I began the 30 day method
today.
today. Call me cliche, but the first day of the New Year seemed as good as time as any to join the masses and wiggle le jiggle into shape.
When I attempted this back in September, I remember wondering if there was really ONE person out there who had completed this boot camp all the way through?!? Because on day two, I was already changing up the rules and making my own. And then I got caught up with the numbers on the scale and the inches and if a day didn’t budge, I was all, “this sucks…it must not be working…”
And quite slowly by the end of the second week, it was all but over for me.
Ya, so apparently making my own rules wasn’t quite the way to go.
Fast forward a few months, through the holidays and add in quite a few pounds mixed with under bra back fat, and my fat pants getting tight, and here we are.
{my ex’s are SO jealous right now}
I must say, that when I read Lauras blog, I decided that it was about freaking time that someone come forward and blog the experience. Because now we see that, YES, there is someONE who did it and it so totally worked.
{i don’t know how to put this but Laura’s kind of a big deal, I mean people know her, she even has many leather bound books….}
But what if there were someTWO who did it?
{or three or four….or whatever number I am}
See where I’m going?
I’m a writer.
I keep myself accountable mostly through writing, and if I added in all of you, how much more motivated would I be to keep things going?
How much more motivated would YOU be to keep going?
So, I’ve made the decision that in addtion to my regular blogging, I will also be journaling through the 30 days, keeping me accountable and you informed and hopefully….encouraged.
{thanks be to la for the encouragement to do so!}
Since I’ve been a Tracy devotee for a coupla years, I definitely know what I’m getting into…and I know that the results kinda rock.
More than kinda.
I am doing things a little different than most though…you can ready about that here…and I think doing it this way will most definitely help me to succeed.
Remind me of this in a few days….
or tomorrow when I have to eat, gulp, cucumber.
Ew.
One thing for you guys if you’re doing it too or are planning to do it:
I have the entire grocery list sorted by week here.
I’d say that on average it will be about $100 a week…give or take a little depending on if you’re all organic, if you’re feeding more than one, and what you already have in your pantry.
Also, what has been super helpful is having some of the snacks and meals pre made a day or two before. It’s less overwhelming that way.
Okay, so here’s how today went:
Supplements: This is a new years goal, to take my supplements every. single. morning. I even have a 3×5 card (more on that in another post) to remind me. So this morning with breakfast I took my Mercola Probiotics
& Krill Oil w/Primrose. Then right before my workout I took 1 Tbsp of L-Carnatine 3000mgs
. If you want to know why those, here’s more info on that.
& Krill Oil w/Primrose. Then right before my workout I took 1 Tbsp of L-Carnatine 3000mgs. If you want to know why those, here’s more info on that.
Food: Not too bad today! I actually luuuu-huved everything on the menu, and people this is huge, because I may be the pickiest eater alive. I prefer no sauce, no mush, no slime, and nothing odd or weird or extreme…..
I did my best to space out the meals to keep my metabolism going by eating a little every few hours. The snack was divided into two portions, one for mid morning snack and the rest for mid afternoon.
For the soup I skipped the cayanne (lesson learned from the first attempt at this diet, i, lit-rally, almost died), and instead stuck with pepper which made it absolutely acceptable to my taste buds and I was one happy mama.
Get this, I ate it ever so slowly, and made. it. last. Which guess what?
Totally made. Me. Feel. Full.
Ish.
Dinner, we made tilapia, which was my first time trying it….and I seriously totally loved it.
So much so, that once this is all over, it will be added into my dinner rotations.
The asparagus, eh….not my fave, but I got a few down because I was hungry and beggars can’t be choosers on this diet.
Drinks: Since Tracy says only tea and water are allowed, and I’m not a tea fan, I basically had no choice but to stick to water.
{and I spent a TON of time in the loo because of it….funny how when you’re hungry, water suddenly becomes a food.}
Although.
Since I’m giving up Diet Coke, and the withdrawals are heinous, a Guru Lite was in order before my workout.
Tracy is the one who introduced those into my life, so I figured one was okay.
It is okay, right?
Workout: Since I have two kids and finding time to work out without being interrupted is nearly impossible, I have always made nap time MY time.
And MY time = workout time.
And should they decide they don’t want to nap, well that’s just too bad.
They must stay in their room and have THEIR time until Mama is happy and content and sweaty.
So, for today, being that I’m coming off a 2 week cold (and still sounding a bit like Demi Moore), I decided not to be all superstar about it…and instead be realistic.
After all, I have 30 straight days (die!) to work out….no need to show off or anything.
After 30 reps of each move, and one time through the arms (holy batwing action)….I then headed into the cardio portion. I did one time through both book sequences (yes, they are the same just edited differently), and then two times through the Thanksgiving Cardio which made up a total of 1.5 hours of sweat time.
While I felt like A LOAD through the first sequence, the jiggle in my middle (not sexy my friends) that followed every step, kept me going, and by the second sequence my energy caught up to it (the jiggle that is) and I powered it out.
Music: For the muscular structure portion I turned on Pandora and set up a station called: Womanizer. Loved it. For the cardio portion, I set up another station called Novaspace. Every song was perfection and an amazeballs songlist totally helps me to “perform!” Loved it.
So, other than being a bit on the hungry side at the moment (bed time may need to be earlier than normal), I think today was a great success.
{retraction, i just snapped at Jimmy for commenting on the couch size. doesn’t he know i’m hungry and there are bigger issues than the size of a flipping couch?!? my word, the audacity of that man.}
Should you guys have ANY questions, comments, concerns….
I am MORE than happy to help you guys.
Just leave them in the comment section,
and I’ll answer them in the comment section.
That way future crazy folk who attempt this will have access to our wisdom.
Okay….gotta go eat dessert.
Eh, water.
mmmmmmm….
p.s.
in the next few days i’ll be compiling a list of all those who are documenting their progress with the method, and will post it here.
the more encouragement we have, the better!
p.s.s.
if you’re so not into this tracy stuff, no worries, i’ll posting as normal in addition.
but, seriously, why aren’t you into the tracy stuff?
i mean, all the cool people do it.
ahem.
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Oh so glad to hear you started today too!
I’m blogging it too. Will help me stay accountable for my actions (in theory, or just really embarrass me).
http://tesjonight.blogspot.com/
Congrats on day 1!
<3 Jen
Love the blog Summer! I will be reading you every single day for inspiration 🙂 Good job on the first day done! I woke up pretty sore this morning, but not as bad as I was expecting thankfully…
Here’s a hint for the morning’s Turkey Roll Ups- Cilantro instead of Basil and put a squeeze of fresh lime on top. No calorie simple swaps that make it taste that much better.
Here’s to day two!
off to a great start! i’m starting on monday! i’m going to try to blog about it once a week or so!
http://www.LobotoMEblog.blogspot.com
Sharing goals, especially the tough ones, can definitely up the anty on accountability! You can do this girl – kill it!! 😉
xoxo J
Hi!!
So I stumbled across your blog today..so happy to find your grocery lists as well. Let me tell you how much you made my life easier just by doing that. I work crazy busy hours and work for a CEO in the city of weight obsessed. (aka Los Angeles) I am a transplant here and moved from the South (Louisiana). I was born with bacon in my mouth, lol. Totally kidding!
But aside, I was always that girl that could eat whatever she wants and not gain weight. I looked at your pix and I think we are the same size. Yes I am a size 2, but I do have a skewed misconception of the way I look. I am 27 now, and I can see slowly that nothing is tight anymore. Ladies I know I do not have a MAJOR weight problem. But am I happy with the way I look, um no?! Since I started my new job working in this crazy city which I love, my diet consists of Cheetos, hot dogs (Gasp!), in-n-out, or whatever I can find. I have no time to cook!! I don’t feel good about my eating decisions. Do I want to tone it up and lose a few lbs? Heck yes!! With that being said…I am SOO Excited to follow you along your journey. I am going to start Tracy’s 30 day this week as well. I have ALL of Tracy’s dvds and will start doing those and probably not the book exercises. I don’t like looking at the book and trying to figure out what she is doing, dvd is much better. What is sad is, I bought Tracy’s entire design series last Feb and have not opened it. Yes I am embarrassed. I have 2 business trips this month (Vegas and Sundance) which will make it even harder to follow, but I am determined to do this. I watch the Biggest Loser, and if they can do it, heck I can do this for 30 days! Maybe I will even VLOG about it. Thanks for doing this for all the women out there, it seems as if NO one has blogged about it. I am motivated and inspired. Thank you!!!! 🙂