Week 2

Well, we made it through the first week!!

I'm not going to lie, there were times when I wanted to cheat and there were times when I wanted to reward myself... by cheating ;)

But I didn't and I am happy to say I am down slightly over 2lbs. this week! I was a little worried at first as I weighed myself pretty much every other day (okay.. sometimes EVERY day, or MULTIPLE times a day :P ) and I saw my weight going up, up, down and then up & up over where I started so I was completely surprised to see the number go down so drastically today. I guess all the hard work is starting to pay off! I just kept telling myself "muscle weighs more than fat" over & over this week. Now, I just have to keep the momentum going!

I will start posting fun pictures soon, maybe next week... but just not yet :)

On a side note, just to give an example of how competitive Ryan & I are... on top of competing to lose weight we have another side competition. It all started, in my opinion, to help HIM get up on time in the AM to do the workouts before work. However, I soon learned that it was a scam by him to get 10 minutes of massage from me! I personally think he has never had a problem getting up in the morning and this was his plan... all this time! Stinker!

Day 1

P90X

Ryan & I borrowed P90X from some friends of ours & decided to take the challenge!

Today was our official 1st day (of 90). We woke up bright & early at 5:30am to start the first workout. Last night I was dreading the early morning wake up call but it was actually surprisingly easy to wake up today, must have been all the adrenaline ;)

Today's workout was chest/back and tomorrow it will be pylometrics (I think?). Every day you switch it up with a new workout in order to confuse your muscles to continue to get the most from your workouts. I'm not so sure about the philosophy behind it all but I'm up for giving it a try! I think it definitely helps to be doing it with Ryan because (since he is a man) he is so much stronger and tougher than me already so it helps to keep me motivated to keep up with him :)

We have both created goals at the beginning, mine is to lose 27 lbs. to get back to the weight I was when I first met Ryan. I think it is doable since I was a little over 1/2 way to my goal weight the day we got married. But after the wedding life happened and I gained it all back, as happens to so many people! But this time I am committed to losing it & keeping it off and I'm using my blog to keep me humble and hopefully motivated since I'm sharing all of this with you! :)