Hip-Hop Abs Delay

So as much as I support Beachbody, I don't buy workout DVDs for full price when I know that I can get it cheaper on Ebay, meaning that I ordered my Hip-Hop Abs on Ebay....from China.  So now there is a kind of long delay on my Level 2 DVDs, so I won't be posting the calories burned any time soon.

BUT this doesn't mean I'm not working out.  I've gone back to my Jillian Michael's roots with Killer Buns and Thighs and oh, boy, did I forget how tough her workouts are!  But hopefully I'll have an extra nice booty to start off working on my abs.  :)

Level 1 is a 40 minute workout; I burned 430 calories with just a minute and a half of fat burn.

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In other news, I've been trying to do as much "clean" eating as I can.  Smoothies with protein powder for breakfast, baby greens with shredded carrots, tuna, and vinaigrette dressing.  Some bananas, oranges, strawberries; fish and chicken breast with fresh broccoli or green beans for dinner.  Mostly, I'm just trying to AVOID CANDY (artificial sugar), as much as I can stand to, and I actually really enjoy the way I feel eating healthy.  I FEEL GOOD!

Hip-Hop Abs Week 4 Calorie Burn (Month 1 = DONE!)

Day 22: Total Body Burn = 440 calories and 3 min of fat burn

Day 23: Fat Burning Cardio + Ab Sculpt = 548 calories and 7 min of fat burn

Day 24: Fat Burning Cardio + Hips, Buns & Thighs = 516 calories and 10 min of fat burn!!!!!

Day 25: Total Body Burn = 392 calories and 7.5 min of fat burn

Day 26: Fat Burning Cardio + Ab Sculpt = 516 calories and 13 freaking min of fat burn!!!!!

Day 27: Fat Burning Cardio + Hips, Buns & Thighs = 548 min and 11 min of fat burn!!!!!

Day 28: REST

So my calories burned has gone down, but as I emphasized above, the amount of time I spend in a fat burning zone has really started to increase! I'm still spending 3/4 of the time in a fitness zone to help my body build lean muscle and continue burning fat all day long, but the other 1/4 of the time I'm just burning off the fat right then and there!

I also have before and after pictures.  I decided not to take measurements because I can get really discouraged, so going by how I feel and my before and after pictures will have to do.  I have lost 3.5 pounds during this first month; not life-changing results like the infomercials show, but I also don't follow the diet plans.

A little story:

When I was 13 years old, I was already bigger than the other girls in my class and very uncomfortable, so (with a doctors permission) I started going to L.A. Weightloss and seeing a dietitian.  My dietitian wasn't much inspiration considering she was incredibly overweight herself, and my "coach" at L.A. Weightloss yelled at me for eating a single Starburst, thus scarring me for life when it comes to diets.  I've been to personal trainers, done every fad diet, taken every diet pill and have been watching everything I eat for half of my life.  I've learned how to do a lifestyle change, and so I'd rather loose weight very slowly then quickly through strict dieting.  Dieting also makes me feel stressed and I start gaining instead of loosing (plus, I have a picky palate that makes following diet plans that come with workout programs difficult on my tastebuds). 

So with that said, here are my before and after photos.  

I did recently learn that the lack of feeling between my belly button and my c-section scar has lead to a loss of elasticity in that area, making it difficult for me to loose that c-section "shelf" some moms end up with.  (Only a tummy tuck will fix that, and I'm not sure I want to go that far.)  So I still have that little pooch below my belly button and I need to work on my love-handles, but I feel myself getting stronger and hopefully Month 2 will show some more dramatic results.  (I'm giving up ALL candy for the next 4 weeks--no cheat days!)  

At least my booty looks a little raised with some squinting!!! haha

Some Motivation for Today

I found this on @BeFitMotivation Twitter page and wanted to share it.  #10 is very important. 

A little daily motivation...

I don't know about you, but whenever I can't decide whether or not I want to work out (often while I'm watching TV), I think about how all these actors and actresses in the TV shows and movies I watch have so much discipline.  You can think or say whatever you want about them having their own chefs and personal trainers, but do you really think that if they wanted a hamburger and a milkshake they couldn't get it!?

Then I remember Thirty Seconds to Mars' music video for "Hurricane" and I think--If I ever meet Jared Leto, I wanna be able to flash him my tattoos and not be afraid of what my abs look like, since he usually looks like this:

ONLY 2 MORE DAYS OF HIP-HOP ABS MONTH 1! YAY!

What program should I do after Hip-Hop Abs?

I posted a poll; please check out the infomercial links below and answer my poll--help me, help you!

Brazil Butt Lift

Insanity

21-Day Fix

Zumba Incredible Results System

T-25

Hip-Hop Abs Week 3 Calorie Burn!!

So I just completed week 3 of Hip-Hop Abs and, man, is it becoming a good booty workout!

Here are the weeks calorie burn results:
Day 15: Fat Burning Cardio + Ab Sculpt = 561 calories and 9 min of fat burn!
Day 16: Total Body Burn = 421 calories and 4 min of fat burn
Day 17: Fat Burning Cardio + Hips, Buns, & Thighs = 574 calories and 6 min of fat burn
Day 18: Fat Burning Cardio + Ab Sculpt = 528 calories and 9 min of fat burn!
Day 19: Total Body Burn = 421 calories and 3 min of fat burn
Day 20: Ab Sculpt = 259 calories and 1 min of fat burn
Day 21: Rest

Today starts the last week of Month 1!!

Supernatural Humor

A good friend of mine and I are obsessed with Supernatural and we love working out, so this was our motivation one day; I wanted to share it with the rest of my fellow Dean & Sam lovers...Crowley, too!