Now that my level of motivation has been established, what am I going to do to achieve my goals? I stated in earlier posts that I have no plans to diet, and that is still true. My non-pregnant self tends to under-eat as it is. If I have any weaknesses, it is probably to eat a donut or drink a Coke if it's offered to me, but if I don't buy those things EVER, then I will only eat them when they are offered to me and that doesn't worry me at all. Chocolate is VERY important to me, so if that means an extra month of working out to get to my goals, then it's totally worth it! So here is what I am doing:
Ab Wheel: This simple $10 device is incredible. I started using one when I was 17 and had amazing abs. I have worked my way up from barely being able to do 1 rep to being able to do 30! (10+10+10). I do it first thing in the morning and last thing before I go to bed. Only takes a couple minutes and I can feel an enormous difference in my strength and balance now.
Jillian Michaels' 30-Day Shred: I cannot say enough good things about this workout. I did it after I had Ashton and my body changed so fast. The pictures above are the muscle toning I have achieved from this workout in the first 14 days. The unattractive saggy, cellulite-y, extra-fatty parts seemed to be magically absorbed into the body. This workout is only 20 minutes a day for 30 days and every time I do it, I sweat, I max my heart rate, and I'm sore the next day. This is what I do in the evenings after I put Ashton to bed. Today will be Day 15.
Stroller Strong Moms: This is a group of motivated moms here in Columbus (also in Savannah) who understand how hard it is to have little kids and manage to work out consistently. They meet six mornings a week for an hour and have fantastic instructors to teach the classes. They are outside at a park and there is a lot of running with the babies in the strollers (usually around 2 miles per class) as well as strength-training with weights and resistance bands, squats, lunges, sprints, drills, etc. I usually feel like I'm going to throw up when I finish a class and I'm a sweaty, happy mess. I am trying to attend as many mornings a week as possible. I plan to participate in their Get Fit 2013 Challenge , which begins this Monday.
Insanity: When I finish the 30-Day Shred, I plan to do the Insanity workout in the evenings. I did 11 days of it after I had Ashton, and the results were the fastest I have ever seen from any workout. It is EXTREMELY difficult and intense. My goal is to actually do the entire 60-day workout. That would be pretty amazing. The reason I chose this workout over the equally-popular P90X is because Insanity requires no equipment outside of your own body. That makes things a lot easier for me. Plus, it's only 60 days long instead of 90. ;)
Running: I love to run, but it is not something I have been able to consistently schedule yet. Right now my 2-month old is too little for a jogging stroller and I don't want to spend money on an attaching infant seat to use for just a few months. I run in the class with my regular non-jogging stroller, which is NOT easy, but I don't like to use it in my hilly neighborhood. So I wait until Bill comes home and run without the kids. I am going to add runs where I can because I enjoy them so much.
So you may be wondering when I will consider myself "in shape" and ready to be done blogging about it! Well, after I finish Insanity, if I have lost all the weight and look amazing in a bikini (we'll see, I may post a pic...hard to imagine doing that now but you never know!) THEN I will be happy to close this blog and be proud and happy with my new body, which I plan to maintain forever with my ab wheel, Stroller Strong Moms class and running. :)
Edited to add: I just realized that Insanity has an extra "recovery week" in between the two months, so it will take me one week longer than I originally thought. So my new goal date is March 31!!!
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