guidance on what is working and what isn't.

I know now I will start to see results again with my workouts and now my food staying on track. Go Food Journal!