Workout Wednesdays

If you are holding a donut in one hand and a coffee with three too many scoops of sugar and creamer in the other, put it down now... nice and easy.. there you go.. slowly push it away. Done and Done. 

Do you have a permanent muffin top...when you aren't even wearing clothes?! Do you complain constantly about how you need to get in shape and shouldn't be eating this and yada yada?? Do you push off exercising to take an extra nap on the couch? Do you tell yourself it is okay to eat a brownie if you just eat the top... and then come back for another every commercial break??WE ALL HAVE! (Okay, maybe the last one was just me... and you Jen!)

I have decided that enough is enough. I want to be completely open and honest about my weight loss challenges and dedicate my Wednesday posts to health tips and exercise. I feel like sharing my goals and struggles will help motivate me to continue pushing myself . It has been soooooo hard for me to become motivated again to exercise when I get home from work but yet I find time to complain about how much I need to workout at least once every hour. I decided that I can't do this anymore. I can't keep telling myself "i'll do it tomorrow". Well, tomorrow is now today and I'm putting my excuses aside. I am not afraid to fail anymore. I am not one of those girls that can just eat normally and not exercise without gaining weight. I hate it but I have realized and accepted that it is just something I will always have to deal with to maintain a healthy lifestyle. 

So for the one hundrenth million time, I am starting now...again. I want to feel good about myself and confident. I want to look at all the Holiday pics and be like "daymmm who's that??". I want to show up for Thanksgiving and not be salivating at the sight of all the food...and not have to wear my "1 size bigger" jeans so I can stuff my face and slowly go into a food coma after I scarf down my third plate of sweet potato pie. I refuse to be a member of the "New Years Resolution gym-goers" this year.. I REFUSE! I want to start now... not tomorrow... not in a month... now.

Sooo Brent and I dusted off his Insanity DVDs and started our journey to a sexxayy body last night. Insanity is very similar to P90X but there is a lot less breaks which suckkk! Obvs since we are beginners we took several breaks because not only were we shaking the floor (sorry if you live below us!), Lilly thought we were having fun and kept trying to jump on us. Side note-dog must be in a dif room when we are working out.

We are going to follow the Insanity schedule but also alternate nights for yoga and jogs depending on the weather and our mood.

The first night is always the worst, but you need to start somewhere right?? I think I have said that about 3 times over the past year. I always start exercising and getting in a great routine that I love and then I just burn myself out. I need to try and teach myself different ways to get in shape without doing the same thing all the time and getting bored with my routine. I have always been a gym or run kinda girl so I'm hoping this workout video will give me the extra boost I need to get to my ideal goal weight/ size.

I filled the whole apple juice bottle with water and drank the whole thing.

I will be updating you every week on Wednesday with my progress, accomplishments, struggles, etc. If you are confused why I chose the middle of the week to do an update, I can completely understand that. Im sure updating workout progress on Friday would be expected but there is a method to my madness. If you are like me, you look forward to Wednesday because it is the Hump Day in the working world. The day that once you survive it.... it is just all down hill until Friday.. you can taste the weekend. I figured Wednesday would be a good day for me to share how its been going and express any potential road blocks. Everyone needs a little encouragement to get over the hump and I want to be there for you to help you push it to the end of the week. Here's to day one!! 

Any tips/ words of encouragement are much appreciated :)

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I know there are a lot of girls out there like me and Id love to hear your story! Link up with me every Wednesday and share your workout journey! Let us motivate each other.

What motivates you to workout?? Link up and tell me about your workouts

60 Day Challange

So every year I try to set some goals for myself; some of them are reached and others sadly just remain another unchecked line in my notebook. I decided that I want to put the BS excuses aside and really put my mind to the things I want for myself and I'm starting today!

Okay so here is my 60 day challenge:

1. Only spend money on necessities
2. No eating out..at all. Ill allow myself 1 night a week for a possible date night to spend money on a meal but besides that- no froyo, no red robs, no chipotle, no subway, nothing..tears just fell on my keyboard.. no joke. 
3. Eat healthy home cooked meals
4. Lose 10 lbs
5. Exercise 3-4 days a week
6. Absolutely NO buying clothes or accessories... gahhh this is going to be tough
7. Use coupons to buy groceries and toilet trees to try to bring costs down as best as I can 
8. Read 2 books- I have yet to finish the second hunger games book and i'm ready to know what happens already!

After examining my credit card and debit card statements over the past month I realized I have been spending so much money on clothes and food and clothes and clothes. As much as I love clothes and only buy stuff on sale, I still need to be aware of the money I spend. The amounts that showed up on my calculator after I plugged in my monthly spending over the month of September was shocking to me. I spent a total of $ 121.82 on eating out (not including groceries which totaled to be around $179.70) and dun dun dun.... $299.02 on clothes and jewelry. Hi, my name is Sam and I am a shopaholic. To some, $300 is not a lot to spend on clothes but its a huge dent in the ole wallet to someone who has student loans, a car payment, rent, and 3 weddings next summer. Thus, why I am on a mission to cut back and learn to be satisfied with what I have.

Saving money on eating out will also help me with a little issue I like to call love handles and thunder thighs. Before we got my pup in April I was in such a good place with my eating and exercising; I went to the gym, ran outside, used a calorie tracker, and I actually saw results. Unfortunately, my motivation took a turn for the worse when all I could think about when I came home from work was playing with this adorable puppy. How can you resist this face???       

Anyway, long story short, I am dedicated to getting in shape and feeling good again... Ill keep you posted with my progress.

I hereby start my 60 day Challenge on October 1st 2012. Wish me luck!!!

Feel free to share any goals you are currently challenging yourself to accomplish :)