6 Weeks ...

After 6 long weeks, my challenge is over ... I don't have the washboard abs that I had hoped for, BUT I am not stopping here, I will keep on until they are back to the way they were before I had kids. I can say that my abs have not felt this good since before I had my 1st son. After Grady was born and they separated (almost 4 finger widths ... yikes!!) I was devastated and was told only surgery would fix the problem. Since I am terrified of hospitals and needles that just wasn't an option. Now that I've had my 2nd little boy I'm determined to get back the abs I once had. It is possible with exercise and a lot of work! I would say I'm about half way there so by summer I will for sure be bikini ready and won't have to hide this gut in a one piece!

So, here's where I ended up - this is the "flexing" photo, since my gut looks MUCH better flexed! You can almost see the ab muscles at the top - yeah! And that is Wyatt (the baby) and Grady (in the background) - my 2 wonderful kids.

And here is the none sucked in photo, you can still see the ab separation a little down the middle if you look closely. And NO I am not pushing it out. I can post a photo of that if you need to see the difference (and yes, that's Sesame Street playing in the background - it's Grady's fav right now!!)

Total weight lost is 3 lbs! I wasn't trying to lose weight, but it was nice to shed a couple more lbs. Overall I feel much better, have a workout time slotted into every day and feel more ripped than I have since I swam competitively in college.

Thanks Lindsay for your workout DVD's! I wouldn't have been able to stay on track without the Shedd 5 Fast, Boot Camp 2, and Core Fitness DVD's. I was able to always keep things fresh so my body didn't adapt and was able to mix and match them for a great workout every day. I love that I can workout for 10 minutes or an hour depending on how the kids are doing and still feel like I've had a workout either way.

I'll do my best to keep posting weekly updates on getting back my six pack. It's taking a little longer than I thought, but I am sure with a little more hard work it will be back by summer.