On To The Next One

So I successfully completed my 3 Day detox and even survived the nasty ass smoothie. It's been 2 weeks since I completed it and I'm still the same weight I was when I stopped after the fifth day. Yes, I kept the detox going for five days and lost about 5 pounds over the time period. And it's stayed off. Proof (I guess) that it wasn't water weight. But besides the scale finally coming back from the dark side, I've gotten a new found appreciation for myself and my body.

Being vertically challenged and built with tree trunk legs, as my Dad so affectionately calls them (Thanks Daddy -_- Jerk.) and having a bra size that resembles a kid flunking school, losing even a little bit of weight is noticeable. At least by me. And because of my weight loss, I have to admit I've been feeling myself a lot more lately. I've ordered another bathing suit. I happily weigh myself daily. My roommate catches me at awkward times as I'm checking myself out in the mirror. I prance around without pants on. Ok, the last one may have been a daily occurrence before I lost weight. But the point is. I feel good. And I feel good because I look good better. And since these little mini challenges seem to work a lot better than sticking to a program (Month 2 of Insanity, anyone?) I've decided I'm going to do another one.

Not a detox this time, although I've kept most of the concepts of the detox going, I'm going to focus on exercise and toning. First up, The 300 Abs in 30 Days. If you're on pinterest you may have seen this pin floating around that is actually just a modification of P90X Ab Ripper. I have P90X. I've done the Ab Ripper. But I haven't done it for 30 days straight. The original posting can be found here by this gal, Courtney. Since she posted this almost 2 years ago (I think) there have been many of "challenge groups" that have done the 30 day challenge and posted there results.

So I'll do the same. But only after I complete the 30 days. Who am I kidding. Let me try to do just 15 days first and see how far I get. I do have motivation this time since I'm going to the beach with the gang in 19 days. So if I can do this for 15 out of the 19 days, I'll post my results. And I'm not just talking numbers this time. I'll do pictures too. Clothed though, sorry. Homie don't play that naked pictures on the Internet thing.

Cheer me on lovies. And feel free to join in!

Until Next Time...

Less is More || My First Detox

Hello lovely people! So good to be back. It's the day after Memorial Day aka the day people just show up to work but really don't do anything all day but dream about how much fun they had over the weekend and when is the next time they'll have a long weekend (It'll be in 5 weeks if you plan your 4th of July right).

For me, this weekend was crazy. And not in a good way. In a let's not have a panic attack type of way. But I survived - sans panic attack and I'm ready to move on. Just one problem. I feel like complete and utter crap. I know why. I slipped out of the insane aslyum (Insanity workout) when we ramped up the moving efforts and coincidentally thanks to the lack of counterspace/oven/dishes/anything to eat and or eat on and or with for about a week, I was eating out almost daily. And not just any eating out...fast food. Gross. And to top it all off, I went to Six Flags on Sunday. Dippin' Dots? Sure. French Fries? Of course!  Soda? Get in my belly. I did, however, resist funnel cake. But still, it was pretty damn bad. So I've decided to do a small detox to reset my body and tastebuds and hopefully drop some unwanted lbs. Btw, if you're wondering I gained a whopping .5 lbs over the past week. So apparently I didn't do TOO bad, but nonetheless.

I've been toying with doing the Ultimate Reset by Beachbody for a while now. At first it was going to be my reward for finishing Insanity. Well, my "end date" has come and gone so that's on hold. Then I was going to do it just to get a quick fix and see how much weight I could lose. (I'm slimmer than I was in high school but I weight more...like 25 lbs more. And of course, being a female, it's all about the numbers on the scale.) Yes, the Ultimate Reset is about $250 but it'll be worth it, right? Meh. I cannot for the life of me bring myself to spend that much money on a clean eating cook book and some supplements that haven't been approved by the FDA. So who's to say they even work? What if all of these people are losing weight because they're actually eating better over the 21 period and the supplements are just placebos?

I don't know about you, but I'm not willing to bet $250 on that. Although these people's before and after photos make me quickly second guess myself. Seriously, they've lost 10-20 lbs (women) in the 21 days and have raved about the deliciousness of the food and how they aren't hungry. Ever.

But then I check that price and I'm like "Nah dog...I'm good." So I've decided to do a different detox. One that's free and doesn't require bogus (that's what I'm going to call them since it'll make me feel better in not purchasing the UR) supplements or spending nearly $250 on a clean eating cookbook. Instead, I'm doing the Hungry For Change detox. It's a 3 day program that has people raving about their fantastic results. It's supposed to be a Friday, Saturday, Sunday program and with Memorial Day I had Friday Off. I thought GREAT! I'll start today. Yea...not so much. I last until dinner then I realized that I was hungry. Like starving hungry. Probably because I didn't eat the snacks that I was allowed to eat and I was really busy unpacking and moving and junk. So by the time I got back home, it was around 6:30 and I was starvin like Marvin girl... and I broke down and got a pizza. And I ate it. Not all of it. But I ate it. And I was happy.

So I'm starting again and I'm going to eat all of the food that I'm supposed to eat so that I don't fall off the wagon this time. Let's see how it goes.

Until Next Time...

Less is More || I can only have HOW much?

If you're like most of the U.S. young adult females who are warped by societies sense of beauty, you've without a doubt have had your share of the words "serving size". In all reality, it's not a bad thing to only eat a serving size of whatever food stuff. Why? Because that's the amount of calories and what not you think you're eating.

That is until your decision for "just one more" turns into you hating yourself as your hands are covered in nacho cheesy goodness and the bag is almost empty. Well at that point you might as well finish off the bag, right?

Make things easy on yourself. If you're going to eat pre-packaged foods (and let's face it...we always will) just take out the indicated serving size and put the rest away.

Insane in the Membrane || Week 3

If you've been following me on twitter (@G3t_ShOrti3) or are a "friend" on facebook than you may have picked up on some of the hints I was droppin on ya. Or maybe you really don't care what I have to say and have no clue that I even posted on those sites. Whatevs. Jerk. -_-

Anyway, I've been doing Insanity for the past three weeks now. Actually, today week 2 and a half almost to the letter. It's the recovery day of week three which I love because it's a good mix of yoga, Pilate's, and hell which for some reason is oddly relaxing. I haven't lost any weight but I've lost a few inches (measurements coming soon) and I notice that I'm getting a lot better at the workouts. That means I'm either a) not so winded that I'm on the verge of wheezing which would make me have a panic attack because I felt out of control which would cause these funny little dots to appear in my sight or b) no longer doing only girly push-ups or c) can actually do a few power jumps in a row and not look like a complete idiot. Plus, my form has gotten better on the moves throughout the fit test so improvement there.

I'll have more info later and a break down of my feelings and results week by week (because I'm sure you don't want me to update you daily -I'm sure you don't care that much). And who knows, maybe in another 40 some days you'll see some before and after shots. If you're lucky.

Until next time...

On the Lookout for Cute Gym Shirts

I'm on the hunt for cute fitness apparel. I have the bottoms covered (all pun intended) but I really want some cute workout shirts. And by cute I mean borderline obnoxious, sarcastic, raw, gritty, girly, flirty, sexual inuendo filled shirts. Like these:

http://www.ratedrxwear.com/collections/womens-tanks/products/wallballs-women-burnout-tank-green

http://www.etsy.com/listing/122810496/i-clean-jerk-i-have-a-nice-snatch?ref=shop_home_active



http://hipfit.com/i-amrap-tank-women/



http://hipfit.com/this-is-why-i-squat-tank/

Got any more ideas? Please send them my way. Thanks dolls!

Until Next Time...

... I Work Out.

From time to time I'll be posting the workouts that I do. Why? Well hopefully you'll join me so I won't be miserable by myself.  But if not, maybe it'll give you some ideas to try. This one comes from an awesome crossfit blog called crossfit mamas.
Here it is, click the link to go to the website which has WOD (workout's of the day) well...daily.

Crossfit Mamas: Thursday 01.03.13: For time:
Run 1000 meters
100 Crossfit sit-ups
50 Thrusters, 20 lbs

My time? 13:35 with 18 lbs for thrusters.