I took a little summer hiatus from the Blog. We spent a lot of time traveling, visiting family and overall just having a great time! Unfortunately, this left me with very little time to Blog, or do anything with Wi-Fi. BUT, the kids are back in school, routine has returned to our lives and I am ready to catch up!
First, I'd like to catch up on my fitness journey. Over the summer, since we were traveling I did continue to work out for the most part (everyone needs a little break once in a while). I mostly used Beachbody On Demand, and tried many new programs that I had not done before; Turbofire is one I fell in love with! Then, after Beachbody Coach Summit, (more on this later) and the release of CIZE, I found THE program that was going to get my booty back in gear.
CIZE, by my favorite trainer Shaun T, is a super fun Dance workout. Shaun T teaches you a dance routine to a song, step by step, and then at the end you put it all together and DANCE IT OUT! I am definitely NOT a good dancer (check out the video below for evidence), BUT I love to dance! It's so much fun and in the privacy of my own living room I was able to let go and just MOVE. CIZE was perfect for getting me back into the workout routine that had been all over the place during the summer. I got my routine back and I had a daily source of happiness and stress relief. It feels so good to just let loose and dance. Even when I couldn't master the routines, I still had fun and just danced my heart out!
If I'm being really honest here, I would admit that the summer was STRESSFUL! Don't get me wrong. I had a BLAST and LOVED traveling and visiting family, but doing that with kids is stressful too. No routine. Seeing lots of new people (read: new people to test limits and boundaries) and general lack of sleep from time changes and busyness. We were all, kids included, ready to get back to normal. After returning home from about 8 weeks of traveling here and there, having visitors stay with us and being out of routine, we were back home. There were a couple days of enjoying the peacefulness that comes with just being the 4 of us, and then the kids settled back into being kids. You know, the popular phrases in our house became, "I'm just using the bathroom. I don't need an audience." and "When does school start?" Lol! Other moms can relate! I loved all the time we had together, but the kids and me, were ready for our normal routine! Don't get me wrong, I am definitely not complaining! We are so blessed to have had the opportunity to do so much this summer. Beachbody blessed us financially and with many travel opportunities! I am so grateful that we were able to take advantage of it! I am simply setting the scene for the chaos that is a mom's daily life. Haha!
Enter CIZE! CIZE provided a daily dose of happy endorphins, stress relief, a little "me" time and the return of my normal workout routine. I wasn't crazy sore or pushing my limits with weights each day, but my dancer muscles were sore and I worked out a great sweat each day. This was the perfect program for what I was looking for--> FUN!
Once I finished CIZE, I wanted to challenge myself a little more. I had eased back into my routine with CIZE and now I am ready to step it up. My birthday is coming up and I want to be rid of the summer vacation pounds by then. I chose to try a new program, P90X3. About 7 years ago, my husband and I attempted to do P90X together. We made it about 3 weeks before we started slipping up, cheating on our food, and by week 4 we had basically quit. P90X3 is the 30 minute version of P90X. Tony Horton is a genius and delivers all of P90X in only 30 minutes, instead of an hour to an hour and a half.
I am already seeing the benefits! I am almost done with Week 2 and I am done 3.4 lbs, feel so much better, and my pants feel a little looser in the waist thanks to less bloating! The picture on the left is my before picture from Day 1 of starting P90X3 and the picture on the right was taken on Day 11. I can't wait to see where this program will take me!
There is no better gift than feeling HEALTHY on a day when I am "supposed" to feel older. Bring on 33! :)
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