Day 8

Cardio Day!! 3 days until the Arnold! I really workout hard yesterday and I can feel it today. My body is responding though...like Dan says the body remembers. I really want to keep this up until after Bike Week - I want to look GOOD!

Exercise
Treadmill - 12 minutes, 170 calories
Exercise Bike - 10 minutes, 140 calories
Treadmill - 12 minutes, 100 calories
8 minute abs - 25 reps each exercise

Food
Breakfast - 1/4 cup oatmeal (75), 3/4 milk (68)
Snack - Orange (81)
Lunch - 1 cup Progresso chicken noodle soup (100)
Snack - 1/2 cup cottage cheese (90)
Supper - grilled chicken & peppers (231)
Snack - sugar free fudge pop (40)
Total: 685

Supplement
2 - GNC Ultra Mega Woman Multi-vitamin
1 - GNC Glucosamine Chondriton

Day 7

4 days until the Arnold - I've already seen a little improvement by drinking lots of water yesterday and cutting back calories...I'm going to keep going...need to fit into those jeans!

Exercise
Treadmill - 13 minutes, 177 calories
Ball Crunches - 1 set of 20
Walking Lunges - 24x20, 24x24, 24x30, 24x40, 24x24
Squats - 12x24, 10x30, 8x40, 6x50, 12x30, 12x30
Leg curls - 12x25, 10x30, 8x35, 6x40, 12x30
Calf raises - 5 sets of 20
8 minute abs - 25 reps each exercise

Food
Breakfast - 1/4 cup oatmeal (75), 3/4 cup milk (68)
Snack - 1/2 cup cottage cheese (90)
Lunch - 1 cup Progresso chicken noodle soup (100)
Snack - 2 egg whites (252)
Supper - Chicken (231) fajitas
Snack - sugar free fudge pop (40)
Total - 856

Supplement
2 - GNC Ultra Mega Woman Multi-Vitamin
1 - GNC Glucosamine Chondriton

Day 6

I am trying really hard - I've got just a couple of days before the Arnold Expo and though I will not look as good as I was hoping I can at least try to fit back into my regular jeans!!

Exercise
Treadmill - 20 minutes, 290 calories
Exercise Bike - 10 minutes, 140 calories
8 minute abs - 25 reps each exercise

Food
Breakfast - 2 egg whites, green onion, ham & Franks Red Hot, 2 whole wheat toast (1 with honey)
Snack - none
Lunch - Pizza
Snack - Go Lean
Supper - 1/2 cup of potato soup
Snack - Go Lean

Supplements
2 - Ultra Mega Woman Multi-Vitamin
1 - GNC Glucosamine Chondriton

Ok so the pizza wasn't the best option to really kick this off but it was in the house...I think we finally have all the crap removed from the house! Thank goodness!

Day 5

FREE DAY!

Day 4

Well it seems that this challenge so far is a joke...especially after the pizza and peanut butter crunch I had last night...not to mention the drinking. Not sure what I am going to do at this point...my jeans are telling me I NEED to do something. I'm not sure if it's stress or frustration or a little of both that is really wearing me down. I've got 36 days to fit into my good Harley jeans and bikini for Florida...then another month until Bike Week...what now?

Exercise
8-minute abs - 25 reps each exercise
Exercise Bike - 10 minutes, 140 calories
Walking lunges - 24x20, 24x24, 24x30, 24x40, 24x24, 24x24
Treadmill - 12 minutes, 121 calories
Calf raises - 4 sets of 20

Food
Breakfast - 1/4 cup oatmeal (75), 3/4 fat free milk (68)
Snack - 1/2 cup cottage cheese (90)
Lunch - grilled chicken (231), veggies (98)
Snack - Yoplait fat free yogurt (100)
Supper -
Snack -

Supplements
2 - GNC Ultra Mega Woman Multi-Vitamin
1 - GNC Glucosamine Chondriton

Day 3

Well with the amount of stress I am feeling right now it's really hard to stay on any kind of fitness plan. I am doing my best and I am going to continue to try. I really got a low blow yesterday when I went to the doctors office and weighed 140lbs...I really need to be about 10lbs lighter. So I am going to do my best...

Exercise
Treadmill - 10 minutes, 150 calories
Exercise Bike - 10 minutes, 141 calories
Treadmill - 12 minutes, 135 calories

Food 1000-1200 calorie range
Breakfast - 1/4 cup oatmeal (75 calories), 3/4 cup fat free milk (68 calories)
Snack - 1/2 cup low fat cottage cheese (90 calories)
Lunch - Smart Ones - Sweet&Sour Chicken (140 calories)
Snack - Red Apple (65 calories)
Supper - Pizza (?)
Snack - Rum & pineapple (?)
Total: (?)

Supplement
2-Ultra Mega Woman Mutli Vitamin
1 - Glucosamine Chondriton

Day 2

Well after cleaning all the alcohol and cake out of the house last night - I might be mentally ready for this 39 day challenge! At the doctors office this morning they weighed me at 142lbs!!! That is completely unacceptable! So I really need to put the brain and the body into boot camp - Florida isn't far away and I don't want to be embarassed!

Exercise
Treadmill - walking 10 minutes, 121 calories
Treadmill - 20 minutes, 300 calories

Food 1000-1200 calorie limit
Breakfast - 1/4 cup oatmeal (75 calories), 3/4 cup fat free milk (68 calories)
Snack - 1/2 cup lowfat cottage cheese (90 calories)
Lunch - Smartones - Sante Fe Chicken (140 calories)
Snack - Yoplait yogurt (100 calories)
Supper - 1/2 ham sandwich with 1 whole wheat bread, lettuce, tomato, mustard (229 calories) and Trail mix (110 calories)
Snack - 2 Rum & Pineapple (256 calories)
Caloric total = 1068
Supplements
2 - GNC Ultra Mega Woman mutli-vitamin
1 - GNC Glucosamine Chondriton
2 - Fahrenheit (fat burner)

Day 1

After consulting the calendar I realized this will be a 40 days challenge! I also just thought about the fact that we are taking the Harley with us to Florida- I surely want to look good...I've got a pair of jeans and two shirts I want to be sure to wear!!

Starting weight: 139lbs

Calories will be estimated from the information on the packaging and www.nutritionaldata.com

Exercise - Cardio
Treadmill - 15 minutes, 210 calories
Exercise Bike - 10 minutes, 135 calories
8 minute abs - 25 reps each exercise
Stair stepper - 5 minutes, 50 calories
Treadmill - 5 minutes, 40 calories

Food
Breakfast - 1/4 cup oatmeal (75 calories), 3/4 cup fat free milk (68 calories)
Snack - 1/2 cup cottage cheese (90 calories)
Lunch - Smart Ones - shrimp marinara (180 calories)
Snack - Orange (81 calories)
Supper - Grilled chicken (231), brussel sprouts (65 calories) & brown rice (218 calories), rum& pineapple (?)
Snack - Sugar free fudge pop (40 calories)/German chocolate cake (?)
Calorie Total: ~1048

Supplement
2 - GNC Ultra Mega Woman Multi-Vitamin
1 - GNC Glucosamine Chondriton
2 - Fahrenheit (fat burners)

The Start

So the Body For Life Challenge didn't work for me - I never felt my heart and soul into the challenge like I did last year. However, I WANT to look like and feel like I did last year. Perhaps I felt the way I did because I looked better than I ever have and now I have reached the point were I am used to looking at my body - it hard to say but I want to surpass were I was last year.

I want to look incredible for Florida and Bike Week this year. I want Dan's friend to say WOW - she is beautiful. I think I've never been "beautiful" and to hear Dan and hear anyone else say it just does wonders.

So I've come up with my own plan for myself. Here are the rules...I've got roughly 30 days until Florida (we leave April 1st). Therefore I want to see if I can reach my weight goals and fitness goals in 30 days...it's going to be tough but I want to suceed and 30 days is doable.

I weigh around 135-136lbs - I want to lose 10 lbs (125lbs). I will limit my diet to 1000-1200 calories a day - staying closer to the 1000 mark. I will have 5-6 meals a day. I will not have a complete free day - I will have one day that I can drink as much as I want but I need to stay away from sweets and fatty foods. So when we dine out it's back to salads. I will continue with workouts 6 days a week with the only change increasing my cardio time to 25-30 minutes. I will continue with my fat burners.

Tomorrow starts day one of this challenge - I am competing against myself and I am going to win!