Two Weeks Left..
That’s right…there’s only two weeks left in my challenge.
I’m still going strong but the results just aren’t coming. I haven’t changed a thing except dropping the HIIT in exchange for lower intensity cardio, and reducing the intensity of the weight training to keep my heart rate in check.(per doctor’s orders)
It’s not the end of the world. I KNOW I will get there as far as my fitness goals go, it will just take longer than ONE challenge to do it.
Which brings me to another problem. What to do AFTER this Body For Life challenge. I was considering Afterburn Training, or Turbulence Training, but would have to modify both extensively to fit my doctor’s restrictions. I don’t want to do a program that I have to modify a whole lot to make it fit.
So, I think I’m going to go ahead and just do Power 90. NOT P90X, the original Power 90 Program that I already own. It’s the program that I originally started with before I started Body For Life, but quit because I got BORED. Now that I’m looking for something simple I’m thinking it would be a better fit. Of course I’ll modify it to fit me but I don’t think I’ll have to modify it as much as I would have to modify the Afterburn or Turbulence Training. And really it will be like putting together my OWN program since I won’t be using the workouts as outlined in the manual.
I had considered doing another Body For Life challenge, but I’m pretty bored with the Upper Body, Lower Body split with cardio. I can do Power 90 and do full body workouts 3 days a week, with the fun cardio workout in between them. AND I can do Jillian Michael’s 30 Day shred on my off days to keep some activity in there.
I’m also going to start doing Eat, Stop, Eat after I finish this challenge. I had an ESE day a few days ago on accident..LOL. I had a huge meal out on my cheat day last sunday and just wasn’t hungry at all until at least 24 hours later…so without even trying I can do ESE. LOL. I think that by adding in a couple of fasting days a week I can loosen up a little bit on the regimentation of eating the way I have been which will add a little more “fun” back into eating again.
I have to say I’ve gotten a little tired of weighing, measuring, counting calories, and grams of this and that. It’s just not bringing the results I had hoped for. I’m not throwing in the clean eating towel though, so don’t worry. I’m just going to loosen up a bit. I need to make food a little more joyous again, instead of following a strict plan laid out on a grid like I have been.
So..on with the next two weeks, and I hope I can at least drop a couple more pounds by the end.
I’m happy with the results so far. 23 pounds is nothing to sneeze at. It averages over two pounds a week for the past 10 weeks, and that’s great. I never expected I would look like a fitness model at the end anyways. But someday….I will.
Rome wasn’t built in a day..LOL.
CAT, Why can’t you do Turbulence Training? The Bodyweight routines were fun and not too hard. The HIIT you can modify. I loved it, and loved that it changed every 4 weeks with a ready made program. I think you should check it out and see if maybe you CAN do it.
You are SPOILED from getting such great results the first month. Now you need to learn the spiritual or mental or Tao strenght that will take you day in and day out for the rest of your “cut” and onto your living the life you love as a lean strong woman.
I have been learning a lot about not putting emotions into the food I can or can’t eat. I have now 1320 allowable calories, of that 40% is pro, 30% is fat, 30% is carb. Next week it changes a bit. Whatever it is, I hit it for the day, like a game. Tonight I needed 200 more calories and I needed fat, so I had 28gm peanut butter and enjoyed it, instead of using it as a cheat.
Keep on keepin’ on. You could drop 5 pounds when you least expect it!
Etana