Improvements

Still not posting true results until the 1st, but in the meantime, here are the results of my Insanity workouts from the first fit test to the second one 14 days later (this Sunday).

Switch Kicks
1st: 33
2nd: 555

Power Jacks
1st: 20
2nd: 40

Power Knees
1st: 75
2nd: 101

Power Jumps
1st: 15
2nd: 26

Globe Jumps
1st: 6
2nd: 9

Suicide Jumps
1st: 5
2nd: 8

Push-up Jacks
1st: 15
2nd: 23

Low Plank Obliques
1st: 46
2nd: 55

Makes me think I wasn't really trying the first time, but Alex insists I was sweating along with him.  I'm interested to see what the third fit test results will look like.

I leave you with another Insanity meme:

Tone that shit down, Tanya.  Who are you trying to impress?

Insanity and Not Much Else

I don't have much to say these days.  Had some bad greens in a shake a few days ago.  Worst.  Thing.  Ever.

Doing Insanity, so this image makes me giggle.

It's going well, and I'm glad to have Alex as a partner in this as always.  Continuing to lose weight.

Erm... oh!  Also love this image.

Damn right.  So, uh, see ya'll in 13 days with results and pictures?

Month 3 Results

I just wanted to start out this entry by thanking everyone who's been offering me support and beautiful words of encouragement lately.  It really has helped, because this month has been rough.  Most of all, I would like to thank Alex, who stays endlessly optimistic about me and my progress despite my tendancy not to be very responsive in the moment.  It's easy to get discouraged, but this month has proven to me that I am mighty.

 

Here are the numbers:

 

30/31 days working out (only one day missed!)

357,046 steps (92,451 more than last month!)

163.52 miles (44.26 miles more than last month!)

1,334 push-ups (holy moly!)

2,579 body weight squats (245 more than last month!)

29 days meeting 10,000 steps goal

29 days meeting 5 miles goal

 

What an improvement, right?  Well, wind, prepare to vacate sails.

 

Starting weight: 226.4 lbs.

Ending weight: 226.4 lbs.

Weight change: 0

 

That's right.  No weight change.  In fact, this month I struggled with weight ballooning back.  I was actually terrified that I was going to post up a weight gain in this entry, and I'm thrilled that I'm not.

 

Back to Alex's encouragement.  He figured out through my tracking that though I've not lost any weight this month, I had lost 2.7% body fat according to my FitBit Aria scale.  So, I'm the same weight, but mightier!  Not bad, eh?  Would like some weight loss, though...

 

Anyway, Primal eating didn't go exactly as planned, but I definitely drastically cut down on the refined carbs.  Let's see if it pays off as I push through another month.

 

Also, here are some pictures - the left from eight days ago, the right from this morning.  Not much difference in eight days except for the loss in water weight, but next month should snow some clear differences!