What a day!

Today we skied, and it was so fantastic!  I'm really getting the hang of it - making turns and not flying down the hill at top speed.  It was so much fun.  Josha and I also started cross-country skiing today, and let me tell you ladies - that is a cardio work out!  And what a fun one!  I'm pretty sure they're never going to be able to get me to leave here.  :-D

I'm so excited about a free weekend!  I need it!  Hope your friday was great!

Yesterday's work out

was excellent!  It was our last workout of this blitz, and to tell you the truth I cannot believe it's done!  Can't wait for our strength test on Saturday, and hopefully (crossing my fingers) I will be able to get a run in today!!!  The weather has been absolutely gorgeous lately, and I must take advantage of it.  This weekend will be free (hooray!) and we'll plan on doing the 8 week follow up starting Monday.  I'm excited to try something new!  And as a side note, I've been looking at my body recently, and I hardly recognize it.  Shaping up nicely I think.  :-D  We WILL have pictures and stats after Saturday!

Good work out!

Great work out today - belly dancing for an hour and then back, biceps, and abs.  I went up on all my weights which was way exciting.  The feeling of getting stronger is fantastic and quite addicting!  This blitz program is great! Our strength test is Friday or Saturday, and I can't wait to see what progress we've made in the last 5 weeks!  Tomorrow is a cardio day, maybe it'll be nice enough to run!  The snow here is incredible - we got a ton last night, and it's like walking on a cloud.  I love it!  Come visit! :-D

Finally!

Been busy girls - and haven't had time to blog.  We had a little Oscar party tonight and I made yummy chicken kiev for everyone.  Justin came over too to hang out and watch.  Sorry I don't have a picture yet.  I'll work on that this week.  Mostly I was excited about everything that won - there were so many great films this year!

We did upper body earlier this afternoon, and I benched way more than I have before during real work outs - 60 lbs!  I can feel myself getting stronger by the day, and I LOVE it!  Can't wait for our strength test this week!

We are amazing!!!

I'm just going to say that.  I mean seriously, Josha and I rocked out on lower body today!!!!!  We maxed out on our squats at 161 lbs!!!!  That was after 5 sets of weights varying from 136-161.  Also, let me just say that on our strength test we maxed out at 160 and that was only doing 1 set of 5 reps.  Basically, we kicked butt.:0)  Okay that's enough about how awesome we are.  Oh wait, I wanted to show off some great pictures of Josha and I in our new tiny jeans from American Eagle!  It's been a really fantastic week for us here, and Ruth, I'll post a picture of my date when I have one. :-D

SOOOOOREE BACK!

I didn't think I worked my back that hard yesterday, but WOW!!!!!  I am SO SORE!  I woke up feeling great about my biceps; I always do after a bicep day.  I've seen the most dramatic change there, so I get very excited about it.  :-D  

Today I'm not feeling very well still, and I doubt that I'll do a cardio work out.  I haven't been eating much of anything at all.  It's not like I feel awful or anything like that at all.  I just feel queazy and not really up for a run or anything, so I'm taking it easy.  I did do my fitness test on the Wii, and my fitness age was 28!  The last time I did it, I was 50, so that's a great improvement. haha.  One of the activities was boxing, which was a pretty crazy cardio work out in itself.  Then there was bowling, which I rocked at. Haha. 

Tonight I'm hanging out with that guy again.  We're planning on watching the lunar eclipse - woohoo!!!!  We might watch a movie too or go sledding, depends on the weather really.  I hope it's clear enough to see the moon.

A great last couple of days!

Well ladies, the date went pretty well.  We were going to watch a movie and ended up talking for almost five hours instead.  Can't complain about that can we?

Anyway, yesterday's workout was killer.  Today's was less so.  I didn't feel well for part of today because I slept terribly last night - too much going through my mind.  lol.  Also, I started a job tonight - babysitting during a parenting class, so my workout time was cut kinda short.  We got it all in, but I was simply in no mood to kill myself.  And that's okay.  I'm glad tomorrow is a day off/cardio day.   So tonight at work one kid who is prone to seizures had one.  I was pretty calm about the whole ordeal, but his mother flipped out bad (she has some serious issues to begin with).  Anyway, that was dramatic.  And now, I need to rest.  :-D

OH LEGS!

Lower body day was AMAZING!!  I killed my legs, seriously killed them!  Tonight's dinner was free - hooray!!!!  Josha and I went up on weights for squats and I kicked butt.  It was so fantastic!  Tomorrow I should be sore, which I'm sure will be GREAT for skiing, haha!  Hopefully there will be pictures.

Today's cardio

consisted of hiking up a LONG street and sledding down FAST at night!  It was great!  It was a serious hike too, and by the time we got to the top I was huffing and puffing, and of course by the time we sledded down, I was ready to do it all over again.  How fun!  Looking forward to lower body tomorrow, and if I'm lucky a free dinner of tequila lime wings with chips and salsa.  MMMMM!

How was your day?

Oh V-Day

Our V-Day work out was good.  Back, biceps, and abs.  I really wore my biceps out - hooray!  I need to up something with my abs because I'm not feeling them as much.  Suggestions anyone?

Eats were not on today, but that's because it's V-Day!  We had bagels for breakfast, oh and a Reeses - mmmmm! :-D  Tomorrow should be back on.

I've got a few more glasses of water to drink tonight to finish up this challenge.  I'm pretty sure I'm going to keep it up though - I feel way better when I've had PLENTY of water.

How was your Valentine's Day?

Throbbing triceps

They sure are!  We had a great work out tonight and eats were on as well.  Getting lots of water in as well.  Things are generally fantastic!  Speaking of water, I must go drink some.  :-D  More tomorrow!

This is for all of you!

Well, our workout last night was tough!  But we did it! I woke up this morning feeling very sore all through my upper body.  That could be from working out.  It could also be from my first skiing lesson.  Or from the fall during my first time down hill.  Who knows???  haha.  We're headed back up to the ski hill today and will hopefully do lower body tonight as well.  Busy busy busy.

Here's a little video we've been working on to inspire all of you!  Enjoy!

OH Man!

My arms are SOOOOO tired.  In fact, it's hard to type, so I will keep it short.  Didn't want to do upper body tonight, but we did it anyway, and it was really fun and great, so I'm glad we did it!  Now all I have to do is figure out how I'm going to get this hoodie off...  Note to self: wear a jacket on the next upper body day instead of a sweatshirt.

Lower Body!

Leg work out was goood tonight.  I worked super hard.  Eats were on today too for the most part.  We had some tortilla chips with dinner after our work out.  Overall, great day.  Plenty of water and fun!  Looking forward to cardio tomorrow.  Maybe it will be nice enough outside to run again. :-D  Here's hoping!

What a work out!

My entire upper body is exhausted!  Josha and I combined yesterday's chest, shoulder, tricep work out with todays back, bicep, and ab work out, and man - it was seriously intense!  We had so much fun doing it though, really, and I feel absolutely fantastic!  I had more than my 14 cups of water today and eats were right on!  It was a completely successful day, and I'm joyful about it!  Now for dinner!!!!  My muscles need it!

Will someone carry me to the kitchen?

Josha's broiling some yummy burgers right now, and I'm afraid I'm stuck on this chair due to severely wobbly legs. :-D

Our workout was great tonight!  I substituted leg presses for leg extensions (they hurt my knees), and I pressed 294 lbs.  YAY!!!!  I really didn't feel like going outside to get to the gym (today was another cloudy, cold cold day), but we went anyway, and jammed to The Kooks and worked our legs like crazy!  Woohoo!

How was your work out????