Seriously not happy!
So they spent the rest of the time doing this...
and this.
Ahhhh, the dog days of summer
Seriously not happy!
So they spent the rest of the time doing this...
and this.
Ahhhh, the dog days of summer
My package came in the mail on Thursday. "Yes!" I thought. "I'm starting this program tomorrow!" I immediately opened it, eagerly explored its contents which consisted of one manual explaining the program and exercises, one manual outlining the nutrition program, and a set of 13 dvds. All of the sudden, I felt overwhelmed. So I decided to wait a few days, read through everything completely, and proceed with the program when I felt I had a good grasp of it. Needless to say, Richie and I both began the program yesterday and we're both feeling a little like jello. Yesterday was "Chest and Back" which consisted of an hour of various push-ups and pull-ups, as well as "Ab Ripper X"...16 straight minutes of very difficult core strengthening exercises. Today we did "Polyometrics," an hour of the craziest cardio I've ever attempted.
In addition to the exercise routine, we've also begun eating a tad more healthy. No more soda for me! Water, water, water will be the bulk of what I drink. I will no longer be eating many simple carbohydrates like potato chips and regular pasta. Instead, I will be chosing whole grains. Fruit will replace the small amount of sweets I eat. This will be the part of the program that Richie will have the hardest time following. He doesn't appreciate vegetables as much as I do, and he tends to eat more unhealthy than I. So I told him I wouldn't hold him to my breakfast and lunch standards, but have asked him to eat what I eat for dinner.
My meals for yesterday consisted of an egg white omelet with low-fat mozzerella cheese for breakfast, a salad with lean steak strips and balsamic vinagrette for lunch, and a turkey, lettuce, tomato with olive oil dressing sandwich on whole wheat for dinner.
So far today, I have a strawberry banana protein shake for breakfast and a City Bites Razzmatazz sandwich for lunch. Nothing but water on both days!!
Okay people. This is difficult for me to post, but it's important that I include the "whole picture." So, with out further ado, here are the before pictures we took.
Before (the "sink hole" where the water garden used to be)
After
Before
After
Before
After
And a cute baby for good measure!
So the point being that all of those "just so happened" moments were God setting us up for success. He is soooo good, all the time and all the time, He is good. Thank you, Lord, for pulling us out of the myre and setting our feet on solid ground.
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