Spelling comes first

Last night was my night to do yoga. Morgan had class so he didn't get home until 7 last night, so I thought I was going to be able to do my workout before he even got home. WRONG. Seth has a spelling test today, and he has been not doing so well in that area. So I was thinking well I can be doing yoga and going over his spelling words with him at the same time. WRONG AGAIN. I started doing yoga and reading out his words to him and then he would write them down. But then when he didn't know something he would get very frustrated. So going over spelling words is something that needed my complete attention last night, so I only got to do about 1/4 of my workout. But at least I did something. So I stopped and gave him my complete attention. When Seth gets frustrated the only way for him to learn is for me to make it funny to him. So I sounded like a fool last night with different way to get him to remember what letters go together. But it was all worth it because this morning on the way to school he could spell every word on the first try. Now hopefully he doesn't freeze when it comes to the test. I think I made him confident enough that he won't get nervous. Heres hoping, we told him that if he got at least a 70% even though we wanted 100, that we would take him swimming at the rec center. So anyways I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I know he will do well. All for now.

Will post after my workout today

Day 10

So tonight was Shoulders and Arms, I used my resistance band tonight instead of weights. I think I like using bands for this workout better, I was able to adjust the band for each exercise instead fo only have either 8 or 3 pound weights to choose from. I really got a lot out of my workout tonight. I feel great. The ladies at work say they are noticing some weight loss. I don't think I have lost any pounds this week so far but I can tell that I am loosing inches. We are still looking for a place to go on our honeymoon, but it looks like we may have to go in april instead just because of the fact that we wanted to go for march break because I have a week off then, but prices are So HIGH that week, we may just have to wait. But hey the longer we wait the better I will look. HAHAHA Anyways I am going to go eat dinner and get a shower and go to bed. Morgan should already be in bed as he has to get up at 3:00 in the morning to go to work since he has school tomorrow night.

On a side note, there have all of the sudden been a lot of bad things happening in our area. Since Thursday there have been two cars stolen at gunpoint with 1 mile of where I work. Well the first one wasn't actually stolen, it was in a Randalls parking lot and the lady laid on her horn and the guy ran away. But the second one the guy actually had his car stolen. Plus there have been to kidnappings in the houston area. Which is about 1 hour from me. The latest one was already found dead but they haven't found the other woman. Anyways we are more aware of our surroundings. Morgan knew that I worked until 6:30 tonight so he drove in and waited for me in the parking lot just so he knew that i get to my car ok. He can be so sweet.

Goodnight I love you all
XO

Plyo X day 9

Well I finished day 9. Morgan had to be up at 3 this morning so that he could leave work early to go to school after work, so he was exhausted so I worked out alone tonight. I am proud of myself because normally I need Morgan to keep me going when I feel like quitting, but tonight I pushed myself HARD. My back felt great during the workout but I am feeling it now. Seth had his second real baseball practice tonight and he did really well. I didn't get to start working out until 7:15 tonight so I am just finishing and grabbing a small bite to eat, we had crab and shrip gumbo tonight. Anyways I am going to go finish eating and grab a shower and hit the pillow with an ice pack on my back. Next Monday is weight in so I am trying to push it extra hard this week. Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday so no meat for me tomorrow, but I think a tuna sandwich will work out perfectly for me.

Goodnight everyone

Day 8-last night

Well last night way day 8. I didn't get a chance to blog after our workout last night as I had to get the kiddos into bed and homework done. But as I said the other day I have done something to my lower back, so Sunday night Morgan put some muscle stuff on my back I forget what it is called. Well I had showered Sunday night so I didn't shower again Monday morning so that stuff was on my back I guess all day (I figured it would have worn off) but anyways after 40 minutes into our workout last night my back stuarted BURNING. I mean Burning like I have never felt burning before, it brought me to tears. My back got really hot and turned beat red. I jumped in the shower (quit our workout 15 minutes early) but even the water touching my back BURNED. So I used lots of soap and rinsed off real quick. It started burning worse. I finally had Kathy look at it when she dropped the kids off after piano lessons, she told me to put an ice pack on it. That helped a lot. I ended up having the ice pack on and off for about an hour. My back still hurts today, it actually felt really good during the workout, it just hurts when I am sitting. But anyways Morgan and I both noticied an improvement in out workout since last Monday. We were both able to do a little more than last week. We both used the pull up bar, Morgan is better than me so far on the pull up bar, I still used it I just also used a chair to help me. I am scared to put icy hot on my back today incase the same thing happens during the workout tonight. We have plyometrics tonight, so I want to get the most out of that workout that I can since I had to quite early last night. Anyways Randy and Morgan did a good job on the pull up bar, I think we need to put a little more support on it to keep it from swaying, but it works for what we need it for. I am starting to ramble so I will quit for today.

I will post again later, one more week until weigh in.

Day 7

Well, we had day 7 today. Afet I had already walked like 3-4 miles earlier I wasn't able to do the whole workout tonight. I did what I was able to do. I have done something to my lower back, so I kinda took it pretty easy tonight. We ate right before we worked out tonight which was not a good idea, I think it made us kinda drag it tonight. Plus we know that tomorrow is chest and back and that killed us last week. So not much to post tonight. But we will be pumpin it up tomorrow night. I will let you know how it goes. I am going to go drink my recovery drink now.

Good night All
Wish us luck tomorrow

Day 6

Well I am excited to say that morgan and I finished day 6..as I mentioned yesterday we took our rest day yesterday instead of tomorrow. But today we did the Kempo X which is basically kick boxing. The first time that we did this workout we both wanted to quit after 20 minutes. Well tonight it took us to 40 minutes to want to quit, but we didn't and we finished the workout completely today and kept up with what they were doing on the video. Morgan and I are noticing differences in ourselves. We are getting through our workouts better and I am noticing a little bit in my clothes. but more in the way that I feel. I feel like I have more energy. Which is good because we start baseball this week. Seth first practise was last week and he has another practise tomorrow. Morgan and I are going to find it challenging to workout when we have the kids, but whether we have to workout at 10 at night we will get our workouts in. I think we are going to go out dancing tonight( I am wearing my boots this time). Morgan and Randy decided to make the pull up bar in the morning instead of today since it was raining here today.

Will post again tomorrow.
Have a good night
Love Ya'll

Day 5

So today was supposed to be legs and back + Ab Ripper X. However for a few of the workouts you need a pull up bar. We were just going to buy one of the ones that you put in your door frame but since Morgan is so tall he would really have to bend down to start. So instead him and Randy (Morgans Dad) are going to build us a pull up bar that we can both use at the same time. I'm a little nervous about it, but I'm sure it will work out fine. So Sunday was supposed to be our rest day, so we are switching up our week and taking today as our rest day and then we will put todays workout in place of our rest day on Sunday and after that we will be able to continue as usual. Except having the munchkins this week is going to throw a different schedule into the mix. I think we are just going to have to work out after the kids go to bed, UGH I don't like working out that late at night. I dont feel like it does as much for my body because I am going to bed right after. But that is the price that I have to pay to be able to workout with Morgan. So not much to post about today. Want to say thanks to my mom and dad for our lunch today. We finally used the gift certificate for Chilis, I just had a cobb salad with light avecado ranch dressing, and Morgan had chicken fajitas. So anyways thank you. But as for our workouts, they will continue tomorrow. It will be good for morgans back to rest it for a day I think. I was really excited to do that workout tonight, but morgan is right we are really cheating ourselves but not being able to do what they do in the video. Once we get our income tax we are going to go buy those weight that you just click in the weight you want. Right now we only have dumbells and we only have a pair each. So for some of the exercises the weights we have aren't enough and for some of them they are to much weight. Anyways I am rambling now.

I will post again tomorrow and let you know how the pull up bar turns out.
Love you all thanks for the comments and the support.
85 days to go

Day 4- Yoga X

Well..I found out today that I really dislike yoga. The workout today was 1 hour and 30 minutes. I had to fast forward through some of it. Morgan started it with me but since he has done something to his back he decided to take tonight as a break night. I did pretty much the whole workout but man yoga required some major balance. I got on the scale this morning and had lost another 2 pounds..but that is on our home scale and I think it is a little different than the scale that we have been weighing in on at work. So I am not going to count it. Our test will be this weekend. I do really good at eating healthy during the week. But when I am home I tend to slip up. But when I go grocery shopping tomorrow I am not going to be anything unless it is healthy. Poor Morgan. Well I am going to go eat dinner, baked chicken and asparagus again tonight. I need to find a way to spice up the recipies without adding calories.

Will post again tomorrow.
Goodnight

Day 3-Shoulders and Arms, Ab RipperX

Well...today 3 is over...I didn't find the shoulders and Arm workout to be that bad I didn't really work up that much of a sweat. I think I need to be using heavier weights for that one. I might try it with resistance bands next week. Although I did do the Ap Ripper X after and boy did I work up a sweat then. It is only 20 minutes long but it does exactly what is says (rips your abs to shreds...in a good way) Morgan had to be up at 3:00 this morning to go to work so he was to tired to do the Ab workout with me but he did complete the Shoulders and Arms workout. Tomorrow wehave YOGA X........not to sure what to think. I know that I have tried Yoga in the past and HAVE NOT enjoyed it. The workout tomorrow is 1.5 hours long. It should be interesting. I have gone 2.5 weeks and been faithful on my healthy eating habits. I don't want to call it a diet because I would rather consider this a lifestyle change. I saw what my old eating habits can do and I don't like the results...you have to work to darn hard to get back to your starting point. I have to say that I think I have done much better this time around trying to loose weight than past attempts. I think it is because of all the ladies helping me out at work. When you don't have temptation at home or work it is a lot easier. Plus I want to be number 1 in the weight lose challenge to prove to myself that I can do it. Anyways time to eat something and get showered. Will post again tomorrow if I livfe through Yoga X

Goodnight

Day 2 = Plyo X

Well, we have completed day 2...only 87 more days to go. They say that the workout that we did tonight is the "x" in P90X. We were both out of breath by the time the warm up was over. Plyo stands for plyometrics (aka jump training) I don't think there was a move that our feet were both on the floor. It was very intense and we for the most part were able to follow pretty close to the video. There were a couple of moves that we couldn't do but we will work our way to that. it is nice working out with Morgan, when I feel like quitting I don't want him to show me up, and when he feels like quitting I make him keep going. We are both pretty competitive and are both looking for good results so we are putting all we have into these workouts. I have rug burns on my knees from yesterdays workouts. I guess if I wasn't such a wimp I would have been able to do the pushups on my feet instead of my knees and that would have prevented the problem. But anyways we are done one more day and quitting is not an option for me right now. Thanks for the comments I enjoy reading and being motivated to keep going. I am going to go attempt to brush my hair now. We are both so sore, but it is a good sore.

Will post again tomorrow, two weeks until weight in.

1st weight at work

So like I said in my last post I joined the biggest loser competition at work. Well we just got our results from the first 2 weeks and I am in 8th place out of 42 others. YEAH ME..that just gave me to motivation not to eat the candy that I want and to push extra hard in my workout tonight....I want to be frist place in another 2 weeks.

I will post later about our day 2 workout.

Day 1 of 90

So I decided to start blogging, for many reasons. First off to keep in touch with my family and let them know how I am doing. Secondly, Morgan and I have started the P90x program and today was our first day. We are both trying to loose weight and we ordered this workout system that we do at home. You can read more about it at www.beachbody.com. But anyways I joined The Biggest Loser competition two weeks ago today and had my first weigh in today. I have lost 4.2 pounds.....YEAH ME....36 more to go. Morgan decided to join me in my weight lose goals as support for me and for his own fitness. This is my way to hopefully motivate others who are trying to loose weight, and also to have some accountability on my part. The P90X system tells you exactly what workout (it comes with 12 different workouts) to do on what day and it also tells you what to eat. However the eating plan is kinda expensive so we are modifying it to fit our schedules So like I said, today was our first day doing P90X and tonight we had to do the Chest and Back video as well as the Ab RipperX. About half way through the chest and back video all Morgan and I could say was Ouch. It was very challenging and we weren't able to do everything that the video was doing but we will get there. This video was basically all pull ups and push ups with a few dumb bell exercises. Morgan is going to build a pull up bar this weekend. I am going to continue to use dumbbells and resistance bands instead until my upperbody gets stronger. I made us baked chicken, edamame peas(not sure how to spell it) and a nice salad for dinner. We have also started taking lots of vitamins to keep our bodies nurished with the extreme workouts that we are doing.

From the reviews that I have read about this program some people start seeing results within the first two weeks. We took out before pictures last night...and we are supposed to take them every 30 days. So I am hoping that by the time we go on our honeymoon (we are planning on leaving the 14th of march and coming back ont he 21st) we will have noticable results. Once we get comfortable with ourselves we will post some before and after pictures.

Morgan and I were sitting on the couch this evening and he leaned over to give me a kiss and tell me how great we did at our workout. But when we stayed in that leaned over position for awhile I asked him what was wrong and he said that he couldn't lean himself back the other way.

I know that I am not the best at writing and keeping it interesting. But I will be blogging for the next 90 days to track my progress and keep myself motivated. Wish us luck. I can't wait for plyometrics X tomorrow night (jump training).

Well it is time to hit the shower for now. Goodnight