Wednesday, March 18, 2009
The Next Challenge
B2B W11: 185/250, ****, 9 stairs
My veggie of the week is cherry tomatoes, actually I think they're grape tomatoes. They're great. I'm having them for my mid-afternoon snack instead of baby carrots. Very tasty:-)
In other news, I ran around the track 3 times again today. YAY!
I'm thinking about the next challenge. The minute challenge is 3900 over 13 weeks or 5 1-hour workouts per week. Originally, I was going to do Body for Life, but the program doesn't thrill me. It's just too complicated. I think the challenge is going to be to be able to run around the track 10 times in a workout and do 35 30-minute strength training workouts. The 3900 minute goal will stand, but it's a given. Also a given, is staying on plan with my food which has been excellent lately.
The objective of this challenge was to inculcate the habits of eating healthy and moving. I'm very pleased with the results. I still convince myself to get out of bed and to the gym some mornings, but I motivate myself with the feeling that I know I would have when I'm done, energized and invigorated. I'm choosing tasty, healthy food. Better than that, I am actually beginning to see healthy foods as filling. That's huge because I feel satisfied.
The purpose of the next challenge is to turn my body into an energetic, smoldering, efficient fat burning machine. By the end of the challenge, I want to feel highly energized and vital. I want to be able to keep up with my niece and nephew (right now just looking at them exhausts me). I'll be adding strength training to the routine, and I'm going to up my intensity on my cardio.
Best of all, I'm going to have some serious FUN!!!
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Girl you are kicking those challenges one after the other!! Look at you and your positive thinking and your healthy habits!!
ReplyDeleteI'm so very happy for you! It takes time to get where you are and I am soooooo proud!!
Keep it up :)
Just wandered over here to your blog. Wow!! You're moving right along. Congrats! I'm trying too, so blogging keeps me in touch with others fighting the same battle. I hope to be a success story like so many others, including you. I'll be back to check on you and cheer you on to victory.
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