Workout - Day 2.

I didn't get to post a Day 1, so to catch you up...

My mission to get hot for my husband has begun! On Day 1, I worked out for two hours, and today, I worked out for an hour and a half this morning and an hour tonight. Needless to say, I am so sore that I can barely make it out of bed tonight. Not that that stopped me from wearing five-inch heels today. It feels good to be sore, though. It reminds me of those first two weeks of soccer practice where we were throwing up, sweating through our clothes, muscles burning. Although working out in the gym isn't the same as having 100 yards of green grass and a ball at your feet, it feels good to just be athletic again. It's been so long--about a year now--since I've been in "perfect" shape. I'm just hoping I can get back. I'm used to my workouts being practices, so they were always scheduled and I didn't really feel like I was working out--it was just me playing a sport I love. So now, it definitely takes more will power to push yourself when you don't have 10 other girls depending on you. But so far I'm doing it, even if it is only day 2. I have yet to weight myself after the two days of working out, but I know that when I weighed myself a week or so ago (pre-gym) I was at 122.4lbs. I'm not really using weight as a measure of my fitness, because I always weighed about 3-5 pounds more during soccer season than during the two-month off season. I want to be around 115, but I'm not setting that as a goal. My goal is to look in the mirror and see muscle definition all over, and thank "Holy crap, I am smokin'!" If that's at 110 or 118, then it's fine by me. I'm going to do updates, say...once a week with a weight and a picture. Maybe I'll get creative and do a sort of "survey" I fill out. I'll try that out below :)

Week One

Weight: 122.4LB

Favorite Workout Lately: 

The crunch stride machine.

Most Sore Muscle:

Pectoralis Minor (the upper part of your pecs--or in my case, boobs...)

What I'm Seeing in the Mirror: My stomach still isn't where I want it to be, but I can feel that it's definitely more firm. My legs have snapped back so fast. Just in two days, there is already a huge difference with them. All my strength has always been in my legs, though, and with being a soccer player, I think they just know when it's time to snap back into shape. My arms are still just so-so. I don't feel like I look thinner, which I shouldn't after just two days, but I feel better on the inside.

What I Really Look Like:

From the side. I'm not sucking in, but I feel like this is deceiving because you can't see any curves!

Need arms more sculpted and love handles trimmed down with ab muscle definition. You can see my legs are still muscular and tiny in comparison to my upper body.

Bringing Sexy Back

Today was one of those crazy errand days for me. One of the days where I have no make up on, and of course get stopped as the "random vehicle" to be checked at the gate of the base. I got a lot accomplished, including the shoes I've been looking for for months now which were on an amazing sale for $30 off. The highlight of my day however, was joining a gym! I've been back and forth about gym, no gym, which gym. Last night, my husband I talked about what was a reasonable amount to spend on a gym membership, and I went searching. I looked into the infamous American Family, and it was ridiculous. Well, it's ridiculous if you're in my situation. I'll only be in this area for four more months before I move, so contracts are a no-go for me. So when you go month-to-month, the prices always rise by a bazillion dollars. With the military rate, month-to-month, tanning included, Am Fam wanted $69.99 a month. Are they crazy!? So, instead, I went and checked out the new gym in town that just opened up. Month-to-month, unlimited tanning included = $19.99 a month. Take that, Am Fam. I was planning on tanning for a month or two before going to Hawaii anyways, because last time I went in December, I was the only pale person on the island. I looked like I was Swedish or from some other European country where their citizens never see the light of day. It was horrible. Most tanning places around here are $30-50 a month for unlimited. I not only get tanning, but I get a gym, too, for half that much. I'm super excited to be able to go work out now. My plan is to go Monday through Friday as soon as I'm done teaching. The gym is on the way home, so it works out perfectly. I haven't had the time or strength to work out in the last year, and that's been a major void in my life. Now that I am just focusing on teaching, instead of teaching and classes, and we're nearing the end of this deployment, I have the motivation to get the athlete back. I'll try to give lots of updates on my workouts and weight and so forth. Here's to bringing sexy back!

Me "glowing" on the beach. Yikes!