Hello {Goodbye}

Well I have failed miserably so it seems! I started a new day, a new post, a new blog look...Hello, here I am, the new blogger, the more punctual blogger! Then...nothing! It's probably been a month now! I am probably the worst blogger on the face of the internet. Oh well, here, I'll give it another go.

 

Not much going on in this girl's life...same ol' same ol'. The kids are doing good, they both spent the night away for the first time and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. They did really well for their aunt. I got pictures and videos the whole time they were gone so I didn't even really miss them too bad.

 

Charlie and I started a "30 Day Challenge". I know it doesn't seem like much, but we are hopeful! We aren't overweight anything awful, but it's enough to make each of us miserable when looking at how our clothes no longer fit. This may be something embarrasing for most girls to talk about, but it isn't embarrasing for me. As a matter of fact, it's sort of like motivation!

 

Our challenge at first was:

• Cut out Soda's 
• Cut out Sweets/Candies/Desserts
• 30 minutes of Cardio
• 3 sets of 30 Push Ups
• 300 Sit Ups.

We quickly realized that this challenge was almost impossible to be our starter Challenge. Although, we didn't drift from the original Challenge too much.

 

Our Challenge now is:

• Cut out Soda's High in Calories and Sugar
• Cut out Sweets/Candies/Desserts High in Fat and Sugar
• 30 minutes of Dancing
• 3 sets of 30 Push Ups (actuals: Charlie does 100 Push Ups and 30+ Tricep workouts. I do 90 Push Ups and 30 Tricep workouts)
• 150 Ab Workouts (actuals: Charlie does 100 Crunches, 100 Twists. I do 25 Sit Ups, 75+ Twists, 25 Leg Raises)

I must note here, we have been on this Personal Challenge for 8 days now. We haven't eaten sweets (except for some sugar free yogurt one day) in the entire 8 days. We also typically drink water or unsweet tea. Charlie drinks some diet soda, but me, I think I've had a few sips of a diet soda once in the 8 days. It's been tough. It's been REALLY tough! I've been struggling with it, but I seem to make it through the day anyway, even without the sweets. I realize I won't see much of a difference since I am still eating regular foods and fast foods. We are taking everything one step at a time and we want to be healthier about eating, we just know ourselves, and we know with our busy lifestyle that it would be easy to fail if we just jumped in full force! I look forward to working out with Charlie every afternoon/evening after we put the baby girl to bed! It is NOT fun while doing the workout, and on most days during the workout I don't feel like I've accomplished much with the little measly workout that we do, but I know that it IS something and it's better than doing nothing, which is what I used to do. I know if I can stick to it that I will get stronger and be able to do more. I already notice a difference in the amount of each workout I do at a time. Again though, it's nothing significant, I won't be winning any awards for the most reps, I won't be making any trips to the olympics for record times, but the self accomplishment I feel when I lay down at night after the workout and wake up with in the morning is enough for me and my husband!

 

Here are some before pictures. We aren't pretty to look at, but we're hoping to see a difference from the before and out after pictures (on June 4).