Day 1 of my Journey

                                       You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
                                                           ~Eleanor Roosevelt

Hi! My name is Holly. I want to welcome you to my journey towards my goal weight of 130 pounds. As of this moment, I weigh 215 pounds. I am in the US Army Reserve and I have a PT (physical training for those of you who aren't up on the military lingo) test during our next drill. And for those of you who may rag on me for being a "weekend warrior", stop... Don't even go there. I spent 3 1/2 years active duty before switching to the reserves. The closest I have come to my goal weight has been 152 pounds. I know I won't be able to lose the entire 85 pounds in one month (that is totally unhealthy), but I am hoping to be able to lose at least 20 by my PT test. I also have to get my 2 mile down 2 minutes to be passing as well as increase my sit-ups by 5 to be passing by minimum.

My husband just left for the field today, so I don't really have anyone that can watch the kids so I can go for a run or bike, so that will be substituted by a 3 mile walk every day (weather permiting because I won't get my 2 yr old and 8 month old out in the rain just so I can get my exercise in) and by the occasional Zumba class (though it's not really a class seeing as I have a 7 disc DVD set with weights).

Aside from that as cardio, I will be applying these daily workouts to my routine to help me in my weightloss journey:

Monday:
50 Jumping Jacks
10 Squats
10 Lunges (each leg)
10 Standing Calf Raises
30 Second Jump Ropes (I'll have to improvise till I can get a jump rope)
10 Side Lunges (each leg)
10 Side-to-side Jumps
20 Jumping Jacks
40 Russian Twists
15 Second Side Plank (each side)
20 Vertical Leg Crunches
5 Push-ups
10 Lunges (each leg)
30 Russian Twists
15 Inner Thigh Lifts (each leg)
10 Tricep Dips
50 Jumping Jacks

Tuesday:
80 Jumping Jacks
50 Vertical Leg Crunches
20 Sit-ups
15 Tricep Dips
20 Squats
10 Side Lunges (each leg)
15 Leg Lifts (each leg)
50 Bicycle Kicks
15 Wall Push-ups
40 Russian Twists

Wednesday:
90 Jumping Jacks
20 Tricep Dips
10 Sit-ups
30 Bird-dogs
30 Second Plank
15 Incline Push-ups
40 Crunches
10 Oblique Crunches (each side)
20 Standing Calf Raises

Thursday:
100 Jumping Jacks
25 Vertical Leg Crunches
30 Crunches
20 Squats
50 Russian Twists
15 Second Side Plank (each side)
10 Lunge Split Jumps
5 Jump Squats
40 High Knees

Friday:
60 Jumping Jacks
40 Crunches
10 Sit-ups
10 Tricep Dips
20 Side Lunges (each side)
15 Incline Push-ups
10 Oblique Crunches (each side)
30 Butt Kickers
5 Jump Squats
15 Jack Knife Sit-ups

Saturday:
50 Jumping Jacks
20 Squats
100 Russian Twists
5 Kneeling Push-ups
1 Minute Downward Dog
15 Jack Knife Sit-ups
10 Lunges (each leg)
10 Side Lunges (each leg)
20 Bird-dogs
20 Inner Thigh Lifts (each leg)

Sunday:
45 Jumping Jacks
15 Squats
5 Jump Squats
50 Russian Twists
30 Second Plank
10 Standing Calf Raises
5 Kneeling Push-ups
30 Second Superman
10 Lunges (each leg)
40 Crunches

In addition to this crazy workout regime, I will be minimizing myself to 1,923 calories per day (in accordance with a caloric intake calculator for weight loss that I found at the following link: http://www.freedieting.com/tools/weight_loss_tools.htm )

Hope you stick around for my entire journey. I will be updating weekly (most likely on Saturdays from now on) and hope to see some encouragement. I have a habit of losing motivation and a few encouraging comments would really help to keep me going! Talk to you soon!