PeakFit Challenge: Week 3 Completed!
I lost another pound this week….so that makes 2 in the three weeks. Not super impressive, but I’ll take it given my crappy eating. It’s been a bit upsetting since my husband has managed to lose 8lbs in the same amount of time, but I shouldn’t be competing right? I shouldn’t be thinking of lacing his food with craps of processed sugar and carbs, right? I shouldn’t be thinking about putting his weakness (Dr. Pepper) all around the house, right? Right? RIGHT?!?
That aside, I am impressed with how I am able to maintain my weight despite all my indiscretions. My husband did console me during my tantrums that I have started to take a shape that is more acceptable indicating that maybe if the scale is a lying bastardo and I am changing my body. I like to refer to this process as “reorganizing” my body composition…but I would love to fit into that Vera Wang dress I have too. Ok, ok, take the wins, and enjoy the fact that this past week — at least workout-wise — has been super fun with the introduction of new workouts.
The week started out the same way the last two weeks did: Pure Strength 1. I’m now using 8lbs for my light and 15lbs for my heavy weights there. I like the workout, but man that band work is killer! The next day, I got to revist Pure Cardio where I came to the very obvious conclusion that heat really can get to me. Last week, the temperatures were killer and I nearly died doing Pure Cardio. This week, I had a much, much easier time — so much, that I went and bought weighted gloves to incorporate into next week’s workout. With those two workouts out of the way, I got to start what I know refer to as the “Mommy!!” workouts — Cardio Strength 1 and Cardio Strength 2 with a rest day in between. Cardio Strength 1 has some stiff competition since I’ve gotten to do Cardio Strength 2 as my favorite workout in the series, but I couldn’t tell you which one I cried out for my mommy more! And if you’re wondering what makes you call out “Mommy!”…mountain climbers followed by plyo pushups. Do I need to say more? I was really THANKFUL for having Core Dynamics and Dynamic Flexibility between those two circuit workouts and man did I milk it!
With that part of the week done, I got to take rest day to really push on Friday with something C-R-A-Z-Y. Cardio Interval Burn was on the queue and I wanted to really push it. After completing that workout, I walked my dogs and then “previewed” the Anytime, Anywhere Workout. I didn’t DO all of it, but I did a good chunk given how tired I was. I burned HELLA calories that day. It was an awesome way to end the week and it made me really look forward to the upcoming one.
I’m a little sad that the first month is almost done! The 4th week appears to keep mostly the same weekly format as the previous three but there’s a serious shift in the second eight weeks. I wonder how that’ll change my body. However, the real goal for the upcoming week is to get a real handle on my dietary intake…which is probably the real reason why I need to lose weight in the first place. It’s ok though — at least I get to do fun things like PeakFit in the meantime!
