Introduction

I can't believe I'm doing a blog. My sisters and I are doing this together, though, so here we go! We are starting this blog to chronicle our journey into the world of P90. We officially started this morning. A little history as to how we got here. We all decided that we were not in the shape we've wanted to be. We've complained to each other for months now, and we finally decided to do something about it. We all bought the P90 exercise DVDs and we are going for it. We did the fat burning jumpstart week last week. We all did every workout and did great on our eating. The title of this blog comes from last week. We were supposed to cut out pretty much all carbs for 6 days. High protein for a week. It wasn't bad for about the first day and a half. By the third day, I was missing my carbs! I could tell a huge difference in doing the workouts. I do mine in the mornings and I would be STARVING! We were all together last weekend to watch my brother-in-law, Tyler (Lori's husband) run his 3rd marathon - Go Tyler! Anyway, Friday night was carbo loading night. We three sisters just sat at the table and ate the spaghetti sauce (a lot like chili) and salad. That was a huge bummer. We were all dying for our carbs. Alexandra was starting to not make any sense in what she was saying. We were definitely in carb withdrawal. Anyway, someone yelled, "I just need a freakin' pancake!" and thus the name of this blog.

We did all our measurements together and took all our "before" pictures. We sisters need to talk about when to post those. Maybe in 30 days when we see some results! We are doing this blog together so the posts could be from any one of us. I guess we should label who is writing. I'll start:

Claire - I am excited to be doing this! I am really excited to be doing it with my sisters. Any chance we could talk Mom into it? Vincent? I am a believer that I should be a good steward of anything with which God has blessed me. This includes my physical self. I can do better than I have been. One of the big components of P90 is healthy eating. I would say that I have a decent diet, but again, I could do better. So, here are my goals for P90:

• have a healthy, well-balanced diet for myself and my family
• model for my kids a healthy active lifestyle
• get down to 118 pounds (I need to lose about 6 pounds)
• have a strong core to help me with my running
• have fun and share something with my sisters
• let's be honest here - I want to look good!

Well, I guess that is all I will post for now. Lori and Alexandra - your turn! The next time I will tell you about my hilarious and HUMBLING first workout in P90.