week 3

ahh. week 3. do i have anything to show for it yet? hmmm....well, the abs seem to be making a more consistent showing. there is a little more definition in the legs, but probably something i only notice when i'm in mid squat. what else.....

sad. i'm definitely getting stronger and i don't think there's anything to realistically be disappointed about. it's just----it's hard to be patient with so much dedication!

today i didn't help myself out either. i haven't gotten as much sleep the last few nights---we've had more social gatherings that usual, resulting in staying up a bit later and trying to still wake up early. i realized today just how important a regular sleep schedule is to helping me follow through with my nutrition plan and my workout. i did my workout just fine, it was just hard for me to drag myself there at first. i had to workout in the evening today due to my call to civic (jury) duty today. i was tired and bored while waiting for my juror number to be called. and so--i ate sugar. too much sugar. it's funny to write that too because i really didn't eat an amount to be truly ashamed over, however, it didn't make me feel good. Nor, did the sugar make it easy for me to get to the gym.

i also found out how crowded the gym gets in the evening. thank goodness i am pretty good at dragging myself there early. i hope my evening visits are few and far between. i couldn't even get to any of the SEVEN bicep cable curl machines. don't worry--i know plenty of exercises. i did assisted chin ups instead--and those killed! i think i may have to substitute those for at least one arm thing every week. it was difficult to finish my 5 sets and my arms felt really pumped up afterward. (not that i saw the definition that i was feeling)

i think my program is doing a good job. i already have a couple of ideas for the one i'm going to do next. it will be a little more intense---i'm glad to be (relatively speaking) easing back in to lifting weights like this first. i just hope that all this hard work will pay off by the end of the 9 weeks. to do this, i probably need to cut out the sugar :(, up the protein :(, and re-evaluate my carb intake. i honestly have no idea what my intake levels are, but as a vegetarian, i know i need to carefully consider these things.

anyway.....if there's anyone out there who ever reads this...ever do a 8-9 week program that really worked for you? what did you do? I think the 50-60 minutes a day is all I got for now, keep this in mind people. I should probably post pictures up soon to give an idea of what I'm working with......