Let's Get Physical: A Challenge for YOU!

Guess what!!

Chicken butt!

Bahahahahaha!!!!

Just kidding. Sorry...I really needed to get that out of my system.

I'm done now. We can move on now.

But seriously...guess what!

I joined a gym this weekend!

I'm super excited about it.

Now, I have been a member of a couple different gyms in the past and I never used them. However, I know I like this particular corporation and I've been happy in the past with them at different locations. Even going into this gym, I feel absolutely comfortable and welcome. Everyone was super nice and I'm really excited to get started.

I bought 3 personal training sessions with my sign up bonus. I really wanted to buy 36 but I think The Hubble would kill me if I spent $2,000 on personal training.

Anyway. When I lost weight after Little Butt I tried many different techniques to keep me motivated.

One of those techniques was to make a vision board.

What is a vision board you ask...well let me show you mine from before:

Basically, you grab some poster board, a bunch of magazines, some scissors, and some glue. You find pictures or words that speak to you and really resonate with what you want to accomplish. Then you cut them out and glue them on your board. Post to board somewhere where you will see it every day so you can easily visualize your future.

Now, when I first read about this I thought it was the cheesiest load of crap ever. BUT I was the team leader of a challenge group on jillianmichaels.com so I had to do it. After I finished, I ended up carrying this thing with me through several different states. I loved it! I was so proud of it and inspired by it. It helped me remember my goals and it focused me. It gave me a visual reminder of my vision for myself.

So, now that I have joined the gym and am ready to get started, I think it's time for you to get started too.

So here is your challenge:

I want you to make a vision board. Gather your materials and have fun with it! Think about where you are going to place your vision board so you will see it every day.

Then, I want you to write a blog post about it and post that on December 1st. Come back here and link up to the linky I will have available on December 1st. That way, we can each jump around and help motivate one another. It will be like a virtual work out group.

We can even come up with weekly challenges if you all want.

So who is with me???

If you are feeling a little unsure, just go read THIS POST and get inspired and motivated!

I can't wait to see what you all come up with.

Let's get the word out about this! Tell your friends, blog about it, whatever you have to do to get people on board.

If we have a good turn out for the December 1st vision board linky, I'll throw in a prize for best vision board!!

So get after it!

PS: The vision board does NOT have to be strictly fitness related. Whatever your vision or goals are, those are what you should incorporate into your vision board. Let me know if you have any questions.

Regret is Not an Option

How many times do you think is appropriate for a blogger to start a blog post with the words "I'm sorry, I suck as a blogger."?? 

I keep feeling kind of guilty about not blogging so much lately.

Then I start to think...I have a new baby...

And I have a kid in pre-K who keeps me super busy...

And I'm doing it on my own.

I honestly don't know how people do it sometimes. 

Not the kid thing, the blogging thing too. 

I miss blogging. I miss connecting. I miss reading my favorite blogs...I don't seem to have time for much of anything lately.

The only blogging I'm doing is shooting out some recipes over at Jolts & Jollies. 

Anyway, this wasn't meant to be a post about how much I suck at blogging lately. It's supposed to be about me.

Right now, I'm pretty tired. I should go to bed. But the house is quiet. The kids are sleeping and it's just me, in the dark. I like it this way. It's peaceful. 

I was thinking about how the only real time I have to myself is either late at night, or if I get up early in the morning. 

I tried the early morning thing today. I got up early and it was pretty quiet, but I kept worrying that Baby N would wake up any minute.

I started thinking about this because...well...I'm fat.

I mean, I'm heavier than I want to be. And I'm tired of it.

I have no real excuses. Yes, yes...I know. I just had a baby. I've heard it and I don't want to hear it anymore.

I'm annoyed that I can't be one of those super skinny girls who don't look pregnant until they are 8 months then pop out the kid and are back in their daisy dukes the next day.

Instead, I'm stuck being the girl who gains 65-80 pounds each pregnancy then has nothing to wear when the baby arrives.

I got tired of wearing maternity pants (they kept falling down) so I bit the bullet and went shopping for new jeans. The first attempt didn't go so well. But I got so fed up with my maternity pants that I just got some real jeans anyway. And they look like crap. But what can I do??

I'll tell you what I can do...

I can get moving again.

So that's what I did. 

I woke up at 5:30am this morning and did 12 minutes on the elliptical. 

I know it's not much, but it's something. And I have felt great all day (even though I was starving all day).

I figure that the only time I have to work out is super early in the morning so that's what I'm going to have to start doing. I'm okay with that.

I've done this before, and I'll do it again. Don't believe me?? Check out my Fitness section of the blog.

I have to do something. If I'm unhappy with the way I am, I have the power to change it. 

Granted, I'm not going to be able to get rid of my "baby belly" without a medical procedure (which I think I should get for my 11 year anniversary) but I can do as much as possible right??

Recently, I was on Pinterest and I found this motivational thing that has really stuck with me:

This is definitely something I'm going to remember from now on. And you should too. 

Who is with me?? Who is ready to get moving??