Slayer Squad

January:  No one said it would be easy.  I haven't been perfect.  But I did attack January with a vengeance.  I saw changes pretty quickly at first.  I was motivated and determined.  I wasn't working out every day, but I really tried.  I probably made it about 4 days a week.  But hey, compared to the nothing that I was doing before, this was a major improvement.  That first week was brutal! I did day 1's workout, which was cardio.  My legs were so sore the next day.  I worked day 2:  upper body.  It wasn't nearly as bad.  It was kinda easy.  The abs section was near the end and I didn't quite make it through.  By Wednesday, I could not sit and stand.  I was so ridiculously sore I couldn't fathom the idea of working out.  Thursday I fought my way through it.  I really don't remember the rest of the week... but I kept at it one day at a time. Then I started to notice something else.  When I missed a day, it made restarting my workout that much harder.  I

I knew it wasn't going to be easy. I knew it wasn't going to be quick.  After contacting my friend in the fall of 2017, she tells me about some of what is offered.  For something like 45$ I get 3 months of workouts.  "Okay" I think, "that's like 15$ a month.  That's about what it costs for a gym membership, but I don't have to worry about finding someone to watch the kids if I'm working out at home."  So I sign up for 3 months.  I don't think I got my moneys worth that first round. I was put into a group, that was already established, and had many people already very familiar with the program.  In this group, everyone was to post one of their "clean meals" each day.  I was introduced to "clean eating".  As described to me, "basically natural ingredients.  If there's stuff you can't pronounce, it's probably not clean.  Look for things with 6 or fewer ingredients."  So these people were alread