Challenge Accepted!

So this is my introduction blog. Just a little about myself, my goals and how I felt before and after the first day :)

My name is Michelle White. I recently had a baby about three months ago. She is amazing and the most adorable little girl I've ever seen. Her name is Kailee Sage White. Before I had her I was trying to work out and get back into shape. I worked out for a month, at least 4 or 5 days a week with no results that I could see. I then broke my toe on my husband's shin while he was trying to dunk me in the hot springs. Needless to say that set me way back. But as soon as my toe was healed I was up and working out again.. after a few weeks I started to feel "funny". Then funny turned to being sick...so we decided to take a test and see if I was pregnant. Sure enough I was definitely pregnant. ha-ha. O boy, or girl I guess is what she was. She was definitely a surprise and then I needed to decide whether or not to continue with school and hope I could handle finishing off. We found out in March that we were pregnant. So I had the summer to prepare. I had planned to continue to work out throughout the pregnancy. But surprise surprise! I got so ridiculously sick that I couldn't even move off the couch without throwing up. I was literally sick the whole pregnancy except the last month. But I was determined to get my last semester of classes finished off before she came. I was able to successfully finish my classes a few weeks before the semester ended and she came on her due date. I regained so much energy right after she was born that I wanted nothing else to do than go from a run! And I am not a huge runner. I actually would dream about working out. But the doctor said I needed to heal first. After Christmas break I started my student teaching so I could just be done with school. Kailee was about 6 weeks old.

I finally got the go ahead from my doctor that I was good to go on working out and returning to my regular lifestyle. So I started to workout. But I guess sitting for 9 months does the body no good and my first workout killed me! My brother cussed me out saying that I needed to start easy and work into it. But I was ready to get back to where I had been before the pregnancy (which really wasn't all that impressive. But it was a start) So I continued to work out when I could until I got the email through CacheDailyDeals. I about just deleted it. But then I got curious and decided to look into it. The more I read the more excited I got. This was exactly what I was looking for. Something that would give me no excuses, someone to provide me with the keys I needed to be effective in my workout, and someone there to provide me encouragement and help along the way. So I discussed it with my husband and decided why not add one more thing to my crazy life. LOL. Now I would be doing student teaching, caring for an infant AND an intense life changing workout...challenge accepted :) So I called, got more information and signed up.

THE FIRST MEETING

Excited and scared all at the same time I went into the meeting and stood in line to pay. The whole time standing there I just kept thinking, "okay this is it. No turning back. You can do this." But then there was the other side that I was fighting against that. "You haven't paid! Just leave! You can't handle this! You should be with your baby! You're a slacking mother!"...Well I obviously pushed through that and knew that it would be best for my health to do this and get to where I wanted to be so I could be there and play with my baby when she was crawling and running around. So I went into the gym with all the fancy equipment that I had actually used before in the ICON gym but I didn't know how to use it all effectively or what benefits it would provide. Here is where we met the Master Coaches. Jeremy was the one that stood out most to me because he was the one explaining about everything. He cleared up concerns and provided us with thanks and praise before we had even worked out. Which for me really helped. They all showed genuine concern for every person there and 100% faith in the program and 100% faith in us. Which was what I was lacking. When I left there I knew that I could do it. Anyone can do something for 90 days right? (I like to say 90 days because it seems shorter than 3 months lol)

THE FIRST WORKOUT

Holy cow! I got there and was thinking okay I got this. I've been working out a bit and should be good... negative! After the warm up I was already getting light headed and foggy. But I continued to push through. Bikes, burpies, V-sit, Incline trainers, RIP60, repeat. I had to sit down a couple times because if I didn't I am pretty sure I would have passed out. As I sat wondering what was wrong with me I finally figured out that I probably hadn't eaten enough. Because I was sure on a regular day I could have handled it. I spoke with Jeremy after about how I was nursing and how I was told to just try the regular diet but he told me to up my calorie intake to be able to keep my energy up. (I'm not going to complain about that :) ) Throughout the whole work out we all had constant feedback and on how well we were doing and how amazing we were for being there doing all of these things. It was very helpful for me. As I was walking out to my car it felt like my body was going to explode! But it felt good because I knew I had put my best effort in, especially for wanted to pass out the whole time. I got home, made dinner, ate and went to bed. I was so exhausted. Thankfully I did not have to teach today (Tuesday March 6th) so I was able to sleep a little more than usually. As I move I can tell that I'm going to be sore by tonight. But that is good because it means it's working :)

MY GOALS

I am not trying to find an excuse or cop out from the workouts because I was about to pass out. I can honestly say I put my best effort in last night and still did most of the workout. I expect results and I know that the amount of results is dependent on my dedication and effort. I will put 110% effort into my nutrition and my exercising to reach my goals. I will lose at least 15 pounds by the end of these 90 days. I would LOVE to lose more but I am setting my goal at a reasonable healthy expectation.

So that is a little about me, my road and where I know I will end up in the next few months.

BRING IT ON!