I can’t believe that March has come and gone… yes I know I had some great goals for the month as far as my fat burning was concerned but there were a few hiccups along the way: I was sick.
Congrats to my brother and new sister in-law!
I was doing really well with my low carb, high protein two week diet program when the sick-bug came knocking at my door. I think you can agree that to get better I needed to load up on the soups and warm beverages. It just sucks that I couldn’t do this and keep my carb levels down where they needed to be.
So my diet had to come to a pause until I was better. And not just being sick but when I started to feel a little better my brother was getting married. Since we’re using the same baker for our cake, I couldn’t pass u the opportunity for a second tasting!
But to be honest this is the first week that I am feeling 100% so guess what I started today:
My two week fat burning diet!
I will take new progress pictures this week, but the ones a few weeks ago are pretty right on accurate still. Today I did great I ate:
- Whey soufle
- Grilled chicken (with a few almond slivers)
- All natural, no sugar added organic apple sauce
- Chicken meatballs and salad
- And I will finish the night off with a whey shake in about an hour or so!
If you didn’t get a chance to read on my two week fat burning program you can see it here: Fat Burning Diet
Changing Up The Workout
I am so excited and pumped up for my workout tomorrow… I am increasing the intensity a lot… lifting heavy for 4 sets of 6 reps. I haven’t written down the entire workout yet, but I will let you know when I do!
If you have any creative exercises that you love, pass them on! I would love to try them, I might even end up doing it as an exercise of the week!
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I love doing the Thai Planks and Thai Crucifix from MMA training. I’m also a big big big fan of kettlebell work (I do 10 minutes of 40 seconds of swings and 20 seconds rest).
I’ve fallen in love with barbell complexes like: Clean to Front Squat to Thruster to Back Squat to Thruster (that’s one rep) I do 8 reps over 4 rounds with 30 seconds rest between rounds. I also slowly up the weight each round.
Awesome Lani! I am going to do your complex tomorrow! Definitely sounds like a great total body killer!
There are 2 exercises I did this week that I loved. I did one-legged deadlifts holding dumbbells then at the end of each set just hold the dumbbells down still on one leg and do hamstring curls with the leg up in the air. The second one was to do lay on your back holding light weights (or maybe heavy for you
) with your head and shoulders lifted up. Put your legs up in the air. Then do nose busters with the weights while you lower your legs, then return back to original position.
Taylor,
I am new to your blog and I love it! As far as a good and different workout, I just started doing ropes. I absolutely love it! I have 2 other girls that I work out with 5 days a week and we incorporate it into our circuit training at least once a week. Instead of buying an expensive “exercise rope”, we went to a sporting goods store and bought a $50 weighted tug-of-war rope. Now I don’t care about ruining it outside! Thanks for all of the great articles and info!
Great tip Angela! Love it.