Cardio and Kiddos

So, the title of this post says 30 Day Shred.  If you have been keeping up with my workouts, you know that I have been doing Insanity. Well guys, not trying to be a quitter on you all, but it's not working out for me. Here's why. I'm just not PUMPED UP to do it every day. I find myself dreading working out because it's not something I look forward to doing every day. Will it get me awesome results? Probably. But I've been so unmotivated and off track for the past month. I'm actually up 3 pounds, back up to 172. This is all a lifestyle change. I'm sure you've heard that before. This is not really a diet. This is something that I will need to do for the rest of my life. I will always need to watch what I eat. I will always need to keep my body healthy by doing exercise. We all have to find something that we LOVE to do and that we look forward to doing. I tried Insanity, and it's not for me right NOW. I feel like maybe when I get my weight lower and get...

Have you heard of the 3-Day Diet? You are supposed to be able to lose up to 10 pounds in just 3 days ! Wow! (I'm being a little snarky here). This diet just sounds so silly to me. If you look over the food list for the three days, you really aren't eating a lot. Calorie wise, you are nowhere close to getting enough calories for your body each day. Scary. But I saw it on Pinterest and thought it would be interesting to try as an experiment. It is plastered all over the internet, and some of the sites say to do the diet for 3 days, then to break from the diet for 4, then resume the diet again. They say to continue the 3 on, 3 off pattern until you reach your desired weight. I think that sounds dangerous. But I figured if I just did it ONE time, what is the harm in that, right? My first thought is that healthy, clean eating and exercise should be all that you need for weight loss. Fad diets aren't good. And that's exactly what this is. A fad. So before I let you in on my r...