Proud

I was going to wait to post another progress picture until a month had been up....but I'm a little bit proud of this :) It's only been 12 days and here is a comparison from day one (still, no judging)

Can anyone else tell a difference or am I just crazy?
Today started with a two mile run followed by 20 pushups, 40 side kicks (20/side), and 35 mason twists. Gotta get those arms and obliques in! I'm also really starting to LOVE water aerobics! I've only been three times but i think it's amazing!
I'm also very proud of Kami King. She has decided to lose weight with me and after 12 days she is down 12.5 lbs! I'd say that's an accomplishment if there ever was one!

2 down 28 to go.....

Alright kids, it's been a week and a day and I'm pretty proud of myself I must say so! I completed the ab workout and kept up my cardio,  I even through in some additional cardio. I've also been eating healthy (admittedly I did cheat a day a little...ok a lot! But c'mon, it's only been a week, have faith right?) and feeling a lot better! I was down on myself for a day because, even though I know it doesn't work like that in my heart of hearts, I expected almost imidiate results. Then I remembered this:

It takes 4 weeks for you to see your body changing.
It takes 8 weeks for your friends and family, and it takes 12 weeks for the rest of the world.

It's not going to be easy, but I can honestly say I am already seeing and feeling the difference. Maybe that's in my head and maybe it's not, I'm choosing to say that it's not.
Today I began with a 9am run resulting in 2 miles done in 20 minutes, 7 minutes faster than last week. I went to work where I snacked on a Luna bar, cottage cheese, an apple, celery, and a bell pepper. After all that I went to donate plasma and make some more moneys (anything helps right?), that's when I saw results.
I'm not going to state my starting weight until I'm down 10 lbs from where I was, but that's only 6 lbs away from where I'm at now and I'm feeling pretty damn good about it! Why? Because I'm doing something about what I have the ability to change, I'm taking control  and it's actually paying off.
I have now just finished a delicious dinner of baked chicken seasoned with lemon pepper, boiled asparagus, and salad topped with cottage cheese instead of ranch and man I am stuffed! And it wasn't even that many calories! (I'm also watching my intake to see where I take in the most from using My Fitness Pal-love that app!)
Now, it is going to be off to water aerobics for an hour of extra cardio!
P.s.
Any of you Logan people wanting to join me in water aerobics can!  It is $2 per time or $20 for a punch pass I do believe, but if you want I can find out those prices for sure (the $20 one is definite but the $2 could be $3 and I could not be remembering right).
Be happy, be healthy!

Still going..

I figured a post every day would get obnoxious, so I waited. I'm still doing the ab workout (on day 6 now) and it is still kicking my trash! Eating healthy is super easy though! It's also made me feel a lot less hungry even though I'm definitely still craving that cheese burger.
I did water aerobics on Tuesday night with some of the other guards from the LAC where I work and holy cow that was a workout! I never realized how incredibly good it is until I actually did it! It doesn't make you sore either which is soooo good and it also relived some of the soreness in my legs from my previous two cardio workouts. It has been decided that whenever I work the night shift at the LAC I am staying for water aerobics. Any of you Loganers want to join in you are more than welcome to do so.
Wednesday was a rest day and also a day off from both my jobs, so I headed down to SLC went to the zoo, then off to City Creek, dinner at The Cheesecake Factory (not as fattening as I'd imagined, minus the cheesecake haha, that killed me!), and then to the Gateway. Definitely got my cardio in walking that day! Adding to the cardio, I pushed my belly button to my spine to work my abs for most of the day too, except after dinner. After dinner I was to full with deliciousness to care. It was a good day though :) Tuesday nights ab exercise is said to burn fat for up to 24 hours so I didn't feel to bad about indulging in the cheesecake :)
Today I go back to the 8 minute ab workout, we'll see if I kick it's trash or it kicks mine. My bet is on it. I'm also heading to plasma today, so we'll see if the weight has dropped any....fingers crossed.

The pain is good...right?

Oy. I did not realize how much my abs really got worked yesterday until I started the 8 minute ab workout (you can find the video on youtube) for today. Not as intense, but still intense. After that was done, i grabbed  hold of my iTouch and went to my Nike Training app, I recommend this, it's free. With each workout you complete you can unlock new ones. Talk about motivation right? Today I did the 15 minute Cardio Burst and boy was it really a burst! I guess it's not working unless you feel it haha.
I ate pretty healthy too. Fruits, a sandwhich, a salad, and cottage cheese all downed with my handy dandy water. Not  so easy when all I wanted today was a freaking cheeseburger, but I withheld. Regrettably..

To get to the top of the hill, you have to climb it.

So basically I'm probably going to regret doing this, but I know that if I don't have some way to keep myself going, this whole "get fit" thing will never happen. I am about to become one of those women that post "before" , "after", and "progress" pictures of themselves online for people to see.
Now I realize that these first few pictures are not going to be the prettiest sights in the world. I am fully aware of how I look in what I am wearing, and no, I am not proud of it. That's why I want to do this. I want to show my progress to people (mostly women) like me that want to get fit and get toned but don't think they can do it. I want to show that it can be done but it's not an over night thing (obviously). So here it goes....You can scroll past if you want to (preferred), but please no negative comments on how I appear at this moment in time. I need positive. Thank you.
Also,  please ignore the tan lines, oh the life of a lifeguard.

 And there you have it friends. Not my proudest of pictures (even though it could be worse), but now it is out there and now I can officially say I have begun my transformation. I could just delete this and pretend it never happened but.....I won't. So here's to day 1. Completed.
After working both of my jobs, I came home to my blazing hot apartment and changed into my shorts and t-shirt while I waited for my roommate to get home to start our 7-day Ab challenge. Boy, let me tell you, it is going to be a challenge!!! Here is the link if you would like to join me in this week long excursion:

http://skinnyms.com/7-day-ab-challenge/

It's intense. Anyways, we started on Sunday (obviously) and our workout consisted of this:

SUNDAY- Complete 1 Circuit = 200 reps…move from one exercise to the next with little to no rest.
Bicycle Crunch – 50 reps (25 each side)
Reverse Crunch – 50 reps
Mason Twist – 50 reps (25 each side)
Leg Lifts – 25 reps
Push Through – 25 reps

I promise you will want to DIE! However, doing all of that made us want to run, so we ran! I was faster than she was simply because I'm a runner and I love how I feel when I run. Point being, we did 2 miles, my time being 25:20. Not bad for having walked a little of it due to side cramps I should say dear Watson. After that I did 20 donkey kicks and 20 knee to elbow touches (for the obliques, I want curves, not a box) and finished off with a cold shower (remember how my apartment is boiling? Working out that much in it doesn't help any, but I guess sweat is fat crying right?).
Now onto day 2 tomorrow...oy. I do plan on doing this 7-day workout about every other week to build my endurance, but I don't need the abs. I have the abs. They're just hidden under my layer(s) of what I call "gross". So if any of you readers out there (and I hope there are some) I ask you to leave comments of what has worked for you to get rid of that "gross", be it exercise or dieting with specific foods and things like that. Any and all of you are also welcome to join me, you can message me here in a comment or an inbox (if possible), or if you have me on Facebook, message me, and texts work too (I won't be posting my number for creeper reasons).
Again, sorry for the pictures,I won't post every week (maybe biweekly or monthly), I know they're not pretty...yet.