Seven Day Cleanse

After my accidental cleanse from food poisoning a couple of weeks ago I've been thinking about doing an actual cleanse to get a jump start on getting rid of some of the excess toxins and junk I just know my body is storing. While I've been feeling very guilty about not exercising, I think it may actually be a perfect time to try a liquid cleanse of some sort to try to get my body balanced and restore some of the energy I'm missing. While my body is resting (aka sitting around in front of the tv not going to yoga or kickboxing) I can purify and detox. Surprisingly, the fast that looks the best to me I found here on Goop which is Gwyneth Paltrow's blog. It's very natural and doesn't require any expensive special potions and I think I still have my juicer somewhere in the kitchen so I may give it a try this week and see what happens. I'm scared the cleanse itself will not be pretty, but am hoping it'll put me on the right track for getting rid of some of this pig fat.

Melita and Kate Sweat for 8 - Update

yes, we're still working out and sweating it out...

here we are after an intense cardio kickboxing class this week. hot!

goals

so Melita got me thinking about this whole fitness regime and goals. When we decided we were going to workout like maniacs (well that is how it sounded to me), I was like 'cool! ' but now that she's posting her goals and stuff I realised I don't have any goals for the whole working out thing - so I thought long and hard and here it is...

my goal is to get a body like Jennifer Anniston :)

Sweaty disaster

Today I tried spin class for the first time in my desperate attempt to get rid of the lard and am now a sad, sweaty heap trying not to get my laptop wet. As I type this message I would like to let anyone who thinks they can handle Mike's 5:30pm spin class that they would be dead wrong. As a matter of fact, today was disco day which means we spin for the entire class with the energy and drive of actual 70's disco fiends on a coke fueled disco mad dance tour, only we're on bikes and we don't get any coke. Next time I take this class it will be with a pair of thick Charmin padded pants to guard my bottom from chafing. Curse the chafing.

Down 2.4 pounds this morning

Hoorah! This morning after 2 pees, taking off my jammies (and hair-tie), and carefully balancing on the edge of the scale I weighed in to see if there were any results from the fitness regime. Frightened, yet hopeful, I perched at the back end where I weigh less and was thrilled to see I have lost 2.4 pounds since last week. I'm super motivated by this progress and am very excited about tonight's exercise class! If this keeps up it'll only be another 36 weeks or so before I get to my goal weight! Next week we'll post our measurements so we can see our progress.

I think it's working

it's been about 2 weeks now since Melita and I started our workout regime and I think I am starting to see results already - we'll see what happens at cardio kickboxing tonight

Melita and Kate Sweat for 8 (weeks)

Starting two weeks ago Kate and I signed on for an 8 week long fitness program. Enthusiasm was high, intentions were good and we have spent the last two weeks with red faces, feebly kicking our legs to the beat, and soaking up the sweat from the legions of strangers who have lain on the gym mats before us. I realized today, as I hoisted the "gunt" portion of my stomach out of the way in order to get to my toes during yoga, that I have a very long road ahead of me to get to my fitness goals. I'm hopeful we'll be able to post some "before" and "after" pictures once this program is over.