Ladyjess’s BodyBlog

I want to hit it hard for the next 21days.  My husband will be gone during this time and I would like to get down to 15% BF, well as close as I can get in that short amount of time.  Our wedding anniversary is June 13th.  Need to get close to 145-150 lb also.  There is so much to learn when working out.

What to eat, when to eat it and how much to eat…ugh…makes my head spin.  But if all those other great looking people can do it, so can I!

Plus, on our anniversary I wan to look hot, I have this dance I want to do for him in this school girl uniform..*giggle*

Day 1

Perform 3-4 warm-up sets of 2-3 reps prior to starting your    work sets.

A1) Overhead Squat: 4 x 11
A2) Split Squat Jump: 4 x 20
Recovery: 90 seconds

B1) Incline Dumbbell Press: 4 x 9
B2) Inch Worm: 4 x 5
• If you’re too fat and your Buddha-belly prevents you from performing these, then just hold the position with your palms and feet on the floor for 20 seconds.
Recovery: 60 seconds

C1) Iron Cross: 2 x 15
C2) Super Burpee: 2 x 10
Recovery: 90 seconds

D1) Front Plank Hold: 3 sets of 45 seconds each.
Recovery: 60 seconds

Metabolic Complex:
E1) Inch Worms: 3 x 8
E2) Jump Rope: 3 x 50 jumps
E3) Jumping Jacks: 3 x 100
Recovery: 90 seconds

Day 2

Plate Pushes: 12 reps
Recovery: 60 seconds between reps
Notes:
• 1 rep = down and back (see video).
• Wrap plate in a towel if performing on a wood floor.
• Add an additional 2 reps each week.

Day 3

A1) Dumbbell Step-Up (Complete prescribed reps before switching    sides): 3 x 9
A2) Standing Dumbbell Alternating Press: 3 x 9
Recovery: 90 seconds

B1) Stiff-Leg Deadlift with Barbell: 4 x 6
B2) Seated Cable Row: 4 x 6
Recovery: 60 seconds

C1) Seated Dumbbell Curls (Twist as you curl): 3 x 7
C2) Rope Cable Tri- extension: 3 x 7
Recovery: 45 seconds

D1) Sprinter Sit ups: 3 x 18
Recovery: 120 seconds

Metabolic Work:
E1) Single-Leg Froggers: 4 x 20
E2) Top Speed Step ups: 4 x 15
Recovery: 90 seconds

Day 4

50-yard Strides: 6 reps
Recovery: However long it takes you to return to your starting    point.
Note: Add 2 additional strides each week.

Day 5

A1) Cable Pull-through: 3 x 14
A2) Straight Arm Reverse Raises: 3 x 14
Recovery: 60 seconds

B1) High Incline Body-Weight Rows: 4 x 10
B2) Single-Leg Squat: 4 x 10
Recovery: 90 seconds

C1) Dips with Band Attachment: 4 x 5
C2) Lying Leg curls: 4 x 5
Recovery: 60 seconds

D1) Medicine Ball Rainbows: 3 x 20
Recovery: 60 seconds

DAY 6

20-yard Power Skips: 10 reps
Recovery: However long it takes you to return to the starting    point.
Notes:
• The following week add 4 extra power    skips.
• The week after that, add 20 split-squat  jumps.

Day 7

Rest

I am down to 163 lb. and 21% BF. She(trainer) told me I lost 6lb of fat!

But I also lost 4 lb of muscle..major bummer…*Jawdropping*!

She told me to increase my caloric intake by 100 Kcals a day so I would not be losing so much muscle.

Great, I don’t even know what I am doing in how much calories I have been doing a day. Things get so busy and my daughters graduation is coming and the in-laws are coming and and and that I don’t write down what I eat.
*Emotional*

Well, lovely people, if I can hold on to this and keep moving forward to 145lb, things will be grand!

See you all in the super hero comic books!

I have always been in great shape.  Even after having my 2 kids I stayed around 150lbs.  Then I hit 35.  I started to gain fat in a scary way.  In 4 month I was 180lbs and there is where my body stayed.  For a time I went to 205, but I got that under control and I am back to 180.

I feel like I have tried everything from changing my diet to working out different to taking thermogenics (they did not work).

Does stress really have a hold on a person to the point no matter how hard they work out, build muscle, and cardio cardio cardio, the fat holds on?

I do not know how to get rid of this fat around my waist and bring up my metabolism!  Are there any suggestions out there, which I have not tried yet?  Or am I stuck at 180 for the rest of my life?

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