The Mandy Project: Day 20

For the record, that is not my arm.

 

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It's day 20. Only 70 more days left.

My workouts have progressed like this:

• Week 1: Excited and in excruciating amounts of pain.
• Week 2: Motivated to see if I could do better than week 1. Still sore.
• Week 3: Ugh, I really don't want to do this, but I made a commitment. Butt and abs are still sore. I am pushing myself hard during the workout, but I have to force myself to get off my ass and push play. I haven't missed one yet.
• Next week is all cardio and then the workouts are switched up. I think this will help keep me on task.

My eating strategy progression:

• Week 1: Definitely ate light meals. No issues. Mostly nauseous.
• Week 2: Still watching my food intake, without real difficulty, although by the end of the week I was starting to get hungry more often.
• Week 3: I am starving. I don't understand why, considering I am still eating normally. I ate a half a box of teddy grahams crouched in a corner of the kitchen. I felt like Smeagol from Lord of the Rings.
• I have joined a 5 day clean eating crockpot group to help keep me accountable. I hope this jump starts my healthy food efforts, and keeps me out of the toddler snack cupboard.

My accomplishments:

• I retired the rest of my maternity clothes for good. No lingering pieces in my closet to default to when I just don't feel it.
• I upgraded my swim suit from 2-piece "mom" suit back to my pre-baby bikinis.
• I have to wear a belt with all my jeans now. The belt notch is back to my pre-baby notch.
• I can stay up until 10:30pm. (Although I prefer not to.)  
• My energy is off the charts! I've been cleaning closets, moving furniture, and I still have time to make dinner and give the kids a bath.
• My stress level is WAY down. There is just something about being able to handle all the crap that falls on my lap, as long as I am taking care of myself first.

Honestly this project is really shaping up to be a game changer.  My kids are going to know the real me, not the stressed out Mom they have been with so far. I am able to run around, play, dance, give piggy back rides, and just have a whole lot more fun in general now.

Kenzie has been getting into it too. When Dan's home, I do my workout in the morning and she creeps upstairs to join me occasionally. P90X is much harder with a toddler sitting on your abs.

She refuses to workout with clothes on.

Coming soon... 10 days away from the first set of before and after photos.