That Time We Worked Out With Tony Horton

One evening in August we were hanging out at home and saw something online about Tony Horton offering a free public workout in his hometown of Westerly, RI. We immediately made plans for a weekend adventure in the ocean state. 

The event took place at Wilcox Park, and the workout was tough! We definitely worked up a sweat. It was so cool to exercise with our favorite fitness guru who we've been training with in our living room for the past two years. It felt like being with an old friend : )

Tony knows a lot when it comes to health and fitness. He talked about our nation's "healthcare crisis" - our general lack of control over what we put in our mouth and our failure to exercise and take care of our bodies- and he urged us to live intentionally.

Got some TH Fitness shirts, post workout

After the workout we spent a little time exploring Rhode Island and getting a bite to eat. Later that evening we returned to Westerly for a book signing with Tony. It was awesome to hear about his journey to fitness and how he does what he does every day. We left with a intensified desire to focus more on healthy eating in addition to our daily exercises, something we've slacked on up to this point. As tony says, you have two choices when you eat anything- to eat poison or to eat fuel. We are excited to take our fitness and health to the next level!

Thanks for being our inspiration, Tony.

P90X-3

We did it. We completed a full round of P90X-3. Six workouts a week, thirty minutes per day, for ninety days without missing a workout! The workouts were fun and hard and we enjoyed doing them together each morning. Here are some of our before and after photos.

This is the first time in my life that I've consistently stuck to a workout routine. During the past three months, we didn't go on a diet, but we made a conscious decision to eat much less fast food and to track the food we ate on My Fitness Pal. Exercising regularly and eating healthier just go hand in hand. As soon as we started this routine our bodies craved more wholesome, filling food. That's not to say we didn't have hankerings for sweet treats anymore; we certainly had our share of desserts (although we've been using healthier alternative recipes when we bake things at home). It has however been easier to choose healthier options because our bodies don't crave greasy, sugary things all the time. Now that we completed our 90 days, we're just going to start another round. Can't let all of our gains go towards nothing. Now it's about exercising and eating for life. Bring it!

Freedom Trail 5k and the North End

Riding the Red Line into the city!

 After we returned from New York, we woke up early the next morning and met with some strangers at the Common and ran the Freedom Trail 5k! It was a very entertaining, low stress run. We followed our tour guide from one historical site to the next and would stop at each place to hear some interesting facts about Boston. It was SOOOO cool! Note: some of these pictures are from a phone and some are from our camera. The nice pictures of our 5k were taken by our running guide.

First stop was across the street from the Common at the State House

This running tour was awesome. We learned so many things that we never knew! Boston has such a cool history.

Paul Revere grave site.

Granary Burying Ground

Old Boston State House where the Declaration of Independence was first read.

Site of the Boston Massacre

Paul Revere's House

Bunker Hill Memorial

We became fast friends with our running partners on this two hour tour. The run ended at the U.S.S. Constitution in the Naval Ship Yard. Our running guide distributed t-shirts to everyone and bought us drinks at a nearby convenience store. Then we boarded a ferry and rode back across the harbor. We absolutely loved the whole thing and definitely plan to do this again!

Later that day we went back into the city to have dinner at the oldest running restaurant in the country! 

This was actually outside of a bar that is just around the corner from the Union Oyster House.
Some of the plans for the American Revolution were schemed here so we went inside to check it out.

The lights are up at Quincy Market!

What a fun weekend! Thanks for visiting, mom. We loved having you!