Exercise Plan

I am going to boot camp (www.victoryfit.com) Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings at 6am. This is my 5th week in the game. I have missed two Friday sessions overall. Once because I was having a bad night and drank too much wine and another because I was too sore and tired from the previous boot camp session.

Every 4 weeks we have fit score. We weigh in, get measured, take our body fat percentage, run the timed mile, do the long jump, the sit up test, and the squat test. Josh and Mama D have told me that eating right is 80% of the challenge in losing weight but I guess it took me falling on my face to figure it out. I gained 2.5 pounds. I did improve in all other areas however! My fat decreased .5% which means the weigh I gained was all muscle. I ran the entire mile not stopping to walk once!! Never done that! My long jump decreased from 5'9 to 5'6 oddly enough. I did 10 more sit ups and 20 more squats! My push ups increased from 7 to 11. So i definitely improved but for someone carrying as much fat as I am, I need to be dropping at least 10 pounds a month. Therefore I have decided to really start eating right. I am not suggesting a diet...but I might be. I have decided to do the south Beach Diet for the next 30 days and then reevaluate. The first two weeks I can not have any carbs or sugar. It will be tough but I slowly will be able to add in some more food later that I will be able to continue doing for my lifestyle. Like I will eventually be able to have wine, bread, fruit and more. I would NEVER try to do NO CARBS to reach my goal weight. NO NO NO. I am doing the phase one jump start and then will ease into the lifestyle of the South Beach Diet. I basically do Phase 3 of South beach (which is the final phase) most of the time...except when I binge or just don't try. I enjoy eating healthy and have accepted that it must be a lifestyle. I must have self-control along with a great support group.