I figured I'd start a diary for me and Sarah (steadfast_minx), since we're both working out and eating better together. I'm just trying to be supportive, but I think she's doing better than I am!

She started a special Curves diet online a few days ago. She can print off a grocery list of everything we need and then print of a list of recipes for every meal and snack. I helped cook a few of the meals, and I'm definitely not a cook! My cooking experience usually just extends to grilling, microwaving, and making "complete meals" But it was fun to do some real cooking. I made some fruit/cereal bars and some really good vegetable soup from scratch. Usually my vegetable soup comes from can.

Tonight, we went and played tennis, and by "played" I mean we ran around and chased flying balls. But it was really fun and we both worked up a sweat. We probably played for about 45 minutes and then walked a half mile, jogged a quarter mile, and then walked another mile. We usually walk a mile about once a week, but hopefully we'll be able to get in the habit of jogging more.

I think we're going to try to play tennis again tomorrow night, so that should be fun. Maybe we'll actually get to hit the ball back and forth more than a few times in a row!

I'm so proud of Sarah for making an effort, and I'm glad she's letting me be a part of it. I need to get in shape too. I don't want to lose any weight, but I could definitely use SOME muscles. I'm so not athletic.

Good luck on your efforts... Im sure she is happy to have you right there with here... Thats really cool....

Hey all, this is Sarah (steadfast_minx), the other author of the journal. It took me forever to find this post because Blake didn't quite use proper grammar in naming this journal. HAHAHAHA. Anyway, I am a little frustrated today because I worked out 5 times last week and I have been working really hard on my diet. I know that it happens, but it is still frustrating.

I made some amazing fish tacos tonight and they were awesome. I was surprised how good they were. My diet hasn't been perfect, but it is defiantly a step in the right direction. One huge improvement is I am drinking almost 12 glasses of water a day, which it feels really good to be drinking that much again.

I know I had other thoughts but after working a little more than 10 hours today my mind isn't very clear.

Well, it's been about a year since I've been on here...

We started doing the Biggest Loser Yoga DVD a couple of months ago. I love it! It's definitely gotten me into better shape than I've ever been. That's not saying much, but I definitely have muscles that I've never had before.

I think Sarah said a few weeks ago that she had already lost 15 pounds just doing the video, so that's amazing!

We also started doing the Boot Camp DVD. I like the weight lifting parts of it (though I'm only using 5 pound weights instead of the 10 pounds they're using in it). I'm not as big of a fan of the cardio parts of it, but it goes by pretty fast. Still leaves me dripping with sweat.