DAY 25: Don't try to encourage me...

Yeah, so I kinda fell off the wagon...
I took a week off because... well, because I am a woman - and wasn't feeling well one week. Let's just leave it at that, and expect that to happen in 4 more weeks. :)
But the problem was that it took a lot for me to jump back in. No jumping here - it was more like a snail's pace. And I DIDN'T WANT TO BE ENCOURAGED. Even though, I had lost a tiny bit of weight - I probably gained it all back. Yep I still HATE exercising!!!
I have been busy planning a 6 year old birthday party. It's not until mid December - but I have been known to stay up late last minute making everything cutsie for the parties so I have been staying up late, lately instead hoping to have everything done by the party - and be well-rested as a bonus. I guess we will see. So I have made 36 hello kitty headbands, and changed 24 little gift boxes into hello kitty, and put them together. Got a great deal (6 for 29 cents) - just had to modify them a little, oh - and invitations... had to send all those out too. Busy busy... and with Christmas coming up - and Thanksgiving - and my favorite BLACK FRIDAY!! Checking out all the deals! :)
SO I may or may not have been purposely doing all of these things to keep me "too" busy to exercise. Yep - even after a 2 week break - I still hate it.
But ALAS, Here I am once again , and I have Exercised - BEFORE midnight... Go ME!!!
I did the Tummy Tuck Video tonight for 3 reasons.
1- On this break, my tummy has become squishy again, and I remember the first time I did this video how much it hurt... and that is a good thing. Never have I done an ab workout that I can feel so much!
2- I haven't done this one in a while. In the program for the first month - it only did each exercise segment about 2 times/week. And this one is really good for my body type. I think maybe it would be a good idea to switch to this one every other day, and I can probably get used to it, and actually notice a difference. My squishy tummy is the reason I started this in the first place.
3- This segment is only 20 minutes! Quick & Easy - okay not Easy, but quick none the less - which made it do-able before midnight.
Here are the headbands and gift boxes - to show I really was "busy" :)

DAYS 23 & 24: I don't feel like it

I didn't feel like exercising yesterday... so I didn't.

It was a long day & I had to "whip up" a poodle skirt for my daughter who is having a 50's day at school tomorrow. "Whipping up" was 1 hour going to the store & back, and at least another hour making/sewing it - no pattern, mind you.

The house looked pretty disastrous when I was done... dishes spilling over, fabric all over the place - sewing machine out, stuff all over the place. The complete opposite of the day before...  I was falling asleep sitting up, when I finally got up & went to bed. I BARELY had enough energy to make lunches...

It's REALLY hard to get back into exercising, after you take a break (intended or not), and is very daunting -- dreading a 50-60 (or more) minute exercise session. I STILL don't like exercising. I thought maybe if I broke it down into four 15 minute segments, it would be easier - but I think it would just be more of a hassle.


So, here is how it works: The 50-60(ish) minute sessions are usually broken up into 2 routines/sets. There are 5 that I do. Bum Bum (35 min) - Tummy Tuck (20 min) - Cardio Axe (30 min) - High & Tight (35 min) - Sculpt (50 min). For my body type, it's kind of a mix and match. It says Variety is the key to long term success.

I HATE the Sculpt video. It basically works out your arms & back which are the two areas I do NOT have issues with -- until I do the Sculpt session. It's too long and makes my body hurt in a bad way. So I think these next 4 1/2 weeks are going to be exercising 1 session each day (with the 4 remaining exercises). 20-35 min is WAY more doable, and not so daunting. As long as I am doing a variety, I think I'll be okay.

Today, I did Cardio Axe (30 min) - NO BIG DEAL! And what a relief when I was done.
The next few Days will be:
Bum Bum
Tummy Tuck
High & Tight
and we'll see how that goes.

I think after this whole Brazilian Buttlift thing, I'll adopt this "Lazy Girl's Workout". Obviously she's lazy... she doesn't even spell LAZY right. :)

DAY 22: Git R done...

In my book, a Productive Day is a good day...

Today I got A LOT done, and I think the only time I actually sat (besides squatting with my workout) was when I ate. I'll admit, I had a little Reese's PBC and a mini almond joy. And a lot of beans with my food (biggest loser chili recipe & "do it on a dime" budget burritos). I LOVE that YouTube channel. I have a heart for organizing, and this girl is awesome - and to top it off - she JUST had a baby!! Check it out on YouTube (Doitonadime).

So today was a busy day to say the least...
I got up, got ready, got kids ready, made kids breakfast, took the kids to school, ate breakfast, unloaded dishwasher, wrote/rewrote/edited final version of ministry update-newsletter, picked up daughter, worked on her homework, ate lunch, picked up son from school, made snack & dinner for kids, helped son with homework all the while folding at least 3 loads worth of laundry & putting it all away, and then washing/ 

drying/ folding/ putting away 3 more loads, reloaded dishwasher (which was A LOT today for some reason), cleaned my room, cleaned living room & kitchen, designed my daughter's birthday invitation, went to the grocery store with kids, AND went 10 minutes away & back to rescue my sister in law who locked herself out of her house accidentally. Luckily, she lives pretty close!! And during all of this, dishes kept comin' in... By the time I got done , I had just enough time to watch Dancing With The Stars... Not usually a big fan - but this a pretty good season, and i like that it's all done in one night. Then it was midnight - and I knew that something was better than nothing. I lasted 20 min... and I was pooped.

DAYS 19, 20 & 21 - FAIL

So the last 3 days were pretty much a fail. The kids had Friday (the day after Halloween) off of school. So, essentially, we had a 3 day weekend. Weekends are always hard!! Every one of those days, I planned on doing a work out -- and every one of those days I didn't. Friday was not a pleasant day... for our family - and let's just leave it at that... Not a day I ever want to relive! As for Saturday, my husband had to run his parents to the airport in the early morning, so I was on kid duty. Luckily, he took the kids to get donuts after he got back, and I got to sleep-in for a while. Then I awoke to the glorious sound of: I got you a donut!! Boy was that Fried ball of sugar DELICIOUS!!! Then I weighed myself & I had lost 3 lbs from the last time I weighed. :) remind me to eat another one of THOSE donuts!!!

Sunday was more relaxing, but later we had to go babysit my niece & nephew, for the better part of the Afternoon & evening. So that was that. I did actually take the DVDs to their house intending to work out. But both TVs were taken. 

My eating again has been half & half... Instead of regular meals, I have just kind of been eating when I was hungry. I do eat healthy, but then have things like a donut, or candy -- or Rice Krispy Treat! For the love of Pete -- have some self control!! I don't know what the deal is with weekends - I just can't seem to get it together!! 

I saw this recently and thought it was really funny... and kind of appropriate too: