Journey to Fit

Thanks girlie! 

I worked pretty hard, but I was by no means perfect - I cheated a lot - but I know I won’t continue to get results if I do that, so I’m tightening the reins and being pretty strict. 

Here is what I did: 

Diet: tons of fruit, small breakfast and lunch, larger dinner - this works better for me, I also keep a food journal and track my intake every day. I aim for 1200-1400 calories and I am just staring the bikini model program.

Exercise: I run every other day, 2-5 miles currently. On low mileage days, I add something else. On off days, I walk 4-5 miles, or do a long turbofire workout - this is an exercise DVD set sold on beachbody.com.

That is pretty much it. I also have a Bodymedia Link arm band. They are kind of spendy and you have to pay 6 dollars a month for service, but I think they are seriously awesome and mine has helped me a ton! I think the most important thing is you journal, track your calories, and be honest with yourself. 

Stay Healthy and Happy!

Yep! Breasts are made up of fat, so when you lose fat, you lose it everywhere, even your breasts. However, if this is a concern to you, unless your breasts are really large, in which case you might lose more fat from them, your breast will remain in proportion to you body size as you lose. 

Thank you so much!

As far as toning your legs and losing leg fat, you can’t spot reduce, so clean eating and cardio will help you to lose fat all over.

Legs are my trouble area too, and in my experience, lunges, running, and walking/hiking work wonders for toning your legs. Yoga and Pilates will also help you to sculpt long, lean muscles.

I joined a fitness group on facebook where you have to update on your food intake and exercise each day - that was huge for me b/c then I was held accountable every single day and we have to submit pictures, so I certainly didn’t want to look the same and I wanted to keep up with everyone else. 

Exercise: During the 30 days, I was sidelined from exercising for about 2 weeks b/c I was injured, but in general I’m training for a half marathon - so I run 4-5 times a week and on the other 2-3 days I do turbofire or I walk and do pilates and yoga. 

Diet: I eat a TON of fruit, and generally a protein bar/shake each day. I snack throughout the day and just have a larger meal for dinner - I make sure dinner has some kind of protein and a vegetable - right now this is a lot of salads. I certainly wasn’t perfect with eating last month and that I what I’m focusing on this month!