So it begins...

So a little background: I’m the only girl in this group, so I’m not quite sure a 6-pack is attainable or even wanted, but I’d settle for being fit with nice abs especially in time for my trip to Vegas in December. I’ve always been on the heavier side but in spring of 2009, I joined extreme boot camp which really whipped me into shape for the 12 weeks that I was really invested in it. But since I quit that, I’ve slowly regained the weight and lost all the muscle I had. My biggest issues are lack of exercise and irregular eating habits.

Day 1 was pretty bad.
Breakfast: Nothing. This is the norm for me. I usually don’t eat until 11:30am.
Lunch: Large Chicken Tortilla soup with chips, cheese, and diced onions on top.
Snack: A chocolate chip cookie
Dinner: 4 ounces of pork roast with a green salad with balsamic dressing
I didn’t exercise like I planned. I was just too tired.

Day 2 was better, kind of.

I had egg whites and cheese wrapped in a whole wheat tortilla for breakfast. Not only was I able to start my metabolism going early but it kept me full until lunch which is great for me.

For lunch, I picked up a quarter piece of rotisserie chicken (white meat) from the cafeteria; also good for me :). With the chicken I got to choose two sides, so I got a side salad with a mustard dressing and hummus with pita. Looking back I probably should have chosen all salad, especially considering I went out for dessert with three other people and we shared a large slice of chocolate cake and a slice of cheesecake.

For dinner, I had a sun dried tomato and shrimp Caesar salad which I topped off with a ¼ cup of ben and jerry’s milk and cookies ice cream. So the food wasn’t the greatest but I’m getting better.

Today I tried a workout I read in Health magazine. It’s a 9 part 3-mile walking workout.

1. Walk briskly for 1 mile. Ideally you should do this in less than 15 minutes. It was my time exercising in a while but I was able to do the mile in 15 minutes.
2. Alternate forward lunges for 1 minute. My thighs were burning after this one.
3. For mile 2, alternate walking for one minute and running for one minute. I was able to do the first ½ mile like this and then I switched to walking 1.5 minutes and running for 30 seconds for the second ½ mile.
4. Pushups for one minute, as many reps as you can do.
5. Toe touch squats for one minute, as many reps as you can do.
6. Elbow-knee touch (in plank position) for one minute, as many reps as you can do.
7. Mile 3, walk 1 minute, run 1 minute, high skips 1 minute, repeat. I was so tired after the first 6 steps that I walked mile 3.
8. Side Planks (t-pose), 30 seconds on each side
9. Triceps tabletop dips for one minute.

The next two weeks are to get me back into the swing of things. I’m going to join a fitness group (similar to boot camp) when it starts up in two weeks and then I hopefully will see even better results.