Where have I been?

So I kind of let this blog go, for a bit.  I was going through some big life events, trying to workout and eat right, raise my kids, and hold it all together.

I did decide to let Team BeachBody go, because it just wasn't a good fit for me.  I love a lot of their products, and will continue to use the systems I have, but when Les Mills broke off to create his own company, I decided it was time for me to quit.  I fell in love with Les Mills' Body Pump.  I purchased it on one of the big sales that TBB offered.

I have been re-evaluating where I want to go in life.  I am still running, but not nearly as much as I was before.  I have found my way back to the gym and am slowly reintroducing myself to lifting.

Also, on my journey, I am focusing on a more whole body, natural approach to health.  I started really using essential oils about a year or so ago.  I started because my allergy medicine just wasn't cutting it any more.  Since I started using oils, I have noticed that my kids are feeling better.  Allergies, although they do affect us still, aren't as bad.  My kids have been staying healthier and sleeping better.

Anyway, I am not here to sell oils.  I do use them and love sharing about them, but this is going to be more about my journey to getting back in shape, being healthy and getting fit.  I will try to update you as I figure out this crazy journey to a better well-being and moving forward in my life!

Journey with no end In sight

So, I have been training for a 10k & will bump it up really soon to half marathon training.  I plan to run a half in 2017.  Yes, it seems far away, but I also have been incorporating more lifting.  I am trying to still figure out how to get enough workouts in during the week.  

Anyway, today was supposed to be a longer run.  But I only made it 2.8 very painful miles.  Why am I telling you all of this?  Because this is a journey. Every run or workout may not be great, but I am out there improving myself.  

I also slacked off this week, big time.  I didn't do any Hammer and Chisel workouts.  So what am I going to do?  Past me would have scraped the whole program.  Because I wasn't perfect.  Didn't do all the workouts.  Current me is going to pick up where I left off.  Keep trying, keep improving.  

This is a journey, with no real end.  I will always continue to work on myself. What about you?

It's on!!!!!

I am so excited!  I know I know, I've said that before.  But hey, it's the little things that get me excited.

My really good friend, who I ran the Disney Princess Glass Slipper Challenge with last year, and I are going to start the program the Masters Hammer and Chisel.  We start Monday.

This program follows the 21 Day Fix eating plan.  So I am going back to it.  I am excited by this, because for the past 2-ish months, I have been following a program that is NOT sustainable.  I knew this when I started, but it hasn't been easy in the least.  I have lost about 20 lbs, however.  So it has done what I wanted it to do... It just started my weight loss.  I still have another 30-40 that I would like to loose.

I know Autumn put out a video answering some questions that everyone seems to have, and one of them is can we add extra cardio or substitute cardio.  Unfortunately she says no.  But I have signed up for a few races coming up this spring.  My first is a 5k on April 2.  So I will be figuring out how to mash up running with this program.

I also have committed to my friend that I will run another Disney race in 2017.  But I need to decide do I go for Princess Half weekend, which I will want to do the Glass Slipper Challenge again (19.3 miles over 2 days) or the Wine & Dine Half Marathon which is during the Epcot food and wine festival.

Anyway, I will post my results.  I know I have seen a ton when I lift, and this program (The Masters Hammer and Chisel) is a cardio lifting program.

What kind of exercise do you enjoy the most?