Quickie

I can already tell today is going to be a rough day for me. Yesterday I woke up before work to go running and felt AMAZING the rest of the day. So, my plan was to do the same for today. However, when I woke up I was extremely congested and literally felt like s$*!. I still packed my lunch and did my usual routine to get ready but my butt is already dragging and it’s only 10:00, not to mention I’m on my SECOND cup of coffee. I’m hoping that I get energized throughout the day to really power through my workout after work and I stay mentally strong throughout the day with my diet choices. Here’s to (fingers crossed) a good day. Hopefully by getting all my negative energy out of my system on here I will defy this post and really kick today in the BUTT!!

 

 

Motivated

Phewww… day two of the Shanformation is underway and things have started off pretty good. I woke up earlier than usual to go for a nice run so I have the rest of my afternoon to do other things. Typically by the time I get off work I am exhausted (I know, I know, who isn’t?), but it KILLS me to drag my butt to the gym to do anything. Usually too, my go to move is running because it’s what I do. I RUN. Each day I try and go run for at least 30-45 minutes. Lately, I feel like my body has been stagnant and I need to switch it up more. That’s where I know I’m going to die because everything else really is a struggle for me. When I do anything else at the gym I get BORED. I’m one of those self-concious people who always worry that someone’s staring at you laughing because you can barely pick up the 5lb dumbbell. But yesterday, prior to me setting up my blog, in my “I am going to make some changes” mindset,  I did the Insanity DVD. My little sisters are in town for a “mini vacation” and I tried to con them into doing it with me, however neither of them made it past the warm up, but I kept on going strong. Weight-loss is a tricky thing for me to understand. It seems to me that whenever I seem to gain an understanding, something changes. As I stated in my first post, I have really struggled with being healthy these past couple years. In the last year when I first started I had read everywhere that to lose weight the calories in must be less than the calories out. However, nowadays, it seems anywhere you read anything you must do interval training to truly lose weight. Hence my choice to do Insanity. I can always count on waking up the next morning and not being able to move. Every night, my fiancé and myself walk our dogs to get them out of the house longer than just running outside to use the restroom. Typically after our walk is when I go for my runs. I have a membership at Anytime Fitness here in town and usually go up there for their treadmills. Last night, I was still in that mindset of “Making Changes,” so I decided to do an interval run I saw on the one and only pinterest. It took me approximately 45minutes to do 5 sets of the run and was feeling good afterwards. I am hoping that because I have already gotten my run out of the way for today I will be cognizant of my decisions today. I’m also hoping that when I get off work I have enough motivation to get me through another round of Insanity.

Now I’m off to go pack my lunch and get ready for work. I’m thinking a spinach salad with lots of veggies. Here’s to a healthy day!

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Pilot

Where to even start. 

I have been telling myself I was going to start a blog for sometime I just have never actual got the courage to do so. Why would I write a blog for strangers to read? Chances are they could care less what I have to say. Although this may be true, I want to make changes in my life and figured what better way to track my progress than through a blog? This is all new to me and I’m sure will get easier as I go but bare with me. Here goes nothing! 

Trying to be healthy and stay healthy is something that I have alway seemed to struggle with. By all means I am not super overweight or unhealthy, I just have always struggled with saying no to the double dipped cone… The past two years I have been on a roller coaster of a journey with my weight. I would go from being super active to pretty much sedentary. However, I have decided (after reading numerous blogs, searching pinterest, etc.) that I need to make a decision and stick to it. I need to realize that if I fall off the wagon it is ok and to jump right back on and that being healthy is a way of life and it’s more than just a choice I make.

But today is that day where I make the ultimate decision to work towards being healthy and maintaining that healthy lifestyle for more than a couple months. Today marks the day of a Shanformation (Shannon’s Transformation :)). Every single person I seem to see blog about their lifestyle change has found some sort of success they are looking for. With that being said I hope to find my success here and understand it is going to take work. I must put in 110% to attain the results I want. I have never been one to post pictures of my body but I hope by doing so I can track my journey even better. 

With all this said, I am open to any suggestions, encouragement, tips, etc. Now, let the journey begin!!