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Whoops, just posted in last weeks thread!  Let's try again in the right place :)

I didn't work out all last week either (or the two weeks before that: ugh.)  I had to stop doing the insanity because of my back.  :(  Today I'm back on the bandwagon though, diet included (last week was UGLY, diet-wise.)

I did an on-demand cardio workout today.  After doing all the hardcore stuff I've been doing, these on demand workouts are not very challenging.  I'm kind of at a loss.  Apparently my fitness level is beyond what my body is capable of doing without my back hurting, you know?  It's a frustrating place to be. I did the treadmill yesterday, maybe I'll do that again tommorrow.  

My landlady is a personal trainer for this slow weight lifting method, has anyone heard of it?  I guess there's special gyms for it.  Anyway, she offered to train me at a greatly reduced rate for the wedding!  So I'm gonna try that starting next week, along with some easier cardio morning routines for fat burning.

We shall see how it goes! 

No workouts for the past two weeks (except for moving and shoveling. I can count those, right :) Diet was horrible! As of yestserday I am trying my hardest to be good again and lay off the junk food. I gave the guy who installed our internet yesterday two cupcakes just to get rid of them, haha.

For Christmas I got NMTZ so I plan to try it out today. Wish me luck!

I posted on last weeks too, so I'll just transfer it over here (nothing spectacular though):

Yeah, so last week was a total fail...I'm determined to get back into my groove this week though!

And can I just say I'm so thankful I workout in my basement and not in a gym because all the gyms are going to be mob scenes the next few weeks with people starting their new years resolutions!

Okay, so I haven't worked out in like 2 weeks...before that I was going strong for a while....how do you all get back to it after a slump?  I'm not feeling motivated right now (especially since I have to go grocery shopping and at least start my laundry tonight) but I know I have to start up again because the longer I go without a good workout the harder it will be to start again...

I just keep thinking about my dress fitting, which is a mere 4 to 6 weeks away.  That, and staring at pictures of me in my dress with my back fat hanging out everywhere.

It doesn't help with the motivation that I already am the size I want to be and on top of that Weight Watchers is threatening to kick me out if I don't stop losing weight because I already got to goal (I'm not trying to lose weight anymore, I just can't eat anymore).

I do want to get more toned though, so I need to work out.  And I probably shouldn't have just eaten that pack of Twizzlers (yes - 7 points in one pack of twizzlers) but in the back of my mind I'm thinking "weight watchers will kick me out if I don't gain 2 pounds, so why shouldn't I sit on my butt all day and eat Twizzlers?"

Mleh....I'm just so not into it right now.  I blame the lack of sunshine...

@stephanie63087: That's so much work though...how on Earth was I so dedicated to working out 5 or 6 times a week for like a month?  Now I can't bring myself to workout at all...maybe I need a new DVD...or new sneakers...(I just like shopping, lol)

Oh yeah, you can TOTALLY gain weight on P90x..

Hahaha...I may not actually have to gain any more after Christmas...I ate with reckless abandon knowing that I had to gain weight...

I did it....I got my butt off the couch and into the basement to workout.  I only did the Shred level 2, but that is better then nothing!

I think what's helping me get stuff done this evening is I didn't even sit down when I got home, I just got right into what I needed to do (laundry, grocery shopping, working out...now I'll eat dinner, shower, finish up the laundry).  If I had gotten home and plopped down on the couch I'd be lucky if I got myself to the grocery store, nevermind exercising and doing chores!

Tomorrow I'll do strength training...I'm thinking either kettlebells or my Jari Love DVD.

If during the day tomorrow I start posting that I'm losing motivation (already) remind me that I really do feel better when I work out, and I wanna look super hot for my New Years Eve party this weekend lol!

So the last time (before last night) that I had worked out was Friday December 17 (I did a spin class) and I feel like I'm already out of shape!  But let me tell you, I slept like a BABY last night.  It was amazing.  I just have to get back into my exercise groove...mainly because I don't want to lose the six pack that has begun shining through hahahahahah.

PS - I've decided Jillian Michael's has THE BEST oblique exercises around.  Even my personal trainer friend is impressed with my obliques...they could break things!

@cherrycoke: No specific DVD but in her No More Trouble Zones DVD there's a killer ab circuit, and I'm pretty sure she does "plank twists" which are hardcore obliques in every level of the 30 day shred.

@cherrycoke: I agree that breaking a sweat always makes me feel better too!

And considering I just went off the deep end for lunch (chicken fingers and french fries, yumm yumm yumm) I'm definitely going to have to break a sweat tonight!  I think the afternoon is the worst for me.  After lunch, at work, don't want to be at work, so I start to get drowsy, then I start thinking about what I have to do after work and the idea of exercising makes me want to kill things because all I really want to do is cuddle with my dog and take a nap...I think that's why I do better if I don't even sit down when I get home from work...sitting leads to cuddling, and cuddling leads to sleeping, and sleeping leads to not getting anything done!

My mantra this afternoon is "I want to look hot for my New Years Eve Part, I want to look hot for my New Years Eve Party, I want..."

Got up at quarter to six again today and hopped on the treadmill!  Yay me!  Unfortuantely, the treadmill is rather loud so I can't hear the TV unless I blast it, which FI doesn't really appreciate at 6 a.m (although he'll suffer through it gladly if it means not listening to me bitch about not being able to work out because of my stupid back.)  I can't run with my glasses on and it's too early for contacts so muting the TV and reading the closed captioning doesn't work, which basically means I'm staring at the readout on the treadmill the entire time.  You know how LONG 35 minutes is when you're running and just staring at the time go by?  Excrutiatingly long. 

Gonna seek out another on-demand video for tomorrow morning, then try to come up with alternative treadmill accomodations for Thursday morning.