Day 19: Core

I swear, I started out saying this was for me, but the more I do it, the more I see results, the more it the reason is for Zach. I'm looking better, feeling better, and it's kinda fun to get chased around the house.

CORE! I love this one. I swear, I could do this series all the time. When I first started PiYo, I always forgot to pull in the ab muscles, so I didn't feel it as much. Once I started pulling those in, I started feeling the work more, and I can still feel it when I'm done. It always kills me once I get done, too, how I lounged in bed, internally whining about how I didn't want to get up and work out. There's something we all need to remember about that inner voice that whines and tells us we can't, etc. - it's a liar. That little voice is like every politician in existence - if its lips are moving, its talking a bunch of crap. I'll give ya a chart - print it off and put it in your bathroom, bedroom, or anywhere in the house you may need it:

This bad boy is on the back of my bathroom mirror, as well as this one: 

This week is week 4 for me. I've seen changes in my clothes, but I couldn't tell a difference while standing in the shower. I still can't entirely, but it's getting better. My husband says he noticed a difference, but he's been gone the last 2 weeks and then some, so I'm thinking his memory is off. Then there's mom, who says I look fine and need to stop. The thing is, though, she's only seeing me in my clothes, and as I sit here in my workout gear, bare belly exposed to the world, I know I'm not done yet - and no, I don't have any eating disorders or see myself as a fat blob, because I'm not one. I'm trying - nearly 4 years after our wedding day - to take off those ten pounds I gained right after we got married. I made poor choices, and now I have to account for those and fix what I screwed up. 

If I can do it, you can!