REWIND: Day 182 - New tattoo!

Hey, here I am catching up on these past few crazy days. This was Sunday, family still visiting so food timing and type not the best but I did as well as possible. We did a lot of activities today, though, so that was good because I got in a lot of exercise. We went frisbee golfing and Jedi went, too, so he got exercise as well! By the end of the day we were beat but it was nice to be able to spend time with everyone.
So here's my close up pics of my new tattoo! Thanks to all who commented on it, yes it's real and it says "nana korobi ya oki"! NO, I didn't get the name of my blog tattooed on me, it has been kind of my motto for quite some time and I was planning on the tattoo for a long time, but my husband wasn't that excited about it. So I finally talked him into it, but in the mean time, I had changed my blog name to it as well so it kind of looks like it was the other way around. Anyway, for those of you who may not have caught it when I first talked about this saying, it means "fall down seven, get up eight" as an expression of perseverance beyond all obstacles. That is how I plan to live my life - no matter how many times I stumble along my path, I will always keep going. The dragonfly represents change, since they go through a metamorphosis in their life cycle, and also wisdom and luck. So I got it to remind me that life always changes and you have to be okay with what comes along, and hopefully weather it with a little wisdom and luck. Finally, there are sakura (cherry blossoms) around the outside, and that represents the transience of life (since they only bloom for a short time) and serves as a reminder that I don't get much time here on Earth, so I should make the most of it while I am here. The tattoo artist added the one petal falling to be artistic, but it ended up fitting right into the symbolism of the whole thing because the flower already has a petal falling, so it adds to the urgency of it all. So did you get all that? I like my tattoos to have meaning, I wouldn't get one if it was not important to me, so that's why I got this one. It was my last. It stands to remind me of all those things each time I think about it or see it, and it is a commitment to follow through on all of those promises for my life. Here are some pictures of me getting it done, and how it looks now (still healing!):




And here's my log and daily pics for today:

DAY 14 OF 56	NOTES:	POINTS:
Meal #1?	slept in! no meal	1
Meal #2?	10a - omelet	1
Meal #3?	12p - grapes, cheese	1
Meal #4?	3p - lean hamburger	1
Meal #5?	6p - soup, sandwich	1
Meal #6?	9p - "free" snack	1
Water?	96 oz - 16 oz/meal	1
Weights or Rest?	Rest	1
Cardio or Rest?	various activities	1
Sleep?	8 hrs	1
Accountability?	pics, blog, chart	1
Visualization?	1 hr AVP	0
	Daily Score:	11 of 12
	Cumulative:	149 of 672
	Compliance:	88.7%

Day 181 - Hmmm what's different?

Well the family is still visiting, here watching the NASCAR race right now, so I don't have much time, but here's the log and pics for today. Didn't feel well today, and didn't exercise. Will make up for it tomorrow (I hope).

DAY 13 OF 56	NOTES:	POINTS:
Meal #1?	7a - hot tea, cheese	1
Meal #2?	9a - protein waffle, grapes	1
Meal #3?	2p - tortellini	1
Meal #4?	4p - apple	1
Meal #5?	6p - pecans	1
Meal #6?	9p - chicken caesar salad	1
Water?	not enough	0
Weights or Rest?	rest	1
Cardio or Rest?	skipped	0
Sleep?	7-8 hrs	1
Accountability?	pics, blog, chart	1
Visualization?	1 hr AVP	1
	Daily Score:	10 of 12
	Cumulative:	138 of 672
	Compliance:	88.5%

So, notice anything different in the pics?

Day 180 - Log only

Posted this late - this is from Friday...
Today was a very busy day with family, friends, and fun, so here's my log for the day and I'll be back with the Saturday surprise! As you can see, the day went downhill food-wise after lunch. We got together with some family that we haven't seen in a while and there was nothing but junk food. So I chose to eat it. So I am paying for it in accountability but I will make up for it in exercise tomorrow - it's supposed to be a big sports day with all of them! We'll see...

DAY 12 OF 56	NOTES:	POINTS:
Meal #1?	8a - peanut butter, banana	1
Meal #2?	11a - grapes, cottage cheese	1
Meal #3?	3p - "free" meal	1
Meal #4?	6p - none	1
Meal #5?	8p - hot dog	0
Meal #6?	10p - hamburger cheese dip	0
Water?	not enough	0
Weights or Rest?	Rest	1
Cardio or Rest?	Rest	1
Sleep?	8 hrs	1
Accountability?	blog, chart	1
Visualization?	1 hr AVP	1
	Daily Score:	9 of 12
	Cumulative:	128 of 672
	Compliance:	88.8%

Damn it the 90s didn't last long did they? Well, I'll get back there, it's a journey not a sprint so I do the best with what each day brings and I refuse to make myself feel guilty about it. I knew what I was doing when I was doing it, and I can always do better, so no use worrying about the past. Here's to a new day...

Day 179 - Excited!

Something cool is going on tomorrow - well, to me it's cool, maybe not to some, but I am excited about it all the same. So it's quiz time - what is it? Here's the hint: You'll know what it is by looking at my pictures on Saturday. I think that makes it pretty easy but maybe not.
So today was a good day but again super busy so sorry for not too much info again. Here's the log and pics:

DAY 11 OF 56	NOTES:	POINTS:
Meal #1?	6a - cheese, hot tea	1
Meal #2?	10a - egg whites, veggie juice	1
Meal #3?	1p - tuna, veggie juice	1
Meal #4?	3p - cottage cheese	1
Meal #5?	6p - chicken on wheat roll	1
Meal #6?	10p - fruit & popcorn	1
Water?	96 oz - 16 oz/meal	1
Weights or Rest?	Rest	1
Cardio or Rest?	TT Original HIIT B	1
Sleep?	8 hrs	1
Accountability?	pics, blog, chart	1
Visualization?	1 hr AVP	1
	Daily Score:	12 of 12
	Cumulative:	119 of 672
	Compliance:	90.2%

Yay I'm back in the 90s again - man it's amazing how fast that number goes down. Miss a thing here, thing there, have one bad day and bam its dropping fast. Good way to keep myself in check for sure!

Day 178 - In demand!

Hey everyone! Still so busy, but it is better than feeling useless that's for sure. I have so much to do before the 15th it is not even funny so I probably won't be doing very long posts here, just know I am going strong and on a mission to be in the best shape of my life come summer. So here's today's log, not 100% but I wasn't feeling too well. It would have been way worse in the old days, I made myself do alot of things that normally I would have just written off as a bad day and went buck wild. So no terrible binges, still did my workout, etc. Making progress every day...

DAY 10 OF 56	NOTES:	POINTS:
Meal #1?	8a - protein shake	1
Meal #2?	10a - protein shake	1
Meal #3?	12p - "free" meal	1
Meal #4?	3p - none	0
Meal #5?	6p - chicken caesar salad	1
Meal #6?	9:30p - jello & nuts	1
Water?	96 oz - 16 oz/meal	0
Weights or Rest?	TT Original A	1
Cardio or Rest?	Rest	1
Sleep?	8 hrs	1
Accountability?	pics, blog, chart	1
Visualization?	1 hr AVP	1
	Daily Score:	10 of 12
	Cumulative:	107 of 672
	Compliance:	89.2%

Day 177 - Quickie

Well I finally got around to everyone's blog to check on their progress and of course all are doing fantastic! I love that all of us are working so hard at the same time and have similar timelines. It really helps the accountability for me. It is getting late, however, so I don't have time to say much, but I did want to thank everyone who has commented on my blog the past few days - I don't have time to individually respond to all of them, but I will from now on since I won't be behind any more. But thanks for checking in and for all the continued support.
Things have been going well, I am enjoying the PN plan but not following it exactly. I am getting good results so far so I am not worried. I think I have found a good balance of what my body responds to (finally!). As far as TT goes, I am finding the workouts too easy for me so I am going to step it up to the next workout in the list tomorrow. I am supposed to give it until the end of this week and get in two more workouts, but I need something harder for sure. Plus, the current workout does nothing for shoulders or arms and has legs both days so I am doing legs three times a week plus cardio on the off days and that's too much. So I need to balance it out. If the next plan doesn't do this, I might do some kind of hybrid. I like the exercises themselves, I just don't really like the layout and frequency. There are only two workouts that I am supposed to alternate and that is pretty boring for me, I need at least 3 and preferably 4 so I can do something different each day of the week. So we'll see, I might have to do some switching around, but it is all good.
For today, I only had 5 meals because I got up late so I'm still giving myself the points because it was still every 3 hrs. I just couldn't get started today...Also I didn't do my HIIT as scheduled but I did have Jujitsu so I am still giving myself a point for that as well. Aren't I so nice to myself? Here's today's log and pics (back to the fun blue today!):

DAY 9 OF 56	NOTES:	POINTS:
Meal #1?	9a - veggie omelet	1
Meal #2?	12p - grilled chicken salad	1
Meal #3?	3p - apple & cheese	1
Meal #4?	6p - turkey & corn	1
Meal #5?	10p - fruit & nuts	1
Meal #6?	none - got up late	1
Water?	96 oz - 16 oz/meal	1
Weights or Rest?	Rest	1
Cardio or Rest?	Jujitsu	1
Sleep?	8 hrs	1
Accountability?	pics, blog, chart	1
Visualization?	1 hr AVP	1
	Daily Score:	12 of 12
	Cumulative:	97 of 672
	Compliance:	89.8%

Day 176 - Still behind...

Well it is crazy trying to catch back up on all the Shreddersphere blogging, and it was only 3 days. Man we are a busy bunch. Today was really much more on track, just have tons going on so not much time to really check in with everyone or go into much detail right now. Sorry I've been a little out of the loop, hopefully I will be able to make some more time to catch up soon, but for now things are really busy but in a good way and for a good reason that I will talk about later on. On another good note, though, I lost 3 pounds last week and over 1% body fat so yay me! So glad for that. Measurements didn't change much, but you know how that goes, everything doesn't change at the same time. Here's the stats:

Weight: 146 lbs (loss of 3#)
Omron bf: 23.4% (loss of 1.2%)
Bicep: 11.25" (no change)
Chest: 34.5" (loss of .5")
Waist: 28" (no change)
Stomach: 31" (no change)
Hips: 37" (no change)
Butt: 40.5" (no change)
Thigh: 24.5" (no change)

Talk to all of you more soon, I hope! Until then, here's my log:

DAY 8 OF 56	NOTES:	POINTS:
Meal #1?	6a - protein shake	1
Meal #2?	10a - omelet & oatmeal	1
Meal #3?	1p - steak & salad	1
Meal #4?	3p - apple & cheese	1
Meal #5?	6p - wheat pasta & meat sauce	1
Meal #6?	9p - protein shake	1
Water?	96 oz - 16 oz/meal	1
Weights or Rest?	TT Intermediate A	1
Cardio or Rest?	Rest	1
Sleep?	7 hrs	1
Accountability?	pics, blog, chart	1
Visualization?	1 hr AVP	1
	Daily Score:	12 of 12
	Cumulative:	85 of 672
	Compliance:	88.5%

And here's my (not very good) pic from the conference that I went to over the weekend, with my MK friends, and my pics for today, with a little guest visiting: