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!

Adding a little cardio...

We're visiting my in-laws right now and they happen to have an elliptical in their basement. So I've just done a good 15 minutes on there to get me warmed up for today's arm workout Feels good! Maybe not the best thing for my cough, but my body feels good! Onto arms now... Arms DONE! Going to take advantage of a still sleeping baby and get in another 15 on the elliptical. Once I start working out it's so easy to keep going!! Let's go! Big breath... feeling good! Shower and family time now! Gotta stick to this! Beach vacation gets closer every day!

I'm back!

Finally feeling up to working out again! My sunburn made workouts tough for a couple days, but then I got a nasty nasty chest cold that knocked me out even longer. Blaaaaah! Going back to day 3 of week 3 because that's the day I had to start modifying for the sunburn. Gotta get back on the wagon! So here we go! Abs today! Had to take some baby related breaks... but got it done! Wahoo! Back on track :)

Yes I can!!

I feel guilty for my half-hearted workout yesterday. So today I am pushing through this stupid sunburn! Today is an arm workout, so hopefully I'll be able to get through it without irritating my burn too badly.

So big deep breath, and here we go!

Ok I feel much better about myself now! Hopefully tomorrow my back will be feeling much better and I'll be able to stay motivated and on track!




Don't stop!!