RoxyAnne’s BodyBlog

The temptations have now begun.  Candy, candy, sweets, desserts…loads and loads of food!!!  I’ve managed to make it through Halloween with very little damage, because quite honestly…I’m the Tootsie Roll queen..:)  There won’t be too many more temptations until Thanksgiving…that’s going to be one very large cheat day.  Thank goodness my gym has a "burn the turkey off" power cycle class early that morning!!

My goals for November are to tighten down the clean eating…keep it very tight. My exercise plan is to hit the cardio as hard as I possibly can….the goal is to…burn, burn, burn…   I realize that November is going to be very challenging, so that is why my strategy is to hit hard and fast at the beginning of the month. 

The month of October had some highs, lows..and a little no progress thrown in.  I managed to drop 6 lbs total and a full pant size…so..Yeah!  For some reason I felt like I was making very little progress, but in the end….it happened.

I’m very pleased with my progress this month, so far….

The cardio is going very well…I’ve stayed consistent and focused on the need to keep at it, EVERYDAY!  It’s really beginning to pay off.  Finally, I’ve been able to increase the pounds on my weight training again, and it feels so good…ha.ha. 

What am I doing this week?  I’m 3 days into my 7 day fast.  I felt there was a need to cleanse the system and re-set my eating habits.  I’ve found fasting to be quite an easy task and feel so much better.  During this time I’m still doing low intensity cardio without any problems and 3 days of weights.  The side effect of a good fast is that I will definitely meet my weight goals without much effort at all.  No worries…I’m not into starvation diets…:)  I just want to re-set the whole body and keep moving forward.  Once I’m done I’ll go back to a very strict cleaning  eating diet….I can hardly wait.

Hawaii…82 more days and counting!!

I slid those suckers right off my hips….without unbuttoning or unzipping!! Yes,  It’s time to buy some new jeans….

I’ve been noticing my pants getting looser and looser, but the scale has budged VERY little.  Something has GOT to give sooner or later.  Even my massuese is noticing how much slimmer my arms and legs are …. my whole body has gotten slimmer!! Still many pounds to go…but I’m getting there.

The body fat percentage is definitely changing…and it seems incredible to me that the scale is not showing this!  I’m very committed to 30 minutes of cardio in the mornings and 60 minutes of cardio in the evenings, at least 5 days a week. I’m eating pretty darn clean and weight training at least 3-4 days a week.  I did back off on the amount of weight I was lifting, due to some aches and pains. 

My goal for October is still to drop 10 lbs.  So far… 1 lbs.  I keep hoping with all the changes my body seems to be doing that I will have a huge drop in weight one of these weeks,  it would certainly be a pleasant surprise.  For now I will be content with the knowledge that my pants are WAY too big, and I will soon be fitting into a size of jeans I haven’t been into in almost 8 years.   Woo Hoo…. I’m definitely loving life.