A Week in Review

So! God is just amazing at answering prayers and giving you all the tools you need to reach your goals when you ask for it. i said i wanted to get serious about my lifestyle change as well as losing weight, but was hitting a few walls here and there. that is until my ace boon diva Carrie called me Monday and asked if i wanted to go to Planet Fitness with her. it would have been simple to say "naw, the weather sucks and it's cold outside," but something spoke to me and said "why not?" so we went and i followed her routine: light warm up stretching, 30 long crunches, 3 minutes of donkey kicks, 20 minutes on the elliptical and 20 minutes on the treadmill. we were there for about an hour or so and topped it all off with 5 minutes on the Hydro Massage Tables which i am now going to have to invest in one day lol. i've went to the gym with her Monday through Thursday, even joining our friend Nicci to do the 30 minute [circuit] workout which alternates between 10 steppers and 10 training machines; each workout for a minute with 30 seconds rest in between [so in reality, it's actually only 20 minutes working out with 10 minutes of resting, but it's all still very in depth and powerful]. having been there for these last 4 days, i am in love with Planet Fitness and i'm planning to get a membership next week while it costs only $12 [i've been getting in free with Carrie's guest pass].

Today i went grocery shopping for fresh vegetables [snap peas, carrots, broccoli, tomatoes, avocados, lettuce & cucumbers], a little fruit [apples, pineapples, mangoes, grapes & strawberries], rice cakes, some Yoplait yogurts and granola cereal to eat as opposed to my usual junkiness. next round will be soups, tuna, salmon, tilapia, turkey & chicken [ground and actual], leafy greens, peppers, more fruit, crackers and baked crisps. I have to buy some more of my Nature's Way Alive! Women's Multivitamin and Omega 3-6-9 to take daily as well as psyllium husk and bentonite clay [both from Vitamin Shoppe] to take as a colon & Candida cleanse [sn: i will be doing a separate post all about Candida soon]. I've started the Slim in 6 workout today and will continue with it for weeks to come in addition to going to the gym and performing some of the workouts on my previous blog post alternately. i am just too excited about this set in regime and am anticipating even more the final outcome. Stay tuned for my update in 2 weeks people. BIKINI OR BUST 2013!!!!!!!!!

Practical Work Outs

These are great exercises that you can do in the comforts of your own home while watching TV. Over the course of time, you'd be surprised at how great you feel and how good you look with such little effort...in theory lol. Just goes to show you can get the body you want to have without going to the gym or having a personal trainer.

*TRIPLE THREAT [repeat 3x]*
10 push ups
20 crunches
25 squats
20 lunges [10 per leg]
80 jumping jacks
60 second wall sit


*25 MINUTE WORKOUT*
1 minute squats
3 minute crunches
2 minute push ups
3 minute bicycle crunches
2 minute jumping jacks
3 minute mountain climbers
1 minute wall sit
2 minute jumping jacks
8 minute jog


*100 COUNTDOWN WORKOUT*
100 jumping jacks
90 crunches
80 inverse crunches
70 lunges
60 jumping jacks
50 squats
40 crunches
30 leg lifts
20 jumping jacks
10 minute run


*ALL CARDIO CHALLENGE WORKOUT*
40 jumping jacks
30 sec jump rope
20 sec high knees
20 sec butt kickers
30 mountain climbers
5 jump squats
5 burpees
30 sec jump rope
- WATER BREAK -
25 jumping jacks
20 pivoting upper cuts
30 sec run in place
5 burpees
35 jumping jacks
40 sec jump rope
5 jump squats
30 sec high knees


*BEST BUTT WORKOUT*
30 jumping jacks
20 lunges
10 squats
10 plies
20 side lunges
20 glute kickbacks
15 short bridges
20 side leg circles [10 per leg]
20 glue kickbacks
15 squats
10 plies
20 jumping jacks


*AT HOME WORKOUT* [3-5x for max results]
30 jumping jacks
5 push ups
25 high knees
7 burpees
10 crunches
7 squats
5 push ups
10 crunches
5 push ups
7 squats
30 jumping jacks
1 minute wall sit
5 push ups
25 high knees


*HOLIDAY WORKOUT*
20 side lunges
15 push ups
15 tricep dips
24 hip twists
30 jumping jacks
30 second plank
1 minute run in place
20 pile squats
30 second wall sit
40 single leg raises [20 per leg]