They Weren't Kidding

I have heard all my life, "all you need to do is eat right and exercise"....they weren't kidding.  It turns out they were right after all!  Ha!...who knew?!?  Eating healthy AND exercise have to go together, like hand and glove, peanut butter and jelly. I have tried one with out the other, mostly dieting but not exercising. and this time I decided I would try it the other way around....exercising without the focus on the diet, and for the most part it has worked...BUT, I found that "sweat equity" plays a part in the decision of what to stuff your face with and it has really forced me to think about it.  I find that most of the time I am choosing fresh foods and whole grains without preservatives, if I can, although you have to go farther and pay more sometimes. Occasionally, I will eat "out of character" and jump off the deep end, but I usually regret it for the next few days, as my pants are the barometer!  But hey, whats life without a few m&m peanuts now and then??!!

Bootcamp Day 10!

Today was a ttapp total workout day, 55 minutes, and I am serious about the "butt-tuck"...Keep that butt tucked all the time.  I wonder if I could stand for 55 minutes in the ttapp stance...knees bent, butt tucked, shoulders back, chest up, knees toward little toe....I'll have to try it one day when I have 55 minutes to stand like that in one spot...I can't wait for the workshop I have set up May 15th, I hope everyone comes with an open mind.  I know some will like it and some will not, but thats the way it is with everything,... even with chocolate...

Bootcamp Day 9

I have been doing the ttapp total workout for 9 days now and I still love it 100%.  It will be hard to back off and only do it every other day!  I started out yesterday with my God made foods and did ok with what little fresh food I had in the house until I got home at 9pm....I felt hungry and went for some God-made nuts to munch on but it was ina trail mix and it was hard not to grab an m&m chocolate in the package with the nuts.....which ultimately lead to more chocolate (it was Easter just yesterday!!)...and I ate half of a LARGE bag of m&m peanuts.  My goal was to eat as many as I could and get sick on them but it didn't work!!...oh well, another God Made Day!

Eat Fresh!

Total workout, 55 minutes of ttapp.  I still feel full today and I will wait until I feel hungry today before I eat!  Problem is....I need to grocery shop for fresh foods before I can eat! ...I may have an apple somewhere in the back of the fridge....

Easter Sunday

OH my aching stomach!  I over ate today and the day before and I am feeling the effects of it tonight.  Suddenly it has all caught up with me and I feel ill, tired, sluggish and my stomach feels like I swallowed a cannonball.  I am looking forward to eating some God made foods for the next two days!  I need to do some grocery shopping and restock the house with something fresh.  I had a nice Easter, eating at my sister-in-laws house and the meal was full of all our favorites, ham, cheesy potatoes, green bean cassarole, ambrosia fruit salad, rolls with butter and jam.  Of course there was dessert,.. a lovely lemon cake and brownies with vanilla ice cream.  I had the lemon cake and it was very moist tangy and delicious!  I came home and had a "food coma" nap, popped off the couch at 7pm and did ttapp for 55 minutes, a total workout, before the Amazing Race!.....I hope I feel better tomorrow, but, I hope I remember the feeling that over eating can bring......

Bootcamp Day 6

Yep!....it gets easier day by day!  Yep, I still break a sweat... and Yep, it still gets my heart rate up!  Yep,... I love this workout, it elevates my mood and I feel energized by it not wiped out!  I feel like I have energy to go clean the bathroom and kitchen , vaccum and dust the house, do the laundry and scrub the floors...hhmmm...I hate housework...

Bootcamp Day 5

It was a bizzare morning.  It started out ok, very routine, but then all hell broke loose.  It always starts right when I get ready to exercise....the phone will ring.  It is usually a telemarketer, bill collector, or campaign advertisment...and the phone is ringing right now!...the caller ID says,...Omaha, ME.  I don't know anyone who lives there, so, do I answer it?  I did my ttapp routine and then the phone rang right after I got to the arm section, it was my son Garrett who just got back from Haiti.  He was on the ship the USS Bataan.  I stopped to talk to him, of course, I haven't spoken to him for 3 months!  Then my sister called from Colorado, and then my husband called about our tax papers....all of this while trying to get dressed and ready for work!