P.S. on one of my Links

FYI - I saw Hot Fuzz, the Simon Pegg/Nick Frost comedy I've had a link to on this blog. It's HILARIOUS!!!!! Just so you know.

Day 120 Pics

So after ankle sprains, car accidents (or accident singular, thankfully) here are my 120 day results thus far. :-)

Not as much handle to grab in the love handle area

My cage is a little less loose :-)

Back has muscles I didn't know I had now. It's either
a good thing . . . or kind of creepy looking. LOL.

Still got some work to do for my own goals, but I feel good.

. . . and the obligatory (I guess) "full flex" for fun. :-)

Chad's at it again

So, first the ankle, and now this. Chad's really going to great lengths to sabotage this contest. First, he paid someone to roll my ankle and now he's paid a guy to hit Sarah and I without insurance or a license. Jeez . . . if it means that much to you, Chad!

HAHA. In all seriousness we did have a moron collide into us. And he did decide to do it without insurance or a license. Pretty kind of him, yeah? Anyway, I worked out today (after a couple of chiro appointments earlier this week), but we'll see if that made sense tomorrow. LOL. Thankfully all is well with our health, including the baby. We're VERY grateful for that.

Next week are our 120 day pics. I think we both deserve to be proud of ourselves for sticking at it this long despite my drama and despite Chad's crazy school schedule.

See ya'll next week.

For those that are curious

For those wondering what the changes in the workouts are here's the jist. I'm not going to get too detailed, but Monday I'll be doing a bodyweight only workouts, only 10 to 15 minutes long, but HIGH intensity, with minimal rests. Tuesday will be Plyometrics, the jump routine from P-90x, Wednesdays will be varying between another bodyweight workout designed for muscle endurance and the P-90x arm routines. Thursday will still be Yoga, Friday will still be Legs & Back and Saturday a cardio only workout. I will also be adding a second cardio workout to Monday, Wednesday and Friday. So there will now be a morning and an evening workout. Those are the goals anyway, we'll see what results they bring!! Thanks everyone!

Good News, Bad News 90 day update

The BAD news first: I really haven't been able to do one cardio workout since hurting my ankle, which has been almost two months (the injury happened on January 31st). So, that combined with me not being "exactly on point" as far as eating right all the time means I haven't lost those pesky love handles or my lovely little pooch of a stomach. I am now entering into a new phase of working out where I am combining the p-90x workouts with a bodyweight workout for the next 90 days to the finish. We'll see how it goes.

The GOOD news: I can do my cardio workouts now (with a heavy duty brace) and I did my 90 day measurements. Here they are: My biceps before: L - 13.5", R - 13.75". Biceps now: L - 14", R - 14.15"!! So that's awesome. My chest before: 39", chest now: 41". My waist was 34" and still is 34" (due to the not eating right, lol). My hips also went down from 40" to 39". So those are all good numbers I think. I also increased pull-ups from 5 to 15 and improved beyond my expectations on all my weight lifting goals.

So, the pictures may or may not represent these changes as they seem to be in my head, haha. But the numbers are good and I feel great. I now look forward to the other half of our competition and being able to get back to 5 workouts a week now that my ankle is strong enough. (It really is this time, I've fooled myself in the past and regretted it when I tried to push it, but it's good enough now). THANKS everyone.

Been a while . . .

. . . since I posted. But I have been able to keep up on my workouts. I've been really busy with work, but still sticking at it. I still haven't been able to do some of the workouts as my ankle, although not hurting, is still weak. I think this may be the first week since the injury I'll be doing the whole routine every day. I go to Utah next week to see my brother and his family. I'm bringing weights with me, but pull-ups are going to be an issue . . . I'll figure something out. When I get back on the 1st of April I'll then have one "rest week" then I'll post my 90 day pics!! Whoo-hoo! Three months straight!

60 Day Update

I look happy, don't I?

Who's the photographer? . . . she's fired (jk)

There would be more of "V" shape if I didn't have those little love handles lol

Well, here are my 60 day photos. I don't see as big a of difference between these and my 30's as I did between the beginning and 30, but that's to be expected. I also was not able to do about half the workouts due to my 'lovely' ankle. This next 30 should be much better and I hope to see more results. I'm in the same boat as Chad as far as feeling better. I've made marked improvements in strength and flexibility and I just feel healthier overall. I've improved 10-15 pounds per exercise in most of my routines. And I'm doing 2-3 times as many pull-ups as when I started. The one area I am still really weak in is what I eat. I don't eat horribly, but I don't eat what I should either. Now that my working out is a habit I hope to improve my diet. Thanks for everyone's support.