Donna’s Fatloss blog Day 22

Donna’s Fatloss blog Day 22

Enjoyed my first day of week 4, even though I had a few hiccups. Had to skip the eggs for breakfast because of my previous issue with them, but otherwise found today’s menu easy to stick to. Don’t yet have a stability ball, so I wasn’t able to do the jackknife exercise today. Not quite sure what to substitute for it, but I did 15 bench dips instead. For the dumbbell press, I used a bench; for the band rotations on stability ball I continued the standing band rotations. Will try to pick up a stability ball after work tomorrow so I can do the listed exercises.

Despite missing the stability ball exercises, I am pretty excited about this week’s work out, especially because I did manage to do 3 sets of full push ups. I started to not even try them because I’d never been able to do them before, but then I thought... “well maybe just one.” And, then I did another and another, until I had reached 10 on the first set. I struggled to reach 10 on the second set, but pushed out the last one. By the third; however, my arms felt like jello, so I managed only 7.

I'm really trying to push myself with the exercise--I find myself doing mini-exercises during the day while at work like arm flexes/curls or even squats, or I'm practicing my dance routine as I walk down the hall. My co-workers really must think I'm a bit nutty! For the next few weeks, my challenge is going to be making sure I have enough energy to workout since I've now started near two-hour dance classes/lessons three times a week in preparation for my performance in November.

People are starting to notice the changes in my body, even my dance instructor asked what I'd been doing. And, I have been getting a lot of male attention lately, including a funny incident last weekend when I stopped by my brother's house to drop off something. A friend of his was visiting and, not knowing who I was, started flirting with me which my brother quickly put a stop to in typical big brother fashion (he forgets sometimes that I'm not 15!). I'll have to get my sister to take more pictures, so I can post to my blog.

Workout
Cardio
Jogging – 5 minutes
4 Sets of Intervals 2:15 min jogging; 2 min. walking

Strength Training
Bench dips: bw x 15, bw x 15, bw x 15
Single arm band-pull downs: 3 sets of 15 reps each arm
Alternating lunges with curl: 5lbs x 12; 5lbs x 12; 5lbs x 10
Pushups: bw x 10, bw x 10, bw x 7
Dumbbell Bench Press on bench (no stability ball): 5lbs x 14, 5lbs x 14, 5lbs x 14
Squat, curl, press: 5lbs x 10, 5lbs x 10, 5lbx 10
Standing band rotations (no stability ball): 3 sets of 16 reps each side

Nutrition
Breakfast – 9:00 am
1 cup of cooked oatmeal with cinnamon

Morning Snack - 11:30 am
1 cup of blueberries
2 oz of dry almonds

Lunch – 1:15 pm
2 cups of mixed greens salad with 1 whole tomato diced, 1 sliced carrot, 4 oz grilled chicken breast and 1 tbsp olive oil/lemon dressing

Afternoon Snack – 4:00 pm
1 apple w/ 1 tbsp natural peanut butter

Dinner – 7:30 pm
2 cups of mixed greens salad with whole tomato diced, 1 sliced carrot, 4 oz chicken breast and 1 tbsp olive oil/lemon dressing

Fluid intake: 2- l water