Love hate relationship(jenn)

Today is the first day I have attempted to run in a month and a half. and lets just say that I missed it...but I still hate it! I know that doesn't make any sense but that is how it is! I am not allowed to run like I used to...(let see how many people read my blog)....My OB Doctor told me to take my pace slower since I am 3 months prego! So Since I haven't ran in a while I walked and ran....I took my time and didn't push myself to hard and didn't do any up hills....I made all my walking up hill and all my running downhill or flat!
Now since I spilled the beans a week early....this will explain why I haven't been on here that much because I don't like to lie about working out! I am NOT allowed to do the insanity workouts..BOO! B/c i miss them! But i did get two other workout DVD's that I am doing...the picture next to this is one of them. The other one is with Summer Sanders she is some Olympic swimmer. I like them both a lot but I like Erin's personality better. So I have been doing both of them and alternating days with them. And when my husband is home I will be running in the morning instead. I love being outdoors and we are at the pool a lot but I am not a swimmer. So I can't just start swimming now...I am also not allowed to ride my bike...80(......So Kelly got a little mad at me b/c I won't be able to do the Duathalon with her in July. I was a little upset too, but I am realizing that I am a sick human being b/c I am looking forward to pushing myself next year after the baby is born and preparing myself for the warrior dash and more mud runs!!! This is why I am keeping in shape during this pregnancy so it won't be so hard to lose the weight afterwards. Erin's workout also has a postnatal workout for after wards which I am looking forward to doing! I am going to have a c-section so i won't be able to fully workout right away but as soon as I get the green light....INSANITY I AM GOING TO KICK YOUR BUTT!!! I really did enjoy those workouts and as long as YOU EAT RIGHT(GIRLS, you know who I am talking too) you will see am improvement. I was seeing an improvement in everything but my belly...but them I realized that there was a reason for that and it wasn't going to go away! But what i think is awesome is that it is just all baby belly, it isn't fat and I actually have lines on the sides that I think may be some ab muscles!!!! BUT I popped out so fast this time! WOW! I will post a picture in about a week! Sunday I will officially be 12 weeks....and I hope that being tired all the time will go away and also the nausea....these two things have been killing me the past couple months!
So my entries will be about working out and growing a baby all at the same time....80)
Pain is the fear leaving your body, Fear=fat

Still here! (jenn)

So who said summeris supose to be relaxing! I feel like I do more running around then I do during school time! UGH! So Tired!
So anyway I am still working out and all I have to say is Warrior dash here I come next year! I am doing push ups now like a mad women! Well for me who couldn't even do a push up...I think i am doing pretty good! I can do at least 10 of them. Which from August of last year when I did my first boot camp( google Bucks county boot camp, it was awesome and got me start on all this crazy running and working out) I couldn't even do one or run a half mile....now I can do ten push ups and ten miles.....I actually had a thought about pushing myself to do another 3.5 miles.....on top of the ten...then I was like!! NAHHHHH that is just crazy talk! LOL! Well who knows what the next couple months will bring I know I am not upping my mileage until next year....I will continue to workout with my dvd's and got to get my butt back out to run! Once my husband stops working some overtime( which is awesome b/c we could use to money since we want to move) I will get my but back out there to run.....I really really miss it! I must be crazy!
Off to do some weeding and then off to the pool!
Pain is the fear leaving your body, Fear=fat!

sooo tired.....(kelly)

So I think I'm going to take a week off from Insanity...I just don't feel up to it this week. I did my fit test on Monday and I rode Monday night and I tried to finish the max interval last night but I just wasn't into it and my legs were soooo tires - not sore just tired.  I don't know if it's the eating change or my body is just tired.  I'm going to try and do a tape tonight but if I don't I'm ok with that...i just want to not feel so tired.

Anyway here is my log from yesterday

Breakfast:
Choc vitamuffin top (love these things!!!) - - 3pts
Snack:
Chex Mix - - 3pts
Lunch:
Broccoli w/ cheese and rice - 6pts
applesauce - 2pts
more chex mix - 3pts
Snack:
Apples - 0 pts
pices of andy's mint - 2pts (not sure if it was that much but like to overestimate)
banana - 0 pts
Dinner:
Flatout wrap w/ lite tuna salad - 4pts
Choc Milk - 6 pts. (damn you tanners choc milk...!!)
Snack:
WW english muffin - 3pts.
Total pts - 32 pts ( 3pts over)
a little over today but I was under 5pts on Monday and I didn't count my activity pts for the Fit Test - 20 mins and 20 mile bike ride - - and yesterday I did do 20 mins of the insanity - didn't add that in either  - - so not a bad day.

I hate headaches!!! (jenn)

SO I have had a headache everyday for the past week and it is getting old!!! I pushed myself through my workout this morning and then wanted to collapse! I definitely think it is my sinuses. What else could give me this unbelievable pressure in my head! The only thing that seems to help is if I lay down and close my eyes or caffeine! I can't lay down all day b/c I have to care and play with my girls! So I am stuck with caffeine which i was trying to stay away from drinking a lot of it for my diet! So I limited myself to about 20ozs a day and I have to stretch that all out for the whole day!!! UGH! I am also spitting out nice green and yellow mucus! I know I know TMI! But i had to tell someone! LOL!
Went and saw hangover 2 last night and have to say it was similar to the first in the way the story went but still just as funny! I will be having a new song on my ring tone i am sure once I figure out how to do all that! LOL! Well off to shop a little and drop the girls at my dads and then work! Have a great day everyone!
Pain is the fear leaving your body, fear=fat!!

Counting.....and is there a Long John Silvers on this island?(Kelly)

So yesterday was my first day of writing down everything I eat and counting my points.  I also did the Fit Test yesterday and am happy to say I moved up or stayed the same in all the exercises.  I wasn't able to get the 1st full day of phase 2 in because I went for a 20 mile bike ride last night and then went to see the Hangover 2 (great movie). So I'll have to start tonight.

Anyway here is my food journal for Monday 6/20:
Breakfast:
Yogurt-4pts
Snack:
Chex Mix snack pack - 3pts
Lunch:
Lean Cusine - 6pts.
Applesauce - 2 pts
Snack:
Banana - 0pts
Dinner:
Green Beans - 1pts
Rollup sandwich(flat out wrap - 2pt, low fat lunchmeat - 1pt , ww cheese 1 pt) - 4pts
saurkraut - 0pts
1 cup choc milk - 4pts
total - 24 pts (5 left over)
(water all day)

It's been a while! (jenn)

SO I am sorry for the long time of posting...i had a crazy two weeks. Since my grandfather past away I have been running and running and running.....and I wish it was actual running.....We just had so many things to do that I ran myself into the ground and got myself sick. I even took off work!! I KNOW for me that is bad!
So here i am back to the grind and working out again. I missed it I really did! I also miss running. I never thought I would miss it but I see people running and I am like....Dam that could be me! B is working this week so I am not going to be able to run till Wednesday when he gets home. I was going to go to the pool today but it says that we might get rain. So I think I am going to go and pick up paperwork for Preschool and then hit the mall and if it is still nice out I will take the girls to everyone playground( i love that place).
And maybe even make these little monkeys walk the trail with me!
I am very  proud of Kelly and how she posted her weight on the blog! It goes to show that she is really serious about eating better! I think we have finally figured it out that....You can't do one without the other! I was eating healthy and didn't workout that much b/cI was sick and I know I stayed the same! I didn't measure my self yet but that will come in a couple weeks.
Stacey who got on here ONE time....she is starting the first part of the insanity workouts over b/c she feels that she wants to get better at that then move on to the next phase!  I said as long as she is still working out and she is also doing WW! Yeah for all of us! I pat us all on the back for realizing that we need to workout AND eat right! LOL! It will come to you at some point and when it does you will say to yourself...MAn I was stupid!!
Pain is the fear leaving your body, Fear=Fat!

Phase 2 - - Diet and Exercise....(Kelly)

Well it seems you can't have your cake and eat it too....so as phase 2 of Insanity starts I'm working on my diet....I'm going with what I know and that's WW.  It really does work and its a good program - I'm going to try the new points program so that means instead of 20 pts a day I have 29pts -which works out to the same because all the food went up in pts.  So it's 1200 calories give or take a day.... Yesterday I had Jenn measure me and I was not happy....a few little changes but not enough for as much as I have been busting my ass for over 30 days....so the diet needs to change.   This morning I got up and did my Fit Test which was good and tonight I will do Max Interval which is an hour long (didn't have time before work this morning).  

Oh and I got a battery for my scale so I weighed myself ....ahhhhh...here it is since I won't be going to WW meetings - I'll make everyone here my judge and jury..... 151- - - that's right.....every week I'll list the new number good or bad til I get where I want to be which is between 135 and 140....that is a good healthy active weight for me.  The food journey begins.

have a good day....

Friday, Friday, Friday!!!! (Kelly)

TGIF!!!!!!  It's been a loooonnnnngggg week.  So I switched my workouts to nights this week because I've wanted to sleep in til 6am - woohoo!!! I gotta say mornings are much better...it really does set your day.  It's been a struggle to workout at night because I get home from work and I just want to relax but I've still done the recovery tape everyday this week.  A few more days to go then it's on to phase 2....I gotta get Jenn to measure me this weekend to see if there are any physical differences.   I can tell you this I do feel stronger and it has translated into me being a faster bike rider with more endurance but I'm not sure about bodywise.   It is SOOOO true that you have to exercise and DIET!!! I suck at that last part...I like to feel like I can eat whatever I want....but I know I won't see the same results if I don't eat better.  That doesn't mean I have to deny myself and starve myself but I can be making better choices.  Work just kills me because that's where I snack and let others influence my lunch decisions.  My goal is to start phase 2 with the new workouts and a better eating plan.  I'm going to start my food journal on Monday so hopefully I'll post it on here.

Well gotta go shower and get ready for work.... have a great day.

Pain = Fear   (so there must be a lot of fear in my shoulders because those 2 1/2 min shoulder burner exercises in recovery week are a killer)

I'm baaaaccccckkkkk.....(Kelly)

Sorry for the absence but I've been sick.  It started last Tuesday and really isn't completely gone yet but i'm much better.  So since I was sick I took a few days off from Insanity because I didn't have the energy to do it - - so over the weekend I had a couple double workout days which were just so much fun.  I was able to catch up minus one day of Core Cardio which is this week's recovery dvd.   So I did that dvd last night and let me tell you recovery week is not as recovery as i thought or would like it to be.    Shaun T talks softly and says to go slow but the workouts are each a minute long ( you might be thinking a minute isn't that bad - i challenge you to do the workouts for 1 min and let me know) - - there are rests in between and you aren't going as fast as you usually do but let me tell you - it's still a workout!!!   I was sweating and my legs and shoulders were killing me (the shoulder drills are killer).  

Anyway I survived and now have this dvd to do all week before I move into phase 2 - I'm not going to lie I'm a little scared of phase 2.  

I also have to get my tape measure off Jenn so I can see if there were any improvements in these 4 wks.

have a great day!!!

Sick...(Kelly)

As Jenn said I'm sick....so I haven't been doing anything but lay around.  I couldn't workout Tuesday night because I felt horrible so I just laid and tried to sleep.   As any of you that have bad sinuses know you can't breathe so you can't sleep.  I stayed home from work yesterday and probably should have today because I still don't feel good.  But I know how my sinuses work and I just have to soldier threw it.   I did do a workout yesterday and before anyone says you're crazy or that was dumb - - it actually made my sinsues feel better all be it only for a brief time.   

If anyone out there has sinusitus they know that chaning temps and just getting up and moving from one room to the next can clear your clogged sinus up even if it's just for 5 minutes.  So I move around alot when my sinuses act up and I stick tissues up my nose and all kids of sprays and i sniff hot sauce....you name it I do it.  So working out took my mind off my clogged sinus and  gave me a good half hour of relief. 

I'm trying to get as much done as I can today at work so maybe I can leave early.  I know my co-workers probably hate me for coming in because I sound and look like crap and I'm sneezing and blowing my nose so they think I'm going to get them sick. But sinusitus is not contageous so everyone else will be fine except for me.  Nothing like having a cold in 100 degree weather.

Hope everyone has a better day than me....

Didn't Quit! (JENN)

Sorry for a few readers if Kelly and I were not on here the past two days! Kelly has been sick. I think she is working too hard. I think she needs to be a stay at home mom for Molsen and then she won't run herself into the ground! LOL!
I had a bunch of things going on the past two days and also my grandfather past away yesterday so I was a little busy there!
But we are still going strong...still sticking to our workouts and trying to do our best. One more week and we will move onto the next step in the workouts!
OK gotta a lot to do today! Off I go!
Pain is fear leaving your body, pain=fat!

Day 22.... I think there is something mentally wrong with me...(Kelly)

So it's 10 pm at night and those of you that know me know I"m usually in bed or asleep on the couch well not tonight because I'm an idiot.  I didn't workout this morning because I had what I believe might have been a mirgrane this morning.  My head hurt so bad that I thought I was going to throw up...no tylenol or pain aids would take it away.  It took everything in me just to get up and go to work.  I made it in and since I usually ride my bike Monday or Tuesdays I figured I would be riding later....it's the last nice day of the week so I couldn't pass it up.  Went for a 21 mile bike ride on the VF trail...it's a nice ride...flat and fast....actually really fast today...was doing about 23 mph for some of it and finish 21 miles in 1:10 minutes - not to shabby.  The only problem with that is I still had Pure cardio and cardio abs to do ---ahhhh!!! Usually I have that done in the morning and 12 hours later when I ride it's not so bad.

UMMMM>>.....don't ride 21 miles then do an hour of intense cardio...JESUS!!!  I know I could have just skipped it and made up for it on my rest day but I just couldn't do it...I wanted to stick to this plan no matter what so I came home, ate, rested, then did the workouts.  I will say I toned down pure cardio...I didn't go as hard as i usually do because I didn't want to end up passed out.  Well now I'm done in more ways than one so its off to a quick shower and bed so i can get up and do it all over again.  =)

pain = fear!

I lost count of days...20something....(jenn)

Since I have a case of Insomnia i don't sleep much these days. Not to mention that Marissa has been having dreams that wake her up so I take her out of her room and put her in my bed with B is on night work so she doesn't wake Abby up. So then I am awake and can't fall back to sleep. I usually wake up at 6 to do my workouts. But today Abby got up at 6 and I had to lay with her to get her to go back to sleep. I myself fell back to sleep till 7. So I managed to do the pure cardio warm up and stretch an then had to pause it so I could get the girls up and ready for school take her to school and then convince Marissa to let me finish my workout then I would play with her!
And it worked out very well. I gave her a snack and her number and letter cards and while I was working out she read her letters and numbers to me. And the bonus was she didn't laugh at me this time! LOL!
About pure cardio, I know Kelly has said that Tanya is annoying and she is perfect but today I noticed something very important.....in fact two thing....it seems like she never stops and is the perfect student...well today I noticed that it took her a couple time to start up an excerise while everyone already started and doing the push up jacks you can see her feet(b/c I am always looking at the sneakers to see what people are wearing) and she stops doing them....WHOOOOO HOOOOOO !!!!! See kelly she is not perfect!
I am very proud of Stacey who hasn't been on b/c she has school and a 3 year old to care for, she has stuck to this and I keep checking in on her to make sure she is doing the workouts! She is now going to quit smoking which I know she can do b/c she is awesome!!!
Well now I am STARVING So off to eat some egg for my protein!
Pain is the fear leaving your body, Pain=fat.......

Plyo! (Jenn)Day 20 and 21

And this is why I get up before anyone else to do my workout! I was sooo tried yesterday from  moving crap and not sleeping the night before that i crashed at 10pm and then Marissa was having bad dreams so I put her in my bed so she wouldn't wake Abby up....I slept good from maybe 330 till 710 when Abby woke me up! So I got up and did a couple things around the house then got my workout ready....then Marissa woke up, so I had to pause the warm up and get them breakfast, then Rocky had to poop and almost pooped in the house so I had to pause it again and let him out. Then the girls wanted a snack...so I had to pause it again! It took me at least an hour and 10 minutes to finish the workout which is only 41 mins long.
Then as I am working out Marissa is laughing at me! And then Abby decides to workout with me and do some jabs and uppercuts and then stretching....she gave up after she couldn't get her lung right! LOL!
Well at least I got the workout done! But never again! I will suck it up and wake up early. Now I have to go get ready for work!
Pain is the fear leaving your body, Pain=fat!

Day 20 & 21....and almost done Stat. class....thank god (kelly)

Switched my workout rest day from today to yesterday because Jenn had a yard sale so I went over to help and get rid of some of my stuff.  So I figured moving furniture and boxes in the morning and loading what was left back up was a good little workout.  Did my plyo today and i'm feeling a little wheezy but I think that because of this weather. My allergies have been bothering me all weekend. 
Anyway...
I only have 2 wks left of my spring courses before summer courses start - lucky me....this sememster I had Stat which anyone of you that had Stat knows it is HARD!!! Jesus - this class is killing me....i've never cried so much over a class. I just don't get it - I'm just trying to get through it....don't even care if i understand it just want to get the work in.  I don't know why as an adult when you go back to school you have to take classes that have nothing to do with your degree or what you want to do. I understand when you are 18 and just starting college it's good to get a taste of everything and get more worldly with your studies but at 33 I'm okay on that. 

Well off to finish some more work for Stat class (did I mention this is an online class so basically I've taught myself 10 chapters of Stat in 10 wks...).

Have a great Sunday

Day 19 - I HATE Tanya!!!!!! (kelly)

Okay so I feel like writing down all these days is like a diary of me being shipwrecked on an island and this is my way of keeping the days together and myself sane - so bare with me .....   Anway I'm really starting to hate Tanya on the DVD's.  She's in all of them and she is just that perfect girl - the one Shaun always goes to to show you form or how great and hard she is working.  Of course she also has a 6 pack and an awesome body which is really the reason I hate her - JEALOUSY!!!!!   I know that she obviously works out and she probably eats a clean diet and also i like to think shes got some good genes that help her out.  But doesn't matter....I can't stand her...!!! She is my nemesis and I have to beat her...!!!!!!  Of course that means eating a clean diet and let's be honest that's not going to happen. I know I can eat better but to eat totally clean well that's just not something I'm interested in....I want to enjoy somethings.

Anway it's Friday and I'm looking forward to getting out of work and enjoying the day.

Pain = Fear!!!

Day 19?!?(jenn)

I am going by Kelly's count b/c I lost count on the days! Today was Cardio power and Resistance! Even with it being 57 degrees out and my fan was on and windows open I still sweat! I am still a little frustrated but I am trying to not let this get in my way. I know this is the fat me in my head saying"This isn't working just stop and get your book and sit and read before the kids have to get up" Well I am no longer listening to  the fat me anymore! I am listening to my thighs jiggle when I workout! If I just keep concentrating on that, I will be good!
Kelly and I were talking last night that someone should make a workout video, like this insanity but the people in the video should be overweight people like us. People of all shapes and sizes. And every time you put the workout in they are on the same day as you are and you will be seeing the people lose the weight like you are!! Does that make sense? Of course you need to have at least two in shape people to make sure you have the right form and everything. But that would make me feel better seeing someone like me star out and follow them along the workouts!!! And if they are getting results then so should I!! We always have these great ideas. I think I am going to call Shaun T and see what he thinks. I think alot of people would buy them!
Well off to get the kids up for school!!!
pain is the fear leaving your body, Pain=fat!
Have a great day everyone!

What day is today!?!? (Jenn)

SO today was recovery and I am feeling the same as Kelly....Almost like I am getting bored! I am so looking forward to the next interval of workouts and I am hoping that I won't get bored with them. BUT I am going to keep pushing on and on and on and on.........I want to see results. I am eating healthy and doing these workouts but feel like I need to be doing something else....like maybe a little nip and tuck..LOL! I can't do that, not that I wouldn't but I can't right now! Don't get me wrong I really do like the workouts and enjoy doing them but I guess we are just hitting a little bit of boredom....
Well I am going to keep on going until someone tells me to stop. I almost like I should be seeing more results. I know I won't look like the in shape total toned 0% body fat people on the dvd but I would like to be seeing a little bit more of a result in my thighs. Who knows I may measure myself and then see that i lost an 1/2 inch or something....that would be Awesome!
Well off to the garden and do some volunteer work for school! at least it doesn't seem so hot out today!
Pain is the fear leaving your body, Pain=fat!

Day 18 - I'm losing steam....(kelly)

I love these workouts I really do but I'm losing steam...I'm not giving up I'm just ready for the new tapes which will be in 3wks. One more wk of these tapes then a week of recovery then the 2nd half of the workout.  I gotta believe I'm getting stronger and I hope that when I measure myself again in a week I see some improvement - - not looking for dramatic infommercial results just something I can see.

Anway it's a beautiful day out today so try and get out and enjoy.
(Pic from Ricketts Glen)

Pure WHAT?!?!?! (Jenn)

HOly Hell it is hot outside and even though my air is on I was still sweating bullets.....OMG! That has to be the worst workout out of the first 30 days!
I have to say though it is getting a little easier then the first time! Not much but a little easier!
Well I figure I would write a little something! I am in the middle of getting all the stuff ready for my yard sale on Saturday! Looking to get rid of  A LOT of kids toys! Most of the things have all the pieces and are very well kept! I will have some other stuff that I need to get rid of but it will mostly be kids things! Can't wait!
Well not time to sit!
Pain is the fear leaving your body, Pain=fear!
Have a great day!

Day 17 abs and cardio......when will i look like those girls in the workout? (Kelly)

Well I did a late workout for me today ...started at 6:30am....I had jury duty today but I called and they don't need me so now I have to go to work.  I was kinda looking forward to sitting and just reading a new book I got but oh well.  Done pure cardio and cardio abs which isn't too bad - its not easy but it doesn't kill you.  The thing I hate about doing abs is staring at my belly.....i do the workout in just shorts and a sports bra b/c i'm in my house and you get really sweaty so i don't wear a tshirt - well when you don't wear a t-shirt you get to see your whole belly hang out.  I think that eating naked is a good thing - i read somewhere that you should do that because you won't eat as much.   When I do planks i look down and just see belly....ewwww....i know this is because i don't have a clean diet or a strong core but i'm working on it.  I know I'll never have a clean diet for 6 pack abs and you know what??? I'm okay with that because I love some foods that I'm just not willing to give up.   Some people are born with good genes and a 6 pack is not that hard to obtain (they still work at it) but that's not me and I'm okay with it I just want a flatter stomach.   So I'm going to start to need to work on my diet.  Cut back here and there and make smarter choices.

I want to see my results and I feel like my legs are stronger and I can see that so now i want to see my stomach look better and that's going to come with better eating.  Little changes here and there and hopfully I'll start seeing a difference there too.

Oh well gotta get ready for work....have a great day - stay cool!