My butt is kicked!

Ugh! My butt is kicked, but I'm lovin' it. Hope it lasts forever!

Tonight's workout:

• Leslie Sansone's 3 Fat-burning miles with 3 lb. weights
• dumbbell curls - 3x15 (14 lbs)
• dumbbell rows - 3x15 (14 lbs)
• barbell curl - 4x15 (20 lbs)
• bent over barbell row - 4x15 (20lbs)
• seated triceps press - 3x15 (14 lbs)
• 50 crunches
• 100 oblique crunches
• 3x15 chest flyes with 6 lb weights

And... I finally added some kettebell!I only used the 10 lb, but I'm a kettlebell newbie, so I figured I'd better take it easy the first time. Gotta make sure my form is correct before I go crazy. Lol!

• goblet squats x30 reps (10 lb)
• two-handed swing x30 reps (10 lb)

I can really feel those squats.  I think I need to do them every day for a week or so, and maybe I'll be able to tell a difference.

Looking forward to tomorrow!

It is hot!

Okay, yesterday's workout:

• Leslie Sansone's 3 Fat-burning miles with 3 lb. weights
• dumbbell curls - 3x15 (14 lbs)
• dumbbell rows - 3x15 (14 lbs)
• barbell curl - 4x15 (20 lbs)
• bent over barbell row - 4x15 (20lbs)
• seated triceps press - 3x15 (14 lbs)
• 30 crunches
• 60 oblique crunches
• 50 chest flyes with 6 lb weights

Felt great!

Now to make myself add my kettlebells and leg routine!

15 pounds! I've lost 15 pounds! That feels SO good!

Hot, hot, hot outside, but I met my sister at the track today and we walked/jogged for about an hour altogether.  Hopefully, it'll do us both some good.

Tomorrow is a cooking day.  I've got a whole pork loin thawing in the fridge, and a couple of rolls of ground turkey waiting on me to decide what to do with it.  I'm thinking I'll make one roll into patties, and maybe a pot of chili with the other.  I've got a new bottle of (very) hot sauce that Mom brought back from Louisiana, and chili would be the perfect place to try it out.

Tomorrow is my weights day too, and I'll be adding my new exercises.  Hope it helps me get where I want to be!

It's been a long week!

Doctors, Dentist, and hundreds of miles to get it all done!  Tuesday was a trip to Lexington, and since I haven't had a "free" day in over two months, I knew I was having some dirty food along the way! 

Breakfast was a Clif Bar and water, but boy did we fall off the wagon after that!

Lunch was Frisch's!  I had a Big Boy Platter with onion rings and sweet potato fries.  I think I had about a pint of tartar sauce on my own!  I almost made it through the sandwich and half of my onion rings, but we brought the rest of it home, and ended up throwing it away.

Dessert was from Gigi's Cupcakes in Lexington!  I had the Lemon Dream Supreme (awesome!), my daughter had the Turtle Cheesecake, and we took home a Wedding Cake for my son, a Midnight Magic for my other daughter, a Coconut Cream Pie for my mom, and a S'mores for everybody to try.  While everything tasted good, it's hard to eat a whole cupcake like this after you've been eating clean.  Nobody ate their whole cupcake, and they ended up in the garbage too.

So, while it was a "free" day, it wasn't as bad as it could have been.  It only affected the scale for a day or two, and thanks to adding another day of cardio to my week, I've finally gotten rid of the couple of pounds that keep coming and going, plus another half!  I have officially lost 13 pounds!  Yea, me!

Tomorrow, I'm adding more weights!

It's been a busy morning around here!

The kitchen's sure been getting a workout today!

• I've cooked a pot of clean turkey chili and some whole wheat macaroni.
• My bananas for our smoothies were finally ripe enough to put in the freezer!
• I experimented with a batch of kale chips. I'm not impressed.  I'll have to try those again.
• Made two batches of sweet potato chips. Not really chips because mine always stay soft, but they're round!

My youngest had a few friends stay over last night, and I have to admit, it's more than a little funny watching them drag out of bed at noon looking for something to eat that isn't healthy.  PB&J on whole wheat bread and pumpkin protein bars were the winners today! They all had Nutella/banana smoothies as well.

No workout today with a home full of other people's kids, but maybe I'll get in a walk later when I run them all to town.  

Hello!

My name is Becky.  Today, I decided I wanted a blog.  Again.  I've started several, but I never seem to be able to stick with them.  We'll see how this one goes.

I'm making some changes in my world, and I'm hoping this blog will help me stay accountable. 

Things I'm working on: 

• eating clean
• getting healthy and strong
• finishing up my degree (6 classes to go!)
• finding a good job

  
Hopefully, I'll have some useful information, entertaining posts, and maybe even a little motivation for someone else who might happen to stumble across my blog. 

Nice to meet you!

Becky