This Momma Is Losing It

Oh boy howdy, Day 1's workout kicked my butt and it kicked it hard. By the time I was about halfway through, I was thinking to myself that it wasn't so bad. I got this. But then round 2 started and I was pooped. I was sweaty, tired, and hungry. I think this was largely because I spent my morning grocery shopping and didn't pay too much mind to what I was eating. Big mistake. If I were to do this again, I would definitely do my meal prep and my grocery shopping BEFORE starting my workouts so that my nutrition could be on point from the get go. But you live and learn. As Autumn says, it is about progress, not perfection. So anyways, I was able to complete this workout with only a few modifications. It was definitely hard, but I feel very proud and accomplished now that it is over. Today was "Total Body Core". Oddly enough, the thing that I found to be the MOST frustrating, difficult, and time consuming was trying to get the darned resistance bands to not roll wh...

I am overweight. That is my reality right now. But I am determined that it will not be my long term reality. The story of how I gained so much weight is a long one, and one that I will not belabor right now. Maybe later. I digress. I am so tired of feeling SO heavy. I am tired of having no energy to chase my toddler. I'm sick and tired of it. So I am going to change. I am going to change the way that I think about food, the way that I think about exercise. This is not the beginning of my weight loss journey. I have been working on my eating habits and exercising for a few months now, and have lost a total of 17 pounds, and 16 inches overall. Which is good! It is great! I am so excited that I am seeing progress! But it is not where I am going to stop. No, I am going to charge full speed ahead. I have BeachBody on Demand. So I have been using the 21 Day Fix workouts for a while now, and have definitely been getting stronger! I fall on and off the bandwagon as far as the container s...