updates.

dearest blog,

i am so sorry i have run astray the past few months. my life has been crazy, as usual. i will try my hardest to stay in touch with you better in the future. however, let me update you, as quickly as i can, as to what i've been up to!

insanity.
keith and i started and completed insanity. and we are still doing it. we really enjoy it. we've lost weight and gotten into really great shape. we have now added running to our workout regime. we are looking into a half-marathon to do in the fall/early winter. and are looking at adding some classes from our gym to go two a few times a week. insanity really helped us find motivation to get in shape and to be healthy. two things we had a hard time sticking with in the past. so we are thankful for insanity and excited to continue to stick with it and add to it.

we moved!
in june we moved to a new place. it was just a cross-town move. to an apartment. however, we are not sure about buying a home yet. we are not ready for all of those homeowner expenses (ie, maintenance, updates, unexpected expenses). we enjoy all the perks of renting: included maintenance, a fitness center, two pools, a dog park, etc. we love our neighborhood. it's walkable, which the dogs love. and we are close to work, shops, and restaurants. there is so much at our disposal that we weren't even aware of when we moved. hopefully we will be able to call this place home for awhile!

i got a new job!
i have been looking for a full-time job for about 6-7 months. i really enjoyed my job with raleigh parks and rec. however, it was almost a dead-end position. it was really impossible to move up and achieve full-time status. so, i started looking elsewhere. i am passionate about many things and one of those things is working with children. so, i was fortunate enough to find a job at a preschool. it is an amazing school and i was offered a great position. it is a split position of half teaching and half administration. so it will allow me the opportunity to get my feet wet in both positions and determine which i like better to perhaps pursue one or the other (teaching v. administration). Now, I have only worked one week, but it's been a lot of fun so far. the staff is a lot of fun and very sweet. so i am excited to continue to meet and get to know everyone.

those are the three big things in our life right now. it's been fun and exciting. we stay busy with family and friends, as usual. and are already busy planning our fall with hockey, football and vacations. i love our life!

see you soon bloggy.

xoxo,
ks

we're insane.

seriously.

so i haven't updated you all recently on my new year's resolutions recently. did you think i'd forget?! noooo....
well, the most important resolution, "to get right", has proven to be quite a struggle for us.

until now.

so the gym was nice. but it wasn't cutting it for us. it was not very motivating. and not producing the results we wanted. and if we didn't go...who cared. our eating habits were good, but could always be better especially on the weekends when all hell seemed to break loose.

so we decided to do INSANITY.

what's that you ask? the most craziest, hardest, sweatiest, INSANE workout you've ever done.

 

it's a 60-day workout plan that is based on plyometrics and cardio.  it also comes with the suggested workout schedule and an nutrition guide. both of which we've been following. 

we just completed day 11.

in addition to completing absolutely insane workouts everyday, we are now very aware of how much we should eat every day. we count calories. we eat 5 small meals per day. we have removed all processed foods from our diet (not that we had much in our diet to begin with). we eat A LOT of fruits and veggies. we drink a shit ton of water. i pee more than i ever have in my life.

and even though it's only been a week and a half, we've noticed a difference. we've lost a little bit of weight. our muscles are starting to get more toned. we are sleeping better. not that we ever had problems sleeping before, but now we PASS THE HELL OUT. 

and most importantly, we have more energy and overall feel better. we feel healthier and are striving to stay that way.

sure we want a mcdonald's big mac every now and again. and we know that it will taste soooo delicious. but we also know that afterward we will feel guilty and probably physically feel bad because our bodies aren't used to eating junk. and eating junk doesn't help to fuel us for our workouts!

and i think that is another piece of it. we want to feel good to workout. so everything we eat and drink goes to preparing our bodies for our VERY INTENSE workouts. and i guarantee you a big mac will not prepare us very well to get insane.

so, as of today, day 11, on this new venture we are having a great time. and enjoy the challenge, because it is a challenge. we are excited to get in shape and to get sexy ;)

i'll keep you posted as we continue. hopefully it continues to go well! 

plus, we got our friend dan to do this with us!! and a few of my facebook friends are getting INSANE too! so we'll all be slim and sexy in a couple of months. so watch out!

xoxo,

ks