Nikki31104 Member

I like jumping jacks. I am in!!

Just like with everything else you do in life you have to be READY. And when you are ready you will know it. For years I wanted to quit smoking but I wasn't ready. Then one day I woke up and decided I was done. Just like that. I did the same thing with my weight loss. I had to be ready. And I was for over a year. Then the…

I will give it a shot. These are my enemy.

I am interested in joining. I want to be upfront though and let you know that I will be having surgery on January 6th so I will not be able to participate in the January challenge. But other than that I need help staying motivated and challenges have always done that for me.

These look painful but I am going to give them a try.

Finished. The front of my thighs hurt.

I am in. I will start right after dinner.

I think I am definitely going to feel those tomorrow.

I am in. Starting now.

Man those are a lot harder than I thought they were going to be. I got 2 and a half done right away. I will do more during the commercials of my favorite show.

I am going to give these a shot. I haven't done a challenge in a long time.

I am ALWAYS freezing. It was 67 degrees at work today and I had a sweater on, gloves (with the finger tips cut off so I can type), and a heating pad on my lap and I was still cold. Right now my feet are like ice. I do live in Minnesota but you would think I would be more used to it since I have been here my whole life.…

A piece of *kitten*. Apparently my ex didn't like that I was leaving him and taking the kids. When he found out he beat me. That was 11 years ago. It took me a long time and a great man to realize that I am an amazing person and he was the piece of *kitten*.

You can lose weight...you have already proven that...she can't lose stupid. Don't let her get you down. I had a similar situation though. I was wearing a nice outfit. My boyfriend and I had just gone out dancing. We were leaving the club and this guy looked me up and down then turned to his friend and said "dam shorty got…

I am definitely making this. My kids love Big Macs. If they don't eat this I am done cooking. :)

GRRRR still so frustrated that I can't exercise. I was doing so good with the 30 Day Shred. If I don't get good news from my doctor on Monday I might cry. You guys are all doing FANTASTIC by the way.

I have not done research on this so I am only going to tell you what my Neurologist told me...absolutely no aspartame. She said it has been linked to seizures and since I already have seizures lets not add that to it. I have no idea about any artificial sweetener that does not contain aspartame.

All weekend I was feeling pretty good. Little to zero pain. Now today I woke up in pain again. The 4 day recovery time that my surgeon gave me has turned into 11 plus days of recovery. I am getting pretty frustrated. I wanted to get back into my routine today but I don't know if that is such a good idea.

I am still here. I haven't given up. But I had surgery last Thursday and I have had more pain than I initially thought. Today is the first day that I have actually been able to move without thinking about it. I am hoping by this coming weekend I will be back to doing the 30 Day Shred. These last few days of just laying…

I was born in St Paul, spent my early childhood in Minong Wisconsin. Moved to South St Paul at 11 and have been in that general area since. Go Vikings? LOL.

Are we really at day 10 already??? That went so fast. I am really enjoying myself with you guys. I did day ten of level one 30 day shred. Tomorrow is my surgery. I won't be working out for a while but I will stay here for moral support.

I am going to take my rest day tomorrow. I will just swap the two days. I am having surgery tomorrow and I know I won't feel up to doing anything.

Done. Today was harder than yesterday that is for sure. I am also doing the 30 Day Shred and there are a lot of the same exercises in there. The only thing that isn't in there is the tricep dips. Those really hurt the front of my shoulders.

Day 9 of the 30 Day Shred done. I got my daughter to do it with me today. I think that makes it a little easier. And I could actually talk a little through the workout. I must be getting better.

I am really enjoying this challenge. It has really helped me kick my motivation back into gear. I am bummed that my surgery will take me out of commission for part of it but I will be back as soon as my body allows. I will still log in daily to offer you all my support. We will all achieve ULTIMATE HOTNESS by the holidays.

Bump. I am reading this on my Kindle and I can't see the pictures. I have to go look at it on my computer to see them.

I just finished level one day 8 of the 30 day shred. It is still early though so I will probably find something else to do before the day is over. I only have two more days of real activity before my surgery so I am trying to do as much as possible. I will continue to work on my arms after my surgery though.

All done. I did modified push ups today. They were easier but I still struggled.

I don't expect a problem with the dips but the push ups are a whole different story. I can get in ten "girly" push ups before I fall flat on my face.

I will be doing the 30 day shred in about ten minutes. I also joined the 30 day arm challenge that started today. I already finished today's challenge. It was easy. 5 pushups. 5 dips. 10 bicep curls. 10 second punches. I don't think I will be able to keep up with it by the end of the 30 days.