Otherwise known as please just cut off my legs. No, just kidding!! I think.
Don’t mind that my blacks don’t match and my shirt is all freakishly faded and that I went out in public like that today. I didn’t have this picture snapped until I came home and realized just how lovely I looked today. I had a sweater over it, I promise. And let’s remember I’m still nursing Christiano.
Do we look like we are happy for those pictures? Mug shots anyone?
So, Jordan and I are taking the 6 week KettleWorX challenge and today was day 1!
I may pass out and die, but I made it through it darn it! Well, day 1 that is.
What is KettleWorX you might ask? Let me show you -
That my friends is KettleWorX. And that is what Jordan and I have decided we are going to start doing to get ourselves into better shape so we are healthier and don’t have to worry about our hearts.
KettleWorx is a program that uses the kettlebell as a tool to deliver Cardio, Core and Resistance all in short 20 minute workouts. If the customer follows our program for 20 Minutes 3 x a Week, in six short weeks they WILL change their body in a positive way. We designed it to be simple.
That is Ryan Shanahan. He created KettleWorX. I know, he was torturing me this afternoon, but he did it for my own good. He says if I can make it past the burn that’s when I’ll get progress and baby was I burning.
Ryan Shanahan is the world’s leading kettlebell trainer and foremost expert in KettleBell fitness. He is an internationally acclaimed trainer who regularly works with superstars, athletes and exclusive private clients, including the cast and crew of major feature films. For over ten years, Ryan has conducted private KettleBell training sessions working out of the Toronto Film Studios.
That is a KettleworX class and what I see on TV when I’m doing the videos. Kind of what I aspire to look like, or even two times one of those ladies’ sizes would make me happy.
This video on ABC 7 News (WLS Chicago) is what inspired me to bring Jordan along on my endeavor to make myself healthier than I am now. I want him to feel good about himself and more importantly, I want him to be healthy. We both struggle with our weight. It’s hard.
This is a feature on WNBC in NY.
Here’s a mother and son doing it. And they are having fun!
And if you’re interested in celebs, quite a few of them use the KettleBell:
• Lance Armstrong
• Katherine Heigl
• Jennifer Lopez
• Kim Cattrall
• Matthew McConaughey
• Penelope Cruz
• Geri Halliwell
• Jennifer Aniston
• Sylvester Stallone
• Kim Basinger
Let me give you a little background on myself. I didn’t start having weight issues until I was in my 20′s. After I had Jordan I was 240 lbs. That was after losing the 15 lbs I gained with him. I’m only 5’4″. Not a healthy weight for me.
I went to my doctor who prescribed a diet pill. Between that and riding my bike 4-5 miles a day, I lost 80 lbs in a few short months. And it stayed off….for awhile.
When I was pregnant with Katiana, I gained 35 lbs in the first 12 weeks. I put on 35 more during the rest of the pregnancy. Do the math. 70 of those 80 lbs were back. I lost a little of it after I had her, but nothing near what I should have.
Got pregnant with Alyce. Gained 16 lbs. Lost that in the first 14 days. Didn’t lose any extra.
Got pregnant with Christiano. Gained 15 lbs. Lost that in the first 4 days. Didn’t lose any extra.
I refuse to own a scale. When I have one I obsess. So, I don’t know how much I weigh now. I am less than 240 lbs because when I was that weight, I wore a size W28. I know with nursing Christiano that I’ve gone down to a size 16. I’m semi-vertically challenged though (I say semi, because my mom is 5’0″ tall. I’m actually the tallest female in my family.) That’s another thing, I needed a low impact workout because I still am a nursing mommy. Even with sports bras running and jumping around just isn’t comfortable.
What happens now that I have this big floppy tummy. Part of which is extra skin from losing what I did so quickly and not toning it up, the other part from having 4 kids that have stretched me out of shape. I feel like I have been pregnant and nursing for most of the last 6 years. I haven’t gotten back into shape. I’d be happy with getting back into my size 10′s in the garage that I have saved. I felt good about myself then. I don’t anymore. I don’t want to meet new people. I don’t like pictures of myself. I hate the way I look. It’s hurt Pato and my relationship, if you know what I mean because I don’t want to be seen without clothes on. Doesn’t bother him at all. He tells me if I don’t like it, change it, but don’t do it for him. My body “housed” our kids. He loves it for what it did. (Isn’t he neat?)
I don’t go shopping. I hate buying myself clothes. Hate it hate it hate it. I used to be the biggest fashionista. Cutest dresses, shirts, shoes, skirts, jeans, I had closets (that’s closet in a multiple form you see there. I had a slight problem with shopping when I could wear cute stuff) full of clothes and shoes.
Now, let’s go to Jordan’s issue. Jordan was on ritalin up through 1st grade. Want to see what he looked like when I took him off of it?
I don’t have a lot of pictures from 2007 on this computer. So that’s all I really have to use as an example. He drastically lost weight on it. And this is a few months before I said that’s it. By the time he went off of it, his ribs and hip bones were poking out. That was 3 short years ago. He weighed about 50 lbs when I took him off of it.
He now weighs 145 lbs at 10 years old. He gained 50+ lbs the first year, 50 lbs the second, and 45 lbs this last year. His doctor has run blood tests to check for various things. Nothing. I try to make sure they are eating right, not many processed sugars or white flours are allowed in our house. When Jordan has a sugar cookie at school I can tell. He’s bouncing off the walls from it when he gets home. Every once in awhile we’ll make treats, because I think that if you completely restrict everything, you’re going to have a serious chocolate binge one of these days. Believe me. I’ve done it. For the most part, I don’t bring a lot of cookies, candy, chips, all that into the house.
He’s active in soccer 2 seasons a year, I’ve talked to the recess and PE teachers, he’s very active in those areas, he loves to ride his bike. I’ll admit it, in Iowa in the winter, there’s not a lot of getting outside. They can go out when it’s above freezing, but lately it’s been below 0 a lot.
It kills me when kids on the bus call Jordan a fat a**, when they tease him about his size. They don’t understand what started it and they don’t know what we’ve done to help him.
I’m desperate for this to work, more for him than for me. I’d love to be healthy myself, but I don’t want my son to have a heart attack at 16 and I don’t want him to feel bad about himself. Because he does. They have ruined his self esteem and it doesn’t seem like anything I do with loving and supporting him and telling him how wonderful I think he is helps. Kids just put so much stock into what their peers think. You know it, I know it. We all were that way as kids.
I say as kids. Heck, I hate leaving the house because of the way I feel about myself.
I know this is a long post, but I had to get to the reason behind why Jordan and I have decided to start KettleWorX. Everything I have read has been so positive about it.
So today was day one for Jordan and I. He was excited to be doing something with me, and I felt the same way. I went first. I went out of order on accident because I didn’t have my email up. This is how you do it:
To start the program, the customer chooses 3 days (exam=Mon/Wed/Fri) of the week as KettleWorx days:
- On Day 1 (Monday) they pop in Cardio and do the Week 1 Workout
- On Day 2 (Wednesday) they pop in Core and do the Week 1 Workout
- On Day 3 (Friday) they pop in Resistance and do the Week 1 Workout
- Week 1 is now complete and they have only invested 1 Hour. 5 more weeks/hours to go!
I did resistance today. I’m thinking I should have started with the cardio. My legs are like spaghetti. They don’t hurt. They are just all wobbly wobbly. Like standing up is humorous to watch. The funny thing was? So low impact, but I was working hard. Breathing heavy, burning in the muscles, and um, telling Ryan what I thought of making it through the burn to progress. It was fun though. It felt good while I was doing it. Ok, until the last part of the 2nd set when I said, I can’t get down like a baseball catcher. I can’t. And my children said, MOM! You have to do it!
My littlest kids? They thought it was a blast because every time mommy did a squat? Yeah, they went under the bridge I made. Oh it was jolly fun for Alyce and Christiano. At the end I told them to move before mommy fell on them.
I’m going to get in the right order on Friday. I may have to duplicate something somewhere to get in the right order, but I am determined to follow this the way it should be. Ryan I’ve get Ripitude! Is that how you spell it?
On to Jordan doing it. Now I know why they were laughing at me. It’s not that what you are doing is funny looking it’s that towards the middle of it, each of us were looking for a chair to hold ourselves up on. I think I can I think I can.
Who knew 20 minutes could make you burn so much. I’m not using a huge heavy weight that will hurt my back. I’m using a 5 LB KettleBell.
Go check out their testimonials. I read all those before I started this.
And their FAQ’s.
You can also watch the infomercial.
This being the one that concerned me the most for myself -
We guarantee you’ll be amazed at the changes you’ll see – and feel – after just six weeks. Of course you have to follow the plan. But what makes KettleWorx so effective for so many is that we’ve designed a plan that anyone can follow. Most people fail other fitness programs because the requirements of those programs are unreasonable. They demand hours of exercise each day and combine that with severe calorie restrictions or strange diets. That combination is all but impossible – and it’s unhealthy as well! The KettleWorx program is simple, easy and healthy. You’ll see your body transform as a result of reasonable exercise and reasonable diet consistently applied over six weeks. You’ll look better, feel better and actually be healthier. We guarantee it.
That whole 20 minutes a day/3 days a week? I can do that. Even with 4 kids I can do that. What I can’t do is get to the gym 5 days a week and sweat it out for a couple of hours, though I do miss yoga class a lot.
I’m going to be posting pictures of Jordan and I every week and post our progress, which at this point, unless I do break down and buy a scale, will be in how we look and how our clothes fit.
And when I hit the 4 weeks to go mark KettleWorx is going to be giving one of you their Essentials system PLUS a 5 LB KettleBell just like I am using.
So be on the look out for that! And wish Jordan and I luck. I’ve failed at so many diets it is not funny, but maybe making a commitment not just to myself, but to you all that I’m going to do this will help me follow through and get it done. I’m determined we will succeed.
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