X-treme!

As I mentioned before, Brandon and I have committed to a work out program. So far. So awesome. The program we are doing is called P90X. And it is NOT for the faint of heart or those who do not like to sweat. It takes commitment, gumption, courage, and a strong will to get fit and eat right. I highly recommend this program. BUT. And you gotta hear me on this. BUT, you must do this as a team with your spouse or best friend if you truly want to succeed!! We are succeeding because we work as a team and we encourage and push each other in a very positive way. This past week we busted our tails every day for six days (the 7th day is a rest or stretch day; we opted for rest!). We began our program on Monday, so our rest day was on Sunday, which is of course perfect for us. It's a 90 day program. For 90 days we will bust our tails, guts, arms, abs, backs... and we will eat really well. Once the 90 days are over, we will post our before and after pictures. I will say right now: my before picture is horrible. I did not realize I looked like that!! All those bulges and dimples!! Oh, my! After only one week, I have lost almost 3 and a half pounds. If I keep that up for 90 days, I'll lose about 40lbs, which is about what I would like to lose. BUT, we are also building muscle. So, if I only lose about 25lbs, but am totally ripped-out in muscle, then that is OK by me!! AND, after one week I FEEL so much better! My stomach and body feels tighter. I have had NO lower back pain. (Before P90X, I was having bad lower back pain, mainly from just not using my muscles, muscles tightening up, etc.) We have been sore, but a good sore. We have not pulled anything, or knocked anything out of joint! Praise God! You can also go on YouTube and search for Tony Horton or P90X for videos. Some of the videos are from the second stage! So don't freak out! and Don't get scared off! Tony, our fearless, ripped-out, X-man is always stressing to "do your best, and forget the rest!!" Our first week, our goal was to do our best to get through the videos. There was puke and tears, but we learned NOT to over work ourselves and to be proud of our small accomplishments! Today started off our second week, and I have to say... I am very proud of us! We had better form, did a few more reps, and finished our work out with a sense of improvement and accomplishment! Yay us!!!

By discipling ourselves to do this program, the WHOLE program, including the nutrition part, we are:

• establishing good lifestyle habits.
• eating high quality foods often to keep up our metabolism.
• EXERCISING our WHOLE body!!
• learning about and building muscle in our upper body and back!!
• learning portion control
• drinking more water!
• learning new cooking methods.
• learning that better foods are a bit more expensive, especially high quality meats, but it is worth the expense to put good fuel in our bodies, fuel that will build muscle!
• neither of us have had any back pain since beginning our work outs.
• sleeping better.
• building a since of team spirit and working together to accomplish our goals!
• establishing a healthy home and living lifestyle which we will pass on and teach to our children.
• creating better self image and self esteem!!
• not feeling "old", which is: tired, weak, poor self image and self esteem, aches or pains, medical issues....

If you have any questions about this program, please feel free to leave a comment or email me! I'd be glad to answer all I can!


On a side note: We leave for Warsaw, IN this Saturday May 31st. We are leaving our stuff in storage down here in KY, and will be living with grandparents until we find a place to live, which I am believing God for only about 4 weeks or less! Pray with us about housing! It's all a bit scary, but exciting, and we are faith filled!!