Fall Fitness Challenge Journal
This page is your spot to journal your thoughts, accomplishments, setbacks, etc. during the Challenge. You will gain 1 point for each blog post. If you do not blog one time each week; you will lose a point.
This page is your spot to journal your thoughts, accomplishments, setbacks, etc. during the Challenge. You will gain 1 point for each blog post. If you do not blog one time each week; you will lose a point.
Test!
So, started this fitness challenge last Tuesday and so far so good. But I just want to give my .02, fitness challenges are only a few weeks long and are AWESOME, but you have to make a LIFELONG change for fitness and positive well-being. Commit to the next 6 weeks and commit to the rest of YOUR life!
Every workout challenges me more and more!!!
ok this will b a nice il test…three day weekend….? ha! let’s see if i can do it! I am anxious to c if i can to take off some more inches! this weeks workouts were awesome! (shhhh….don’t tell the bald-headed tyrant!) Let’s doooo this!
OKAY SO THIS FITNESS CHALLENGE…THAT I ENTERED ON ACCIDENT LOL…HAS BEEN VERY INTERESTING. I WAS VERY HUNGRY DURING “DETOX” HOWEVER, I SURVIVED AND IT BECAME MUCH EASIER. I HAVE FOUND THAT MY BODY REALLY LIKES THIS DIET AND I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THE PALEO DIET IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR PCOS..YAY!! SO I HAVE DECIDED TO MAKE THIS A LIFE STYLE CHANGE AND NOT JUST A 6 WEEK CHALLENGE. THIS CHALLENGE HAS PROVIDED ME THE MOTIVATION TO BECOME A MORNING PERSON… I WENT FROM NO ONE SPEAK TO ME BEFORE 8:30AM TO WAKING UP AT 4:30…BOOT CAMP AT 5:15..AND WALKING AT THE PARK AT 6:10…THEN HOME TO GET READY FOR WORK…ANYONE WHO KNOWS ME KNOWS THAT THIS IS A HUGE HUGE CHANGE IN MY LIFE…HOWEVER TO MAKE MY HEALTH A PRIORITY I MUST WORKOUT IN THE MORNING BECAUSE THERE SIMPLY IS NO OTHER TIME LEFT IN THE REST OF MY DAY.
Day 8 of Fitness Challenge: so today coach told me I needed to make sure I eat more…some days I’m starving and others I’m not and he says regardless…bc I’m eating small portions…that I still need to put somthing in my body so I have “fuel”. This is a different concept for me “dieting”…so for this week that is what I will work on…putting fuel in my body and not letting it get to “E” before I eat.
Day 10 of Fitness Challenge: Every day gets easier…my cooking does not
…I had an omelet for dinner and it was okay…but in my own defense I never like my own cooking….I think my mother can boil water better than me!!! I have found that even on very stressful days my body is not stressing as much with tight shoulders and bad food cravings…this let’s me know the 5:15am workouts are a HUGE help!!
Day 11: okay really hard to stay Paleo all the time lol I’m experiencing the how do you stay on this challenge as close as possible and eat out with friends when you have been out and about all day…my solution was to stick to the meat…however I feel so guilty for not eating strictly to the plan… I will say my guilt comes from my competitive side I do not want that one meal to give someone the winning edge!!
Day 12 of Fitness Challenge: Coach is gonna be so mad…I have been running crazy at work all day and only had a chance to eat a cup of yogurt and blackberries around 1:30…got off work at 6:45 and now I’m soooo hungry…sad thing is I carried my snacks around with me all day just never had time eat one lol…gonna have to work this out bc many busy days are to come and not good to not “fuel” my body!!
Day 13 of Fitness Challenge: got my butt kicked in workout this morning…my legs are very sore!! Did better making sure I ate even with a busy schedule…still didn’t get all my snacks in but did better…can’t believe its almost been 2 weeks of doing this..it does having thinking twice before I eat and me making sure I take the healthiest option!
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Day 15 of Fitness Challenge: This week has been a challenge…extra busy at work, getting home late, short one days workout this week, missing meals and snacks, eating out more, and doing everything I can to stay on track..this week was a “just how bad do you want to do this” week…and I must say it has proved to me that I REALLY WANT IT. I had so many chances to go way off track n I didn’t…I’m so proud of me!!!
Day 17 of Fitness Challenge: There are 41 days left until the 2012!!! I have personally extended my challenge until then to see exactly how much weight I can lose and how healthy I can make my life before the new year. Why do we say when the new year comes then I will make changes in my life? Why not change your life today? So I ask you…what are you going to change in your life BEFORE the new year?!?!
Day 18 and 19 of Fitness Challenge: My holiday has began and oh the temptation has began to come…here is to enjoying the next few days by being as healthy as I can be and allowing myself a nice thanksgiving meal ONLY on thanksgiving day…time to test my strength and determination!!!
Day 23 of Fitness Challenge: Still managed to stay on track today…which was very hard considering nothing healthy sounded good to eat and I wanted to eat anything chocolate and greasy!!! One more day to go and then I will have the “home field” advantage
I never get bored with the all of the variations of the workout routines. I find myself challanged more and more. The more it hurts, the more I push myself. The only way I have been able to keep up is by following the diet. Other wise I feel sluggish and don’t want to push through it…… Lean meats, fresh vegetables, fresh fruits and no glueten!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Day 27 of Fitness Challenge: Still yuckie…I don’t like not feeling well…this has hindered me from working out and I’m so ready to get back in the gym…the holidays followed by this has set me back at the gym
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Day 28 of Fitness Challenge: Rested well last night…feeling better with very little voice today…stomach bug is gone…preparing myself for an early days start back to the gym tomorrow morning
Time to get back to it!!!
Day 29 and 30 of Fitness Challenge: Definition of success is being on the holiday candy isle and NOT purchasing the seasonal Lindt milk chocolates with white chocolate filling (you know the ones that you have full knowledge that purchasing them WILL result in an empty bag and tons of shiny candy wrappers in your car BEFORE you make it the 5 miles between the store and your house)… ;o)
Day 31 of Fitness Challenge: Well today I dodged a blue berry muffin and had a banana instead…then had another as a late afternoon snack instead of the honey bun calling my name from near by
…This weather is yuckie and tomorrow morning is going to suck…but I will get up and out in this nasty weather and get my Monday morning workout on!!! 
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Day 32 of Fitness Challenge: Had a stressful moment…and those who know me at all know that I am the definition of an emotional eater. So in front of me was Ghiradelli chocolates and Sugar Free chocolate caramels…O’ the decisions…lol Every day shows to prove that every little decision you make about eating healthy or doing the “this one time won’t hurt” dance is what it takes to change your life.
Day 33 of Fitness Challenge: I was discouraged today…I happen to go to boot camp on a day that we worked on lower back, and abs (NOW YA’LL ALL KNOW I HAVE NONE!!) and I felt completely incompetent…now I have to modify everything anyway to get it done …and what I had to do today to get the workout done doesn’t even fall under the term modification lol…must work on abs and back more on my own..long way 2go!!! I will say that I am very grateful for the coaches…even when you are so discouraged they get on your level..in your face…and tell you that you can do it…and that you will get there!!! Couldn’t ask for more encouragement!!
Day 34 of Fitness Challenge: Had a thought today. They say that men think about sex every so many minutes through out the day. Today I felt like a man only it was sugar (primarily chocolate) Until you chose to be conscience of what you eat you really don’t see how often you ate something..bc b4 if I wanted it I ate it so I’m pretty sure I had chocolate 2 to 3 times a day bc I’m now wanting chocolate 100 times a day!!
The FIT test is almost here and I am nervous and excited at the same time!! It has been fun learning to eat better and seeing myself get better at working out. There are exercises that were once complicated to do and now I can see myself using heavier weights and running faster.
Well…. Took the day off from working out. I hate to do that but I have to make sure I am rested for tomorrow. I have been pushing myself pretty hard and steping up everyday by doing more reps or heavier weights. I know I have come a long way and even if it is not enough to win the challenge, I still win a personal feat by being in better shape. I will continue to push myself in Absolute Self Defense and Fitness Gym!!! I am began to research the Paleo Diet(the guidelines Jim set) online to better understand what I am doing with my eating habits. It will become a part of my life and not just a challenge I entered. Thank you Jim and the Absolute Team for pushing me so hard and never letting me give up!!!
Day 158 of Changing my Life: Accountability is a horrible thing! It makes you do things that you normally wouldn’t do like eat healthy, stay on track and finish what you start!! Now time for a confession. A week ago I decided I wasn’t going to do the final workout of my fitness competition due to the fact that the “fit” people finish a workout correctly in 16 min. when I finish the same thing in an hour “modified” ..Now I didn’t tell anyone this hoping competition day would come and go and no one would notice bc I wouldn’t win anyway!! And then tonight via a text here comes accountability Coach Jim Mahan texting me telling me that as far as “points” go I’m ahead so far and that I better not be late…at this time I confess to him my decision and fear of embarrassment. So what doesn he do ??..of all thing encourage me and tell me it has nothing to do with me finishing last but that my journey is is mine and that I will regret it if I don’t finish!!! So guess what I couldn’t sneak away unnoticed and ill be looking crazy at noon tomorrow!! So all of you pray for me …I’m gonna need it!!…I am very scared.