I really hate when I don't blog daily. It makes it hard to keep up with my progress and remember the day before. Good news is, I am down another pound. So, to date I have lost 6 pounds in 6 weeks. Yesterday was Chest, Shoulder and Triceps and wow, was it tough. I thought I would be needing 15 pound dumbbells by now...I don't think so. It was so many push ups too. Ugh. And today my triceps are so sore. Something I am trying to do besides adding 300 more calories and protein to my diet is on weight training day add 30 minutes of cardio. Like I have said in my previous blogs, I am not losing weight fast enough in my opinion and I would feel better if I could burn at least 600 calories everyday. So, I did the Chest, Shoulder and Tricep plus the Ab Ripper X, then went out and just ran for 30 minutes. I think I went 2.5 miles. I was more worried about time and burning at least 300 calories. Once all was said and done, I burned 700 calories in an hour and 45 minutes. I felt really good during my run.
Today I did Plyometrics. I felt really good and I seemed to be "bringing it" more than normal. I was able to keep up mostly and I ended up burning 600 calories in an hour and 4 minutes. I'm having to ice my knees tonight because of the high impact of the workout. I even did some of the moves moderated and I still worked my butt off. A few things I realized today is that my coffee table has been moved to the corner of my living room for these past 6 weeks. I cannot have it in the middle of my living room because it just isn't worth moving it everyday. Plus, I have noticed that my exercise schedule is all over the place. I am just trying to fit it in where I can. Some days I work out at 9 am, some days 7:30 am, some days 4:30pm and even some days at 7pm. 8pm is my cut off. I think, if I've been so busy that by 8:00 I have not exercised than I worked my butt off all day and I need to relax. Agree with me or not, that is my logic. =)
Food wise, I am still working with 1800 calories. Which has really been helping keep me satiated and keeping up on the right amount of protein. Today I honestly don't know how many calories I consumed because we had brunch at my sister's for my nephews birthday and my husband made a Shpeherd's pie. So, I just made sure I ate good choices like for brunch I only had one Swedish Pancake (crepe) and eggs and turkey bacon. For dinner I ate a healthy portion of the Shepherds pie. Since it was homemade I knew there wasn't a ton of sodium or fat in it.
I can't believe I am halfway through with this thing. When I began I never thought I would finish and now that I am in the 6th week and still alive I know I can finish. 20 pounds down or not I will at least be able to say I finished. My goal now is to finish strongly.
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