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.