Progress before/after. Nowhere near done, but hey, gotta keep trekking.

New weight: 158.8 lbs.

Rollin on

New weight: 161.4lb.

Fasting until my amount lost is greater than the amount to go.

...not really, but I am kicking it into over drive.

Valentine's day just reminds me how blah I've been lately, especially when it comes to workouts.

I need to lose more weight. Like, 20lbs of weight. Now.

Time to kick it up. Again.

76 days to do it.

Please God let that be enough time.

I really really REALLY can't believe that I wore some of these clothes 20+ pounds ago. What was I thinking?!

Also, after measurements today, I went up an inch in my thighs. :(

The Best/Worst Exercise You'll Ever Do

Let me start off by saying, if you don't like hard work, or you can't push yourself, stop reading.

Today at the gym, my trainer was incredibly excited because he and his friend Chappy had come up with a new "game" exercise and they decided they were going to try it out on me. Ladies (and gentlemen) I give you: The Weighted Inch Worm.

Daunting, right? Follow me on this.

Take a aerobic step; you know, the one that looks like this:

...take the top part and flip the step over. It should be have a sort of curved under belly.

Now, go and grab whatever weight you are comfortable with. I started out with at 45 pound plate and ended up going down to a 25 pound plate. These are similar to the ones I used:

Now, place the weighted plate at the back of the step and place your own two feet in the inside at the other end of the step. It should look something akin to this:

With your feet still inside the step, reach your hands out and straighten your back as if you're going to do a push up.

Fun part?

Instead of doing a push up, you're going to drag your feet into your chest, pulling the weighted step when them. Then move your arms back out into starting position and inch again.

It's difficult not to pull the weighted step without a jerking motion, but attempt as best as possible to pull with a sliding/gliding motion. Mimic this guy:

This is a great exercise for your legs, back, core....and there's even some cardio involved. Definitely give it a try!