KEEP ON TRUCKIN'

I am currently on day 20 of my INSANITY journey and I could not be happier : ) The results so far have been pretty good. I can tell I have lost inches and look better in my tummy area. I have gained muscle in my arms and back. I just wish I could accelerate the weight loss a bit more. I ordered the slimming formula from Beachbody and also the results and recovery formula so maybe that will help move things along. I am so happy I decided to try this program. I know shakeology seems expensive and the work-outs seem expensive but believe me they are worth every penny. The best money I have probably ever spent. I am going to be starting a free exercise class at my church, I'm pretty excited about that. I used to eat fast food quite a bit and I haven't had take out in almost two weeks and no diet mountain dew for 2 months. I am getting healthier all the time. 

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HOORAY!

Well someone told me yesterday that they could tell my workout/diet was working for me! That is AWESOME! My husband also told me the other day that my arms look skinner. That was weird for me to hear but nice I guess? It's nice people can see results but horrifying to know that my arms were fat! When I am done with my 60 days of insanity I will post my before/after pics. 

STARTING TO SEE RESULTS!!

Hooray! I am finally starting to see some results! I say finally like it has been forever but in all reality I have only been on Shakeology and working out with Insanity for 2 weeks, so the fact that I already see results is pretty awesome! I have lost 2 inches in my waist, 1 inch in my hips! Arms and chest stayed the same and I gained a bit in my thighs! I am hoping that is just muscles. I feel better, I can fit into a pair of pants I haven't been able to wear in quite awhile. I am so glad that I started this journey. It is a hard road to lose weight but I feel so much better already and I still have 6 weeks left to go! I cannot wait to see the end results. If you want to join me on my journey visit my site at:


www.teambeachbody.com/AmandaDempsey 


or you can contact me anytime, I would be happy to talk to you! : ) 

JOURNEY IS HARD!

UGH! I don't understand why weight loss has to be so freakin hard all the time. It should be as easy as you want to lose weight and ta-da it's gone!I also believe if chocolate melted fat we would all be better. I think it could even possibly end wars.  I was doing so well, I lost 3 pounds in 2 days with Shakeology and Insanity. Then I had Mother's day and it went downhill from there. I gained back two pounds. BUT I have been doing my Insanity every day and It is difficult to say the least. I am back on eating good today and I even had Shakeology twice today instead of just once. I hope this helps. My calves are killing me . I have also been going to the Y and doing the Les Mills Body Pump class and I have learned that I absolutely HATE lunges and squats. I need someone to come to my house and say do this and eat this and smack the crap out of my hand. Who wants that job? Anyone? 

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INSANITY!!

Well yesterday was my first official day of Insanity! I had to take the fit test yesterday and it was so hard I was scared to do the workout today. I also started the Shakeology yesterday and it is really yummy. I mixed it with peanut butter and a banana. I was sore and scared today but I managed to do the second day of Insanity. It was so freaking hard, but I stuck it out! I cannot imagine how hard it is going to be at this point to make it to 60 days. I have to keep telling myself that it will be worth it in the end, and I know it will. It may even get a little bit easier too. I seriously could not physically jump anymore at the end of the workout. I invite you to join me on this journey. It is hard and your body will hurt more than you thought it could. BUT you will also push yourself harder and longer than you ever thought possible. We can do it, let's get fit together! <3

ADDICTED TO SUGAR!!

I think I have an addictive personality. I gave up drinking almost 5 years ago, I gave up smoking 3 years ago, I gave up drinking regular Mountain Dew 4 years ago. I read an article that said soda leads to sugar cravings so I stopped drinking my diet Mountain Dew 1 month ago. I thought I was going to go insane without my diet Mountain Dew, but I have made it. I still crave sugar! It's crazy. I hope when my Shakeology comes it will curb that a little bit. I don't have any idea how to get the cravings to go away. If anyone does I would love to hear it. If I could stop eating candy I would probably lose ten pounds from that! It's frustrating. It seems like I always have to be addicted to something. My insanity DVDS are coming on Thursday I am so excited! I hope I don't die from doing them. My Shakeology is coming on Friday so I really want to be around for that! I know that it is going to be the hardest work I have put my body through in a long time, I am trying to mentally prepare myself for this. Tomorrow night my husband and I are going to the Les Mills body pump class at our YMCA, I will have to let you know how that goes! I'm so ready for a better body and a healthier look at life, I hope it comes soon : ) 

My site!

Sorry, I also wanted to give you my BeachBody site in case anyone wanted some information. Feel free to send me an email and ask anything!


www.teambeachbody.com/AmandaDempsey


If you would like to watch a video about Shakeology I have provided the link below:


http://beachbodycoach.com/esuite/home/AmandaDempsey?bctid=73854917001

The beginning of my journey

Like so many people in America, I am really tired of the extra weight that I am carrying around with me! I am in no way obese by any means but I am at least 20 pounds overweight. I thought maybe no one else had noticed and maybe it was all just in my head UNTIL a Doctor told me I needed to start taking snacks with me I didn't like so that I wouldn't eat them! I was mortified! She told me all kinds of nice little tidbits that day and I immediately joined Jenny Craig. By the way I forgot to mention that the Doctor was way more overweight than I am. Trying not to be bitter about that. Anyway, I joined Jenny Craig with minimal success for about two months. I then realized how much money I was spending on my food each week and that I could have owned a treadmill by now. So I quit Jenny Craig and bought a treadmill. I love to run, okay I love to attempt to run. I have trouble breathing properly and I tend to give up. I also have severely high arches which tends to give me shin splints quite a bit so I end up doing it for about two weeks and then stopping for two and going back again. It's not working. I have tried GNC products, Jillian products, Bob Harper products, etc.. You name I have probably tried it. This brings us to my new journey, Wait! I forget to mention that I went back to school at age 30 (I am now 32) to become a personal trainer! I started school for exercise science because when I am doing it I actually really love exercise. I shortly changed my major though when I saw all the young fit kids in the classes. How was I going to be able to get someone else to do what I am not? Ok now back to the current journey. I decided to start using the Shakeology from BeachBody. I held out for as long as I could but I have seen so many people who have been using it getting great results. So I caved in. I also signed up to be a coach, first to get the discount and then I decided to try to make some money at it. The more I thought about it though I wanted to be a coach to help other people to not feel like I have been feeling. We can do this together. I also just ordered the Insanity DVDS and if you have watched the infomercial on that you know it's kind of hard core! I am a little scared about that and excited at the same time. My Shakeology and the DVDS will be here this week, I will let you know how it goes! I started this blog so that I could document my progress and maybe help a few people along the way. Losing weight isn't easy it takes hard work. I am finally ready to give it the hard work that it needs. If you are ready too I would love for you to join me on this journey.