Goodbye 2018!

Crazy to believe that 2018 is almost over. I'm ready to move forward to 2019 for sure, but moving forward always makes me nervous. Some big things happened in 2018: I turned 30, which was a huge and kind of scary milestone for me, I really struggled with some dark depression there for a few months, the house caught on fire, and I spent the half half of the year living in a hotel (which I'm still at; more on that later). The idea of turning 31 is just as startling as turning 30, and hotel life is still kind of difficult for me to get used to. I'm not here on vacation!! But some days, it sure feels that way, especially with so many vacation days that happen at the end of November and around Christmastime. All the baking and iffy eating has caught up to me. While I was gaining weight according to the scale, my clothes fit the same, and I could see positive changes in the mirror. I got some of my clothes back and a couple pairs of pants are really difficult to button. Others still fit well. I'm not sure what's going on. I'm trying to remember if some of these pants were tighter before, but to be honest to myself, even if these clothes were tighter before I know that my nutrition has not been that great. It's a work in progress. I'm making sure to try and clean it up a little (now that Christmas is over, I'm hoping that will be easier, but being out of your home and having limited fridge and freezer space makes it all way more difficult than I thought it would!) and I'm confident that even if I can't get the weight off, I can at least get my body back to where I was! We were moved to a different place in the hotel; we're now in a two bedroom, two bathroom suite. So the whole family is together (previously we were spread between two rooms) and the living room area is large enough that I can do Body Shred without any space issues! In our previous room, I had about a 3.5ft by 6ft space to do it. I made it work, but this is much easier! I'm on the second week of workouts 3-4, and I move to 5-6 tomorrow. Workouts 3 and 4 are really tough! Burpee and planks galore. I'll give a good review on them soon.

I'm not sure if there is anyone who actually reads this, but the idea that someone may be reading makes me happy. The idea that I may inspire someone to do their best when they've been faced with a big tragedy or adversary (such as a house fire) is exciting too. I just want to inspire others this year! I want everyone to know that they CAN do it. If anything, I have confidence in you.

Entering Body Shred

Hi everyone! Hotel life is going all right. I could get used to having breakfast cooked for me every morning. ;) That makes it hard in a way though, it's so easy to pick the wrong choices OR eat too much. Would it be weird to take my own measuring cups down to where breakfast is served to get the right portion size? Yeah, didn't think so! I'm trying my best to make healthy options. Being stuck in a hotel without knowing if you'll be moved to another hotel or moving to another more permanent, yet still temporary home makes it difficult to really make plans, work out a schedule, and even just liven up your room. Christmas is 15 days away, but I've not done much about it, except bake. A lot. Chocolate and peanut butter fudge, cookies, brownies... the sweets seem endless! I'm really struggling with eating healthy right now. I can't say I would struggle like this as much at home, but I don't know. At home, I can at least go to another room or do something. Here I'm a little stuck.

Current workout is Body Shred! I started yesterday after inquiring in a Jillian Michaels group on Facebook how much space one really needs for it. I thought why not!? I was looking into some BeachBody workouts such as LIIFT4, Core De Force, or even 80 Day Obsession. 80 Day Obsession says you need a 6x6 space. I have about a 4ish by 6ish space. I noticed a lot of the workouts for Beach Body are longer, but have a few minutes where each move is explained. In some moves I'm grateful fo that, but in others I've done it so many times I don't need an explanation. I'm hooking my laptop up to the tv and playing workouts through a flash drive as it's all I have right now, and it's difficult to fast forward. I'm familiar with Jillian so I thought, why not? Body Shred always intimidated me, but I've got the first two days done and tomorrow is the cardio day. So far I enjoy it a LOT. Phew! It's Jillian's classic 3-2-1 style that 30 Day Shred and Ripped In 30 has, but in a group setting like Body Rev. And some of my favorites are back! Kenta, Jamie, Omar (!!) and more! So that's cool. Like I said, only in week 1, just started yesterday. Hopefully I'm not biting off more than I can chew!