Update...

In a nutshell... I'm tired and sore!!

I've been pretty good with working out daily. I'll admit I missed 2 days this week but I got sick. Yesterday, I pushed through and worked out despite the fact that I was sick and I felt good this morning. It was 1130pm when I worked out tonight but I was adament about getting a workout in today. I'm glad I did though.

So, Ive been doing Jillian's 30 day Shred and combining it with targeted workouts from P90x. The 30 day shred is built to only last 20 minutes but I want maximum results. So I've been doing level of the Shred and one dvd from P90x.

I love the P90x program in its effectiveness, but its lenghty and I sometimes dont have a whole hour (at one time) to devote to workout unless its later in the evening. So, the new plan I think will be to do level 1 of the Shred in the AM and level 2 of the Shred before dinner. Then, if I'm wanting to burn more calories, I'll add a walk with the kid in or a cardio or core synergistics workout from P90x in to achieve that.

I'm feeling pretty good in general. I'm sore in places that are extremely uncomfortable but the 4lbs I've lost since I started is telling me that I'm on the right track with this.

I was sharing my weight loss goals with a friend and she told me that wanting to lose 20lbs is a bit ambitious. It might be but I dont think its unattainable. Seriously though, I'm thinking I might not allow her to be on my cheering squad. Not for this particular mission anyways. I need all the motivation I can get. If I have to scream "YAY ME" at the top of my lungs to get it -- well, then so be it. Having said that, its not like I'm not going to like jump off a cliff if the 20lb goal isnt reached but coming as close to the 20lb loss mark is the ultimate goal.

As far as the food goes, I'm combining these workouts with a modified diet. I'm eating a lot of protien (mainly lentils and boneless chicken), vegetables and a few starches. I'm trying to stay away from starches as much as I can and limit the sugary foods as well. I have a bit of a sweet tooth, so I'm not restricting my sugar intake but I'm pretty much only allowing myself one sweet "treat" per day. If I can go without it for the day, even better. I'm paying more attention to how many calories are in what I'm eating and making sure I dont exceed about 450 cals per large meal and 200 cals per snack.

I need to get a tape measure and do some body measuring so I can track those results as well. I'm seeing that with most people the Shred brings more a dramatic loss in inches than in weight, but we shall see. I'm a naturally muscular person and I've always weighed more because of that so frankly I'm looking forward to the loss in inches. Anyways, for now, here's what I got.

Beginning weight -- 189

Weight today -- 185.4

Woohoo...go me!!

Stay tuned for more updates!

PS.. I took some before pictures but uhmm yea....lol. Maybe when I get to the end of week 2 I'll put them up to show the dramatic changes :)