7 weeks of working it!

This is NOW the 7th week of me CONSISTENTLY working out 5/6 times a week! Not just a couple sit ups here and there but seriously committing and getting my butt kicked! :)

In these past 7 weeks I am now DOWN 8.5 inches in my hips, legs and arms all together AND another 4 lbs on the scale! :) Right now I am only really concerned with the inches and I am tracking that more than anything.

This might not seem like a big deal to YOU, BUT this girl HATES working out and I never stick with it for more than a couple weeks at a time. I can honestly say, I look forward to my workouts and the harder the better! I'm not afraid of a little body sculpting either! In fact, I look forward to it!

Who am I and where did the old Karah go? Idk and idc because I love this new obsession! I feel great!

HEY- dropping the inches isn't bad either! ;)

Speaking of obsessions...I bought a POLAR FT4 and I'm loving it. Its nice to see my progress after my work outs and track my heart rate during workouts.

I have also been obsessed with meal preps! I am setting aside a couple hours every Sunday evening after my jazzercise body sculpting class to prep ALL of my meals for the week. I am measuring out my protein, carbs, fats and fruits! I am making sure I have enough of the clean healthy foods I need to eat right and to make good choices during the week!

Here are some of the things going into my food preps!

I honestly have not been measuring or stepping on the scale lately. I truly don't know where I am at right now. But I know that my clothes fit looser and I feel great! I can see my body changing too! I am building muscle and I am loving it!


NOW....If we could just get RID of the crappy valentines crap laying around my house I would be doing even better!!!

Karah

Hello World!!!

HELLO JAZZERCISE WORLD!!!! How have I gone 24 years without you? 

So, I HATE HATE HATE HATE (I could go on) HATE HATE (okay you get it) working out. I love feeling like worked my butt off, but I don't like how boring it would be to get there. I don't like getting up early, going to a gym full of people I don't know and counting down the minutes until I got enough time on the treadmill to feel productive enough to go home. Blahhh

So, what did I do? I begged for a treadmil and couple weights for Christmas a few years ago. I GOT ONE! Andrew surprised me and I convinsed myself that I enjoyed that SO MUCH MORE than going to a stupid  gym. ha. Well, I would get my booty on the treadmil religoiusly for....3 weeks at a time every few months and then I was over it.

AND REPEAT....over it.

AND REPEAT......over it. So on and so on for a few years.

blah.blah.blah.

Well..I wasn't losing weight (nor was I eating right), I was gaining weight. Clearly this was not working for me. ha.

So...20lbs heavier, I found AdvoCare (yea, you've heard this story already, I wont go there!!) and I started eating better and losing weight. YAY! BUT, I did not start working out. 

I just hadn't made that commitment yet. Yup, I still despised the gym and the treadmill.

Once we got engaged (right before the holidays of course!!!) I knew I needed to get seriously serious about this health thing! For serious guys! :) I have to pour myself into a very form fitting beautiful wedding dress in October! AND I will be the center of attention for a whole day. 

Awesome. Not.

So...here we go. I set new goals and Im going to make this happen! I am now on a mission and when I get something in my head I am obsessed until I reach my goal!!

I looked into a few things and found Jazzercise through my AdvoCare coach who is an instructor! I tried it, it loved it and now Im addicted! 

Were going on 3 weeks and I go religiously 6 days a week! I would go 7 days a week but Andrew really gets on me about giving my body a break because I can be a FUN SUPER CRABBY BIATCH when I am exhausted! :) 

Let me just tell ya, Jazzercise makes me exhausted! It feels great and its so much fun, but it kicks my butt! :)

Since I have started working out after new years and then adding in Jazzercise I am dropping inches like crazy! Its a wonderful feeling and I am hooked!

 Which is how I have gotten from here to here in a matter of months now!

I'm not where I want to be just yet, but I am getting there!!!

June 2013

Jan. 2014

Jan. 2014

So, I wanted to share a little bit about what I am doing, what AdvoCare products I am using and foods I'm eating eating to help my friends who are doing the AdvoCare challenge too!

I upped my protein intake each meal from 4oz to 5/6oz. 3x's a day.

Upped my veggie intake. Unlimited and at each meal. ALSO my night time snack.

Cut my carb intake in half. I will do 40z of carbs at breakfast and lunch only.

I cut my sugar intake as well-I will do 4oz of fruit 2x's a day. Fruit at my first two snacks of the day.

I had to increase my healthy fats because I really wasn't doing enough. (Surprised? Me too) 2oz. of healthy fats 2xs a day. So I do this with my fruit/snacks.

NO carbs at dinner and NO fruit after dinner. :)

The only things I allow myself to have after dinner are veggies and or proteins! 

Can't forget my gallon of water each day too!

NOW for AdvoCare!!!! What am I taking?? MY FAVORITES!

meal replacement shakes, chocolate mocha being my favorite right now! You can find this here as well as the product information. I will do one for breakfast a couple times a week as well as half a shake before a work out as a snack! :)

Catalyst! I LOVE this stuff!! Its like liposuction in a bottle!!!!! You can find it here along with the product information. I take 3, 9xs a day! Most only take 3, 2xs a day. Did I mention how much i LOVE this stuff?? Its great for maintaining/repairing muscle during work outs!

MNSMAX3! Its another must have! I use these 3 combined (plus spark) and I feel so wonderful!! You can find it here along with the product information.

OH! Can't forget my spark! You can also find it here! I have been in love with the fruit punch flavor lately!!

I've also added in some OmegaPlex and ThermoPlus each day! I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT ALL! :)

I'm feeling great and can't wait to see where I am at in another month! Its been pretty neat to see my hips, legs, arms and everything else shrinking away since I started jazzercise!!!!

Karah