I wanted to do Jenn’s Friday Favorites but surprisingly, I didn’t take any pictures this week. Not a one. Maybe next Friday I can participate.

Yesterday I started the Insanity workout. I desperately need to lose at least 10 pounds (shooting for 20 to 30 pounds total) and what I am doing now (an extra 10,000 steps a day, which does not count the steps I take for daily living) is not working at all. Anyway, I just finished Day 2 of Insanity and it really kicked my ass. Hell, Day 1 kicked my ass but today it kicked it even harder. I really, really wanted to quit while working out but I didn’t and I am glad I pushed myself. I feel great, mentally that is. My body is tired but my mentality is like “You Go Girl”!

Has anyone tried Insanity? I have a cousin who completed it (she was thin to begin with but she wanted to tone up) and she got mad results. I’m overweight and am hoping that all the cardio and keeping my heart rate up will help me lose weight while toning.

I’m not going to lie, I hate exercising. I like dancing, walking and the like but when it is the sole purpose of exercising, I don’t like it one little bit. I hate it when I start, despise it in the middle and loath it at the end only thankful for finally being done with it.

But after I have completed the workout, I feel good. I feel proud of myself for finishing the entire hour and thank the good Lord I am done with it for the day. And that feeling continues on through the rest of the day. In addition, my entire body feels better and even with the aches and pains that come with exercising aging bones (I’m going to be 32 this year! OMG) it’s a good pain if that makes any sense.

Am I looking forward to the hour workout tomorrow? Hell no! Would I rather be able to lose weight by sitting on my ass, watching movies and eating chocolate? Hell yes! Is that going to happen? Unfortunately no so that means I have to keep exercising in order to get rid of the 10 pounds I have gained these past few months plus an additional 10 to 20 pounds to get to my goal weight of 135 to 140 pounds.

Over the past few months, I have let myself gain 10 pounds. I am not proud of it and am actually pretty damn disgusted with myself. If I don’t do something about it now, I will end up gaining the remaining 50 pounds back and I defiantly do not want to do that. So, I am back on the wagon and am determined to lose the 10 pounds I gained. If I get to my goal than I am rewarding myself with this Firefly shirt (which is one of my all time favorite tv shows) that I have been wanting for awhile now. Once I lose the 10 pounds than I will try to lose an additional 10 pounds and give myself another reward. I am hoping I can get the 20 pounds lost before June because my all time favorite actor the oh so awesome Bruce Campbell is going to be at the Philadelphia Comic Con and since that’s only a few hours away from me I definitely want to go and maybe have the chance of meeting him and making a complete fool out of myself. But I don’t want to waddle in there with an extra 20 pounds on me. So wish me luck!

I started the Crunch Bootcamp exercise again yesterday. I first started it last year and it worked well to get me a little toner but I slacked off and didn’t start it back up again until this past summer. But after we bought our house and were working on it every day for several months, the Bootcamp exercise got pushed to the back burner. I am hoping I can stick with it for longer than a few months this time. I hate to say it but I have gained 4 pounds and it is unacceptable. If I don’t get a handle on things now, then I will just continue to put on the weight which I do not want!