Stage 2: Week 2 - Monday

Good Morning America:

* I am most proud of my client, Bob, and his efforts today in his workout.
* I am grateful for new clients.
* I am enjoying in life doing this blog.
* I am committed to not getting sick.
* I love almond butter in my oatmeal! :)

Notes:

MOM'S WORKOUT #2:

1. Ribbon Side Lunges - 20 reps (tricky, but just picture the ribbon and form it around your head)
2. MB Twist - 1 min. (challenging but don't give up)
3. Throw Downs - 20 reps
- If your medicine ball bounces, just be careful not to get yourself back in the face.
- Make sure to bend legs and get butt down when you pick up the MB
- Make sure your floor can handle it

1. Front Lunge and Weave - 20 reps (very similar to yesterday's side lunge and weave)
2. Side Lunge Greater than Less than - 20 reps (be aggressive when you make the greater than less than sign)
3. Squat Low/High - 20 reps on each side (perform one side then the other)

Food Day!:

I watched on the Today show this morning and they had a fitness expert who has written "The Belly Fat Cure." His belief is that we should watch sugar intake because it causes insulin spikes which in turn causes belly fat. Here is the link for the video...I hope it works. If not you can find it on the Today Show website.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/34687355#34687355

The facts:
* 15 grams or less of sugar a day
* Measure around the belly, above the belly button, and should be less than 35 for women and 40 for men

Interesting and a little surprising I think to a lot of you!

Stats:

Weight - 143.6
Calorie Intake (approximate) - 1797
Calorie Expenditure (approximate) - 1245
Net (approximate) - 553
Protein (approximate)- 234 grams


Nutrition:

Breakfast: 5 am / 406 calories

1/2 cup oatmeal w/ 1 Tbsp Almond Butter
6 egg white puff (recipe tomorrow)
1 cup asparagus
coffee with 1 Tbsp Silk Soy Creamer & Truvia

Snack: 10 am / 245 calories

2 scoops of Isopure Whey Protein w/ H20
NO Explode

Lunch: 12 pm / 329 calories

5 oz. Chicken Breast
1 cup Broccoli
1/2 cup Quinoa
2 Tbsp Bontiful Salad Dressing

Snack: 3 pm / 295 calories

2 Scoops Isopure Whey Protein
apple

Dinner: 5:30 pm / 429 calories

6 oz. Catfish
1 cup Roasted Beets
Sweet Potato

Snack: 7:30 pm / 90 calories

3/4 cup Greek Yogurt

Metabolic Demand: concentration in Shoulders

1. Barbell Clean and Press
2. Explosive DB Upright Row
3. Pole Driver

1. DB Snatch
2. Squat w/ DB Lateral Raises
3. Airplane w/ 10 lb. plates

Weights: Shoulders 8-12 reps

* DB OH press - 5 sets
* Cybex Lateral Raises - 5 sets
* Cybex Rear Delt - 5 sets
* Cable Front Raises - 5 sets

Pilates 1 hour

Cardio:

* Gauntlet 45 min.
* Run 1% incline 5.2 mph 45 min.

Good Night, Good Luck:

* I have given my best effort.
* I learned I need to watch my sugar intake to reduce my belly fat.
* Today has enhanced my life by watching the Today show.

Thoughts:

I felt a little sad this morning when I weighed in and it was exactly the same as yesterday. I thought to myself "With all this working out, nothing more?" Then I thought about it... I'm trying to create a lifestyle I can live by - not an extreme that will be gone when the show is over. That is why I am trying so early to lean down. After stage 2 I think I will have the body composition I would like to keep on a regular basis, and when I start the actual 12 week countdown to the show I will create the body for stage. So! I am not going to be discouraged that the weight is not falling off...better gradually and in a healthy way. I have given myself 3 months to do it...why am I trying to rush it? I will evaluate next week if I need to drop to 1700 calories, but for this week I am going to stay at 1800 calories. My body is probably freaking out saying " where's all the cookies I had the last few weeks!" Eventually it will realize life will not ever be the way it has been the last few weeks! :)