Day Eighteen: ABCs Rule

I thought today was going to be a major pain. The videos were stacked against me ... tough ones, ones I've struggled with in the past. It was going to be a triple threat of agony. Instead, I'm here having found my second wind (surprisingly) after not getting a lot of sleep last night.

The first video was the a quickie workout, done at a fast pace, and done without any wasted motions. Her faster pace videos still give me trouble, but I found myself keeping up better this time than I have in the past. This video really set the pace for me today.

I next moved onto the second video, which was the dreaded ABC Abs. This video has kicked my tail more often than not. I struggle doing it a lot, but I came into this one warmed up. I came out of the gates with a roar, blazing through the first set of ABCs with the upper abs. Once we hit the lower abs, I started to give out, and I was definitely shaking.

I've noticed that my lower abs seem to have more difficulty than my upper abs, and this isn't surprising to me as my lower abs is where the bulk of the sagging skin is. It makes sense to my warped mind that they'd be the weaker of the two.

I got about to 'I' before I started breathing pretty heavily. My form began to break down and though I struggled to finish strong, I did finish without taking a break. Admittedly, at the end of the video, I just sat on the floor for about five before I moved onto the next one.

The last video was the Lady Gaga workout one. Bleh. Bleh. Bleh. I still have difficulty doing the Lady Gag Crunches but I was able to do a few of them before my form completely broke down. It's progress. The rest of the video was relatively painless and I sit here, before you, energized.

I definitely feel like I'm slimming up, though the scale barely nudges past the usual number. My shirts feel a bit looser, my pants do as well, and I look slimmer to my own eyes. Admittedly, this is all based on perception so it could be entirely wrong. But I think some truth is there.

My flexibility in my back has improved considerably and I feel like that's the biggest gain so far. I can do things with my back that I haven't been able to do since I was a child. My legs still refuse to bend as far as hers do or stretch as far back ... it hasn't really changed a lot since I first began, but I think I've made a very small difference there.

I'm quite pleased by today's efforts and look forward to tomorrow, where I'll be concluding this week's workouts and trying to get on a regular schedule for next week (where things will hopefully begin on a Monday). Thanks for reading, and see you for Day Nineteen.