Here is my before shot...I'm not happy about it of course, but it's best to put it all out there...literally. I am starting the Body for Life Challenge.
Today is officially the first day, though I was trying it out last week. This morning I weighed myself I lost 2 lbs. I now weigh 247.8 lbs.
I bought a Body for Life book over the weekend and I've created a scrapbook of sorts to bring with me to the gym. I've got example pictures of abdominal exercises, as well as, progress reports for the workouts and meals. At the back of the book I've included a 12 week training schedule, contract to myself, generalized meal plan, and goals.
Planning my meals out ahead of time will be a challenge, but I think I'm up to the challenge this time around. It's funny how these things go. I have all the tools and knowledge to lose weight, but until you're in the right frame of mind, you constantly fail.
This time I'm working toward success. The Body for Life plan is a 12 week plan, but I will continue following it beyond the 12 weeks. This will give me a nice start!
My weeks will look something like this:
Monday: Aerobics and Abs
Tuesday: Upper Body
Wednesday: Aerobics and Abs
Thursday: Lower Body
Friday: Aerobics and Abs
Saturday Upper Body
Sunday: Free Day
The Upper and Lower Body days will alternate from week to week. One week will be two upper body and one lower body. The next week will be two lower body and one upper body. Always alternating.
CARDIO
Elliptical: 20 minutes
1.8 miles
200 calories
ABS
Horizontal Abs Machine:
20 lbs x 12 reps
30 x 10
40 x 8
50 x 6
30 x 12
Abs on the mat:
BodyFlow Abs
2 x 12
I learned an ab exercise from my BodyFlow class. It's similar to the picture, but you have you arms flat on the floor, and cross one leg over the other. Lift your shoulders off the mat then your legs and then lift your arms up and pull your arms in...not sure how to explain that part so just ask me in person if you wanna know.
I did two sets of 12, switching which leg crosses the other.
Bent Knee Raises
2 x 12
I learned an ab exercise from my BodyFlow class. It's similar to the picture, but you have you arms flat on the floor, and cross one leg over the other. Lift your shoulders off the mat then your legs and then lift your arms up and pull your arms in...not sure how to explain that part so just ask me in person if you wanna know.I did two sets of 12, switching which leg crosses the other.
Bent Knee Raises
1 x 12
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YOU GO GIRL!!! I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT THIS TIME!!!!
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