I missed posting yesterday due to a last-minute cram session for my Anatomy test, but I stuck with everything to the letter yesterday and today. So far, still so good, but one thing I really notice is how often I have to pee now. Drinking 10+ glasses of water a day is noticeably improving my skin, but damn, having to use the bathroom every half hour is really annoying.
Exercise:
20 minutes of interval cardio on the treadmill.
Exercise:
20 minutes of interval cardio on the treadmill.
Aside from inadvertently spacing my meals by three and a half hours (I need to keep an Emergency Reserve Kit!), Day 2 of the Body For Life plan went very well. I went to the gym and chose the treadmill for my 20 minute cardio session. I put the treadmill on "Cardio" at Level 3, which intermittently changed the speed and incline. I don't think I quite hit my "10" mark, but I'll tell you, I was damn close. I never got to the point where I hated life, so I'll push it a bit harder on Thursday. :)
Meals:
Meal 1: Toasted Bagel with Egg and Turkey; Coffee with Splenda and fat-free creamer
Meal 2: EAS Advant-Edge Chocolate Crisp Protein Bar
Meal 3: Whole wheat pita with light mayo, lettuce, and turkey
Meal 4: Myoplex Lite Vanilla shake
Meal 5: Grilled chicken, small baked potato and green beans
Meal 6: Fat Free Yogurt, 1 piece of low fat string cheese
Meals:
Meal 1: Toasted Bagel with Egg and Turkey; Coffee with Splenda and fat-free creamer
Meal 2: EAS Advant-Edge Chocolate Crisp Protein Bar
Meal 3: Whole wheat pita with light mayo, lettuce, and turkey
Meal 4: Myoplex Lite Vanilla shake
Meal 5: Grilled chicken, small baked potato and green beans
Meal 6: Fat Free Yogurt, 1 piece of low fat string cheese
So far, so good!
The thing I'm loving about this plan is that you never feel hungry or deprived. In fact, it's difficult to remember that I have to eat every 2 to 3 hours! The only thing that's been throwing me for a loop is the caffeine deprivation. I opted to have a Coke Zero and a cup of green tea to make the building headache subside, and I'm drinking extra water to counter the sodium/diuretic effects.
We need to tweak the exercise regimens, but the fiance and I still had a great workout at the gym today.
Because we were running late to the gym (due to us making a fabulous homemade chili with ground turkey!), I had to go straight from the gym to school. My intervals between meals would have been a little too wide, so I stopped at CVS and picked up some of the EAS chocolate crisp protein bars. I was dreading it, as most proteins bars usually seem to taste like chocolate-covered boots, but I'm determined to follow this plan to the T. I munched on it during my Statistics class.
Oh. My. God.
It tastes better than a chocolate rice krispy treat -- and it's filling too!
Great day, all in all. 1 down, 83 to go!
STARTING WEIGHT: 202 lbs
BMI: 30.9
Meals:
Meal 1 (7:30 am): 1 cup oatmeal w/splenda and cinnamon; four egg whites
Meal 2 (10:15 am): Myoplex Lite Strawberries and Cream Nutrition Shake
Meal 3 (1:15 pm): EAS Chocolate Crisp Protein Bar
Meal 4 (3:45 pm): Homemade Chili w/Ground Turkey; five whole wheat crackers
Meal 5 (6:00 pm): Whole Wheat Pita w/lettuce, turkey, and light mayo; salad with fat-free Italian dressing
Meal 6 (8:30 pm): Fat Free Yogurt; Low-Fat String Cheese
The thing I'm loving about this plan is that you never feel hungry or deprived. In fact, it's difficult to remember that I have to eat every 2 to 3 hours! The only thing that's been throwing me for a loop is the caffeine deprivation. I opted to have a Coke Zero and a cup of green tea to make the building headache subside, and I'm drinking extra water to counter the sodium/diuretic effects.
We need to tweak the exercise regimens, but the fiance and I still had a great workout at the gym today.
Because we were running late to the gym (due to us making a fabulous homemade chili with ground turkey!), I had to go straight from the gym to school. My intervals between meals would have been a little too wide, so I stopped at CVS and picked up some of the EAS chocolate crisp protein bars. I was dreading it, as most proteins bars usually seem to taste like chocolate-covered boots, but I'm determined to follow this plan to the T. I munched on it during my Statistics class.
Oh. My. God.
It tastes better than a chocolate rice krispy treat -- and it's filling too!
Great day, all in all. 1 down, 83 to go!
STARTING WEIGHT: 202 lbs
BMI: 30.9
Meals:
Meal 1 (7:30 am): 1 cup oatmeal w/splenda and cinnamon; four egg whites
Meal 2 (10:15 am): Myoplex Lite Strawberries and Cream Nutrition Shake
Meal 3 (1:15 pm): EAS Chocolate Crisp Protein Bar
Meal 4 (3:45 pm): Homemade Chili w/Ground Turkey; five whole wheat crackers
Meal 5 (6:00 pm): Whole Wheat Pita w/lettuce, turkey, and light mayo; salad with fat-free Italian dressing
Meal 6 (8:30 pm): Fat Free Yogurt; Low-Fat String Cheese
My name is Ali, and today, my fiance and I took the first step in changing our bodies.
After a week of planning out menus and workouts, we started the Body For Life program today. There are no fads, no starvation; it's just learning how to eat and more importantly, how to move.
We've both yo-yo dieted over the years (even before we met three years ago), always seeing decent to good results, but inevitably, we'd gain the weight back (and then some). He and I are extremely happy, but in that happiness, we've become so comfortable with each other that we became complacent with our physical care.
A couple weeks ago, my fiance received genetic testing results indicating that he was at very high risk for cardiovascular disease. The weight that he had gained around his midsection only increases that risk. I visited my doctor's office for my yearly exam and discovered that I was over two hundred pounds -- fifteen pounds heavier than I was when I went into labor with my son.
That was our wake up call. This time, we weren't going to pick up a bunch of Healthy Choice meals and halfheartedly diet. We bought the Body For Life book, read it from cover-to-cover, planned out our meals and workouts, and today, we started our journey. We are formally entering the Body For Life Challenge in the Couples category (though we're just barely missing the 2009 deadline, so we'll be in for 2010).
This journal will serve to record my progress and pitfalls (hoping that those are a minimum!). I'm taking this one day at a time, and looking forward to seeing the changes to our appearances and health in the coming twelve weeks.
After a week of planning out menus and workouts, we started the Body For Life program today. There are no fads, no starvation; it's just learning how to eat and more importantly, how to move.
We've both yo-yo dieted over the years (even before we met three years ago), always seeing decent to good results, but inevitably, we'd gain the weight back (and then some). He and I are extremely happy, but in that happiness, we've become so comfortable with each other that we became complacent with our physical care.
A couple weeks ago, my fiance received genetic testing results indicating that he was at very high risk for cardiovascular disease. The weight that he had gained around his midsection only increases that risk. I visited my doctor's office for my yearly exam and discovered that I was over two hundred pounds -- fifteen pounds heavier than I was when I went into labor with my son.
That was our wake up call. This time, we weren't going to pick up a bunch of Healthy Choice meals and halfheartedly diet. We bought the Body For Life book, read it from cover-to-cover, planned out our meals and workouts, and today, we started our journey. We are formally entering the Body For Life Challenge in the Couples category (though we're just barely missing the 2009 deadline, so we'll be in for 2010).
This journal will serve to record my progress and pitfalls (hoping that those are a minimum!). I'm taking this one day at a time, and looking forward to seeing the changes to our appearances and health in the coming twelve weeks.