1 year ago I started Shift Shop. The picture on the left was my before picture. Sometimes month to month I don’t notice the changes but I really do see it after a year! It’s a 21 lb difference. Lots of inches were lost but I haven’t measured lately to do the total inches lost. It’s amazing what hard work everyday can do. I’m still not done. I’m always working to get stronger.
If you ever want to join me let me know. I run various free challenge groups and different month long ones.
Usually I like to compare with the same exact poses but I didn’t have time to deal with my actual camera and load the pictures to my computer.
I did programs before Shift Shop but all before having Miles. My knee was just injured for so long. I even had to modify a lot of of the first few programs I did a year ago from the knee.
I've been doing these workout programs for a few months now. I started out with Shift Shop and I followed that meal plan to a T. Then I took a week off and pigged out because I was craving all these foods I was depriving myself from. I gained back a couple of the pounds that I had lost. Then I did Core De Force and Core De Force Round 2. I didn't follow those meal plans very well and ate desserts. I also didn't drink shakeology. I missed a lot of workouts because my knee was bad. I also went to PT for my knee during this time. Then most recently I did 21 Day Fix Extreme. I felt myself getting stronger and then I got lightheaded so the last week of it, I didn't go full out.
I'm not even sure you can see a difference between the pictures. I lost 9 with shift shop but then quickly gained back 4. I have not gotten as low as I was on Shift Shop since then. But I have gotten stronger. My measurements are slowly decreasing.
More than just the changes in numbers, there's a change in how well I can meal plan. The first few weeks using the containers, it took me about 2 hours to plan a week's worth of meals. Now I'm much quicker. I'm so happy I'm getting stronger. I also felt like I was spending all day in the kitchen cooking or eating. It's no longer taking me that long.
Here's a collage from the back. The picture on the left is 1 month after Miles was born. I don't like how they are different outfits but you can still tell!
I never had to concentrate this much on nutrition after I had Ella. I also could just run outside many times a week. I didn't have a knee injury. It just isn't good to compare the 2 pregnancies. I am still over 20 above what I was when I got pregnant with Miles.
I lost 2 in chest so it's probably that I just nursed a lot so my numbers are probably a little less. I'm most happy with the 3" around my belly. Beachbody doesn't usually include a measurement around the belly but I did since I know that's a big issue for me.
I tried to wear the same clothes. Afterward I realized I rolled my waist band an extra time in the before pictures. The after pictures are not as crisp and it bothers me. It wasn't as bright outside so I guess that is why. I tried to crop the comparison photos as similar as I could so the heights could be the same. I spent way too long on the pictures.
Look at Miles there!
I also took some pictures without the tank. Maybe I'll share those some day.
Week 3 just had too many vegetables and protein to eat. I couldn't keep up. It was also a 0 carbs week but I would be too lightheaded so I aimed for 1 a day on purpose. The workouts were longer and I liked them better at the beginning of the week but they were just too long for my knee to handle so then my knee got worse and worse as the week went on. I started modifying strength and skipping so many squats and lunges and adding on more upper body stuff. My arms/shoulders got sore from that so I call it a win. Speed uses so much lower body and does far too many things in squat position so those legs never got a rest.
This was my favorite Shift Shop speed workout. Except I had to get creative at the end. It was so bad with Miles crying to nurse that I stopped recording. At least in time lapse you can't hear crying.
I wasn't recording it all so you missed me stomping Miles's hand on a square hop.
The first third was done then the A/C repairman came. The rest was done after he left.
Strength :45 - Done
I liked it the best. Barely any breaks. I increased my weights. I had to modify on the push-up rows probably because of the increased weights. My legs are tired.
8/10 - completed but no pictures. I was interrupted so much and didn't even remember a sweaty selfie.
8/11/17The last Speed workout was tonight for round 1 of Shift Shop. I can't believe it's almost over.
8/12
I didn't have to modify bear dog. I was excited.
I ran and then did my workout tonight.
Here's a video of a move I struggle with because of my bad knee.
8/6 My delicious food today. That salad was too big. It took far too long to eat. Most of the time Miles was even asleep. Yay for over 5 servings of vegetables today.
8/7 6.75 servings of vegetables!!! The potatoes were not quite as good leftover but were still delicious. The pork was just ok leftover.
8/8/17 - It was the first time I had all 5 recommended meals in a day. I try so hard and can't get the proteins in. I had so many salads. I was lazy. The meal plan increases both veggies and proteins but I find it easier to get in the veggies.
Total:
7 ¼ Green - Vegetables (6)
1 ½ Purple - Fruit (2)
4 Red - Protein (6)
2 Yellow - Carbs (0)
1 Blue - Healthy Fats (1)
0 Orange - Seeds & Dressings (1) 3 Tsp (5)
In parenthesis is what I should have had. I knew I wasn't dropping carbs this week but I guess I could have kept it at 1.
8/9/17
Food was a bit low today.
The roasted veggies turned out well! I was scared they'd be awful and I was short on time so I didn't make that many.
My legs were very fatigued after the workout. Most of the strength workout is legs. Then the speed workout involves a lot of being in the squat position. It's too much to do it every day.
By the middle of the week I just wasn't feeling the workouts. I switched up and didn't give the last few workouts my all.
8/10 five guys was dinner. Miles Ella and I shared a burger. Dave and I shared the hot dog.
I just wasn't feeling like cooking. I had some leftovers I could have had but then Dave wouldn't eat them. I just kept getting more and more tired unable to handle all the house stuff and all the food prep and all the workouts and all the kids stuff.
8/11/17
That thing on the right is half a mini bagel 😬
The roasted veggies were excellent
The spaghetti squash was good. So I opened stewed tomatoes and just wasn't feeling the huge tomatoes so I just put them in the blender 😀
8/12
I ate more pasta than pictures because the spaghetti squash turned out hard. I feel like I ate more too.
As the week went on, I weighed myself more. I kept expecting the weight to go way back up since I didn't follow plan as i should have.
Week 2 you increase your veggies and protein and decrease carbs and fruit. I wasn't getting my fruit in anyway so welcomed the change. Since I was constantly getting lightheaded and you can have more veggies, I ate 6.5 instead of 5. I had the full 5 servings of protein too. Then I was no longer lightheaded. It helped.
Week 2 was easier and harder than week 1. In different ways of course. I actually liked the increased veggies and meat. The workouts were better. But finding time to cook was difficult. I stopped craving the sweets and didn't really care about those but just seeing and handling snacks for the kids it felt harder to not grab a handful myself. In week 1, I was able to document my food better. I tried more new foods in week 2 so I stressed about them being awful or not before I actually made them.
Most of what I wrote below was taken from facebook updates as the workouts or food happened.
7/31/17
I got my first Speed :35 workout in the books. Sometimes Ella disrupted me or got in my way but I managed. I liked a longer workout this week!
I only kept my Fitbit tracking the workout an additional 20 minutes today. One of these days I'll have it track the actual workout. At least I didn't leave it tracking for 13 hours this time.
Ella seems me record mine so she sets up her iPad to record.
A few of the videos messed up.
It can be confusing going around a triangle with the markers
Sometimes you modify instead of quitting. Miles wanted to go to sleep so bad but I already started so we improvised. I had to do a few different then recommended but I kept going.
8/2/17 - Ok I got it in. It's pretty dark because the owl owners took the chandelier and we never replaced it.
I jogged in place during some explanations. I made it about half way before the Ella interruptions started. She is the one who dragged the gymnastic mat in. I was able to hop on one leg today on my left foot and didn't have to modify (left knee is bad). I also made it the full minute of spider planks with Ella on me just sometimes I had to pause.
My knee still bothers me after workouts and I still have to modify.
You barely got any videos because my phone filled out and I didn't realize. During a water break I deleted some stuff. Then I filled it again. One of the videos was from Ella's ipad because as soon as she sees me working out, she turns on the camera and sets up her ipad to record. I trimmed the part I wanted!
8/3/17 - I stopped my fitbit between videos when the 2nd wasn't loading and then I never started it back up Ella wouldn't stop playing around me. I kept telling her to stop. Then she went to dive under me and mid dive she hit my 15 lb weight. Her head hurt for awhile. I decided to quit being lazy and carried a 15 lb weight from the basement. I was going to workout down there so I had my other weights down so I had to carry up a lot so only carried 1 15 up so you will see me switching arms in the middle. I'm shocked how well I did with the heavier weights. Chris spends so long explaining even the 2nd time through that I tended to do the previous or the next exercise while he was explaining. But then I also missed seconds here or there because of Ella. I modified less because of my knee.
8/4 I decided I'm not working out at 10:40 at night for a few reasons. I will do a double tomorrow. First workout will be done before noon. Check in!
Various reasons
1 Miles was up super late. When this happens his sleep is crap and he's up many times
2 by the time I worked out it'd be really late then by the time I showered it'd be super late. 3 not feeling strong because if inadequate fast food for dinner with our Power issues.
I can already feel myself making excuses tomorrow since we had to throw away food. We need to shop.
I will be meal planning tonight until I probably gal asleep with my laptop on me so tomorrow I can buy replacement food and new food
I told Ella I was going to workout. She asked me to workout in her room. She said she'd clean up the floor for me. She did. So I didn't it was a little tight!
I didn't record as much
I was so hungry and I pushed play prior to eating. This was the hardest workout so far. Going from ground to standing I'd get a rush of being lightheaded.
It was great weather tonight and I got Miles to sleep at a decent hour so I went for a run!
I'm sad to say it's been a few months since I even ran 2 miles. I miss running.
My breakfast on the left and Miles's on the right.
7/31 - I was lightheaded part of the day too.
Total:
6 ¾ Green - Vegetables(5)
2 Purple - Fruit (2)
5 Red - Protein (5)
1.5 Yellow - Carbs (2)
1.5? Blue - Healthy Fats (1)
0 Orange - Seeds and Dressings (1)
1 Tsp - Tsp food list (4)
8/1
8/2
8/3 NSV (almost too ashamed to share): my maternity shorts that I have been wearing for a long time are finally starting to fall down.
( a long time and also they were too loose most of pregnancy. Miles is almost 11 months old now!)
8/3
I decided to make a weight graph of not just the past 10 days or so but also the previous few months including before the road trip. If you just look at recently it seems like I dropped a lot but right after Philly I was a couple pounds up from where I was before. Randomly once I had a low weight in June but I think that was after a workout and not just a morning weight.
My food yesterday. Plus I ate some of Ella's fries in the car. I feel like I ate more but didn't take a picture if I did and now I forget.
8/6
My delicious food today. That salad was too big. It took far too long to eat. Most of the time Miles was even asleep. The pork wasn't amazing and then I ate more than I normally would. Yay for over 5 servings of vegetables today.
Total:
5 ¾ Green (5)
½ Purple (2)
3 ¼ Red (5)
3 Yellow (2)
½ Blue (1)
0 Orange (1)
4 Tsp (4)
I liked having the soup for a 10 PM snack when I was just too hungry. The roasted potatoes were so good that it was hard to not eat a ton of them. (The leftovers were rough in week 3 too because I was supposed to have 0 carbs so just having 1 serving a day made them last and then go to waste.)
Miles has been eating all the healthy food. Ella doesn't eat any of it. Dave doesn't always try new food.
Throughout the week I thought I noticed my midsection being smaller but usually by night it was huge again so I wasn't sure I was seeing the progress. Some people from the challenge groups I was in were taking their measurements and losing quite a few inches already. I was not seeing that. I think it depends on what time of day and you can take a pic at night and morning and it could seem like a good before and after but really it's just time of day.
I liked the workouts better than week 1. Week 1 they seemed too short. By the end of the week, my knee gets so sore with 0 rest days.
I was hungry the first couple days. Then I wasn't hungry and didn't even crave sweets. I didn't even have a constant feeling I wanted a zebra cake which is usually the case.
I was lightheaded a lot after the first few days.
The workouts were pretty good. Because of my knee I had to modify.
I wish I had heavier dumb bells.
I was hangry for a day or so but then I ate 1.5 cups extra of veggies and it helped.
7/25/17 - The interruptions were intense. (The video won't post to youtube for some reason)
7/26/17 - The second Speed :25 is in the books.
It took 33 minutes with pausing. Also Ella rewound a few times so then I did extra. Ella fed Miles play dough which was probably a big chunk of my delay. Oh and at the end Ella fell and hurt her head.
My knee got bad that even the modification was too bad so I had to modify that. More interruptions but still did it.
Miles needed to nap bad so I'm nursing him now and my cooldown was a bit odd while holding him and trying to stretch
7/28/17 Third time doing this workout! Ella joined me and set up her iPad to record so I started recording more too. She attempted to do everything once she joined me but she said I was supposed to dance while Chris described the next move.
7/29/17
I had a busy evening. After we delivered brownies to the new neighbors I realized how food the weather was. So Ella and I went for a run
It didn't go that well but it was something.
After 20 minutes we came inside. Ella even made me carry her back up the hill. I almost let that count as my workout but I committed to the shift shop workouts so I went and did 25 minutes of strength then also did the core workout.
Today was that time you think you are recording push-ups but you didn't so you just do them again.
And also that time you record the workout and your phone fills up 😁
Swimmers aren't recommended if you need to nurse 😁
Today was a good day.
7/26 at lunch time . I missed mid morning snack since breakfast was so late.
7/27 - It is hard work finishing the salads. I worked and worked and still wasn't done.
My fuel: Spinach and 2 eggs (I forgot the cheese but then was glad I had it to use extra at dinner) 🥚🥚 Salad with chicken (leftovers) and fruit 🍓🍇🍗🥗🥕 Shakeology with peanut butter and banana Soft taco and taco salad (plus apple and peanut butter not shown)🌮🍎
7/28
7/29 Mine and Miles's
Breakfast for me and for Miles. He started eating his so had some egg and a ton of blueberries already.
2 eggs and 1 cup of spinach for me
1 egg and half a cup of spinach for Miles.
I cooked his while I was still cutting the spinach for mine.
A very tasty way to start the day!
7/29
I had more posts on facebook in my group challenge or on my general page but when you compile this 2 weeks late it just takes forever.
Overall this is week 1 with some workouts and some food.
