Today was day 19 of the 12 week body for life challenge.
My legs are still killing me. I decided to go for a step routine since I missed cardio yesterday. I did about 25% of it and I just couldn't continue. I skipped to the shoulder exercise part and completed it. Then I attempted to do the abs excercise. I was only succesful in completing maybe 70% of it I just feal drained today. Not sure what I'll try tomorrow. Hopefully my legs will be feeling better.
Food:
Breakfast: Granola
Lunch: Black beans and salsa (can salsa count as my vegetable?)
Dinner: Yummy chicken packets and green beans
Monday, January 26, 2009
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Day 18
Today was Day 18 of the 12 week body for life challenge.
Well this is the second Sunday in a row that I have not been able to get my Cardio in. Maybe I should move my free day to Sundays. I just need to do it before church but with Jake leaving at 8:45 it is just hard to get out in time.
My legs are killing me today. They are so unbelievably sore. Stairs are painful, sitting down hurts, standing up hurts, climbing over the gates is torterous. I think I overdid it yesterday a little bit. Even if I would have had time for a run I'm not sure my legs would have handled it too well.
Breakfast: Granola
Lunch: Black bean soup and a spinach strawberry kiwi salad
Dinner: Black bean soup and Taquitos
Lot of variety in my diet as you can see.
Well this is the second Sunday in a row that I have not been able to get my Cardio in. Maybe I should move my free day to Sundays. I just need to do it before church but with Jake leaving at 8:45 it is just hard to get out in time.
My legs are killing me today. They are so unbelievably sore. Stairs are painful, sitting down hurts, standing up hurts, climbing over the gates is torterous. I think I overdid it yesterday a little bit. Even if I would have had time for a run I'm not sure my legs would have handled it too well.
Breakfast: Granola
Lunch: Black bean soup and a spinach strawberry kiwi salad
Dinner: Black bean soup and Taquitos
Lot of variety in my diet as you can see.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Day 17
Today was day 17 of the 12 week body for life challenge.
Lower body today. I did my lower body exercises while watching an episode of 24. It was a rough work out I did Lunges for my hamstrings and they really kicked my butt. I really didn't feel good during my workout. My form just felt off, I couldn't keep my balance on the calf raises ect. I ran out of time to do Ab work. I'll throw it in with my Cardio tomorrow.
Food: Breakfast today was my breakfast free day I had froot loop wanna bes. Lunch was my nephews b-day party at Chuckie Cheese. I had a nice plate from the salad bar and two slices of pizza.
Dinner: Dinner was something chicken. Sad but I just can't remember.
Lower body today. I did my lower body exercises while watching an episode of 24. It was a rough work out I did Lunges for my hamstrings and they really kicked my butt. I really didn't feel good during my workout. My form just felt off, I couldn't keep my balance on the calf raises ect. I ran out of time to do Ab work. I'll throw it in with my Cardio tomorrow.
Food: Breakfast today was my breakfast free day I had froot loop wanna bes. Lunch was my nephews b-day party at Chuckie Cheese. I had a nice plate from the salad bar and two slices of pizza.
Dinner: Dinner was something chicken. Sad but I just can't remember.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Day 16
Today is Day 16 of the 12 week body for Life challenge.
Cardio day today. I went out for a run as soon as Jake got home from work. I was tired of running around the block. So I went for the 2.5 mile loop. I thought it was going to be kinda warm. It wasn't the wind was blowing and it made it rather unpleasant. I didn't take a watch today. I just ran throwing in intervals every so often. It was a good run.
Food: I can't remember too well. Breakfast and Lunch were good stuff. Dinner was Tilapia it was amazing. I am not a fish lover and I loved this recipe. After dinner I ran out to run some errands. I picked up some chocolates and ate more than I should have.
Cardio day today. I went out for a run as soon as Jake got home from work. I was tired of running around the block. So I went for the 2.5 mile loop. I thought it was going to be kinda warm. It wasn't the wind was blowing and it made it rather unpleasant. I didn't take a watch today. I just ran throwing in intervals every so often. It was a good run.
Food: I can't remember too well. Breakfast and Lunch were good stuff. Dinner was Tilapia it was amazing. I am not a fish lover and I loved this recipe. After dinner I ran out to run some errands. I picked up some chocolates and ate more than I should have.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Day 15
Today was day 15 of the 12 week body for life Challenge
I'm finally starting to see the scale move.... just a tad. It is rather frustrating when it doesn't move at all day after day. Now I am down 1 whole big pound.
Today was upper body. I really did not want to work out. The baby was crying, I was running short on time, and I had stayed up too late last night. I had one hundred excuses. Still I did it. I had the baby whining around my feet nearly the whole time. Not a very safe or ideal situation but hey it worked. He was fascinated as I spun and unspun the lock on the barbell over and over and over again. Changing weights between every set is so tedious. It was a good work I worked to failure point on everything but the back. I need to find a better exercise for the back or get some heavier dumbells.
Food:
Breakfast: Granola
Snack: I can't remember but I'm sure I had something
Lunch: Tuna Salad on a bed of Romaine
Snack: Again I'm pretty sure I had something but my mind is mush
Dinner: Chicken Tarragon and green beans This probably wan't too bad on calories the worst ingredient in it was a can of mushroom soup.
After Dinner: We went over to a friends house for some games. That stiking Doritos bag was open right towards me so I over indulged. I also had a cake but it was a low fat reduced sugar cake. It was very good.
I'm finally starting to see the scale move.... just a tad. It is rather frustrating when it doesn't move at all day after day. Now I am down 1 whole big pound.
Today was upper body. I really did not want to work out. The baby was crying, I was running short on time, and I had stayed up too late last night. I had one hundred excuses. Still I did it. I had the baby whining around my feet nearly the whole time. Not a very safe or ideal situation but hey it worked. He was fascinated as I spun and unspun the lock on the barbell over and over and over again. Changing weights between every set is so tedious. It was a good work I worked to failure point on everything but the back. I need to find a better exercise for the back or get some heavier dumbells.
Food:
Breakfast: Granola
Snack: I can't remember but I'm sure I had something
Lunch: Tuna Salad on a bed of Romaine
Snack: Again I'm pretty sure I had something but my mind is mush
Dinner: Chicken Tarragon and green beans This probably wan't too bad on calories the worst ingredient in it was a can of mushroom soup.
After Dinner: We went over to a friends house for some games. That stiking Doritos bag was open right towards me so I over indulged. I also had a cake but it was a low fat reduced sugar cake. It was very good.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Day 14
Today was day 14 of the 12 week body for life challenge.
Two weeks down. I'm starting to see just a little bit of change on the scale. Even a little change is encouraging.
Well today was a day off from exercise. I just did a yoga program to work on some stretching.
Food asi asi
Breakfast: We all had some granola with milk. Yet as I said before it has a lot of sugar in it so I'm not sure how healthy it really is.
Snack: some granola
Lunch: Leftover squash soup. The problem was this didn't fill me up at all so I was left feeling quite hungry. My parents came by to drop off all the cold food they cleared out of their fridge. There was an orange soda in the mix. I drink it right away.
Afternoon snack: cottage cheese
Dinner: Pizza bread sticks soda nothing very redeeming.
Two weeks down. I'm starting to see just a little bit of change on the scale. Even a little change is encouraging.
Well today was a day off from exercise. I just did a yoga program to work on some stretching.
Food asi asi
Breakfast: We all had some granola with milk. Yet as I said before it has a lot of sugar in it so I'm not sure how healthy it really is.
Snack: some granola
Lunch: Leftover squash soup. The problem was this didn't fill me up at all so I was left feeling quite hungry. My parents came by to drop off all the cold food they cleared out of their fridge. There was an orange soda in the mix. I drink it right away.
Afternoon snack: cottage cheese
Dinner: Pizza bread sticks soda nothing very redeeming.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Day 13
Today was day 13 of the 12 week Body for Life Challenge
Cardio day. I still haven't been able to drag myself out of bed to the Cardio first thing in the morning as the book suggests. Instead I did a run before dinner. It was cold out but not too windy. I worked through the intervals. It was still just as challenging as last time maybe even a little harder.
I still am not seeing any real change in my weight. I am seeing some loss of inches though. The body fat % seems to jump around a little bit. I'm still getting readings as high as my initial so I'm thinking there hasn't been much change there either. Still I feel better, I feel more fit, less depressed and less tired.
Food: Today was a good food day
Breakfast was a smoothie It was just a mix some tahini, yogurt, orange juice, mango, blueberries, raspberries and strawberries. The result was quite good
Morning snack: Another half a cup of the smoothie
Lunch: I used up some leftovers. Some of the terryaki chicken and vegetables from last night. Mixed with the beans from yesterdays lunch and some salsa. I also sneaked in a couple potato chips. They were Lays chips from China and I think they are actually the baked type so a little less bad.
Afternoon snack: We made some granola. It was laden with all kinds of good stuff like wheat germ, oat bran and sesame seeds and a little bit of nuts. Yet it had a whole lot of sugar added too. There was some maple syrup (natural of course), honey, and brown sugar. So I'm not sure if it still qualifies as healthy with all those sugar calories
Dinner: Some butternut squash soup and a little bit of the leftovers from lunch today.
Tonight: I am drinking a soda as I type. I'm just not ready to give this up yet. Maybe that's why I'm not seeing any change on the scale. My goal is just 3 or 4 a week. I don't think I've actually hit that yet.
Tomorrow just some yoga. I am looking forward to a day off. Unfortunately my food plans for tomorrow are already being thwarted. We have a dinner engagement of pizza and salad.
Cardio day. I still haven't been able to drag myself out of bed to the Cardio first thing in the morning as the book suggests. Instead I did a run before dinner. It was cold out but not too windy. I worked through the intervals. It was still just as challenging as last time maybe even a little harder.
I still am not seeing any real change in my weight. I am seeing some loss of inches though. The body fat % seems to jump around a little bit. I'm still getting readings as high as my initial so I'm thinking there hasn't been much change there either. Still I feel better, I feel more fit, less depressed and less tired.
Food: Today was a good food day
Breakfast was a smoothie It was just a mix some tahini, yogurt, orange juice, mango, blueberries, raspberries and strawberries. The result was quite good
Morning snack: Another half a cup of the smoothie
Lunch: I used up some leftovers. Some of the terryaki chicken and vegetables from last night. Mixed with the beans from yesterdays lunch and some salsa. I also sneaked in a couple potato chips. They were Lays chips from China and I think they are actually the baked type so a little less bad.
Afternoon snack: We made some granola. It was laden with all kinds of good stuff like wheat germ, oat bran and sesame seeds and a little bit of nuts. Yet it had a whole lot of sugar added too. There was some maple syrup (natural of course), honey, and brown sugar. So I'm not sure if it still qualifies as healthy with all those sugar calories
Dinner: Some butternut squash soup and a little bit of the leftovers from lunch today.
Tonight: I am drinking a soda as I type. I'm just not ready to give this up yet. Maybe that's why I'm not seeing any change on the scale. My goal is just 3 or 4 a week. I don't think I've actually hit that yet.
Tomorrow just some yoga. I am looking forward to a day off. Unfortunately my food plans for tomorrow are already being thwarted. We have a dinner engagement of pizza and salad.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Day 12
Today was day 12 of the 12 week Body for life challenge.
I contemplated getting up early to make up the cardio I missed yesterday. But at 5:45 it was cold and dark and I just couldn't pull myself out of bed.
I had a great lower body workout later in the day. Definitely got close to failure point on quads, calves and abs. Hamstrings are still a challenge. I just can't find a really good exercise for them.
Food:
This was probably my best day food wise. I came close to a trip to an all you can eat pizza place. Plans changed which was very good for my eating.
Breakfast: Oatmeal with dates
Lunch: Black beans with onions, cilantro and other seasonings
Snack: I did snack on some cookies so I guess it wasn't perfect
Dinner: Chicken Terryaki, vegetable medley, cornbread
I need to do a better job eating a lot of smaller meals instead of three big ones.
I contemplated getting up early to make up the cardio I missed yesterday. But at 5:45 it was cold and dark and I just couldn't pull myself out of bed.
I had a great lower body workout later in the day. Definitely got close to failure point on quads, calves and abs. Hamstrings are still a challenge. I just can't find a really good exercise for them.
Food:
This was probably my best day food wise. I came close to a trip to an all you can eat pizza place. Plans changed which was very good for my eating.
Breakfast: Oatmeal with dates
Lunch: Black beans with onions, cilantro and other seasonings
Snack: I did snack on some cookies so I guess it wasn't perfect
Dinner: Chicken Terryaki, vegetable medley, cornbread
I need to do a better job eating a lot of smaller meals instead of three big ones.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Day 11
Today was day 11 of the 12 week body for life challenge.
I missed my cardio workout today. I was thinking I should run before church. Jake had to leave early for church and it didn't happen. The we got home and ate some lunch. I thought I'll sit down watch one tv program then go out. Well our computer was acting all fritzy and one program was nearly impossible to watch. So we only got through half of it then the boys got up from their nap. So it was time to head over to my parents. The point is I am full of excuses. I just didn't make it a priority today.
Food: Not great
Breakfast: oatmeal
Lunch: Leftover chicken tetrazzini
Dinner: At my parents for some Beef enchiladas, sweet potato, and a baked apple. And a soda too
I missed my cardio workout today. I was thinking I should run before church. Jake had to leave early for church and it didn't happen. The we got home and ate some lunch. I thought I'll sit down watch one tv program then go out. Well our computer was acting all fritzy and one program was nearly impossible to watch. So we only got through half of it then the boys got up from their nap. So it was time to head over to my parents. The point is I am full of excuses. I just didn't make it a priority today.
Food: Not great
Breakfast: oatmeal
Lunch: Leftover chicken tetrazzini
Dinner: At my parents for some Beef enchiladas, sweet potato, and a baked apple. And a soda too
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Day 10
Today was day 10 of the 12 week body for life challenge.
Arm workout today. I need some more plates for the bar so I can get to failure point on the chest press. I still haven't found an exercise that I really like for the back. I did bent over row today but I wasn't thrilled with it. I'm also not thrilled with my triceps exercises. I got to failure point but by more reps not higher weight. Shoulders and biceps no problem very challenging and I still have room to move up on weight.
Food:
Breakfast: Oatmeal I tried it with some dates today quite good.
Then I was finishing off the little bit that was left of a 2L of coke through out the morning.
My secret sister from church surprised me with a gift on the door. That gift included chocolate. I gave some of them to my husband and ate the rest.
Lunch: Leftover Chicken Tetrazzini. This stuff is delicious but I wouldn't consider it healthy
Dinner: I finished up the last of the Black Bean soup.
Arm workout today. I need some more plates for the bar so I can get to failure point on the chest press. I still haven't found an exercise that I really like for the back. I did bent over row today but I wasn't thrilled with it. I'm also not thrilled with my triceps exercises. I got to failure point but by more reps not higher weight. Shoulders and biceps no problem very challenging and I still have room to move up on weight.
Food:
Breakfast: Oatmeal I tried it with some dates today quite good.
Then I was finishing off the little bit that was left of a 2L of coke through out the morning.
My secret sister from church surprised me with a gift on the door. That gift included chocolate. I gave some of them to my husband and ate the rest.
Lunch: Leftover Chicken Tetrazzini. This stuff is delicious but I wouldn't consider it healthy
Dinner: I finished up the last of the Black Bean soup.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Day 9
Today was day 9 of the 12 Week body for life exercise.
I was glad today only called for 20 minutes of cardio because that is about all I had time for. I couldn't go out for a run so I stayed in and did some step. I just did basic step with intervals. It was a good work out. My 9 month old was crawling all over the step. I had to avoid stepping on little fingers.
I talked tonight with some very knowledgeable friends about some different weight training exercises. I'm looking forward to implementing them.
Food
Breakfast: Oatmeal
Lunch: Black bean and Salsa Soup ----- Yummy Love this stuff
Snack: cottage cheese
Dinner: We were at home group. Salad, garlic bread, chicken teterazzini, other ground beef pasta, 1 mozzarella cheese stick 2 toasted ravioli 1 brownie 1 glass soda. Not too bad for homegroup. It helped that all the deserts were chocolate. I'm not a big fan of chocolate cake cookies ect.
I was glad today only called for 20 minutes of cardio because that is about all I had time for. I couldn't go out for a run so I stayed in and did some step. I just did basic step with intervals. It was a good work out. My 9 month old was crawling all over the step. I had to avoid stepping on little fingers.
I talked tonight with some very knowledgeable friends about some different weight training exercises. I'm looking forward to implementing them.
Food
Breakfast: Oatmeal
Lunch: Black bean and Salsa Soup ----- Yummy Love this stuff
Snack: cottage cheese
Dinner: We were at home group. Salad, garlic bread, chicken teterazzini, other ground beef pasta, 1 mozzarella cheese stick 2 toasted ravioli 1 brownie 1 glass soda. Not too bad for homegroup. It helped that all the deserts were chocolate. I'm not a big fan of chocolate cake cookies ect.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Day 8
Today was day 8 of the 12 week body for life challenge.
Overall the exercise is going the food part is not going so good. As a result my scale hasn't moved. Yet my body fat % has gone down, I've lost a couple inches and my clothes fit a little better.
Today was lower body training. Worked my Quads hard. I'm having a hard time finding a good hamstring exercise. I can't seem to find one that isolates the hamstrings and is challenging enough to actually feel something. I gave my calves the hardest work out ever. I always thought of those calf exercise as something easy you throw on at the end or in the middle for a breather. Not today I pushed myself hard and was glad when it was done.
Food:
Sigh when will I improve
Breakfast: Oatmeal
Lunch: Sub and a soda
Dinner: Black Bean Salsa Soup I do an adaptation of this recipe. I absolutely love black beans and could eat them every day. I always feel like I'm making healthy choices when I make this. Now I'll have good leftovers for lunch for the next couple days.
My food focus for the next week is working on healthy lunches 6/7 days and increasing vegetables.
Overall the exercise is going the food part is not going so good. As a result my scale hasn't moved. Yet my body fat % has gone down, I've lost a couple inches and my clothes fit a little better.
Today was lower body training. Worked my Quads hard. I'm having a hard time finding a good hamstring exercise. I can't seem to find one that isolates the hamstrings and is challenging enough to actually feel something. I gave my calves the hardest work out ever. I always thought of those calf exercise as something easy you throw on at the end or in the middle for a breather. Not today I pushed myself hard and was glad when it was done.
Food:
Sigh when will I improve
Breakfast: Oatmeal
Lunch: Sub and a soda
Dinner: Black Bean Salsa Soup I do an adaptation of this recipe. I absolutely love black beans and could eat them every day. I always feel like I'm making healthy choices when I make this. Now I'll have good leftovers for lunch for the next couple days.
My food focus for the next week is working on healthy lunches 6/7 days and increasing vegetables.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Day 7
Today is Day 7 of the Body for life 12 week challenge.
Today is an off day no exercise is recommended in the Body for Life Challenge. Since the body for life includes no flexibility training I did some Yoga tonight.
I found a nice 30 minute free yoga program online. I just got done with it and enjoyed it very much. I definitely need to work on my flexibility. I just would like to find 30 minutes of quiet to do it. I was in the middle of a bridge while helping my 3 year old to get his PJ's back on. Sigh
Food:
Not so good on food yet again. When oh when am I going to get control over what I eat.
Breakfast: Oatmeal
Snacked on some pretzels
Lunch: Quesadilla
Snacked on some more pretzels and a glass of Tea
Then my sister called to see if she could come over. "Do you want me to pick up a soda?" She asked. "yes" I gleefully replied. Pizza led to ordering a pizza and well there goes any sense of healthy eating for the day.
Today is an off day no exercise is recommended in the Body for Life Challenge. Since the body for life includes no flexibility training I did some Yoga tonight.
I found a nice 30 minute free yoga program online. I just got done with it and enjoyed it very much. I definitely need to work on my flexibility. I just would like to find 30 minutes of quiet to do it. I was in the middle of a bridge while helping my 3 year old to get his PJ's back on. Sigh
Food:
Not so good on food yet again. When oh when am I going to get control over what I eat.
Breakfast: Oatmeal
Snacked on some pretzels
Lunch: Quesadilla
Snacked on some more pretzels and a glass of Tea
Then my sister called to see if she could come over. "Do you want me to pick up a soda?" She asked. "yes" I gleefully replied. Pizza led to ordering a pizza and well there goes any sense of healthy eating for the day.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Day 6
Today is day 6 of the 12 week body for life challenge.
It was all about Aerobics today. I was unable to go for a run so I did a challenging step routine instead. It did not follow the true body for life interval plan. It was still good with several intervals thrown in through the program.
I also worked my abs today and felt very weak. My abs are seriously out of shape.
Meals:
Today was not a particularly good meal day. On the body for life program you are suppose to take 1 day off and eat whatever you want. I did not plan on today being that day. I wanted to save it for this Friday when we have our church homegroup potluck.
Breakfast: Froot Loop wanna bes. At the beginning of the year my first goal was 6 days of healthy breakfast and one what I want day. Well today was the what I want day.
Morning snack: Strawberry smoothy Yummy
Lunch: Leftovers from last night Beef Stroganoff. I had a small helping but still not particularly healthy.
afternoon snack: two cookies (I still need to work on this unhealthy snacking)
Dinner: St. Louis Bread Co French Onion soup and Frontega chicken and a few of the boys french fries. Also a soda.
I was very low on vegetables today.
It was all about Aerobics today. I was unable to go for a run so I did a challenging step routine instead. It did not follow the true body for life interval plan. It was still good with several intervals thrown in through the program.
I also worked my abs today and felt very weak. My abs are seriously out of shape.
Meals:
Today was not a particularly good meal day. On the body for life program you are suppose to take 1 day off and eat whatever you want. I did not plan on today being that day. I wanted to save it for this Friday when we have our church homegroup potluck.
Breakfast: Froot Loop wanna bes. At the beginning of the year my first goal was 6 days of healthy breakfast and one what I want day. Well today was the what I want day.
Morning snack: Strawberry smoothy Yummy
Lunch: Leftovers from last night Beef Stroganoff. I had a small helping but still not particularly healthy.
afternoon snack: two cookies (I still need to work on this unhealthy snacking)
Dinner: St. Louis Bread Co French Onion soup and Frontega chicken and a few of the boys french fries. Also a soda.
I was very low on vegetables today.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Day 5
Today was day 5 of the Body for Life 12 week challenge. Up until yesterday I was following the plan from what I could gleam from the website. Yesterday I borrowed the book from a friend skimmed it over and saw some things I wasn't doing right. The biggest thing was I wasn't pushing myself hard enough on the weight training. I only have a pair of 5# and 10# dumbbells. I really needed some heavier weight so I borrowed a barbell with some weights from my parents.
So today was an arm training day with my new heavier weights. I didn't care for the barbell a whole lot because it was tedious putting the weights on and off between every set. Also I don't have a weight bench I just use my step bench elevated on four risers. This works fine with dumbbells but when I was doing the bench press there was no place to put the barbell. When I was done with the set I had to sit back up holding the barbell then place it on the ground. I was hopping to avoid purchasing more dumbbells but I might still. Maybe I'll see if I can find any on freecycle.
My arm routine was significantly harder. I definitely pushed myself to a level 10 on the shoulder and bicep exercises. I will definitely be feeling it through out my upper body tomorrow
Food:
So I'm not really following the food part of the program to a tee. Food is always my downfall. I'm actually just working on moving towards a more whole food diet. Eating smaller more frequent meals as suggested. I'm also making a conscious effort to increase the protein and other nutrients.
So what did I eat today?
Breakfast: Oatmeal
Morning: Then I snacked on some candy
Lunch: Spaghetti with marinara sauce, mushrooms and some cheese
Afternoon: I was dragging I took Ethan to speech class then I ran some errands and my gas tank was low so I went to the gas station. I was so close to grabbing a soda but I resisted the temptation. I got home had a bowl of cottage cheese and felt so much better.
Dinner: Not very healthy but delicious Beef Stroganoff and adaption of this recipe And Creamy Romaine Salad. Love the dressing on this salad
Evening: Snacked on some not healthy cereal
So I really need to work on the unhealthy snacking. I'm not too concerned about meals as long as I use proper portion control.
The next couple days will be a challenge. Jake will be out of town. I always like to reward myself but eating yummy (interpret unhealthy) food when he is gone.
So today was an arm training day with my new heavier weights. I didn't care for the barbell a whole lot because it was tedious putting the weights on and off between every set. Also I don't have a weight bench I just use my step bench elevated on four risers. This works fine with dumbbells but when I was doing the bench press there was no place to put the barbell. When I was done with the set I had to sit back up holding the barbell then place it on the ground. I was hopping to avoid purchasing more dumbbells but I might still. Maybe I'll see if I can find any on freecycle.
My arm routine was significantly harder. I definitely pushed myself to a level 10 on the shoulder and bicep exercises. I will definitely be feeling it through out my upper body tomorrow
Food:
So I'm not really following the food part of the program to a tee. Food is always my downfall. I'm actually just working on moving towards a more whole food diet. Eating smaller more frequent meals as suggested. I'm also making a conscious effort to increase the protein and other nutrients.
So what did I eat today?
Breakfast: Oatmeal
Morning: Then I snacked on some candy
Lunch: Spaghetti with marinara sauce, mushrooms and some cheese
Afternoon: I was dragging I took Ethan to speech class then I ran some errands and my gas tank was low so I went to the gas station. I was so close to grabbing a soda but I resisted the temptation. I got home had a bowl of cottage cheese and felt so much better.
Dinner: Not very healthy but delicious Beef Stroganoff and adaption of this recipe And Creamy Romaine Salad. Love the dressing on this salad
Evening: Snacked on some not healthy cereal
So I really need to work on the unhealthy snacking. I'm not too concerned about meals as long as I use proper portion control.
The next couple days will be a challenge. Jake will be out of town. I always like to reward myself but eating yummy (interpret unhealthy) food when he is gone.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Day 4
Today Was day 4 of the Body for life 12 week challenge. Today was a cardio day. I headed outside in the cold for the 20 minute interval run. I ran the first interval building up to a level 9 and holding it for a minute. Oh my, I was gasping for air at the end of that interval. Then I ran the next three intervals. I must say I didn't push myself as hard as that first one. I was simply too pooped. It was a good run after so many weeks of no running. Looking forward to my arm workout tomorrow.
Monday, January 5, 2009
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