Last weekend was one of the roughest I have ever experienced doing 75 hard. I was struggling to get restorative sleep and my mood was lower. Part of that is the impending doom that I call my period is still creeping up. It’s just a matter of when now. I did stretches last Friday in stead of my workout that I had planned, the same with Saturday and Sunday. All weekend I was beating myself up that I wasn’t going hard, but my body needed that rest. I was so close to crying by Sunday night as my husband and I were out walking at 10 o’clock at night trying to get my last workout in. And then when I got home, I had to rush to get homework done that was due by midnight. All that knowing I was supposed to go in to work, again, the following morning. Stressful!

Looking at my progress that I’ve made, I know it is all worth it. If I do this program again, which I know I want to, I’m may have to make adjustments that work for my schedule. This isn’t me saying I want to bitch out. This is me recognizing that perhaps getting 3-5 hours of sleep a night isn’t the best for my body. But it’s fine. I’m fine. We’re fine. Only a few more week’s left!

Update

Last week was not the best week for me schedule-weis, but I wanted to share my exciting news! I recently went shopping for new jeans, as I normally get like one pair a year and wear leggings the rest of the time. Wearing leggings all the time will sometimes make it hard to tell when you are going down in sizes. I am so proud to share that I went down a few sizes in jeans! I went from a 14/16 to a size 12 last year, however it was a tight 12. Still uncomfortable to wear and it was so loose around my waist and then painfully tight around my thighs and butt. Needless to say, I didn’t wear them unless I had to. Last Monday I decided to try on a pair of 10’s as the jeans that I was eyeing at American Eagle didn’t come any bigger. They fit so damn good and my butt has never looked better in a pair of jeans (except, you know, when I was like a size 2 and was still baby-faced). I also decided to be brave and order a pair of my favorite Gymshark Flex leggings in a medium. Lo and behold, they fit perfectly!

Going down in pants size prompted me to step on the scale yesterday. I have been avoiding the scale since the beginning of 75 Hard as I wasn’t seeing much of a difference. I was seeing the difference in muscle gain, but that number wasn’t moving the way I wanted it to. For my mental health, I told myself I wasn’t going to weigh myself until the end of the challenge. Well, I broke down and I stepped on the scale. 18 days ago I weighed myself and came in at 170.6 lbs. Prior to that, it was fluctuating up and down by 5 lbs but it wasn’t going below 170. However when I weighed myself yesterday I weighed in at 164.8 lbs. That means within the span of 18 days I lost 5.8 lbs! Yes!!!!!

Looking at my body, I can definitely see where that weight came from. It is very obvious in the size and shape of my butt. Trust me when I say it used to be shaped like a watermelon. If I would stand with my hands down, my hips would push my arms out to the side. I am so proud of the progress that I’ve made and I will continue to give it everything I’ve got because as tired as I am, I’ve never felt more comfortable in my skin. And I love it.

Workouts

Monday – Day 54	Tuesday – Day 55	Wednesday – Day 56	Thursday – Day 57	Friday – Day 58	Saturday – Day 59	Sunday – Day 60
A little Obsessed: DAY 1: Total Body Core	A little Obsessed: DAY 2: Booty	A little Obsessed: DAY 3: AAA	A little Obsessed: DAY 4: Cardio Core	A little Obsessed: DAY 5: Legs	#MBF sample workout	Let’s Get Up sample workout
10 Minutes Treadmill	10 Minutes Treadmill	10 Minutes Treadmill	10 Minutes Treadmill	10 Minutes Treadmill	10 Minutes Treadmill	10 Minutes Treadmill
45 Minute Walk	45 Minute Walk	45 Minute Walk	45 Minute Walk	45 Minute Walk	45 Minute Walk	45 Minute Walk

Not really getting fancy with the workouts this week, especially not really knowing when my period is going to hit. What I didn’t put on there is that there are the three workouts from 9 Week Control Freak, Freak Week, that I did not get done over the weekend so I will be adding them in on three days this week.

Thank you all so much for reading and until next time…………….