Celebrating weight loss, a promotion, and a birthday!

If something brings tears to my eyes it's a BIG deal so we'll start with that.. I went into the Asylum wanting to get back into the middle of the 120's like far enough in that I am not 129.2 today and 130.4 tomorrow..  I've been doing the Asylum for about 3 weeks and I stepped on the scale for the first time this morning.. I could NOT believe my eyes so I stepped off, took out the battery, replaced the battery, and stepped back on.. WHAT THE HECK?! I ran, grabbed my camera (shut up I know I'm a dork) and stepped back on the scale, and still this is what I saw...........

James found out he was getting a promotion last August but he's kinda been in limbo waiting for a spot to open up and we found out on Friday that a spot is available. We will be packing up and leaving Kentucky very soon. Anyone who knows me knows that I am a KENTUCKY girl so this is a huge step for me. This promotion is huge for our family though so I am on board. Columbus, GA here we come!

Today was also Kaylee's 3rd birthday party. I cannot believe it has been 3 years since we brought home this precious little girl. 

Asylum Before Pictures

I know my body changed so much during Insanity and I'm hoping I see some major changes with the Asylum as well!

The most important thing I want to do in Asylum is get rid of those hips! I wouldn't mind growing a booty too but since that's probably not going to happen I'll settle for sayin' goodbye to the love handles :).

Bicep: I definitely want this to get more defined.. P90x and Insanity was pretty good to that though! PS. I still feel like the biggest goober taking/posting this picture. 

Cherry red and sweaty is how to get there I guess. Unfortunately I don't think the Asylum or any other workout program is going to help me out with those chipmunk cheeks :).

The Asylum and a recipe

I was supposed to "officially" start The Asylum (the sequel to Insanity which I've been doing since the end of January) yesterday but since it was the 4th of July I decided to wait until today. I LOVED Insanity and even though I probably lost less than 10 lbs doing Insanity I know I lost a TON of inches because I look good in my skinniest skinny jeans and that's what's important! My scale knows how bad I long to see the 12-something and it teases me with 130.6, 130.2, 130.0 but never that 129.9 that I need to see. I measured yesterday I did waist, hips, arms, and thighs.. I would like to see the biggest loss in my hips I never thought I would say that because I've never had big hips I've always been more banana shape than anything but Insanity, P90x, and Turbo Fire has done some AMAZING things for my waist (25"!!!) so now it's more hourglass so I'm not used to my hips being so......... out there?? The bad thing now is with my body fat percentage being so low and my BMI being so low I have to fight for every single pound and inch. My calorie burn and recovery is crazy! I remember when I started Insanity burning 1000 calories in a workout.. That will probably never happen again unless I do three workouts in a day!

The Asylum workout is just like an Asylum in real life, only crazy people will go there and everyone on the outside knows the people in the Asylum are CRAZY! Today was Speed and Agility and I was beginning to think I was going to have to dial 911! Shaun T says the work doesn't start until you're tired well that's awesome because I was tired after the warm up!! After the 40-something minutes though I felt AMAZING! I seriously sing Shaun T's praises to everyone I know because that man is a genius! All I want to know is how do girls go to the gym with their hair fixed, makeup on, and come out looking fine and I look like this after every single workout?

Today I did find a recipe that is in the freezer and it's going to be my reward later for all this hard work!! Oh and it's 32 calories! I got the recipe here. Let me tell you I am so OBSESSED with her blog! I've made so many things that she posted but these might be my favorite!

Pineapples, strawberries, kiwi, and watermelon

In a popcicle mold or cups with a popcicle stick fill with fruit and add a tablespoon of pineapple or orange juice.

Freeze for a few hours until firm.

I cannot wait to have one of these later! The kids have been asking about them since they went into the freezer!