Weigh In Wednesday

    Last week I overindulged waaaay too much. It was Bunny's birthday and we went all out. 2 Cakes, out to eat twice, and lots of diet coke. However I did all my workouts and ended up pretty much even for the week. I am back on track and ready for more muscles and less fat!  

   So overall, I'm down 6 pounds and 6 inches. Looking at my pictures I don't see much difference but I know it will take time.  But I feel like I should be ready for a bikini competition by now!

  I've started Phase 2 of Jaime Eason's LiveFit trainer. We are doing strength training 6 days a week and adding in cardio(elliptical) 4 days a week!  Ag!  I have been super tired. I actually was in bed at 6:30 last night!

  Even though I don't see much progress, I'm happy to have lost 6 pounds and today my pants felt loose!  

We also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.

Romans 5:3-4

Weigh-in Wednesday

Good news!  I lost another pound. I also lost an inch and a half on my thigh!  That's NEVER happened before. I'm pretty happy with my progress so far. That is definitely a baby bicep bump growing! Yippee!!

I'm continuing to follow Jaime Eason's LiveFit  Trainer.  This is my 3rd week. I'm working out 5 times this week. I'm sure that I'll be missing 3 days off, but I'm happy to be building muscle and losing fat. This week we only get 2 rest days. 

I got 2 compliments yesterday at work.  It made me feel good that someone is noticing!

I'm still struggling with dinner. Breakfast, lunch and snacks are all on point, but having a healthy dinner when everyone else eats pizza, burgers, and chicken nuggets is so hard for me. I'm thinking that I will need to start meal prepping dinner too.  Either that or make them eat my food (not looking forward to that conversation).  I'll need to make a decision by Saturday when I do my grocery shopping. 

Another plus is finding the BodySpace app!  I'm part of a facebook group set up by Alesha Haley that supports each other while we do this program.  It's a great group, and I had a "dumb" question for the group.  One of the ladies recommended it. Thank goodness she did. It's awesome!  I can enter my program and then it shows me exactly what to do, has video tutorials, rest timers, EVERYTHING.  So great and even better- free!  

Any suggestions for dinners?

Weigh -in Wednesday

Let's get right to the good stuff.

 I lost a half of a pound. Not that great, but here's what I'm really excited about:  

I lost an inch on my waist and an inch on my hips!!

Thank you Jaime Eason!  I've never done that in just one week.
She says that the whole idea of Phase 1 (4 weeks) of her LiveFit Trainer is to build muscle.  I think I'm doing that!

Progress pics:

I don't see too much progress yet, except maybe a little in the side view picture. 

I'm glad I took measurements. Otherwise I would have been really discouraged!

Live Fit Challenge!

I have been sick!  I got a vicious stomach bug at the end of January and then a miserable cold a week ago. Thankfully that's all done and now I'm back on track with my nutrition and exercise.

  I'm super excited to be doing Jaime Eason's Live Fit challenge. 

It is great for me. You get to eat every 2-3 hours and the exercise starts off easy. (Except for the push ups.)

The other cool thing is that it is free!  She gives you the workouts, the food and suggests some supplements, but not in a pushy way. 

This is the day 1 workout. Each day is different. 

The food prep day has been a real life saver for me. I've read about people who prep on Sunday, but I had never done it before. I believe that the food prep day will be the difference between success and quitting for me. It's so hard for me to stick to a plan if I'm at work and too tired to put effort into cooking. 

Jaime is awesome. So kind and inspiring. She is almost 40, has a child and has great arms and shoulders!  I just watched her on the TV show "mission makeover". She's the new co- host. The show is on lifetime but I watched the full episode online. No commercials!

I'm using her recipe for:

egg white muffins for breakfast, 

Chocolate protein bars for a snack, and

Turkey meatballs for afternoon snack.

Lunch is chicken breast, sweet potato and veggie. 

Dinner is fish, salad and veggie. 

I haven't tried a dessert yet, but may do that tonight.

And for the big reveal!  Here are my starting pictures!

Eek!  Goodbye muffin top. 

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. 

Philippians 4:13