April 24

CHALLENGE 5
OK, that's it! Time to change the TONE of this blog! I have taken a leave of abSENSE for exactly THREE WEEKS! Enough is Enough. I have 8 weeks to go before the NY wedding. We all know that is plenty of time to make a change...

So far today, the eating has been clean and I have plans to go to the gym after work and perhaps running with the BF.

My Commitments for this challenge:

To blog each day my previous days' meals and workouts

To stick to my routine - which currently will be as follows:


Day 1 - Legs and Cardio
Day 2 - Chest/Shoulders/Abs and Cardio
Day 3 - Back
Day 4 - Spinning for cardio
Day 5 - Arms/Abs and Cardio
Day 6 - Cardio
Day 7 - REST (I'll surely need it by then!)

To go Spinning.
It is biking season already and I have not been on a bike yet. There is a group of us that rides together and I am usually in the lead. Call it vanity or pride, I don't care, but I love making those boys eat my dust. This year can be no different!

I have logged the weight as 166. I will grab measurements tomorrow - and photos after the BF gives the camera back...

My weaknesses:

I hate doing abs.

my solution - suck it up! We know the Ab Boot Camp is great but if I'm not going to do it then I will either do another routine at the gym or crunches and side bends at home. Either way I am committed to doing Abs twice per week.

8 week drop-off.

It is what it is. We overcome our personal challenges by first recognizing them. So, there it is. To avoid setting myself up for failure, I will begin an EIGHT week challenge. This will end right at my first summer event. I will then attack 2 SIX week challenges to carry me through to the August event and September vacations.

Time with the BF

It has become way to easy and regular to hang with him and slack on my routine. Time to kick the poor boy to the curb for a bit. I have made it very clear that I need to follow this plan for 8 weeks straight, no exceptions. He wants to go to Hawaii once I reach 140lbs. Well, then I must avoid his tempting suggestions of wings and beer! (I don't even like wings!)


There is just no more room for excuses. I will weigh in and take measurements again on May 5th.