90 days til Vacation :D

I am pumped with my new program and my new eating schedule. The introduction to good fats from nuts is really helping me crave things that I am trying to avoid. It appears to be regulating my blood sugar levels. Yesterday workout was awesome and I burned over 360 calories in less than 55 minutes. Felt great to sweat it out and I feel strong. Today is HIIT and I that felt great!! I am hoping to get another HIIT workout in today. Maybe on the elliptical this time. Maybe another run on the treadmill. Still have not decided.

What I do know is that I have this new found stable energy and that is what I want to focus on. I want to focus on getting to a leaner body and forgetting what the scale says. I will rely more on my measurements of course and how I feel. How my clothes fit and what this good nutrition will do to my skin and nails. Looking forward to it. Planning all my meals each and every night, so that I am ready to face a brand new day -- full of good wholesome stuff.

hurting morning.... WOO HOO :D

My plan this AM was to get in a chest workout but my sleep was interrupted three times and waking up at 3:45am just wasn't so appealing anymore. So I got an extra hour of shut-eye, which suited me just fine because my body is sore, especially my hamstrings.

I had a great run on my treadmill yesterday running over 3 miles in 30 minutes HIIT style. My legs were screaming, even more so because of my Tuesday AM Leg workout. So a rest day for me, I believe (and my body would agree) is what my body needs.

Tomorrow I will do the 4am workout and get chest. Looking forward to it. Now to get through my work days and meeting scheduled. Hopefully 4pm rolls around quickly.

Fighting......

On to day 2 of my new workout routine this morning at 4am. Had a great leg workout and I was feeling slight soreness in my back from yesterdays back workout. Loving my new elliptical and already feeling stronger after consistently using it for a week.

Eating has been on par today but I would be lying if I did not think of deviating from my plan at least half a dozen times. But so far now at 4:30pm I have avoid the chocolate. I felt like this yesterday and I gave into large amounts of chocolate cover almonds. It made me feel good but of course only temporary until the guilt started sinking in.

That is going to be my best challenge, not snacking on crap. So one day at a time. I know I can do it.

REWIND DAY 1 OF 100, AGAIN

I have been completely overwhelmed with work and client visits, quarterly presentation planning and just stressing out. I did not know this what I would be signing up for so soon into my new job position. But yesterday went well. I went into a breakfast meeting had already eaten so coffee and so fresh fruit was enough. Managed to get in a protein drink in between and back for executive sandwiches for lunch. Stuck to chicken deli on dark rye bread and did not even as much as give the dessert tray a second look. Ruined my night with Chinese food. Oh well, did not over do it at all but the scale reflected a 0.8oz gain, so 102.8 lbs it is.

So new leaf. Looking to record all my food intake for the next 100 days. Need to complete 4.5 hour of workouts per week, consisting of at least 4 strength training and cardio sessions. My XT and I are going to be good friends. DH agreed to an elliptical and wasted no time helping me look for one, pick-up and assemble the same day. Woohoo :)

So today makes Day 1 and I am ready to focus on clean eating. My refuel meal will be this Sat as we have a babysitter all lined for Saturday night so we can celebrated my husband's 37th b-day. So I am going to look at the menu in advanced - chicken, veggies, nothing satueed, no wine a bit of dessert and that is it. Than I am going to go at least 7 days till another refuel day and so forth. I will do it :)

SUN JAN 10TH - DAY 1 OF 100

Up at 6am to get in a workout after taking 3 unplanned days off. I was pretty pissed of with myself, but after todays workout I feel better.

So new measurements, new goals the start of my 100 day personal challenge. I am going to be more accountable. I mean consistently really is not a problem, it is that the moment I derail even slightly from my plan I get discouraged and have this whole self-doubt and self hate. Got to work on that :)

So some serious improvements needed for 2010. And I am up for the challenge.

READY, SET, GO

Tomorrow is Day 1 out of 100. I am starting Sunday January 10th and finishing April 20th, 2010.

I am all set and going to commit to 4 days of lifting and at least 4 days of cardio. Going to focus on eating clean, fueling my body and manipulating my calories and microphones to get the results I am looking for. First goal is to lose 0.25 inches off all my measurements - waist, navel, thighs and butt/hips. I can not wait.

Why do I feel like it just is not ENOUGH.....

Disappointed in myself. Not only was I unable to get out of bed this morning for my 4am workout but I indulged in some snacking last night. At 9pm I was cracking open shelled peanuts and I had 3 fist fulls. OK my fists are pretty small but still not part of the plan. Scale this AM showed no gain but that is not the point.

So I went to bed feeling guilty and thought OK really time to stick to my goals. So I thought I have been successful when I challenged myself, put up deadline. The thing is losing weight is not a priority for me but losing body fat is, so I will look at that. I do wish I had a more accurate way of tracking it.

I know I have come along way and even with the recent changes of working full-time being out of the house 60 hours a week I have been discipline enough to workout at least 4 days a week, pack my lunch everyday and really try to take care of myself. But I wonder why that is not enough? It should be right? Well maybe it should - but not for me. So I will have to try harder, each and everyday. Maybe yesterday was just my hormones imbalance grabbing the second and third handful of peanuts. Maybe it was slight work related stress, getting ready for the weekend and try to minimize the chores and tasks I want to complete by the end of the day. Maybe it is the report and deliver ables I need to have done by the end of the day to my Collections VP. Nobody ever said being a manager of a collection floor was going to be easy. No it is my job and now is the opportunity to prove myself. Prove myself to my fellow colleagues, VP'S and the Senior VP's. Yes that reminds me in February I have a quarterly presentation to Senior Management about my role as a Collections Manager. Wow, maybe I have a lot on my plate.