I was doing the Chalene Johnson Extreme program and finished the first month – the Burn phase and now I should be starting the Lean phase. However, in ten days I go off on vacation again for 3 weeks of camping and the chances of me doing the workouts are slim. So this morning I went through an old routine that is easily adaptable to bands when I go camping so I’m just going to stick with that for July/August (or until I get back 3rd week of Aug).
I think I’m afraid of working my legs too much because I Run/Walk every other day and since I’m just migrating myself up in numbers (with the running), I don’t want my legs to be sore and possibly make it harder to run. I’ll admit, the soreness I felt when I first started running is no longer there. I remember how my legs, and lower back ached all the time. Now I feel the odd stiffness but not much. It either means my body has adapted to the workout and it isn’t as efficient or it has just adapted to the stress caused by running and I’m still burning tons of fat.…. Don’t know which one…. I’m hoping I’m still burning lots of fat.
So last night I really was determined not to eat after 7:30 but by 9:00 I was very hungry. Not the “I’m bored, I want something to eat” hungry, but real hunger. Beware the following sentences are a rant: I get up each day at 4:00 a.m. and workout before I go to work, then I do my 8 hours and come home. Last night I came home to the BF, his daughter and her BF all sleeping in the living room. No one did the dishes, emptied the Dishwasher or fed the dog. So I did it all then had a shake with my really noisy Magic Bullet ;) and woke them all up (except the BF…. He is a heavy sleeper). Let’s just say I was a teeny weensy bit crabby last night.
So all –in-all, I probably didn’t have enough calories yesterday (I always drink a shake for breaky at work) and by 9:00 I was actually truly hungry. So I had a small snack which totally blew my goal on the very first night of the week :( Oh well, I think in this case it was OK as I was down in lbs this morning to where I thought I should have been in the first place. Since coming back from Mazatlan in May, I’ve bounced up and down 3 lbs and it’s kind of getting on my nerves. Today I am hungry!!!!
TTYL
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Try having a protein shake within 30 mins of your workout - it'll go straight to your muscles and take the edge off your pain. Good luck!
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