Challenge post

It kind of seems like I haven't been posting about my BFL stuff lately. I guess I just don't want to bore everybody with "yay, another killer workout" amd "eating was right on today". But don't get me wrong, I like to know who is on track out there and who is struggling, I just bore myself sometimes. So I post pictures of myself in my panties. LOL

You all know I'm going on the cruise, can I just tell you how unbelievably excited I am and how much its keeping me focused???? And I will have the chance to squeeze one more full challenge in before the cruise. Of course, I havn't asked my mom and sisters to babysit yet, I'm not sure how that is going to go. It could be OK but I get nervous. I have to pick my moment. Now that is all Im going to say about it. Its just gonna be fantastic.


Fitness stuff: Going well. I've had a couple minor diet infractions(i.e. 1 tiny bite of sugar cookie, 1 extra TBL. nat peanut butter, 1 grahm cracker folded in half with jelly) this week, I think its OK. Monday night Mark and I went out in the garage and did a heavy bag workout, I punched the crap out of that thing. It was fun, but my forearms are still feeling it. We did a few different punching things and I did 20 good mornings. Today is UBWO, but I am gonna do an extra 45 min moderate cardio afterwards. That will be 2 extras this week. I'm going for 4 extra cardio sessions this week to try to break this stupid plateau. And the rest of the week will be squeaky clean, and I've upped my water to 1.5 gals a day. I have had at least 2-3 body parts be sore since I started on jan 2 at all times. Its getting old. My body HURTS, but its a good muscle building hurt. I just want to feel strong and not sore for once. Well, not gonna happen.

Food stuff: I mde the YUMMIEST chicken yesterday, I baked B/S breasts covered in foil with 1 squeezed lemon and then I stuck some whole slices and sliced 2 big garlic cloves and salt and pepper. WOWZERS it was so good. Can't wait to have leftovers later today. I had it with a baked plain sweet potato and I was in heaven. Today I'm gonna put some steamed broccoli with it. Last weekend I got some ON protein powder to try, I got the chocolate and vanilla ice cream flavors. Mark loves the vanilla but he has it with 2% milk, I have only used water but if I used fat free milk wouldn't that just make it a full meal? I need to try it anyway. I had the choc one made with water and a half of a small banana(I know, I'll probably go to hell now) but it was very tasty. Unfortunatly I'm having a "hungry" week.

I was thinking about a couple of people that are not around on tracker anymore. What happned to Eve (musclemommy/froglette) and Marathon2??? Anybody know??

I heard the BP radio show... it was pretty boring. Mainly because he seemed nervous (needed to be more scripted?)and the callers they put through were snoozers. I actually tried to call a couple times but it wouldn't go through. Just 1-2 rings then nothing. I think it has potential though. We'll see. Mabye he needs a co-anchor. I'm definetly available! :D

This is for DG :)

For some reason the lighting makes all my foot bones look like I have skeleton feet. Ew, wierd. Well, at least something on my body is skinny. But this is the basic idea. I like 'em! It was worth the extra time. :D

This is for Karla :)

PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE BODY IN THE PANTIES





I would consider wearing these all the time, thats how comfy they are. They are one size fits all.

Lets try again

Stupid blogger erased my week update post, too bad I thought it was pretty good. But I don't feel like trying to duplicate it so I'l just give a quickie rundown.I'm happy, but not happy.

The good:
Waist down 1/2 inch
BF% down fron 26.8 to 25.8
Looking better, more muscle in my legs
Hit all workouts, great week of eating, no cheats

The stupid:
scale says I'm still 143
which is up 3 pounds since week 4.
WHY WHY WHY???

If the deficit is there 2 weeks in a row, isn't it some law of physics that the weight has to drop or something?? I've been working sooo hard! I've been sooo good! Damn near perfect! I've even counted the cals to double check. So this week I'm gonna do 2-3 extra cardio sessions and continue to eat VERY clean. I took a free afternoon yesterday, and a mini free afternoon today. I am ready to tackle week 6. Well If I can walk, that is.........

Which brings me to the weekend activities. I went on a hike/climb on saturday morning with Dana and our other buddy Maricar(cappie2)and lemme tell ya, it was an experience!! It was sooo awesome and fun! GORGEOUS morning, we got there and its a mile and a quarter of hiking up boulders and paths up to the top of Camelback mountain. All these years I've lived here and heard about it but I'd never done it before. Some parts are REALLY steep and there are handrails installed to help you climb up because it is so steep. Some parts are just all boulders and you have to use your hands to climb up. But boy is it worth it.


http://www.caliberdt.com/~bill/Arizona/EchoCanyon.htm


It took us about 45 minutes, just kind of goin normal speed, if I pushed I think I could do it in 35 or so. Yeah, this guy got to the top while we were resting up there and had just done it in 26 minutes(he hikes it everyday). That is insane!!! Its cool becuase its easy enough that my bigger kids could do it(it'd just take a while) but you could also make it a kick ass workout. Then you have to get down, which is pretty tough as well. Today my calves are KILLING ME!!!! I'm serious, I can barely walk, and lifting my heels up off the floor is out of the question. I'm gonna have to switch up my week schedule, since LBWO is scheduled and theres NO WAY. We'll see how I am in the morning, I may be able to do it but just skip the calf exercises. Mabye.