Friday, December 20, 2013

Fitness And Christmas Cookies

How's that for an incongruous blog entry title?  This post is for those who are wondering how Insanity is going and what the girl is currently baking. I'm trying to kill two birds with one stone here people!

Well, I have gone a little nutty on the fitness thing.  I've decided to do a hybrid of Insanity, P90x and Rockin' Body.  Beach Body really needs to start paying me for the free ad ;-)  Part of the reason for the hybrid route is boredom, in the words of Tony Horton "I'm a fan of variety".  Another reason is that Insanity and P90x are very rigorous programs, I am finding myself worn physically, it is hard to sustain the enthusiasm once you have completed them.  So now with the hybrid I'm not as whiny about having to drag myself out of the couch (especially on dance days, which is what Rockin' Body is).  My six-day rotation has four days of cardio/dance then two days of weights. On the seventh day, I rest but have the option of doing stretch.

My fitness goal has changed from vanity (losing weight) to practicality (to keep away the winter blues and keep up with my children and chores).  That goal has kept me from being discouraged about results.  Once I passed that point of wanting physical results it was easier to talk myself to keep on going.  It's for the kids, I tell myself ;-)

Now that we're done with the fitness chat let's talk about cookies!!! 'Nuff chatter you need pictures:

the girl has been hard at work in the kitchen for a couple of days

she had a trusty assistant in older bother to make the best egg-less cookies
team work
the obligatory photo bomb

O clavis David, et sceptrum domus Israel: qui aperis, et nemo claudit; claudis, et nemo aperit: veni, et educ vinctum de domo carceris, sedentem in tenebris.
O Key of David, and scepter of the house of Israel, who opens and no man shuts, who shuts and no man opens: come, and lead forth the captive who sits in the shadows from his prison.

Five more days.

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