When are we going live again?

Hey guys! It's been a few days, so it's time for a quick update!

I'm just gonna kinda lump the last few days in together, mostly because I did a horrible job of noting what I did and when I did it.

Progress on Get Two Fit

Remember how we launched our Facebook page!? Well so we've gotten some content created, too. We've scripted a longer "intro" video that we still need to record, but also put together our first workout video. We have a blog post as an aside to said workout video, plus two more blog posts. One is about a weekly planning system and tracking your progress on a daily basis (I know - I didn't write it. Don't worry). The other is our introduction post so you can read about both of us and why we started the blog. 

Graphics are done, everything's uploaded and ready to go, so now we're just waiting until, well, next week when we're actually scheduled to launch. Yay! Much excite! Don't forget to subscribe to Get Two Fit now! You'll get an email notification when everything goes live (plus a million other cool things, as they come out). 

Minor progress on main channel

I've completely neglected my main blog, so I just want to say sorry here, since I can't bring myself to apologize on my blog itself. 

But! 

I did finish a guest post I've been working on for the last few weeks. I submitted it on... I think Monday, although I haven't heard back yet. Hopefully it'll be up soon (it's another link to my site, so!). 

I published a video on Tuesday and today, so I think I may have just set myself up for a posting schedule on my main YouTube channel. In this first video, I talk about the problem of trying to describe your content (and randomly turn into a T. Rex because me). 

In the second, I talk about the importance of contributing value with every single thing you create (which applies to ALL endeavors on the internet, and not just on YouTube). 

Also, I ranted a little bit. 

Dream board! 

Today, I took some time to put together a dream board. Kind of. I made it more like a scrapbook in an old, unused photo album. I spent a couple hours putting it together. Which means my dream board served more as a tool for procrastination today, since I have a billion other things I'm supposed to be doing. But hey. It's done. 

I'm planning on putting together an article once Jessica's is done, too, and hopefully submit it as our first Get Two Fit guest post on a blog that's a little more targeted toward dream boards. If you have any suggestions, let me know! 

Dating! 

I took a slight break from boys (like... 5 days), but I'm back on the dating scene, now, apparently. I'm still talking to the infamous not-my-boyfriend back in Albuquerque, but since that not-a-relationship has stalled, I'm still considering myself single (Well, married to my work, but single-ish). So I went on a date yesterday. I have another one coming up tomorrow. And we'll see where it goes from there. 

Workouts! 

We went swimming one night (about 40 minutes - it was exhausting. We raced, too. I won). Also spent 20 minutes on the treadmill yesterday, worked on mastering the art of the plank for an upcoming workout video (spoiler alert, sorry, bruh), and did a Jillian Michaels workout DVD (her yoga inferno DVD, if you must know, and yes, it did suck). I am so not keeping up with working out like I should be, but I was so sore for so long... I'm actually still kind of sore, and then tomorrow I'm sure will be worse because Jillian Michaels. 

Slip-ups! 

Remember how Sunday was cheat day? Yeah, well, it turns out Tuesday was also cheat day, because we went and got Taco Cabana. Yes, it was amazing. Plus, I ate a personal pizza on my date yesterday. So there was that. But it was free, so the calories don't "count." 

But progress...?

I went to Walmart yesterday and bought a container of whey protein and a whole bunch of fruit (and some whole wheat bread and peanut butter) so I can shove some healthy food down my throat and try to pretend it's a cheeseburger. I actually like most of this stuff, so it's not quite as painful as trying to eat quinoa. That said, I know I'll get tired of eating the same things over and over, so I'm going to work on expanding my tastes while I'm working on some new recipes for the fitness blog. So hopefully I won't be such a child anymore. 

I'm especially interested in comfort food alternatives after tonight's session, in which I decided to write an article about that very thing. So we'll see. 

Many exciting things we've got planned! I just have to force myself to sit down and really crank some good stuff out over the weekend, and we'll be ready for launch this coming week. Stay tuned! 

Day 2: Facebook is live!

What's up, buttercup!?

Eventful day today!

Our morning plans didn't go exactly as, well, planned. Jessica decided at 6:00 that she'd rather wake up at 7:00. I'm not one to turn down an extra hour of sleep, so I jumped back into bed (she literally texted me as my alarm went off and I was putting on pants).

At 7:00, she elected to skip our workout ("It's the Sabbath day...") so I figured Jillian Michaels can wait another day or two before she kicks my butt into submission. I let Jessica have her sabbath day sleep, but I got cracking on articles. I started drafting a post for my personal creating blog (actually, two posts), reorganized the categories (it needed to be done months ago but I just didn't have the will to do so), and worked on drafting an ultimate guide to social media strategy, which should be submitted as a guest post pretty soon.

I took a short trip around the neighborhood while Jessica went and ran errands, and then I attempted to watch Age of Adaline again. I love Blake Lively, and I love that movie, but I could not bring myself to focus for long. I ended up making myself lunch, and then Jessica came home shortly after.

Cue workouts!

We did two workouts (both for abs) and filmed both of them. For science. It was painfully awkward and we both kind of realized how much work we have to do on our exercise, but we made it through (kind of). We also did a couple sets of a booty workout and a squat challenge. My. thighs. are. on. fire.

Jessica took a break for her afternoon personal development reading, so I sat down and got cracking on a video. Surprisingly enough, I got enough usable footage to create an actual video! And there were weird comedic parts (because us), and it happened to make the perfect channel trailer! Success!

Of course, just in case it needs mentioning, you should definitely subscribe to our channel. We need 97 more subscribers to choose our custom URL!

I figured having a finished video would be the perfect chance to create the Get Two Fit Facebook page (yeah, I've been slacking, I know), so I whipped one up really quick. Turns out it's pretty easy when you know what you're actually trying to accomplish, have a logo and a usable-ish banner, and have set up like a bajillion pages already.

We went out to dinner (which may have been a mistake, but we're calling Sundays our going-out day, now). While out, we went ahead and did invites to our page from both of our friends lists. We launched our Facebook page literally 6 hours ago and it's already almost at 100 Likes (we went from 79 to 85 in the 20 minutes I spent writing this post). I am AMAZED at the turnout we've had so far. It's incredible! And kind of totally unexpected!

Finally, we ended the evening with some beers (for a job well done) and an hour-long swim (to burn off the beers).

My arms, thighs, and abs are killing me, but I'm starting to feel really satisfied (and much less terrified) than I was on Thursday (or even yesterday). I can't believe that this has only been my life for 48 hours - I feel like I've already accomplished so much in such a short period of time (and had so much fun). I'm excited to see what tomorrow, this week, and maybe most important the next couple months have in store for me.

I can't wait to have a success story to tell.

For the record, here's what I ate today:

• Spaghetti (just under 1/2 a pound, with a very small amount of sauce) 
• An apple with peanut butter (of course)
• Herbalife meal replacement shake 
• One beer (Sam Adams lager - it was free so the calories don't "count" right?)
• A bacon cheeseburger with fries, plus chips and queso (AMAZING!!!) 

I know half of this is terrible, but even my cheat day is an improvement over how I've been eating for most of my life (including this past year).