Day Two

As I sit at my desk I am noticing some soreness that I most definantly was not feeling yesterday.  In my shoulders arms and back mainly.  My "This isTae Bo" DVD mainly focuses on the upper body, with some lower body front, back and roundhouse kicks thrown in there for variety.  I am feeling it for sure.

I did not want to get out of my bed this morning at 5am but I did anyway.  Knowing that I want to complete this process for all of my loyal readers out there.  Ok, I know that I don't have any loyal readers yet but I have faith in the process of "If you write it they will come".  It will be so interesting to see where I wind up at the end of this process.  I will try not to bore you any longer.  Here is the picture that you have been waiting for. 

This is me immidiately after day 2 of my 1 hour Tae Bo work out.  This time I did not bother trying to suck my stomache in.  Whats the point, It still looks bad either way.  But at least the expression on my face is a lot happier.  Please do not mind my pajama pants.  I literally rolled right out of my bed and went right into my moring Tae Bo work out.  Oh, just in case you were wondering I did weigh myself this morning and I came in at 173.8 lb.  I think it will also be fun to keep track of my actual weight.  The dvd says that you can lose 5 lb in one week.  In that case on day 7 I should weigh 168.8 lb.  We will see. 

I'm putting Billy to the test.  I am going to do my part and stick to the daily exercise/workout.

Where's my Motivation

About five months after the birth of my third son I am still not back to the level of physical fitness that I would like to be.  Before I know it  the summer will be here and I will still be stuck under this layer of fat.  I cannot let that happen.  So, this morning I got up and put my "This is Tae Bo" by Billy Blanks dvd in the dvd player.  Tao Bo has worked for me in the past so I am going to go that route again. 

Me being a single mother of three boys ages 11, 5 and 5 months there just does not seem to be enough time in the day to get away to the gym to get in the much needed cardio.  The baby mostly will not let me leave his sight for very long and I cannot afford to hire a baby sitter just so that I can get an hour in at the gym.  So my only solution is to get up a little earlier than usual in the mornings while all of the boys are still asleep and spend an hour with Billy Blanks.  Then proceed to get myself ready for work and my boys ready for school and daycare.  All I need now is the motivation to do so and stick with it and be consistent.  This is where this blog comes in.  I will document my getting back into shape efforts right here for the world to see.  Everyday after my morning workout I will take a picture of myself post workout along with some words to express my level of motivation (or lack thereof) for the day.  Starting with today.

It became quite obvious that at 28 years old and after giving birth to three boys my fitness level is not where it used to be.  Especially since after only 10 minutes of working out with Billy Blanks and the "This is Tae Bo" dvd in a fury of jabs and upper cuts I found myself laying in the middle of my living room (where my coffee table should be) screaming at Billy begging him to stop.  I could have just hit the pause button but where is the drama in that.  However, I did finish the one hour workout and managed to crawl to the bathroom to take this picture.

No, I do not look happy.  Billy kicked my ass in that workout.  Well, day one is out of the way.  Follow me for 29 more days to see where I end up on day 30.  I am going for 60 days of daily 1 hour Tae Bo workouts.  Wish me luck!