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Easy breezy, right? Then what are you waiting for?!

.. I should’ve stopped and taken a break during the workout. But I didn’t.

So today I had to take an unwelcomed break from Insanity. I’ve been icing my ankle all afternoon in hopes that it would make the swelling go down. I don’t know if it is helping, as I still wobble when walking around the house, but I am hoping it is.

Morale of the story? It’s good to push yourself, but not to the point where it sidelines you. Listen.To.Your.Body. 

Swollen foot no bueno

"It's not sweat.. my fat cells are crying!"

It’s worth it. The workout. The watching what you’re eating. The puddle of sweat on the floor afterwards. It’s all worth it. And how do I know? Well, I decided to step on my scale today, making it officially seven days since I measured and weighed myself. And do you know what?

I lost 7.6 freaking pounds! One WEEK of doing Insanity!

I was completely and happily shocked! So now, my goal is to lose 3lbs-5lbs per week. I know it’s going to take a lot of hard work and dedication but I am THERE. I am willing to go the distance!

For myself. And no one else.

A bit of inspiration..

It’s been a week (well.. technically a week tomorrow but I digress) since I began this program. I only slept less than an hour last night since I was too excited to see the progress I’ve made along the way. “One week!” .. ” I wonder what it could be!” So, finally around 7am this morning, I took out my measuring tape and began the process of measuring my body. I had actually made a bit of progress in some areas but the biggest area of improvement, to my pleasant surprise, were my arms. I was surprised because I have been doing the girlie push ups but obviously I’m doing something right ^_^. Afterwards, I stepped on the scale and sighed in a bit of sadness. There was no weight loss. But with the inches lost, it’s progress.

Week One

I’m now hoping the week goes by quickly so I can order Shakeology next week. I keep hearing amazing things about it and since they’re currently running a promotion where if you make a video describing how it’s helped you out with weight loss or fitness, 10 winners receiving from $1,000 – $3,000, you can definitely bet something is working properly. I’ve also been told it helps with migraines and I have no desire to pop a pill so .. hurry up pay-day so I can order this! I guess one of the good things about waiting is being able to see the differences between a workout with and without Shakeology.

Be Happy and Healthy

~Naomi

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 ~Naomi

Last Friday, I went out and decided to purchase these babies:

That's my birthmark, not a tattoo.. ^_~

I’ve been wearing them all weekend and absolutely love them! As much as I hate the color. Oh well. They’re super comfortable and after three Insanity workouts, my feet have not been in incredible pain like they were with my sneakers. Also, they don’t slip off so no worries on having to re-tie them over and over mid-workout.

Speaking of Insanity workouts, here’s a photo of my floor from today’s workout courtesy of Level 1 Drills, Ski Jumps and In&Outs:

CSI: Insanity!

This is only week one! Also, I’ve updated my Insanity calendar which I will repost on my “Rest Days”. Please feel free to e-mail me if you want the whole PDF file without my changes on it. I’ll gladly send it your way!

Keeping Track!

I was originally going to do my measurements on the 8th day, which would be the start of a new workout week but I figured since I do have a day off and all, I might as well put it to good use to be held accountable. And speaking of that little devil, I went out on Saturday and purchased this:

We have a love/hate relationship.

I was normally a huge advocate for NOT using a scale and instead going by how clothes fit except I ended up relying way too much on that. I needed a quick slap-in-the-face-dose-of-reality and having to go to the hospital definitely did that to me. I will point out two things:

* 1. I’m going to try my best and weigh myself only ONCE a week. Now, as a female we know this is a job in and of itself but I will do my very best. Otherwise we all know I’d be stepping on that damn thing each and every day, a few times a day and that is no bueno.

* 2. I don’t want to weigh 135.2 lbs. Why? Because last time I weighed near that, people kept asking if I was eating at all to begin with, if I was sick or telling me I needed to be hospitalized.

I’m a “fun sized” 5’4″ but I have a very curvy body and am not a stick figure in any sense of the word. My ideal is to get back to 150-ish. And according to the BMI factor being 5’4″ and 150lbs would give me a 25.7 BMI and that’s considered “Overweight.” Now.. I’m going to go ahead and call bullshit on that. When I weighed in the 150′s, I was a size 6 and there’s no way in hell a size 6 is overweight. Now sure, I can try to say “Yes! I want to be 135 lbs!” but this journey is not about being skinny. This journey is about being healthy. There is a difference. Maybe once I reach my ideal weight I will say I want to push for more but for now, these are my goals.

I hope y’all have a wonderful day and I will be checking back in with my measurements!

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Be happy and healthy, 

Naomi

PS: My coaching site is almost complete! I’m ecstatic to share it with you in a few days. ^_^

PPS: Here are the links for it. It still needs some tweaking but I wanted to share it with you regardless. My excitement is way too much at this point ^_~

.. is Shaun T’s favorite expression in the Insanity workouts. Judging by what my sports bra looked like afterwards, I’d say I was definitely pushing through.

Sweat galore!

Though I will be honest, I could’ve pushed harder. Right now I’m doing girlie pushups since I’m having difficulty with the regular ones. I’m hoping that by the end of the program I will be back to not having issues getting down on the floor and just breezing through a few.

Wishful thinking. ^_^

I know I didn’t write yesterday but afterwork and my workout I was invited to a movie. I came prepared with a yummy coconut water drink because I wasn’t planning on buying expensive crap food or sodas at the movie theater. My friend and I ended up not seeing a movie and instead went over to Whole Foods where a friend of my hooked me up with an awesome sandwich. I love Whole Foods but when you’re charging $2.99 for ONE avocado, it’s time to shop elsewhere. I love the sandwiches there my favorite being:

Pulled Chicken Sandwich

* Focaccia Bread

* Spicy mayo one side  / Pesto on the other

* Pulled Chicken Breast

* No cheese and

* Toasted

*Adding the following veggies: cucumbers, tomato, lettuce, lots of pickles ^_^

But since Whole Foods tends to be out of my budget, I only go once every two months or so to treat myself to one of those babies. The friend I went to the store with wanted to treat me to something so we picked out this delicious mango coconut mini cheesecake. I could have fit three of these in the palm of my hand and it was $6.99. Ouch.

Evil goodness

It was tempting to just eat this all on my own. “It was small. It’s got fruit. I’ve been working out..”

The excuses easily and immediately filled my head but something stopped me. I remembered my workout only an hour earlier. My hard work. I didn’t want to throw that all away. So, we split it. And while it might seem a bit ridiculous to split something so small, I was able to walk away from that dinner not only with a happy belly but happy conscious.

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I’m going to try to if not write every day, at least post up a photo every day to help keep me accountable with y’all. In other news: OFFICIALLY a BeachBody Coach and hope to finish setting up my page by tonight. I’m also going to work on having my own Facebook page for coaching and will share that once it’s set up. ^_^

Be Happy and Healthy,

~Naomi

Now, before you run away thinking I’m going to try and sell you anything and everything under the sun.. Hold up.

I’m not.

No, really. I’m not a salesperson. I’m just a girl who’s found herself in a crappy state of health and has decided to do something about it. I won’t lie, I’m going to be honest with you and I will not try to force anything on you.

Maybe it was the recent road trip with my husband and eating junk food all the time, maybe it was the 6 freaking pounds I gained in those two weeks from all the junk food, maybe it was seeing some God-awful photos of myself from our wedding two months ago, maybe it was knowing that my husband will be deploying in the next couple of weeks and I need something to help keep my mind off the atmosphere he will be in once again.. maybe it was stepping at the scale at the doctor’s office and seeing that number.. or maybe it was finding out I’d gotten pregnant and losing the baby days later..

I think it was a combination of everything. Having a miscarriage certainly played a huge part though. Everywhere I looked for advice it said to try and be at a healthy weight (which I wasn’t at) and eat plenty of healthy foods (which I wasn’t doing) and finally, it just got to me. I was waiting for a sign. A friend of mine posted a photo that read:

A bit obvious, no?

And yet, believe it or not.. I still didn’t get it.

It wasn’t until I remembered my friend Doug posted a link advertising a special deal with coaches and BeachBody that I decided, it was now or never.

Like I said before: I’m not here to force anything on you. I’m here to tell you my story. To hopefully have you follow me through this journey. And if I can motivate you along the way or encourage a healthier you, then that’s just the icing on the cake.

Oh wait. I don’t think I’m supposed to eat icing or cake. Meh. You get what I mean. ^_^

I should hopefully have my stuff set up in a week or so but I’ve already begun the journey.

Almost exactly a year ago (July 19th to be exact) I began a program called “Insanity”. It completely blew me away and I saw results. And I saw them fast. Unfortunately, a month into the program, I went on my first road trip (it was a blast actually) came back, ran a race and hurt my knee (again!) .. Almost a year later, here I am back a square one. Actually.. I was in better shape then so now I’m beyond square one and not allowed to play yet.

My birthday is in a little over two months and every year I get myself something purrty: A pink Kitchen Aid Mixer, a Coach purse, day at the spa.. you name it. This year, I’ve decided to change things up a bit.

My goal and gift to myself? A healthier me.

According to my calculations, I will ideally finish the Insanity program 10 days before my birthday so, the pressure is on. I’m writing this blog in vain hopes that it will help to keep me accountable. Not only to myself but to you, (maybe random) reader.

Feel free to leave comments: encouraging, venting, asking questions, amusing.. You get the idea. Or don’t. Just come by and read about my progress.

My coach Doug asked me what were my goals for coaching and I replied

I’d like to inspire others to get healthy by being a positive role model.

But first, I’d like to become that positive role model