It took me wwwaaaaayyyyyy too long to get ready to start living a
healthier lifestyle, so it is no surprise it has taken me a few weeks to
get myself in gear to write this post. In addition to outshining my
sailor husband's potty mouth, I possess the Procrastinator
Extraordinaire Super Power.
Below is a picture of some of the SpouseBUZZ authors from just a few
weeks ago. We were attending the Change of Command ceremony for Semper
Fi Wife's husband. Marine Wife was stopping in the area on her pcs
adventures and Sarah, her mom and her adorable little girl were driving
back from their vacation adventures. Airforcewife and I both
brought our kids along with fingers crossed about their behavior. I
brought the stroller jail for my oldest and my (handmade by me!) mei tai
carrier for the youngest.
I have never been a fan of pictures with me in them, but I
especially don't like seeing myself resembling a blob more than a
person. We are our own harshest critics to be sure, but having already
lost a lot of weight once in my life, knowing I need to do it again is
just a wee bit upsetting. And somehow I think the two kids and extra decade are going to make the process a bit more involved.
Airforcewife and I live relatively close to one another and although
we are quite wimpy about it, we try to brave DC traffic to see each
other. Each time I see her she has shrunk some more! She loves boxing
and has told me repeatedly to go down and take a class with her.
At the
Ft Hood SpouseBUZZ Live this spring I held the pads while she punched
and even got to punch a bit too. I think I would enjoy it. The truth
is that I am not really the sort who wants to work out and look
uncoordinated and get sweaty in front of people. Even strangers. It
gives me the heebie jeebies. The fact that I am working out daily with
my husband is kinda a big deal in my book. So, even though there is a LA Boxing relatively close to me, I
wanted to go a different route.
There are so many inspirational
military spouses out there. Even if we narrow the scope of their
awesomeness to fitness. Andrea at Sgt & Mrs. Hubs and Sara at When in Rome are just two of the milspouses out there who do crossfit. Who make me
want to do crossfit. Seadaddy has done some of the crossfit workouts
with one of his old gym buddies. For a while we were leaning towards
getting the necessary equipment to do crossfit at home.
about p90x and we decided to go that way. We are following their eating
guidelines as well as doing the exercises. I am loving it. Or I am
loving how very much I hate it. I never knew there were so many
different kinds of pushups. And I still can't do any of them really
well, but I know that will change and I am looking forward to it.
Because I am an app addicted dork, I really love having the Eat Right 90 app to help me keep track of my daily portions for each food group during the different phases of the program. And I love the app Daily Burn (that airforcewife first told me about) to record more specifically the foods I eat and track my weight and inches.
Before starting the program I had lost ten pounds from the highest
number I saw on the scale, so I was already going the right direction.
In my first week and a half working out and eating within the guidelines
I lost thirteen pounds. I was kinda shocked. I have a lot more to go
and in the beginning the weight comes off quicker but I still smile
seeing a lower number on the scale.
I can't wait until I don't have to do cheats or substitutions on
certain moves or take an extra break. Although I am pretty positive I
will never like Yoga. Except for the corpse pose. I can do a mad crazy
good corpse pose.
So my questions are - which milspouse bloggers out there inspire you
with their health and fitness posts? What kind of program or training
works best for you? Do you have any tips on how to take that first step
to get started?
Up next I'll be getting into what happens when you leave for a two
week road trip right after starting a strict diet and exercise plan.
