I’m on the last stretch!  Last week of Slim In 6!  This is my motivation this week.  I know I can do it!

Day 36-42

I thought by the end of this program I would be able to do the moves without difficulty and follow along perfectly.  Well, I was wrong.  There were still moves that killed me and times when I have to do them slower than Debbie.  Oh well, at least I got the workout I needed.  I still sweated and I still burned!

But I DID IT!!!

Hmm… what’s next, you say?  Turbo Fire, baby!  I’m gonna burn the rest of my “pregnancy fat” using High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)!!!

Wish me luck!  Or better yet, Join Me and push me to keep going!

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Fifteen days of not writing in my daily journal!  Has life really got me that busy or I’ve just been really lazy with this whole journal thing?  (Don’t answer that.)  Well, the important thing is that I was working out even though I wasn’t writing about it afterwards.  So here’s a summary of what I’ve been through lately.

Day 9 – 13

Last days of Ramp It Up phase.  Not too bad since I pretty much followed along pretty well with the trainer’s rhythm.  Not tiring as much, so I was looking forward to the next phase – which should be harder!

Day 14

Rest day.

Day 15

I missed this workout.  Yep.  I didn’t workout.  I can’t remember why but that’s just as well.  At least I won’t have to justify to myself why I missed a workout.  =(

Day 16 – 20

First week of Burn It Up phase!  It’s killed me!  No wonder it’s called burn.  Every muscle I used for the workouts started to burn – and imagining the fat melting away was the only thing that kept me going.  I wanted to stop after every rep, but I didn’t want to be a quitter!  I think I definitely pushed myself alot in this week.

Day 21

Rest day.  (Thank goodness!)

Day 22

I felt sick this day and needed rest.  I think I actually went to bed at 9:00 p.m. this day!  I had a good reason to miss this workout.

Day 23

Back to burning muscles and burning calories.  It was a good workout, but not the best.  I had to take some breaks because I kept getting tired.  I wasn’t too happy with this one.

Day 24

On the ball again!  Today was great – especially since I had a workout buddy working out at the same time with me (she was at her house though).  It was pretty fun.  Knowing that she was working out at the same time made me keep up with mine eventhough I wanted to wimp out a couple of times.  Buddy workouts are pretty awesome!

Three days.  Yep.  I’ve got some excuses.

Are you ready to hear them?

So…

Day 6

Saturday evening at my parent’s house.  There was a Blu-Ray (Netflix) movie that came in the mail and we HAD to watch it because it would be a waste of money to just let it sit there for days without being watched…  (The movie was Megamind – which was actually funnier than I thought it would be.)  PLUS, I decided that I was going to switch my Sunday Rest Day for that day.  That was the plan anyway…

Day 7

Note to self:  Babies don’t care about the plans you make because their needs come first!  Can you guess what happened?  Yep.  CJ Munchkin picked that night to take more than 2 hours to be put to sleep.  I fed him a million times, rocked him until my arms burned from carrying him, changed his diaper, burped him, practically danced around the room with him until my legs were wobbly like noodles, and wrapped him like a burrito –  still, every time I set him down, he would holler like the end was near.  Did I mention I had to hold my pee forever?  Well I did.  And after that fiasco, I was waaaaay too tired to do anything but lie down.  I figured that feat was close to being equivalent to a workout, so I didn’t get on the SlimIn6.  (Was that convincing enough?)

Day 8

Back to some normalcy!  The munchkin went to sleep as planned and I was able to workout today!  And what happened just as I was finishing my workout?  The munchkin started crying loud enough for the neighbors to know he was due for another feeding.  No worries though, I was done anyway.  It felt kind of good.  I had a little headache before the workout, but it went away during and afterwards.  Also, instead of water today, I drank the P90X Results and Recovery Formula during my workout.  I had used it before when I did P90X so I know it works.  It actually helps me to NOT FEEL (that) SORE the next day.  It tasted good too – orange flavor.  I think I’ll start drinking it everyday I workout.

As for the workout itself, still was not as good as I hoped I would be.  But I guess one week (minus the days I missed), wasn’t really going to make me an expert right away.  Push-ups are getting better though.  The ab workouts still kill me and my arms burn like crazy in the beginning of the workout.  Instead of using the bands, I used 5 pound dumbbells.  I think I like them better – no fear of getting snapped by the strings and I can easily keep track of my progress as I increase the weight.

I guess I have one goal this week.  To NOT MISS ANY WORKOUT day no matter what!  (Well, except if there was an emergency…)

Wish me luck!  Or better yet, Join Me and push me to keep going!

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