Resolutions-for real.

So at the beginning of this year, I made the normal New Year's Resolution to lose weight. I make it every year, let's be honest. But this year I am serious. After 3 babies and not (intentionally) losing weight in between them, (Haylie's baby weight just kind of fell off, much to my delight) I am in serious need of losing some lbs. And what is the deal with boy baby weight? After Henry I lost some but then it just quit coming off and the same thing happened with Hunter! Dumb. Anyways. I think about working out a lot but I have a very hard time actually doing it. I am also a huge fan of spending lots of money on workout DVDs and not using them. My husband loves it.

So this January, after we got home from Phoenix, I was like, this is it. And I started actually using my Turbo Jam DVDs that I got after having Haylie. It's funny. I used to not like them, because I thought that Chalene was obnoxious, but now, I love them. Maybe I thought she was obnoxious when I was doing the 45 minute workouts and I was hating life. But this time I discovered the Fat Blaster workout, which is Interval training (I'm a fan) and it's only 30 min! Double bonus. Then my friend told me about Jillian Michael's 30 day Shred, which is also interval training. (But it's got a lot of strength training where Turbo Jam is more cardio) I would like to say that I enjoy the Turbo Jam more but Jillian makes me work! So I alternate them so I don't loathe exercising.

I have found that since I've gotten in the habit of working out and eating well, I actually enjoy doing it and I look forward to it. I also miss it on days that I don't do it, which is something I never thought I'd say. The best part though? I've started seeing results. At first it was just things that only I would notice, how my body feels different, like it's changing from the inside out. ( I hate that it can't change from the outside in, like lose all the fat and then build the muscle, but it's the way things work. And I weighed myself yesterday and I've lost 17 pounds! I'm almost to the 20 lb mark! I'm hoping to lose 50 at the end of it, and it's encouraging to be on my way!