No Tears...

... Yet. But I was close. Day Three proved to be a little tougher, but I expected that because I was pretty darn sore. Add to the pain in muscles I didn't know I had (Did you know there are muscles on the inside of your knee cap??) the fact that today's workout was a huge chunk of plyo metric crap, and you can picture the hot mess I was at the end. (I think that's a runon sentence but I'm too sore to care.) No, I don't have a post-workout picture to share. Be happy. It was pretty nasty. And after just 30 minutes of sprinting, jumping hurdles, and power jumps, I was ready to cry. Not puke ... Cry. I seriously felt tears well up in my eyes as I crawled out of child pose... But I'm still standing by it. I agree that these workouts are by far the best workouts I've ever done!!

The Fit Test ...

... was harder than any workout I've ever done.

Seriously.  

My fellow Insanity grads did not adequately prepare me for the intensity of the fit test.

Yes, I said the fit test.  In laymen's lingo, the "warm up" workout.  The workout you do before the real workouts to make sure you can even handle the real workouts.

And, let me just say, Tim and I looked at each other after the WARM UP like, "What the heck have we gotten ourselves into??!!"

But, with that said, we completed our fit test yesterday afternoon, and we passed with flying colors.  Thanks to P90X ... I can't imagine just jumping right into this workout series.  Kuddos to those of you who have done it!!

As promised, I will be sharing my evolutionary changes as I embark on this journey.  Sounds like it will be an amazing trip, right? ;)  However, I will not be sharing my "before" photo today.  Perhaps I will share it later ... when I have some progressive photos to go along with it!

Starting weight (can't believe I'm positing this): 131.7

Starting waist: 30

Starting hips: 38.25

Left thigh: 22.5

Right thigh: 22.25

Ugh.

Fit test results (Day One):

Switch kicks: 84

Power jacks: 49

Power knees: 92

Power jumps: 20

Globe jumps: 5 (This is about the time I starting to feel like I was going to vomit ...)

Suicide jumps: 13

Push-up jacks: 14

Low plank obliques: 50 (This is about the time I had to burp a few times to ensure I did not vomit ...)

For an extensive explanation of each of these moves, you can check the Insanity website.

Or you can just take my definition: TORTURE.

There is no other way to describe it.

So, after day one of eating 5 meals a day (totaling 1500 calories), drinking no alcohol, and completing my fit test (which was only 25 minutes of TORTURE), I'm feeling OK.  Not too sore ... my quads and hammies hurt a little bit, but not like the soreness I got from Tony Horton.  So I guess that's a good sign.

The body always remembers ...

So let's hope this one remembers what its like to be 20 pounds lighter!! ;)

As Clean As Possible

I desperately need to clean my toilets, so I'm going to make this one quick.  But I feel the need to post it.

Tim and I have officially decided to change some things around here.  I'm ecstatic that he has jumped on the bandwagon with me (though he was thinking differently after seeing the last grocery bill!), but I think in the long run it will be what's best for our little family.

First, we are starting a new workout regimen on Monday.  After watching infomercials for a while, Tim decided on Insanity.  I know what you're thinking ... "You are insane."  Probably.  Hence, the name.  But we have to do something.  With age, Tim and I have found it harder and harder to stay in shape.  Weight lifting and resistance just aren't enough anymore.  And I am past the age where I can just workout and eat what I want, or not work out and starve.  So we are taking a huge step and beginning this crazy workout on Monday.  I will be posting some pictures so you can follow our journey. ;)


Along with our new workout, we are taking on a new style of eating.  Because we want optimal results, we have decided to follow the meal plan included with the workout.  That means cleaner eating -- more fruits and veggies, no sugar, no alcohol (The hell you say?!), lean meat, etc.  A friend suggested last year that I begin ordering farmer's market baskets, so we ordered one last week.  I was pleasantly surprised by what was included.  By getting a basket filled with unexpected goodies, we will be forced to cook with produce other than carrots and apples. For $18, we got all of this!  Considering a bag of apples at the store is usually $8, I am certain this would have cost at least twice that much at the store.  So my fridge is stocked with lots of greens and we have our first "fruit bowl" on the table in the kitchen.  Kids want a snack?  Get an apple.

We also planted our own garden.  I wish I had a picture of it!  It's not your regular garden -- it's a Pinterest-inspired garden.  And it's gorgeous.  I can't wait for the plants to start sprouting.  We are growing zucchini, tomatoes (big and small), green beans, green onions, red and green bell peppers, and corn.  And on top of that, our apple trees we planted last year have apples!!  Teeny, tiny little green apples!  I love feeling sustainable.  Now we just need to get our own cows and chickens and we are all set. ;)

The last change is more for the kids -- with all this clean eating research, I've read more and more about the harmful effects of high fructose corn syrup and artificial dyes.  So those won't be in our diet anymore -- or as much as I can control it.  I shopped on Thursday (as I always do) with the intention of reading every label while still trying to stick to my coupons and the sales.  It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be.  For example, GoGurt even makes "safe" yogurt!  I spent about $30 more than what I usually do, but I came home with organic snacks, more produce, and hormone-free meat.  For the first time, I was 100% confident about everything on the belt.  (I sometimes find myself embarrassed by the junk I'm buying.  The belt is usually half good stuff and half bad stuff, or the adult end and the kid end.)

So we are kicking the habit.  Pray for me as I begin 60 days without wine ... and there may be a few slip ups.  But I'm excited about our new journey.  (I know Tim probably thinks that sounds corny, but that's OK.)  I'm just glad he's gonna get "healthy" with me.  I like having him around and I want us to be around, together, for a long, long time.

Four Letter Words

OK, it's not what you think.

But the last few weeks have been filled with four letter words. The first word that comes to mind is busy. We have been doing some much needed upheaval around the Morris house with some renovations and such. OK, so that was more than a few weeks ago, but it feels like its never ending. Tim and I continue to have conversations about how we need to finish Tanner's bedroom (we still haven't settled on a theme yet ...) and we still need to do some more stuff to Kendall's room to make it complete. We continue to "spring clean," which is really just our every week cleaning on steroids. Yard work has begun again, and while I love the green grass, I don't love the daily watering of the new flowers and trees. They are gorgeous, mind you, but I wish we could get a little rain so I didn't have to drag the hose(s) out to water.

The second four letter word that comes to mind is fast. I swear it hasn't been 6 months since I blogged. But the days just get away from me. I have good intentions, people. I have a long list of blog ideas on my note pad on my iPhone. Just in case I ever do get a second to blog. In fact, it is midnight right now and I want to get this down before I fall asleep. (And Tim is out with his boys so I really can't sleep anyway. But I digress ...). I realize we only have 30 days of school left and I will have a 3rd grader and a 1st grader in my house. Craziness, I tell you. While we were toying with the idea of repeating kindergarten, I can honestly say Tanner is ready to proceed after spending the day with him on a field trip yesterday. Not only was he 80% better behaved than most of the other boys; he was also bigger than 75% of the boys!! (This is of course a rough estimate ...) So, unless his teacher feels otherwise, my baby will be heading to the first grade in August. But, I swear, it was only a few weeks ago that we were gearing up for his preschool graduation ... Which leads me to the fact that I only have 25 days left?!?! What??? I can't believe I've already been through an entire school year with my babies. And they've grown so much ... It makes me sad to hear that they will be moving on to other rooms next year ...

Lastly, the past few weeks have been mean. Yes, it's a four letter word and it's hit our home like a ton of bricks. I you have a little girl hovering around the tween years, you know exactly what I am referring to. I know ... I hear you ... "But, Keisha, Kendall is an angel. She never misbehaves and see is always respectful when I see her."

Well, Tim and I are very happy that she acts that way for others. Because if you caught a glimpse of her mean streak, you'd surely gasp at what you saw. However, in her defense, she is surrounded by it. I just ordered a book called Little Girls Are Mean. I haven't started reading it yet, but it is about bully-proofing your child. Kendall is not a bully, but I fear she may not be strong enough to fend off one should one present itself. I also want her to know how to stand up for someone else if she sees a bully picking on someone else. We've been having some issues with friends at school, just regular girl stuff. I mean, who knew three girls couldn't play together without getting into an argument?? (Wait, I may have a flashback of something similar from when I was about 8...). Anyway, I feel like Kendall and I are growing further and further apart because I find it harder and harder to communicate with her when she is so flippant and, well, mean, for lack of a better term. And, in natural girl-fashion, I find myself being flippant and mean right back to her.

It's a vicious cycle.

But that's what's been going on around here.

Lots of four letter words flying around.

And that is why I havent blogged much.

But, on a brighter note, hubs did buy me an iPad. So I may be blogging more at night.

If I can just get used to the fact tat the return key and the back key are right next to each other, it won't take me so long to type an entry!!