This is the first post for all of Crystal's bridesmaids. She's getting married this September and we all agreed we wanted to lose weight for the next fitting in a few months, and also the wedding! So I'll start with what program I'm doing, my progress so far, and yesterday's calories and exercise, and you girls can post yours as well!
I belong to Global Health & Fitness (global-fitness.com) and I'm following their 5 meal-a-day plan and their strength training routine. Their personal trainers are in contact with me every day to check my progress and check my eating. I've adopted a few rules for myself because of my polycystic ovarian syndrome:
1) no grains except oats and yams, and no sugar
2) at least 60 min/day of cardio to keep my hormones in check and help my hair grow in thicker
3) 2 tsp of MSM supplement/day
So far I've gone from 205 to 200lbs in the last month and have lost one whole dress size! I'm now a 14 from a 16. I am strength training with the big guys 3x week at my gym, and really pushing my muscles to failure. I know this is key to changing my metabolism.
Yesterday's (Tuesday) Stats:
Meal #1:
1/2 cup OJ
1 Oatmeal muffin, dry
1 hardboiled egg w/ yoke
1 egg white
Meal #2:
3 cups lettuce
6oz chicken
2 tbsp olive oil
1 half and half in coffee
Meal #3:
6 Hershey kisses (yikes!! They are my roomie's and I hid them after this!)
4 turkey meatballs
2 tbsp parmesean cheese
Workout: 60 minutes horseback riding; 30 minutes barn work
Meal #4:
1 whole fruit popsicle, no sugar added
Daily Total: Cals 1400, Fat 63, Carbs 112, Pro 76
Comments: I really didn't do well with the 5 meals yesterday, and I had a hard time finishing all the food. I'm not adding olive oil to my salad anymore since that bumped my fat up and was unnecessary! Could have had protein in the evening instead of the popsicle, but I was tired and dehydrated from riding, and not that hungry. I hid the Hershey kisses after that sudden 6-peice binge. Haven't touched candy in almost 3 weeks so I'm not sure why I suddenly did yesterday!
Tonight I'm strength training and that should take an hour since I'm upping my sets from 1 to 3. I'm going to be pumping and sweating.