Stretch me out!!!

Hey guys today was XStretch with P90X and I love this workout because it really gets my body loose! It felt real weird not doing any cardio today which tells you that I have to have my cardio. You know it's like a love/hate relationship with cardio and I. Three more days and P90X will be done and I will be a grad, can't believe this shit and yes I know I keep saying it but damn, sometimes I feel like I'm dreaming!! It's going to feel so great to say that I completed P90X. This was my first round but definitely not my last round. After Supreme 90 and then maybe some Jillian Michaels, then I think I would like to do some more P90X. I also want to attempt to do Insanity but I will get to that when I get to it, not trying to give myself an heart attack! LOL. Anyway I'm not where I started and that's what I'm the most happiest about. You should think about not staying where you are, especially if you aren't happy there. You can do it!!

A workout that was light but effective!!

Yes you guys today's workout was shorter than most of my regular workouts but it was very effective. I use to hate doing Yoga, but now I love it, I didn't think that a person could get a real workout from doing Yoga but boy was I wrong. Turbo Jam is a pretty good workout but big sis came up with the idea to put on our weighted gloves and boy did it make a big difference. I mean the workout is only 20 minutes and we were looking for that extra ummph! So with the weights we found it. Four more days and then a freakin rest week, boy am I looking forward to that rest week. I will be detoxing that week with only juice so I know it's going to be interesting. Of course I will be vlogging and blogging about the experience. So guys get yours in today and make sure that you get that body moving!!

WEEK 13 HAS BEGUN....SO HAPPY!!

Hey guys, I know I've said this a thousand times but I still can't believe that week 13 is here and I am right here with it. Today was a great workout even though big sis Shay had to do it in the dark, we still got it done. This week is very important to me because becoming an P90X grad is a big accomplishment for me, it means that for the first time in a long time I completed something that I started even when it got tough, and when I wasn't feeling well and also when I was injured, now if you know my track record by now then you know that normally I would have quit and said to hell with it, but not this time. I now have a new love for fitness and nutrition and that new love is leading me in directions I never thought I would want to take.

P90X coming to an end!!

OMG!! Yes week 12 is finally over with and I still can't believe it. I won't lie there were days where I wanted to quit but the fight in me was too strong to allow self to do so. It's funny how when this all started it was by accident. Wanting to hang out with my big sis Shay for a Sunday morning workout turn into more of a life long desire to getting healthy. I never imagined that 12 weeks later I would be one week away from becoming an P90X grad!! After this we will be doing Supreme 90 and I hear that it is very intense but hell it will be worth it cause I'm feeling good and to be honest I'm looking pretty damn good too. LOL!! Anyway, this has been a lesson I never thought I would pass and learn from. If you are sitting there wanting to be healthy or fitter, leaner than trust me do it, you will be so much happier when you do. Sitting there making excuses damn sure won't get it done, trust me I know. I sat for years making every excuse that I could because I was in denial, and now I only want to push harder because I know that there is so much more that I want to do and can do within myself and with others.

Damn its been a while....

So what's up. It is week 11 for Shay and I with P90X and I'm so glad. Two more weeks and I will be a P90X Grad!! Yaay. I never thought that I would make it this far! After we finish with P90X I am going to take a little time off and then we are going to do Supreme 90 which I hear is very intense. By the time we finish that my body should be in the best shape that it has ever been in since High School. And that's a long damn time. I'm so looking forward to shopping for new clothes and just embracing the new look, hell I might even get my sexy back, I lost that shit somewhere and I haven't found it yet. Actually I call it my MoJo!! I want it back, it was so much more than you could possibly think it is. It was my laughter my walk, my talk, my whole attitude in one. I felt alive and not shy or restrained. I was free and anyone around me was affected by it and drawn into it. But when I started looking at this damn gut of mine and I stopped dressing up or wearing makeup or even doing my damn hair, my MoJo took a run for the damn hills and refuses to come back til I get my shit together! So that's what I'm working on....a new and improved upgraded ME!! LOL. Hope you are still getting in your exercise and making healthy choices. You have to get that in, everyday!!

I freaking did it!!!

Well yesterday was my doctors appointment and I was so shocked at my results. I have been battling with my cholesterol since 2005 and finally I have it under control. My levels went from 336 to 174, I was in amazement!! All the hard work of getting up at 3:30 in the morning, all the watching what I put in my body, and also being consistent with taking my meds has paid off. Before I made excuses of why I didn't want to work out or couldn't work but now I realize even more that it is very important that not only should I be mindful of what I'm eating but very mindful of what I'm doing with this body of mine. I mean hell it is my body and I only get one, so I guess I better respect that and appreciate it. To hell with all the excuses of why I can't. To anyone out there that thought for one minute that it is bullshit and that diet and exercise doesn't play a part in whether you are healthy or not, well I beg to differ!! Just remember it takes work, may not be easy but anything worth having usually isn't! Can't Stop Won't Stop......

Look where I am now...

Wow it's week 7 of Phase 2 with P90X and to be honest I never thought that I would make it here. I keep saying damn girl if you had just kept going the first time around you would have been so far now, but its okay because at least I'm doing something now. Everytime I look at myself now, it amazes me how much I've already changed. I'm so looking forward to my 41st birthday and seeing how I look and feel, being able to do things that I couldn't do before, like running, running upstairs, playing with my son without feeling like I'm going to pass out. Lowering my cholesterol, which I'm hoping is lower , but I will find that out on Thursday. Gotta keep pushing and pushing and pushing, even when I don't want to get my ass out of bed or want to drink another drop of water. Looking at where I am now only makes me more excited about where I will be in the future.

It's my Anniversary!!!

Well today is the day to celebrate my 10th wedding anniversary! Wow, it is simply amazing that the time flies by so fast. I think we all want to believe that our marriage will last forever but in reality I think we all know that life, love and marriage is all a gamble. You have to know how to maintain a healthy relationship with your mate. Now that shit is easy to say and write but not so easy to do. I am just happy that I have the opportunity to celebrate 10 years. When I look back on all the years that we have shared I've come to realize that I have to appreciate the years that we have had, learn from the mistakes we've made, remember to not be so damn petty (lol), appreciate what I have in my husband and never take him for granted. I am hoping that with prayer, faithfulness, dedication and continued hard work, and the occasional drink and argument that we will have the opportunity to spend many more years together. My grandparents we're married 62 years, and if I have the opportunity for that many years that is truly a blessing!! Take it one day at a time and live everyday as if it is the last and never forget to smile and laugh along the way!!

It feels good to be back with big sis!!

Last week I had to take some time away from working out because my knees were giving me major problems. It was so miserable not being able to get up every morning and work out with my big sis. Shay has been great to work out with and such a motivation and inspiration. When she told me that I should take some time off I actually cried. Yes I actually broke down and cried. Why? Well it's very simple, I want to be healthy and I want to be fit. I have this image of what I would like to look like and also a goal of how I would love to feel. This journey of losing weight is not just to be able to buy smaller clothes or a fad, it is the way of life for me and the way for me to help to stay alive longer to be able to raise my son and grow old with my husband. This week was great because I was back with big sis and as usual we got it in. We worked hard and we got our sweat on and on this day I feel amazing that I did not allow the issue of knee pain to hinder me or defeat me!! You see, quitting is not an option! Can't stop!! Won't stop!!!

Wednesday Workout 09.07.11

Wow, what a workout this morning. Big sis and I decided to do Pilates for Dummies and let me just say that you definitely should not sleep on the pilates. It was an amazing workout. Although I didn't want to get up this morning I'm so glad I did, because I got my heart to pumping and that adrenaline to going and now I feel amazing, again. It is very true what my big sis says about what you do to lose the weight or to get healthy has to be what you are capable and willing to do for the rest of your life to maintain it. I know that I can get up every morning and exercise and get my body moving, I now know that I can prepare healthy nutritious meals just the way I like them without all the added junk and it still taste good. It always amazes me how we always want to take the shortcuts or the easy way out and then we are disappointed at the results, when the truth of the matter is, that if we take our time and be dedicated and consistent(very important) that even though our journey may move at a slow pace we will still win the race. Everyday I'm becoming more and more positive about the woman that I am and the woman that I will be!! You see working out and getting healthy and fit is not only good for your body but its good for your soul and your mind and definitely your spirit!!

Fitness to live...

I never thought that it would be a day when a doctor would look me in the face and say, "if you don't work out and eat right you are going to die. I was one of those people who thought that they would never gain any weight, I was wrong. Many look at me and say you are skinny or girl you don't need to lose weight but they just don't have any idea that on the inside is where all the damage is. My cholesterol is so high that they have me going to the Lipid Clinic. Yeah!! But the fight is not over but merely beginning. I work out now with my big sis Shay every morning from 4am til around 5:30am, so I'm up at 3:30am. Yes, me. Never would have thought that I would even have it in me to get my ass up and work out at the crack of damn dawn, but I am. Why? Because I want to live, I want to be healthy and I want to get in my clothes without passing out. I also do it so that I can live to raise my son and grow old with my husband!! Now, after one month I feel that I can't live without working out! I've even shed a tear because I couldn't workout!! Yes, me! Again this is the beginning of something beautiful and awesome and I'm ready for the journey!!

When food becomes the enemy!!

I'm pretty sure that when we all were young children we never thought that we would wake up one day and not recognize who we were. To have to ask the question what happen to me. We would sit down at our dinner tables and in front of our tvs and endulge in the delicious foods that we had piled onto our plates with the thoughts of pleasing our stomachs. We clean our plates and then feel guilty because of the amount of food we had taken in, amazing enough we then go back for more to try to drown our guilt in more food. Food became our best friend, our boyfriends, girlfriends, our lovers , or wives and husbands, it replaced our social life and became our safe haven. When we become sad, we eat, when we are happy, we eat, when we get mad, you know it, we eat. We have to stop letting food be the enemy and get to a point where we can control our passion to feed our emotions.