Walked a mile!

So, yesterday, I wrapped Sapphire on my back, and then Grace and Rach walked behind/beside us. The plan was to walk a mile. I made it 1/4 of a mile and wanted to go home! lol So I decided the ONLY way to get myself to walk a mile is to have Rach drop me off a mile from the house, and I would HAVE to walk home.

We went grocery shopping this morning.. I wore my ankle weights, and we walked around for about an hour. It was a slow pace, and stop and go, so it didn't really "count". On the way home, she dropped me off at Walgreen's and I walked all the way home. I forgot that my ankle weights were still on! My shins were ON FIRE after about 2 minutes!! UGH! I think it took me like 18 minutes to walk the mile. About 1/4 of it was on the sidewalk and then the rest was through grass, dirt, etc. It was rough! I put the weights on my wrists after a little bit. I didn't have any music or anything to take my mind off the pain of my legs! It was brutal. But I made it.

Sooo, I made it. Now to do that 5 times a week!! And then to do it even farther away! Later, I am going to do the SHRED.. might be a chicken and do Level 1. We'll see. :)

Fail.

We attempted Level 2 on the Shred last night. Major fail. I couldn't do many of the moves for very long because I have bad knees and OMG that level is MURDER on your knees. Mine were popping and twisting and all kinds of icky stuff. I tried to stick it out, but it about killed me. I did alright during the second circuit but considering I can't really do a FULL push-up yet, it was pointless to even try Level 2. Back to Level 1 today.

I've lost 4.4lbs this week, though!!! This low-carb stuff is not fun. But I'm doing it. I'm actually READY to lose weight this time! My pants are also BIG on me. They fall off if I take just a few steps! YAY!! I'm hoping to re-measure today, after I find my measuring device.. wherever it went.....

And only one of the weight loss bloggers sent an email this week, ARYA! She has lost 2 pounds this week! Congrats, Arya!! We are proud of you! So far she's lost a total of 10.5lbs! 60.5lbs to go. I know that seems like a lot, but you'll get there!

Weekend

I've been doing good on the shred. I missed Day 5, because the kids lost my DVD and by the time I was ready to do it they were in bed. So I made them find it, and did it in the morning yesterday. After skipping a day, I had to take a few (3 second) breaks in the first circuit. After that, I was fine.

I have a craft show I'm going to on May 15th. Our apartment is filled with the stuff I'm going to sell there. I ordered a bunch of pettiskirts, flower-petal-filled tutus, real bug necklaces, bows, flowers, and more... thankfully I haven't had to MAKE the stuff. I want to bring a few tutus that I made obviously, but it's an 8 foot table so I'm not sure how much will fit LOL.

As of yesterday, I've lost almost 4lbs this week. This low-carb is no joke, though. Ugh. Especially when you're craving chocolate. I bought some extra dark chocolate because it only had 8 carbs. I had to spit it out. It was disgusting. So I got a Twix Peanut Butter that had 23 carbs. WAY less than all the others, but not quite as satisfying as .. say.. a Reeses lol. I could've had half of any other candybar but I wanted a whole one. I need chocolate this week.

I hope everyone is having a great weekend. I have wonderful things planned for this blog in the near future!

Day 3

I completed Day 3 of the SHRED.

The girls came in the living room (they were in the kitchen doing homework and watching me) and wanted to join me. So we worked out together. By the end of it, they disliked Jillian as much as I did.

I was sore when I woke up today. But it seems like it's not lasting quite as long. It seems like 40 minutes instead of like 2 hours like it did. Also it's nice because I kind of know what to expect next, so I get ready for it.

Also, turning up the music and muting Ms. Jillian helps a LOT.

:)

In other news, Sapphire is learning shapes. We tried to do the letter of the week thing but we are all so ADD that it just didn't work. We kept getting off on tangents (letter of the week was "A" but the shape was "square" and then the vocab was "calf" and we were to learn about "cows" too.. we were going in too many directions). So we decided just to focus on shapes and letters, kind of all together. So as I type, Sapphire is tracing some rectangles with tea cup crayons, and Jenelle is helping Grace find the missing numbers on one of her worksheets.

Later, when the younger two go to bed,Jenelle and I will do real homework. Well, not "real", in the sense that it's for school. But real homework like I bought some books off ebay and am trying to get her ready for 3rd grade ASAP.

Day 2.

So I didn't realize I was sore until I started working out today. I woke up feeling alright, and was like okay.. I can do this. Then this evening I started the workout and I was like "OMG.. I CAN NOT DO THIS". But then I thought about everyone reading my blog, everyone I'm sharing my story with, and thought about how utterly embarrassing it would be to have fat before AND after pictures. So, I did it. I didn't like it. I didn't have fun. But I did it, and that's all that matters.

I hate Jillian even more than I did yesterday. I despise her skinny little minions, as well. Though the one girl looks like she is about 6ft tall, which is awesome, I still despise her lol.

I turned Jillian's voice off today. I think it went by faster. I'm not sure if I took as many breaks (less than 5 seconds, per Ms. Jillian) today as I did yesterday, but I was out of breath within the first 5 minutes of the workout for sure.

The bicycle crunches I still can't do without stopping like 4 times. That's sad. But oh well. I'm doing it, and that's all that matters, right?

I can't wait to weigh/measure myself and see if anything has changed next week. If it hasn't, it'll be hard to continue this workout afterwards.

Oh how bad can it be, babe?

"Oh how bad can it be, babe? It's only twenty minutes long."

My famous last words to Rachel before Jillian Michaels kicked my ass.

20 minutes feels like an hour. I looked at the clock every 3 minutes, I swear. Okay every 3 seconds. But still.

I made it through Day 1 of the shred. I only cussed about 25 times. Much better than expected.

Tomorrow is another day. Let's see how that goes.

BEFORE PICS:

So I'm doing it..

I lost 4lbs last week and only .5 this week. Actually, that's a lie. I lost 3lbs this week and gained 2.5lbs back. I know that "my time of the month" is next week and that is probably what's causing it, but it doesn't make me feel any better! Ugh!

I haven't had time to do the wii this week. I did the Biggest Loser a few times but not like I should have. I can't do push-ups to save my life so it's hard for me to do.

I decided I'm going to attempt the 30 Day Shred. You all can follow along and lose weight with me, or maybe I will fail miserably and you guys can laugh (silently, of course). Rachel has now gone from "Obese" to "Overweight" according to the wii!! She didn't eat at Sonic twice this week or eat a Reese's late at night on Wednesday like I did. :/

So anyway, we are BOTH doing the 30 Day Shred. Let's see how it goes. Anyone have results they'd like to share? Anyone brave enough to try it? I'm scared. lol

Rach - 5'5", 169lbs

Arms: 11.75
Chest: 41.75
Stomach: 45
Thighs: 21.25

Me - 6'2", not sure on weight will add it later

Arms: 12.5
Chest: 49
Stomach: 51
Thighs: 23.5