My P90X journey so far and another project in the works

So I bet you all have been wondering about P90X well lets just say that I really did love doing it and I did feel a difference but the biggest thing is there just wasn't enough time when me and my husband could do it together and that was one of the main reasons for me doing it in the first place. I would say that if it was something you could find time for every day then go for it though because it was fun and like I said I did notice a difference. But now on to bigger and better things!! I am feeling some big and not so big projects coming on, I am excited to think of all the different little things that I am wanting to do and I am hoping to get started on some things right away!! For starters, this week I have planned to work on my new Family Home Evening board that has been sitting for such a long time and I finally had an epiphany (if that is how you spell it) on what I wanted to do with the board. My plan is to have it done on Friday and be able to show you all what I came up with. Here's to hoping!! Here is what my board looks like as of today. So far I painted the frame white and sanded it down just a bit then I painted my magnet board orange, I next found some radiator cover at Home Depot to put over the magnet board and that my friends is where I got stuck...

the picture isn't the greatest but you get the idea. Stay tuned for the finished product!!

P90X week 1 complete

So it has been a week since me and Handyman started P90X and I have to say it wasn't what I expected. It is not as fast paced as I was thinking it was going to be but the moves are definitely a challenge. I have to be honest though we didn't complete every night. Our night schedule is crazy but that isn't an excuse so this week we will do better.  I have noticed a difference in my body, probably not anything that anybody else could see yet but I felt more tone. I think the funnest part though was working out with my man and encouraging each other, I love how supportive he is of everything I do! I am not going to post pictures this week but I will next week. I will say that my weight went down two pounds which is way exciting!!

Ab Ripper!!

We finished our first session of an ripper tonight. ..16 minutes of sheer pain.  Love it!

One of my new favorite treats!!

I have a new found love...my green smoothie! I was such a skeptic at first, I mean a green smoothie, it is green and it is full of spinach. I love spinach but in a smoothie? I finally decided to try it though and I am so glad I did. Not only is it good but it curbs my cravings for other snacks and it fills me up so I don't eat as much and it has good nutrients. I found the recipe on Pinterest at this link. I add greek Chobani yogurt to mine because I really like mine thick usually about a half a cup. I dare ya to try one and then let me know what you think.

Two days in...

Me and Handyman have done P90X for the last two nights, I don't think exercising at 10:00 at night is the best thing but unfortunately that is the only time we have found to do it:) The first night I was a little disappointed because we didn't "move" as much as I was expecting. It was a lot of balancing and more strength training stuff. It was a good work out though and don't think for one second that I was able to do all the reps he wanted us to or that I could do each move with perfect form...HA not even close but it will be fun to see in a couple of weeks if I am progressing. Last night there was more moving, more heart rate increase but again it was not graceful by any means. My body is very sore today though so it must be doing something. I am excited to see the results and hopefully by summertime my goal is to be more comfortable in a swimsuit ;)

P90X What??

Over the last 3 1/2 years I have been trying to find my body that once was before being married and having kids :) I have been pretty successful and feeling good about my progress. I love to run but I love to run outside so living in Utah at this time of year, running outside is not the easiest because of the cold weather and not the healthiest because of the inversion. I have been trying to find me another motivator or something different from my usual to kickstart the next step in this process. Well, I decided to go way outside what I am used to and thought it would be fun to give P90X a try so I enlisted the support of my sweet Handyman to do it with me. So we have taken BEFORE pictures and I will say this is probably one of the most uncomfortable posts for me because I am going to post those pictures which includes me in workout clothes, scary!! I will also be documenting our progress and how our workouts are going so you all can join us and so I have someone to answer to ;). So tonight we started by doing our fitness test in preparation for us starting the program. We had to do a series of exercises starting with pull ups, push ups, in and outs, wall sits, bicep curls, toe touch, vertical reach and then a heart rate maximizer. I will say right now after doing these few and little things I am scared and excited all at the same time to start this program and see what the results will be. So here it goes:)

Happy Valentines Day

Happy Valentines from our house. I hope you celebrated with the ones you love, I know I did. In our home it has become a tradition to have a candlelit dinner with the kiddos. It all started because mine and Handyman's anniversary is the first part of February so we always do a little get-a-way and dinner so Valentines has become a family holiday and the kids love it. Our tradition is for dinner making homemade pizza, the kids tried to make their crust into heart shapes this year, we make them together and add our favorite toppings which at our house is cheese for the kids and ham and pineapple for the adults :) After we got the pizzas made and in the oven we busted out the Just Dance 4. This has become a tradition as well. We divide up into two teams and we have a dance off. The winners get to go to Texas Road House while the losers stay home. Last year my team won and guess what, this year my team won again!! The table had been set ahead of time too. I didn't go into as much detail with the table because the rest of the day was such a busy day for me there just wasn't enough time. I spent the morning passing out PTA Valentines treats to the 850+ kids at my kids school and then helped out in Squeakers Kindergarten class with their party. Then I had to come home and work so our table setting  was very simple this year but I found that it didn't matter, we had just as much fun just being together. For our drink we had Love Potion which is Sprite, Raspberry Lemonade and Raspberry sorbet my kids like the drinks because of the glasses that they get to use. The evening was filled with fun, laughing, lots of stories and lots of dancing. We had another wonderful Valentines to help remind us what is most important in life-family.