I shakily got my way into Phase 2 of the Slim in 6 Burn it Up series before I got distracted and it all came to a screeching halt. While my diet wasn't exactly the best, it was far from the worst as well. These last 2 days, i was thinking and re-evaluating and have came up with a regimen now. But first and foremost, i'm posting my measurements, which i should have [but forgot lol] to do when i first started:
now, i have thought of a regimen that is simple and easy for me to do and keep up with that will indeed track my progress better for me. Every morning I will start the day with one of the mini exercises i've listed on January 15th [to see a list of the Practical Work Outs, click here]. i've turned one of the bedrooms in my house into an exercise room and i'll be writing the workouts on poster board and hang them all around the walls of the room so i know all the exercises i can choose from. By the afternoon, I will do my Slim in 6 work out, then round off my evening with my Yoga Booty Ballet series [more along the lines of cardio, dancing, stretching & ballet]. This week I get my gym membership to Planet Fitness, so depending on how tired I am, i will trade in the Yoga Booty Ballet for and hour at the gym and on days off I will spend some mornings there as well.
this week for unrelated reasons i'm fasting from today until next Sunday 1 meal a day with water only to drink and I will take my Nature's Way Alive whole food supplement to sustain as well. i imagine i will lose some weight [although that isn't my purpose for the fast] and next week i start back on my fiber breakfasts, fruity & hearty lunches and savory veggie dinners. i don't snack in between because i don't want to get used to having to eat all the time and i never really did dessert [a piece of fruit, yogurt or granola will suffice if i do get a craving]. i've really been good with the fast food and eating out as well and the more i keep cooking at home, the less i crave take out [again, i've never had a real problem eating fast food or cooking].
i downloaded the Lose It! app on my phone 3 days ago and it tracks the foods i eat and the exercises i do. after i put in my age, gender, birthday, starting weight and goal weight, it tells me how many calories a day i can have and how long it will take for me to get to my goal weight if i stay committed. currently i can have 1,036 calories a day. i usually eat at least 1,200 a day but my exercises supplement the extra calories i take in. and i find it not hard at all to track my foods [my phone scans barcodes of the foods i eat and records it for me, telling the calories per serving and all other nutrient information so it's not hard to find what i eat!]
my next update picture will be posted on April 3rd, showing halfway through my journey so stay tuned for that. Take care loves!
