BeFitin90 - Day Aw Damn

I'm going to repeat days 4 and 5.  I half assed four, and just didn't on five.  Day six is rest, but you don't need to rest from resting.  Tomorrow morning is 5 or 5 part duex.

I can say that it's easier to get refocused when I have an audience.

Oh, and I'm down a pound, which is good, but not good enough.

I'm back on it in the morning.

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BeFitin90 Day 4

I phoned it in today.

I had a rough night where I spent way too much time in my own head.  I stopped myself and prayed but was still in a weird place.  I got up and after spending way too much time online, I got started.

Today's workout:

• Warm Up (5:13) - Same warm up.  I did more than usual but didn't feel positive about it at all
• Arms & Abs (10:07)- Big swole dudes!!!  I enjoy strength work.  I enjoyed the workout even though I still didn't use weights.  Noodle arms, and basement hunting are constricting. 
• Fat Burning Cardio (9:41) - The same cardio workout from day one.  Cardio is not my friend, I had a headache and I'm pretty sure there was a jumping jack or something equally as dumb.  And I just didn't have it in me today.  Or maybe I did but I couldn't get focused enough to pull it out.  I bailed with about 2 minutes to go. 
• Sports Stretch (10:48) - I didn't stretch with the swole dudes. 

I told myself I was bailing because I was short on time, and that was partly true.  But mostly I wasn't in the mood.  I psyched myself out of it.

I'll do better tomorrow.  One step at a time.  That's all we can do.  

BeFitin90 Day 3

Today is a rest day for working out.  I like rest days, rest days are my favorite! 

So, instead, we'll talk about food.  Diet and exercise go hand in hand.  If your goal is to lose weight, it's ideal to do both.  Is it possible to lose weight by diet only?  Sure, if you cut enough calories it totally is possible.  Is it possible with just exercise?  Sure.  But, the best balance requires both.

There are all kinds of fad diets out there.  Eat 68 calories every 90 minutes and you'll lose weight.  Make every fourth bite all carbs and it'll fall right off.  Have 8 drops of sunflower oil after drinking 6 oz of water and a hard boiled egg and bam, skinny.   Only eat avocados for breakfast, and bananas for dinner and instant results. 

I know this is going to annoy a bunch of people, but I think all of these diets are full of it.  There's one way to lose weight, take in less calories than you burn.   You're not going to lose weight because sunflower oil is magical, you're losing weight because you're limiting your calories.  Duh. 

AND!!! It's important do something that you can maintain.  While I admire the willpower of those people who can literally starve themselves and not eat, that's not realistic for me.  I can't just eat rainbows and flower petals and be okay.  It's not realistic and the moment you go back to eating like  a regular person BAM! Your body comes out of starvation mode and stores everything as fat because "there's a famine in the land".

For me, it's about better choices and portion control. I don't mean that in the measure everything sense, because I can obsess over that.  But I don't need 3 cookies when 1 will take care of the craving.  It's better for me to have oatmeal for breakfast than a Whopper.  That will knock a lot of calories out of my diet. And avoiding fast food.  I'm getting back into freezer cooking and that helps a lot.  No need to stop when I've got a full meal at home. 

I'm adding more fruit and vegetables and being healthier in general, but not starving myself and not following a fad.  Drinking only coffee isn't going to work for me, but making better decisions will

BeFitin90 Day 2

Day 2 was a definite improvement over day one.

Maybe because I got to sleep a little later, maybe because my body has decided, oh, we're doing this for real? I'm a sweaty person in general.  I don't know if this is something to be proud of, but it's true nonetheless.  After day two it looked like I just got out of the shower.

Today's Workouts

• Warm up - (5:13) Same as yesterday, but with less walking around in a circle saying "they want me to do WHAT?!?!?!"
• Back & Shoulders Workout (9:36) The big swole dudes are back!  But it's okay because they're working with weights.  Admittedly I did this weightless, partially because I didn't feel like going to find them in the basement, and partially because my arms are made of wet spaghetti and I knew just moving them would be enough. 
• Cardio MMA Workout (9:51) This is my absolutely favorite. Maybe because I got a black belt in Tae Kwon Do when I was younger, maybe because I have violent tendencies, probably because I think I'm a warrior princess in my head.  I did this one with no stopping.  Mostly punching, it uses combos to keep you moving, jab-cross-hook-upper cut - knee to the face.  Knee to the face is my favorite.  I may need counseling. 

 

Inspiration!  Knee to the face!!!!

• Yoga Basics (9:48) I was so looking forward to this.  I thought it was going to be nice and serene and thanks to the Wii I know a bunch of poses.  Heh.  These girls move fast.  F.A.S.T. I would've been content to do tree poses for 10 minutes but nope.  This is the one that made me sweat, but it a good way. 

Overall, I'm a bit sore, my hamstrings are definitely making their presence known but it's not excruciating at all.  Day 3 is a rest day, whoever made this program is a genius. 

BeFitin90 Day 1

I woke up at 4:30 this morning.

Then 4:35

Then 4:40

Then 4:45.

I'm using BeFit's BeFitin90 which is completely available on YouTube.  

A  few months ago I was able to do Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred with little difficulty. Things are not the same.  Oh no!  My fitness level is currently -124

Today's Workouts:

• Warm Up Workout (5:13) - You know you're in trouble when the warm up makes you do the "walking in a circle is still moving so you can't tell me I'm not".  The trainer's voice can be grating but isn't stab inducing. There are stretches and other stupid things the usual suspects to get your body warmed up.  I probably did about 65% of this.  Maybe.  
• Chest, Legs & Buns (10:10) - I much prefer leg work to cardio.  Cardio makes me sad.  This also made me sad.  Ouch. 
• Fat Burning Cardio (9:41) - Jumping Jacks.  I abhor jumping jacks.  I want to kick jumping Jack in the sternum.  They should have a really chunky person in these videos for inspiration.  She hasn't fallen out yet, I'm not going to fall out
• Sports Stretch (10:48) - The most possible stretching.  I was really distracted because it's a bunch of football looking dudes stretching. There's a token girl but it was weird.  Big swole dudes shouldn't stretch on a video, it's unsettling.  I stretched, but I was confused.  

Day one wasn't as bad as it could've been.  I spent a lot of time 'walking it out'  but I made it through it.

One down, 89 to go.

It Begins

Tomorrow is my first day of working out.  I'll be doing YouTube's BeFitin90.  It's free. 

Free!


Freeeeeeeee!!!!!

It also looks painful. 

I took my before pictures tonight.  My belly.  Wooooo Lawd my belly.

I haven't been pregnant in almost 20 months.  It looks like I'm due 30 weeks ago.  And AND, my behind may have been transformed into a microwave sized Spongebob.  No one's ass should look like that. 

These before pics just lit a fire under my ass.  We'll see how good my image recall is at 4:30am.  Maybe 4:45.  Maybe 4:50. 

No I'm not posting before pics yet.  Nope.  There's got to be a comparison cause woah.  Woah.  Woah.

My ass.  Seriously, but it's more horizontal.