Breaking habits

Bad habits are not unbreakable! I cant tell you the times I have heard and I have even said myself " I just cant give up ......" The truth is that it takes only 21 days to kick a bad habit. If your bad habit has to do with eating or drinking something unhealthy I have some even better news. Our taste buds are malleable. This simply means that they are easy to influence. It is proven that if you deprive your taste buds of the foods you crave and replace them with healthy choices your taste buds will within 1 month change and start to crave the healthy food. I challenge each of you to give up one of your biggest vices and replace it with something good for 1 month, then way in and let me know if Dr.'s, scientists and my blog are right about this. Another way to kick a bad habit is to add water to your diet. water flushes our system, refreshes us and can help curb your appetite, by filling your stomach.

30 Day shed takes a hault!

Well I am sad to say that my 30 day shed had to take a slight halt! for the last week I have had double ear infections and a chest cold and it made doing all the strenuous exercises very difficult so my workout plan got derailed a bit. However that's life! I have been working out but just on a much smaller scale! So as of today I am back on track and back to my workouts. I will pick up the 30 day shed workout again but the results will be off a bit since i will not have been on it for a full 30 days by the date of my vacation. I have 18 days until then so for now I am hitting it hard. Today's workout consists of 10 min walk, 40 min run, 10 min cool down walk. 1 zumba class(via xbox kinect), 800 crunches, 200 squats, 100 plies, 200 side bends, 200 leg raises and 100 reverse leg raises, 100 fire hydrants, & 50 burpies.  I have been eating 1200 cal per day and whatever I burn off working out gets added back in for additional calories to consume in order to keep my metabolism up. I am sorry I haven't got more to add at this time but things have been crazy here. Until next time keep sweating!

30 day Shed Day 5

OK so I have been killing it this week. I have new pics for you and here are my new weight & measurments
Weight:
154lbs

Measurments:
Neck - 12.25" (-.5")
Chest - 35.5" (-.5")
Biceps's - 11.25" (-.25)
Waist - 31.75" (-.25")
Hips - 39.5" (-.5")
Thigh's - 23"(no change yet)
Calf's - 15.25" (-.25")

I gave you a sample of my diet and exercise plan in my last blog. Well here is what I have been doing for the last 5 days. I have really been using the Myfitnesspal.com app and wevsite to track my food intake(sticking to my 1200 cal per day) and logging my workouts as well. I have been making sure that I eat the additional calories that I burn off in workouts so as not to throw my body into starvation mode, totally wrecking my metabolism.
As for workouts on the 30day shed I have been unable to run due to allergies & double ear infections so I am staying in but that hasnt stopped me. I have done 45-1 hr of eliptical every day similar routine as I blogged before. I am doing anywhere for 300 -800 crunches per day, 100-200 sidebands with 5 lb weights. Leg raises, squats, plies, & reverse leg raises 100-200 per day. I am also adding in pushups, hip thrusts and planks.  This weekend I hope to get pictures posted of these exercises in motion and a detailed sample of yet another days diet and work out. Until then Take care and keep sweating!