First of all, I've learned that when I live on post, I no longer feel the need to get dressed. I go into total laziness. I recognized this the first day we were settled here in room 102. Lucky for us, owning a cat pays off because we got an animal room which is more like a little apartment. I took my pajama covered butt to the commissary and loaded up on lean protein, fruits, and veggies. My husband said my food choices weren't fun, which I took as a compliment. I was really worried that we were going to be at the mercy of the food court. Not a problem, my friends. But stay tuned for a food confessional...
Second of all, I realized that our little annex had just enough space needed to continue with my Insanity experience. The week we moved out of the apartment was the Core Cardio and Balance week, and that worked out perfectly. So once we moved here, I knew I was suppose to start phase two. And for those of y'all who have done phase 2 understand that going to a Gilbert Gottfried impersonation contest could be more enjoyable. Trying to find a reason not to do it became tedious, so I finally gave in and made myself move on to the Max videos.
Day 1: I moved the table out of the way and turned up that AC you see on the wall.
Well, hello there, Shawn T. Welcome to lodging.
I forgot how difficult these videos were. I was literally mind blown upon completion of the first video.
But I recovered...
...with the support of Seyo, of course.
I was really proud of myself! I didn't let such a dramatic change of environment stop me from continuing with this little journey. It felt so good that I kept hitting play day after day.
And this is what day 2 looked like when I was finished...hmmm.
Day 3 also provided weird hair results.
I was super proud of myself on Day 4 because I didn't want to do it. We were in Seoul all day, and I came home with the intent of being lazy...but I pushed play once again.
Day 5 ended with some battle scars.
I was a little shocked and concerned on day 6...it just wasn't getting easier.
I literally finished on day 7 looking like this...
...but I smoothed it down and thanked Shaun T for the butt kicking.
Days 1-7 had its share of distractions, but the workouts were completed!
I was so proud of the progress I made, and I want the progress to continue. I'm literally at the point that I'll find anyway to complete my workouts. Tomorrow morning, we leave here before 5 a.m., and I already know that whenever we get to NC that I'll need to do a video. No more excuses for Abigail. The only way I can get the results I want is to put forth the effort. I'd like to say I put just as much effort into eating well, but I DIDN'T. In fact, if I'm being honest about my workouts, I need to be honest about some food choices...
Lo Mein
Butter Pecan Ice Cream
Soooo many chicken wings
Cheeseburger
Fries
Half a loaf of bread
Turkish kebab
Ribs
Mashed potatoes
Chicken tenders
Pastries
Pizza
Fried pork cutlet
Delish Korean chip things
Ramen
Egg rolls
Rice
Oreos
Peanut butter M&Ms
Kit-Kats
...and this was just breakfast from this morning! Okay, maybe not just this morning. But wow! Who does that? "Oh, that was a great one hour workout...I deserve 4000 calories." I'm a fool. I can honestly say that it could have been worse had I not bought those healthy items in the beginning even though I can't fathom what else I could have done to my body. Well, there...that's my food confessional. There's nothing I can do now. The calories have been stored safely in my butt and will be blasted away another day.
I could have done better with the food...I know, I know, but I'm still proud of myself for not giving into the temptation of forfeiting my video progress. Here's to no more excuses on the workout front!
