Oops!

When we diet, we have to stay on track. It is so easy to spiral out of control after just one slip up! This is my biggest issue on my weight loss journey. I always give into temptation and then keep giving in - again and again and again. For about two weeks I have been trying really hard to eat right and exercise daily - do something, not always hard core but even a hour walk is better than a hour of sitting in front of the TV. But for the last few days I have deviated. I have eaten Popsicles, ice cream, Chipotle, and french fries. Between funerals, luncheons and picnics in the hot summer - I have decided to ALLOW myself to do this. I plan for it.

I think this is why things are going different this time. Because I am ready for the oops! moments in my journey and I am ready to say ITS OKAY. I will eat a better lunch if I am going to go out to dinner. I will not spend my calories all in one place. If I go over, its okay. I will do better the next day and maybe add in an extra workout to compensate. I will not give up!

Everyone has their own little tweaks that get them off track, its important to acknowledge that those things will happen and do happen and it doesn't mean it has to throw you off you game. Start tracking your food and planning out your meals. If you know you are doing pizza for dinner with friends, then plan to eat a lighter healthy lunch and breakfast - something like fruit, hard boiled eggs, half a lunch meat sandwich, veggies, etc. Just know that if you want this to happen you will learn habits (like  I am trying to learn) to make it happen. Mind over matter (and I have a lot of matter!) and you can make it work!

T minus 26 hours till CHALLENGE TIME. Check back tomorrow for fresh weight - size - photos - and fitness test results to kick off Monday's challenge!


-Kayla-

Challenge schedule :)

Yesterday I pushed my body so hard. I did a turbo with my challenge coach, Cory. I am telling you what -  I think everyone should join a gym. Its not because its cooler to say you belong to a health club or whatever, its because you push yourself harder when you take a class with people.  I worked so hard that when the class was done it was all I could do to NOT puke right there in the middle of the classroom floor. I can honestly say that from August 2011(when my unofficial journey began) until now, this was the hardest I have ever pushed myself - and it felt GOOD!

My last post I talked a bit more about my challenge and the hybrid that Cory has designed for me. I thought I might share it with you so you can get a little more intuned with what I will be doing.

Week 1

Monday - ChaLEAN Extreme Burn Circuit 1 + Turbo Jam 20 Minute Workout
Tuesday – Turbo Jam Punch, Kick and Jam
Wednesday – ChaLEAN Extreme Burn Circuit 2 + Turbo Jam Ab Jam
Thursday – Turbo Jam Cardio Party
Friday - ChaLEAN Extreme Burn Circuit 3 & Turbo Jam Ab Jam
Saturday – Turbo Jam Punch, Kick and Jam + ChaLean Extreme Recharge
Sunday – Off (or make-up day if another day was missed)

Week 2
Monday – ChaLEAN Extreme Burn Circuit 1 + Turbo Jam Ab Jam
Tuesday – Turbo Jam Cardio Party + ChaLEAN Extreme “Extreme Abs”
Wednesday – ChaLEAN Extreme Burn Circuit 2 + Turbo Jam 20 Minute Workout
Thursday – ChaLEAN Extreme Extreme Burn Intervals + Turbo Jam Ab Jam
Friday - ChaLEAN Extreme Burn Circuit 3 + ChaLEAN Extreme Recharge
Saturday – Turbo Jam Punch, Kick and Jam & ChaLEAN Extreme Ab Burner
Sunday – Off (or make-up day if another day was missed)

Week 3
Monday - ChaLEAN Extreme Burn Circuit 1 +Turbo Jam Cardio Party
Tuesday – Turbo Jam Turbo Sculpt + ChaLEAN Extreme Burn It Off
Wednesday – ChaLEAN Extreme Burn Circuit 2 + Turbo Jam Ab Jam
Thursday – Turbo Jam Punch, Kick and Jam and ChaLEAN Extreme Recharge
Friday - ChaLEAN Extreme Burn Circuit 3 & Turbo Jam 20 Minute Workout
Saturday – ChaLEAN Extreme Burn Intervals and Turbo Jam Ab Jam
Sunday – Off (or make-up day if another day was missed)

Week 4
Monday – ChaLEAN Extreme Burn Circuit 1 + Turbo Jam 20 Minute Jam
Tuesday – ChaLEAN Extreme Burn It Off + Turbo Jam Turbo Sculpt
Wednesday – ChaLEAN Extreme Burn Circuit 2 + Turbo Jam Ab Jam
Thursday – Turbo Jam Punch, Kick and Jam + ChaLEAN Extreme Ab Burner
Friday - ChaLEAN Extreme Burn Circuit 3 & Turbo Jam Cardio Party
Saturday – ChaLEAN Extreme Burn It Off & ChaLEAN Extreme Extreme Abs
Sunday – Off (or make-up day if another day was missed)

Week 5
Monday - ChaLEAN Extreme PUSH circuit 1 + Turbo Jam Cardio Party
Tuesday - ChaLEAN Extreme Burn Intervals + Turbo Jam Ab Jam

So there is is - 4 weeks and 2 days of excitement :) Be looking on Sunday for my fit test results and monday for my next photo of progression to docutment my first official challenge day! Have a great weekend!

-Kayla- 

Scared

So - I started this blog to write about my 30 day challenge and beyond. Here's the brake down. On July 16, will begin a 30 day challenge along with three other people. We each chose our own BeachBody fitness program and we commit to following its program - food and workouts and shakeology - for a month. We check in weekly with our team and keep each other encouraged to keep pushing on. There is no "winner" at the end. There is no prize money. We only win what our bodies have accomplished. For me, I am hoping that will be shredding a good amount of weight and seeing some muscle definition start to pop out of my limbs. I am hoping to feel happier and healthier - more energetic and spunky. I want to feel confident.

So there's the run down. Pretty simple. Not too hard to grasp.

So for a while now - it seems like weeks- I have been sharing this challenge with my friends and family. I have even tried (unsuccessfully) to talk them into doing the challenge with me!  I think I will just have to be a shining example for them this month so that next month they will do one with me! :)

Today all my stuff for the challenge arrived in the mail. I always love revieving things in the mail :) I have been pumping myself up and mentally making a game plan for this challenge. I have been bugging my coach/team leader - Cory - daily and I THOUGHT I was ready for this. I mean I was so excited that I wanted to use two programs (to double results... maybe?) and Cory made a hybrid program. So I thought I was all set to go and then tonight after dinner with my in laws I take the box out that I received this morning and I look at it and I see all this stuff. Books on how to use the program to achieve optimal results and bands and DVDs and I started to get all overwhelmed and nervous and my husband had to ask me if I was okay. I was. I was just all of a sudden scared.

Why. Why are we scared of trying new things? New things that we KNOW are going to benefit us if we can just stick to doing something new. I think its because its not the newness that scares us, its the unknown or the thought of failure. I think I got so nervous that I would fail in front of my blog audience, in front of my husband, my family, and fail my coach, Cory - who also teaches at the local gym I belong to.

But I think this could be a healthy fear and when channeled right, could be some kick ass motivation. I already know that I want to do this for myself and I think that is the most important thing. You wont achieve anything unless you want it for yourself first, especially weight loss. BUT now I have someone else to work for. I can work for my kids - for them to learn what healthy living is and for them to have a healthy respect for fitness. For the people who read this - to encourage them. If a girl who weighs over 200 lbs can do it - they can too! For my family who has suffered heart attacks at the age of 45 and for the ones who battled cancer and for the ones who have heart disease and mental illness and diabetes and joint pain and the list goes on and on and on. They don't have to worry to much about me or my family. We are making the change together. John has committed to do this with me and I have my sister who has joined me in a gym routine. We are doing it together - because truth is, when you work out you don't just work out your body, you work out your body and mind. And when you work out, you cut out your risk of cancers and heart disease and diabetes and high cholesterol.

So when I looked at the positives of what this challenge really meant for me - I wasn't scared anymore. I was once again excited! So now I have 4 more days until my challenge officially starts. I have four more days to prepare my meals for next week. I am stoked! I can do this.

-Kayla-