Sometimes, our bodies are STUPID!!

I have not been a very faithful blogger the last week or so. I’ve had time, I just haven’t blogged. And, perhaps that reason stems from the fact that this is solely a “workout/exercise” blog and I do not lament telling you that I’ve not written because I haven’t been exercising. Well, at least not as hard as in past weeks.

This week is kind of a test week, I suppose. I’ve had it up to my neck in disappointment from working out and eating barely 1360 calories and still not losing weight. This week, I have been neglecting the eating and exercise patterns that I’ve become accustomed to (but haven’t lost, by any means) Like I said, people, this is just a test.

While I am currently failing the exercise and eating portion of this test, Simon keeps telling me that I am losing weight. (You can imagine my shock and amazement.) I’ve now seen “Sweet 16” several times in the last few days and hoping that this week will give me a number that is far enough away from the “Suck Fest 17” that I’ve been in for the past 4 months. I’m actually hoping that this week of toning down my exercise and eating a little more loosely will shock my system into losing weight again.

As an exercise review, and remember, I told you I’d been slacking on purpose, I walked/ran 2 miles on Tuesday, did the P90X workout on Wednesday, walked/ran 1 mile on Thursday (had to stop 10 minutes shy of the 30 because I felt like I was going to keel over) and tomorrow, I plan on running and doing Kenpo X.

Oh yeah, guess what! Today was a crazy day and I woke up from my nap at about 15 after 7pm. I stepped on Simon and guess what he told me: 167.2! What!? No Way! How can this be!! And, despite the fact that I am perplexed as to why, it kind of made me feel better about trying to shock my system.

Sometimes, our bodies are stupid!

Signing Out,

It’s Possible!!

Rebelling Against Tony

Guys, I’m going to be honest with you. I skipped Saturday, Monday and Tuesday’s workout. Yeah, I said it. I got a case of the “I’m not losing weight by working out so why am I working out” mental illness and truth be told, I just didn’t feel like working out.

I spent my entire Saturday in bed trying to recover from the past 36 hour of not having slept. It was wonderful! I slept for 12 hours and then got around to doing some light housework before going to work overnight again. But, I did vow to do the Yoga X meant for Saturday on Sunday.

And…as you know, that did not happen. I slept until about 2-ish, put on the Yoga X video and then 2 minutes into it, decided to turn it off. I really did not want to do Yoga X…so I didn’t. I did step on the scale and it said that I was still in the 170’s so that internally justified my decision and mindset at that time. Instead, I did housework all that day. Rearranged the living room, cleaned the kitchen, did 3 loads of laundry (I did have to walk to our apartment’s laundry facility…which is uphill…our washer is still under the weather.) I was moving around, jamming to my music and having an all around wonderful time. I didn’t even feel bad that I didn’t do Yoga. :D

Monday was kind of the same story. I woke up around 3:30pm this time and didn’t even turn on the video; just decided to straight skip it. I did, however, turn on a video of different sorts. I wanted to watch X-Men: First Class again and while the credits were rolling, I pretended to be Chris Beal from my band days and try to lead the band by waving my arms and “directing” an imaginary orchestra. (Chris Beal wasn’t the drum major when I was in band, but you understand what I mean.)

Once the movie was over, I listened to the DVD introduction screen play Magneto’s theme song for about 30 more minutes (dancing and carrying on) while cleaning the bathroom and folding towels, etc. Once the Xbox decided to turn of my precious music, I turned my computer on and was entertained by the various Glee songs on it as well as two Justin Bieber songs while switching over to vacuuming the carpet again, sweeping and mopping, and a few sewing projects that I needed and wanted to get finished. This all took me till about 8:15pm and by that time, I was ready to nap for my Audit shift that night.

And, here I am now, ready to tell you all about the events of the day. I came home and went to bed, woke up at 3pm and sat on my bed deciding what I wanted to do. I knew that I had set in my mind that I wanted to start running and that Tuesday would be my first day. But, being in the funk frame of mind that had taken oven me the past few days, I really had to start moving without any mind power behind it. Before I even knew it, I was wearing my tennis shoes and headed out the door toward the workout facility that our apartment provides.

Before leaving, I grabbed my liter water bottle and the Couch to 5k schedule off of the fridge. It was rather stifling outside and that alone made me not want to run. I proceeded and after a few minutes of tinkering with the treadmill (which I thought at first was broken), I finally got it to work. And, so it begain.

Holy Moly guys!! I was sweating buckets before I got to the halfway mark. Thankfully, over the past 8 months, I’ve gotten in such a shape as to actually run without almost dying for lack of air and was able to get through it without much difficulty. (Near the end, I was drenched [understatement] in nasty, salty sweat and felt like tossing my cookies. Thankfully, they all remained in my stomach.) It was exhilarating and I am excited for the next run!!

Oh yeah, my tennis shoes give me blisters. (Ouch) So, off to Kohl’s we go to try to find me another more comfortable pair. (Hopefully in black so my feet look smaller :D) Lol.

Just to do a little “housekeeping,” on Monday, I weighed in at 169.2! (What!? Lost weight after a week of poor eating choices and cake!?  I don’t get it either.)

Just to make you smile…

And, my aunt posted this on her Facebook post. I think it fits.

Signing Out,

It's Possible!!



Made It Through Today

I’m going to make this as short as possible. More detail will be shared at a later moment but I am just too tired to care about a long post right now.

Workout: Core Synergystics. Hot, sweaty. Good workout. What I did as soon as I got home from work this morning.

Cake: Made more roses for the side of the cake and on top of cupcakes. Also rolled about 300 fondant balls by hand and food color sprayed them gold. Finished the cake balls by rolling them in dark chocolate. I put some shortening in the chocolate to help it be more fluid and it didn’t set up like I wanted it to; but they were still pretty good.

Packed the car with cakes and set off on the 30-45 minute trip to the reception area. Happy to report that nothing moved!

Got to the area, set up for about 3 hours, took pictures, then waited for the event to start. Lots of people complemented the appearance and taste of the cake. I did have a small slice and it was pretty wonderful if I do say so myself.

Pictures some time later. But, before going to the area, I had to stop at Walmart for a black shirt. God Size M and it fits like a dream!! Love it!

Not sure how this week is going to turn out. I’ve eaten cake, and icing, and had to settle for fast food because I hadn’t eaten anything all day and it was just convenient. So, Monday will be the ultimate indicator about how this week went. Thankfully, I have been able to maintain my workout schedule even though life’s schedule has been crazy.

Signing Out,

It’s Possible!!

Someone’s Watchin’ Me

Attempt to wake up at 7:30AM was a fail. I had my alarm set and it did go off…but, I fell back asleep and before I knew it, it was already 10:30AM. I think next time I will put my phone half way across the room so that I actually get up. (Kind of wish I would’ve thought about that last night.)

Ok, so, once I did wake up, I started X Stretch for today’s workout; it is designed to make you more flexible and thus, stretch you out. It’s slower paced and the time seems to go by slowly as well. But, it’s only about an hour long, so it’s bearable. There are some moves seen in the Yoga X video plus some others that are only seen in this particular video. All in all, this was exactly what I needed to start the day because I knew that the rest of the day was going to be hectic, stressful and crazy.

…And so it was…

But, before I get to that, like I said yesterday, we had the AC turned off and the windows open. I open the curtains at night and then shut them when I’m in the living room doing my exercises. (There’s ALWAYS someone outside walking around when I do my workouts.) I was hoping that the curtains would deter people from seeing my in the living room but I’m afraid I was probably wrong. Today, there were about 4 men doing something with one of the apartments near us and they kept walking past our windows. Being only a few feet away from them, I’m sure they could hear me and TH because I could hear them. I was doing some of the poses and stuff and got really paranoid because we were literally only separated by a half-sheer brown set of curtains. (I don’t like when people watch me work out…plus, I was in my sports bra and shorts and they kind of don’t need to see that.) Anyway, before we went into shoulder stand and plough, I decided to pull down the shades and make sure that they couldn’t see me. It eased my mind and I was able to do shoulder stand with no problem.

About ten minutes to finishing the workout, TH told us to do “Frog,” which means that you get on your hands and knees and then spread your legs to make a 90 degree angle on the floor. I was calm, cool, and collected during this move until I realized that someone was standing behind me and laughing. Today has been a day of watchful eyes.

Today has also been a day of stress, craziness and casualties. My goal for today was to flat ice the cakes, decorate them, and get them ready for tomorrow’s transportation magic act. (It truly will be magic if I pull it off because I have to drive these puppies about an hour away in a car (not a van with a flat floor, but a car, that has seats angled for comfort and not cake transportation.)) I’m half freaking out just thinking about it because if this cake goes kaboom, it’s gonna be messy!

I was able to flat ice the cake and decorate it. (For the most part.) I made some fondant flowers to put on the sides and ended up not having enough so I have to make more. I also food color sprayed them gold and put what I did have on the tiers. It looks pretty but I’m concerned with the swags, which drape off the side as well. (As I was putting the flowers on, the swags had gotten cold from the fridge and they are starting to fall off.)

But, folks, that’s not all. I ran out of icing today. I had 26 pounds of icing to start with and with the exception of maybe half a pound, all of that is on the cake. I had to make more so I figured that my Kitchen-Aid could handle 2 more 3X recipes. Nope! It died after the first one and I still need more icing for the cupcakes. To say that I am frustrated with my Kitchen-Aid croaking is a severe understatement. I’d hate to have use what profit I do make to have to replenish the kitchen accessories that died throughout the process of making this cake. (Our $20 food scale died last night because it was resting on the only burner of 4 that emitted steam from the oven. <<it was on the burner because I was being a dummy and wasn’t thinking plus like I said yesterday, we don’t have much counter space so I had to use the oven as a resting place. Never going to happen again!) So, that’s about $220 worth of damages so far; unless we can somehow resurrect the Kitchen-Aid or get a new motor or something.

To add to the casualties, I had a really close encounter with a complete production stopper and possible cake ruiner! I almost cut off the tip of my right thumb (again…this happen back when I was in baking school, cutting apples too fast with a newly sharpened knife…and what do we get…the tip of your thumb goes missing.) Thankfully, I did break the skin. The only damage that happened was that I now have a little flap of skin that I’m too much of a chicken to peel or clip off. It hurts…but not as bad as it would be if I was missing the tip of my thumb. I was cutting the support sticks for the cakes when this happened. The serrated knife slipped and came for blood. (But, HAHAHA, it didn’t get any!)

To get off of the subjects that really burns my cookies ^^, tomorrow is the event and I will not be getting much sleep, if any at all. Fumes will be my energy source until I can get some quality sleep (which won’t be until Saturday around 1PM). I’m super stressed and I haven’t been getting the necessary amount of calories so those two factors are statistically horrible for weight loss. I’ll be excited when I can get back to my normal life and not have so much on my plate.

To sum this up, tomorrow is make it or break it day. This is always the worst of all cake decorating days for me because all the time and hard work can be lost in a single slip up. I’ll be transporting this myself (I’ve always had my husband to help me in previous cake adventures) and I’m still not even sure where the location is. (Yikes!) I can tell you one thing though, people on the highway are going to HATE me because I will probably be the slowest one out there. I’ll be praying the entire way there!!

To close, the bottom tier weighs 17 pounds (Oh, by the way, I weighed all four cakes…just the cake…no icing…the other day and four tiers with four layers each only weighed 19 pounds.) So, I’m going to guess that this cake is going to weigh close to 60 pounds. That’s a little less than what I’ve already lost. So, it really puts it into perspective for me. I sure as heck would not like to put that back on because just the bottom tier was heavy!! Until tomorrow…

Signing Out,

It’s Possible!!

Empowered!

I already knew that no matter what Simon says at the end of the year, I would keep going until I reach my ultimate goal, but something different happened today that is worth sharing.

Well, I was seriously planning to get out of a bed at 7:30am (seriously) and when that time came, I moved and it hurt!! These last few days of constantly standing on my feet baking and moving a tub with 26 pounds of icing must have caused some extra strain on my muscles because it feels like EVERY muscle in my back is sore! Regardless, that kept me in bed for an additional 3 hours and I really had thoughts about just working on the cake and doing my workout once I got home from work. But, when 10:30am rolled around, I made my stiff body get out of bed and headed toward the living room to press “play.”

Last night was a cool night so we turned off the AC and opened the only set of windows that our apartment has. (Even though we only have 2 windows that allow air into the house, I was still pretty cold upon waking up. My toesies were freezing!) Needless to say, the living room felt absolutely fantastic and it actually turned my exhaustion into excitement. I was ready to work out. :D

Three times during Kenpo X, there’s a “break” that doesn’t technically count as a break. It lasts about one and one-half minutes and it’s really used to increase your heart rate (at least, I think it is.) You start out running, then jumping an imaginary rope, then jumping jacks for 40 seconds (which used to KILL me) and then something that TH calls “X-time” <which I don’t really enjoy. Does that sound like a break? No! (I use the running portion to chug some water and then return when they start jumping rope.)

I might have mentioned this in an earlier post, but I’ll mention it again. I like to work out in front of a mirror. It helps me make sure my form is good, shows me how far I’ve come (like the fact that I can now see my muscles in my calves) and encourages me to jump higher (in specific moves). I’d recommend it even if you think you still need lots more work. The mirror is helpful!!

Ok, you now know about the mirror. Now, the empowering part. I was doing jumping jacks during one of the breaks (the 40 seconds plus however long it takes to do “x-time,” so, about 55 seconds straight!)  and I was watching myself. Wow! How far I’ve come! When I first started, I could even do 14 seconds of jumping jacks and now 55 seconds doesn’t even get me tired (after already having done about 20 minutes of the workout.) Today, it actually looked like my body was changing and even looked different from even a week ago. It motivated me even more to keep going and to keep fighting for the body that I want, not that I have to settle for because I’m lazy!

I was also empowered to run. I’ve been thinking about this for some time now and I actually did try running last winter-spring for a few weeks. I had to run in sweat pants with my water bottle in my pocket (because I was running around then eighborhood.) I was also gasping for air and finding it hard to catch my breath because the winter air was freezing my throat. Now, with the weather being fantastic, I’m thinking about doing the Couch to 5K using the workout facility our apartment provides and opening the door. I kind of wanted to start this week, but with all the cake stuff, it looks like next week will have to be it. I’m empowered and want to add running to my abilities too!! :D

About the cake. I already told you that I woke up later than I wanted to (because of the cake) and was only able to fit in the crumb coat for the smallest and 2^nd biggest layer. It only took one hour and nine minutes, which surprised me because I ran into SO many problems!! (I recently bought a HUGE piping tip because it’d be easier to get a level layer of frosting between the cake layers and it would save a TON of time. Well, the icing was a little too cold and it busted out of the bag as I was trying to crumb coat the bigger cake! (ARHG!!) Rather ticked off, I threw the tip on the counter and finished by putting some cold icing in my mixer and missing till it was easier to work with. (Stupid tip, stupid bag!) Anyway, that worked and it didn’t take as long as I thought. I put both cakes in the fridge and they now take up about 33% of our fridge space (I still have the largest and 2^nd smallest to do, so this will be interesting.)

The next problem that I ran into was that this red velvet cake is SO SUPER moist that some of the edges were committing suicide by jumping off the side of the cake and landing on the counter or on the floor, making a HUGE mess for me and a problem with the shape of the cake. Luckily, I was able to fill that little portion with icing so whoever gets that piece will love this cake EVEN more!

Another problem that I ran into was counter space. I am literally going to take a picture of our kitchen so you can see what I'm working with. PJ woke up and had to get his lunch ready for work but couldn't very efficiently because he had to keep moving things to get to other things. Likewise, I had to move just about everything to make enough counter space for everything that I was doing. It was a pain in the butt!! (We need a bigger kitchen!)

I left the big bucket of icing out so that I could work with it easier tonight. I still have to do the other two tiers without my cool HUGE tip though now. (It was my last bag so I have to go to Michaels in the morning.) I’m staying up late tonight and waking up early tomorrow (don’t count on it, but I am).

Below are pictures of what I did today. (forgive the fact that there is a HUGE jar of pickles and jalepenos behind it, they wouldn’t fit anywhere else.)

Alright, toodles for now.

Signing Out,

It’s Possible!!

<Smallest cake! This is the crummiest part of the entire process!!!

Both cakes crumb coated!! >>

Superman Banana

I promise that today will be a short post. I found myself coming to a stopping point and am relishing the fact that I get a little time to actually relax. Hopefully, I will be done by the end of the Tuesday, or 12am.

Today was Core Synergystics. In this workout, TH tells us that “synergystics” means doing a lot of things at one time. And, of course, we are working on our core muscles mostly. It was a pleasant break from the Plyometrics I’m used to doing on Tuesdays but unfortunately, it’s only done a few times through the 90 days.

The most memorable moves would definitely have to be the Superman Banana. TH tells us what to do in a 60 seconds interval. When he says “superman” you lie on your tummy and lift your arms and legs off of the floor. When he says “banana,” you roll to your back and lift your arms and legs. It’s memorable because it’s painful and you actually visualize Superman flying through the air. Lol.

I’m excited to do this workout again in 3 more days.

As far as the cake is concerned. I cut the layers of the cakes, made the white cake batter, made the cupcakes (89), made some more fondant things that I needed, boxed everything up to frost at a later time, made another 1.5X recipe of red velvet batter to make more cupcakes, combined the crumbs and icing to make some cake balls and clean our kitchen after that was all done . I’m kind of having a semi-freak out because I still have a lot of stuff to do. I work 3-11 tomorrow and probably won’t get much done because I’ll be limited on time.

Alright, so there you have it. I still haven’t loaded pics, but you will see them sooner or later.

Oh yeah, by the way. My husband and I ate Taco Bell today. Usually, when I’m doing a cake, I forget about the fact that I still need to eat. My mind is so focused that I don’t seem to get hungry. So, after not eating anything except a cake scrap or two (or three) all day, we stopped over at Taco Bell around 5:30pm and dined there. I have to say that it was fantastic and I don’t really miss fast food all that much, but it tastes good after a long time of not having it.

Ok, I’m done. Promise.

Signing Out,

It’s Possible! 

Hey Batter, Batter, Batter!

Today has been marked by yoga, powdered sugar and red velvet batter. It’s 12:16 AM (technically Tuesday) and I am beat!!

Woke up at 9:38 AM, got up, weighed in, measured and then started yoga X. I weigh 170.4 as of today so at least it’s going down instead of up this time. I measured and things are not changing. (But, yet my clothes are loose.)

Yoga was good. By the end, I was very tired and sore.

After my workout, my husband and I got ready to make yet another run to Hobby Lobby and Michaels for the cakes/cupcakes and a run to Lowes to get a 5-gallon bucket for the icing. It started pouring down rain as soon as we were done in HL, so needless to say, we got pretty wet. L

As soon as we got home, I immediately started making the cream cheese icing, which nearly wore out my precious Kitchen-Aid. Thankfully, I was able to finish before it got too hot to move anymore. I made 12X the original recipe which made about 38 cups of frosting. That’s a lot of powdered sugar, folks! I used 60 cups of it!! I’m pretty sure my kitchen is covered in a fine layer of powdered sugar but I wasn’t able to clean it up because I was getting ready for baking the cakes.

Oh yeah, if I didn’t tell you the other day, our oven broke. (wah wah!) I had to pack all of my ingredients and move it to my mom’s house because she said I could use her oven. (Thank God for moms!) Upon getting there, I immediately started on that.

My progress was halted when I ran into another problem. I tried to make 6X the recipe of red velvet cake but that was entirely too much for my mixer to handle. (The oil and sugar alone, which were the first things to go in to the mixer equaled 18 cups together!) Since everything was basically already mixed and just ready to be combined, I needed a bigger bowel and a way to mix it. Ended up having to go to Walmart to get another 5-gallon bucket and a hand mixer. That was fun, let me tell you.

I decided to only do a 3x recipe the next time two more times so that it would fit in my mixer and I could just combine it with the 6x recipe in the bucket. (It was nearly full by the time I finished all making all my batter.) And, it was red, so that made for an even more fun experience ;)

While the cakes were baking, I decided to make my fondant decorations for the cake and cupcakes. 

Thankfully, I was able to sit down during these few hours with the exception of getting up to get the cakes out of the oven.

I will post pictures later, I’m kind of tired and don’t really feel like getting up to upload the pictures to my computer.

Sometimes, when you know you are going to have a busy, exhausting day, it’s best to get your workout done first thing so you don’t have any excuse not to do it. That’s exactly what I am planning to do once I wake up tomorrow. Then, it’s back to business.

Alright, I’m tired and done for tonight. I really thought this was going to be a short post but that I got to talking about cakes and well, here we are now.

Have a wonderful Tuesday, since I’m already partially in it. Be blessed!

Signing Out,

It’s Possible!!

Exercise, Cake and Cupcakes

Next week is going to be crazy! For those of you who do not know, I went to school for baking and pastry arts. And, I was asked to make a cake for a 50^th anniversary. Tomorrow is when production starts and Friday is the day of the event. So, yeah, this is an all week thing that will probably take up most of my time.

But, what does that NOT mean. Well, folks, that does NOT mean that I am going to skip my workouts. I’m gonna have to taste the cake, frosting and I’ll probably have at least half of a cupcake at the event, but that does not mean that P90X can wait a week. Remember, guys, I’m still on a journey and that doesn’t mean that the fattening part of life should get me side tracked. Somehow, some way, I am going to do this!

Let me give you a little mini run down of what this week will consist of. Week 4 is the Rest Week for Month 1. (Yay! One month almost down!) Monday is Yoga, make all my frosting, and bake cakes day. You’ve already had a little information about yoga, but what you don’t know is that I have to make about 40 cups of cream cheese frosting. (Yeah, I get to make the good stuff.) <<This past week, I had to test recipes and it was so good, lemme tell you, that I couldn’t resist eating it…I’ve since stopped and think I’ve had my fill of cream cheese frosting (for a little while at least.) The cake will all be red velvet (which I’m not too fond of unless it’s smothered with cream cheese frosting…so, I won’t have much trouble staying away from eating the crumbs.) [[the frosting will be made at my house and the cakes will be made at my mom’s house<<our oven broke Friday evening :/ so the two will be separate until Tuesday night unless plans change.]]

Tuesday is Core Synergystics, which I will tell you more about on Tuesday. It’s kind of like Plyometrics in that I don’t like doing it, but it’s a good workout and makes you sweat. I also have to bake the rest of my cakes and depending on how things go, I might crumb coat the tiers.

Wednesday is Kenpo X and hopefully the oven will be fixed by then so I can bake all 100 cupcakes. If not, I’m in for a real hectic week. I’ll probably flat ice the cakes on this day as well.

Thursday is X Stretch, which is kind of like Yoga except that it’s relaxing and I actually fell asleep once while doing it (lol) and cupcake and cake details. I have to get all of this done by a decent amount of time in order to get my nap in for Audit that night.

Friday is Core Synergystics again, sleep, drive to the place that this cake is going to be served (bout an hour+ away), set up, fix any mess ups, attend the event, drive back, Audit!

Saturday morning is Yoga X and church. So, I might as well not go to sleep since I have to do Yoga. Luckily, I have the nursery that morning so the little kids can help me stay awake. :D

By the way, I haven’t actually planned out exactly what is going to happen on what day, the above is more like a guess. You’ll hear more about it on the individual days.

Yeah, this week is going to be busy as all get out, but I’m usually pretty good about getting what needs to be done and still getting enough sleep (or running on fumes if need be). But, like I said you’ll hear more about everything as the week progresses.

I can’t promise you that I will not be tired, but I can promise you that my body will not suffer because of it. Cheer me on as I go through this week.

Signing Out,

It’s Possible!!

Proud of Week 3

Alas, week 3 is over!! Time to get ready for Week 4!

I am extremely happy to say that week 3 was a success. Who cares about the numbers, I was able to go through the entire week without an ounce of immobilizing pain and my workouts were a lot more consistent.

As mentioned in yesterday’s post, I do have some pain though, all because of sore muscles. Today is the same story except my whole body aches. (:D)  My calves hurt especially. I was wearing some really high heels today for church and once I slipped my feet out of them, pain shot up both calves! It hurt, but it felt good at the same time. :/ lol

Speaking of church, today’s message was great! Our pastor was talking about how lots of people like to spend hours upon hours looking at their family history, searching for who their ancestors were and where they came from, etc. on places like ancestry.com, in newspaper articles and the like. Some people even search for this type of information to see if they are somehow tied to famous people or people who made a difference in the world. (To be honest, I had never even thought about this subject before.) But, if we are born-again believers, we need not look far because we can find our spiritual family tree right in our Bible; we are kin to The One who made a difference: Jesus!

 Doctor Cody was also talking about how people (with an unrenewed mind) tend to say things like “depression runs in my family,” or “diabetes runs in my family,” or “obesity runs in my family,” etc. (that last one is a cop-out, I think) Anyway, when it comes to my lineage, I have two family trees, so to speak. I have the “Adam Family Tree” and the “Jesus Family Tree.” The “AFT” deals with man. My mom is Gretchen Hedrich, my dad is David Sehorn, my grandmas are Paula Flandermeyer and Sharon Sehorn and so forth. That is my Adam-based family tree. My “JFT” consists of Jesus and me (primarily). I have a relationship with Jesus, therefore, he is part of my “family.” He dwells within me therefore He is always with me.

“Depression runs in my family” could be a “true” statement to your AFT, but in your JFT, it most certainly is not!! If you are a born-again believer, you have the power and the right to cast away the negative “runs in my family” stuff because Jesus is in you! He died and rose for you to be healed, saved and whole!  

I said all of that to say that because Jesus is within me and because I am part of His family, I know that I have the strength to see my goal to completion. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me and this is not an exception. God loves me and cares about me and cares about what I care about (the same goes for you too!) He wants to give me the desires of my heart and one of my desires is to be fit; therefore, He is going to help me as I call upon Him.

Before I close this up, let me first tell you a little about the workout today. I set my alarm to 8:00am, woke up and was ready to go! I wanted to sleep a little bit more though so I set my alarm to 8:15am. In a half-daze, I woke up at 8:15am, shut off my alarm and apparently went back to sleep. (ahg!) Woke up startled because I thought I had missed my opportunity to get my workout in before church. (Ahg!) Luckily, it was 8:27am and 8:30am was actually the latest that I needed to get up before it’d be too late. (Yay!) So, I got up, got ready and turned on Kenpo X (even though this is my least favorite workout.)

A few minutes in, I was telling myself that it wasn’t all that bad. The warm-up is my least favorite because it takes about 10 minutes and it’s really slow. This time, my aching muscles really enjoyed the time to stretch because it made me feel a lot better! Today wasn’t bad at all and call me crazy, but I really think my arms are getting more beefed! The definition on top seems to be more evident even though the bottom is still pretty squishy. (:/)

Last thing, I promise. WARM FUZZY TIME! I haven’t told you about one of these in a while now so I think it’s about time. With Kenpo X, there’s a move where you Jab with your left side, then Cross Jab with your right side. Then, you jump and Jab with the right and Cross Jab with your left. You jump every time you do it and I’ve always had a problem with the jumping-switching feet part. I never seemed to have enough energy or ability to do it. Today, I was able to do it!! No problem at all!! Yay!

Ok, I’m done, lol. Be blessed!!

Signing Out,

It’s Possible!!

^^Kind of wrong...but oh so true! ^^

Oh Yes, Some More Good Pain!!

Week 3 has been a success so far!! I’m happy to say that I’ve not felt too tired [or sick] to work out and I’ve practically stuck to the workouts completely. I really hope the scale reflects all the hard work and pain I have gone through.

Although pain is not a fun feeling, it is a great one! I used to hate working out because of the pain; the pain even made me quit sometimes. But, now, I embrace the pain!! Pain means that my muscles are growing! Pain means that if I keep going, I will get stronger and stronger! Pain means that I am getting even closer to my goals. I like pain now.

Lately, the pain has been almost entirely in my arms; my biceps and triceps hurt a lot whenever I move them! I’ve also had some pain in my back but, unlike with Insanity, this is not the bad kind that immobilizes me. It just hurts and is kind of uncomfortable whenever I lay or sit down. My legs don’t really hurt much which is kind of a surprise; I actually enjoy leg pain! Usually Plyometrics makes my legs hurt, but not this week.

Alright, time to get real. Every time I step on the scale, I have mini freak outs. My numbers don’t seem to be going anywhere; not my weight or my inches!! It’s highly frustrating! The most frustrating thing about it though is that my clothes feel a lot looser. My size 12 work shirt needs to be turned in for a 10 or an 8. (I haven’t mentioned this to my GM yet because we don’t have any size 10 or 8 in the employee uniform closet and ordering new ones every few weeks seems trivial.) The 2 L size T-shirts that I do have are getting too big too! I tried on a medium shirt the other day (that didn’t fit me in high school) and it fit perfectly. The fabric wasn’t being stretched by my rolls and it was an awesome feeling!! It’s just frustrating to see that my weight and inches aren’t changing but I’m getting smaller?? What is that?! That doesn’t even make sense to me!! Usually people who don’t lose weight lose inches but that ain’t happening!! I’m hoping and praying that this dumb months-long plateau will be over soon and I will start to see results like in the first round of P90X. I only have 42 more pounds to lose!!! Ah!! I know that the last stretch of weight is the hardest, but really, why has my body been the same for several months!!??

Thankfully, we were able to buy some groceries to sustain ourselves for at least the next one or two weeks! Maybe getting my calories in, good calories, will help boost another round of weight loss. If not, I’m going to have to figure out something, whether that means getting another workout in or eating less/more. Whatever, I need to do something!!

Alright, so even though I had to half-rant about my progress, or rather lack thereof, I took a real long, hard look in the mirror the other day. I told myself that even if I don’t get to my goal by the end of the year, it doesn’t mean that I have failed. I’m obviously in this thing and am in it to win it. I told myself that no matter how long it takes, I won’t stop reaching for my goal. I want muscles and I won’t stop until I have them. And, even then, I won’t stop maintaining them. I’m in this thing and I’m not going to stop if it gets to the end of the year and I’m not 130 pounds. It’s really just that simple. I didn’t start this thing with a one-year limit and expect to quit as soon as 2012 was up. 2012 is my year and it has been my year. I learned the things that I needed to in order to reach my goals, I’ve successfully lost over 60 pounds since last year and I feel great! I’m not quitting. Besides, my goals are much more important than 130. Both PJ and I want me to be a healthy mommy so that I can carry our children easier than I could have at 236 pounds. I want to have energy for that child as well and I want our child to watch me be nice to my body and in turn want to be nice to his (yes, we are having a boy, lol). I want to be a role model for others as well.

The other day, I was telling my mom all the areas of my body that need work: upper thighs, arms, tummy, etc. She said something that I knew all along, but it stuck more than it ever has. She basically told me that it took years for my body to get to what it had gotten to and that years of abuse to it wouldn’t necessarily be erased all that easily. My mom didn’t say it as harsh as I paraphrased it, but ya know, sometimes tough love is what you need. She also told me that I might even have sagging skin (from being 100+ pounds more than I wanted to be) but that with time I could tone it up. It all made sense to me and kind of gave me a different perspective. Yeah, I was bad to my body. I ate the wrong food…A LOT…and I let myself get to 236 pounds. It was all me. PJ didn’t shove the nacho cheese into my mouth, I did. And, years of doing that will cause you to look like I did. But, as TH says “Rome was not built in a day and neither was your body.” I’ve come so far already and even though I’m still building, it won’t seem like such a hard journey once I reach my goal. I’m excited to see the end result even though going through it is kind of stressful and seems to take forever. It’s all worth it though!!

I have just a few more things to say before this blog comes to an end. I did something brave the other day. For most of Plyometrics and about 30 minutes of yoga, I worked out in my sports bra and underwear. Definitely brave on my part, but something that needed to be done as far as I am concerned. Every day that I exercise, I usually wear my sports bra and sport shorts. The only problem with the shorts is that they hide a good portion of my upper thigh and I can’t really see any muscle motion when I am wearing them. So, I decided to take those off the other day and see exactly what I was working with, lol. While not the most attractive site, not completely horrible and definitely not as bad as at 236 pounds. My thighs still have a long way to go but I can see where the muscle is whenever I do certain moves. :D If you haven’t tried it, I recommend it. (In a safe place where no one will walk in on you. It gets you more in tune with your body I think and I wouldn’t hesitate to do it again.)

Oh yeah, as I wrote last week, I had some trouble with that Plow and Shoulder Stance. On Thursday, I didn’t have any trouble at all. I took it slow and was able to hold it pretty well. I think I shall take things slow next time and the times after that.

Next week is Recovery Week for the first month. Not much has changed with my body but like I said, hopefully being able to get my calories in will help the process along.

Before I leave you, I want to make a shout out to Alex Miller. She told me recently that she bought Insanity and was pretty excited about it. I, too, am excited for her and am very proud as well. She is a mother of two and from what I read from Facebook, she is a pretty busy woman. Finding time to exercise is probably not the easiest things with two young ones, but dedication to a goal will make it all work out. Super proud of you Alex!! Keep up the good work and drink plenty of water…also, get ready for a butt-whoopin! ;)

Signing Out,

It’s Possible!!

^^The M size shirt that has no problem fitting me now :D #personalvictory#

We Remember

Before I start today’s blog, I just want to take a few moments to remember 11 years back. I have a really foggy memory of this day because I was only in 6^th grade and didn’t really understand what was going on. It still baffles me to think that something so tragic happened to our great nation. While the pain and sadness of that day cannot be erased, the memories of those lost will not be forgotten. Thank you, as well, to all those men and women who served and will continue to serve.

I’ve never been the person to understand political issues or get involved in much of the debates, but even though that may be the case, it doesn’t negate the fact that 9-11 affected me. To suffer such a loss is absolutely beyond me and I can barely describe it in words.

About a year ago, I rented a movie titled “Remember Me.” I rented this for the sole fact that it had Edward Cullen in it, or Robert Pattinson, but by the end of the movie, it left me feeling completely shocked and quite saddened, remembering 9-11. If you haven’t seen this movie, I’m about to ruin the ending for you. And, since it has been a while since I’ve actually seen the movie, it’s hard to remember exactly what it was about. The ending replays in my mind though. I copied this summary from imdb.com.

Tyler Hawkins, a rebellious, artistic New York student, was estranged from his father, ever-absent tycoon Charles Hawkins, since the suicide of his beloved elder brother Mark, and desperately wants paternal attention for his kid sister, nerdy Caroline, who doesn't fit in her school for the artistically gifted. Ever-provocative Tyler and his college roommate, party animal Aidan Hall, are roughed up at a street fight and wrongly jailed by beastly NYPD detective sergeant Neil Craig. When Aidan discovers Craig's daughter Alyssa 'ally' is a fellow student, he dares smooth Tyler to ask her out, but the two become lovers, also bonding over her own home rebellion. Yet just when things seem to work out, fate strikes, in the end crushingly

During the last few minutes of the movie, Tyler, his dad, and his sister had plans to go somewhere as a family. Something happens that delays his father and they don’t meet up as planned. So, Tyler goes to his father’s place of employment, walks around his office just waiting for him to show. His father had already left by that time and they are kind of wondering what happened to the plan. The scene shoots to Tyler looking out the window and seeing one of the Twin Towers getting hit. We realize at this point that it is September 11^th in the movie and he’s in the other tower that goes down just a few moments later. His girlfriend, Ally, knew where he was, and was trying to reach him as she watched the live footage of the towers on her television.

As this point in the movie, I was left stunned and just couldn’t contain my tears. Thankfully, I was watching it alone and could properly let the emotions I was experiencing flow freely. In that moment, it brought everything to my perspective. To see what it might have been like for people on that day, to hear the horror in people’s voices, to imagine how hard a person could cry and shout out in pain because they lost someone. It reminds me of one of those movies that all of a sudden goes silent when the character is experiencing a gut-wrenching moment like that. They probably do this for people like me who, if heard that, would absolutely lose it.

So, on this day, I have decided to take a break from the usual workout talk. This is a day that we remember and will always remember. To God be the glory that we have made it through, even when it seemed impossible.

Signing Out,

We Remember

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

Oh how I wish that the mirror didn’t reflect everything it saw. Today was not a day that I wanted to see how unattractive my backside looked but that’s exactly what I got.

For all of you real women out there, you may know exactly what I mean. For those of you who don’t know, count that as a blessing. But, yes, I must admit, I saw my backside in the mirror today.

I’m not going to go into detail just how or with what clothing that it happened but, it did, and I was not happy. The reflection that I saw made me feel like I was still 236 pounds. Obviously, I am not, but the image that I saw just kind of overwhelmed me with a sinking, gut-wrenching feeling.

Instead of feeling all depressed about it, I took that as an inward challenge. Someday, even though that day may not be soon, I want my derriere to look nice, to be firm, and to be smaller!!! My legs need some work too! I want those to be toned, smaller, and possibly tanned (although pale isn’t a color that I’m ashamed of).

Even though that mirror is sometimes absolutely dreadful, it’s helpful in a way if you look at it with the right attitude. I still don’t want to see those images again, but now that they are burned into my retinas, my challenge should be a constant focus.

On to a different subject. Weigh Day was today and as some of you know, I kind of expected to be back in the 170’s. While that is something I’m not excited about, it was expected considering the week that I had.

For one thing, food was (and unfortunately, still is) scarce. PJ and I have hit a little bit of a dry patch and have had to sacrifice grocery shopping for a few weeks. That means that we are trying to make things last longer. This is probably known as the “Casserole Diet.” A while ago, we bought a 25 pound bag of rice and didn’t really eat much of it until these last few weeks came along. PJ has been combining different condiments as well as the chicken that we did have and making rice casseroles.

Also, every time I did go shopping, I always thought we were running out of wheat noodles, so I would always buy a box or two. Well, during these scarce times, we had that pasta so we’ve been flip-flopping between rice and pasta. Rice and pasta…Carbs, carbs, carbs. Not so wonderful when you are counting calories and trying to get enough to not be hungry. We are surviving though, so everything is alright. We should be seeing better days soon. :D

To add to the fact that the diet has been kind of crappy lately, whenever I open the empty fridge, I usually scan for about 30 seconds and then shut it finding no satisfaction. When PJ opens the fridge, he sees some kind of casserole or sauce or something that he can make that we will both enjoy. Lol. I’ve never had that ability to just throw stuff together and make it work, so that’s a downfall when I am hungry. A lot of the times, I will just wait until PJ opens the fridge and decides to add a little of this and a little of that and create “genius and delicious!” Sometimes that could be hours so I usually snack on water or just don’t eat. <<bad, bad, bad!!

Like I said though, we will be seeing better days soon. PJ just got a new job and we will have full cupboards once again.

Enough about that now. The workout today was Chest and Back. I’ve detailed this a few weeks ago and it still hasn’t changed. Lol. I got up at a normal time for those of us who do not have children and didn’t have to work till 11pm. (11:50am), got ready, then started my workout. It wasn’t bad but for some reason, I didn’t feel the burn that I usually do. Perhaps I need to up my weights to 10lb or something?? Anyway, I finished that and then started Ab Ripper X. I FELT THAT ONE!! Thankfully, it only lasted the duration of the exercise and I can actually sit and stand up without muscle pain.

Tomorrow is Plyometrics and I am debating whether or not I should do it as soon as I get home from Audit (7:00am) or wait until I get a good nap in and then do it. I am leaning more toward 7:00am just so that I can get it done and still have some energy to do some other things before a nap. I shall see.

Results of Weigh Day: 172.2lb this morning, 171.4lb before work…

Signing Out,

Even though it may take a while, It’s Possible!!

Feeling Better!!

As soon as I got home last night, I wasn’t feeling tired at all. Blah! PJ was already asleep because of the busy day he had had and that always makes me kind of sad when I get home and he’s asleep. To help me get to sleep, I started Big Brother Season 5 on my laptop and hoped that by the time the computer lost battery power, I would be in a position to go to bed.

PJ woke up some 20 minutes later or so and slowly crept upon me in our pitch black house. But, with my amazing hearing and cat-like ability to see in the dark, I knew he was standing just a few feet away. LOL. I asked him why he was awake and his response was because he had slept from the time he had come home from work till that moment. So, he wasn’t about to go back to sleep any time soon either.

I watched my show until the first episode was over and then decided that I should at least try to get some sleep for the day. PJ had already turned his Netflix on and shortly after that I was asleep. Yay!! (It was about 12:30am, if I had to guess.)

I think the reason I might have had trouble going to sleep lately is partly PJ’s fault. When he goes to bed (at whatever time in the morning he decides to), he usually grabs my hip and shakes it a little or scoots REAL close to me and wraps him arm around my tummy or whatever thing he does that makes me wake up.  He did this last night too, at around 3:00am. I woke up for up though, for a few reasons: 1.) Before I went to bed, I had noticed that someone>>pj<<had turned the AC to 69 and I was freezing!! So, I put some sweatpants on and went to bed with my hair down (that’s a NO NO!!). Woke up at 3AM sweating!! I put my hair up, changed to shorts and that was that. 2.) I had to go to the bathroom. 3.) PJ was messing with me again.

Thankfully, I was able to get back to sleep rather easily and get the much my much needed rest.

After all of that sleep talk, I can tell you that tomorrow is going to be a NEW week for P90X. I can’t guarantee that I’m not back to 170-something, but I’m more refreshed and ready to embrace the rest of P90X. I guess sometimes you just need some rest!!

BTW, the wonderful weather makes me extra happy too!! Lol. I love fall and am so thankful that the icky sticky has calmed for at least a few days!! This weather makes me want to get outside and run or play in the nonexistent leaves at the moment. It is Hoodie weather and I’m excited to see how loose my hoodies actually are on me!!

Be blessed readers and keep working at your goal!! You will get there if you stick to it!! Don’t forget to give your body a rest if it needs it!!

Signing Out,

It’s Possible!!

^^Wanted to add a picture today so I scrolled through "P90X funny" on google images and even though this isn't exactly funny, it's so true...my before pictures are ridiculous!!! But, you have to start somewhere to get somewhere.

Aggravated!!

Ok, I am officially aggravated! I did my best to stay awake yesterday whilst in bed after coming home from work not feeling too hot. (Well, actually, that’s kind of a contradiction because I was sweating profusely.) Anyway, I didn’t go to sleep even though I found myself drifting a few times. I wanted to go to sleep at a decent time and then wake up at 8:00am so I could do my workout.

Once Batman (I call my husband Batman) came home around 10:30pm, I headed off to bed and he watched Netflix for a few hours. I had fallen asleep but found myself awake again at 1:05am, which was about the time that PJ had turned off Netflix. (Grr!!) We didn’t go to sleep until well after 3:30am. (Double Grr!!) And, he even had to wake up at 4:50am!! He was the one keeping me up!! Trying to snuggle with a perfectly sound asleep person, NOT COOL! During that 2.5 hour awake time, we chatted about a few things and even got on each other’s nerves the last 20 minutes or so of it. He wanted to keep talking and put his leg on mine or arm on my face and I was just not having it. I can’t fall asleep if something heavy and hairy is weighing me down. (Lol).

Sleep came but I no longer wanted or felt like I could wake up at 8:00am. So, I didn’t. I skipped the morning workout and am pondering whether or not to do it tonight. To add to the fact that I don’t want to work out, the worst visitor decided to arrive and that makes me feel even worse today. So, I’m pondering. I feel like someone kicked me in the stomach repeatedly and then started to twist out my insides. Not feeling much like moving and sweating.

Maybe what I really need is a few nights to get re-acclimated to a decent sleeping schedule. It will give me more energy, won’t make me feel so beat down all the time, and hopefully, the headaches will cease. (I’ve got one trying to creep up on me at this moment.)

All I can say to sum up this post is that if you think your body needs a few days, give it a few days and then start back up. I’d totally rather skip two days than to physically, emotionally, and mental overwhelm myself. It’s worth it especially since this last week has been ROUGH!

I fully intend to start back up on Monday. I can’t say that my weeks results are going to be fun to look at and I might even be back in the 170’s but I feel like I’ve been pulled through mud from the back end of a truck. I need something and hopefully it will be found by then. Until next time.

Signing Out,

It’s Possible!! <<even if takes a while

When A Break Is Absolutely Needed

Seriously thinking about not working out tonight. I know, I know, that’s now what I want to hear myself say and I’m sure you probably don’t to read that either. But, the only reason why I would miss a workout is if I felt that I absolutely needed to. I literally felt like crap upon waking up, which could have been because I wasn’t able to find sleep until after 5:00am. I had to move to the couch because I simply couldn’t get comfortable in my own bed and I was going through hot and cold sweats every few minutes! The couch offered some relief minus the comfort and after watching some episodes of Big Brother Seasons past combined with Pinterest craft ideas, I decided that it was maybe time to turn everything off and try to get some sleep.

Anyway, woke up feeling horrible, didn’t want to go to work for the life of me. Maybe it’s something internal or maybe I just didn’t want my 2 days off to end, but something is not right. For the last 45 minutes, I’ve had a headache with some on and off hot flashes. I kinda feel like I did on May 3^rd when I actually fainted while checking a guest in. (Thankfully, the guest, which I couldn’t hear at the time, yelled apparently as I was falling through the air and my GM and the housekeeping manager arrived just in time to catch me.) So, yeah, given the fact that I kinda feel like this, I think not doing the workout for the day isn’t going to hurt me all that much.

Hopefully, you will be encouraged with this post. If you seriously feel like you are not in the best state to do your workout, please, DO NOT do your workout! Do not feel guilty about it either!

**The section above was written around 3:45pm. It is now 8:30pm and I've been in bed since about 4:15pm. PJ picked me up because I kept getting all headachy, sweaty, and just didn't feel right at all.  (Right before I clocked out from work today, I touched my back and it was LITERALLY drenched in sweat!!)

I still kind of have a headache and when I get up, I get a little light headed, but other than that, I'm fine. I'm trying to fight sleep as best as I can so that I can actually get some tonight. I should be ready for my work out tomorrow.

Signing Out, 

It's Possible!!

P.S. I pushed the wrong button and that's why this post is a little funky looking. 

Mind: "NO!!!" Body: "Yes!"

I know, I know, it’s late…or early, whatever you want to call it (2:00 am to be exact). And, because of a glorious nap that I had earlier in the day, I am now finding it quite difficult to go to sleep. So, I shall blog.

Let me tell you a little about this nap. It’s kind of a funny story really.

So, PJ and I had a meeting today at 10:30am And, if you’ve been keeping up with recent posts, you know that I’ve had a little bit of a problem waking up past 3:00pm. Well, crazy me was actually planning to get up at 7:45am to do the one hour and thirty minutes of Yoga. BUT, after falling asleep at about 12:00am the night before and then waking up around 3:00am because of the Netflix that PJ was still watching, I ended up getting to sleep again at about 4:15am. Needless to say, I wasn’t planning to wake up at 7:45am anymore. So, I reset my alarm to 9:30am.

Upon waking up, I showered, we went to our meeting, and then went to Aldi for some fruit that I’ve been craving. Another 15-20 minutes was taken up because of a little “run in” and then it was Wal-mart and then home, finally.  I decided that once we got home, I was going to do my Yoga for the day.

By the way, if today was a day that I didn’t want to do my workout, it was definitely today!! I’m not even kidding you. I did not want to do it!! So many other things sounded SO much better. I wanted to clean, I wanted to make some artwork for our bedroom, I really, honestly did not want to work out today! And, if I wasn’t so honest with my blog and myself, I could have skipped it and not have had to tell anybody. But, like I said, I decided to do it. I pushed that “play” button and started yoga almost as soon as we got back from the morning’s adventures.

This was actually an interesting workout. PJ was watching me do it! He was preparing his lunch before he had to go to work and then planted his kiester on the couch right in front of my Downward Dogs and Runner’s Poses. (lol) I was even doing the triangle pose and he decided to fake kick me in the stomach to see if I would remain calm and not lose focus or balance. I didn’t flinch at all :D Once he left, I continued and at the end of the first half, I was so exhausted! My muscles ached and all I wanted to do was quit. But, I pressed forward!! Will Power, how strong thou art!!

Then, the Plough to Shoulder move came and I was so exhausted that I did these moves hurriedly and actually fell out of Shoulder stance. (Not a good idea!!) My back started to hurt and I felt like such a complete idiot for losing my balance in the first place. After that, I was only able to do about 5 more minutes of yoga when I just had to stop the video, stretch and lie down. Not because I was tired (I was though) but because pain was shooting up and down my back. I’ve learned that back pain is made better by resting, so I had to stop 15 minutes before the end of the video and focus on making sure that my back was going to be ok.

Also, by this time, I was mighty hungry. My lunch consisted of a sandwich, a banana, a spoonful of peanut butter, a protein shake, and a cup of water. Once that was all gone, I tried to finish Iron Man 2 and not even 30 minutes later, I was out like a light!! It was fabulous!! I woke up a few times with my braid around my neck, haha. I’m gonna have to cut that thing off soon!!

At 5:10pm, I woke up and started to get things done. I learned that a queen size mattress, box spring and frame without wheels is nearly impossible to move by yourself!! I was able to move it though with minimal bruising. I also learned that trying to shut the middle of the laundry room door with your elbow/arm fat is NOT a good idea!! I got pinched so hard that I screamed (not a high pitched scream, but one of those” omgsh, that really stinking hurts” screams!!) I got a pretty whelp and bruise from that too…(ask me and I’ll show you!! :D)

Forgive the fact that I’ve actually taken a day to write about a bunch of things not pertaining to exercise. Lol. To get back on track though, if I had to sum this post up, I’d say that even if every fiber of your being has the deep desire NOT to workout, just do it! Just push that “play” button and do it. It kinda stinks that I’m not even done with Week 2 and have had so many “I don’t want to work out days” but that doesn’t meant that I’m going to give up. Stay strong and just do it.

Peace out homies!!

Signing Out,

It’s Possible!!

p.S.

Shout out to Melissa K. She's been doing P90X for one week now and has lost 6 pounds!! Way to go girl!!