So…I committed to getting up at 5 AM this morning to sign into the free WOWY (work out with you) virtual gym at Milliondollarbody.com with a team member from my eDiets Ultimate Challenge group. It was extremely hard to get out of bed that early, especially since I couldn’t fall asleep until 11:45 pm last night. Thank goodness that I only had yoga and inline skating scheduled. If I had to lift this morning, “skullcrushers” would have been a reality, not just a cute name for a tricep exercise. As it stands, I had to sing 90’s power ballads at the top of my lungs during the entire 40 minute drive to work to keep myself from nodding off.

On the positive side, I am sure that I will pass out as soon as I get home from colored pencil class tonight at 9, which should make tomorrow’s 5 AM wake up less awful. I am so very not a morning person.

Anyway, workouts are done, food is packed, and my weigh-in this AM was 141.4 lbs, 2 lbs down from yesterday and probably pretty close to my actual weight. Isn’t it lovely how quickly water weight goes away with clean, low-sodium eating, a gallon of water, and no bloat-inducing cottage cheese? There was hardly any ab jiggle at all this morning when I was doing the cardio warmup portion of my YF workout.

And maybe this is just me, but has anyone else reached that crossover point in fat loss/fitness where ANY activity at all seems to activate all of the muscle fibers in their leg muscles? I swear, I feel like even basic activities like walking and standing around (not to mention sitting on my stability ball at work) are firing up my leg muscle fibers the same way that doing 205 lb BB squats do now.

I think my muscles and metabolism have officially kicked into Turbo Mode at last.

And I am SO FRICKIN’ HUNGRY today that I can barely concentrate. Last night’s leg workout must have been even better than I realized.

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WORKOUT
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- YF Flexibility (30 min)
- Inline skating (30 min)

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NUTRITION
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M1: 60g raisins and oats, 3 egg whites
M2: 2 Amyella’s blueberry/cranberry walnut crunch muffins
M3: 3 oz. chicken breast, 1 c. asparagus veggie mix, 2 tangerines
M4: 2 protein fudgsicles, 1 apple
M5: 4 oz. chicken breast, 1 c. asparagus veggie mix, 1/2 oz. walnuts
M6: 4 oz. whiting filet, 1/2 c. sauteed spinach, 1/2 oz. walnuts

This morning I hit the Off button instead of Snooze on my alarm and wound up oversleeping. I didn’t have enough time for the TT workout, so I opted to do 30 minutes of YF cardio (267 calories burned in 30 minutes according to my Polar HRM) to at least get SOME exercise in before the start of the work day in case I have to stay late again tonight. We have cheesy wall to wall mirrors in our living/dining room area which makes it a great place for a home workout. I can visually gauge my fat loss progress by seeing how much or how little my abdominal area jiggles when performing jumping jacks and hops in a YF workout, LOL, and today there was definitely less jello ripple action than before.

My quads, glutes, and upper back are vaguely DOMS’y today from the Plyo X workout on Sunday, yesterday’s chest and back TT workout, and all of the random pull ups and chins I have been doing at home whenever I pass through my bedroom doorway. I’m not sore enough to want to bother with l-glutamine, but I may take some tonight anyway after I do my TT Ultimate Mass workout 2 (lower body/core). My plan is to leave the office on time at 7 pm, drive straight to the gym, and do my lifting and intervals before going home for my final meal of the day. If I have to stay late…I will STILL go to the gym, even if I don’t get there until 9 pm. Planet Fitness is open until 11 pm, so I’ll have plenty of time to get my workout done, and most of the underage jocks will be gone by then, too.

Weight is slightly inflated at 143.4 lbs, but at least it’s coming down from the dairy, salt, and carb bloat of last week. I’m going to down a minimum of 1 gallon of water and green tea today and limit starchy carbs to meals 1 and 2. I need to flush out my system and get things rolling again.

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10:57 PM update

Argh!

They moved the two squat racks around in my gym to make an enclosed floor for the trainers to work with their clients, group classes, or possibly a corral for unruly rugrats. My beloved rack is now in a cramped, dim corner FAR, FAR away from the nearest A/C vent, fan, and water fountain! I honestly thought I’d slip in the pool of sweat I left during my back squats and SB jackknives when it was time to do the split squats. It should be noted that once again I was the only one using the free weight squat rack for more than 3 minutes. Both Smith machines, however, were constantly in demand.

The poor squat racks get no love at Planet Fitness.

Still…I got my planned workouts done (plus the bonus 30 minute YF cardio this AM), drank 128 oz. of water and green tea, and am about to have my final totally OP meal of the day (strawberry banana post workout protein shake with l-glutamine)!

RAWR!

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WORKOUT
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- YF Cardio (32 min; 267 calories burned)

- TT Get Lean/Gain Mass Workout 2 (605 calories burned including intervals)
A1) Squat (Changed this to 2×20 @ 95 lbs and 1×6 @ 205 lbs)
A2) Rear-Deltoid Raise (3×8 @ 10 lbs)
B1) BB Split Squat (3×8 @ 95 lbs)
B2) Stability Ball Jacknife (2×15)
C1) Stability Ball Leg Curls (2×20)
C2) Side Plank (2×6 reps per side)

- Interval Elliptical (5 minute warmup + 6 sets intervals; 60 seconds hard @ L11/60 seconds recovery @ L5; average speed 6-7 mph)

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NUTRITION
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M1: 53 g Kashi Go Lean Crunch cereal, 1/4 c. Fiber One, 1/2 c. light soy milk, 3 egg whites
M2: 2 Amyella’s blueberry walnut crunch muffins
M3: 3 oz. chicken breast, 1 c. asparagus veggie mix, 2 tangerines
M4: 1 scoop protein powder, 1 apple
M5: 4 oz. chicken breast, 1 c. asparagus veggie mix, 1/2 oz. walnuts
M6: PWO shake (1/2 banana, 3 strawberries, 1 scoop protein powder, 1/2 c. light soy milk, 1 T. l-glutamine)