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Soy latte

Blackberry Surprise smoothie-Learn the surprise on Thursday!

Life is Peachy smoothie-Recipe will be posted Thursday!

2 Hail Merry raw & vegan chocolate macaroons

Salad made of mixed greens, butternut squash, cherry tomatoes, avocado, and a dressing of dijon mustard, honey, olive oil, liquid aminoes, fig vinegar, and Spike seasoning.

Workout

2.5 mile sprints

20 minutes on elliptical (levels 17, 12 with 6 resistance, 10, 9, and 3 for cool down portion)

Hanging leg lifts

Crunches

Rotary Twist machine with 35 pounds

Lunges

Back extensions with 20 pounds

Arm raises with 5 pounds

Leg lifts on abench

1.5 power walk

I also cleaned the apartment with my boyfriend from 3-6!! We’re talking major mopping!

I’ve been fighting a cold since last week. Not to be detoured, I’ve continued with my workouts, but yesterday I allowed myself to just stay in bed.

I woke up still feeling congested as hell, but I made myself workout. So glad I did. The gym is empty as hell on Sundays. It’s simply glorious. I bopped all over the weight room, and I didn’t have to sweat the testosterone. Pretty freaking sweet.

Sunday Workout

Cardio

2.5 miles of sprints

20 minutes on elliptical with a level 2 resistance while targeting butt

Strength Training

Wide-Grip Lap pull down machine with 20 pounds

Seated Cable row with 20 pounds (10 on each side)

Seated Cable Cross over with 10 pounds

Rotary Side Twist with 35 pound weight

Crunches on abench

Leg raises on abench

Dead lift with 12 pound dumbbells

Smith Machine Squat with 20 pounds

Hanging knee raises

Lunges

Arm raises with 3 pounds

Lying leg curls with 30 pounds

Crunches and side twist on stability ball

Stretches

Did you guys work out this weekend?

3 mile run at 5.5mph, with mix of walking on .5 incline at 4.9-5.0mph

30 minutes on elliptical (levels 10,12,9,5,3,10)

Crunches on abench

Hanging knee raises

Back extensions with 20 pounds

1 mile walk with jumping jack arms

Arm raises

Butt raises

All I have had to do was a soy latte, a lite coffee drink from Starbucks, and a gram cracker with peanut butter. I’m not very hungry, to shoot it straight. I’ve been running around like a crazy person on a mission, and food has been far from my mind. Still, I plan to force myself to eat something healthy and substantial sooner than later. Now, what to have???

1.5 walk with arm jabs, black swan arms and walking jumping jacks

2.5 mix of walking on a high incline (4-6), and running between 5.4-6.3 mph. For some reason I was really tied today. Not unmotivated tired, but the type of tired that comes when you feel like you’re carrying extra weight. I think my  body was really feeling that level 6 resistance from yesterday, and was sort of “out of it” today.

20 minutes on elliptical (levels 10, 12, 9, 17, 3)

13 minutes and 51 seconds on row machine, which burned 100 calories, which was my goal. My arms and back are going to be so sore tomorrow. Loves it!

Standing side leg raises

Donkey kicks

Arm raises

Shoulder raises

Back exercise with 20 pounds

Crunches on abench

Lunges

Leg lifts

Russian Twist with 8 pound medicine stationed on stability ball

Standing side twist

Crunches on stability ball

Hanging knee raises

Stretching.

Going to shower and make a protein shake soon. I’m sort of craving a blueberry one. Yum!!!!

First things are first- if you missed it, please check out my post, Getting Healthy: Tips for Beginners.

Ok, on with my workout/food/personal update.

Today I needed to do laundry like whoa! Seriously, I didn’t have any clean undies left!! I also had to study for my final exam. Not to allow my fitness to be derailed, I took advantage of the treadmill in my parents basement.

I already did a 1 mile power walk this morning, so all I needed to do was run for 3 miles when I got to my folks. By the time I was done, so was my laundry!!

Went home and worked out on the elliptical for 20 minutes.

Did some basic crunches and leg toning exercises.

As far as food…

Breakfast:

1/2 protein bar

100% pineapple juice

Lunch:

A little broccoli

Dinner:

Veggie pot pie

Hummus with a individual bag of healthy chips (forgot the brand).

Chopped avacado

Completed two finals this week!! Fuck yeah!!! I really have to thank God, because I was struggling with the second, which was a take home. The exam was for literary theory and criticism; by far my most difficult class. I definitely was divinely inspired, because at a certain point the material just clicked, and I was able to pound out 11 pages.

As for my workout:

2 miles of power walking, with jabs and black swan arms

2 miles of endurance running. I did 2 rounds of sprinting, but mainly focused on just running.

30 minutes on elliptical

Crunches on abench

Leg lifts

Hanging knee raises

Stability ball crunches and oblique twist

Standing side leg raises

Lunges

Arm raises

Last night I got really sick. It came completley out of the blue. I was in the midst of eating a granny smith apple, when suddenly-pukesville.

Totally random act of regurgitation.

1.5 mile power walk, intergrated with black swan arms and jabs

2.5 mile interval run (1/4 mile of running, 1/4 mile of walking on slight incline).

35 minutes on elliptical

Hanging knee raises

Leg raises

Crunches

Standing side leg lifts

donkey kicks

back extensions with 10 pound weights

crunches with 30 pounds

lunges

arm raises

2.3 mile endurance run (1/4 running, 1/4 power walking,1/4 running, etc-no incline today).

30 minutes on elliptical (levels 10,12,9,10,3,10)

Crunches on abench

leg raises (one set of 10 done with legs straight, next set down with legs bent and butt lifted as legs were raised up, back to straight legs for another set, etc.)

Hanging knee raises

Back extensions with 10 pound weights in each hand

I’ll be working out again when I get home. I’m thinking a fitness video and a quick walk on the treadmill. Hoo-ra!

Power walked for .75 miles

Sprinted for 3.5 miles

Elliptical for 30 minutes

Leg raises (did the ones where you lift and raise your bum than slowly raise it down)

Crunches

Rotary Twister with 25 pounds

Hanging knee raises

Back exercise

Standing side leg lifts

Donkey kicks

arm lifts

Crunches on stability ball

Side crunches with lifted leg on stability ball

3.5 mile treadmill workout (combo of jogging, sprinting and walking).

30 minutes on the elliptical

crunches on abench

leg raises on abench

standing twist with 10 pound medicine ball

rotary machine with 25 pounds

lunges

side leg raises

donkey kicks

back extensions

crunches on abench intermingled with Russian Twist

hanging knee raises

1/2 mile walk

arm raises

pull down machine with 20 pounds

stretches