Day 1

If you couldn't tell, I wasn't disappointed yesterday! My wonderful husband came home with that little brown package and I was so excited to start today! 

So, with the intention of having a full night's rest, the neighbors woke me up at 2:00 am and I was unable to get back to sleep until about 5:00 am, during which I woke up in the middle of REM to my alarm clock. Oh well. Quite possibly one of the worst ways to start something like this.

So I drove the husband to work in the beat up van, admired the craziest cloud I had ever seen (it seriously looked like the pictures of the eye of a hurricane) and followed that up by driving the highway during the second craziest storm I have experienced in the big city.

Both of these wonderful factors made me so tired I nearly reconsidered starting today! Nearly.

So according to how much I need to lose, more than 4 sizes of clothing, I need to do 14 straight days of "boot camp" and follow that up with working out every other day for a month and a half or so, and complete my goal by working out every 3 days. This comes directly from the book, and although I am way doubtful that I can lose 4 sizes in that short of time, I'll bite. That would make my goal to go from a 22W to a 14 or lower. Something I haven't seen since high school. No scratch that, junior high. Wow.

The MORE DVD is designed for people of the "special case" variety. Heavier, older, special problems, that sort of thing. There are two sets of 6 exercise options, one with and one without instructions. Naturally I started with instructions and got to 26 minutes before I gave up. The instructional video is about 50 minutes long and I am perfectly satisfied with just doing the 15-20 every day... I figure that if I took the instructions out I would be about right. I don't feel so guilty for being unable to finish today.

What has improved or what have I noticed today?

Well for one my legs are tight. I'm not sure how to describe it. They don't hurt, the muscles are just tight. I am delighted to report that for the first 30 minutes after I did the thing I actually had energy! But let's face it, you can't get away with 3 hours of sleep. I'm really tired again.

So there you have it, day one and done. 

Now on to vbs prep, caring for my sweet toddler (almost 3!!), and hopefully a nap.