butt.
Yea, I said it. Consistent & frequent cardio exercise has that effect on me. Apparently.
I was going to post this at week 2 and 3 but never got around to it...there are just not enough hours in my days! So...here we are at the middle of week 4 of T25 and I can confirm that yep, I lost my butt.
Remember all those pencil skirts and pants I had "goaled" to fit in? (I just made up a word, I think) They all fit. In fact, I tried one on earlier this week and it was big on me. I totally missed the wearing period on that one because now it's been relegated to the back of the closet due to "saggy pants syndrome". Usually a phrase I save for pants, this particular skirt falls in that category. It is highly unattractive.
My birthday is next week and celebrations begin tonight (which I am sure will extend until next month). My goal of being in the "best" shape of my life is meh, pretty close. Although I am thrilled to fit in my clothes again (because it was getting to be slim pickins' in the closet), my intent was never to lose a bunch of weight and be "petite". I only use that term because my husband called me that recently...it is not a word you would associate with someone 5'9". Rather, what I want to be is fit and strong, which to me defines "best shape".
When I first started writing this a couple of weeks ago, my thought was to cut back on T25 and not follow the program to the tee. I had been running and upping my mileage along with my weekly aerial class and nightly yoga challenges in addition to T25 and I knew I needed to cut back. Of course, I didn't. But then I got busy and naturally, something had to give. I initially cut back on the running because it was the hardest to squeeze in and quite frankly the weather sucked. Sub 40 temps are not a favorite for this South Florida girl so that was an easy call. It's warmed up now and I still haven't been able to pick back up on the running. This is frustrating to me because I had really cut my pace down pretty quick to a place that made me giddy of where it could go. Breaking the consistency really puts me at square one. Boo.
I kept at T25 because really, it's TWENTY FIVE minutes people! Before you can start complaining about it, you're half way done. The amount of sweat produced in that short amount of time is really amazing. I figured some workout is better than no workout but really my "lass" situation is still not being tended to (albeit it's a diminished area).
This week has been a total bust. I admit that right now. I've skipped 2 days of T25 (for shame!) and tonight, I doubt I will want to give it a go after a couple of birthday cocktails. Ditto for the yoga challenge...I went to bed so late and completely forgot! Boo to me! I have lots of work to make up for this slacking over the weekend. A bike ride, run, aerial class and definitely some standing on my head is in order!
Gotta go now, I have to take my diminishing bedunkadunk out of here...there's a cocktail with my name on it!
~V
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