Week 1 : Accountability

Week 1 is done!! Thank God, because it was sort of hell week for me. I always like to push extra hard in the first week of my workout schedules/cycles because it sets the tone and gets me psyched for the rest of the time. Jillian Michaels also has this 7-day metabolism boosting diet that you start her workout with and I decided I'd try it out (sort of). There are a lot of restrictions, so I didn't follow it exactly. No sweets, not even fruits (I did have maybe a fruit a day though)... No grains, and I was craving some qunioa the entire time!!! Very limited amounts of dairy (I had some yogurt though almost on a daily basis, but was alright to switch out my skim milk for almond milk to drink my protein with. Gonna stick to that cuz I actually liked it better anyway). There was a lot of salad. A lot of rabbit food. Plus fish and proteins. I honestly don't think I could or would like to drop grains from my diet. I workout a lot and I feel like I didn't have as much energy throughout the week as I usually do. That could just be because I was pushing hard, too, though. Not totally sure. 

My workouts went well. I did Jillian Michaels Body Revolution, as well as other supplemental workouts like running, elliptical, etc. And got in the gym for some group exercise when hubby's work schedule allowed for it. It was a good week discipline-wise. Worked out 6/7 days. 

Monday: JMBR-Workout 1 & Cardio 1 (calories burned:834).

Tuesday: JMBR-Workout 2 & 10K Runner app (calories burned:863).

Wednesday: JMBR-Cardio 1 (calories burned:353). 

Thursday: 45 minutes on the elliptical, JMBR-Workout 1 & group x at the gym (calories burned:1797).

Friday: JMBR-Workout 2 & group x at the gym (calories burned:1085).

Saturday: Rest day.

Sunday: JMBR-Cardio 1 & TurboFire-Fire30 (calories burned:580).

1.14.13 : Day1-Goals & Stats

Today I am starting another 12 week/90 day long workout cycle. I started a new workout today; Jillian Michaels Body Revolution. I've never actually done a non-beachbody program all the way through, so this is something different for me. It's 12 weeks and consists of 3 phases and a total of I believe 15 different workouts. I have what I would describe as workout ADD. I tend to get really bored and not finish an entire workout schedule. I'll just stop and skip to another one.  I'm really determined to NOT do that this time and just stick with it through the entire 12 weeks. Hopefully. Maybe. I don't know. We'll see. :)

I typically am pretty cryptic about my stats and what my weight is. I'm like this because when I tell people how much I weigh, it's always more than they think. Then I get all weird about not knowing how to take a compliment when they're like "WHAT?? Really? I would never guess. I would think you're only like ____ lbs. You carry it well." Which I guess is a good thing? I mean, not really, but kind of. Haha. Anyway, what I'm getting at is I'm actually gonna just share my numbers from now own. I'm not embarrassed anymore. I'm a work in progress, and I happen to be pretty darn proud of the progress I've made. Plus, when I try to be cryptic, I have say things for my current weight like "32 lbs. away from goal weight", and this requires math. I do not like math. So I'll just give my brains a break and stop doing that.

Start Weight: 172.5lbs
Goal Weight: 155 (I'm toying with the idea of lowering it. I'm not sure yet... I guess it depends on what my body looks like when I get there. I want to look strong, not skinny, if that makes sense).
Measurements: I'll have to input this information later. Can't find my tape measure.

Short-Term Goal: Drop 5 lbs. in month one.
Long-Term Goal: I'd like to lose 12 pounds over the next 12 weeks for an average of a pound a week.

Final Results for 1st 12 Week Cyle

So I totally slacked off with my blog posts, but to briefly sum it up...

12.17.12 : Month 2 Results: down 4.5 lbs.(which was exactly my goal for the month). My new goal for month 3 was a modest one: to maintain my weight. Not exactly awe inspiring, but Christmas, New Years & our week-long family vacation all fell in that month.

1.13.13 : Month 3 Results: down 2.5 lbs. I actually Lost 5 lbs, but the last two weeks of the month were a total mess with less workouts and WAY MORE FUN & FOOD than usual. Ha! Soooo, I gained back 2.5 lbs. Way to end my 12 week cycle with a bang! Lol, but hey... we all gotta have our fun sometimes.

12 WEEK FINAL RESULTS:
-14.5 lbs. lost

At this point in the game, I'm very happy with these results. I don't have as much to lose as I did when I first started, so the results aren't super dramatic anymore. I can see slight differences between my day 1 and day 90 pictures, but nothing extreme! It's a slow & steady loss now, which I'm okay with. I didn't exactly stick to any one particular workout schedule, but I did workout consistently (5-6 times a week, except for the last 2 weeks, which like I said, were kind of hot mess). There was definitely room for improvement and I cheated more than I needed to on the diet side... but, I'm proud of myself. On to the next one!