Alrighty! Another day and another tapout xt workout in the bag! I feel like a million bucks after I conquer these workouts! Check out my fan club as I show you them at the end of my workout. ;) IT'S A WRAP!!!!

W8D3 of TapouT XT. Yesterday there was no video due to no Tapout XT because on the calendar it has yoga twice!! I do not like yoga therefore doing it once is quite enough for me! Michelle and I ran 6.23 miles! Good stuff! ;) Tonight I got Sprawl & Brawl out of the way and can check it off! ;) Michelle has been coming in and working out with me and it's great because as I stated before when you have someone to workout with your push harder and stronger. ;) THERE ARE NO EXCUSES!

I started the workout today alone then Shannon showed up and joined me! She did awesome and got through it all to include the ultimate abs! That is my most favorite workout out of the whole series! So today marks Day 48! I did a check in today and I am not losing weight but rather gaining muscle. Not sure how I feel about that except I feel fabulous! I feel so much stronger than I did on Day 1 so that in itself is success! I still am looking for my 6 pack, not arrived yet, however, I do have upper abs forming!! ;) I will continue to move forward and thank you all for visiting my blog. I love the support on our TEAM TAPOUT XT forum! Keep up the good work everyone and don't ever QUIT! Even when you just think that those 90 days will never come, just keep pushing past the doubt and soon you will have arrived! ;) I EARNED IT TODAY!!!

I don't know if I used that photo above or not but I love it! ;) It's true, just kick it!! ;) I have to tell you, the workout seemed extremely hard for me and I know it's because I didn't eat breakfast until way later after I woke up this morning. ;) But! NO TAPOUT!!! Michelle joined me again this morning and did awesome! ;) JUMP!!!

The picture is how I feel at this moment! I just tried to find every excuse I could to not do Yoga XT today! Yet, in the end, I wanted to cross it off my calendar so I text my good friend Michelle and she came and joined me, which was great because it made it much more enjoyable and as I say in the video, it is getting better and I do feel more flexible!:) BENDING AND TWISTING IT OUT!!!!

I didn't get a chance to post this yesterday so I apologize if you are following along and was looking for that. I really enjoy the ripped conditioning and ultimate ab XT workout, simply for the abs and have to say love doing the bands too. ;) I am going to combine both videos from W7D2 and W7D3 here on this blog. Michelle joined me today and it was awesome having her there with me! She also smashed that workout!! Way to go my friend!! ;) DON'T WAIT! WATCH NOW! Day 2 Day 3 KEEP ON ROCKING IT OUT!!!

It's a sad day for many today on this 20th day of July 2012. I talk about it in my video. Today, be strong, have hope and survive the pain as you aim ever so high for that goal! PUSHING THROUGH!

Don't you just love those pictures? Do you want to see that for yourself? Is that why you are pushing so hard in these 90 days? You can do whatever you put your mind to, setting those goals and getting your mindset to run to it will ensure VICTORY!! ;)

I love it when my friends post kewl pictures with sayings like this as it always comes back to what I am doing right now. I have to have faith that I am going to finish this 90 Day TapouT XT program and get rewarded with a T-Shirt, in which I will wear it with pride!! ;) I would rather workout down at the club because I have my mat there but today I felt like just keeping it at home. ;) GETTIN IT DONE! ;)

That is how I look I am sure when I do YOGA!!! It is the most dreaded thing for me to do in this TapouT XT journey!!! But, I will continue to work it out as the calendar calls for but I have to say after I am done with program, I don't think I will be doing Yoga much!! STRETCHING IT OUT-PAINFULLY!!!

I went traveling this weekend and I will do it again this upcoming weekend, so life is throwing me off! I did the cross core combat at my sisters, hubby taped for us, you will hear him asking how to turn it off, he is so cute! Love him so much, he is so supportive and so is my daughter! She loved the workout too as we finished, not so much as we were working out! ;) IT'S NOT GETTING EASIER!!!

I know I am not the only one who just dreads workouts with Tapout on some days! It's been a tough week for me, simply because I have been doing other workouts in Tactix and bootcamp! So today as I was struggling through the workout, so many times I felt like tapping out, but I didn't, because it as mind over matter! ;) I won yet again, and whipped the workout. I know you are doing the same thing, no matter if it's TapouT XT or another workout. Just dig in and go, even if you don't want to do it, DO IT ANYWAY! ;)

Check that out! It really does bring home the picture doesn't it? Eating right however, is the hardest obstacle to overcome when your on your lifestyle change journey. It is the one thing that you keep trying to control. I can tell you this, it is the secret to losing, toning and maintaining your weight. When you combine fitness and nutrition together, you look at them both the same, go after them as furious as the other, then and only then will you see true results. Because you can work out like a mad person, doing this TapouT XT 6 days a week, yet your old habits are hanging on in the food area, it's not going to cut it, your just defeating the purpose. Get your mindset right, and GO GET IT!! Put it all together, balance it out, see the victory! You can do anything you put your mind to, think positive all the time, wipe out the negatives and move toward greatness as you were meant to be there! ;) NEVER LOOK BACK!!!

A friend of mine posted this on facebook and I just had to use it here in my blog! It is really how you must live, not always waiting for your dreams to come true, or wishing you could do this or do that. Just start stepping and then run! ;P Today was great although I still haven't quite got my legs back. Although I am stronger my body is still 45 and needs that recovery time. You have to know that your age will let you know in some forms that your not 20 in the sense of bouncing right back like you did back then, and that is ok because the main point is your doing it! ;) Stay on track and picture yourself busting out of that gate just like that cute lil pup is above! ;) GO GET IT!!!

This morning I felt like I needed to run, as I am preparing for a 10K next month. My friend, Michelle joined me, then we did yoga xt. I am feeling pretty good, just enjoying the rest of my day and the rain we are so blessed to get today. The kind of rain that is enjoyable, streaming straight down from the sky. I want to thank all of you who are following me on this journey and I hope that you can meet your goals and you keep on pushing hard towards them each day. It's the tiny steps you begin with that will turn into giant leaps later on as long as your dedicated and persist. ;) FEELING THE STRETCH!

I like that saying because it's so true! ;) It's hard to get to a workout sometimes, but once your there and done, it's so worth it! ;) Felt really good about today's Mauy Thai workout. I want to thank Lisa Simpson and Tara Steinke for joining me in the workout! I know when someone is with me I push so much harder! ;) Even when I feel I just have nothing left in the tank, I have to push it harder to the finish because I have company! ;P Tomorrow have Yoga XT, might be a welcome for a change after the past couple days I have had! ;) FULL TANK!!

Day 30 and here are my results so far: Wt: 132.8 BFI: 28.6 MM: 35.0 BMI: 23.3 Waist: 31 Chest: 31 Biceps: 11 So as you see my weight is not going down yet my muscle mass went up; (TONING!!) my Body Fat Index went down along with my Body Mass Index. Those are really key for me to see. Are the numbers dropping quickly? No, but I feel so good and I am getting slight indentions for my abs!!! ;) I am holding out the before and after photos till the end! ;) So today's workout was awesome and thank goodness no legs, no jumping, no kicking, just upper body! YEA!!! ROCK ON TAPOUT XT TEAM!!! ;)

Geez! Today was the hardest since I started this 90 day journey and it's because I spent my body yesterday doing a 5K, taking a swim, then riding bikes. Legs, legs, and more legs!! But, I finished, even though it wasn't pretty, the only failure here is the one of my body going beyond failure!! ;) I give a few tips at the end of my video today. How many of you are into a month of this or beyond and just have those days where you just don't want to do it, but you do it anyway?!?!?! ;P Got Through It!!!

Sometimes it seems as if your working out so hard or working so hard towards something, yet you, yourself don't see change in yourself, on the outside, but you can feel it on the inside and that should always be your focus! As I did day 27 I felt empowered! I felt good knowing I have went 27 days straight being consistent and not missing a day from the workout chart! KNOCKOUT WORKOUT!

Those horses are a thing of wonder! They keep it real and they keep it TIGHT! ;) Just like I did in my workout today for round 3 - Day 26 of Sprawl and Brawl! It is short but to the point and I have to say, I really do enjoy this workout the best. The greatest thing about TapouT XT is even though you did the workout before, enough time has elapsed so you forget what it was you did, but remember the moves! ;) So there is no time for boredom in these workouts! KEEP IT TIGHT!

Happy July 1st!!! This morning my daughter came over and we ran 3.6 miles with a time 32 minutes, not bad considering I haven't ran in about 2 months! ;) I can give credit to TapouT XT for the endurance and strong heart! ;)We then went and did Yoga XT!It was a little better today but I still struggle with it! I do know that it is helping my muscles though so that is why I dig in and get it done on the required days! ;) Been a great Sunday so far! I love it when my daughter comes and hangs out with us. ;) STRETCH!!!!!