Work It Girl

Tonight was the night.

I have done it all...

I have started tracking food again and upping my water intake

I have printed out fun calendars for tracking purposes

I have continued to get weighed monthly with Weight Watchers to see if I am still at my goal (which I am currently 5.5lbs over)

I have been talking and thinking and planning on how or when I would get back to working out with Jillian

and tonight I finally did it.  Jillian and I got it on with her 30 Day Shred.

I have a love/hate relationship with working out.  I love how it makes me feel and look but I hate doing it.  Unfortunately, I am not exceptionally skilled at any one sport, I am not a runner and I gave up my gym pass when I went back to work.  I started doing the 30 Day Shred at the beginning of this year and I really enjoyed it.  I had finally found a workout that fit into my schedule.  Between working full time and then coming home and running wild to get supper, lunches, bath, bed and housework done, everything else gets forgotten or put on the back burner.  I had first heard about it through the Weight Watchers' boards and I thought it was worth a try and it most definitely was.  For 30 minutes every night I would go downstairs while Ryan took care of bathing Cole and in no time flat it was over.  I noticed a difference in my body within the first month, just slightly though - mostly in the stomach area, but than again, I wasn't doing it religiously but at least 3 times a week.  Lent came and I decided to give up chocolate...well apparently I gave up working out as well and even though I had no problem going back to chocolate after Lent was finished, working out was a little tougher.

I eat quite well and for the most part stick to a pretty healthy diet/lifestyle if you exclude the weekends full of drinks.  My breakfast normally consists of a breakfast sandwich (egg whites, Weight Watcher thin, tomato) and a cup of fruit and then lunch is a salad with chicken breast or egg or avocado.  Supper is always a smaller than Ryan's portion of whatever we are having with either veggies or a salad, however, some days I do overeat at supper and then of course there is snacking.  We do not eat many processed foods at all in our house and I am not a huge carb person, but I most definitely love to snack and I do have a soft spot for fast food.  I am drinking anywhere between 2-5 litres of water a day and other than water I only drink tea.

So I am making it official and making myself accountable to all of you.  I am going to continue to workout, starting with at least 3 times a week and hopefully working my way up to more.  I need to do this so I can stop feeling sluggish and so that my clothes will look and feel good as they once were before.  I'm not focusing on weight (although if I can lose 15 more pounds I will be thrilled), but mostly on inches.  I want to see the difference and record it.  Tomorrow evening I am going to have Ryan take some pictures and my measurements and hopefully I will be able to come back here with some great numbers soon enough.

What are your favorite healthy lifestyle tips and tricks?