Day 2 (The 60-Day Challenge)

I didn't get a chance to post for Day 1. Had my weigh-in and I have to admit I worked the system a little bit. I had worked out that morning so I was already retaining water. I drank more water in the afternoon and really had to pee but waited until after the weigh-in (at 4:30pm). I ended up raising my starting weight by 3 pounds to 182. We'll see if it helps.

Day 1 Workout (Cardio + Weight-Training)
- 45 minutes cardio (elliptical trainer; HR between 150 and 170BPM)
- 30 minutes weight-training w/personal trainer (lot of medicine ball work)

Bodybugg program reports 2830 calories burned and 1466 calories consumed for a deficit of 1364 calories.

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It's Day 2 and I'm feeling pretty crappy today. I was OK this morning but by about 5:00pm, I was feeling lousy. I think this tends to happen when I have a heavy workout day and don't consume enough calories. I'm a big dinner kind of girl - if you look at how I allocate my calories on any given day you'll see that I consume 50% or more of my total calories at dinner. This means that on most days, I've only eaten about 600-800 calories between when I get up and when I eat dinner. The problem with this is that sometimes I can burn almost that many calories during a long cardio day. I think this throws off my body, which is why I get the headaches and feel nauseous. Definitely something for me to work on because if I continue to get headaches like this everyday for the next 2 months, I'm not gonna make it.

Day 2 Workout (All Cardio)
- 35 minutes elliptical trainer (HR between 150 - 170 BPM)
- 10 minutes rowing
- 35 minutes interval work on treadmill (3 min brisk walk at 4.0 incline; 3 min walk at 12.0 incline; 8 minute run; repeat)

Bodybugg program reports 2806 calories burned and 1458 calories consumed for a deficit of 1348 calories.