The last of the... Pumpkin

I was sitting in my room this afternoon basking in the how great time was with the family for Thanksgiving...and I don't know why, but pumpkin popped in my head. I'm not even a huge pumpkin fan, but I went with it. That led me to the kitchen to the final 2 cans (no, not fresh) of pumpkin. I mentioned before that I have been baking a lot lately, so I decided on a pumpkin muffin.

I started pulling ingredients from cabinets high and low and this is what I created. Woohoo!!

 Ingredients are below...

 

This is what mixing looking likes...
Dry ingredients in one bowl, wet in another (adding one after the other) and then combine.

Now, it's time to bake...

 And, now it's time to cool... (except, I forgot to take the cooling picture, so this is after they've cooled)

Clean up always sucks...

Now to stack...

My first batch sunk in the middle because I overfilled them and decided to use a spatula to get the gook from the bottom of the stove before it started burning. Those went in the trash. I tried to save them (maybe mash together and create some type of crust for something else, but it was hopeless. 

Overall, it was a great 1st try at these. Now, someone else should come eat them. Shawn T and Insanity are going to shaking fingers at me. 

Ready For A Little Insanity?

Well I was not at all ready.

 

Lately, i've been doing a heck of a lot of baking. I've always been pretty good in the kitchen, but baking from scratch only happens every once in a while. Prior to about 2 months ago, I hadn't truly COOKED anything in about a year and a half. So, it was time. I may post later about what I cooked, but that's not the point of this post.

The point is that I've been baking, spending a ton of time on the computer, and watching TV more often than not. Sitting + baking/eating = more lbs and that's the last thing I want to do. I've been riding a stationary bike 2 maybe 3 times a week, but it's not doing anything for the lbs. Good for staying healthy though. Today, i get the genius idea to start the Insanity workout by Shawn T. Stupid, stupid idea.

The 60 day transformation workout starts with Shawn telling you he's going to ask you to dig deeper than you usually do with your workouts. Easy peasy. I am persistent, so no biggie. First things first...how fit are you...or am i in this case. I knew I was starting at a pretty low point, because I haven't been working out regularly. The Fit test is designed to see how many reps you can do of various exercises (1 min each) without dying. I did better than I thought I would, but by the time I got to the last exercise I was spent. The exercises are below.

I looked at this before starting and wasn't too intimidated, but seriously, how many times have you ever done 8 exercises repeatedly for 1 minute each. Me...Never.

Anyway, my numbers in order of the pictures above were 70, 20, 70, 15, 6, 3, 14, and 1.

I think I pulled something in my left shoulder during the 1st exercise which really had me straining for the remaining 7, but I didn't give up until the low plank oblique. I can barely lay on my back and lift each leg to my each hip. I am going to really have to pray in order to this one. 

I have never felt like I felt today after the workout and I'm no novice to working out. I can gym it up 5 days a week for 2.5 hours and be just fine. This is new to me...taking me back to my college days when I stepped in the gym for the 1st time and couldn't do 3 minutes on the elliptical. 

All in all, it was okay. I plan to do it tomorrow and every day after that until I reach 60. My Insanity cycle should end on January 1st. I'll see if i can last that long. 

I won't post before pics until I have after pics.

Join in on the fun. Insanity for everyone!

Happy Health!