Week 4 or our Body Transformation Challenge...One month down!

We are in the routine.

We are lifting and running five days a week.

Has it gotten any easier?

NOPE!

Am I still struggling with cravings…YES!

If I had to do it alone would I be doing it…more importantly, would I have stuck with it?

NOPE!

This week has been hard in many ways.

See, in week three, the weight picked up and I started to miss my reps. I’m not someone who ”fails” and if I do, I pick myself up and figure out how to do it better. I practice until I can get it. I work my ass off.

This week was all too real and brought me back to reality.

I’m not going to succeed at everything.

I can’t push myself to the brink like I did in my 20’s.

I can’t do it alone. I love working out but doing it alone…nope! I need people with me. When I am with others I am SO much more energized and helping them succeed gets me pumped up!

So what happened this week?

• Monday, I didn’t hit any of my reps with the bench or vertical pulls.

• I failed on my nutrition on Tuesday night. I really wanted an oreo with milk (we have them in the house and shouldn’t) so I caved.

• Wednesday, the workout was amazing but I wasn’t able to get a meal (my fault) after my post workout meal so come lunch I was crashing hard which threw me off the rest of the day.

• Thursday, I missed my reps, yet again!

• Friday, I missed my shoulder presses! That is the one exercise I have thrived at and I finally couldn’t get the reps with the weight.

• My runs felt like shit this week. Hence the picture with my thumbs down. It was only 2.3 miles In 20 mins but it just felt awful.

So, let me take some time level set.

This program is not designed to be max effort so when I say I “failed to hit my reps”, its not like it was all out balls to the walls. It’s 15 min of getting good quality reps in, taking rest, and doing it until the 15 mins are up.

You are not suppose to get over 200 reps we just have some really strong ass ladies in our crew.

Last week and this week, shit got real!

The weight was actually a weight that was challenging (still not even close to max) pending the exercise we are anywhere between 30-50% max from our 10 rep max baseline.

Lesson 1 this week:

This program has taught me that I am still super competitive with myself and with others but I have learned to not push the limits. I have learned to listen to my body.

Lesson 2:

I still love my sweets but I want them less and less. I still have my cravings and still want to indulge but is not every night like it use to be.

Lastly, lesson 3:

I use to be such a planner. Back in high school, college, and working (up until about 3 years ago) I use to lay out everything the night before, get my lunch together, plan my meals and now, i’m finding it harder and harder to do it. I have gotten so far out of the habit that it’s been a challenge to get it going.

Each week, there is at least one day where I fall asleep early on the couch and go to bed to have nothing ready in the morning. Which leads to scrambling, not having the right foods which leads to me crashing later in the day.

Why is this so difficult for me right now?

I don’t know, but I am going to continue to work on It.

Next week I get to move into carb cycling so preparing is going to be even more important.

It’s a new week and I am excited to get some rest, enjoy some of my fav foods this weekend and start again on Monday.

Enjoying a lemon poppy seed cake donut from Mary Ellen’s Bistro.