This week

Hello!

For the record, let me state that I am super sore as I type this. This week's workouts were really hard: both on Tuesday and Saturday. At first, as soon as I got back from my South America journey, my Personal Trainer prepared lighter sessions to kind of ease me back into it without scaring me off. Now that I have been at it for over 2 weeks, it was time to step it up a notch.

This week we focused on chest and triceps (bench pressed 68 lbs., pull ups, push ups), legs (squats, lunges), core (crunches, turkish get ups, and leg lifts) and cardio. Donna (my personal trainer) says it is important to keep my heart rate up while I do weight training as it maximizes my fat burning rate.

I must confess that I have not made much progress in the food intake department. While I have been eating smaller portions, I can't say that I have been eating only healthy foods. I did cut back on the sweets this week, but I have had lots of carbohydrates. Donna gave me an idea though: she says that if I keep track of what I eat by using a food journal I will be more accountable and watch what I eat. I will get started on that this week. Oh, and did I mention I am SORE?!? God it hurts. It even hurts to breathe.

Progress this week (I try to weigh myself once a week, at around the same time and with the same amount of clothes. I used to do it every day, but it sort of drove me nuts): 167.1 lbs.

Overall loss: 0.9 lbs.

Measurements coming up soon.