Still working out...

and working hard!
I haven't seen as much of a change as I would have liked...I'm guessing that's my own fault! This body shaping thing being 95% of what you eat just kind of does me in! So once again I find myself analyzing my food intake and TRYING to make better choices. I am actually taking a multivitamin every morning (1st Step for Energy liquid vitamin....can we say 'yum' sarcastically?!) and drinking one or two protein shakes per day. Now I need to curb my white carb intake...which is so much easier said than done!

We did measurements on Tuesday...
I didn't bring them home with me because I was aggravated :).
My waist is the same as before and I think my hip measurement was too...
On a more positive note, my thigh measurement went down to 19.5 from 22!
ANYWAY...I'm not giving up on my quest and here is my newest inspiration picture!

After the 30 day mark...

I am still continuing to go to the gym 5 days a week. I dropped 4 lbs and went down to 20.3% body fat. I still have a ways to go! I'm not worried about the number on the scale as much as the body fat percentage and my clothes!!

Day 16

I have lost a total of 4 pounds so far. I won't bother to do measurements until day 30 especially since I don't think they are much different yet!!

Shortest update...ever!

Monday (Day 8)

So I didn't update...
:)

I figured it would be boring to continuously read about what I'm eating! I am still eating 4 'meals' a day...and monitoring it closely. I'm trying not to consume fast food and if I do I am picking the best possible scenario!

I did eat at the Olive Garden on Friday night...soup (minestrone), salad, and two breadsticks so even though I wasn't scheduled to workout on Saturday I got up and walked/jogged/sprinted to make up for the little splurge.

Today I had to do a new crazy Jillian workout. She wanted 20 scorpion push-ups...if you don't know what those are you can youtube it! I also did some jump squats and woodchops...and the last of my circuits consisted of me running at 9 mph/30 sec on, 30 sec off for 5 minutes!

Tomorrow's workout looks even more challenging...plus I'm starting it off by walking outdoors for 30 minutes before I begin!

Keep you posted!

Day 4

YAY!!
I have lost 3.4 pounds in one week!
Yippee :)

Today for breakfast I had two scrambled eggs and water!
Went to the gym and did Jillian's day 4 circuit workout and 15 min of cardio at the end!

(will update at the end of the day!)

Day 3

Seriously...I really tried to eat cottage cheese. I don't like cottage cheese. I don't like the way it looks or smells and I most certainly do not enjoy the texture! Needless to say that breakfast ended up in the garbage can and I opted for the cereal instead!!

Went to the gym but today was an "off" day so I did 45 minutes of cardio and no weights. I walked, ran at incline, and sprinted on and off for the entire time. (I also managed to watch a bit of Iron Man).

For lunch I fixed a roast beef philly cheese wrap. It was pretty good. I used lean roast beef, spinach leaves, slice of tomato, non-fat cream cheese and rolled it all together in a low fat/low card wrap.

Snack consisted of 20 almonds...which were surprisingly filling.

For dinner, I cooked a fillet of salmon and a broccoli and cauliflower steamed medley.

I will weigh tomorrow at the gym since it's been a week since I've started paying attention to what I eat!

Day 2

Today consisted of another bowl of Kashi Go Lean cereal and two scrambled eggs for breakfast. I headed to the gym and did about an hour workout. Her workouts are not easy and today I was thankful that the women's gym section was not full. I had to crab walk both frontward and backward! I also ran at 5.5 mph @ a 10% incline as well as the 7 mph sprint in addition to the weights. By the way, I was supposed to do hammer curls until muscle failure...so I chose 10 pound weights and ended up doing at least 35 reps! I shall pick a little bit of a heavier weight next time!

Lunch was a baby spinach salad with carrots, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers and grilled chicken with the olive oil vinaigrette dressing. I followed this up an hour or two later with a 8oz glass of BIOSLIM. (Learn more about that here: http://www.takeitfromanrd.com/) I ate wasa crackers with natural peanut butter for a snack...they are the crunchiest crackers on the planet but they were pretty good :).

About 15 minutes before dinner I drank another serving of BIOSLIM. We modified our dinner menu and ate chicken sauteed in olive oil and rotel and I had a small portion of that over wild rice.

My drinks today consisted of all water and one cup of coffee!