I’m somewhat obsessed with magazines… I have about 5 different subscriptions and want to add more! They all deal with food, cleaning, or working out. So I was reading my April subscription of SELF magazine and came across this 5 week, lose 10 challenge. It uses a lot of intervals in the cardio routine, a 5 or 10 pound dumbbell in the firm up routine, and there are some simple recipes in the meal plan. I thought it’d be fun to give it a try. I’m going to be honest though… I don’t plan on doing the meal plan full out because they are always way too expensive for my college budget to buy everything the recipe calls for, so I’m going to improvise on that, still try to eat healthy and follow the calorie intake while making sure to get plenty of protein. The great thing about this plan is you get 200 free calories every day that you can use on whatever indulgence you like. You can also roll them over to another day (up to four days) So if I’m having a pizza party movie night or going out with friends one night, I can plan ahead and rack up 800 calories that I can use as a freebie. I’ll do short updates in the middle of my regular posts (mostly for myself as accountability) detailing what the workout was for the day, how I did and how I felt while doing it, and a food log of what I ate. Hopefully this will get my butt in gear for the coming weeks!!
Today should be a good day though. I woke up around 8 (which is kind of sleeping in for me! yuck!), I’m about to have my morning coffee while I map out my 5 week plan here, and then I was planning on visiting Blizzard Beach waterpark because I had a blast at Typhoon Lagoon last weekend and I also want to run by Animal Kingdom and see about a coffee mug that I noticed last week and possibly ride Mount Everest a few times since it is possibly my FAVORITE ride! Hope you all are having a splendid Sunday morning, I’m starting to feel good again (although, you never know how long that will last) and so hopefully I’ll be back in gear for some good upbeat blogging. I’ve been missing everyone’s posts recently, so I’m also hoping to stay up to date on posts and commenting now.
sounds like a great routine! love it! i can’t remember if i’ve said this to you before or not but i really love your blog <33
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