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Operation Bathing Suit Ready: Week 6

I did it - joined Weight Watchers online.  (Thanks to Melissa!) For a week, I looked at the box of yummy WW muffins and chocolate snacks and felt guilty about not signing up.  But I did it finally and I am sure I will be stoked.  They suggest that a reasonable goal should be 10% of your body weightm - yup that is 17 pounds.  Geeez, doesn't that sound like alot?  That's what happens when you eat brownies in bed.

The exercising has been off and on lately - that whole work thing has a way of gettin' in the way - ugh!  (Excuse #112)  My Uber personal trainer Danielle, introduced Russian Kettle bells to the routine.  Yes, they ARE as awful as they sound.  But they promise big results.  According to Pavel, the kettle bell master, "Kettlebells melt fat without the dishonor of dieting or aerobics. " 

What is that you say, without the "dishonor or dieting" hell yeah I'm in!  What I won't have to try to embarrass myself trying to keep up with the "coordinated folks"?  The results so far - I am freakin' SORE!!   and I want a brownie:) 

Bathing Suit catalogs keep appearing in my mailbox - is this supposed to be insprirational? or a cruel joke??? 

Week 4: Operation Bathing Suit Ready

This week has been a bear with deadlines for work, but somehow I have been able to squeeze in three workouts - a session with Danielle (my trainer), a step class I haven't been to in 6 months and a spin class.  While I am proud of myself for adding an extra workout, I am freakin SORE!  There was a reason that I ditched that class - oh how quickly I forget.  Ugh!

I still need to work on eating - though I switched  from my usual full fat hazelnut latte to a skinny vanilla latte at Starbucks earlier this week - that has got to count for something.

But on the bright side, I bought my first bathing suit of the summer - a simple black one piece by Speedo.  I picked it up at Costco and low and behold it fit.  It's not a cute bikini quite yet, but it will do for laps in the pool and should hold up well with over chlorinated water at the YMCA. 

Most exciting thus far, I can feel muscles beginning to form when I do situps.   By golly, I do have a six pack - it's just hidden underneath a couple of inches post baby fat!  There is hope yet. 

Week 2: Operation Bathing Suit Ready

I had some great news on the road to hot bikini babe status.

I've been working out with a personal trainer twice a week for a few months now.  I've traded my one luxury, a monthly full body massage for the "pleasure" of grueling workouts with Danielle:) ( I'll post more about how super fantastic she is another day!)  Good news though is after a two months since the last time we measured me - I have great news to report. I have lost about 1/2 an inch everywhere - some parts a bit more.  Since I started I've lost about 2 inches in my waist and hips.  Oh yeah!  I was thinking those jeans were a little looser.  Hmmm...  seemed to me that celebrating with a piece o' cake and easter candy were in tall order!  and NO I didn't feel bad about it. 

On another note, my workout partner, is also seeing big results - so much so that she has been offering up free grabs at her A*&!    Now, that is a sign of REAL progress - sure go on "feel my butt"! She has worked out hard and certainly deserves all of our love and admiration!   All those lunges, spinning on the bike and Romanian dead lifts are beginning to pay off.

I'm not there quite yet, but when I am - look out!  I am sure the last time I showed ANYONE my bottom willingly was when I was two - long over due:)   No on to working on the diet...  anyone have some tips on this front?