T25 Check-In! Week 3!

HAPPY FRIDAY ALL!!!!!

Well, I'm on my 3rd week of T25 and I STILL love it (Yay!!! I’m NOT BORED with my workout program by week 3! That’s always a good sign!) :)

On a scale from 1 to 10, I would rate this week a 7.  Why a 7 you ask? Well, I tend to have that perfectionist attitude (It’s something I am working on letting go of a little in 2014!).  I’m such a details & numbers person when it comes to my meal plan & my workouts (I tend to be my own hardest critic).  I want to know that I measured everything perfectly and that I ate at just the right times and that I burned enough calories in my workouts!  BUT as I’m finding, you do have to have some flexibility when living a healthy life because things happen, things get in the way, meals get delayed, workouts get interrupted, etc.  So yes, a 7 it is!  Still a great week but I have a few things I want to improve on NEXT WEEK ( I’ll share these goals a little later in this post!) :)

To date, my favorite workout in T25 is Cardio and my least favorite is Total Body Circuit.  Although, I don’t have a good reason for disliking TBC, it just kicks my butt, it’s the workout I struggle with the most because I despise pushups (YUCK!).  I would bet you though, as I improve, TBC will slowly become my favorite workout!  It’s always the workouts that I struggle with in the beginning, that I love in the end! :)  When you see and feel improvement, you WANT to do that workout and keep pushing! 

Positives for the week!

1.)   I’ve been successful in pushing HARDER during my workouts!  I read on a fellow coaches Facebook that your mind will ALWAYS give up before your body, always!  When your mind tells you that you can’t push any harder or go any further, PUSH HARDER AND GO FURTHER.  Your body can and WILL do it if you shut off that voice in your head that tells you that you can’t. YOU CAN!  And, that is where progress is made. That extra 5 seconds that you didn’t think you could do. That extra crunch or extra push up.  The extra lunge that you swear your legs were going to give out on and didn't!

2.)   The meal plan I’ve been doing this week has been amazing. I’m NEVER hungry, I’m eating more calories and I’m still seeing my body CHANGE.  I’ve done a pretty gosh darn good job of sticking with my meals and measuring (room for improvement on this!) pretty well to make sure my portions are right! Oh yeah, and did I mention I’ve resisted snacking on my boyfriend’s frequent junk meals of midnight nachos, chili cheese fries and pizza! Woot woot (GO ME!) :)

3.)   I’m getting into a rhythm.  They always say it takes 21 days to create a habit and I’m feeling that “habit” start to form.  I no longer struggle to eat my 6 meals per day and I look forward to driving home from work and doing my workout at 7 pm every night.  It’s no longer so forced, it’s just “what I do”.  I don’t let other plans interfere with my progress & my goals. This is my new schedule. 

GOALS for next week!

1.)   Push even HARDER in my workouts!  Like I said, perfectionist here!  I’m proud of myself for pushing during my workouts this past week but NEXT WEEK, watch out! I’m going to kill it!  My legs are going to buckle and that’s okay, I will push my body until it CANNOT do anymore.  My goal is to shut my mind off and make sure I am focusing on my form! (after all, my workouts are ONLY 25 minutes, I have no excuse!)

2.)   Measure everything I eat!  Again, I did a decent job of measuring last week, but at work I struggle.  I eye ball my veggie portions (I had the mindset “well they are veggies, does it matter?”) but YES it matters!  So, my food scale will be packed in my bag to work!  Can’t wait to see my co-workers faces as I’m measuring every portion! :)

3.)   Cut back on coffee.  I love my coffee, I’m averaging 2 to 3 cups per day. Although I keep my coffee pretty health (2 ice cubes & one packet Stevia to sweeten) I would still like to cut back to one cup a day!  So, my goal this next week is 2 cups a day max, then next week we’ll bring it down to one! 

Oh and, apologies, I didn't take my progress pictures in the morning (BAD LISA!).  I work up late for work and it slipped my mind, so sorry for the afternoon pictures with a little food bloat.  Pictures are pictures at least! :)  Can’t wait to check in next week, I feel like changes are happening quicker and quicker as I go through the weeks!

STATS & PICTURES!

Overall I'm feeling good about this week. I am definitely seeing small changes in my body and my clothes are fitting looser and looser.  It looks like the sides of my waist have come in a bit too (yay!) :)  Althought measurements didn't change much and weight is pretty steady, I'm happy, onto the next week!

PS, so sorry for my appearance, I take my pictures FIRST thing in the morning, so this is my "roll out of bed and take progress pics" look! :)