Monthly Archives: May 2011

Excuses Excuses

May 23rd 2011
I used to be the queen of excuses. Why I wasn't at my goal. Why I wasn't skinny. Why I didn't eat right. Why I was sick. Why I was late to work. Why my back hurt. Why I didn't workout. Why I over slept. Why I didn't have money to pay the bills. Why I didn't like my job. Why my car broke down. Let’s be clear on an excuse. What I mean by excuse is a rationalization of why you didn't do something you know you should do. Or why you did do something you know you shouldn't. Pay a bill vs. buy shoes. Continue Reading >

Insanity The Asylum Day 29 & 30 – Awesome ride

May 21st 2011
I made it. I'm committed! What a great workout. Day 29 - Speed & Agility Much better at jumping rope. Shoot the first 15 days I didn't even really try to jump rope. I tried once or twice but it I was having difficulting being in the zone while jumping rope. Finally toward the end I gave it a try. Much easier. I had more energy and was able to do it. Better at ab progressions too. My back feels bettter. Mountain Climber Progressions. Box 3 baby! In and Out ab progressions The challenge Continue Reading >

Insanity The Asylum- Day 27

May 16th 2011
Today was the most difficult workout out of all of the days. Worked out while on vacation and continued when I got back home. Setting the alarm and getting up this morning was a beating. Worse than when I was working out while sick in the first few days. I said I would do it and I'm going to do it. 3 more days. I am my only road block. You absolutely can do whatever you put your mind to doing. Set the goal and just do it. It would have been very easy to keep hitting snooze or just turn off my Continue Reading >

Insanity The Asylum Day 20 while on vacation

May 9th 2011

Absolutely didn’t want to do this workout today. On vacation and Vertical plyo? No way. I did Game Day and OT on Mothers Day and now this? My lease favorite workout. I almost talked myself out of it and then I had to dig deep. I forced myself to do it. The only thing stopping me was mental. I was sore but I could do it.

This is it for videos. I’m on vacation!

Insanity The Asylum Day 16 – Vertical Plyo not a favorite

May 5th 2011
Vertical Plyo again. Yuck. Not my favorite at all. I love the 1 hour Game Day workout more than this 38 minute workout. Maybe it is all of the jumping and how high my heart rate gets. The warm up is a killer. I felt the same way about Plyo when doing Insanity but then it became one of my favorite workouts. It is the one that makes me cry at the end because I can leave it all on the floor. So for now I will resist the love for Vertical Plyo. I will continue to do it as instructed and push through. Continue Reading >

Insanity The Asylum Day 13 – Strength

May 2nd 2011
What a day today. I go to bed last night around 9:30pm and wake up to my 5 year old staring at me at 1:45 in the morning. He had a bad dream and wanted to get in our bed for a little. The next few hours were spent with his legs in my kidneys. Finally at 4:30 I carried him to his own bed. Got an hour of sleep without being kicked. It was awesome. Alarm went off at 5:45 and I had to get out of bed. Day 13 was waiting. I picked up my phone to check messages. I had 3 text messages and one told me to Continue Reading >