Back from a break!

Took a little break while I went to visit my family for my brother's wedding. I squeezed in a few little workouts here and there. Some crunches, a couple push ups, or some Pilates when I had a spare few minutes. I got quite a few compliments while I was there! The first thing my mom said when I walked in the door was, "You look skinny!" and when I said, "I've been working out." she said, "Well you can really tell!" I heard similar things from a few other people over the weekend too! Now how's that for a confidence boost!!

Already been to the gym today, and I'm pleased to say that my little man didn't cry AT ALL! :) Makes me feel much better about my workouts! 25 minutes on the elliptical, followed by some ab work. Now onto today's bikini challenge... It's a balance board leg workout. I do not have a balance board, but apparently I can still do the workout without it and it will still be effective. So here we go!

All finished! After all the working out I've done today it's time to sttttttttretch!!!!!!!!

Craziness!

Very quick post today! My brother is getting married this weekend, and my little family was supposed to drive up north for it on Friday. Now however, our plans have changed, my husband isn't going to be able to go so little man and I will be driving up ourselves. Since we don't have to wait for hubby to get off work, we're going to hit the road tomorrow first thing in the AM so we can make it in time for the rehearsal dinner. Never done this 9 hour trip by myself before! Eek! Really hoping little man cooperates!

So anyway, things are kinda crazy right now, and they're only going to get crazier, but I'm squeezing in a workout right now between packing and cleaning. We're onto week 5 of the bikini body challenge now, and today's workout is my favorite muscle group... ABS!

I signed up little man for childcare at the gym and we've gone 2 days in a row now. Yesterday they took him from me right there at the door and he cried immediately :( Cried the whole 20 minutes I was on the elliptical. It made me so sad! :( Today I distracted him with some toys before leaving, and he did a lot better! I did 25 minutes on the elliptical, and then a few arm exercises (chest flies, tricep dips, deep swimmers presses, hammer curls, tricep kickbacks, shoulder presses, static bicep curls, tricep kickbacks with a wrist twist, and bicep curls) He was crying when I went in to get him, but had only started  a couple minutes before (I like that there's a big window and a tv so I can peek in on him!) Felt great to get in a good workout!

Ok! So here we go with today's ab workout!!

                                                               



                                                                         A little inspiration ;)

Skipping Around...

This week has been slightly crazy... (can we say cranky baby?!?!) so my workouts have been hit or miss... well... mostly miss :/ SO I'm just picking and choosing workouts today and tomorrow, taking Sunday off, and starting fresh on Monday! On Monday I'll be starting Week 5 of the bikini body challenge, even though week 4 was sporadic and won't be entirely completed. Week 5 starts a new string of workouts, so I'm hoping that will help motivate me to get back on track!

So anyway! Picking and choosing today... I'm going to do these ab exercises...

20 reps of each, and repeat!

THEN I want to do the Rock Those Guns workout from the bikini challenge. Little man is sleeping... so here we go!

Abs DONE. On to arms!

All finished :) Hoping to get in a walk with hubby and little man this evening as well, it's a gorgeous day!

I'm still here!

Totally forgot to post on Saturday! But I did a back and chest workout from the bikini body challenge :) Sunday we had an early 1st bday party for our little man so I didn't have a chance to get a workout in, but I'm ready to get back to it today! Today's workout is abs! Woo hoo! My favorite! My husband (he's still off work this week) is currently doing a chest and back workout from p90x. When he's finished that and I'm finished my ab workout, we're going to the p90x ab ripper exercise together.

Here we go!

Abs burning!

Goal for this week? Enroll little man in childcare at the gym on base. Eek! I'm nervous about leaving him :/, but I would really love to get in at least 20 minutes of good cardio a few times a week.... it's going to be so hard for me to leave him with somebody else! Even though he will be in the same building as me, and they even have a feed of the childcare room playing on a big screen in the cardio room, so I will be able to see him. Aaaaaaah! As you can tell, I'm freaking out about this a little... stay tuned to see how I do! Eek!

Almost forgot! Picture Friday!

Okay first of all... got my workouts in :) Hooray for an afternoon nap! Love my baby boy, but need him to take that nap!

A little something to make you smile :)

Picture this little guy ^ next time you just wanna quit! :)


Now... picture Friday! I'm feeling pretty proud of myself to tell ya the truth! Less than a month til our beach vacation and hopefully I'm going to feel 100% confident in that bikini! Hoping to start taking little man to the gym (and leaving him in the childcare... eek!) to get in some cardio to banish the flabby layer I still see over my stronger every day muscles. I've been walking a lot, but feel like I need some good, heart pumping cardio (or as heart pumping as I can get without aggravating the ankle injury...) to burn off that layer of fat!

Feeling the Yoga burn...

Yesterday I skipped my bikini body workout in favor of p90x's Yoga x workout. I LOVE yoga! Did it through my 2nd, and most of my 3rd, trimesters when I was pregnant. My husband had never tried yoga before, and did it with me. He was surprised to see how painful and difficult it is! I think that's a very common misconception about yoga. That it will be all deep breathing and slow, easy stretching. Nope! If you haven't ever tried yoga, I highly recommend finding a class to go to, or a dvd to do at home (there's a lot of videos on YouTube too!)

Today's bikini workout is focused on abs, and hopefully this afternoon I will get in the p90x ab workout as well.

Oh, the other day? When I said I would do SOMETHING after little man was in bed? Yeah... I watched an episode of Lost, took a shower, and was asleep by 10. Hahaha oh well! I don't feel too guilty, worked out hard that day (and yesterday... and planning on it today too!)


Little man had different plans concerning his morning nap (i.e.... he doesn't feel he needs one, AT ALL). Soooooo we're heading to the store, but hoping to get my workouts in during his afternoon nap! I will post again when I've completed them! Fingers crossed his afternoon nap happens today!

1 month til beach vacation!!

Our family beach vacation is almost here! So it's time to amp up my workouts! I had to take a couple days off for family get togethers and travelling, but I'm back to it today! I found this May Muscle challenge on Pinterest and have been doing it first thing in the morning. It's not difficult AT ALL (in fact, I'm considering adding an extra set or two to what they have to challenge myself, depending on time constraints), but it's a good quick 'wake-up' workout. It might be kind of hard to see... but it's tricep dips, push ups, and mountain climbers, increasing reps throughout the month and increasing the number of sets each week.

Now, as soon as I get the little man down for a nap, I'll be doing today's workout from the bikini body challenge. Today is a 30 minute total body workout. After I finish it, my husband (he's home from work today! Yay!) will be doing the Ab Ripper X from P90x. I would LOVE to do P90x, but just don't have the time for some of their workouts. I will, however, be supplementing in some of their shorter workouts to my regular workouts when I can.  Also hoping to get in a little something after little man's bedtime. At least some stretching, maybe a quick leg workout. I'll let ya know tomorrow what I end up doing :)

Now! Naptime and then time to kick some butt!

So that 30 minute total body workout is no joke! I mean I know I've said that about some of these workouts before, but this one was seriously a killer! Taking a little bit of a break before moving on to the Ab Ripper... luckily it's only 16 minutes because I'm pretty shaky right now!

Okay, that ab ripper? Is awesome! And I'm not gonna lie, kicked my husband's ass ;) Protein shake to recover. Woohoo!