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Just do it!

May 16, 2013 By MommaHunt16 5 Comments

So before I get into talking about What you should “Just do” let me start with the nitty gritty here. This week I lost .04 for a total of -4.6 since applying. Of course I would love to loose weight an ass cheek at a time, but certain people (Leah and Mark) keep telling me this is the healhty way to do it. Blah blah blah. Just kidding. I know that in reality this is a life style change not a crash diet so I am happy with that. Below is the standard feet on the scale pic and weight chart for you.

I seriously need a pedi-you all must be sick of my blue polish by now!

Date	Weight	Weekly Loss	Total Loss
Application	227	-
2-WeekChallenge	229	_	+2.0
Start of Campaign	227.4	-1.6	+.04
April 19^th	224.6	-2.8	-2.4
April 26^th	223.00	-1.6	-4
May 5^th	222.8	-.02	-4.2
May 12^th	222.4	.04	-4.6

As I stated in my video I want a healhty family and since I run the show and I am the decisioin maker I decided we aren’t going to be the sit on your butt family, we are going to be active and healhty. So for me what that meant eating as much organic food as possible. I started out slowly adding in a little at time (it gets easier as you go and less expensive then you think). We are more active…I went out and bought myself a bike. She is georgous but now the whole family has bikes and we can ride on the trails by our house.

Me and Miss J getting ready to ride

Master D at the park-No running laps just play

I don’t want you all to think that I am so crazy crunchy granola hippy who is making my kids go out and run laps around the backyard and come in for a snack of organic twigs and berries. We eat normal food and have fun outside playing. I just decided I want to do eveyrthing I can for my family to ensure that we live a happy and healhty life. For me that means as a family we eat healthy good food (local if possible-summer in CT yeilds amazing food) and that we move together. The reality is I don’t think my kids (or hell my husband) has any idea about my master plan. Why…because I just do it. I say we are going outside, we are eating this, or we are buying this. There is no arguement because I run the show in my house…and I know you all do to.

We can just make those changes…slowly a little at a time and it will make a difference. A big positive difference over time.

Look no twigs and berries here-Just yummy food

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It’s All in the Family

May 15, 2013 By LaundryDayBlues 9 Comments

We are now entering Week 5 of the 7 week Mamavation Mom Boot Camp. I cannot believe it really. The time has just flown by! During the time I have been engaged in the boot camp, you might say my family has been just as engaged! The workouts and diet changes are more than just a passing phase, but a lifestyle change. In order to be successful, everyone in the house will have to make some changes too. Really, it’s been a positive change here. We are eating better food, being more active, and just feeling better in general! Also, not spending money of junk food or fast food, has allowed us to spend more on fresh produce without feeling it in our wallets!
Since changing the way I eat I had to change the way I fed my family as well. So we’ve eliminated a lot of starchy meals, such as pasta with bread, or mac n cheese with bread, or meat, potatoes, and bread. Um do you see a pattern here? I ate a lot of veggies before this boot camp, but it was often just a part of a meal, not a major component. Now I am trying to make sure our meals include protein and fiber. In the past I might have made meatloaf for dinner, with mashed potatoes, steamed broccoli, and biscuits. Guess what I ate? Mashed potatoes, broccoli, and a biscuit. Healthy huh?
In addition to changes in diet, I’ve been working out a lot more. At first it was frustrating. Trying to get in my workouts, while still taking care of my family and housework was a bit daunting. But once I found a time that worked, that was it. It is now part of my daily routine and oftentimes my kids will encourage me or even join in. So that part has been fantastic because it seems everyone is happy when mommy is happy! And when I work out, I am a happy mommy!
The most difficult part of this campaign is, not surprisingly, related to food. As you know, I have 5 kids. My husband works long hours, and has a bit of a commute. So I often felt like I didn’t have time to prepare meals when we were rushing off to an activity for the kids. In reality, I have time, I just haven’t done my homework and planned out our meals as much as I should. When I do plan meals, we eat good food. But when I fail to the kids often wound up eating something processed, or fast food. I often would just not eat. So I have been making a more concerted effort to think about what I will make each day. I’ve been shopping at a produce store instead of my beloved big box store. It feels weird, but at the same time not. I guess I didn’t realize how much crap I was buying until I stopped!
This last week I had not been measuring out my food as I should, and looking back I can see I was not hitting the target for calories each day, or exchanges. I am working on that now, and hopefully the scale will reflect that this coming week. Last week I had a 0.2 lb gain. I am still down 6.8 lbs since applying to be a Mamavation Mom. I am determined to reach my goals, and I truly feel that I will very soon, now that I am finally seeing for myself how important diet really is in my weight loss journey.

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Making Changes to my Priorities

May 9, 2013 By MommaHunt16 3 Comments

Before I get started today-I wanted to take a minute to wish Lindsay our other sister well. Sadly Lindsay can’t continue with us and I wanted to wish her well as she heals from her injury.

My stack of grading that I mentioned in my Vlog

This week’s topic is to talk about our struggles we have encountered since becoming Mamavation Mom’s. Although this journey has been an amazing one-it has also been tough. For me my struggle has been with reordering my priorities. As I said in my video, my priority list would be
1. My family
2. My Work/Students
75. Me

When I was chosen it became clear that the above ranking system would not work with having all the workouts, creating proper food, and all the support meetings. I needed to reorganize the list to look something more like this
1. My family
2. Me
3. Work
4. Everything else

The only issue is by moving me up….it makes me feel….well uncomfortable. I feel like I am letting my students down because I am not working as hard for my job as I use to. I know in truth my student don’t notice the difference other than it takes me longer to get papers back, I know that my family doesn’t feel slighted by me putting myself higher on the priority scale. It is just hard to get rid of our old habits and make new ones. I just keep telling myself that I am going to be a better mother and teacher for getting my health in order.

So as far as this week goes, I only lost .02 and lets just say I may or may not have called my scale some very nasty words. Then with some encouragement from my Mentor Rebecca suggested that I measure myself. I did…and damn! I lost over five inches in three weeks. That sure as heck makes up for the small weight loss.

So here is my scale pic and my stats! Have a great week everyone.

Date	Weight	Weekly Loss	Total Loss	Waist	Chest	Thigh	Hips	Arm	Inches Lost
Application	227	-		40	44	30	51	15
2-Week Challenge	229	_	+2.0	38.5	43.5	30	51	15	-2
Start of Campaign	227.4	-1.6	+.04	38	43	29.5	50	14.5	-5
April 19^th	224.6	-2.8	-2.4
April 26^th	223.00	-1.6	-4
May 5^th	222.8	-.02	-4.2	35.25	41.5	28.25	50	14.5	10.5

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Believe you can and you’re halfway there.

May 8, 2013 By LaundryDayBlues 9 Comments

The title of this post is a great quote from Theodore Roosevelt. When I see it I think it fits nicely with where I am right now in this journey. Half the battle is trying. Half the battle is choosing to fight. So right now, we are halfway through this boot camp, and because I chose to apply and believe there was some slight sliver of a chance I might be chosen, I told myself I could do this. And look, I am doing it!!
This past week was my third week as a Mamavation Mom. I will tell you this week was hard. It was hard for a few reasons. I was sad to hear my friend and Mamavation Sista Lindsay had injured her back and was unable to continue the boot camp. Of course, I wish her well and I know she will continue to have success in her weight loss journey. The other reason this week was hard had more to do with my mental state. After a couple of weeks of pushing my body further and further into an uncomfortable territory it was ready to give up. I was exhausted. Each day I would get up and psych myself up to do my workout. I found that focusing solely on getting through that one workout was what allowed me to break past the exhaustion and the desire to give up. And as soon as the workout was done, I was good to go again. The other wonderful thing I was able to do to get past these moments of frustration was to talk with the other Mamavation Moms, past and present, about how I was feeling and what I was struggling with each day. Having someone as an accoutability partner when you are developing a new routine is a great way to set yourself up for success!
I have always heard that a habit is formed after repeating something for three weeks. I think that this is where I am right now. I am forming these new habits. I get up and do something right away. I might work out, I might run; but in any case I am burning calories before the sun is shining. Well maybe shortly thereafter! I am not skipping meals. I am thinking about what I am putting in my mouth. And please don’t let that statement fool you. When I say thinking about what I am putting in my mouth, I don’t mean obsessing over calories and that kind of thing. I mean being thoughtful about what my meal is composed of, and eating as closely to nature as I can. All of these things have been simple changes to make, little things. But put together, it has made a very large impact. I feel amazing and I am losing weight!
Speaking of loosing weight, I lost another pound this week. Bringing my total weight loss to 7 lbs since applying to be a Mamavation mom. I am just about halfway to my goal weight now. I was also very excited to note that since I got my scale after joining Mamavation in January I have lost 20.2 lbs!

And while this weight loss was thrilling, it was not my only victory this week. We had some non-scale victories as well. Starting right here:

Start Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Total Change
Weight 158.6 153.8 152.6 151.6
Bust 36 35
Waist 31 30
Hips 39 38
Arms R-11.75 L-12 R-11.0 L-11.0
Thigh R-20.5 L-19.5 R- 19 L- 17.75

So in 3 weeks I have lost 7 lbs and 7 inches!! I am pretty pleased with my results thus far and cannot wait to see how much further I can push my body in the coming weeks! Where would you like to be in three weeks? “Believe you can and you are halfway there.”

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Eating More to Weigh Less-For Real!

May 2, 2013 By MommaHunt16 12 Comments

Hello -it has been another exciting week around here at Mamavation. Although personally this week has been a bit rough now that I am back in the full swing of things at work and keeping up with all my resposnibilities of being a Mamavation Mom. Yet, despite the crazy feeling I am really loving that although the program is tough (it isn’t called boot camp for nothing) it is managable in real life.

Shockingly one of the most manageable pieces has been the food. Alyssa (find her on Twitter and Facebook) started out by giving us exchanges-Each food we eat equals a carb, protien, fat etc. We were assigned a certain amount of each at each meal and snack. Then this week to help us out she gave us a few meal plans to work with. This has helped emensly because I am always looking for new food options. The craziest thing about the whole food plan is how much good I eat and all of it-wait for this-is full fat. Like I am eating real peanut and almond butter, avocados, and healthy oils. Shocking right! Well there is a whole lot of scientific mumbo jumbo about why this works Let me tell, who cares. I am eating good food that I know is good for me and my body is loosing weight. Yeah! So before I get to the down and dirty of my totals for this week I thought I would include a sample menu for you to take a peak at-I have including a few food porn pictures for those of you into that stuff!

Breakfast: 6oz of Almond yogurt, 1/2 cup granola, 2 TB unsweetened coconut, and 1 cup strawberries

Lunch: 3oz Chicken breast, salad greens, four TB of Avocado, 1/2 cup black beans, and 1/2 tortilla with and apple not pictured

Snack (not pictured because I am eating this as I type) 8 almonds with 10 baby carrots

Dinner-3oz pork loin chop, roasted fresh golden and regular beets, and grilled pineapple

Night Snack-Small banana and 1TB of almond butter

Sounds and looks yummy right-Seriously I ate food like this all week and lost 1.4 pounds for a total of 4 since starting. I also apologize my phone was being cranky so I had to call up my weight post WI-hence no toes in this photo

Date	Weight	Weekly Loss	Total Loss	Waist	Chest	Thigh	Hips	Arm
Application	227	-		40	44	30	51	15
2-WeekChallenge	229	_	+2.0	38.5	43.5	30	51	15
Start of Campaign	227.4	-1.6	+.04	38	43	29.5	50	14.5
April 19^th	224.6	-2.8	-2.4
April 26^th	223.00	-1.6	-4

Hope you all have an amazing week and I am hoping my hard work pays off in another nice loss

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You Are What You Eat!

May 1, 2013 By LaundryDayBlues 11 Comments

So upon becoming a Mamavation Mom I knew I would have to make some changes to my diet. In the past I always thought I “ate healthy”, but in retrospect I can see that I made a lot of unhealthy choices that not only added to my weight problems, but also affected my ability to make better choices by making me crave the wrong things. For instance, I would skip lunch because I was just too busy to stop and eat. Then I would be hungry before dinner and eat a handful of M & M’s, or trail mix, or a granola bar. Something sweet was usually my kryptonite. I could never have just one of anything, and before I knew it, it had destroyed my willpower. We’ve all heard the saying, “You are what you eat.” I had become a massive carb-laden doughnut. I guess I just didn’t know until recently how much I was missing out on, and how missing out on all this great food left my body in such poor shape.
Alysa sent me a meal plan using a system of exchanges, designed to help regulate our blood sugar throughout the day by thoughtfully pairing certain types of food. It is amazing how quickly you can really feel the difference in eating well vs eating the way I did before. And I have to hand it to Alysa, I have a lot of restrictions and she still managed to make a meal plan up for me that is appropriate and leaves me fulfilled everyday. To give you an idea of what a total pain I am when it comes to food let me say that I cannot eat dairy; I sometimes eat a little cheese though. I do not eat meat; although I make exceptions for fish and eggs. The plan itself looks something like this:
Breakfast: 1 fruit, 2 meat, 2 fat
For breakfast my favorite meal is a Peanut butter and banana smoothie. Mainly I prefer this meal because it is quick and easy! I have 5 kids and mornings are a flurry of activity on our house! I also like to workout early and don’t want anything heavy sitting in my stomach when I do that. A smoothie is the perfect fit for mornings for myself! I make my smoothie with 1 frozen banana, 2 tbsp peanut butter, and 8 oz soy milk. Sometimes I will do a variation, which I call the peanut butter and jelly smoothie (my kids LOVe this). The only difference is instead of 1 whole banana I use half a banana and half a cup of frozen strawberries. Yum!!
Lunch: 1 vegetable, 1 fruit, 2 beans/peas/lentils, 1 fat
Here is an example of a lunch I have made.

Snack: 1 vegetable
Generally for an afternoon snack I will eat cup of baby carrots.
Dinner: 2 vegetable, 2 fruit, 3 meat, and 1 fat.
Here is an example of what my dinner might look like. This was a lettuce wrap/fish taco I made per Alysa’s suggestion. It was so good and very filling.

Of course I am still very much a work in progress, and as I am improving my own diet I am trying to also improve the diet of my children as well. This has been a little bit tougher on me, as I generally do not eat the same meal as them most nights. In the past I would make dinner, and then just eat whatever the non-meats were. So I would grill chicken, roast veggies, and maybe have rice as a meal. The kids and my husband would eat this, and I would have veggies and rice. Sometimes this worked out okay, but in the end not really. I was eating a lot of starchy foods and very little protein at all. So now I need to focus on making more meal that can incorporate both what I am eating (fish or some other meat substitute) as well as what the kids are eating, and not be making two meals that are wholly different, but one meal with two options. At least that is what I would like to be able to do. I have noticed since making these diet changes I have so much more energy throughout the day. That 3 pm crash I used to experience, gone. Just like that! I am still in awe.

This week I lost 1.2 lbs bringing my total weight loss since applying to 6 lbs! I was so excited to see the scale moving again! I cannot wait to see what next week brings, perhaps I might even make it into the next decade? We can only hope right!
Start Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Total Change
Weight 158.6 153.8 152.6
Bust 36
Waist 31
Hips 39
Arms R-11.75 L-12
Thigh R-20.5
L-19.5

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REAL good food is REAL easy!

April 30, 2013 By LindsaysFamily 11 Comments

Before becoming a Mamavation Mom, I ate a lot of processed boxed foods, but I am happy to say that 98% of what I buy now can be found in the produce, dairy and meat departments of the store! Very rarely will I go in the middle isles of the store, in fact the only thing I buy there are my almonds, hot sauce, bread, and some things for the kids. I used to think how the heck do people just shop the perimeter of the store and make meals out of it? I won’t lie and say everything I eat is REAL food, but I am transitioning and I eat more REAL food than not, which is progress. Which is good! As Leah says,”It’s all about progress, NOT perfection.” Good thing, because I don’t know anyone that is perfect, do you?

Are you curious about the types of foods I eat as a Mamavation Mom? I will share a few here for you, but you could head over to the Mamavation forum where I journal EVERYTHING: sleep, water intake, workouts, steps, and food as well as my emotions!

So here is a typical day for me!

Breakfast:

1 Fruit: 1/2 banana

1 Fat-Free Milk: 1c. I put it in my coffee

1 Starch: 1 Slice of cinnamon raisin toast

1 Lean meat: 2 egg whites

1 fat: 1 tbs cream cheese

Lunch:

1 Vegetable: 1/2 yellow bell pepper and 1/2 c mushrooms

1 Fruit: 3/4 c Blackberries

1 Fat-Free Milk: 1 c milk

1 Beans/Lentils: 1/2 c black beans

3 Lean Meat: 3 oz chicken breast

Afternoon Snack:

1 fruit: gala apple

2 fat: 12 almonds

(all packed and ready for the park)

Dinner:

2 Vegis: Mixed vegi’s

1 Fruit: 1/2 pear, grilled (OMG SOOO good!)

1 Fat-Free milk: 1 c milk

3 Lean meat: 3 oz Tilapia fillet

2 Fat: 2 tsp extra virgin olive oil (used to saute the vegis)

Evening snack:

1 Vegi: Sugar snap peas

2 fat: 3 tsp natural peanut butter, water, worcestershire sauce, cumin, onion powder

You know what the best thing is about all of these meals? They took a half hour or less to make!! That’s right, you can eat REAL food and not be in the kitchen cooking for hours! Being a busy mom with 3 really little ones at my feet, I just cannot be cooking all day, so this is a major plus for me!

A HUGE thank you to Alysa for putting my meal plan together and teaching me that eating healthy doesn’t mean that I have to eat bland, that it can be done and can be easy! You can find some pretty amazing recipes on her blog, Inspired RD! You can also find her on Facebook and Twitter!

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Exercise-Its a love hate relationship

April 25, 2013 By MommaHunt16 12 Comments

Yup I am that girl that loves to hate exercise. I know that part of the reason I applied to be a Mamavation Mom was because I needed some help in the whole workout department yet I was scared of what this whole exercise and hazing business would be like.

Lets talk hazing shall we-YIKES!!!! We were randomly tweeted workouts throughout the day. In fact one day as I stated in the video we were given 340 burpees (burpees are those crazy squat, plank, squat, jump thingy-If that description doesn’t help-go to google). When I managed to make it through the hazing I was shocked and PROUD. I was proud of what I could do. The picture here is me post 340 burpees covered in sweat and passed out on my mat!

The plan that Mark has sent us is very similar to the Two Week Challenge that he set up for Mamavation a few weeks ago. I won’t bother posting them workout again if you want to know go check out Amy or Lindsay who posted it up for everyone, but I will tell you a bit about them. We alternate days between core and lower body and upper body and core. So on lower body days we are doing squats, lunges, and burpees and upper body days we are rocking push ups, triceps push ups (OMG these are hard), crunches, and some free weight work. Again sometimes I hate them (Ok most times I hate them) but they are getting resutls and are over in less than a half hour. Additionally, we are asked to make sure that we walk at least 10,000 steps.

I wish I could say that I love every minute of this exercise plan but that would be a big ole fat lie and I wasn’t picked to me a Mamavation Mom to blow smoke-this is about living life as a Mom who is taking her life back. Even if I don’t love the exercise…you know what I love? This picture-

No its not my newly painted toes silly! Its that this number is down 2.8 POUNDS BABY!!!!!!!! So as much as a dread the exercise and as hard as it is some days…its getting the job done! So I guess I will keep pissing and moaning and grunting and groaning while exercising because honestly, I want that number to go down more than I want to quit!

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Week 2- We like to Move It Move It

April 24, 2013 By LaundryDayBlues 13 Comments

So This past week has been great. I have followed the diet plan given to me by Alysa and the workouts I received from Mr Bookieboo. Can I just say that this week has been eye opening? I am really starting to get a handle on the diet, but before I share anything about that with you I’d like to talk about the workouts.

You might be wondering what kind of grueling workout the Mamavation Moms go through each day. Are we running miles on end, repeating dozens of sets of squats, burpees, and lunges? Are we spending hours a day in the gym and neglecting our homes, children, and jobs? No! That would be totally unrealistic, and unreasonable as well. The point of the Mamavation campaign is to help moms everywhere lose weight and to share their new healthy habits with their families and friends. As ambassadors for Mamavation, it is our duty to show other moms that weight loss is not only attainable (in a healthy way), but attainable to anyone! These workouts that Mark has provided are a perfect example. All of the exercises can be done in the comfort of your own home, and the workout takes very little time. It is definitely a high intensity workout, but in a short amount of time. So there really are no excuses. Short on time, no problem, you only need about 20-30 minutes! No weights at home? Use water bottles! It really is very easy to incorporate a small amount of exercise into your daily routine. And in order to make a lifestyle change that will help you to permanently shed the pounds, it’s critical!

The plan calls for 6 workouts throughout the week, in addition to making sure you walk at least 10,000 steps each day. Three days we do a workout called Build It, and the other days we do Burn It. Build It is all about building lean muscle mass. Burn It does exactly what it sounds like it should, and leaves you dripping in sweat. The most amazing thing about these workouts is that they can be done anywhere and in a short amount of time. I found that for myself the best time of day to workout is definitely in the morning. It sets the mood for my entire day and I feel more accomplished. I get up at 5:15 am, get the kids ready for school, and usually by 7:20 am they are all off to school and I’ve had a cup of coffee and I can either go for a run or workout. Then I have the rest of my day to do all the things I do as a mother of five busy kiddos!

Here is a sample of what the week one workouts looked like:

Burn It:

Burpees x 10

Alternating Lunge x 16

Squats x 10

Kick and Lunge x 10 on each side

30 second rest then you repeat this set 3 more times, but the reps increase a bit for sets 2 and then 3, and repeat these reps for set 4.

Build It:

Warm Up: Cross punches 5 sets of 10 right, 5 sets of 10 left

Push-ups x 10

Shoulder Press x 10

Triceps push-ups x 10

30 second rest then you repeat this set 2 more times, but the reps increase a bit for sets 2 and then 3.

It was definitely a good first week. If you recall last week I weighed in at 155 lbs. This week when I stepped on the scale I was down 1.2 lbs! That brings me to a total of 4.8 lbs down since applying to be a Mamavation Mom!

And I painted my toenails, no more hideousness!

Results

	Start	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Total Change
Weight	158.6	153.8
Bust	36
Waist	31
Hips	39
Arms	R-11.75 L-12
Thigh	R-20.5 L-19.5

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Sweating courtesy of Mark

April 23, 2013 By LindsaysFamily 24 Comments

I can’t believe that week one is already over! It has been such a CRAZY week with lots of learning about good food and fitness! Speaking of fitness, my awesome personal trainer for the next 7 weeks, Mark, is totally kicking my booty! I sure am sweating, and sweating A LOT! Our first 3 weeks as Mamavation Mom’s consists of a combination of cardio and weight training that is alternated each day. I really like how this is set up because I found in the past if I did cardio everyday I would get burned out pretty quickly. This seems to keep my body guessing and I am loving it.

The Really cool thing about this campaign is that I do not have to leave my house to do it! No fancy gym need, which saves a ton of money. Plus, I was never motivated to get there. My gym is now my home, so there are NO excuses! No excuses AT ALL! What I find interesting about working out at home is that my family joins in with me. My little guy will see me getting my shoes on and ask me, “Are you going to workout, Mommy? Can I do it too?” Heck yes, he can. This also motivates my little girl to get up from the t.v. and try it will us!

My husband even got in on the action this week. He took one look at that days plan and said, “Oh, is too easy!” Well, guess who was just as sweaty as me and complained today that he is sore and told me the workout is making him feel so hungry all the time. Yep. That’d be my husband.

My favorite exercise so far would have to be the weight lifting. I always feel so strong when I finish that workout. I also found that I had to up my weight this week for the dumbbell curls. I WAS using a 5 lb weight and upped that to a 10 lb weight. Still thinking I need to up it again. 5 lbs is fine for the other exercises so I guess my biceps are stronger than I thought! My least favorite exercise, BY FAR, are the burpees. Good thing I have Mark’s voice in my ear telling me, “Guess what, the burpees just called and said they love you!” I may not like burpees but I keep hearing that I will love the results that I will get with them so I am going with that!

Anyone that knows me, knows that I love sleep and REALLY despise mornings, so you will never see me waking up early to workout. I NEED coffee before I can do anything in the mornings and I drink my coffee with breakfast. I usually wait until my breakfast is settled and the baby is down for his morning nap to get my workout on. Then I get my eat on because as my husband says, “I am starving!”

SO I know everyone has been waiting for the weight in, am I right?!

A very special thank you to @MrBookieboo for making me sweat and being so encouraging during this process! I can’t wait for the big reveal in 7 weeks!

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