Change Up the Change
It's always a good idea to mix up your workout routine. Your body will adapt to whatever you do, even intense activity, so it's necessary to change your workouts.
My weight has been completely stable for three years now but I've always wanted to be leaner. I've seen my musculature change as I've worked with weights and kettlebells but my weight stays stuck to the same numbers! Low 170s by the way. When I went for the initial consultation with the plastic surgeon, I stood there COMPLETELY NEKKID for almost two hours while she examined me all over. I'll never forget when she made the observation, "You're very muscular, we just need to remove the layer of fat." Oh yeah, let's do that! It's tough at my age and as a woman to push my body fat percentage down but given that I need to change up my workout routine anyway, I'll give something new a try!
I have to be very careful what I do with my upper body for a few weeks more but I've got to get started! I LOVE JILLIAN MICHAELS so I'm going to do her "30 Day Shred" for the next 30 days. It's a DVD workout, complete with atrocious porn-quality disco music but it's an efficient 20 minute cardio/strenth/abs combination workout that can be done every day. There are three levels so I will give each level 10 days. You can find it on Amazon. Less than $9, check it out!
I started today and it's a really great workout! I won't do the pushups or use weights. I'll keep the arms work conservative for now. I will be accountable to you and update my progress here.
I WILL DO THIS WORKOUT EVERY SINGLE DAY UNTIL APRIL 19!
Something that Jillian often talks about is the difference between working to lose 20lbs or less and trying to lose much more. Your body will respond in different ways to your weight loss attempts depending on how much "energy" you're carrying around in the form of fat. A strategy she has recommended for those last 20lbs is to eat up to your BMR and let exercise create the calorie deficit. There IS a big difference in how you cause the calorie deficit! Cutting way back on your calories won't always work and in fact can work against you!
This is where the BodyBugg will be an extremely valuable tool for me. My BMR is about 1500 calories a day. Check yours here. This is a BIG challenge for me. First, I often eat less than 1500 calories in a day. And I only burn about 2000-ish so I really need to get highly efficient with my calorie usage!! Now that the weather is above zero every day I need to put a lot more walking into my daily routine and that should help.
I've taken my measurements and I'm ready to do something different for the next month! Why don't you do something with me! Just pick SOMETHING and do it CONSISTENTLY. I'm going to be accountable here and update my progress. Put this blog in your reader/aggregator and keep up with me! You can do it!!!
My weight has been completely stable for three years now but I've always wanted to be leaner. I've seen my musculature change as I've worked with weights and kettlebells but my weight stays stuck to the same numbers! Low 170s by the way. When I went for the initial consultation with the plastic surgeon, I stood there COMPLETELY NEKKID for almost two hours while she examined me all over. I'll never forget when she made the observation, "You're very muscular, we just need to remove the layer of fat." Oh yeah, let's do that! It's tough at my age and as a woman to push my body fat percentage down but given that I need to change up my workout routine anyway, I'll give something new a try!
I have to be very careful what I do with my upper body for a few weeks more but I've got to get started! I LOVE JILLIAN MICHAELS so I'm going to do her "30 Day Shred" for the next 30 days. It's a DVD workout, complete with atrocious porn-quality disco music but it's an efficient 20 minute cardio/strenth/abs combination workout that can be done every day. There are three levels so I will give each level 10 days. You can find it on Amazon. Less than $9, check it out!
I started today and it's a really great workout! I won't do the pushups or use weights. I'll keep the arms work conservative for now. I will be accountable to you and update my progress here.
I WILL DO THIS WORKOUT EVERY SINGLE DAY UNTIL APRIL 19!
Something that Jillian often talks about is the difference between working to lose 20lbs or less and trying to lose much more. Your body will respond in different ways to your weight loss attempts depending on how much "energy" you're carrying around in the form of fat. A strategy she has recommended for those last 20lbs is to eat up to your BMR and let exercise create the calorie deficit. There IS a big difference in how you cause the calorie deficit! Cutting way back on your calories won't always work and in fact can work against you!
This is where the BodyBugg will be an extremely valuable tool for me. My BMR is about 1500 calories a day. Check yours here. This is a BIG challenge for me. First, I often eat less than 1500 calories in a day. And I only burn about 2000-ish so I really need to get highly efficient with my calorie usage!! Now that the weather is above zero every day I need to put a lot more walking into my daily routine and that should help.
I've taken my measurements and I'm ready to do something different for the next month! Why don't you do something with me! Just pick SOMETHING and do it CONSISTENTLY. I'm going to be accountable here and update my progress. Put this blog in your reader/aggregator and keep up with me! You can do it!!!
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