My Best Body Ever – Week 9

By on December 2, 2011 in Health
 
Ok – so ya, had to deal with the holiday, had to work through an injury, with no weight gain mind you, and now it’s time to break through this plateau that I’ve seemed to hit…. but before that I just want to say this – for the most part I am in pretty good shape, and once you hit this level getting that last 5 lbs off mean some severe dedication and work. If you are just starting out, you do not and should not be doing what I’m doing. You however, do need to be gentle with yourself, start to notice what you are eating, start to move if you are not already moving and get ready for the launch of my Body Transformation 101: Beyond Diet and Exercise program –  I am hoping to Launch on Jan 1, 2012…. This will be the best of what I’ve learned working with two fantastic trainers – Valerie Waters, Celebrity Fitness Trainer and my husband Mark of MarkOne Fitness, who both encouraged me to follow my passion. You will NEVER run across two more genuine, giving people, who actually care about you and not just taking your money (my opinion only). Regardless of what program you see out there in TV land – if you are not ready, you will not do it. So stop wasting your money and get real with yourself. Figure out what is getting in the way of you getting to the gym, putting down that donut, penciling time in for yourself, etc.  Ok – I’m off my soap box now, back to me 😉
 
Plan Mon – Friday
  • Egg whites and asparagus
  • Green smoothie
  • shrimp and salad w/ quinoa (until the last week)
  • raisins and cashews
  • 4oz of chicken, salmon, lean beef w/ veggies and salad

Workouts –

  • Intervals on the treadmill 3 days a week 5 min warm up / intervals 1-1 from 5 – 8 mph (that’s walk for a min, run for a min – total time about 8 min) then treadmill hike top to bottom (level 15 – 0, 1 min each) total ends up being around 30 minutes.
  • MarkOne workouts at my home gym with some extra Ab work.
  • 4 mile walk at lunch when time permits daily

I know – when is this all going to end?!!! Soon I promise… I’ve found a new motivation – the launch of my program – If I’m going to talk the talk, I had better make sure I can walk the walk…. so I’m giving myself 3 weeks from today – on December 23 I am going to weigh, in take measurements and pictures and post them right here – very real and very untouched up – Yikes! I keep getting the “you’re close” line, for once I want to hear – “you’re there”!!

Sunday – re-reading through the last paragraph and wondering “what have I done”….  All’s I can do is my best right?  Ok – I have my new week of MarkOne kick-ass workouts, now I know I’m scared!  Have my food planned and ready to go – now I just need to do it. So wish me luck!

Monday – Good morning people…. Wow – finally a workout, not my best effort, but did it regardless… Back still a tad sore so didn’t want to push it, but it does make a difference mood-wise for sure.  I have to laugh at myself sometimes – so we all know that when we can’t workout the balance comes from what we eat – well, I ate everything in sight – I do the complete opposite, so I’m just going to chalk this one weekend up to resetting my metabolism :-). 

Food today green beans and egg whites, green smoothie, salad and shrimp with an apple, pm snack cranberries and cashews, dinner chicken tenders, veggies and salad.  Tonight need to get to Costco’s to pick up my berries for my shake and also make a short video for my class tomorrow night on working out – I am not the expert here, but do have some expert advise from my hubby ;-).

Tuesday – OK, my trainer is threatening to yank me from the program – mental exhaustion is taking it’s toll. I’m going to try to get a few key things done at work and then maybe take a few mental health days to regroup. I did do a 20 min cardio workout this morning only half of what I should have done, but still it felt good to do something. Also, going to just try to focus on each moment and task as it comes. Food is metza – kinda cracked on salty cashews and some yummy dark choc last night and a RB cup in the afternoon… I guess that is what happens, right?  Oh and just a reminder – I am only human, just like each of you – I do have my ups and downs, sometimes I don’t make the best choices, but I do try to rebound quickly and not got down the rabbit hole 😉  This will be the thing that saves us all – make your next choice a better one.

Food today – Oatmeal and egg whites, green smoothie, salad, shrimp and an apple, pm snack dark choc, cashews and cranberry mix, dinner left over chicken tenders, 1/3c brown rice and salad.

Wednesday – Wow, what a difference a day and a good workout can make!  I feel 110% better today – body, mind and spirit. Giving myself a B+ for effort – did the best I could for today – still, much better than I have been doing, and it also helped me see where I can push myself a little more.  It’s funny how much a week effected a persons strength.  

Food – Egg white and green bean, green smoothie, salad, shrimp and 1/3c brown rice, cashews / dk choc and cranberry mix. Dinner – Salmon and salad.

Thursday – Hmmm not sure what happened yesterday afternoon, had all my snacks, etc. and still hit the vending machine for 2 pks of peanut m&m’s – actually I do know what happened –  I was a tad stressed / irritated at work – being able to figure the why we do stuff is HUGE in changing behaviors – for me this may just be what it is – is it the worst thing I’ve done to help me de-stress when working out is not an option – nope, am I going to beat myself up about it – not even a little… I enjoyed every last one – but did not enjoy the sugar crash after 😉

Today – going to do some interval training on the treadmill, my first real attempts after a week off. I do feel up to the challenge today, so my plan is to do better than last time which was getting up to a 6.0, any thing above that is gravy… Food will be the same as yesterday, less the m&m’s, with Turkey Burgers for dinner.

Ok – quick update – got to 6.7 then walked for 5 – total 25 min. Then off for a little DA ab workout – LA’s getting her grove back 😉

Friday – I think last night was my cheat night for the weekend, let’s just say dinner ended up being something completely different – workouts have been back on track this week, but food has been up and down – so much for my time to stop fooling around… but it’s life people we all do the very best we can… still pushing towards my December 23rd goal, I guess we will have to see how bad I want it…

Getting off my butt in about two seconds for a MarkOne workout, and then to pack my food for the day – same as usual. Tonight have a get together with some friends, plan is to be very full on good food before I go.

So – I just took measurements and they are all still the same, NOT getting on the scale… I’ve just made a decision… I’m going under ground for the next two weeks. No need to continue to bore you with my day in and day out stuff. We all know what I need to do – clean up my food a tad more and keep working my program – I just need to shuuuush – and do it – I’ll be back with the final chapter of my best body ever on December 23rd…


 

 

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