Slurries and Goals

Adam and I began eating an invention of his father's, that we all just call slurry, in the beginning of January. Slurry is comprised of a mixture of natural peanut butter, sunflower kernels, wheat germ, flax seed, cocoa, black strap molasses and blueberries, wrapped in a whole wheat tortilla. It provides 100% nutritional value. I have never been a person to eat berries, really of any kind, so the blueberries freaked me out a little bit, but after a month of eating it pretty regularly, I've gotten used to it. We started eating two a day, breakfast and lunch, and then a healthy dinner. Now we both are down to eating just one during the day and a healthy dinner.

Due to the unseasonably nice weather we have been having, Adam and I sometimes take walks around our neighborhood in the evening, and a few times we actually got up in time to do this before work. He's participating at his work in a "Biggest Loser" sort of competition. He is doing really well. I am doing okay, but could do better. I've lost about 5 or 6 pounds this month, and I can't complain about that at all. I am hoping to lose something in the neighborhood of 50 pounds. I know it can't happen over night but I hope I hit a better stride than 5 pounds a month soon. I hope to lose at least 10 in February. Here goes!

I Wouldn't Say That Was Easy...

Today marks day 8/90 of our P90X workout regimen. While Adam is away on business and making due with hotel fitness equipment, Summer and I are keeping it going here at home. Since its the start of week 2, we just do the same workouts we just did per day for last week. The switch-up happens in week 4. So we did Chest & Back again tonight, Plyometrics tomorrow. And you know what?

WE KILLED IT!!

Now its important to note that by "killed it" i mean that we both improved from last week. We by no means did as much as the psychos in the video. But we are proud of us right now. We didnt wear out as fast as last time, and we both did more repititions than we could do at the beginning. I feel a lot better and i am starting to feel a tiny bit more fit.

But there's somewhat discouraging news, too. I have lost ONE pound. Just... one. And that hardly counts as a person's weight fluctuates by 2 or 3 pounds each day. I know that i didnt pack this weight on in one week, and i know it will take a while to see the results I'm looking for. While I presently don't see the results, i can feel them. This is as much about health and well-being to me as it is about looking great (or gosh, even good) in a bathing suit, or even just a pair of shorts. So i am not going to focus on the weight loss, it will come with time. It's only been a week. I am not going to stress about that piece.

So I'm pretty proud of us right now for keeping our game faces on. It is not easy, but its totally worth it.

Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5