Monday!

Yay for Monday! I killed my legs today! I forgot how much I miss 6 AM workouts. It feels great to be back to early mornings, and getting things done before my kids wake up! 

I started with 30 Minutes of Incline Elliptical. I did HIIT training, 1 minute on and off. It was hard and I was sweating. 

Next was my Leg and a little core work! 

20 Wall Balls

20 Mountain Climbers w leg extensions on Box 

20 Box Steps Holding 24 lbs. 

Repeated 3x

Lunges Across floor (18-20 )
Hanging Reverse Crunch 12x

Football shuffle across floor 

Repeated 3x

Kneeling leg extensions w/ white band 15 E/S 

45 sec jumping jacks
Repeated 2x

Bridges bent knees on box 12x

Bridges straight legs on box 12x 

w/ 12 lb weight on hips 

Repeated 4x
(The back of my legs were on FIRE) 

Bicycle crunch 20x Repeated 3x

Incline sit ups Holding 10 lbs 15x Repeated 3X

90 Second Squats on Vibrator
90 Second Squats w/ Calf Raises
90 Second Calf Raises with Leg Lifts

For my Cool down I did a light Spin Bike Ride for 10 minutes. 

Food: 

Breakfast: 1 Cup Kashi Cereal w/ 1/2 Scoop Protein + Almond Milk 

Snack: 1 1/2 Hard Boiled Eggs + 1 Banana 

Lunch: 1 Cup Cottage Cheese w/ Strawberries and Pears, + 2 Slices Turkey Meat and 1 Slice Swiss Cheese 

Snacks: 1/8 Cup Chocolate Covered Cranberries, 1 Graham Cracker, Banana, 90 Calorie Granola Bar

Dinner: Chili 

Saturday and Sunday

Saturday is my FAVORITE day to eat healthy and workout. I feel so motivated Saturday mornings, my workouts are harder and better! My eating is on track and I feel great.

This morning my workout was 20 Minutes of incline on the elliptical, at a resistance. Next I taught my Core Cardio Class for 45 minutes of HARD exercise. Then we stretched and did a little pilates for 15 minutes.
TOTAL: 1 Hour 45 + 1 Hour Coaching Soccer, in the FREEZING Rain.

I totally forgot to track my eating this day. Oops!

Sunday: Rest
I also did not track my eating and thats a bad thing cause I ate ALOT yesterday. We had late easter dinner and I will just say I love love love ham and eggs ;) mmmmm! Monday is a new day and I feel good about it already!

Hope you all had a fantastic weekend!
Marissa

Finally its FRIDAY!!!

This week has FLOWN by! I can't believe all that I have done this week. I am super proud of how well I have done with eating and exercise.

This morning my Exercise was 35 Minutes on the Elliptical! 450 Calories!!! 

Then 25 Minutes of Legs, Squats, Leg Lifts and Bridges, 10X Each 3+ Times. I feel good today! I worked up a nice sweat (gross) haha! 

Food:

NoXplode 1/2 Scoop 

Breakfast: 1/4 Package Protein, 1 Cup Kashi Cereal, w/ almond coconut milk. 

Lunch: 3 Slices of Turkey and Cheese and 3/4 Cup Mushrooms, 10 Onion Sticks and 8 oz of Apple Juice and 1/4 Cup Greek Yogurt. 

( I was Hungary ) 

Snack: 1/2 Apple, Sliced Banana and Peanut butter

Dinner: Chicken and Potato w/ broccoli, Strawberries and 1/2 Cup Greek Yogurt 

Dessert: Almond Probiotic IceCream Bar!

I don't know what was wrong with me today, I was starving!!!! I ate way to much today. I ate healthy, just a lot of healthy ;) 

Thursday 4/24 Food/Exercise

Food:

Pre workout: NoXplode 1/2 Scoop and 1/2 Banana 

Breakfast: 1/2 Banana + Kashi Cereal w/ Coconut Almond Milk, 1/4 Cup Raisins 

Lunch: Turkey and Cheese Roll Ups, w/ Mushrooms and Spinach 

Snack: Grapefruit and Cottage Cheese 

Dinner: 2 Corn Tortillas and Taco Soup w/ Turkey Meat 

Dessert: 1 ProBiotic Chocolate Ice Cream Bar 

Exercise:

15 Minute Walk on incline on Treadmill
15 Minute Heavy Resistance/Incline on Elliptical
5 Minute Incline on Treadmill + 10 Pound weights doing bicep Curls and Shoulder Presses
10 Minute Shoulders and Tricep w/ weights

Just a little update!

Its been a little while since I updated. My goal at the beginning of the year was to be stronger and see my abs, well I am stronger. My arms have bulked very nice! I am feeling that they are getting bigger then the rest of my body. I am happy with my legs, and my butt. I will just say that they have NEVER looked better and I love it! I now get complements on my butt which has NEVER happened and its awesome. Keep the complements coming, hehehe!!! 

As a personal trainer, I have been able to train all my clients and get them into better shape and have them see results that they want to see, I have never had anyone complain yet! But, I could not stick to my own plan. I would write a plan for myself, yet I did not see the results that I am looking for! It has been soooooo frustrating. After a very long conversation with my super awesome sister (BIG HUGS TO YOU) I have decided to change up my workouts a little. My biggest problem is I am still have belly fat. Super stubborn belly fat. I have had belly fat since a teenager and its always been my most self conscious area of my body. I will be the first to admit that it has gotten better over the last couple years, but I am ready to take things to the next level and say goodbye to belly fat for good! 

I have changed my eating a bit. I am just lowering the amount of bread I eat. Since I have had my gallbladder removed in October, bread upsets my stomach anyway. We don't eat much sugar anymore and I can tell a HUGE difference! - THIS IS #! 

Thats it for eating. My family eats clean. We don't eat out much. I meal prep and plan all our dinners. I have found that I like eating at home much more then at a restaurant, even though I have to do dishes and I HATE dishes! I enjoy cooking and making something that I know is healthy and know what the ingredients are. 

My exercise, I have added more cardio to my workout and thanks to my sisters advice to this, I have already dropped a pound, YAY!!! I am also teaching Pilates. This has changed my body and my mind. I am more flexible and I am stronger in my core because of Pilates. I absolutely love the way that it makes me feel! I am still working out 6 Days a week, that will not change because I LOVE to workout. I am feeling the best that I ever have. I am making gains and I love to see the progress. I am blessed to have the ability to exercise and I am grateful to have the support system I have.

Thanks, 

Marissa B.