Life. It gets in the way.

Well, it has been 3 weeks since I updated this thing. It wasn't because I forgot about it at all. I missed doing it, in fact. Like I said before, it is great therapy. The last 3 weeks honestly just flew by. I spent a few days out of each week sick. I got a nasty chest cold and was down for the count for 3 days or so, then of course, the next week I got the stomach flu. Having the stomach flu was weird, I didn't eat a single thing for 24 hours, and I wasn't even hungry. Now that is how I know I am sick! lol. Anyway, I had all these awesome ideas for blog posts during my hiatus, and of course I can't remember them all. So, I will just write as things come to mind. :) Travis and I have been doing quite well. We are following the diet (mostly) and going to work out every day. Travis has not missed a day at all yet, and I have of course- being sick, random appointments that go late, etc. Again, life happens.
As far as the diet goes, I said mostly because the last 2 weeks Travis and I have taken free weekends instead of free days. We both recognize this is a bad habit to form and have committed ourselves to only taking a free day and not extending it to a weekend. But boy have we had some YUMMY free days. We went to Applebees once, we have had pizza, ice cream from Cold Stone (I highly recommend the salty caramel ice cream...mmmmm) and brownies. We are not lacking at all from sweet crap. :) You know what though, each time I ate like that, I also ended up nauseated, having heart burn, and feeling like I was gonna ralph. It's amazing how your body is like EFF THIS! and totally rejects the crap you are putting in it. BUT, every weekend, I continue to put crap in because IT TASTES SO GOOD!

Jumping topics: have any of you seen the show on TLC about the "600 lb weight loss story"? I think that is what it is called. It was a great story...but just reminds me of all the things I used to do when I was heavier. All the tricks that you THINK work but really don't. The thing that hit me was how she would hide sweets and treats in everyday places so that you couldn't really see them when you were just looking at it. Like she hid her stuff under her yarn in her sewing basket. Ahhhh, been there. Not a sewing basket, but in other random spots so only I knew where they were. The other thing I know I have done is take my purse (a big purse) and try to hide behind it when I am sitting down. As if a bag is going to hide the rolls I have. So many tricks we try to come up with to hide the reality of what we are living. It is so much easier to do that than face the truth. I have been there, done that. And it sucks. But, all it takes is ONE time to hit the bottom, know that its life or death, healthy or disabled, to change things. I don't want to look at things as "fat" or "skinny" (though it is SO hard to not do that) because that is not the message I want to portray. It is either healthy or not healthy. When my kids talk about a candy bar or a treat of some sort, they will say "we can't eat that, it will make you fat" and I try to turn that around and say unhealthy, not fat. I don't want my kids to have an idea of how they are SUPPOSED to look because of TV, magazines, etc. Especially my daughter. I never want her self worth defined by if she is what the media says is the "right size". So, I educate at home now, at age 6, about healthy choices. They ask all the time "does this have protein in it?" and I just hope that sticks with them.

So, Saturdays at Farrells are SO fun. Really, every kick boxing day is fun, but Saturdays are different. There is a 75 minute kickboxing class that just pushes you to the edge. I sweat so much, it looks like I showered. It is for FIT members only and it is intense. A couple weekends ago I did it and I took a picture of my foot afterward. Check out the battle scars. Total bruising to my toes and to the upper portion of my foot. Kinda dark I know...the bruises of course opened up and now I have scars on my toes. I have the ugliest feet now because of Farrell's but I love it! I like having the bruises and the scars...I worked for every one of them.

 

Week 5 has now come to a close and tomorrow marks the start of week 6. It is going to intensify on band days, adding lots of cardio. It is HARD. No sugar coating this. It sucks. A big one.  But it works. I am so glad I have Travis with me on this journey, it has helped big time to have someone in my home on the same journey as me. Not only do I have travis, I have one of my good friends that is with me as well. Her name is Natalie and we started this program together as 10 weekers. We weren't friends right away, as she is actually 10 years younger than me, but we eventually became quite close. We lean into eachother for support, talk about when we eat bad, celebrate our accomplishments and never give up on eachother

Here is one year ago: 

 

And here is last Monday:

Ahh in all our sweaty glory. :) But honestly I would not be able to do this program without her. 

Finally, week 5 numbers for me and Travis! I am so so so proud of us!!!

Travis: 

weight: 167.8

body fat: 10.6%

chest: 36 in

waist: 30 in

arm: 11.5 in

thigh: 21 in

hips: 38.25 in

push ups in one min: 54

sit ups in one min: 53

sit and reach: 18 in

mile run: 7:03 (ugh, he makes me sick!) :)

abby:

weight: 178.6

body fat: 32.9

chest: 37 in

waist: 33.5 in (FOUR INCH CHANGE!)

arm: 10.5 in 

thigh: 24.5 in (no change)

hips: 44 in

pushups in one min: 75

sit ups in one min: 44

sit and reach: 23.25 in

mile run: 11:17 

I am ecstatic with my changes. I lost almost 9 lbs in 5 weeks and 8 inches overall!!! Travis lost 5% of his total body fat percent. We rock!! I am so proud of us. 

We are ready for week 6 now. Hitting it head on. Fridge is stocked, attitudes readjusted. 

Healthy stuff in there. We are ready! Only 5 weeks to go now! :)

I will leave you all with this. It rings true. 

 

Here's to a great week!