Yes, you read that correct – I’m insane!  Insanity is kicking my butt! I thought I was in shape at least to some extent, but this program is telling me I was so NOT!

Hubby & I started on Wednesday evening with our Fit Test – yes, this happened to be after hosting a Norwex party & drinking a couple of glasses of wine but he could not wait! So, I bucked up & did the test! Here’s what we got:

Switch Kicks – me = 50; Nick = 60
Power Jacks – me = 40; Nick = 48
Power Knees – me = 62; Nick = 85
Power Jumps – me = 21; Nick = 30
Globe Jumps – me = 4; Nick = 6
Suicide Jumps – me = 5; Nick = 10
Push-up Jacks – me = 20 (just jacks); Nick = 18
Low Plank Oblique – me = 23; Nick = 44

The suicide jumps & push-up jacks I had to modify because of my shoulder!  I’m hoping to see some improvement on Day #15 when we re-take it!

Sunday we were scheduled to do Cardio Recovery – which was basically just stretching out & my legs needed that like you could NOT believe! Well, since it was easy workout, hubby suggested we do the next workout. I regretted agreeing to do that about 3 minutes in! WOW – Pure Cardio was EXTREME! But, by the time the workout was over I burned 601 calories! But, I’m not gonna lie, I was hurtin’! My legs were DONE and on FI-YA!

Now- to amp up my food choices this week! I went grocery shopping today & bought lots of healthy snacks & stuff for yummy meals so I can focus on those choices to really help these insane workouts pay off for me! This was dinner last night – DELICIOUS! It’s just a chicken breast with some corn, black beans, & salsa with a little cheese on top!

 

 

So for WIW I was down 0.1 – big deal! But I’m okay with it. It’s not up & I know my scale might take a while to show off my hard work with Insanity! Not to mention I am more sore than I have ever been in my whole life – I’m finding muscles I didn’t even know existed! And….I need to get seriously better at drinking my water again! I’ve been slacking.

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I’m out for now – until next time ~
*krisha* 

It’s Hump Day! Yay! Half-way thru the week. I need the weekend right now! I have struggled so much lately with exhaustion & I’m not sure why. Possibly the time change combined with softball starting at the same time. I never sleep really great during softball season because every night my brain won’t shut off on how things went, what I need to change, what we need to accomplish the next day, etc. Or maybe it’s the depressing weather we are having right now in Michigan:

 

Well the hubby & I have started an 8 week challenge. We are both going to push hard, weigh-in together & track them all, and eat healthy (for me trying to focus on clean eating) & we shall see who comes out the winner at the end. With that being said, we bit the bullet & ordered Insanity over the weekend. It should be on our porch in the next day or two….YIKES! I am really excited to workout with him. I’ve tried to get him to workout in the past SO MANY TIMES! Not because he needs to because of health reasons – he’s super skinny (in fact right now he weighs 2 pounds less than I do – HATE THAT) but more because he is such a stressful person & I know it could do wonders for his stress level! He’s a teacher hoping to soon become an administrator & puts an absolute extreme pressure on himself to be the BEST at everything! He’s also completing his Masters project this semester which has been stressful on both of us….I mean, really, this guy has never even got a ‘B’ before in his life! Which is one of the many things I love about him – such a motivated individual! So, anyway, I’m excited for him to get on board & tone-up with Insanity! I need to lose & tone, he really just needs to tone! There will be days where we can’t do it together because of our crazy schedules this time of the year, but most of the time we will! 

So I’m changing things up. Going to rock out Insanity for the next 60 days & will go from there! Today’s WI results from last week was down just shy of a pound at 0.9. I will totally take that being this was my first experience again with TOM after having my Mirena removed after a year & a half!

Good news for me, however, is that yesterday after going twice a week since September, I graduated from Physical Therapy! And by “graduate” I mean I left with a HUGE packet of stretches & strength exercises & lots of bands to do at home on my own! I am finally at a place where I can start strengthening my arm – I mean right now the thought of sleeveless tops scares the crap right out of me! My arm is so UGLY between the odd, weak shape it is in & the scars from surgery! So, yes, I took a before picture….but I can’t throw that out there until there’s a difference! I’m excited. I still have a SUPER LONG ways to go before I can do my passion – throwing a softball (right now I can do little easy/short throws), pitching a softball & swinging a bat! But Someday……

Graduation Gift:

I will forever be a work in progress!

Until Next Time~
*krisha*

Happy Wednesday ya’all. If you are stopping by today please follow along over there on the right – I’ll return the favor! 🙂

So last week I committed to getting back to the basics. I had a super hectic weekend & week & am seeing that I didn’t make the time I needed to prepare to take care of myself. Part of the issue is that I haven’t gone grocery shopping in forever! MUST GO SOON!! This weekend we went out of town for a quick get-away & I made zero time or effort in getting in my workouts.

But, with that being said – I must say now that this is my favorite time of the year:

 

Wow! I guess when it’s time to step things up in life my motto is “GO BIG OR GO HOME.” I have committed to three different challenges for this month, but in different areas of life. 

I’ve got my Run EVERY DAY In March Challenge over on Facebook. It’s simple, really. I just have to run at least one mile…easy peasy, right? Yes, it should be except for the fact I have come down with a HORRIBLE cold & feel like a big gigantic truck hit me! Last night I set out to do 2 miles & once I had started knew there was no way I could manage. So, I completed my 1 mile…which will probably be the same tonight. 

The hubby & I did commit to each other that we were going to do an abs workout every night together. There is really no excuse that we can’t fit this in! Last night after the abs workout I even did a legs one! Summer is coming after all!

The second challenge I am doing is one a friend of mine has put together – a 30 day marriage challenge! Today’s challenge I didn’t meet…I was suppose to put a note in his vehicle for him to find while driving to work but considering the fact I had been hit by a truck I didn’t have time this morning to do it. So, I’ll catch up on that one soon! It’s been a fun challenge & very eye-opening already! 

The last challenge is one by Money Saving Mom. It’s the Early To Rise Challenge for the month of March. This is great for me as I’m making that transition to getting up in the mornings to get my workouts in along with other projects and could not come at a better time with softball season starting a week from today!! The challenge is just for the weekdays & I was good on Friday, but this morning I didn’t follow through again due to not feeling well.

 

 
Hopefully I can get some much needed rest today & wake up tomorrow feeling like a million bucks! Hopefully tomorrow I will be able to fully tackle my challenges! Of course this is the way things usually go – take something on & end up not feeling well! Ugh! 

Until Next Time~
*krisha*

I told my hubby a couple of months ago that I was starting to wonder if my Mirena was partially to blame for my weight gain I had experienced over the past year and the fact that no matter what I did, I could not seem to lose the weight! I started researching it & talking to other women & found that this could possibly be the case. Then, I looked up my older Weight Watchers weigh-in books & found that the extra 10-15 pounds I was struggling with was in fact gained right after having the Mirena. Since I had made no progress & was quite certain I was having a handful of other side effects, the darn thing was taken out on Friday. Praying that this is, in fact, the answer to some of my moodiness & blah moods as well. Never been a moody chic, but have been feeling horrible about this lately. Especially because my adorable girls get the worst of it sometimes!

So, we are going to keep working on this! Take it day by day & see if we can start to feel better! This journey is about a healthy lifestyle, not about being skinny. The number on the scale isn’t the most important factor for me, it’s how I feel. For the past year I haven’t felt good about me. I have gone back to hiding myself & have lost some of the self-confidence I had gained.

I want to be the best me I can be. The best wife, the best mom, the best daughter, the best sister, the best aunt, the best friend. I can only be the best when I feel the best. So this is what I am going to do:

 

Dear Self-
You are officially a morning worker-outer chic now! Monday morning you got up at 4:30 rocked out an awesome workout and felt AMAZING all flippin’ day. I even ate a good breakfast & guess what… my entire family ate a better breakfast – I made eggs. I never do eggs on a weekday morning. I was in a very good mood, not stressed out & cranky about being late out of the house! My entire day ran SO. MUCH. SMOOTHER.  Then, lazy butt, didn’t get out of bed Tuesday morning & your day stunk!

Love,
Self.

Yup, it’s time. Time for me to officially make the switch to morning workouts. I absolutely hate thinking all day long about having to squeeze in my evening workouts in between cooking dinner, helping girls w/ homework, hanging out w/ the family, reading w/ my girls, cleaning, and trying to a least take a little breath! So make the change. Life will be much smoother. Plus I LOVE when my fitbit already has over half of my daily steps before I even get in the shower in the morning!

And, yes, it is Weigh-in Wednesday again. I didn’t do swell this week. I did somewhat decent for the majority of the week but blew it on Sunday…well, I probably also had too much wine on Saturday evening & too many snacky foods while drinking it. But I didn’t think I had done as much damage as the scale said I did – ugh! I’m up – not sure what to do here? What gives?

One area I need to change up is saving my points for an evening event. I will try to eat light all day long to save the bulk of my points, but then I over-indulge way too much! I need to take the time to eat something healthy that will fill me up so I don’t nibble little bites of food all day!

I’m learning. I’ll continue to learn. I’m just a momma in progress with clearly still a lot to learn!

Until Next Time ~
*krisha*

Today is a check-in for myself on the cold hard truth! I set goals for 2013, nope not resolutions – I have never been good at resolutions. But, goals, I am better at! So I set some. How am I doing? Not very good…. here’s my list of goals.

First one I set was to be a better mom. By that I meant to stop the laundry, the cleaning, and REALLY spend time with my girls. This one I am actually succeeding at. We have done some fun stuff, I have spent some good ole quality time with them!

Fitness – I am doing it. I am mixing some things up. Now that my shoulder is feel A TON BETTER I am starting to make progress! Yay! Go me!!!

A better wife – well its pretty easy to do when you don’t see your hubby much right now! He is a full-time working teacher, hubby, daddy, and is working on his masters thesis project – so pretty much non-existent right now. Short-term sacrifice! Just got to get through this semester! But, I will say I have been a rock star wife at supporting him right now & encouraging him! 

Food – Yay! This one I am making progress too! Instead of just pinning all those recipes on Pinterest – I’m using them! I am doing better on meal planning, but would still like to be even more organized yet on that. I can say that in the past week I have been doing research & shopping to switch over to a more clean lifestyle. See – look at what has been on my desk all afternoon to munch on. I have made NO trips to the candy dish at work today! 

Here’s my HUGE FAILURE so far! Saving $$. I told myself I was gonna get smart & get organized with our money! I said I was going to learn how to start saving money & stop useless spending. I have not even started on this. I said I was going to track all my spending. I will do it…for a half a day, maybe a whole day, but never for a whole week.

So I suppose it is time to get hard on myself here…when I started my blog it wasn’t suppose to be me just writing about fitness & trying to lose weight. I wanted it to be about me, my life, my daily struggles & victories. Therefore, keeping myself accountable to me, I am going to start doing a post each week about our finances & where we are at & how much stupid spending I did. My challenge for the month of February is absolutely no buying clothes for me or my girls. My hubby does need a few things picked up that I’m going to go shopping for on Friday. But, for us girls – we do not need anything! I’m also going to get that darn budget done too!

Here I go – wish me luck!
Until Next Time
*krisha*