REALizing Joy: Bored with workout...... T25 Here I Come!

I've been really discouraged lately because I haven't seen a significant difference in my weight or how my clothes fit. As I mentioned in my post here I'm a member of the Facebook group no excuse moms. One of the moms in this group posted her before picture at 160 lbs in January and she is down to 140 lbs now! I keep complaining to Jake that no matter what I do I can't lose weight and after seeing this picture I realize that I'm definitely not doing all I should be doing to get the results that I'm wanting. That is so hard to admit to myself let alone anyone who reads my blog but it's the truth. I work out in spurts and I eat healthy most of the time but I'm still over eating. I'm so used to eating this way and I have to break out of this habit. My problem with working out is that I don't really know what to do. I mean I know I need to do cardio and strength training but I don't know how much I need to do and what exactly counts as cardio and strength training. I've been hearing a lot about P90x, Insanity, and T25 for awhile now and I compared all 3 and decided that T25 is the best for me. I don't want to be ripped I just want to lose weight and tone up my entire body so I ordered it today! I'm so excited for it to get here! For anyone who doesn't know what it is, it is 1 hour workouts compressed into 25 minutes, 5 times a week for 10 weeks. You don't get a rest during the workout and you're supposed to continue burning calories for longer after the workout ends. It also has modifications for all the workouts which is nice for someone like me but obviously my goal is to do them all the original way.

Yesterday I was waiting for Jake to get back from work so we could go grocery shopping and I was sitting on the couch watching TV thinking about how unhappy I am with my body and I thought then get up and do something about it! So I decided to do a 30 minute workout. I ended up doing 45 minutes! I was pretty happy with that. This is what I did:

12 lunges x 2
2 steps on one side of a line and 2 on the other across the room for 2 minutes
On my toes small hops from side to side across the room for 2 minutes
High knees across the room for 2 minutes
50 squats
50 jumping jacks
50 crunches x 2
25 ab pulse ups x 2
25 lower ab reverse crunches x 2
20 tricep dips x 2
20 curls with 5 lb weights per arm x 3
20 tricep extensions with 5 lb weights per arm x 3
Stretched for 10 minutes

I felt really good afterwards and I'm pretty sore today which is good!

Today was AJ's first soccer game of the season. He was so excited and has been counting down the days. He was on fire today! He made 7 goals! It was so windy and cold! I told AJ to put sweats and a long sleeve shirt on and Jake told him he wouldn't need them lol Dads are so different than Moms! I took so many pictures of him. Here are just a few.

For dinner tonight we had grilled cheese sandwiches with a salad. We just made regular grilled cheese for the kids but we made ours "gourmet". I put provolone cheese, sautéed onions, avocado, spinach, and feta cheese crumbles on it! SO SO SO yummy! Grilled cheese night is going to happen more often over here!

I have 2 weeks left before Kennady's birthday party. I haven't even got her invitations yet. I should be getting those in on Tuesday so hopefully I can get them all sent out on Wednesday. I really need to get working on her party stuff. I have bought almost everything I need but I've been procrastinating getting it all together for too long. I can't believe my baby girl is going to be 2 already!