Fall Down 7 times, get up 8

Well, Well, Well.... look what the cat dragged in! I know, it's been 2 years since we updated this blog. I have a whole lot of excuses for it, good excuses at that, but still excuses. But we all know that when something is important  enough for you to do, you will find the time, if not, you will find... excuses!
So I've fallen of the wagon, been exercising  on and off over the past 2 years, and have lost nothing but confidence in myself and a little self respect. 
But this post it's not about a pity party, or to give a plethora of arguments, is to tell you, just like the prodigal son, I am back,  I'm extremely excited to re start my fitness and weight loss journey and to share it with you guys. This is a fight I've been fighting since I can remember, and for every failure, there has been a lesson, and so I come back stronger, wiser.
This time my program of choice is the brand new program for Shaun T ( creator of Insanity and Hip Hop Abs)  called  Focus T25, it's a 10 week program, but the workouts are only 25 minutes a day. It's designed for people whose excuse for not exercising  is the lack of time (like me), and take that out of the equation .
As I mention before, I've learned a lot from my past failure and one of those lessons is that the focus for weight loss is definitely nutrition, so I'm paying close attention to it.
Over the next several days, I will post a review of each of the new Focus T25 workout.

Wish me luck and a happy journey!

Thrilledmomof2
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We're still here!!!!!!!!

Ok I realized it has been a while since I've written anything, but I've had a rough couple of days, first the earthquake, (that I didn't feel), then Hurricane Irene ( That we weathered just fine) and then some personal stuff going on... but I didn't start this post to give you excuses of why I haven't written, NO! I've written this post to tell u that we are in our week 6, yes alredy, I have kept up with the schedule, despite all the distractions!

So For month 2, I am seeing 2 new workouts, Back and Biceps and Chest Shoulders and Triceps. Back and biceps was a good workout and I expected to be worked out  good, and also I knew I would do that one successfully, because of the muscles it's aimed at. Now lets talk about the mother of all workouts, as far as I'm concerned, Chest Shoulders and Triceps, I mean there are other workouts that make u sweat and make u short of breath and those are great, but this thing is an animal, I was worked out, in and side ways, I was beaten down the first time I did it and yesterday it kicked my buckets again and I ABSOLUTELY love it! Can't wait for it to trash me again, arms shaking and all.

In other news, going  back to month one of the Insanity workouts has showed me how far I've come and since they are shorter, they go by pretty quickly, so that's a bonus. Turbo fire keeps being the engine that moves me foward, I love fire 60 and anything Chalene, so it's a pleasure to workout to Turbo Fire.

So we still here, we still plugging along and we ain't dead yet (nor skinny in my particular case hehehehe)

Thrilledmomof2

Motivation: What is it? where do I get it?

Motivation: is the driving force by which humans achieve their goals.

Simple right? Well, aparently not so! Some of you have told me that I have great motivation, I personally don't think so, since I do my workouts faithfully but I seriously struggle with the diet portion of it all, specifically with portion control. I like to eat, I like to well and I like to eat a LOT. Sometimes I do very good sometimes not so it's a constant struggle.

So what motivates me to keep at least trying? Fear. Fear of weighing 400 lbs, (which is a very real posibility for me since I'm 6 ft tall). Fear of dying because of some complication due to obesity, up until now I have been pretty healthy but I KNOW that sooner or later being overweight would add some strain to my body. Fear of leaving my kids behind with nobody to fend for them (no offense to my husband, but we all know Mom is only one). See I'm an immigrant, I don't have a big support system in this country, my parents don't live here, I don't have sisters, my brother is here as well but in a different state, so the thought of dying and leaving my kids behind is scary and real, it would be awful in so many levels.

So that being said, no one can motivate you, u need to do that yourself, u can draw inspiration from other people, but the motivation comes from your. Whether is a size, an event or just a vision in your mind of what u want to achieve, the motivation always comes from within.. The truth is that if something is important enough for you,  you will find the time to do it. Remember that your are worth the trouble, and you cannot give to others what your don't have, if U can't take care of yourself, how do u expect to take care of others?

I have a ways to go in my journey to my goals and part of setting up this blog was to keep myself accountable, the more support you have the better. I hope to keep sharing my journey so all of u can draw some inspiration, to find the motivation to continue or start yours!

Thrilledmomof2