38 Day Workout Challenge

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Day 4: (wk1)

Today was another bust. I really don’t have a good excuse for todays lack of physical exercise and food restraint. The best I can come up with is that it is Pi Day (3.14) and I am depressed/lazy/bored/sad. That is the truth. Tomorrow will hopefully be the beginning of the good behaviour again. We shall see... I just keep thinking of the bikinis on the beach. 

Whatever..

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Day 3: Mum’s Birthday (wk1)

So in terms of working out and healthy eating, today was a bust.... but boy oh boy did it taste good! Pizza, Veggie Burger, Poutine, and M&M’s at the movies! In my defence I did control myself with the M&M’s and did not finish the pack, instead I gave them to my Mum and strictly instructed her not to let me have anymore, I call that a success in itself! I also count briskly walking up the steep, motionless escalator to the theatre a workout for today in my books. Tomorrow I will try to workout enough to make it all up, however I believe that my Mum’s birthday is a good enough reason to throw a healthy lifestyle out the window for a day. I am feeling sore in my legs still from Day 1, I told you legs day was not my friend. I can feel yesterdays workout in my arms and especially in my shoulders and (?) triceps. I really wish I would feel more sore in my abs, I will really put even more extra effort in next time I have abs workout. This being said I do feel slightly happy with my stomach progress made already, looking at pictures from when I first started to do the workout and failed miserably, to now, I feel there has been some progress made, even though I am probably the only one who could see it. 

Here is to a better health and workout day tomorrow. Everyone has their cheat days...... especially on a day as special as your Mum’s Friday the 13th Birthday.... its a lucky day I swear!

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Day 2: Arms and Abs (wk1W)

I am so incredibly tired right now!! I was kind of lazy and really procrastinated today, it was 9:15pm or so when I finally started my workout. I was decently sore in my legs and butt from yesterday, which honestly makes me happy because it means I probably did some good. My right knee is still bugging me though ): So arms and abs are probably my favourite day of all workouts, I feel it is the areas I am the strongest but still want to see the most progress and change in... especially abs. It really really kicked my ass today though! About half way through I was literally dead and by my last circuit I felt so incredibly sick, I couldn't even enjoy my foam rolling and stretching at the end. Afterwards I just layer on my yoga mat for like 15 minutes, dead. All of this is probably my fault for eating so poorly today. I really only had one meal and then a ton of pineapple (my favourite) and a bunch of dark chocolate covered acai and blueberries.... Not my most graceful of eating days. Needless to say, I have learnt my lesson, do not workout so hard without eating at least more than one meal that day!! I still feel like I got a good effort in today, I hope I feel it tomorrow, especially the abs. I have such a challenge with the full straight leg sit ups and sit up twists, also I found the tricep dips to be super tough because it twisted the heck out of my wrist and then made pushups tough, I need to figure out how to fix that up for sure.... 

Anyhow, tomorrow is my Mum’s Birthday!!!!!!!!! (: <3 Friday the 13th, dun dun duuuhhhhhhh! Actually, Friday the 13th is kind of a lucky thing in her books and same with mine. But seeing as we have lunch and dinner and a movie booked for tomorrow we will have to see when I will squeeze in my workout. Depending on how I feel I might just dump that workout and settle for a brisk walk with my pup, or something like that. We will see. 

Now I am off to bed to get this body some much needed rest! 

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Day 1: Legs and Cardio (wk1M)

I am tiiirrreeedddd! The leg workout itself was really tough because my back is so sore and half way through my knees, which have been giving me some grief all winter, started aching. So I cut my set workout in half and moved on to do some yoga, foam rolling and stretching. I’ve only used my foam roller once before and was somewhat unsure of how to use it so I followed along with some YouTube videos. I must say I am a fan, like a big fan! My lower back is feeling at least 50% better and overall my muscles feel somewhat rejuvenated. I am hoping that I begin to see a difference in cellulite and muscle tone after doing foam rolling for a while. I followed all of this with a good long walk in the park with my Mum and three pups. It is incredibly warm and sunny today so we took advantage of that, I am definitely ready for spring to start making an appearance! 

As well as working out I am trying hard to watch my food intake, cutting back on carbs and amping up the protein and vegetables. I became a vegetarian back in November and I definitely haven’t been eating a proper diet since then so I am finding it challenging to actually eat properly now. Cravings are a constant problem with me so I rely on the people around me to help me stay on track, however I am on my own for the evening so we will see how long my willpower can hold out against snacking on the couch watching tv.....

Overall I feel pretty good after my first day, hopefully tomorrow I can get through my whole workout. I believe tomorrow is Arm and Abs day, which makes me happy because those are my absolute favourite!!!! 

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Day 1: Legs and Cardio (wk1M)

So basically legs are my least favourite thing to work out, by far! I was a dancer for 15 years growing up, I had some mad leg muscle and it seems I have never lost that muscle completely. It surprises me that leg workouts exhaust me so quickly when I still have so much muscle built up. 

This picture is Alana Blanchard (I believe), surfers are one of my biggest role models right now. They are true true athletes. Their bodies have to be in the perfect condition to what they do. I’ve never surfed before, but it is one of my dreams right now. My family and I were supposed to be going to Hawaii in April or May but we left the bookings too long. In the time we were looking into going I absolutely fell in love with the place. The culture, people, vibe, look, everything. Instead we are going to Mexico in April, hence this workout countdown! 

Anyhow, I will do an entry after I’ve done my workout today. 

Happy Wednesday!

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38 Days . 36 Workouts . 

Motivations : Confidence , Health , Mexico , Summer , Bikinis , Surfing 

Tomorrow starts Day 1