Day 4 of the Body Rock Challenge

Today's challenge and my scores are as follows:

 
Burpees + Push-up: 8 (full push ups), 6 (with girl push ups), 6 (with girl push ups)
Push ups: 17, 12, 15 (all girl push ups)
Triple Plank Jumps: 2 1/2, 2, 3 (btw, these suck some major a**)
Straight Abdominals: 10, 12, 13


This was a really hard workout.  I mean, all of them have been, but my arms and abs are definitely going to feel it more than they have been (that's a really good thing!).  I can't wait for this challenge to be over so I can see how far I've come!  Btw, I can't remember if I said in my last post, but I weighed myself Friday morning and I'd lost 5lbs.  I won't be weighing myself probably for a week so bring on the awesome workouts and hurry up weigh-in day!

New Years Resolution

Yep...It's that time of year again.  I'm pretty sure I make the same resolution every year.  You know, the one 90% of America makes?  To lose weight.  I actually did a really good job of it last year, but I fell off the wagon and gained all 20lbs I lost back.  Oh yeah, and 4 extra pounds.  I started my workout/eating right on Monday, January 2nd at 180lbs.  I weighed in for the first time today and I lost 5lbs!  I've been doing the 30 Body Rock Challenge.  I didn't start that until Wednesday, so I'm a few days behind, but that's ok.  This regime is BRUTAL!  It'll work, though.  I can tell already by how my muscles feel...lol.  I've also been doing Leslie Sansone's 2 mile walk in the evenings.  My plan as of now is to go to Ripped in 30 and the 3 mile walk when this is over.  My first goal is to lose 10-15lbs by February 17th when my best friend comes to visit.  My ultimate goal is 55lbs (which 5lbs is gone from now).  I'm going to post my scores for the challenge on here so I can have a reference as I get stronger and more fit.  I'm also posting before pictures (WHY?!?!?!) so I can see the difference in a few months.

Fit test:
Squat jump: 24
Push ups: 19 (girlie ones...lol)
Burpees: 7
High knees: 96
Switch Lunges: 10 (low impact version)
Tuck Jumps: 15
Straight Abdominals: 10

Day 2:
high knees (10x)/mountain climbers (10x): 4
2 squat jumps, 2 push ups, 2 tuck jumps: 3
Center to elbow jump and 2 leg jumps: 5
Clean and press, squat and press, and push up: 4
Killers: 2 1/2
spider leg push up and straight leg push up: 5
switch lunge and press: 6
squat jumps: 20
elbow to knee jumps 10x each side: 12
wide leg jumps and push ups: must have forgotten to record this one...oops.
speed run: 50 seconds


Day 3:
Superman Push-ups: 18 (modified)
Elevated Push-up’s & L&R knee to elbow touch with the Swiss Ball 10 (modified)
Squat & Press with the sandbag 18 (modified)
Clean & Press + Jump Forward + 3 x Squat Jumps 3 (modified)
Reverse Pull-Ups on dip station 17 (modified)
Side Jump Burpee + 2 knee to elbow Oblique Abs + Tuck Jump Centre (Alternate Sides) 2 each side

Push-up & Burpee + Sumo L&R Knee Touch. 3 (modified)
Tricep Dip + Kickout V Abs with the dip station 8 (modified)
Overhead Abs with the sandbag 13 (modified with my weights)
squat jumps 18
high knees 116

Sean's workout (15 reps each):

Low Jacks Press: 30 seconds
Single Arm Lateral Raise/Lunge: 2 and a half minutes
Firemans Lift x 30 (15 each side): 8 minutes including both sides
Single Arm Press Lunge: 2 minutes and 20 seconds

Wordless Wednesday...on a Thursday

11 months old

That's right...Jace is 11 months old today!  That kinda hurts a little.  It should be illegal for kids to grow this fast.  So after about 7 months of not teething, Jace cut his first top tooth.  I think his second top tooth is coming in, too, but he doesn't let me look for very long.  He is also walking everywhere.  He doesn't crawl much at all anymore.  If he starts to, he'll stop and get up to walk.  Something he just started today?  Climbing off the bed by himself.  I couldn't believe it!  But I suppose that's a good thing since he climbs on everything he can.  I'm going to have some real problems with him when he gets a little older...I can already tell.

So speaking of birthdays (sorta...lol), Ashlin turned 3 a couple of weeks ago.  She's such a sweet little girl...sometimes.  It's like she had a birthday and immediately turned into a little monster.  I hope that stops soon!

Some super awesome amazing news about Kelsie:  She got saved!!!  She'd asked several times, but I kept putting it off thinking she was too little, but then it kinda dawned on me that if she keeps bringing it up, who's to say the Holy Spirit isn't convicting her.  Shortly after that she got baptized.  I can't even put into words how proud I am of her!

I suppose that's all for now.  We're going to the fall festival tomorrow, so I might have some pictures to share in the next few days.  If not, there's always Wordless Wednesday!

Wordless Wednesday: Falling for Fall

As you may remember from my Dog Days of Summer posts, Wednesday's will have only a picture.  There will be nothing describing the picture, just something fall related.  I may have the action I used (maybe the settings on my camera if I can remember to put them).

 

I'm doing it again...

Falling behind, that is.  Why can't I keep up with a simple blog?!  Oh well...that's my life, I suppose.  So my newest update is that I finally decided to set up an Etsy shop and FB fan page for my headbands and tutus!  I'm glad I did, but I hope it does well.  I finished my first tutu for the shop, but since Jace, Ashlin, and I have a cold, I'm going to wait until we feel better before I get some nice pictures of it and list it.  Here is a link to my shop and my fan page :
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lil-Hearts-Boutique/186850308045181 

http://www.etsy.com/shop/LilHeartsBoutique?ref=pr_shop 

Tomorrow is Daniel's birthday

Daniel and I have never made a tradition out of celebrating each others birthdays very much.  He always says there's nothing he wants so I never buy him anything.  He says he's too old for parties so we never have one.  We're always totally broke on my birthday so I never get a chance to celebrate...lol.  Anyway, about a month ago, Kelsie saw something on TV where someone had a surprise party.  She said that she wants a surprise party for her birthday, so I had to explain that it wouldn't be a surprise if she knew about it.  It made me think about Daniel's upcoming birthday, though, and I decided we'd have a little surprise party for him.  I couldn't tell the kids until he left for work tonight, cause they would have let it slip, so after he left, we baked him a cake.  When I say party, I really use the term loosely.  It's just going to be yelling surprise while holding a cake when he walks in the door.  But the girls will love it...and I'm sure Daniel will, too :o).  I'll post a picture on my next post since the cake isn't totally frosted yet.  That's all for now!