Linda_trekker’s BodyBlog

My sore throat is gone!  woot! 

I was able to work out really hard today and my nutrition has been right on since my free day.  The "weight" is not falling off me, though.  Kinda bums me out.  I’m holding below 1300 calories, with about 100 carbs and 100 grams protein and fat below 50, so I should be losing…. hmmmmm

I had a great free day yesterday (Sunday) because I enjoyed myself but I didn’t go overboard like last week and gain 3 pounds.  I held on to about 0.6 lbs and I’m okay with that for a free day.  Maybe I’ll have it back off by tomorrow (Day 16). 

Today has been a hard day because I have a really soare throat and I can barely swallow.  I went swimming today so even though I was supposed to do upper body today, I’m going to give myself a break (since I’m sick) and count the swimming as aerobic and do my upper body tomorrow.

Well, I started my Body-for-Life 12 week challenge a week and a half ago.  I am on day 13 today.  So far things have gone well and my motivation level is very high.  I took my before pics on Day 1 and posted them on BodySpace.  I started at about 160 lbs.  I did my first workout on the program with upper body.  I have never really worked out with free weights before so it was a new experience and boy was I sore the next day.  The next day I did my cardio workout, 20 minutes of intervals on the treadmill.  Wow, was I sweating because I’d never done more than 10-12 minutes before! 

Day 3 was lower body - free weights and machine.  I did lunges, that was new for me.  I could barely walk the next day but I wasn’t injured, it was just good muscle soreness. 

I haven’t missed a workout so far.  The nutrition has been going well.  I’m following the 6 meals a day with a carb and protein portion but I’m also counting carbs and protein, fat and calories because I enjoy doing that.  So far, I’ve lost an average of 0.3 lbs per day which keeps me on my goal to 20 lbs. in 12 weeks.