So these may get boring for everyone- and thats ok with me. This is a good place for me to feel like I'm being accountable to someone(s) even if no one reads/comments!! So I'm gonna keep it up!
Just worked out at lunch here at work. We did the Start It Up video one more time, but we're gonna move to Ramp it up tomorrow. We're a little concerned bc its longer... and most likely harder.. but it will be good to challenge ourselves some more. There was only one other girl who could workout w me today (Emily) but I'm so glad she did bc I was really thinking I might skip it today and do one tonight (which honestly isn't that likely bc of MOm's Night out and hangin w a friend later!)...
So the 2nd week has begun. My goal is again- 6 days. Todays workout was def the easiest of the last week (what a shocker- i know!) Hopefully i'm not too much of a baby tomorrow when we UP the pace!
In other news - the first unofficial weigh in was this morning and I'm still at 1lb lost - which is only .5% (even after the mothers day meals and desserts!!). I'm going to do inches again today and every Monday as the official measurement on this journey. However, this was fun to weigh in bc some of the girls had lost up to 5lbs and 3.64% of their starting weight! Cool huh!? Its fun to see ppl around me making life changes! I hope we can all continue encouraging one another- no matter who the "winner" is.
I think bc we are working out and building muscle- that I'm prob not gonna see a ton of lb's come off till later... but thats ok w me. I feel stronger and I do not care about the number on the scale as long as clothes start fitting better, I have more energy, and I'm shaping up!
Monday, May 10, 2010
Week 1, Day 6
So I did a workout- by myself- at home- in the morning- on a Saturday! :)
yay ME! :)
I felt so productive Saturday! I was up at 8:15, cuddled w Nate a bit, then jumped up, put on my tennis shoes and PRESSED PLAY!
I worked out, showered, and was ready to go have breakfast at Kristen Gladney's at 10! What a great day!
We made fresh fruit smoothies using her handy dandy Magic Bullet Blender(WHICH I WANT VERY MUCH!!!) and had tasty bagels too!
Then we got to chill w Nate and watch Follow That Bird (a Big- Bird movie!) and we LOVED it!! By 1, I felt like I'd had a full day!! So I went home, worked on laundry, cleaned 1/2 the garage and got ready for my evening!!
Working out is fuN! :)
yay ME! :)
I felt so productive Saturday! I was up at 8:15, cuddled w Nate a bit, then jumped up, put on my tennis shoes and PRESSED PLAY!
I worked out, showered, and was ready to go have breakfast at Kristen Gladney's at 10! What a great day!
We made fresh fruit smoothies using her handy dandy Magic Bullet Blender(WHICH I WANT VERY MUCH!!!) and had tasty bagels too!
Then we got to chill w Nate and watch Follow That Bird (a Big- Bird movie!) and we LOVED it!! By 1, I felt like I'd had a full day!! So I went home, worked on laundry, cleaned 1/2 the garage and got ready for my evening!!
Working out is fuN! :)
Friday, May 7, 2010
Week 1, Day 5
Well, Lisa and Emily were gone today but Judy, Cynthia and Misty (and baby Carley) decided to work out w me today!!
WE did it during lunch again- in the nursery rooms while Carley (10 mo old) played in an exersaucer! IT was fun!
In other news- we girls decided to go ahead and weigh in today and measure just cuz we wanted to know where we stand after just 5 days (aren't we impatient!?!?! hehe)... So the good news is EVERYONE has lost at least 1 lb and EVERYONE has lost inches too!!
Personally- i only lost 1 lb... BUT i lost 5.25 inches- after just 4 workouts!! It definitely gives me the motivation to want to keep this up! And I'm sure I"m building muscle right now- since I'm doing stuff I havne't done in FOREVER and that will weigh more- but ultimately cause me to lose MORE fat!! So I kinda expect to see more inches than lbs and feel better in my clothes... which is actually what I am most concerned about! I also ALREADY feel stronger- just KNOWING i'm doing something GOOD!! It makes me want to jog to the car instead of walk or take the stairs instead of the elevator! LIttle things my friends, little things!
So the girls (em&Lisa) were talking about moving up to RAMP IT UP next week. If we REALLY want to be "Slim in 6" I guess we need to pick up the pace a bit. I gotta admit- i'm a little apprehensive. Its almost 20 min LONGER (thats nearly double) and supposed to be "harder" (and I def am not thinking Slim in 6 is super EASY yet!!)... It will be good for us - i just might be WORN OUT WAY faster!
I have one more START IT UP workout this week (I'm going for 6x a wk for the next 8 wks!) that I'm hoping to get in first thing Sat when I get up.
Nate was asking to wokrout w me yesterday- so I think he'll help my motivation! He was sad I didn't bring it home last night! :) So cute! What a positive thing this has to be for him! I need to keep remembering that! Its for him, about him and his lifestyle WILL be different than mine was growing up & has been lately! He will WANT to be active and make healthy choices! I WILL model that for him over the coming years! I WILL! (I'm talking myself into believing it!!!) :)
Ok- till next week!! Happy FRIDAY!
WE did it during lunch again- in the nursery rooms while Carley (10 mo old) played in an exersaucer! IT was fun!
In other news- we girls decided to go ahead and weigh in today and measure just cuz we wanted to know where we stand after just 5 days (aren't we impatient!?!?! hehe)... So the good news is EVERYONE has lost at least 1 lb and EVERYONE has lost inches too!!
Personally- i only lost 1 lb... BUT i lost 5.25 inches- after just 4 workouts!! It definitely gives me the motivation to want to keep this up! And I'm sure I"m building muscle right now- since I'm doing stuff I havne't done in FOREVER and that will weigh more- but ultimately cause me to lose MORE fat!! So I kinda expect to see more inches than lbs and feel better in my clothes... which is actually what I am most concerned about! I also ALREADY feel stronger- just KNOWING i'm doing something GOOD!! It makes me want to jog to the car instead of walk or take the stairs instead of the elevator! LIttle things my friends, little things!
So the girls (em&Lisa) were talking about moving up to RAMP IT UP next week. If we REALLY want to be "Slim in 6" I guess we need to pick up the pace a bit. I gotta admit- i'm a little apprehensive. Its almost 20 min LONGER (thats nearly double) and supposed to be "harder" (and I def am not thinking Slim in 6 is super EASY yet!!)... It will be good for us - i just might be WORN OUT WAY faster!
I have one more START IT UP workout this week (I'm going for 6x a wk for the next 8 wks!) that I'm hoping to get in first thing Sat when I get up.
Nate was asking to wokrout w me yesterday- so I think he'll help my motivation! He was sad I didn't bring it home last night! :) So cute! What a positive thing this has to be for him! I need to keep remembering that! Its for him, about him and his lifestyle WILL be different than mine was growing up & has been lately! He will WANT to be active and make healthy choices! I WILL model that for him over the coming years! I WILL! (I'm talking myself into believing it!!!) :)
Ok- till next week!! Happy FRIDAY!
Shame
This morning - I heard Nate get up as I was in the other room. Typically, he will get up, go potty and come find me - either to snuggle w me in my bed if I'm not quite up yet, or to give me a hug when i'm on the couch spending time w Jesus, or will at the very least poke his head in the room I'm in and smile. All of this usually happens w in the first 15 min he's awake.
Today, he never came to say good morning or give me my hug. After about 30 min (I was spending time w the Lord w my sweet friend LeeAnn) I went in to find him sitting in his undies and the t-shirt he slept in playing beside his bed with all the clothes (that we so carefully put ON the bed last night for easier sorting for me this wkd) strewn on either side of the floor.
Come to find out- he had wet the bed last night and was searching for pants that were to his liking (Jeans w out holes in the knee- a rarity at our house). When he couldn't find a pair, he just resolved to stay in his room and play.
I realized he never came to me because he was ashamed. Ashamed he had wet the bed, and then ashamed he couldn't cover it up by finding clothes to his liking, and maybe even ashamed he'd made the mess w all the clothes everywhere after we just cleaned up last night. So in his shame - he decided to just sit and play (in hiding) and never come seek me out.
When I found him - not dressed and just playing after being up for so long, he looked at me almost as if he'd been caught doing something bad. The main reason I sought him out was because I missed the morning with him! I missed being the first one he ran to! I missed his little "I Love You Mommy"! I missed his big hug and contented silence as he just let me wrap my arms around him tight and squeeze him.
How often do we do this with God?
How often- once we make a mistake, either accidentally or deliberately even, do we distance ourselves from Him?
Maybe its because of fear of punishment, maybe because of shame or disappointment in ourselves, maybe just because we're embarassed bc its not the first time and its messy... but regardless- How often do we choose NOT run in to say "Good Morning God" bc we only see our junk and assume he does too? How much does HE miss us?! How much is he sad/hurt that we didn't run STRAIGHT to him first thing? How much does he want to help us clean up our mess, "put our pants back on", and move on to the rest of the day? How much does he want to hug us and tell us he still LOVES us - no matter how many times we 'wet the bed'?
Its crazy to me that the hiding and shame thing is so instinctual. We dont TEACH our kids that- do we? We don't usually have insane consequences for thier trials.... and yet- they still hide and even lie sometimes when faced with 'sin'. I think sometimes they know its the 5th or 12th time they've had the same issue and they FEEL instinctively that they should "have it" by now. Don't we do that too!? Don't we disqualify ourselves from being used by God just bc we did THAT again?
I am sure that is not what our daddy wants. I am SURE that he LOVES us no matter what. I am SURE that any problem we have or mistake we make can be made right SO much quicker with HIS help, His perspective, HIS grace. I think he's more sad when we dont RUN to Him w our mistakes and instead run away from Him in hiding.
So my question to you is: do you believe you CAN run to him? And do you believe (even the 20th time) that when you make mistakes and sin that he still LOVES you and LONGS for your hug in the morning, your smile, your voice saying "I Love You"?
I think I'm starting to.
Today, he never came to say good morning or give me my hug. After about 30 min (I was spending time w the Lord w my sweet friend LeeAnn) I went in to find him sitting in his undies and the t-shirt he slept in playing beside his bed with all the clothes (that we so carefully put ON the bed last night for easier sorting for me this wkd) strewn on either side of the floor.
Come to find out- he had wet the bed last night and was searching for pants that were to his liking (Jeans w out holes in the knee- a rarity at our house). When he couldn't find a pair, he just resolved to stay in his room and play.
I realized he never came to me because he was ashamed. Ashamed he had wet the bed, and then ashamed he couldn't cover it up by finding clothes to his liking, and maybe even ashamed he'd made the mess w all the clothes everywhere after we just cleaned up last night. So in his shame - he decided to just sit and play (in hiding) and never come seek me out.
When I found him - not dressed and just playing after being up for so long, he looked at me almost as if he'd been caught doing something bad. The main reason I sought him out was because I missed the morning with him! I missed being the first one he ran to! I missed his little "I Love You Mommy"! I missed his big hug and contented silence as he just let me wrap my arms around him tight and squeeze him.
How often do we do this with God?
How often- once we make a mistake, either accidentally or deliberately even, do we distance ourselves from Him?
Maybe its because of fear of punishment, maybe because of shame or disappointment in ourselves, maybe just because we're embarassed bc its not the first time and its messy... but regardless- How often do we choose NOT run in to say "Good Morning God" bc we only see our junk and assume he does too? How much does HE miss us?! How much is he sad/hurt that we didn't run STRAIGHT to him first thing? How much does he want to help us clean up our mess, "put our pants back on", and move on to the rest of the day? How much does he want to hug us and tell us he still LOVES us - no matter how many times we 'wet the bed'?
Its crazy to me that the hiding and shame thing is so instinctual. We dont TEACH our kids that- do we? We don't usually have insane consequences for thier trials.... and yet- they still hide and even lie sometimes when faced with 'sin'. I think sometimes they know its the 5th or 12th time they've had the same issue and they FEEL instinctively that they should "have it" by now. Don't we do that too!? Don't we disqualify ourselves from being used by God just bc we did THAT again?
I am sure that is not what our daddy wants. I am SURE that he LOVES us no matter what. I am SURE that any problem we have or mistake we make can be made right SO much quicker with HIS help, His perspective, HIS grace. I think he's more sad when we dont RUN to Him w our mistakes and instead run away from Him in hiding.
So my question to you is: do you believe you CAN run to him? And do you believe (even the 20th time) that when you make mistakes and sin that he still LOVES you and LONGS for your hug in the morning, your smile, your voice saying "I Love You"?
I think I'm starting to.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Week 1, Day 4
Well we did another workout during lunch today at work! Me, Emily & Lisa pushed play again and made another healthy choice!
It was fun! I'm definitely gonna be working on a Workout Playlist that I can put on instead of the cheesy music in the BG of this dvd. I know I'm more motivated when I can sing along to a good song and it makes the time pass by much quicker!
So tomorrow neither of the girls are here so I may or may not get a workout in at lunch. If I dont', then I need to squeeze in 2 more over the weekend (the REAL test!) If i do- then I think I'll prob do one Sat after breakfast and be done for the week and take Mothers Day off.
I'll post again tomorrow if I actually work out... otherwise you wont hear from me till monday... when hopefully i'll have news of 2 more workouts! :)
It was fun! I'm definitely gonna be working on a Workout Playlist that I can put on instead of the cheesy music in the BG of this dvd. I know I'm more motivated when I can sing along to a good song and it makes the time pass by much quicker!
So tomorrow neither of the girls are here so I may or may not get a workout in at lunch. If I dont', then I need to squeeze in 2 more over the weekend (the REAL test!) If i do- then I think I'll prob do one Sat after breakfast and be done for the week and take Mothers Day off.
I'll post again tomorrow if I actually work out... otherwise you wont hear from me till monday... when hopefully i'll have news of 2 more workouts! :)
I did it!
I worked out. at home. after LG. during Nate's bath. in my house. BY MYSELF!!
Victory is MINE~! :)
I'm not even as sore today- i just really feel stronger!
the girls at work all texted eachother last night to keep us accountable... if I hadn't had that- (and the blog world) to be accountable to - I'm pretty sure I would have just NOT done it! But it was FUN actually... AND felt good to sweat! AND my little man came and "worked out" with me! SO cute!! He was doing the kicks and the crunches and was so proud of himself! Oh how it made me want to do more and be a GOOD example for him!!!
God blessed me in my workout! And then one of my very sweet friends came over last night just as I was finishing the workout- so I got to chat w her till the (too)late hours and it was super encouraging!! What a great Wednesday! :)
Victory is MINE~! :)
I'm not even as sore today- i just really feel stronger!
the girls at work all texted eachother last night to keep us accountable... if I hadn't had that- (and the blog world) to be accountable to - I'm pretty sure I would have just NOT done it! But it was FUN actually... AND felt good to sweat! AND my little man came and "worked out" with me! SO cute!! He was doing the kicks and the crunches and was so proud of himself! Oh how it made me want to do more and be a GOOD example for him!!!
God blessed me in my workout! And then one of my very sweet friends came over last night just as I was finishing the workout- so I got to chat w her till the (too)late hours and it was super encouraging!! What a great Wednesday! :)
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Week 1, Day 3
So we didn't work out at lunch today. I went shopping, Lisa ran home, and Emily had to cover the daycare bc they were short staffed....
BUT the 3 of us made a PACT to do our respective Videos TONIGHT - no excuses!!! So I'll report tomorrow if we actually all make it- hopefully it will be YES and I'll get through the whole first week of workouts!
Till tomorrow...
Tiff
BUT the 3 of us made a PACT to do our respective Videos TONIGHT - no excuses!!! So I'll report tomorrow if we actually all make it- hopefully it will be YES and I'll get through the whole first week of workouts!
Till tomorrow...
Tiff
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