Starting Week 3!

I finished week 2 yesterday!  I've done most of the exercises (I've skipped two days worth >.<  I kind of dislike the core and tone ones) and I'm ready to start the third week.  I've never done Fire 45 EZ, but I've heard some bad things about it, so I guess we'll see what happens...If I don't like it, I'll probably just swap them out for alternative cardio, like jogging or elliptical.

Calorie wise, I think I've been hovering around 1700 a day, which is more than I would like, but I suppose it could be worse.  My dad says I've lost some back fat at least, so hopefully it's working!  I find then when I actually go to class and operate on a more normal schedule (8 am to 1 am instead of 12 pm to 4 am), I tend to eat better and be more productive.  Perhaps I can finally switch my schedule of the past two months to something an adult would follow.

In other news, I've recently purchased a pair of Fila Skele-toes Voltage shoes in size 5.  I tried on the 6 before and it was too large, so hopefully the 5 will work.  I got them off ebay for $25, so I didn't get a chance to try them on.  I ordered some socks off ebay for $14 (5 pair, better than the $10-15 a pair I found elsewhere), and then should get here in the next couple of weeks.  I've been needing a new pair of exercise shoes, considering how I've been using my old Nike Shocks, which I've worn down to the plastic (two layers gone!).  I like using them though, since those are the ones that Chalene Johnson wears in the videos, lol.

Food diary for the day (thus far): 2 bananas (180), Small salad (150), 1/2 cup fried rice (200), 3 clementines (100).  Only 630 kcal for the day so far!  Hopefully, dinner won't be over 600-700 and I can give myself a snack!  Weigh in is in two weeks, and I'm really hoping to hit 129, or else I will have to resort to doing the Inferno plan, which I know works.  But I don't like it that much.  It's hard, and the diet gets difficult after 2-3 days.

School is going okay, getting behind (as usual).  Perhaps the warmer weather will motivate me?

EDIT: Just finished Fire 45 EZ, and I can see why some people would complain about it, but personally, I found it to be pretty fun.  Some of the moves don't flow as well as they do in other Fire workouts, but the music is my favorite so far and some of the moves are a lot of fun.  I took a bathroom break after the second set, so maybe breaking it up could make it more bearable.  Looking forward to tomorrow's short workout!

Oh, and finishing my food diary: Snickers energy bar (150), 1/2 cup rice with veggies (400), 1 cupcake (200), 1 ringpop (60), 1 clementine (35), jerky (90).  So, an additional 935 kcal = total of 1565 kcal.  I guess that's pretty decent.  I can live with it.

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9 Days into Turbofire!

Okay, okay, I skipped a workout, but I'm going to make it up tomorrow, so it'll even out.  Saturday was a busy day and I couldn't really get a workout in.  I did really bad on food this last weekend, but I think I've been doing better this week.  I bought salad and I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN EATING IT.  Amazing!  I got these awesome little salad bowls from Marshall's and I find that if I just make the salad the night before, I will eat it the next day.  Pretty nifty, huh?

So far, I've been doing okay with the workouts.  My legs are only minimally sore, even though I skip all the 10 minutes stretches.  I've been trying to add in abs (break day on Wednesday of last week, I did abs and arms), so hopefully that will be beneficial.  I have noticed a reduction in my waist circumference, but I don't think I've changed my diet enough to do anything drastic.  Maybe after I finish this first month, I will try to do the 5 day Inferno plan.  It's going to be during test week, but I think testing + exercise actually helps keep me a little more sane than usual.  Even though I quit after 3 days on the Inferno plan the first time, I still lost 3 lb. My next weigh in is in 2.5 weeks.  Hopefully, I will be under 130 by then!

Not much to report otherwise.  I had a salad (300), soup (200), french dip sandwich (600), chocolate fondue (500), Lindt Orange Intense chocolate (150), and some watermelon (100).  That brings me up to about 1850.  *sigh*.  Should have cut out the chocolate fondue :(  I do not need that much chocolate.  I was really hungry.  Tomorrow, I will do better!

It's been a bad couple of days

So I finished my tests on Thursday, and these past few days have been a drunken, food eating blur.  I'm usually pretty healthy until I hit about 7 pm.

What did I eat today?
1 banana (100 kcal)
2 eggs (160 kcal)
1 salad (250 kcal)
1 V8 (70 kcal)
1 cup tomato soup (250 kcal)
1 grilled cheese sandwich (350 kcal)
1/2 piece cheesecake (150 kcal)
5 clementines (150 kcal)
And undisclosed amount of popcorn (probably 300 kcal)
1 chicken wing (120 kcal)

And what does that equal?
1900 kcal

Okay, I guess it could be worse.  Definitely not how much you should be eating on a diet though.  I am going to need to work on that...I was doing so well a week ago!  Honestly, I blame it on finally not being sick and working out.  I started Turbofire yesterday and I don't think I'll have a problem sticking to the program, but we will see what happens.

Monday was Fire 30 and today was HIIT 15.  Tomorrow is my break day, but I intend on doing some arm and ab exercises.