Day One and Two: 4.20.15 and 4.21.15 GETTING BACK ON TRACK

The past few months have been tumultuous for me and I have gotten off track with my fitness and health.  Right before Christmas of 2014 I almost had a 6 pack and my size 6 pants were practically falling off of me.  This morning my size 6 dress pants are fitting just right and maybe even a wee bit snug.  Let's just say that there isn't too much wiggle room and if I don't get control of myself now it won't be long before I have to move up in sizes.  I have worked too hard over the past year to let that happen so I have finally got myself ready to get back on track.

I know I have said for the past month or so that I was going to start Focus T25 from the beginning but each time that I would start something would come up and I would use that as an excuse to stop again.  Don't get me wrong I was still working out maybe twice a week but that was just little enough to not make a difference.  And let's face it, no amount of working out (especially only two times per week) can be effective if you are putting just crap in your mouth all day long.  I have decided that the only way for me to get back on track and to stay there is to mimic the behavior that I had success with which is blogging.  This blog, although not read by many, is my therapy.  Why I ever got away from blogging is beyond me but this time I am going to try to keep up with it and not let anything distract me... in other words FOCUS!

For those of you that may be reading this now and followed my journey before I am sorry if I have let you down.  Sometimes life can be draining and low self-esteem and bad habits can creep up on you and before you know it you are right back to where you started from.  Luckily for me I was able to get my head out of my ass before it was too late.  I can't tell you how good it feels to get up before the roosters and get my work out in so I am done for the day.  Not only is 25 minutes completely doable but it also gets my day started off right and I tend to make much better choices about my eating and drinking habits for the day.

Anyway,  I started Focus T25 from scratch yesterday and I have to say I forgot how much I love the workouts and how much I love Shaun T.  This time around I am definitely able to follow along without modifying which feels great.  Yesterday was day one and I did Cardio and today, day two, I did Speed 1.0.  Below are pics from my "before" for this round.  I also put the "before" pics from round 1 which I started in February of 2014.  I can't wait to see where I am 10 weeks from now!

If you want to join me on my journey just follow my blog or comment below.  I would love for you to let me know on my daily posts what you are doing to stay on track each day.  If you need any help or advice please just leave a comment, send me an email (tibelling@aol.com) or find me on Facebook (www.facebook.com/tinaballingerfitness).

Thanks for checking out my blog/post and have a great day!  More to come tomorrow :)