Day 5~ Tuesday, Feb. 7th

Breakfast~ Oatmeal & cranberries my regular MNS 'e' vitamins.Lunch~ blackberry sugar-free Spark jello, .5 serving of apple, .25 serving of pineapple, mango Greek Yogurt

Mid-afternoon Snack~  1 clementine, 1 banana
Late-afternoon Snack~ 2 HB eggs
Workout ~ Zumba® 1 hour
8pm Dinner~2 small chicken thighs, Sweet potato squash, spinach salad with a few green olives, 1 Tbs bleu cheese & Italian dressing. 1 square dark chocolate 72% & 1 thin peppermint stick/dark chocolate dipped approx. 75 cal for both.

Day 4~ Monday, Feb. 6 rest day #2

I'm going to not go into why I need 2 rest days...

Breakfast~ Oatmeal & cranberries .25 scoop Spark & my regular MNS 'e' vitamins.
Lunch~ fresh spinach, roast beef, munster cheese, spinach wrap & blackberry sugar-free Spark jello

Mid-afternoon Snack~  1 clementine, 1 banana & .5 cup of cashews.
Spa night ~Massage
8pm Dinner~ potatoes, carrots, angus top round roast, onions brown mushroom gravy 1 serving.
                       olive oil in there with the onion additions....
Dessert~ 1 tofutti nocream sandwich 150 cal. (decided it wasn't worth it after I ate it)

Day 3~ Sunday, Feb 5th~ Rest day

10:30am Breakfast~ whole grain rolled oatmeal~ with reduced sugar dried cranberries. Also fresh parts of apple, pineapple & orange & .5 scoop Spark

2:30pm Snack~.25 cup of cashews & Greek yougurt~pomagrante... Not going to get that flavor again...
Super hungry... :(
Exercise... if you can call it that.... Took dog for walk.

6pm Dinner~  potatoes, carrots, angus top round roast, onions brown mushroom gravy 1.5 servings.
Pretty sure they snuck some olive oil in there with the onion additions.... :(

Dessert~no sugar jello

Day 2~Saturday Feb. 4th

10am Breakfast~ AdvoCare® muscle gain 1 serving. 150 cal.

Preworkout~ 30 min. pre workout~  Arginine  Extreme /.5 scoop spark/1 tsp. of L-glutamine

Workout #1~ Zumba®  Toning

2:30pm Lunch~ 2 eggs, .5 cup breakfast sausage, .5 bagel w/ small amount of margarine & lox, 1 tsp. cream cheese

Afternoon snack~ 1 clementine

Late afternoon snack~ .5 cup of  low fat nuts

30 min. pre workout~  Mass impact® /.5 scoop spark/1 tsp. of L-glutamine (assumed for all for strength workouts)
More Exercise... if you can call it that.... Took dog for walk. 

Workout #2~  Strength low impact~ Pilates ~1 hour

Dinner~  potatoes, carrots, angus top round roast, brown mushroom gravy

Dessert~ Pint of blueberries

8 weeks of SHITT ~Fri. Feb. 3rd day one

Breakfast~ AdvoCare® fruit & fiber bar, 1/2 pt. of blue berries,
 medium banana, water (lots as always & final post on listing it)
Lunch~ Raspberry Greek Chobani® yogurt 140 cal. ~22g (C)arbs. ~ 14g (P)rotein
Afternoon snack~ 2 HB eggs & salt & 1 clementine
Late afternoon snack~ .5 cup of  low fat nuts/dried fruit organic mix (no sugar)
30 min. pre workout~  Arginine  Extreme (assumed for all for cardio workouts)
15 min. pre workout~ Catalyst (this is assumed for every workout)
Workout~  Cardio Zumba® 1 hour
Dinner~ 2c. elbow mac (white variety, leftovers) red mushroom sauce/mushrooms & 3 black olives & sausage, dessert 1 pint blueberries

A food diary is the way to go again to WIN!

Seems that I've gotten myself wrapped up with the wrong crowd... I'm sure you know what I mean.. The kind of people that push you to better yourself... drag you along kicking & screaming & then leaving that burning desire to... WIN... Yeah, I'm hoping to enter an 8 week commitment of no cheating. :P I thought  the 24 day challenge was not so much of a challenge & want to push it to the next level.
      
       So I'm looking to enter a best "transformation" contest. Now what does that all entail? What perked my interest is that it is based off of 3 things: #1 pounds lost by % not by actual weight... which obviously seeing I really only have about 4% to honestly give.... before my husband starts cramming double stuft Oreos down my throat.  #2 Inches lost ( I've still got a few around my middle & off of my back crease to give away). #3 best before & after photos... I'm really hoping to make some WoW factors in that area. I've got a 6 pack that is itching to show & is still covered by well... my occasional food splurges. So if that happens I guess that's the worst & I really wouldn't call that not winning if you ask me.
      
      The prize to WIN you might ask? Only just $500 & 1 year of exercise. Not to mention before/after photos publicly displayed.... Not to mention a 6 pack I'm pretty sure in my case. Either way after the 8 weeks I will have tried my best (as $500 is very cool to have) I'll have an awesome body to show off at several weddings this spring, a killer body for our vacation & summer. Not to mention if I drop some more weight I'm pretty sure an inversion & pullups are sure to follow in the near future.

  In order to keep my hinder in gear. I'm going to start blogging my food diaries/exercise again... for people to be able to publicly keep me in line & to see exactly how much I'm eating/what & to be able to duplicate it if whomever cares to. I'm starting now & easing myself into it. I should be in full bore win mode on 2/1. Ground hog day. Because I'll be living the same day over & over for the next 8 weeks after that! RAWR... I'm ready to go, push play, strength training, Zumba®, Zumba® Toning, pole dance fitness & much more!

 

2 months since my last post really?

OK, I'm back & hopefully past the busiest time of year in just a few days. Saturday I'm starting an AdvoCare 24 day challenge... Was just asked today why I was taking the challenge again... I'm like they recommend doing it every 90-120 days as needed. National average is 10lbs in 24 days. Even at a size 4-6 (I had gone down to a 2-4) in July a select few cravings have come back only because temptation of eating them reintroduced the "crap" into my system again & makes it harder to resist bad for you foods. I still suspect that I should easily be able to lose 10 lbs. in 24 days. Putting me into the low 120's & I'm guessing around 18% BMI. We'll see...

Anyways, strength training has been introduced since I started working with Margaret M. A personal trainer & owner of Purely Natural Fitness. Very inspiring. She showed me I thought I was fit & thinner but now should go for the "strong" part. My goal for this year was to lose 50 lbs. & I managed to do that... amazingly I think it has been the ONLY year in as long as I remember that I've actually achieved a NYE resolution. This years goal is to do 10 pullups & a chin up. Not to mention work on a new goal of getting stronger & be able to do an inversion on the pole...  like Margaret doing below...

   Yeah, who knew they were more than for just scantily dressed women grinding for a dolla bill.  I tell you Margaret changed my whole outlook on exactly how strong you need to be to be able to do pole fitness. Hope to get there too. Doing PT with Darren Haag on Monday, he's all about strong & a professional natural body builder! Super excited to ask for his advice on how to get stronger too.