On August 9, 2010, I started a personal Body for Life challenge. Read the kickoff post here.
What is Body for Life? It’s a fitness and nutrition plan that emphasizes clean eating, portion control and high intensity training — and it has some rabid fans. You can learn more about the plan here.
I’ll be posting daily meal and training updates through my BFL journey, and welcome any questions or tips!
- Week 1
- Overall, a success. The hardest part about the eating was doing so much of it!
- Week 2
- Still doing well, although I fought a bit of exercise fatigue this week — I’m used to doing less frequent, longer workouts. Adding the extra day is tough.
- Week 3
- Increased weights for upper and lower body workouts.
- Feeling a bit stressed because the scale has gone UP and pants feel tighter. However, I see a lot of muscle definition in my calves and I’m very sore, so something must be going right!
- Week 4
- Still a bit frustrated by the scale BUT — keep catching new muscles popping out (I felt a “lump” on my arm and panicked until I realized it was my tricep, tighter than it’s ever been!)
- I can’t believe how much weight I’m able to lift…I’ve always been a fan of HIIT, but this is really the hardest I’ve ever pushed my body.
- I have been doing Dance Trance classes as my Saturday cardio workouts, and I’m a little concerned that while my heart rate goes up and I certainly sweat, DT isn’t really in the spirit of cardio. Fun, though!
