Four rounds down!

Today is my official four round anniversary.  I have done two rounds of 21 day fix and two rounds of 21 day fix extreme.  I put together a collage so I could see the difference since I am such a visual person.  I haven't weighed myself yet, but just looking at the pictures, I am AMAZED!!!

This transformation has happened in just three months!  Three!!!  I have stuck to the eating plan fairly well and worked out almost every day a week.

I've still got a long way to go, definitely not fully toned and still have lots of baby fat left, but I'm so thrilled to share my results and journey with you all.

Keep pushing and keep working.  It's so worth it!!!
I'll weigh in later and post it :)

Happy sweating!!!

Non Scale Victory

It's been a bit of a rough past few weeks with me doubting my ability to do this workout/eating program and having a lot of frustrations in life with pretty much everything.  This week I have a nasty cold, so I skipped two days of working out.  Good excuse, right???  It was.  Anywho, today I'm feeling a bit better, so I decided to get back on track and what exercise am I on in the 21 Day Fix Extreme program?  Leg day!!!!  Oh...my...goodness.  I felt like I was going to puke then die!  Still being a little sick must've really kicked my behind, because I was in such sad shape.  The workout was HARD!  VERY HARD!  But, I'm so proud to say that I did each exercise without modifications and I did the complete 30 minutes.  I was so happy!  But there's something I was even more ecstatic about, the fact that I worked out in shorts.  You see, I hate my legs.  They're ugly.  And after having 5 kids, I have far from attractive thighs.  I've always had cellulite since as long as I can remember and I've had saddle bags aka. pointy thighs.  That's where my pregnancy weight goes, straight to the thighs.  But today, for some reason I thought I'd put on my shorts and see how it looked.  Crazy scary idea considering every time I've looked at myself in the mirror when wearing shorts I ended up blind for the next 24 hours from the hideousness.  Okay, not really.  Anyways, this particular pair of shorts had a little hang up going over my thighs.  Pre-baby it slid on just fine.  Post-baby, I had to do that little girly jump/wiggle to get something too small over your a little too large hips or thighs.  Today, I didn't have to do that.  It was so weird, they slid right on!  I was shocked!!!!  Is this the same pair of shorts that had been clinging to my thighs just weeks before?  Why yes it was!  They were loose on my thighs!  Quite loose.  And they looked good!  Now, understand that for me to think a pair of shorts looks good on MY legs is a big deal.  It's a FREAKING BIG DEAL and I'm so happy to say this freaking big deal just happened to me :)  So naturally, I worked out in those lovely shorts and instead of looking at my legs with disgust and shame throughout the workout as I had in the past, I looked at them and smiled with pride.  Damn!  I've got nice legs!!!




That, folks is my non-scale victory.  I hope you're inspired to keep on trucking, because although the scale may not budge you're changing your body's shape.

Happy sweating!

Round 3 done!

Today was day 21 of my third round, this round though was the 21 day fix EXTREME. I was crazy nervous to see my results and weigh myself, but evening came and the time was here. My results are... I am down 5.2 pounds in just 3 weeks!!!! I can hardly believe it! I haven't been measuring, just weighing and taking pictures, because I'm a very visual person and it means a lot more to me to see the difference. I am beyond proud of myself and am so excited for this next round to see if I can do just as well or better. A few pictures for you to see the difference.

 Both pictures on the left are my before photos. The pictures on the right are after 3 rounds. Im so impressed with the change. Down a total of 9 pounds in 9 weeks. I'll take it!

Keep up all the hard work. It is so worth it!

It doesn't get easier

I get stronger.


I hate the 21 day fix extreme.  I really do, but I've noticed it challenges me in more than one way and I love a good challenge.  I've been doing it for 20 days now and I still have a moment of hesitation and dread before pressing play... every... single... day.  No joke.  I can think of a million and a half reasons of why I don't have to do the workout each day, but the fact that each time I finish a workout I feel like I've completed a mini marathon gives me the get up and go to get her done!  The sweat dripping down my forehead and arms is such a feeling of accomplishment.  I am a very visual person and SEEING the sweat means that I'm doing it right and it feels great!  

Two weeks ago I hit a really hard point in my life, as a wife, mommy and a human being.  It was a lot of crap I was working through and trying to figure out what my place was among all the muck.  My workouts took a real hit and I skipped four days as I could hardly even get myself and the kids through the day, let along drag my bum through a tough workout.  It was probably exactly what I needed, but I just couldn't do it.  I was too sad, too tired and too frustrated to add one more thing to my list of "to do's".  Once that week was over and I picked up all the pieces and put myself back together, I realized that my life is not in my control and it's really frustrating for me and makes a person realize how vulnerable we are.  I didn't handle my difficulty as well as I could, I mean, my workouts ceased, my diet just happened and every night if I made it to bed alive, I was ok with that.  And you know what?  Sometimes that NEEDS to happen and you need to be ok with it.  If you just need to survive and skip out on the world, it's OK.  After the four days, I got back up on the horse and am feeling so much better now.  I feel like I have even more reason to work my tush off and to be strong for myself and those around me.  I'm not doing this for those around me, I'm doing it for myself, but by taking care of myself, I know I'll do a better job at all my jobs :)

I love how I feel after a hard workout and I'm going to continue to do this.  And if I need to take a week off because crap happens, I'm going to take that week.  Then I'll gather myself up and be stronger than before.  I really feel like every time I fall, I rise stronger.

Tomorrow is day 21!!!  I'm so excited and nervous to weigh and take pictures.  I did go and retrieve that scale after I tossed it out the window.  Figured I really did want some sort of number.  Oh!  and my pants are falling off!!!  So, that's awesome!  I've never been so thrilled at spending lots of money on Calvin Klein jeans only to not fit them two months later.  Lol!  That's supposed to happen when you workout, lose weight, right?  Awesome!!!

Keep working out and happy sweating!!!