Days 13, 14, 15 - CATCH UP!!

So first weekend DH home and unfortuantely it went by so fast!!! He was home just after 10:30 Friday night and left Sunday around 6ish pm. We had a great weekend with family on Sunday for Easter Sunday, but the whole Saturday we were B-U-S-Y.

After loading a load of his work laundry for the week and having breakfast we went our for coffee. I stayed true to my tall black americano and enjoyed every sip. Do not drink much coffee and generally just limit it to one day on the weekend. Sometimes I enjoy a broscotti but I knew I had some chocolate chip cookies to bake so I had to save my calories for that. So I enjoyed 3 late Saturday night with a nice hot cup of tea. Very good and worth the wait. And of course Madison loves baking so it was an extra treat doing that with her. Clean eating all day even though we were out and about. I did not get in a traditional workout but we walked the trail with the dog for an hour at a local dog park, so that was nice. Very light walking, nothing streneous but it was great to enjoy the weather and time with the family.

Sunday morning I got up early for some intense cardio of 40 minutes on the elipitical and bike. Than it was off to my mom's for a visit and lunch at 1pm. I stuck to the safe grilled chicken, brown rice and salad and as for dessert I share my mom's piece of triamsu and had a coffee. I did not over due and quite honestly the rest of the day was clean eating. Even with the chocolate that my daughter got. I had a small piece of some sem-sweet chocolate and that was that. Just did not want it. I was full from lunch, especially with the rice. I generally do not have that large portion of rice in one sitting.

This morning, Day 15 I had an awesome leg workout and I felt pumped!!! Did a great 30 minutes run on the treadmill and felt like I could keep going. But I was hitting 75 minutes of working out and though I should just get in a great cooldown and stretching and get some much needed food in me. So workout is compltely out of the way for today. Awesome way to start of my Monday. The rest of the day is free to enjoy our outing with the dog is the rain holds off and a walk to the library.

Day 12 -- Burn baby burn

Who would have thought that a shoulders workout would take so much out of me. I also did biceps and started doing tricep kickbacks with very light weight. As I completed one workout I stretched them out and boy was it so hard to cradle my elbow. Than I moved on to set 2 and did the same stretch. I looked at what was planned and I figured I was just heading to a bad injury. So I went into my cardio workout and finished off strong on the elliptical. I have had a great week and my body is changing - I can see it.

Incredible how my cleaning has been. And I am seeing the difference in my abs region and I am loving it. I wish my mid-section could lean out quicker, but I have to have patience and continue to focus on my strength and how focused I am in. For now that will have to be enough, until I start seeing more of a 6 pack :)

Day 11 - Change of Plans

So after warming up and mentally preparing myself for shoulders, triceps and biceps -- I changed my mind. My triceps were sore, so so so sore. So I thought instead of isolating theses tiny muscle groups I would just do back, chest and abs with getting in shoulder work tomorrow. Even stretching my triceps in between chest sets were tough. just really stiff and I had to be sure to slowly ease into a triceps stretch. Not pretty. Well they kind of are :) I am really liking the shape of my arms. And my lower body is coming along nicely as well. not as quickly, but rather nicely :)

Eating has been great -- never better :)

Day 10 - Cardio

Today is day 10 and I woke up feeling broken. Like I slept with 100 lbs of concrete blocks on me. I felt stiffer than stiff, and stiffer than i ever felt before. So I hit the snooze button only to have my 4 year old daughter tell me it was time to get up an hour later. So my planned AM cardio did not happen right away -- but it did happen :) 45 minutes on the treadmill of at a steady pace and really cranked the inclines. Felt great and my glutes -- well they are sore. But tomorrow I will listen to my body. Tomorrow is my biceps, tricep, shoulder workout :) I think the triceps can handle it now. I hope. I will push through it but will not comprimse my form to lift heavy. I may lift sem-heavy and play around with the weights as I have a planned chest and back workout on Friday. Got to get those big muscle workouts in.

Eating is going well and tracking it all. Proud of myself. Very proud and even with Easter around the corner I am feeling completely in control :)

Day 8 and Day 9 - Powerful workouts - Good Clean Eating

Yesterday plan to work biceps, triceps and shoulders had to altered. WHY? Because my triceps were sore. Let me rephrase that, they were SO OH SO SORE. They still are. Taking of my shirt or even putting a hair tie in my hair HURTS!! So I decided I would do shoulders and abs along with 35 minutes of cardio. Awesome workout. Eating was clean, although I ate more than planned. But all good eats, mainly carbs that I did not plan because I was so hungry. Let me rephrase that I was SO OH SO HUNGRY. I started feeling the guilt kick in - the oh my why can't I just follow what was planned. But I pushed it as side and instead recognized that my body needed it. And my response to feed it was a good one. My lifestyle is not about restricting calories, it is about choosing the right ones. And I did.

So nothing to feel defeated about.

This morning was Legs and powerful, powerful workout. My hamstring were still slightly sore from Thursday workout but I was able to push through it with ease and did not have to adjust the weight at all. So today I have my meals planned and if I have to adjust to accommodate this machine body of mine, I will. Guilt free!!!

Day 7 - Designated Cheat Day

Recovery day and cheat day go hand in hand, right? Well for me today it was.I figured I would keep Sunday as a cheat and rest day. Seeing as my husband will be relocating for work Monday thru Friday and coming home for the weekend, this would be as good a time as ever. I figure the 2 most important refuel items are green curry chicken and Marble Slab ice cream.

So today was ice cream. Cheesecake flavoured ice cream, fresh raspberries and graham cracker. So yummy. And of course we can not forget the cone -- waffle. i got a child size and it was so good. So not that is it. Back to plan, back to clean eating and workouts.

My workouts routine this weeks are as follows:
Monday: Shoulders, Biceps, Triceps AM PM Cardio 20 minutes
Tuesday: Quads, GLutes, Hams, Calves AM
Wednesday: 2 cardio sessions (2 20 minutes of HIIT or 45 min of steady cardio or a combination of the two)
Thursday: Shoulders
Friday: Back, Chest, Abs
Saturday: 30 minutes of cardio
Sunday: Recovery and Refuel day.

My body, hamstring and triceps are feeling if from my last 2 workouts. I love it :) I secretly LOVE IT!!!!

I am staying strong to this schedule

Day 6 - Chest, Back and Abs and the LOSS

I am no stranger of the scale. In fact we have a love, hate relationship. Interesting enough today, the scale and I were friends. After that hard day to not eat everything in sight I jumped on the scale this AM and say a 2.2lbs lost. So I have to be happy with that and not jump on til at least the end of next week. Doable, yes!! Well I better put the darn thing away.

Pictures will also help with the progress. And although I am not leaning to an exact # on the scale, there is a look I am going for. I hope I know what it is when i get there :) Well I know. A far more toned and tight look. Not a figure/bodybuilding look. I know it would be to taxing on my body, but a bikini body would be sweet, wouldn't it?

I'll know it when I see it :)

Maybe next weekend when DH gets a little downtime I can get him to take pictures. My eating is what is going to carry me through. After yesterday, I can see how true that really is for me.