It’s only taken almost a year, but I think I am almost free from being a slave to the flesh.
I had my first real taste of freedom this morning.
First, it’s been a little over a week since we’ve been able to work out. Last week we were dealing with the death of Stefan’s grandmother, so [...]

So here we are at last…or already – at the end of our first Body for Life challenge! It has been a learning experience, to say the least! As we prepare to go on vacation to the wonderful Outer Banks, let us reflect on what we have learned.
Change requires effort, but not as much as [...]

Wow, we just completed week 11! In some ways, it seems like we started this challenge a lifetime ago. In other moments, I’m in wonderment that we are nearly complete.
Life’s curveballs just keep coming. As we have begun to strengthen our muscles, old injuries are rearing their ugly heads and hampering our progress. Stefan’s [...]

Sorry I’m a little late posting last week’s progress report. In between working mandatory overtime all last week (and weekend!) at that horrible, no-good job and starting  a NEW job this Monday, I haven’t had much time to pause and catch my breath.
Working 12 hour days has thrown our schedule out of whack. Pile on [...]

We’ve hit a “recovery” period with Body for Life. Last week, Stefan injured his back during one of our lower body workouts. It was the first for-real lower body workout with the new weight set and exercises. Due to his accident several years ago, his back sometimes goes into spasm (i.e. throws his back out) [...]

We are at the end of our 7th week on Body for Life. A lot has happened this week, too!
 
For starters, since the beginning of this challenge, we have been wishing we had the proper equipment to do our lower body workouts the way they’re meant to be done. The Bowflex simply is not powerful [...]

We just finished another great BFL week. Stefan lost 4 pounds this week. Woohoo! That’s phenomonal! My arms are beginning to get toned.
This was the first week of upping the weights and cardio intensity, and we cut out all tea, coffee and alcohol. Now, I love a glass of wine with dinner, and I like [...]

Well, we finished out another week of Body for Life. It’s hard to imagine that at the end of next week, we’ll be halfway through our first challenge!
So far, after our weekly weigh-in, I’ve lost an average of a pound a week and Stefan’s lost an average of 2 pounds a week. Woohoo!
We got invited [...]

I went back and reread my previous BFL posts and I didn’t realize I sounded like such a downer! I’m not a downer, really. I think maybe I shouldn’t write these posts on Mondays anymore when I’m coming back to this dreadful workplace after having a great weekend. I think my negative thoughts about work have been creeping into [...]

We made it through our second full week on Body for Life! Yay us!
Last week started a little bit rough, mostly because we took too much advantage of our free day and were quite liberal with the “drink anything you want” aspect of the free day. We ended up being too tired and out [...]