7 Day Kickstart Challenge

INTRO
So I had another week of "phoning it in"...wait, who am I kidding? what I did wasn't even the equivalent of sending a text message. It was a slight improvement from the previous week, but a week of bad behavior nonetheless. I worked out one time. I may have eaten two salads all week. Apart from that, staying up late, restaurant take-out, long midday naps and seconds on dessert were the order of the day. Every day.

While I was feeling discouraged and very much like a failure at life, I decided to watch some of the videos by my fellow You Tube Weight Loss Community members for some motivation and encouragement. And there it was. Another way for the "Fresh Foodie" to keep it fresh: The daily blog. Talk about a great way to be held accountable! Letting another entire week of unhealthy decisions go by? Not THIS week!

Thanks for the idea, Dusty (everyday120togo) and Mandy (choosing2lose)

Many of the people who do daily blogs do it for weeks at a time. But I just want to kickstart my progress and get back on track after letting my focus and motivation putter and die these past few weeks. So I decided to challenge myself to do a daily blog every day for a week. The challenge guidelines are as follows:

1) Make and upload a video to YouTube everyday.

2) Make a blog entry everyday that includes photos and/or video of everything I consumed that day (good or bad) and the workouts i did.

3) Meet all of my weekly fitness goals:

*Diet*- Salad everyday, watch portions

*Exercise*- At least five 30 min cardio sessions and three 10 min toning sessions

*Hydration*- At least 100 oz of water per day

*Rest*- in bed by 12:30pm or at least 7 hrs per night

*Weight Loss*- Lose at least 1 lb (c'mon, is that too much to ask?)











I'm feeling optimistic for the first time in a while....






DAY ONE- Monday


Despite my careless and reckless behavior last week, by some miracle I still managed to lose 1.6 pounds. So my starting weight for the Kickstart Challenge is...




I did a 35 minute walk on a local trail. Here's a short clip of my cardio workout...





I also did 10 minutes of toning today. I did 5 minutes of upper body toning with weights and 5 minutes alternating abs and chest presses. (I recorded it, but it has taken over an hour and still won't upload. I can't keep waiting if I'm gonna make my bedtime! Besides, that video was pretty boring to watch...)

Here is what I consumed today....
Breakfast- Organic Natural Peanut Butter Sandwich on Ezekiel Raisin Bread w/ Almond Milk












Lunch- Organic Spinach and Romaine Salad with Feta Cheese, Almonds, Dried Cranberries and Organic Soy Ginger Dressing, an Apple and an Orange










Dinner- Bacon Cheeseburger (made w/ extra lean beef, whole wheat sandwich thins, reduced fat colby jack cheese, lean bacon, organic ketchup and pickles), sun chips, spinach and romaine salad with fat free italian dressing



plus.....over 120 oz of water total. :)






Here's the link to today's YouTube vlog...
http://www.youtube.com/freshfoodiefitness
and click on the video entitled "Fresh Foodie's 7 Day Kickstart Challenge".



See you tomorrow! :0)