I've got a question, I just can't raise my hand above my head.....

Hell to the O!

My trainer gave me my diet and said that I didn't have to start my 21 days until Sunday at the latest but I planned to start it today (Thursday February 21st).  SO last night I went out with my friend Angie and had a fun time.  I met a lot of new people, which is nice because I just moved and it's nice to meet some pretty cool people.  I allowed myself a couple drinks early in the night as sort of a last hurrah, I mean I wasn't getting crazy and that wasn't the plan.  But as I looked around when it started getting pretty late in the night I just realized that while I enjoy times with my friends, I don't think I'll miss this college feel kind of nights.  I'm ready for regular, and disciplined.  I find it sort of refreshing to know that I will have to plan out my time and meals.  There's no stress in the last minute procrastination details.  It's time to start getting that balance in my life and enough planned sleep :)

When I got up this morning it was difficult to raise my arms too high as my shoulders and lats were super sore from my workout with Coach!  I can bend at the elbow but if I was in a western movie and they asked me to "stick em' up" I'm afraid that would not be possible.  So I got my cardi-o on today and on an empty stomach.  Which isn't the norm for me now, I usually wake up and have a protein shake within 30 minutes.  Back in the day (which was a Wednesday :) when I used to run cross country and track I wouldn't eat much before races, mostly because I was too nervous before hand and don't like running on a full stomach.  But today I did my 45 minutes of interval cardio on a machine that I am absolutely not good at yet (It took me about 15 min to not look like a newborn horse).  I wasn't able to keep up the strides per min for some of the higher level and resistance but I tried to get as close as possible and maintain as much as I could but I didn't stop throughout the entire session and it was my first planned cardio.  I'm interested to see how I improve on my pace/strides.

Zinger Tea, egg whites with Mrs. Dash, oatmeal with raw cacao

Here's what I got to eat after my cardio:

- 3 egg whites with Fiesta Lime Mrs. Dash (can't have salt and Mrs. Dash has NO sodium, adds a lot of flavor and is Super delish!)
- 1/2 cup oatmeal with a little stevia sweetener and 1 tablespoon of Raw Cacao
- One cup Zinger Lemon tea and a little bit of stevia

Plenty of food and pretty good, now I just have to finish my gallon of water.



So now that I am starting this 21 days I figured that I needed to monitor where my starting point is.  Now let's get one thing straight, taking a picture of yourself and then showing everyone is just not my cup of tea.  And I'm not a yoga pants and sports bra kind of gal either, I'm more of a sleeveless t-shirt and basketball shorts kind of gal.  But accountability is accountability and I am looking forward to my "after" photo.  I will take a picture each week of the 21 days and post.  So here goes nothing:  Day 1

 I had to stand on the tub to get the picture

Side view.....

So now you know where I'm at and I would appreciate it if we never talked about it again, ok :) Sweet!
If there are any specifics that I am leaving out or any details that anyone is interested in leave a comment or question and if not I'll just keep doin' my thing.  I'll post the rest of my food pics later today/tonight!  Hope everyone is having a fabulous day and enjoying life!

Cheers!
Ash