Last night was "Cardio Recovery," so my husband and I thought it was going to be a well deserved kind of "night off." Well, we were wrong! lol It was a recover from the cardio, but only the cardio. Lots of squats and lunges and staying down in those squats and lunges....oh my! But it was nice to have a slower night instead of going as fast as you physically can the whole time. Tonight we will do "Pure Cardio," so I'm sure we'll make up for the lack of cardio last night. I'm kinda dreading seeing what tonight has in store..."Pure Cardio".....really?! As if the rest of it hasn't been pretty much pure cardio...
Now for my goals... It took me a little bit to figure out what I wanted to accomplish. Of course, I want to lose weight, but how much could I expect or try for?! My weight goal is to lose 25 pounds, this will put me back to the weight I was when we got married. I would be ECSTATIC if I could do that! I was figuring it up last night, and if I can lose 2.5 pounds a week, I'll have my 25 pounds by the end. This does not mean that I will dismiss the idea of losing more, NOT AT ALL, but this is my goal. As far as the measurements go, I don't really know how to determine that. The only comparison I have is from back in my crazy workout phase in high school...I don't see me ever seeing a 26 inch waist again! So, for today, there is no measurement goal...just get me skinny!!!
As far as the diet, it has been going very well! It's hard to fit eating in my day at five separate times, but maybe once I get used to it, it'll be ok. Today and yesterday I missed my mid-morning "meal" due to meetings. When we got the "Insanity" information, the nutrition guide gave a formula to determine how many calories you needed to eat a day. Mine came out to about 2000 calories a day in order to lose weight...I thought that sounded pretty doable! The nutrition guide recommends eating the same amount of calories at each sitting, and I am deciding against this. It doesn't say that you have to, but it has the recipe section broken down into the 5 meals, and each section has the same amount of calories. I've decided that I will have a protein shake for breakfast (those have turned out to be pretty good!), and snack mid-morning (usually low fat string cheese), a grilled chicken salad or wrap with fruit, an afternoon snack (usually fruit or carrots), and then a larger dinner. I just personally prefer to still have my standard eating times as MEALS, instead of eating rabbit food all day long...if that makes sense. Since Tennessee refuses to understand weather patterns, it was a nice evening to grill tonight. I patted out some turkey burgers, and Brandon cooked them up! Then I cut up a few potatoes and baked some french fries. We didn't have the sandwich rounds that I normally have with a hamburger, so we just ate them with a fork instead of wasting the calories for bread. I topped mine with salsa and was very impressed with how good it tasted! I'll have to keep that in mind for next time!
We'll work out later tonight than usual, then we'll do tomorrow's workout in the morning. Tomorrow's diet will be difficult! My family meets at Shoney's ever Saturday for breakfast, which is not the most conducive place for any diet. My plan is to check out their salad selections and go from there. I hope to not consume many more calories throughout the day because my last Christmas gathering is tomorrow evening. Of course, we're all bringing "tasty morsels" to share, and I always look forward to trying everyone's dishes. So, I'm not sure how that is going to go... Sunday is our real day off, so that'll be nice!
Thank you to everyone for reading! I may not post until Sunday; I hope everyone can hold their excitement until then!
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