It's starting to look a lot like....

Well at least the inside of the house is looking like Christmas.  Growing up in Minnesota I am use to white Christmases, even after 7 years I'm still not use to it.  Add on this year we are looking at record Highs.

Oh well I am officially on vacation for the next 10 days!!!  I slept in an hour extra and then got up and remembered in was P90x3 yoga day!! Oh happy day!! My muscles were so glad for the stretching the yoga gives them.  I was even able to catch the amazing sunrise.

Merry Christmas eve eve.  Enjoy your time making memories

#day24

Taking time to remember

Channeled my buddy today - so I wore my I run 4 Jocelyn shirt to give me that extra push this morning.  What is the picture in the lower left you ask?  Well that is 1 of 2 lines of tape with X's on it.  This is used during the Agility workout for P90x3.  Never imagined just how good a workout one can get from two lines of tape and 6 x's!!!  It keeps you accurate throughout the whole work out.  

We are both off for the Christmas break!!! So we decided on an impromptu dinner date.  Love when these happen.  Just us before we fill our time with family and friends and the joy of kids at Christmas.  

Day 23 streak still going strong!!  Going right through the holidays with this streak.  There is no stopping me now!  

Why a random cardinal picture?  Well today is a very special day.  Today is my Gram's birthday.  She is no longer here with us, but every time one of these very special birds passes within my view I am reminded of this very special woman.  She loved these birds.  She was quite, but oh so smart - and when she had something to say you stopped and listened.   Everyone called her Gram.  All our family, but also all our Friends.  It also happens that she was called Alice as well.  She is who I am named after and I couldn't ask for a better person to try to live up to the name of.  May she be watching over us and be proud of the people we are today.  

I don't Want TO!!!

That is what my inner 2 year old was yelling at me this morning.  I really didn't want to work out.  Even though I had gotten enough sleep I was tired.  I have some soreness going on - but it is not bad soreness.   I don't know if that make since to any one else, but it is something I have always been clued into in myself.

It is Monday and I made a deal to #nevermissamonday and I also have the deal of #noexcuses.  I am happy to report that my deal is still on and my streak is still alive.  #day22!!!

P90x3 Day 8.  Back to synergistic.  The first 3 weeks you do the same workouts, then you progress on.  I actually found today to be harder than last week.  But that could be due to the fact that I upped the weights.

Yes my inner 2 year old threw a tantrum so I showed it who is boss!!  I only have two days of work this week and then I am off for 10 days so I knew I could push it and see what happens.  So .... for any weighted exercise this workout I used 10 lbs.  Last week was 5 pounds.  For the pull ups/chin ups I use the resistance band and I used the one that says it is 10 - 12 pounds.

It is now 6 hours later and I am feeling those extra pounds!!!  But I am ok with that. For week one I am down 1" total over all measurement areas, but I am up 3 pounds.  I know logically all the reasons for being up - and including that if you feel better and your clothes are feeling better than that is more important than what the scale says - but it is still very hard to see the scale go up when you are trying so hard to do things right.

I am making my goal this week to keep up with the workout streak and to focus on my eating plan.  Maybe I was off somewhere last week where I wasn't watching close enough.  This week shall tell.

It is Christmas week - don't let the holiday's make you stressed - find peace and love and let the rest go.

If you are looking to make changes in your workout and eating plans in the new year and want a coach to help encourage you and a challenge group to keep you accountable - please reach out to me.   You've seen me.  My progress, my ups, my downs.  You know I keep it real and I promise to keep it real with you too.

Whose watching you?

Happy Sunday!!! Up and getting in Dynamic stretching on this Day 7 of P90x3 and Day21 of my workout streak.  10 minutes left of the workout and my littlest monkey comes out to see whats going on. Then he asks if he can do it with me. Absolutely!!!  So for the last 9 minutes he finished p90x3 dynamic stretch with me.

Nothing like your little one watching and joining in to remind you why you are doing this and you never know who is paying attention.  As Tony Horton says "To your best and forget the rest".

Feeling pretty good now. Was stiff when I got up after all of yesterday's workouts and fun.  We carried on the family tradition on raced in the Jingle Bell 2 miler.

Rest and Restore today - tomorrow is Monday all over again!

Yes I know it is a star trek shirt, yes I know it is the dreaded red shirt - I don't own any star wars shirts.

One day cold enough in FL to wear a hoodie - well before the race started at least

Update on Jocelyn - she had a scare on the operating table, but she is ok.  She has a lot of restrictions but she was able to go home.  Please keep her and her family in your thoughts and prayers.
#irun4jocelyn

Make Saturday Count

Holy bananas!  Up at 5:30 to get P90x3 The Warrior workout in.  Then suited up for the Florida cold (it felt like 48 when I stepped out) and hit the road for 3.1 miles walking - training for 1/2 in February.  I was planning on trying for 6.2 miles - however my legs started cramping. I was pushing through it and then I remembered I have the Jingle Bell 2 miler tonight.  NO good to push now and not have a god race tonight.  So I Co ceded and stopped at 3.1 miles to warm up and get ready to take the little man for a birthday surprise.
#noexcuses get out there and make this Saturday count!

To Accomplish something you must first...

To Accomplish something you must first decide to try!!!

Day 5 p90x3 CVX - cardio with weight! Whew now that was a hard workout.  You could feel your muscles fatiguing while the cardio was making you feel tired!!!

Needless to say it took me longer to recover and get ready for work today!  I'm glad today is Friday!!!  I still have the weekend workouts ahead of me with my 1/2 marathon training on top of Saturday's workout, but #noexcuses!  I've got this!!

So who is ready for Christmas?  I still have some wrapping to do, other wise I am ready to go!!!

Remember you choose - decide to try!

Challenge yourself!

P90x3 Day 4 - The Challenge: 30 min of Pull ups/chin ups and push ups.  Pick your numbers of how many before had and hit that number for each round. Holy buckets!!  Challenge yourself and this workout kicks your butt.

Today I had to send my buddy some extra superhero vibes - she had surgery today. And yet she continues to smile and encourage me to keep push.  If you haven't checked out her page yet, please check it out and tell her I sent you. Hope-for-Jocelyn

Tomorrow is Friday!!  Tomorrow we will hit Day 5 of P90x3.  I am loving this program!!! I feel like I am getting an awesome workout in only 30 minutes and I feel like I'm getting results already.  Non-scale victories!!!

Shout out what State you are in - either here in the comments or in any of the pages that linked you here.   Have a great night and make it an amazing Friday.

Sending superhero vibes to my superhero

My superhero spreading smiles wherever she goes