Tracy, I'm a fan

So, this morning was day 1 of my Tracy Anderson workouts. I have to say, so far I'm a fan. Several things I liked right off the bat.... 1.) she doesn't talk much. for someone like me who would rather focus on the move than hear the annoying voice of someone counting out reps, I find this a refreshing change to the typical video with instructors who incessantly talk. 2.) She is the only one in the video. There is no distracting class behind her or "models" for modification. It's the closest thing to a one on one training session.

She wasn't kidding when she said you will use muscles you never knew you had! I'm down on all fours doing things with my legs that made me feel parts of my leg that I didn't even know existed. I have no doubt, by Wednesday I will be blogging that my legs are killing me. You start off your hour with 30 minutes of dancing. I felt a little silly in the beginning, but I get the point; cardio. Ever go to a wedding and sweat your butt of bc you have been dancing for hours? Its that concept. Have fun and sweat while you're doing it. You have the option to make your own music mix too! Once you get the hang of the moves, its pretty easy to put that to any music. I will be doing this for sure.

I spent about 3 hours last night blending, boiling, and chopping food for her different recipes. This is going to be a KILLER to stick to. Its very rigid. And for someone who needs a complete overhaul to their diet, this is a perfect detox. like I said, I will stick to it as best I can, but I'll be honest, I don't have hours and hours of extra time to prep this food. If you get the basic concept of "eat clean" don't eat processed foods full of sugar and salt, you'll certainly loose weight.

Day 1: Complete!

The fit friend

Its not secret, I'm an athlete. I've been an athlete my whole life. I've been the girls my friends looked at and said, "I wanna be fit like you". The odd thing is, I've never seen myself as the fit friend. I just thought, I love sports, I love to play them, I love to watch them, I just in general really enjoy every aspect of being physically active. I epically loved the fact that I could eat whatever I want and not seem to gain a pound.

That is until I hit my mid-20's. All of the sudden it didn't matter how many miles I ran, hours at the gym I spent or sports I played, keeping the "eat whatever I want" mentality finally started to catch up to me. Now, I've never been over weight, I'm also not a rail. I'm "athletic looking". I have a booty, thicker thighs (thanks softball) and what my husband calls a "sturdy" body. I'm almost 30 now (ewww even tying that was painful) and I feel like my once athletically toned self has turned soft and squishy. I can fool what other see, I'm great and fooling people as to what I actually look like. But I see what I look like under my clothing and I'm ready to make a change.

I'm forcing myself to blog about this in hopes that I will help keep me accountable. I'm changing things up! I will still enjoy my nightly runs with my husband (that's time we spend together that i really enjoy) but I am making an overhaul to the diet and adding some some training aspects that I've never done before. Listen, if there is a workout program out there, I've probably tried it. P90X, Insanity, blah blah.... although I find them to be extremely challenging and very effective, I bulk. Every time I do anything that involves a good amount of weight I bulk (again, thank you softball). I want that body I've never had, the lean athletic look. So I'm trying something new.

 Tracy Anderson is know in the Hollywood circles as a "it" celebrity trainer. (along with Tony Horton and Gunner Peterson who also have fitness plans out there). So I studied her. The first thing that got my attention was, she doesn't use more than 3lb weights. For someone who used to leg press close to 300lbs in college, I was asking, "well what good is 3lbs going to do"? Her plan focuses on the small muscles, muscles that I have a feeling, in my 29 years of athletic life, I've never once focused on those.

So, the new plan arrived last night. I won't lie, I read through her meal plan thinking, "if I can actually stick to this, there is no way I wont loose weight! You basically go on a juice diet for your first week!" But seeing as how my husband wants to do a 30 day vegan challenge (this is a whole other blog topic) I figure I'll get a little head start. So starting Monday morning Sept 24th, I will start on my new adventure to make my attempt to truly be the Fit Friend.

My Goal:

• Start every morning (6 days) with Tracy 
• Do everything in my power to stick as close to her meal plan as I can
• Blog about it 

Lets do it!