Ok – well here we are at the beginning of week 3 and I am down 5.5 inches and 4.4 lbs in 2 weeks (see stats below and progress in my Ab pics) – wow – I almost can’t believe it! With 2 more weeks until my 5k and 3 more weeks until my fun photo shoot I am super excited by the progress I’ve been able to make so far, but I do still have a lot of work to do.
My main goal over the next 3 weeks is to burn fat which mean I need to switch up my cardio. So as I mentioned at the end of last week and since I can run 2 miles already, I’m going to change my 5k training to interval training. Actually, I think I’ll do my interval training in the morning and do an additional 45 min walk on the treadmill at night to burn some extra calories. I don’t have much time so I need to pull out all the stops – and my thighs are going to be the hardest part…. I will still continue to do my strength training on alternating days and my food will continue to be the same. Wish me luck!!
Weight 136.8………….134.0……132.4
neck 12″………………..12″………same
Chest 33″………………33……….same
Waist 27.5″…………..27…………….26
2 below 32″…………..31…………….30
Hips 37.5″…………….37………..same
Thighs – 22.5″………22…………same
Calf 14.5″…………….14.25……same
biceps flex 11.75″…11.50………same
Saturday – Today is my rest day workout wise – but watching my granddaughter is a workout in itself – two nights in with miss charlee sleeping with me – oy – that girl is a little worm, but a cute one…
I was able to get my workout in while she napped yesterday, again, I can see how challenging it must be for moms with young children, because once she woke up that was it – I could have had to choose between a workout and picking up the house – remember, choosing you first is always the right choice 
Regardless, I will still keep my food tight – like my friend Linda likes to say – don’t throw all your hard work away over the weekend… meaning many of us eat really well during the week and then on the weekend eat everything in sight, which leaves us breaking even calorie wise best case, my bet is most eat more –
Sunday – Today intervals… as I mentioned before, to really burn fat you need to pick it up – so I’m picking it up…. Treadmill intervals = 5 min warm up then jog at 5, 5.2, 5.5, 5.7, 6.0 – up to 7.0, 1 min each with a 3.0 1 min walk in between and finishing with a treadmill hike top to bottom (15 -1) 1 min each level … ends up being around 40 mins – and tonight will just do 45 min steady pace fast walk 3.7 ish … Food today – egg whites and oatmeal, green smoothie, shrimp and salad w/ quiona, pm apple and almonds, and dinner …. not sure yet, but 4 oz lean protein and veggies… Also, today is my day to plan my food for the week and go food shopping so I have everything I need to stay on track next week.
Monday – wow – what a crazy weekend… I ended up in bed at 6:30 pm last night and got up at 6:00 am this morning… I guess I was tired!
Today – 20 min training in gym and then boot camp. Food – oatmeal, green beans and egg whites, green smoothie, salad, quinoa grains 1/3 cup and 5 shrimp, pm snack apple and almonds… Dinner tonight chicken tenders, salad and veggies….I think one of the things that is really pushing me forward is the 100 oz of water a day, especially since I started to add lemon to it… I am beginning to feel much stronger and leaner…. my pants are getting loser and my energy is high…. eating healthy and exercising is like finding the fountain of youth people….there is no magic pill – sorry
Tuesday – Finally figured out my interval / 5k run training… this is what I did today… 5 min warm up – intervals from 5.0 – 7.0 and then dot, dot, dot) jogged the last 1.5 miles…. 
that was hard – in fact I didn’t make it all the way through – only made a mile and then did the walk run thing again until I hit the 3 mile mark….. I think this will be a great way for me to learn to push through the end of my 5k run – don’t you? 
Water: 100 oz w/ lemon
Food: egg whites, asparagus and oatmeal, green smoothie, shrimp, salad and quinoa, apple and almond… drat dinner – usually pasta on Tuesday… I want to make salmon, but it stinks up the house and mark has clients tonight…. hmmm – ok – looks like ground turkey over salad.
Wednesday – ok … last night I fell off the wagon…. It all started with my pm snack apple – it wasn’t good, so I couldn’t eat it… ended up extra hungry by the time I got home had just salad and 4 oz of ground turkey, but should have loaded up on the veggies too… ended the night with 4 handfuls of Brooks Dark chocolate Pomegranate pieces and a bag of popcorn…. :prrr: feel like a big puff-ball today…
Today… Workout – 20 minute Marky workout, then boot camp.
Water: 100 oz
Food: egg whites and asparagus, green smoothie, shrimp salad and quinoa, baby carrots and almonds ( not taking another chance on the apples until I can get some good ones)
Oh and last night – after dinner decided to do a 45 min walk on the treadmill – about 25 mins in the music was so good I jumped off and danced around for 25 more minutes… super fun!! and yes, I continued to work up a sweat and am sore in places I am not normally sore in….
Water: 100 oz of lemon water…. it really is the best thing for me to stop my sweet cravings…
Ok – I have to share … Honestly I am getting a bit nervous – only 15 more days until my photo shoot….I am beginning to wonder if I bit off more than I can chew….Over the next 15 days I’m going to have to keep it super clean and the last 6 days I will follow Val’s 5 in 6 plan which I’ve never been able to do 100%, but I don’t really have a choice at this point… I’m also going to do hot yoga – they have a promo in Chelmsford $10 for 10 consecutive days… I figured out I can get in 7 classes….
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