Kicking butt 1 calorie at a time

Happy Friday friends!

I decided to take today off. It was a thought in the back of my mind all week and yesterday afternoon I decided 100% that, yep... im taking Friday off. It's been slowing down {knock on wood} a little bit at work so it's not like I couldn't take it off or anything...

Anyways I want to talk to you about what ive been up to lately. Actually what both Josh and I have been up to.

Health and fitness.

I know, may sound boring but it's something we are both taking very seriously right now.

You see before I was going to the gym, somewhat regularly... although some weeks it was very inconsistent. 1 time a week here, 3 times there... basically just flip flopping. And although the gym is great and has everything you need, when it comes to cardio, it can become somewhat repetitive. The same machines, working the same muscles, all the time.  I  we needed something more then that. We needed something that would truly kick our butts into gear.

Last week I was looking through my 'Health and Fitness' folder on pinterest. Mind you it had been a week already that I hadn't stepped foot in the gym. Oh ya, waking up at 3:45AM to go to the gym before work was also getting VERY old... seriously. Anyways, was looking through my folder and it just hit me. I said to myself 'Self, this is it. Staring at these photos all the time isn't going to make anything happen. It's time to finally do this!'.

We already had P90X... but I didn't feel like doing that. I wanted something that would really make me sweat my {excuse my humor} balls off.

Then I remembered Turbo Jam and how fun it was. Problem was, some of my Turbo Jam DVD's were missing...

Just to show you how much I loved TJ, here is a 1yr progress photo of me after having Jayden and my road to losing the baby weight-

The before was about 4-5 months after having J. The after photo, 1yr later was me at my pre-pregnancy weight. The after photo is pretty much where I have 'hovered' at ever since. I let myself fall into that 'comfort' zone, knowing I had reached my goal of losing the baby weight. I stopped doing my Turbo Jam, stopped eating healthy ALL the time {yes for that entire year my eating habits were top par} and wasn't taking it as seriously as I should have.

My ultimate goal was to get down to 125 {im 5'4"} and not so much be thin, but be fit. I want muscles, not big muscles but I want to be athletic. I love the healthy glow of someone who just looks like they kick butt all the time and I can imagine the constant, amazing feeling they have all of the time from kicking butt as well.

SO with that said I went onto the ol' beachbody site and looked into Turbo Fire. It's basically the next step up from Turbo Jam and since I already did Turbo Jam and enjoyed it AND got results from it I snapped me up a Turbo Fire package and that's where im at now. Day 5 and im loving it! Josh is even doing it too and he really enjoys it as well.

I also snagged up a nifty new pedometer as well-

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Yesterday was the first day I wore the pedometer and with my 40min. fire starter class workout and an hour after the workout I burned 1550 calories. INSANE!!! but awesome!

We've completely revamped our eating habits. I always thought before I ate pretty well, for the most part, but boy was I wrong. Fruits, veggies, whole grains, lean proteins, smoothies.... Every morning this week for BFast I have had a smoothie and it has been delicious. Yesterday I tried Papaya for the first time. A Papaya and Kiwi smoothie and wow, just wow. 

We have been bringing our lunch/snacks to work everyday and not only has it been saving us money from eating out at lunch, but it's been great with making us stick to our healthier eating habits. And it's amazing at just how much food we really have throughout the day to eat and snack on! 

My schedule has changed to. No longer working out in the morning. As of now this is my typical day-

4:30AM - Wake up

6AM - Leave the house

6:30AM - Drop J off at Daycare

6:45AM - Get to work

4PM - Leave work

5PM - Get home {traffic is seriously ridiculous}

5:30PM - Workout {while im working out Josh is in the kitchen making our lunches for the next day}

6:30PM - Make dinner

7-8:30PM - Play time with J {reading, coloring... playing outside}

9PM - I am IN BED lol.

J even sometimes tries to do the workout with me, which makes it fun. I feel like I can involve him more and of course im spending more time with him vs. going to the gym. He will even sit on the couch and watch me do my workout and cheer me on. He's my little motivator. Keeps me going lol. 

So there you have it. I am in week 1 of my new lifestyle and I am determined to finally reach my ultimate goal. To be fit! To finally do this and to feel great, inside and out. :0)