Day 18

Summary of Yesterday:
It was a "day off" to remember. I wish we could do that every day. We took the dogs for (roughly) a 3 mile jog with the hills that you find so often in san marcos. It felt really good and we came running back in on the last stretch. We should do it more often because I got to run ahead with Paisly cause she liked being in the front and I told Whitney I feel pretty when I run with Paisly because she is the best arm candy haha. (Charlie and Captain are beautiful too though) After the jog we did a 45 min. Jillian cardio video. It is really nice to see Jillian do the moves (we've been doing burpies wrong haha) but since we're starting over back at Day 1 when we finish then we'll know what we're doing a little bit better. I was sweating so much during that work out that my shirt was soaking wet with sweat so I had to take it off. That was motivational because Jillian and the two girls in her video have RIPPED abs and i still have my little layer of girl fat still on top of mine. It's like I can see them under there but I just need to keep pushing myself harder and harder. That spark people quote is so true with fitness you can always strive for more and it never ends cause you can always be stronger. I love this new lifestyle and it's gotten to be that working out really does make me feel beautiful. After the work out we went and showered up and then got Lindsey pretty far through her Day 12 of Jillian's work out, but had to leave early to go play softball. (I'll give details on what I thought of the Plucker's softball team later) Whitney and I have our legit Day 18 work out. It'll be a late night because Whitney's working till late and I'll be studying till late. I would do my usual work out summary but since we left early I let Lindsey keep my book to finish up on her own. It'll be a surprise for both of us today.
Mom: I didn't get to watch the show but Jillian emails me a summary so I was shocked to hear about the tequila shots and fried food all the contestants had. You'd think that being on national TV, on a show about losing weight, with a personal trainer, and the goal of winning 100,000 dollars you would take your luxery prize and enjoy relaxing while being healthy NOT binging out on fattening food and alocohol. I understand the pressure of temptation but damn that's pretty bad! I know it's really hard to keep up with this without a support system so thats why I love the blog! Even if I don't get to work out with Whitney for a while (spring break for four days!) i'll be okay because I've decided that I'm going to wake up before all the other girls do and go jogging every morning (hopefully) At least two mornings haha. Whitney is just going to do the TV Jillian work outs until I get back and we're going to pick up where we left off. I really think that you could handle a Jillian work out too mom because it's not a lot of work on your joints and you're just using your body and nothing else to work out. I see much heavier people on the biggest loser doing some tough stuff and I saw you do those bench dips on the body ball so I'm gunna go ahead and say with confidence that you could (and should sometime) do one of her TV work outs with us. We can just remember the moves and come to Austin and do a 45 min. work out together just the girls. It'll be great!
Whitney:
Ready for Day 18? I leave for Padre in 3 days so I'm feeling the pressure to be extra good. Especially cause Jenna looks like a short swim suit model and Megan just informed me that shes going to starve herself for the next 3 days! I swear my friends are always keeping me on my toes. Constant competition who can look better in a swim suit? I know that'll be kept up this summer too so lets really stick with this okay? I can't wait to use the camera to take tons of awesome cute sister pictures together!
Today:
It's early still but so far so good. I woke up at 9:00a.m. and had an awesome low-cal egg whites, butter spray (0 sodium, 0 calories, 0 carbs), reg and green bell pepper, low-fat cheese, and 2 tbl of salsa (10 calories) It was awesome! I'm going to have lunch at about 1:00pm and to save time I'm just going to have a 1 cup of Special K strawberry cereal and some yogurt (making lunch about 300 calories) and for dinner I'm going to have the rest of my celery and the last of my low-fat cottage cheese (about 100 calories)
Here is Jillians Tip of the day:
Stay on the Wagon When it comes to losing weight, there's almost nothing that will set you back further and faster than the old bender. My Black Team learned that the hard way this week, when their 24 hours of luxury ended with tequila shots and a huge binge…and needless to say resulted in some disappointment at the weigh-in. Alcohol not only clouds your judgment (Exhibit A: Filipe and his chicken fingers and fries), but it also dramatically slows down the rate at which your body burns fat. If you're serious about losing weight, lay off the alcohol! If you must partake, limit yourself to one glass of wine (preferably organic!) a day, and work it into your daily calorie total.

-Mopeah!