So, I didn't make the best food choices today and I realized "Hey, maybe this is a sign that I really need to blog and start being more accountable." So here I am. Not that I don't enjoy blogging or that blogging is meant to be a punishment. But the more I'm connected to sharing my experience, the better I tend to do.
It's Day 11 of the new 90-Day Challenge. Some updates about the weigh-in on March 31st - I did take nearly 3 weeks off from working out prior to the start of the competition. I only went to the gym once a week for a half-hour training session. I also ate with gusto. I ate WAY worse than I normally would have but I did this for a couple of reasons. First, I wanted to test myself and see how bad I had to be in order to gain weight back. I also wanted to eat enough unhealthy food that I got sick of it and didn't crave it (which did end up happening). Lastly, I wanted to put on a few pounds before the competition started, you know, as part of the game. Anyway, during those three weeks of not working out and eating tons of junk, I put on about 5 pounds. Not as bad as I thought. Within the first week of the competition I lost it all. That's right, I'm already down 5 pounds. Now granted, some of that could be water weight or shock weight due to switching from not working out at all to 2 hours a day. Still, it's nice to know that I have more control over my weight than I thought I did. I just have to eat sensibly during the week, enjoy myself on the weekends, and if a few pounds come creeping back, I just put in some extra time at the gym for a week or so and the weight is gone. I can't tell you how freeing that is! By the way, my "official" starting weight on their scale was 162.8 but the scale in the women's locker that same day/time put me at 166 and since that scale is the only scale I can use regularly, I'm considering my starting weight to be 166 lbs.
Unlike the previous challenge (The 60-Day Challenge), I'm not going to report day-to-day workout routines and calorie information from the Bodybugg. I think everyone already has a taste of how that works. This time, I'm going to post my Last Measurement Period from the Bodybugg program. Basically, if I weigh-in regularly once a week, the Bodybugg program will tell me how I've done for the week in terms of calories in, calories out, and net deficit or net gain. This information is based both on the weigh-in as well as my Food Log. It's a bit complicated to understand but once I post a screenshot it will become more clear. As far as my workouts go, just know that I'm doing workouts similar to the ones I was doing for the 60-Day Challenge.
Monday/Wednesday/Friday
- 35 Minutes Cardio (Elliptical, Stairmill, or some combination of the two)
- 45 Minutes Weight-Training
- 35 Minutes Jogging or doing intervals on Treadmill
Tuesday/Thursday
- 35 Minutes Cardio (Elliptical, Stairmill, or some combination of the two)
- 45 Minutes to 1 Hour Kickboxing or TurboKick (depending on the day)
- 25 Minutes Jogging or doing intervals on Treadmill
I may post about my workout if I had to do something crazy or something that totally kicked my ass but unless I deviate significantly from the outline above, I probably won't bore you with the details. Besides, I found this really cool widget where you can enter your workouts for each day and it puts it on your page but I can't figure out how to use widgets on my blog - still working on that one. I'm pretty competent with technology but I think it will be an accomplishment if I can get pictures working on here correctly.
I have lots more I want to post but it's almost 2:00am so I guess it will have to wait. Until then . . . .
Missy
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