shelly826’s BodyBlog

Despite having a cold and cough for the past week and a half (when will this go away?) yesterday morning cardio went a lot better than I had thought. Wasn’t sure I was going to be able to wake up early a.m. due to taking a Nyquil the night before at 5pm, by 7 I was out like a light, only with my hubby waking me to feed me my 9pm protein shake, then back to bed I went.  Woke up at 5:30, chugged some coffee and redline and I was off feeling good running on the tmill, mixed with some stairclimber to total 45 strong minutes.  The rest of the day I was on the couch or in bed….NO FUN.  It’s so hard to eat with no appetite due to cold medicine…but I know I have to get all my calories in even though I feel stuffed and can hardly taste anything. 

Last night I took just 1/2 a dose of nyquil so I’d be sure to alert when the alarm rang at 3:30am, headed to the gym for chest and back and some cardio.  I was on fire once I got there and my running sprints felt damn good as well.  Tomorrow’s leg day number 1, with glutes as a main focus……off to make the donuts….(well, not really).

Had my meeting yesterday now that I am 10 weeks out an officially started serious contest prep.  I lost 1% BF in 3 weeks since my last meeting by staying to my original 1700 cal. diet with no cheats, except my last dine out at Bonefish on new years eve (grilled mahi with veggies and one crab cake….)

 Cardio is now increasing from 4 days at 30 minutes to 4 days at 30min. added in one day at 40-45, diet slightly changed not bad at all, just took out some PB and added a high carb meal Thursday nights (the night before my high intensity circiuit leg day) and that’s about it.  I’m a tad ahead of schedule so far, so there’s no need to go too crazy with diet and cardio just yet, the only thing my coach says is that my legs are what I will have to concentrate on, leaning those puppies out more.  Of course…the story of my life as this was and issue last year, but the last 3 weeks they came in pretty lean so I’m not too stressed at this point.  He said I’m pretty easy…..good thing I didn’t go overboard this summer and gain a shit ton of weight or I’d be in a world of hurt right now.  This just prooves how important it is to eat clean all year long…with a few cheats here and there…or in my case should I say Margaritas.  Ok, I’m headed to to the gym for some cardio before my day starts.  Happy Training