Some mutha effin results!

      After working my butt off for a solid month I am finally starting to see some results. Thank god,... I was about to dive head first into the biggest cheeseburger I could find if it didn't start happening soon. I'm such an impatient person and if I'm putting in effort and getting nothing back I can be a giant baby about it. Every Friday my awesome workout guru  takes my measurements for me. Because I suck at it, I never can remember where I measured last and most of the time I end up frustrated and in tears. The same with the scale, I have even contemplated having a good heavy cry while weighing myself to see how much my tears weigh me down. So last Friday she measured me and whalaha I lost an inch and half off my chest, an inch from my waist and two inches from my thighs. I was so stoked I spend the whole day with a weight loss high. I've only lost 4 pounds so far but I'm tightening up and that is progress. So I'm happy.

    The plan has been altered slightly due to my new full time landscaping gig. I recently began working with the hub full time, like legit full time. I used to work with him a lot but we worked 3 maybe 4 hour days a few days a week. Not enough for me to feel like I got a real work out. That sure has changed. We have been pulling 7 and 8 hour days 5 days a week. It's been kicking my butt and shrinking it too. I am feeling so strong now. My stamina for work increases daily and I can hold my own with the hub finally. I make sure to do my cardio fit class every single week, it makes missing any other classes okay because it's the mother of all workouts. I'm still hitting up my body pump class when I can peel my sore body out of bed on time. Sleep comes easy now, sometimes out of no where I feel like I could crash out. Such a difference from 6 months ago. I can feel myself changing and I'm super excited about my future for the first time in a long time. 

     Food is still my biggest issue. I crave the old favorites, nachos, pizza, and espressos. I've found some good substitutions for these long lost friends. Turkey with mustard is my new favorite lunch. Did you know that mustard has no calories, like no anything, so I can eat it on everything. It's not amazing like cheese but it curbs the wants. I still have my coffee but I have it at home. If I get tempted by a coffee stand I remind myself of the workout it will take to burn off that drink, and I have a cup of tea. We also tried our first cauliflower crust pizza last week and it turned out much to my surprise delicious. It's time consuming and not nearly as easy as a good ole pre made crust is but It's all about the effort right. Effort in improving myself begins with the effort I put into my food, my workouts, and my life. Easy is fattening and being fat is too easy for me. I've finally got some momentum going and not about to let it end. 

Finally in motion

    Last week I was pretty stagnant. I didn't feel like working out due to my working at work. I am one half of a two man landscape crew, and I'm the bitch that does all the bitch work. :) Now don't get all weirded out that I said that, it's not a bad thing. My hub gets the boss hat because he is the one with 10+ years experience, he went to school, and he knows the plants. I'm just a worker bee, or shall I say weeder bee. I spend the majority of my time working the dirt, pulling the weeds, and fluffing the flower beds. I don't mind it, I'm actually good at it. It's gratifying work and a good workout as well. Nothing works the arms and back like an 8 hour day on the hula hoe and rake. So it's good for me and good for us as a business. Most all of our clients love that we are a family owned and operated. I guess it's inspiring to see a couple working as a team and enjoying the work. The downfall to my work is that it wears me out. It's very hard for me to wake up at 4:50am to work out when the entire day will just consists of more work. I'm going to have to power through to get use to it, but I'm finally getting on the right track.
   This week was spring break for North Kitsap. Now normally this would mean bratty bored kids and work (we never do anything on spring break), but this break was special. My best friend drove over from eastern Washington for a visit, making this break totally kick ass. She was exactly what I needed to get me moving again. She is much more motivated than I am and she convinced me we should work off our wine consumption as we go. So everyday we did a different workout. We kayaked around the bay one morning, and it was so fun you don't even realize your working your upper body. Then we went to a hot yoga class, I was scared I'd freak out or die (we'll discuss my fear of saunas some other time) but It was awesome and not scary. We hit up Body Combat and Body pump. Two Les Mills workouts that are old favorites of ours. It was such a fun week and it felt so great to be motivated again.
   Now here comes the hard part. Keeping this motivation going without her (just typing it bring tears to my eyes). I have to get up and get busy. Regardless of work, no matter the weather, and even when I've succumb to the loneliness. She can be the spark that lit the fire, but I have to keep it burning. I have a few other friends that are helping me on my motivation quest and it's very helpful, but when it all boils down to it it's just me. My inner excuse maker needs a good smothering and right now I'm finally feeling strong enough to do it.