It’s only a start.  This next week is a restful routine - back to my functional training exercises…and then it’s right back into intense, starting with 2 weeks of muscles strength and growth routines.

 I’ve got another 11 days before my next body stat update (my reveal!)  Like you I hope to notice some sort of improvement…

My big goal date of May 24th is now only 40 days away. That pic should be proof of how hard i have been working. 

Will i hit my 18% bodyfat goal? 

40 days…

5 weeks…

10 more pounds of fat…

I can only work my a$s off and hope for the best…

To those that support me - the biggest THANKYOU i can muster is to continue shredding like mad and not stop EVER! 

Until the 15th then…Ciao!

It’s not just a habit at this point; it’s fast becoming a neccessity to me, i continue to find ways of shifting and compromising in order to maintain my shedule healthy activity.  Eating every 3 hours is a pain in the asssss sometimes, and of course when things unexpected arise and a workout is missed, by consequence i become pretty anxious, and make damn sure that the following day i can make up for it by meeting my nutritional and physical goals 100 percent.

I would be a liar if i didn’t say that i grow impatient when i am unable to detect progress.  So iv’e decided that i would put more pressure on and do a big reveal at the end of 17 weeks (30 days from now) of shredding. 

No progress pics until then =D

Legs were the agenda today.  Now i’m supposed to be doing 2 supersets and 3 breakdown sets for quads, hams, calves.

 for quads:  did leg xtensions to mmf and jumped to leg press to mmf twice.  Lunges as break down set were at best shaky (hard to balance)

 it happened on the way to deadlifting:  did leg curls to mmf, then i went to do my stiff legged-deadlifts….my legs, they shook, uncontrollably!!  Crazy!!  i couldn’t stop them from doing that!  i did try to finish but, i could not control the shaking, and just gave it up. I skipped calves and just went into my 30 minutes of cardio.

Was that the wrong thing to do - stop and move on?  I hope someone can answer that for me…i swear it was maddening, the shaking legs…it was as if my efforts were futile. 

Meanwhile, i’ll be posting measurements at least today…

Ciao for now!

The better side of this is the fact that i’ve continued to eat right and meet my nutrition needs with no problems.  I’ll be back in action soon enough.   

Looks like i am taking care of business - incinerating about 2 lbs of fat per week.  Progress pics taken.  Still going strong!

Protein days today and tomorrow.  Next week starts the long anticipated fat liveration phase.  I am so ready to reveal what’s under the fat!  Haven’t had any crap junk food for the last few weeks; so yesterday i decided to have a slice of the pizza my hubbie made.  

Then, and i went ahead and savoured the last couple of pieces of Godiva dark chocolate truffles that i received as a holiday gift.   

But that was it….just enough, so i wouldn’t feel like total s***t after eating it (i mean that physically  - fatigued, bloated, cranky, etc.)

I am rocking this transformation…on target to reach my goals by May.

It’s an unstaffed fitness center that’s accessible 24/7.  I punch in my PIN at the door and get going!

I’d been flirting with the idea for some time now… and now i finally took that step!

HAH!  Now i can do full-fleged squats and so forth!  I am psyched!! =D  Going to go there right after i finish eating…it’s only 5 miles away and it’s perfectly on the way to/from my way to work.    

How many of you watched a recent nightly news edition regarding sweeteners? 

It’s confirmation that sugar substitiutes are just as bad as hyrogenated fats…a recent study (Perdue University) reveals that consuming diet sodas and other things using sugar substitues cause an increase in weight rather than the opposite.

Watch out! 

Read about it here:  http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/story?id=4271246&page=1

So i know we’re not rats, but just the same…i for one stay away from eating or drinking crap that isn’t natural.  I used to do that, and well, you see where it’s gotten me…

(F the crap pushers!!!)

 ;)

I do just this one protein day…then next week i’ll try 1 and a half.  Following that, 2 days. It’s about practicing for my fat liberation week which begins in 3 more weeks.  I’m getting psyched…!

How long it takes me to get there is directly proportional to the fervor with which i approach the fitness aspect of my life.

Despite the curve balls thrown in between dropping off kiddo at school, working, prepping dinner, reviewing schoolwork. I have been going at it.  And i know it is simply a matter of time.

But how much time?  I wish I knew the answer.  I haven’t been at or below 20% bodyfat since i was 14 years old:  I will try to be realistic and technical about my WAG (wild a– guess). 

Being that it’s taken at least 3 years for me to accumulate the sizeable stash of lipid energy that i currently carry on, it’s a matter of more calories out than in.  Ok, if i were to burn at least 1 to 2lbs of fat per week, it would theoretically take between 14 and 28 weeks to have incinerated that much in fat cell stores. 

Considering:

1)I’ve been eating nothing but what’s good for me (including those "you can cheat" days) for the last 38 out of 45 days, and

2) So far bodyspace bloggers affirm that i have been making decent progress, and

3) My jeans are starting to fall past my hips[!]

These things weighed, leave me with a WAG in line with my Memorial Day goal.  Still wish i could ’see’ it in my mind’s eye.  Guess for now i’ll print out and pin up a few copies of the obviously doctored photo of me head atop a muscular work of human art and smile…

=D

Out of obligation i feel i need to eat a couple pieces of the Whitman’s chocolate i received for Xmas…obligation i tell you!!! 

As soon as that box is gone (probably be April or May b4 it’s gone, maybe the family will eat it up…)  That’s IT.  No more of that crap in my presence. 

All i eat anymore is healthy food. The only reason i am presented with crappy options are because my family wants pizza, sausages, hotdogs and hamburgers, mac and cheese.  Either they eat what i fix or i wind up having to cook two separate entrees. It sucks; but, i do what i gotta do. 

To add to that, I’m not tellin my friends and aquaintences about what i’m doing either…it’s just a friggin lonely road…i so hope that they catch on ten weeks from now when i go from wide to whoa!