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Countdown to Competition:: Week 1 Results

I met my goal; my first goal that is!  To complete one week of the Countdown to Ckmpetition plan of the 21 Day Fix Extreme. So here's the verdict:: -3.8lbs and 5 1/4 inches!!  I am beyond excited about that. Two and a half inches off my thighs alone and those measurements haven't budged in over nine months!


I have chosen to keep going. I feel great and the results are really motivating me. I feels muscles growing and definition peaking through little by little. I know that I won't be "ripped" in a week; and I'm not sure that "ripped" is what I want but I'll just keep going until I get there. 


Some of the positives of this type of eating plan is that the "normal" day that incorporates fruits and carbs breaks up the restrictiveness of it. I can focus on just two days of meat and veggies (with a carb in the morning) and then feel relaxed on the third day. 
I've been able to eat out with friends too. We went to Dave and Busters on Saturday where I got a salad with grilled chicken, dressing on the side and didn't eat the croutons. And Sunday we went to Mongolian after church, I just avoided (all my favorites- whomp whomp) bread, rice and noodles. And put only a tsp of sesame oil. I choose to be lenient about cutting out sodium completely because I still want this to fit into my everyday life for now. 




My weaknesses and struggles from the past week:: being ridiculously sore!!  Like so sore, it feels more like injured that sore. I know I'm not injured and kept going in my workouts but man, I'm hoping that lets up this week!!
On Saturday, (a "normal" day) I ate a cookie. It was a cheat and cheats aren't supposed to happen in these three weeks, but it did (I still had a carb and fruit left for the day and used those allotments). It wasn't really planned but it was amazing!!!!!
The other cheat was yesterday afternoon, I ate a few pieces of candy to rid me of a caffeine headache. I had taken three Motrin with no success and within five minutes of a little sugar it was gone. I jumped right back on the plan at dinner and didn't look back!!



So here's to a new week with new goals and challenging myself to be a better ME!  That's the greatest challenge of all anyways. 

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