Sick

I feel like crap. I've pretty much eaten cough drops for every meal. I'm afraid I'm getting what my son had. No workout today obviously.

Change of plans. Already.

I have a sick kid so I've been working from home the last couple of days. So today instead if cardio on the elliptical I tried Breathless Body by Amy Dixon. It's a cardio tabata style workout that I bought last summer and then have been too scared to try ever since.

I made it through 5 of the 8 drill cycles and then I needed to get back to work. It was definitely intense. I feel like I got a good workout and it was actually fun even though the moves are really simple and repetitive. I'd do it again.

I weighed myself yesterday morning. 133. Not bad, but its pretty much all saggy and flabby. I got weighed on the evil dr scale last week and it was 139. Of course, that was fully clothed in the middle of the day on a full stomach. So it doesn't count right?

Ha! Anyway I've been hungry for 3 days now. It's a drag.

Jillian Michaels Killer Abs Workout 2

This morning I remembered why I stopped working out in the mornings. It's hard to get out of bed that early and really believe that it's for your own good. Sleep is for my own good too.

My decline back to inactivity began when I started thinking I'd use my lunch break as my only workout time. It's fine sometimes, but there are always meetings or one more thing I want to get done that turns out to be more complicated than I imagined. I end up working through lunch or, worse, taking a bunch of mini breaks surfing the web that could have added up to a productive lunch time workout.

Anyway, Killer Abs. I've had this DVD for a couple of months. I've done workout 1 a few times and its good. Workout 2 is definitely my level right now. Meaning, I have to modify some of the moves so there's something to aspire to, but I can make it all the way through and I break a decent sweat.

I've decided the key to Jillian's amazing arms is that she uses them during every exercise! Really this could almost be called Killer Arms and Abs. That's great for me because I feel the sexiest when my arms are toned. I'm planning on keeping with this workout three times a week for two weeks and then I'll switch it up to No More Trouble Zones before diving into Workout 3.

My goal for tonight needs to be lights out before 10. I was in bed at 9 last night but I read and googled and youtubed for a while before finally sleeping. The soothing nighttime cup of tea also backfired because I had to get up to pee a few times.

Here's a pic of the Spinach Lox Egg Onion breakfast I'm about to enjoy. I had to use spring mix instead of spinach since that's what I have.

Let's try this again

It's been half a year since I posted and, people, I slacked big time. Summer's ever changing schedule gave me an excuse to skip workouts. By November I added bad eating choices to my no working out routine and now here I am, squishier than I'd like.

I just barely got over the ickiest cold I've had in years and now I'm motivated and ready to get back at it.

Today was an hour on the elliptical and pretty ok food choices but I didn't have a plan going into it. Tomorrow I'm getting up early and doing killer abs with Jillian and I've got a pretty good idea what I'll eat, starting with Spinach LEO from the Body Revolution kickstart recipe guide.

I'm back on myfitnesspal. I couldn't remember my old password so I created a new profile. I'm catjean22 if anyone wants to follow along.

Tonight I'm sipping herbal tea and watching Biggest Loser on Hulu. I love that show for motivation and the kids this season are great. I can't wait to see how things go for them.