I am three days in to this "challenge" and I am a little sore, but nothing I cannot handle. I love, love, love feeling sore. It means I did something. I sit all day at my job feeling my butt grow and so to get up and move, feel the burn, sweat and almost feel like vomiting...I love that feeling. I hate working out. I will be so motivated to hit the gym after work all day until about an hour before. Then my brain tries really hard to talk me out of it. I will force myself to show up and when I am finished I feel so good! It is completely addicting and it is all about just getting in the habit. I had mentioned before, I seem to be working out all the time so this is not something new that I have experienced in the last few days. I have made the decision to stop just being a treadmill runner. I have been doing that for too long with zero change in my body other than maintenance. I have become bored. Bored with not changing. Life is short and precious...I cannot live it any longer not trying my hardest to eat better, exercise and Rock what the Good Lord has given me.
Guess what came today?? My Supplements!!! I was so excited to open my box of presents! It was like Christmas. Included was a Multivitamin, Omega-3's, a Fat Burner and Whey protein. All of them will probably rock my stomach but LET'S DO THIS! :) And let's just hope they don't give me gas. Crossing fingers!!! Eeek!
I sucked it up today and took my "before" pictures. Hahahahahah hahahha hahahhaaa... Oh my, it is a good thing I decided to do this because I am definitely NOT looking good enough to rock a swim suit this summer. Geez. How frustrating. I weigh in at 167 lbs. Which means, I have gained 7 pounds since the holidays. This is not good. When doing my stats for the competition, they put me at 25% body fat. WOW. That's gross. Way to go Em! Not only that...but it also gave me results that my goal weight will be 135 lbs. Hahahaha Hahahaa.... I am pretty sure the last time I have seen 135 lbs was in the 7th grade. That is no lie. I am 5'10" and cannot imagine weighing in the 130's. Seems foreign and impossible. The least I weighed was when I went on a low carb diet and I stuck to it for a year. Didn't cheat even one time. No sugar, no alcohol ( I know, crazy) and I weighed 152. That was rock star status for me. I lost every pound of muscle that I had during this time too. I try very hard to visualize my new body at 135 lbs and I just cannot see it. I pray for it, I will be super positive about it and I will work very hard for it...so let's just see what happens. I am so thankful that Adam ate the apple so we could wear clothes. Thank you Jesus...Adam. Both of you.
Today I ate pretty well the same thing. I gagged for some reason eating the pumpkin protein bar, that was weird. I don't think I was hungry but had to eat that small meal to stay on the plan. I am trying to fit in my 5-6 small meals and it is plenty. I watch my portions and I don't think I will ever get to the 6th meal...it's just too much. If I followed the plan to a T...perfectly...I would be eating 10 egg whites a day. Do the math...70 eggs a week!! GAG! Ugh...I just cannot do it. Not yet anyway. The grilled shrimp and peppers on my salad had me feeling like the pro chef that I am dying to be. It was delicious!!! My turkey balls were fabulous and really hit the spot! I drank my gallon of water and then hit the gym.
The Workout:
3 sets of 12 reps each
Leg Press
Leg Extensions
Wide Stance Barbell Squat
Seated Leg Curl
Standing Calf Raises
Seated Calf Raise
Remember: No Cardio!!!
And let me tell you... Woooieeeeee are those Wide Stance Barbell Squats KILLER!!! I love them!!!! I dare you to try them!!! Awesome. Hopefully those will lift this ass up to a more respectable level.
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