Growing up I was always fit, thin and active in sports. I had always loved running and in 2010 I discovered p90x. It was love at first workout. I did p90x on and off again for 2 years and also dabbled in other Beachbody programs such as Turbofire and Insanity. I was in good shape, even though I may have been a tad on the too skinny side.
When I got pregnant with my son in 2012, I was HUNGRY! Seriously, I could not get enough to eat. Despite the fact that I remained active throughout my pregnancy, walking everywhere, doing Turbofire and prenatal yoga, I still gained 67lbs!! I didn't really matter whether I ate salads or burritos, I still packed on the weight each week.
After delivery I had a complication that landed me in physical therapy for months and made it so I am unable to run or do sit-ups. My son was born at the end of May 2013 and that summer I stuck to walks and using the elliptical machine. At 3 months postpartum I started using 5lb weights once a week to do some light lifting and I did some light body weight lower body work once a week as well. Remember, I was in physical therapy so my main goal was to heal my body and do my PT work. I only added light weights when I got my PT's OK.
At 5 months postpartum I was cleared to really get into my workouts. I decided to go back to my trusty p90x. Of course, I was very out of shape and had to modify a lot. I didn't even do the plyometric or ab workout at all. I did doubles, doing Turbofire workouts as my extra cardio on resistance day.
Once I completed p90x, I decided to try the new program p90x3, which was like p90x but only 30 minutes per day. I did 2 rounds of doubles of p90x3. I actually love that program more than p90x (if that's possible!). 30 minutes a day worked really well with my stay at home mom schedule.
By the time I had finished x3 I had lost my baby weight. I decided to do a round of the graduate program, p90x2 to try to gain muscle. I'm currently doing another round of p90x and working to build muscle (especially my booty!) I actually still modify a lot and still skip the ab workout. I do, however, do the plyometric workout, I just don't actually jump but treat it as a body weight leg day. I also recently started to add in 21 Day Fix workouts into my schedule too. They are only 30 minutes so they are "easy" for me to tack on to my current workout schedule.
As you can see, I have a real passion about these programs and about fitness in general. I think it's important for me to provide a good roll model for my son and to also carve out the time to take care of myself!! I want this blog to chronicle my workouts, provide tips and tricks to other people looking to lose weight, and also have the occasional recipe (I am obsessed with my crock pot!).
I thought I would also give you guys my before/after pics so you can see that I am real. In the photo on the left I was probably 157lbs before p90x (after having lost the initial 25 lbs). On the right I am around 118, after 1 round of p90x, 2 rounds of p90x3 and 1 round of p90x2.
Lauren
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