Body After Baby : Shreddin' It

We've been doing The Shred as part of the Body After Baby Challenge.

I've not been feeling the whole working out thing.

While I was at Walmart, I found Shred It with Weights. 

Cool right, cause I have two kettlebells and all.

Day 1: Level 1, 15 lb Kettlebell. Ouch. 15 Minutes.
Day 2: Rest. Birthday Party.
Day 3: Played Just Dance for about an hour.
Day 4: Did some Kettlebell swings and some squats. Nothing Formal.
Day 5: Level 1, 10 lb Kettlebell. 20-ish minutes.

I need to get my butt in gear here.

I have decided that I am not worried about losing any more weight or body fat. Pretty sure that is all good for now. This morning, I weighed in at 143.4 and my body fat was 21%. I need to move on to being able to maintain this weight and build muscle -- and let my body catch up to me.

I was shooting for an "athletic body" and think I am crossing the boundaries into the "anorexic" body type. I don't think I should be any skinnier, without adding more muscle.

I was an every morning "weigher"
I am trying to skip days now.

I will still count my calories though, to make sure I am eating enough.

Now to figure out how to put on muscle, with out bodyfat or getting fat in the process.

Body After Baby

This time, we're going in a slightly different direction.
Over at MamaNotes.com, Samantha has introduced 30 Day Challenges.

Starting January 7th (Brye's Birthday) the first challenge is Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred.
I have a love/hate relationship with that woman.

This will prove to be a fun experiment.
I did 6 weeks of KettleWorx and loved comparing the before and after photos.
I am interested in seeing how 30 Days of The Shred will turn out.

As far as progress since we started back in December:
7 pounds gone

I plan to take measurements this Friday morning and compare that at the end of the 30 days.

Sounds like fun, right?

Karma? You kinda Suck.

At work today, a car caught fire right in front of the store.

Imagine the noxious and toxic fumes coming from the car. Just the smoke from the burning rubber contains lead, zinc among other hazardous substances.

And because I love a good story....

As my replacement was coming in, she made comment about a car smoking outside. It wasn't overheating. It smelled bad and it was thick. It kept getting darker and worse. I decided to call 9-1-1 and saw fire on the ground under the car.  Of course I thought the car was going to blow up. Thinking about it now, I think they did an episode of Mythbusters where the car didn't blow up just because it was on fire. Either way, when a car is on on fire less than 6 feet from your glass store front; I think you earn the right to panic. 

Long typical car fire story short, they got it put out.
Our store didn't sustain any smoke damage.

I was checked out by the firemen because of nausea and sudden severe headache thanks to inhaling the fumes.

It's had me thinking all evening:

You try to live as clean and as healthy as you can, and what happens?

A car catches on fire right in front of you.

And you breathe in all that crap.

What a kick in the crotch karma. Thanks. You rock.