The Road to being completely OBSESSED! Day 1

I have been looking forward to Autumn's new program since last summer when I was pregnant with my second child. 

It was July/August when the program was being introduced to the public and I was totally excited. I was not 100% sure what the program was all about but I loved the fact that it was 80 Days and of course anything Autumn Calabrese creates I am doing!

I was due in early September and when the program was being introduced I started creating a game plan for the rest of the year. You see one of the things I do with my health and fitness is have some kind of plan, rough if it must be but a plan none the less. 

I remember coming up with the plan and then sharing it with my challengers. I truly believe that one of the keys to being successful in your health and fitness journey is to have something to look forward to. So for me it was 80 Day Obsession, in the new year 3-5 months post partum.

My daughter was born at the end of August, she was all too excited to come into the world. I spent 6 weeks getting used to being a mom to a new born. This time around my emotions were all over the place. Even though I was so happy to have Lexi at home it was an emotional roller coaster for me as I helped Seth with the new transition. Not only that but many other changes occurred around the same time and threw his world into chaos. But I will leave that for another post. 

By my 6 week post partum check up I was all too excited to get back to doing some form of exercise. I knew the 6 weeks were very important for my body and that things needed to move back into place, so I was patient and I made sure to listen to my body. 

When I got the clearance to workout I was up and Adam then next day. I started T25 by Shaun T. I specifically chose this program because I needed something that would help me build back up my endurance and that was not too long. T25 was perfect, I mean who does not have 25mins a day for self care?

Ten weeks later I successfully completed T25 just in time for Christmas. I think I took one day off and then I was onto A Little Obsessed. The five day introduction to 80 Day Obsession, which I think is a must if you are planning on doing 80 Day Obsession. 

A Little Obsessed prepares you well. You have time to work with new equipment and get used to them. See what how they feel and figure out how to use them. 

I was able to complete three rounds of A Little Obsessed before starting my 80 Day Obsession journey. 

Today, was the start of my 80 Day Obsession journey. I was filled with so much emotion last night as I prepared for today. I was excited, anxious, happy, honoured just to name a few. 

Today I had some figuring out to do. I planned on doing the morning workout block but I ended up having to tweak that and do the mid day workout block. 

A workout block is simply the five hour window surrounding your workout. There are specific food categories to eat within certain times before and after you workout. 

I enjoyed five meals today. My timing was a bit off for the last meal but I think I did pretty well for day one. 

Here is a glimpse into my meals today:

Meal Option 1: Vegan Chocolate Shakeology, 1/2 organic banana and unsweetened almond milk

Pre-workout meal: Scrambled eggs & organic baby spinach with oatmeal and a cup of black coffee

Post workout: strawberries

Post-workout meal: Organic sweet potato, organic baby spinach & minced turkey with a La Croix

Meal Option 3: Organic sweet potato, organic baby spinach with pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds & minced turkey 

Meal Option 2: Berries, Greek yogurt, oatmeal, carrots & hummus and a teaspoon of almond butter

The workout was 60 mins long, it flew by pretty quickly. Autumn does a great job at explaining all the moves in the first round, which is very helpful. They was only one move that I could not do because it was too painful and that was the renegade row with a twist. For some reason I get a groin pain when I try to do this move so I did the basic move for this exercise (still very challenging). 

I finished every single rep today because this workout is not going to repeat itself. Also because I knew I could so I did. The name of the workout is Total Body Core. 

My honey bunny was with me the whole time and she was a trooper.

Now its time for bed time to get ready for another day :) I will be sharing my 80 Day Obsession journey here on my blog, please feel free to follow along and share with a friend. 

I look forward to this journey and I can't wait to share it with you!

Thanks for reading! 

Kari