atray87’s BodyBlog

This new challenge will be called 28 Days of Eating Clean and for those that did the abs challenge.. this will be a bit stricter.

Our goal is not to have a cheat day..meal.. or even snack.. once you do either you start the 28 days over on your own or just drop out the challenge.. yes this is harsh but abusing our bodies is too

By now I hope yall know what eating clean means .. if not go to the article section of bodybuilding.com and search clean eating.

The only flexible part of this challenge is to decide what day you will start either Feb 1 to Feb 28 or Feb 2 to March 1.. the reason for this is superbowl is Feb 1!!

Now to the exercise part… I want to keep the spirit of the "Abs Challenge" and do 3 times a week cardio and 3 times a week weights. The cardio should be 30 min or more and the amount of days is up to you but you have to get in the workouts.
So who wants to join me… don’t be scurred

P.S Yes I know Valentine’s day falls in this time frame.. you can still have a nice clean dinner just no alcohol and save those chocolates for March 1 or 2

 Here is the link to forum.. we can keep in touch with the group and keep each other motivated!

OOOPs.. I forgot the most important part.. you must take before and after pics!

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?p=280063971#post280063971

Have any of yall heard of this show? At first I was like I love this show.. what a good idea of having friends get together and lose weight together.. now I am feeling like hmmmm …..not so much

 Last night’s episode really bothered me.. before I go any further let me explain the show.. 5 friends want to lose 30lbs before another friends wedding.. they are all different sizes too and they want to do this in 90 days. Well first I kind of wish they would base it on percentage because one chick is 292 and another is 210… so maybe they should of said we want to lose 10% of our weight in 90 days.. but whatever that’s just my opinion.

That is not my main issue with the show.. last night all of the girls were craving bread.. snacks.. but they could not have them and all I could think about was that is why they won’t be successful 1 year down the way because of the whole diet mentality! I started looking at myself and realized I was the same as those girls and look at how many years I have been battling my weight… this is the first time I am truly looking at this as a lifestyle… if I was those girls I would of had the cheat meal and woke up the next morning kicking ass in the gym! This would eliminate my worrying about food and feeling guilty if I ate something bad! So this year folks please take those cheat meals if you really want something.. not everyday we all know when you really want something please eat it!!! I think if you let it sit on your mind that is worse than having the extra 500 calories on one day that you will be able to burn off and keep off instead of saying I am on a "diet" then months later getting of the "diet" and eating an extra 500 cals everyday and having to start back over plus 20lbs!

Well hope everyone is having a happy tues.. I am

I woke up an hr late this morning for my workout time but I went to my apt gym and got in 4 miles.. I had to move real fast to get ready for work but it was worth it! Tonight I might go to bootcamp to get a second workout in!

Jaded611 and I have a goal to be under 200 by Jan 31st and if we keep this up we will be!

 Have a wonderful week bb.com peeps!

I guess everyone has their New Year’s Resolutions set … let’s see how the gym looks in Feb! I am so glad I started my new year’s resolution back in Aug it has given me time find out what works and what doesn’t.  Also my motivation is already there so that is usually the first roadblock to living a better life. So bb.com peeps.. we should be so proud of ourselves for already starting the year in a different place.

This morning I did legs.. I wanted to last night but I ran yesterday morning so I did not want to overdo it ! I am finally able to do squats really low.. OMG my legs were killing me.. it will be interesting to see how they feel tomorrow but no pain no gain right??

I am going to commit to morning workouts, I burn more fat and I get the workout done!

Well after being a slacker thru the holidays.. I am back in full effect, I see differences in my body… belly looks rounder and weight up a few pounds but oh well I might of needed it… no time for looking back.

I have already gotten in 7 miles in this week.. so I am proud of that. My goal is to focus more on cardio.. I will be doing my weights 3 times a week but cardio is what helps me burn fat! I think if I take a prog pic  on the 15th of every month will keep me motivated too!

Also before the summer I plan on going back to bootcamp, that should jumpstart operation bikini body too!

My Next month typical workout

Monday 5 miles

Tues: legs, then stairclimber for 20 min

Wed: bootcamp

Thurs: back/biceps then 2 mile HIT on treadmill

Friday: triceps/chest then 2 mile HIT on treadmill

Sat: 5 mile run

Sunday: rest

Hello my bb.com folks.. I took a mini vacation away from it all! This past year I have made some good changes and I want to keep progressing! My goals are to continue with the exercise and eating right! I will start another challenge in feb for the summer!