140.6 lbs this morning and hopefully on my way down again. Amazingly enough, I didn’t have problems sticking to yesterday’s SGX meal plan even though it was a dreaded non-training day with only one starchy carb meal. Apparently doing the harsh HHA 6-day Slim Down as a crash course in giving up my usual carbs at every single meal did have the side effect of making SGX a lot easier for me psychologically.

Funny side note about the loss of inches: Curious about my new size in regular bras, I plugged my under bust measurement and full bust measurement into a bra size calculator online, and it gave me an error because the cup sizing formula gave them a negative number.

(under bust + 5″) - full bust = # used to determine bra cup

30″ + 5″ - 34.5″ = -0.5″

I had to fudge it a bit and put in 29″ as my under bust measurement to even get an answer.

34A or 36AA if I think I have a broader back–which I suspect I do.

Who even makes 36AA bras for under $40? I’m just going to continue to live in my high motion control Champion C9 sports bras from Target.

I got in a HHA Fat Burning Cardio workout this morning, and just finished my TT leg workout and a HIIT treadmill run at the gym after work. It’s squats, lunges, and similar work, and I would rather have access to the heavier Olympic plates and squat rack at the gym for those instead of making do with a lame max of 135 lbs at home. I was hoping to get over 200 lbs for my working sets like I did a few weeks ago, but my two weeks off from heavy squats and my SGX-induced, carb-depleted state really put a dent in my strength levels. I had to settle for 185 lbs.

I was also too pooped out to do both the HIIT run (a make up workout from Tuesday) AND the scheduled bike sprints, so I’m bumping the bike sprints to tomorrow morning. I’ve been able to deal with the carb restriction outside of the PWO window pretty well during the work days this week, but it’s seriously cramping the intensity of my workouts.

Mentally, I’m in a good place with this month’s challenge. With my two contest deadlines coming up at the end of the month, I am finding it a lot easier to comply with my meal plans, especially given the example of my co-worker Jon who has lost a whopping 30 pounds and over 10% body fat in 7 weeks! Yes, he’s a boy, and yes, he was completely deconditioned before we started, but that is still an incredible transformation. He started out with a decent amount of muscle already (one of those short, stocky types who used to wrestle in school), so he will probably be 300 jacked by the end of our 12 week office challenge. I’m very proud of him and am thrilled he is on my team…but dang, I am also insanely jealous and competitive, and now MUST be totally ripped in 4 weeks even if I have to give up all cheat meals, add in up to an hour of extra activity daily, and do strict SGX until April 7.

Forget supportive comments and encouragement; I have always found competition to be the best motivator.

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WORKOUT
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- HHA Fat Burning Cardio (30 min)
- HIIT run (20 min)

- TT Mass Fusion Workout B (40 min)
A1) Squat (3×8 @ 185 lbs)
A2) Stability Ball Crunch (3×15)
B1) Barbell Split Squat (3×8 @ 135 lbs)
B2) DB RDL (3×8 @ 30, 35, and 45 lbs)
C1) DB Bulgarian Split Squat (3×10 @ 40 lbs)
C2) DB Standing Calf Raise (3×8 @ 40 lbs)

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NUTRITION
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SGX Training day menu