Beachbody Challenge - Day 12

Have you seen the movie "How Stella Got Her Groove Back"? It's a good movie...has nothing to do with my life or this post, but came to mind when I was thinking about posting tonight.
I only worked a half day today, which was fine since I worked a bajillion hours this week, and that meant I could come home and work out! Yes folks, I'm old, and I like to start my weekend with a nice sweat session :) As I type this, I can feel my body cramping up a bit. That's what I get for not working out this week, and that's ok. That means I worked out hard, and my body is kicking my fat's ass! I'll hit it hard again in the morning before I head out to work for a bit, and by then I should be nice and sore to go sit for a 3 hour tattoo session. Yes, the motto of this weekend is pain, and I'm going to love every minute of it!
Have you started planning your menu for next week yet? It's week 1 of my first challenge group that I'm running on my own, and I'm super excited! I have fun prizes planned and fun recipes to share! Speaking of, have you signed up yet?? You don't want to miss out!! Strong and sexy by Christmas, that's my goal :)
Speaking of menu planning, have you heard of Hungry Girl? I have gotten some YUMMY recipes from her, and they come right to my inbox every day. Can't be that! You should head over, sign up, and then sign up for my challenge group. You won't be sorry!

Beachbody Challenge - Day 4

Is it normal that I've already had a day of struggle?
I live out in the country on a little hobby farm. There is no mail service, so I normally stop and grab the mail at our little country post office on my way home. I was so excited yesterday to see that the movie Apocalypto had arrived from Netflix!!
On the short drive home, I told my son that I was going to work out real fast, make dinner, and then settle in to watch the movie. When we got home though, I realized it was later than I had planned, and I needed to get dinner going. Then I fed the dogs, the chickens, watched something the boy-child wanted to show me, and sat down to eat dinner. I can't exercise right after eating, I'll vomit (YUM!), so I decided I'd take a day off and just watch my movie.
By the end of the movie, I was feeling so guilty that I was going to have to check in with my Beachbody Challenge group and tell them I didn't work out, that I popped in my Slim in 6. At 10pm. Knowing I had to get up at 430am. Was it worth it? YES!!! Am I tired today? Not too bad actually. I think my body is already responding well to the exercise and the Shakeology, and for that, I am so excited!
The moral of this story is two-fold: don't procrastinate, and NO EXCUSES!

And just for fun, a picture of my breakfast, snacks, and hydration. Yes, I'm secretly 4, and I eat Foodles!

Planning Ahead

Although I knew this challenge was starting, I didn't exactly plan for it. I had my Shakeology and my Slim in 6, but I didn't go grocery shopping like I should have. It was a crazy weekend, filled with homecoming football, homecoming dance, hair, make up, and Alzheimer's bake sale. I think I saw my house long enough to mess it up! In that sense, it worked out well that I was sick all day yesterday and had no appetite! I did go to the store yesterday afternoon, however, and grabbed some chicken and broccoli for dinner (yay me!), so I had that today for lunch. NOM NOM NOM!
I still haven't done any actual shopping though, which means I have no idea what I'm eating for dinner tomorrow night! At this point it's silly to go shopping because I leave Friday for Oregon for 4 days. So, I'll be winging it, in a healthy way, and kicking myself in the butt for not planning ahead!