Day 1 of Gettin Serious

Well actually it is Day 2 but I’ve joined in with Allan and his friends and joined in with his Phase III Challenge (SSDDC) and today is the official Day 1. If you don’t read Allan’s blog, and if you want to read some no BS posts, then I highly recommend reading his site. He’s lost an amazing 152lbs in 206 days… Wow!  I’ve been following along quietly for a while now and he tells it as it is and does not add any frills in case he hurts any ones feelings. He is honest and has such a way of putting things that he has made me realize I have been fooling myself for the last year – if not longer.  I need to read/hear what Allan is putting out there.  So I’m challenging myself to fully participate in his challenge and eat at a caloric level that my body will start losing weight.

 

Part of this plan is to drink a ton of water. I’ve always drank a lot of water but sometimes I fall off the wagon and only drink 1-2 liters a day. Of course that would be non-Hot Yoga days. Those days I ALWAYS filled up with water all day long because I knew I was going to sweat it all out. But the last couple of weeks I’ve made a good attempt at drinking the amount he recommended that I drink. It wasn’t easy at first but now I am finding I am thirsty all the time so drinking it isn’t an issue. Right now I am averaging about 128 ounces of water a day if not more depending on if it is a YOGA day or not. Which means, my second office (the bathroom) is being frequently used.

 

So yesterday I ate perfectly on track and ate good healthy clean food. Today is going to be a repeat of yesterday, and tomorrow, and the day after and so on and so on.  

 

Yesterday I got up at 4:15 and did my 30 minute interval walk/run, then at the end of the day, I hit the gym and did 20 minutes on the Arc Trainer and another 45 minutes working my legs on the machines. I don’t know why but I am still self-conscious doing lower-body exercises in the gym that just involve free weight workouts like squats, lunges, etc. I was OK with the trainer but not so good on my own. I like the structured machine workouts around all that beefy muscle that’s in the gym I attend (by the way Deb… I said “hello” to your poster again last night J ).  I do lots of free weight lower body workouts as I think they are much better than machines but I do it at home.

 

Tonight I’m going to Hot Yoga after work. My body needs a good detox and stretch and that’s the best place on earth to do that!

 

I hope you are all having a fantastic day!

 

Sandra

 

197.2 (L) I still can’t believe it is that high but at least it is down from Sunday.