"thinspiration" my butt!

So... I have been trying to get my butt in shape. Ever since I quit working, I feel like all I do is sit around all day and I have no excuse not to exercise. I am an avid pinner on pinterest and have found that more than anything, there are posts about eating healthy and what exercises to do to work what area of the body and blah, blah, blah... They call it "thinspiration", I call it "sitting on the computer looking at pinterest and never actually doing any of it". Haha! So I decided to try a workout plan that doesn't seem so hard. 

 

Now, just look at the woman in the background-- I cannot believe that I will ever actually look like that in a million years! But hey, anything is worth a try and like they say "No matter how slow you go - You are still lapping everybody on the couch!" (there's my bit of "thinspiration" for you)

So anyway, Matt and I attempted doing this workout a few times and while we were semi-successful, it is WAY harder than it looks. My only problem with this is that it involves too much leg work and not enough arm work. The first time we did it, I couldn't walk for two days! I literally almost busted my face walking down the stairs because my legs gave out on me haha. By the time I get through the 80 jumping jacks (which is a little excessive if you ask me) I can never do the wall sit. Actually, I have done this routine at least 10 times now and have never even bothered to do a 10 second walk sit. Maybe I'll just cut that part off the bottom of my picture. ;) Also, that grey part at the top that mentions doing this 3 times? Yeah right! I'm lucky if I can get through it once. Call me lazy, I don't care, this is HARD! But I'm hoping that after I do this everyday for a few weeks, I will be more willing to repeat the whole thing without passing out or dying in the middle of my living room floor! 

Ok, so not only am I trying to do this routine at home, we are also members of the planet fitness down the street. Before, my excuse was always that I didn't have time to go or that I was too tired after work, but now I have run out of excuses and I need to take my butt to the gym! It always feels so great afterwards and I feel like I have accomplished something, but the getting there is the hardest part. Just telling myself to get my lazy butt off the couch is a feat of its own. 

 

One last thing and I promise I'll shut up about working out, I found a pretty cool workout mix online the other day that I thought I would share. It's called the workout mix 2012 and it has a bunch of popular songs from this year that are remixed with a techno beat to get you pumped while you work out. I get easily distracted while I'm working out at home and find myself sitting down or doing something else before I'm finished. So, this is a great mix to keep you focused and energized. 

You can view a list of the songs and preview/download here:

http://itunes.apple.com/ie/album/the-workout-mix-2012/id486621555

OKAY! well that's it for today! I will try to keep you updated with my "weight loss journey" and post other things I find later about exercise or eating healthy! Thanks for reading :)

 

My story thus far...

So here I am, newly 23, a college graduate with a degree in hospitality, born and raised in North Carolina, and living in Baltimore, MD with my military boyfriend and not a job to be found! But don't get me wrong, I've found that I love being a house"wife". I suppose I'm not allowed to use the word wife until we're officially married.. but that I'll save for a later post. ;)

A year ago, I found myself living in the college town where I had just graduated from school, working a dead end job in a restaurant (which I hated) and going nowhere with my life. I got dumped by my prick of a boyfriend just before graduation and had fallen into the "I hate men" stage of my life that many girls find themselves in at one point or another. I had my group of friends who were so much fun I had no reason to want to move away from the college life, and figured I would just stay and party until I decided it was time to grow up! That was until Matt came along.. 

We had known each other for nearly 8 years, but never considered dating each other. We had the same group of friends in high school, but because he was two grades ahead of me, he went off to the air force, and I stayed behind and finished school. After high school I went on to college at East Carolina University, and we never really spoke to each other besides the occasional "hey" on facebook and that was about it. Then, after 4 years of college (and 3 crappy boyfriends later) I found myself sending him a text saying "hey, you're hot" (haha!) and we set up a date to hang out the next time we were both back in our hometown.

So, about a month and lots of texts later, we went on our first date. He picked me up at my parents house (which he still remembered how to get to from high school haha) and off we went. The entire thing felt so normal and I knew from then on that we were going to end up together. We ended up sitting and talking so long that we shut down the bar! It was 2AM and we didn't really want to leave each others' sides so he ended up going back to my parents house with me and we watched some TV and he probably didn't leave until 4AM. That night, he "accidentally" left his sunglasses, so the next day he called and asked to come by and get them before he headed back to Maryland. To my surprise, he chatted with my dad the entire time he was there and didn't really even talk to me! Matt is in the air force, so because my dad served when I was a baby, they had lots to talk about. I was so pleased that my dad actually liked him because that was a feat for every other guy I brought home. 

The next week, we texted back and forth from sun-up to sun-down every day. I couldn't believe I had fallen for "Grubbie" from high school! But that weekend, I decided to drive up and see him. I spent the weekend in Baltimore with Matt and his friends and fell in love with not only him, but the city. I knew from then on I wanted to be a city girl and start a new life in a new place. I had spent my entire life in North Carolina and was in desperate need for a change, so this seemed to be the perfect next step in my life. SO, after much reasoning with my parents and a long search for an apartment, we moved in together! We had been dating for a little over a month, but we took the plunge and I couldn't have made a better decision. Its been over a year now and we're still going strong. :)