Today I went to the gym (the one that I really don't care for that much) and did cardio on the treadmill. I thought that I would take it easy today since today wasn't a HIIT cardio day so I did the fat burn setting. I started off doing a warm up on the 2.5 speed setting for 2 minutes and then increased the speed to 3.5. Because I was out of my Target heart rate zone to burn fat, the machine kept lowering my speed and I ended up walking at a pace of 2.8 for the entire 30 minutes. I think next time I will just use the manual setting and adjust...

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Day 13(day1)

If the title of this post confuses you then let me try to explain. While I started off doing BFl and joined a challenge scheduled to start on June 1st, I have also been doing another program p90. I actually prefer the p90 because it is an awesome workout (thus far) and I can do it at home along with the DVD. Now BFl can be an at home workout as well but It is basically...

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Day 12

I am so disappointed in myself. I got up this morning and worked out at the gym as planned. Today is leg day but I did a 45 minute heart rate monitored cardio workout on the treadmill. (40 min walk 5 min cool down) That was great, I even did some lying squats ( about 12) and then seated leg curls (4 sets). I didn't do the squats BFl style because I knew I was going to do my p90 leg workout. Needless to say that went kaput! After raving and bragging about how I managed to make it through the entire workout last time I was only able to make it...

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I really, really, REALLY need to get my eating in check. I think I know what my problem is, I'm not eating enough. I go for such long periods without eating that when it gets around 5, 6 or 7 p.m. the cravings are virtually impossible to stave off. Depending on what time I get to the gym, I may not eat my first meal until well after 10 or 11. I then may have something around 2 or 3 and then dinner at about 5 or 6... after that I get horrible sugar cravings and more often than not, this is when I end up blowing it. Today I probably won't...

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Day 11

The weekend has come to an end along with my weekend binge and I was back in the gym bright and early. I did my cardio coach today and am so proud of myself as I hit my personal best. There are 3 challenges in the program and usually I just do up to the cool down of challenge two but today I finished the first interval of challenge 3. I wasn't nearly as tired as I thought that I would be. Yayyy me! I'm almost positive I will be doing some more workout today so I may be back a little later on to update. As for my eating, it was totally out...

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day 10

Yesterday was so not a good day for me. well work out wise it was excellent but after all that hard work what did I do? I came home and at not one but TWO bags of Doritos (they were the small sizes, I'm not that greedy) and an entire bag of Lifesaver gummies. That's right, I ate the whole, entire bag. I only intended to eat a handful but I got side tracked and looked down and the dang bag was empty. Then to top that off I had a few slices of pizza for dinner. Not to be making excuses because we all know the excuses spiel but I was out until...

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what has gotten into me.

could it be that I am a changed woman? I was up well into the night checking out the photo gallery for the p90X program and I was motivated like a mug to 'Bring it". I already committed to starting the BFl challene on June 1st but I really want t o do p90x as well. so I figured I workout BFl style in the A.M. and do p90x in the P.M. Now I have no intention of over training but I will be mixing it up a bit so that I can achieve the results that I want. I have a Dr.s appointment today for the dreaded pap, I don't care how old I get, I will Never,...

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Day 8

I am grinning like the Kool-Aid man right about now! Today was a lower body day for me and I already had it in my mind that I wasn't going to the gym. I decided that I would do my p90x instead. Well as the day went on, time continued to get away from me and I kept thinking about how much I really didn't feel like working out today. I almost talked myself out of it too but then I heard this voice in my head telling me that I cannot miss a day( well another day because I missed day number 6) and if I want to see results I better get busy. I...

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DAY 6

This week I decided that I could stand to be a bit more meticulous with my program. Yes, I only managed to work out 5 days last week because my schedule was totally full over the weekend. My kid had a race and we got up at 7:30 and didn't make it home until well after 5 P.M. As I've probably mentioned before I am a most definitely a morning person so if I don't work out in the A.M. I know I will not work out at all. That's just me so needless to say I am one workout behind. Of course I could double up on the workouts but nope, I'll just...

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Day 4

Today I went to the gym and did 45 minutes on the treadmill. I needed to burn off some of the damage that I did with the eating yesterday. That dang on Ice cream. I need to really leave it alone but it taste soooooo good. Anyway i just did a regular walk on the treadmill on the fat loss setting. It felt pretty good. i then came home and did have on the legs portion on power 90X. I will definitely be working my way up to this because my legs were already sore. (from what I do not know). When i go to the gym I really don't want to be bothered....

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day3

Today I went to the gym. I decided to go to the one that I used to since I had some things that i needed to take care of in that area. When I am exiting my car I see this guy that always talks to me. he comes over and tells me how glad he is that he saw me and things like that, then he actually kisses me on the cheek. I can't believe he invade my personal space like that. caught me a little off guard but anyway I had a pretty good workout. I did my cardio Coach1 tape on the treadmill and then did a few back exercises and that was it. I did 36 minutes,...

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Day 2

I was thisclose to not working out at all today because I was trying to finish doing my hair. I really didn't feel like doing anything after a while but I got to reading all of the posts on various message boards as well as success stories and photos and I was motivated. I did an upper body workout today using my dumbbells that i have at home. I did chest press and pushups bicep curls and hammer curls tricep kickbacks and tricep press heavy pants and seated row(I used bands for these and didn't feel the burn like I wanted to ) I also did one...

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Day 1

Today is the first day of my BFL (Body For Life challenge) I have decided to buckle down and stick to the program as it was written. I went to the gym and did 36 minutes of what I would consider HIIT using Cardo Coach 1. I felt great afterwards. The eating is a whole 'nother thing. I came home at ate almost the entire half gallon of Dean's banana split Ice cream...Yummmmm! I know that I need to stop buying it because I obviously haven't acquired the willpower just yet to resist the temptation. Anyway my weight this morning was 211.6. I burned 325...

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