Yesterday was a crazy day! I all most didn't think I was going to get to workout. Never the less I did push through the tiredness and did the Chalene Ab Burner. I didn't realize that was only like 12 mins. so that was a pleasant surprise. Even though it was only 12 minutes I was sweating!! So glad I did it.

Breakfast consisted of fat free blueberry muffins and a tall glass of Cranberry juice. Yummm!

Lunch I had shakeology. Which was perfect because I needed a meal I could take in the car.

For dinner I cooked the "Country- Style Pork Chops with Sauteed Spinach" out of the Chalene Extreme Fat Burning Food Guide book. It was soooooo yummy! I again cooked it for the whole family and even my extremely picky children liked it! However, I'm not a fan of spinach OR tomatoes so I steamed some asparagus instead. Over a very delicious meal for about 400 calories that was packed with protein and fiber. Two things my body really needs with all this exercise.

I think, so far, yesterday was my first real test to see if I could stick to my diet while being on the run ALL DAY. I'm proud to say that as tempting as that candy was in those evil vending machines was and as tempting as that cold bottle of Pepsi was, I was able to resist. So I say, GO ME!!!

I started today with the delicious "Chocolate covered strawberries" Shakeology. Yummm! However I did not get to workout this morning like normal because my family had church and getting four small kids and myself ready is no small task. Nor is it a quick task.

After church we drove down to the Snoqualmie Water Falls and took a walk. It was a great day for it and the kids napped the whole way down so Clint and I were actually able to visit with each other. So Nice! Also while we were there we saw a black bear. No Joke! It was AWESOME!

I really hate working out at night. I am not a night person AT ALL. Never have been never will be. I do feel though at this point in my "Lose weight and get fit" goal it's imperative I not miss a single day. So I did it.

I worked out with Chalene's Burn Intervals. WOW! Let's just say I'm gonna be feelin it tomorrow! I can't say it was super hard but man was I sweating! I worked really hard to keep up. I wish I could say I did keep 100% of the time but I am very out of shape so it's only fair to admit that while I could not keep up with EVERYTHING she was doing I did do my very best and really tried to push myself. Which I think is all any of us can really do any way. So I'm proud of myself!

Yesterday was my rest day so I consider today day 3 of working out even though it's day 4 of my new diet. I workout to Chalene's burn circuit 2 today. It felt like a lot of the same stuff from burn circuit 1 with a couple of different exercises included. Over a good work out. I was definitely sweating by the time I was done. It felt really good.

I'm sticking to the Shakeology once a day. Trying new recipes. Let me say this, some things should just NOT be mixed with chocolate shakeology! Nuff said.

I feel good about myself and goal to lose weight. I'm trying to stay away from the scale. I weighed myself before I started my workouts and I'm not going to weigh again until it's been AT LEAST 30 days of solid dieting and exercise. I'm afraid I'll just get disappointed and want to give up if I'm constantly weighing.

If there is anything I'm learning it's if you want real results then you have to put in the time and if you're really out of shape (like me) then it's going to take some time to see the results of all your hard work and sweat.

For dinner last night I tried one of the chiken recipes in the Thin Kitchen cookbook. It turned out AMAZING! My whole family tried it and loved it! The chiken breasts I used were pretty big so I just cut one in half for myself.

Today I was a little sore from working it with Chalene on Burn circuit 1 but it wasn't anything unbearable.

I tried the "chocolate covered strawberries" recipe for the shakeology this morning. Definitely liked it better than the with the bananas.

Today, according to the Chalene Extreme Program, was supposed to be my rest day. I didn't want to do NOTHING though so I just hopped on the elyptical for 30 mins and did some basic crunches.

Over all I feel good and I am looking foreward to working out Chalene tomorow on Burn Circuit 2.

Today was my first "post-baby" workout. I started my morning off with a chocolate shakeology (also a first) and it was okay. I think I might need to try the Greenberry though. I decided to start with Chalene Extreme circuit training. Today was burn circuit 1. It felt good. It got me sweating but was not too difficult.

I think I'm off to a pretty good start.

When I first started this blog I wanted to share my family and our happenings. I've been very poor about keeping up with this. Time seems to slip by faster than I realize or can even keep up with most days! But recently I've been thinking about goals I've made and either accomplished (which are very few) or let fall to the wayside.

One goal in particular that I shared with every one was to lose weight and get in shape. Well that lasted about a month and then I was pregnant again. And let's just say me, pregnancy, and exercise do not work well together. So here I am. Two and half years later with two more kids in tow and I'm still a good 30 lbs. over weight. (insert head banging on desk)

I really want to dust this goal off and really make it work this time. I feel like this time is different because mentally and emotionally I'm in a much different place. Clint and I are not planning on having any more kids for at least three years. Which honestly makes a huge difference. What's killing me now is seeing those double digit pant sizes I swore I'd never wear. I have an entire closet FULL of super cute cloths and I'd really like to be able to wear those again! Third and most importantly (I think) I've accepted the fact that yes I'm over weight and no I'm not going to be able to jump right in and do some crazy hard P90X and survive. I'm not going to be able to run 3, 4, 5 miles straight and not die! And that's okay because I can get there. I CAN get there. I know I can. My Mom keeps telling me, "Michelle, you're never going to be a size 2 again. Just accept it." NO! No I wont accept that! I'm important enough to take care of and by darn I'll get down to a LEAST a size 6 if it kills me! Because I KNOW I CAN!

So I joined Team Beach Body. I haven't really decided if I want to run the business end of it yet. Right now my goal and my focus is just to lose the weight and get back into shape. They have such AMAZING programs. They make tracking your progress so easy and finding nutritious things to eat so easy. I love it. I love being able to "log" my work outs and keep track of what I'm eating. I actually cooked up one of their chicken recipes and it was awesome! My whole family loved it!

As part of this goal I really want to be able to share my experience so every time I write down my thoughts about my workout and progress I'm going to post it on here too. Hopefully that will inspire me to be a more diligent "Blogger" and I'll be able to dust that goal off too. :)

Today I feel like blogging. Which isn't unusual in any sort of way other than I'm actually going to write some things down.

2011 has had a strange start for me. I wasn't really looking forward to this starting so maybe that had something to do with it. It's an odd number year as well which just doesn't sit well with me either. I hate odd numbers. I'm not really sure how to explain what I've been feeling about this year/the near future but I think anything opposite of optimistic would cover it.

This is year is going to be a very busy one. We have Mia's 1st birthday coming up at the end of the month on the 27th. Kailey's birthday and Valentines two weeks later. Then March is packed with my little sister's b-day, my birth daughter's b-day, my father in-law's b-day, and my Mom's b-day. Then I'm due to have our 4th baby on May 1st which means he/she will probably come at the end of April and then two weeks later we'll have mother's day and Clint's b-day.

My life is overwhelming enough as is and the fact that we have so much going on right now just puts me over the edge. Which isn't good. I shut down and stop dealing when I get to this point. Only now I CAN'T shut down and stop dealing because everything that is happening is happening to everyone I love and I can't bear to disappointment any of them. I guess this is the enduring part that is spoken of so tenderly in the scriptures.

On different note just before the new year I had a couple of impressions from the Lord that I ignored. Not intentionally ignored but not acted upon either. And that really bothers me. Then after the new year I had another one. So when this one came I was absolutely not going to ignore it. Only it's something I don't know that I can really do anything about and that affects our whole family. I told Clint about the impression that I had received and he seemed supportive but didn't say whether or not he felt anything one way or another about it. So for a whole week I sat there wondering what it was the Lord was trying to tell me or what it was he wanted from me. Because honestly I just didn't/don't see what I can do about this particular feeling/impression I continue to have. And that is extremely frustrating.