Mary Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow?

It's sprouting!  Jacinta and I planted carrots, squash, cantaloupe, tomatoes, radishes and asparagus a few weeks ago. (Ignore the ugly grass for now)

Fitness is my sport

I LOVE THIS VIDEO!

Beautiful ...

My trainer is moving on Friday. (I have mentioned this before.)  This morning before work was my final training session with him.  He has become so much more than a trainer for me.  He is a motivator, a life changer and most of all, he and his family have become a part of my family.  I have changed so much since I had my very first session on Sept. 7, 2011.  I am so sad so see him leave, but I am also so happy for him and so grateful to have had the chance to know him.

Before I started training like this, I thought slow jogging, some zumba on DVD in the privacy of my home, and some weight training with 5-10 pound hand weights was the max of my capabilities.  More than the workout side, I thought that beautiful meant, being in heels, dressed up, full face of make-up, hair done perfectly.  I also thought that being beautiful meant I had to be rail thin like I used to be.  I totally see it so differently now.  

I ran the jailbreak this weekend with some old friends.  I have known these friends since before my kids were born -- at least 12 years.  These friends knew me when I was thin, and have seen me go up, go down, jog some half marathons, have some babies, work at losing weight -- all of it.  It was so much fun to do this race and be able to climb, slide, jog, lift, crawl, and hurdle our way together through the course.  These women are so beautiful and so inspiring.  I have also been through 18 weeks of bootcamp with amazing women.  And while ALL these women look beautiful all "decked out", they are also so beautiful every day.  Beauty to me is so much more now.  We're are all gorgeous when we're all sweaty and we've just ran a couple of miles. We're beautiful after bench pressing 115 pounds 27 times, or doing 65-80 situps in 2 minutes, leg pressing 340 pounds (We had a bootcamp fitness test last night and I had a 1on1 fitness test today for training.).  When i'm at the gym, or outside after a workout -- my hair is a mess, i'm all sweaty, my face is super red, I have dirt on my clothes from crawling or lifting and pushing stuff around -- I feel so strong and i feel beautiful.  This to me is now beautiful:

Next Level - Jenn, (Kevin), Me, and Sandy

Sarah & Me

   Me, Amy, and Drayyah - after the jailbreak.

BTW, here are the results of my fitness test today:

1.  1.5 miles: 14.48 minutes  (1.3 miles in 20 minutes on Day 1 - 9/7/2011)

2 . 1 minute timed test (sit-ups): 40  (19 on day 1)

3.  1 minute timed test (pushups): 45 (20 -modified knee push-ups Day 1)

4.  max i can leg press once: 340lbs (240 lbs day 1)

5.  Max I can bench press once: 150lbs (105 lbs day 1)

6. Chest measurement: 40 

7. waist measurement: 38

8. Hips measurement: 43.5

9. Arm measurement: 12.5

10. Thigh measurement: 24

Here are last nights:

100 yd sprint: 17.98 (20.1 6 weeks ago)

2 minute situps 68 (52 last time)

broad jump 65.75 inches (64.25)

bench press 115 max times: 27 (22 last time)

flex arm hang 3 seconds lol (2 last time)

i can't remember what else we did, but increased in every category ... :)