Happy Frrrrrriday! You know when you have some weeks where you have everything down and its absolutely going your way? This was one of them! I got my workouts in, I managed to keep the house in (mostly) working order, and had a little energy to hang with the hubby and get out of the house and actually do something!

Method of making time work for working out:
I've committed to working out three days a week for now so I picked Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. These are the days that my blogs post so I have free time at night to get an hour of working out in.

What I'm doing:
I'm alternating between exercises found on the Tone It Up website and hitting the gym for some cardio. Running is difficult for me at this point because I have a pain in my tailbone which I'm assuming is from labor and delivery. The eliptical is a lower impact activity so I'm sticking to that for the time being.

How It's Going:
I really like the exercises and you can even download a printable and take it with you. When I workout at the gym, I have a copy of the exercises with me so I know what to do next. At home, I'll plug my laptop in and workout in front of it. Still trying to find our Google Chromecast so I can wireless-ly connect the internet.... I'm still having difficulty keeping up with some movements but I'm hanging in there! I did the Mermaid workout last week and MAN was I sore! I think I'll do it again as my Friday routine. I like to switch up the different areas so my body doesn't get used to doing the same exercises on the same days.

Nutrition:
 Since I don't follow the Tone It Up Guidelines, I just try to eat better. We make breakfast burritos at home so I'll have one of those in the morning and alternate with a smoothie on the days I don't workout. We try to keep plenty of fruit in the house as snacks (the hubby will go through 2 bunches of bananas on his own lol) and I'm trying to drink 2 of my 40oz. HydroFlask bottles of water a day.
I have broken down twice while out and bought a cookie at Starbucks...it's a habit i'm trying to break!

Fitness Fashion:
It's been over a year since I'd worked out last and the fitness fashion has totally changed since then! There are so many cute outfits/shoes/accessories out there that are budget-concious! Here are some of my favorites!

 I've been in a slight funk the past couple of weeks and I'm blaming the lack of working out in my life. Pre-baby, I was able to workout without much thought and after I had my little one, with nursing all the time to lack of sleep, working out became non-existent in my life. Nearly a year later, I've struggled with being able to workout whether it be due to lack of time, being tired or just being plain ol' lazy. A girlfriend of mine is getting married this year and had chosen me to be a bridesmaid. It didn't really sink in that I needed to get up and move my tush until I tried on my dress. It's just a little snug around the mid-section. Otherwise, looking in the mirror, my mid-section is rubbery, my legs have shrunk and so has my tush. SADFACE.

Now that baby is sleeping without nursing every 2-3-4 hours, the hubby suggested I dust off that gym membership and start up again.

The first week (last week), I primarily stuck to cardio and did some light free-weight work afterward. But after only a week, I became bored. So, I'm researching things to do.

Prior to this, I also haven't been eating the greatest. Weekly Friday baking of cookies, micro baking experiments... it all adds up!

The last few days, I've been doing exercises with Tone It Up, a lifestyle plan created by two super cute trainers. I'm still in the beginning stages and haven't committed to purchasing it but am really liking the workouts they do. They have a program that you can buy into that gives you a full nutrition plan, grocery list and workout plan and their social media community is super supportive. They post weekly workouts in video or a downloadable .pdf. If I'm working out at home, I just plug in my computer and do it that way or if I go to the gym (like today), I print out the pdf and take it with me.

Here is what I'm doing today! (Courtesy of Tone It Up)


I hope to do a Friday check-in here and post my progress from everything to exercising to what I eat to how I feel.

Here's to getting my booty back!