The Vintage Marigold

Day 2 of the Athena's Playbook program is an upper body workout that involves a series of plank rotations and punches (seriously, am I really going to have to "punch" the air?) Not only that, but I despise planks. We'll see if my butt gets as whooped as yesterday :P UPDATE: OK, so here's the story about how Day 2 of my program went... I got home and was so exhausted that I could barely think straight, let alone keep myself from falling asleep. My husband also had the other half of his workout to do, so we did our thang in separate rooms (we get embarrassed if the other person watches). So, I do the workout, which consisted of 16 plank rotations and 80 punches. After I got done, I thought to myself, "wow, that was actually really easy. I didn't even break a sweat!", and even questioned it asking myself if that was really all there was to it for today's workout. I walked over to our bedroom where my husband was working out, and asked if I coul...

Day 2 of my body wellness journey and already off to a swell start. I had two Keebler Elf fudge shoppe cookies this morning for "breakfast", and I'll have you know I'm about to eat the 3 that I packed in a sandwich baggy and brought along with me to work (don't judge me). Didn't bring a lumch with me today, so I am going to have to grab something. Also, I just need an excuse to get the fuck out of this stuffy office. I'm thinking Chick-fil-A. But alas, it is only 9:56AM and lunch period doesn't start until 11:30. Also forgot to bring my 1-liter water jug with me today, but I am still drinking water. We have a water cooler in the office. I'll just try to fill my little styrofoam cup up more than once today. I figure since this is going to be a blog about building a better body for myself, I may as well include my Noogling/Pueraria Mirifica progress as well. If you don't know what either of those things are, they are natural alternatives to ...

For the next 30 days, I will be doing workout routines from Darebee.com's Athena Playbook. My husband is actually the one who found this program for me. He knows if he left it up to me to find a workout routine, I'd never find one :P I like this one because it has a little bit of everything, though it mainly focuses on the lower body, which for me, fits my purposes. If you haven't checked out Darebee.com, I highly recommend it. If you're like me, you get really overwhelmed with trying to put together a workout routine/schedule on your own. Darebee has literally hundreds of different workouts to choose from, and several workout programs to follow, as well as daily challenges. If you're interested in building a better diet to go with your workout, they also have meal plans, recipes, and nutritional info on their site. Here is a link to the program I will be doing:   Athena's Playbook Below are examples of some of the workouts from the program (just click o...

This is a blog for my weight loss journey that I am making solely with the intention of keeping track of my progress. I'm not really looking to "inspire" anyone, or even with the hopes that anyone will stumble upon this blog. In fact, I hope no one comes across this monstrosity. Trust me, I am the last person to look up to, in any way, shape, or form, especially when it comes to weight loss. Currently I weigh in at just over 130 lbs, and am 5'5". I used to weigh just over 150 lbs in the not-so-distant past, and I honestly couldn't tell you how I managed to lose the 20lbs (probably from stress). I didn't change my eating habits, that's fo damn sholl! I still gorged myself on McDonald's french fries, chinese take-out, Golden Corral, and Arby's Beef n' Cheddars. I'll let you decide if that was all in one day (...jeez, I'm not THAT much of an animal...though the fact that I eat at Golden Corral lets you know I make poor life choices). ...