Day 221 - Not much

Nothing new to report, a lot of work to do today so haven't been able to edit my pics yet - they'll be up later. Sore today from the running yesterday but still glad I did it. I might do more this weekend, the weather is finally supposed to be nice. Nutrition was a weird today - my timing was off because I slept late and I had half a donut in the afternoon but still didn't go over on carbs because I had pretty much no others besides that and the nutrition info said 16g in half so I'm good. Thanks for all the well wishes for Gram, I hope to have some good news soon.

DAY 53 OF 56	NOTES:	POINTS:
Meal #1?	none	1
Meal #2?	12p - chicken & spinach	1
Meal #3?	2p - "free" snack	1
Meal #4?	6p - hamburger	1
Meal #5?	9p - nuts	1
Meal #6?	11p - Atkins bar	1
Water?	96 oz - 16 oz/meal	0
Weights or Rest?	rest	1
Cardio or Rest?	Jujitsu	1
Sleep?	7-8 hrs	1
Accountability?	pics, blog, chart	1
Visualization?	1 hr AVP	1
	Daily Score:	11 of 12
	Cumulative:	?? of 636
	Compliance:	??%

Day 220 - Momentum building but tough news

If you look at my log, I know my meals look weird today but I do take advantage of being on low carb and have some higher fat things sometimes. I never see adverse effects from it, so if I can't have other things I am craving with carbs, I at least let myself have some interesting proteins. Today I took Jedi to the big park about 15 min away from my house and we jogged/walked our way around the path there. It is 2.5 mi long and I would jog for .2 mi, the walk for .1, and so on pretty much all the way around. It took about 30 min. I know that's not that impressive but if you know me, you know that I am in no way a runner so jogging is about all I do and I was working hard enough to work up a sweat and give myself a blister so I think that was good for me. I wanted to do some outdoor cardio to start working on my endurance. I don't have machines at my house and jogging in place just doesn't cut it. So we'll see how often I put that in my routine, but Jedi loved it. He's a runnin' pup, that's for sure. Of course, he pretty much slept the rest of the day so I guess I tired him out. :) And my abs were actually a little sore today from Jujitsu last night, which is rare because it takes a lot to work my abs these days. So I was excited about that, need to do that new exercise more. On the "what am I doing with my life" front, things are generally starting to look up. I'll tell all of you about it some day when I figure it out myself. A lot still to work out on that.
The big thing today is that we got some bad news about Jeff's grandmother - she's been in the hospital upstate (NY) since October and just keeps having complication after complication, and she decided yesterday that she didn't want any more treatment and wants to be "DNR", meaning if something else happens to not bring her back this time. She's on a ventilator so it's only a matter of time before she begins to really deteriorate and we lose her. Probably a few weeks, or a month. So that's tough, I don't really know how to feel about that because right now, nothing has changed, you know, it's just the idea that she will probably not make it out of the hospital. She has given up, she's tired of fighting. So I'll pray for a miracle. I'll ask those of you who believe in them to do so as well if you would. I appreciate it. Talk to you tomorrow.

DAY 52 OF 56	NOTES:	POINTS:
Meal #1?	6a - protein shake	1
Meal #2?	11a - eggs & bacon	1
Meal #3?	2p - chicken on salad	1
Meal #4?	5p - hot dogs	1
Meal #5?	7p - nuts	1
Meal #6?	9p - Atkins bar	1
Water?	96 oz - 16 oz/meal	1
Weights or Rest?	rest	1
Cardio or Rest?	jog/walk 2.5 mi	1
Sleep?	7-8 hrs	1
Accountability?	pics, blog, chart	1
Visualization?	1 hr AVP	1
	Daily Score:	12 of 12
	Cumulative:	?? of 624
	Compliance:	??%

Day 219 - It's coming together

Well I didn't get in a regular workout today but I did have a pretty good Jujitsu class tonight so I'm counting that. I have been on virtually no carbs starting yesterday and plan to continue that until the end of the week just to try to burn off those last few pounds that have been hanging on. Low carb seems to work well for me in the short term so we'll see - hopefully I'll see the results as long as I do enough exercise this week. I know it's kind of like cramming for a test, but I really want to show results this week so that I'll be okay with taking some time off after this mission. I haven't decided if I'll do that or not but it's looking like I will just schedule-wise. On that front, though, I do have some things in the works to both free up my time and make more efficient use of my time so I am excited to see how that works because I feel like I have been running around in circles lately when it comes to my work. Hopefully this new approach will help me out and then I'll be more confident about going on a new mission. I do have my tournament on July 12 so it's not like I can really "take off" but probably switch things up to more of an endurance program rather than fat loss. I'll have to check on how to do that exactly, I have done nothing but try to lose fat all my life so I don't really have any data on endurance. Funny. I still haven't decided what I am going to do about my cumulative chart number but here's today's. I'll have to put up my pics tomorrow morning, I am too tired to edit them right now, but they'll be there!

DAY 51 OF 56	NOTES:	POINTS:
Meal #1?	9a - coffee	1
Meal #2?	11a - hamburger & salad	1
Meal #3?	2p - cheese	1
Meal #4?	5p - chicken & green beans	1
Meal #5?	9p - sugar free jello	1
Meal #6?	none	1
Water?	96 oz - 16 oz/meal	1
Weights or Rest?	rest	1
Cardio or Rest?	Jujitsu	1
Sleep?	7-8 hrs	1
Accountability?	pics, blog, chart	1
Visualization?	1 hr AVP	1
	Daily Score:	12 of 12
	Cumulative:	?? of 612
	Compliance:	??%

Day 218 - Questions questions

Hey everybody - sorry I haven't been around lately, just posting pics and all, I don't really know how to explain what has been going on but some things are changing and I just haven't been able to really put any time into blogging and such lately. The last few days have also been pretty bad as far as nutrition and exercise. I got back on the wagon as far as nutrition goes today but not exercise, I hope to accomplish that tomorrow. I did get two comments from family members in the past few days about my arms looking good so that's positive still, I guess. It is important to me to finish out this last week strongly but I just have a lot of things vying for my attention so it is difficult to really concentrate. I want to thank all of you who have been checking in on me. I have been checking up on your blogs when I have a few spare minutes but have not left comments, sorry about that, I just haven't felt very "commenty" lately. So maybe I'll remedy that tomorrow, too. As far as my accountability log goes, it is obviously out the window the last few days so I don't really know what to do about that. I don't want to give up on it so close to the goal, but I don't really know how to score the cumulative stuff since it was so out of whack. I'll have to come up with a good compromise I guess. For now I'll put up my score for today and leave out the cumulative part. I also want to update my last few posts with time machine pics but don't have time for that now, so I'll just do my regular pics for today and I'll have to call it a night. Again I apologize for being such a poor role model for the shredders out there, but I can't really explain what has been going on with me. I'm too young for a mid-life crisis, and it's not even what I would call a crisis anyway, but I can't think of an accurate description. But I can say I am very much out of focus so I want to get that back and that's my number one goal right now - in many areas of my life. So pray for me on that and I'll be back soon. Thanks again all.

DAY 50 OF 56	NOTES:	POINTS:
Meal #1?	9a - protein shake	1
Meal #2?	11a - spinach omelet	1
Meal #3?	2p - chicken & salad	1
Meal #4?	4p - almonds	1
Meal #5?	6p - lean hamburgers	1
Meal #6?	9p - Atkins bar	1
Water?	96 oz - 16 oz/meal	1
Weights or Rest?	rest	1
Cardio or Rest?	none	0
Sleep?	7-8 hrs	1
Accountability?	pics, blog, chart	1
Visualization?	1 hr AVP	1
	Daily Score:	11 of 12
	Cumulative:	?? of 600
	Compliance:	??%

Day 212 - I'm so strange

A lot of today was spent trying to figure out what I want to do with my life. No lie. It is something that I have been struggling with lately - one of the issues I have been dealing with on these problem days you may have seen for me. I don't really want to get into details here, but suffice it to say I can see myself doing so many more and varied things than I do now that I can't even decide where to start. Does that make any sense? You'd think an almost-30 year old woman would have decided some of these things by now, but by nature I am what I refer to as a "jumper", meaning I jump from one thing to another a lot and never really see one thing through. So I have been trying to not be that way lately, trying to finish what I have started and follow through on projects, etc, but the itch to jump is coming up really strong in me these days and I really just want to leave the mess and start something fresh. And I guess that's really why I jump, is because I get excited about something new (I love the planning and setup stages) and then when it comes to execution, I get bored easily. I get in the midst of something and it gets more difficult or just not as exciting and I don't want to deal with the discipline of finishing it up. Sad to say, but that's how I am. I don't know why I am this way, but my mother is as well so I guess it's hereditary. Not that it is an excuse, but I am really trying to make myself more disciplined because I have a TON of unfinished projects that I am basically scared to look at because they will take so much monotonous work to complete. I have such a short attention span I swear. Anyway, not that you all wanted to know about that, but that's what my day was like. Just drifting between wanting to jump and telling myself all the reasons I should not. Physique transformation is the same way for a lot of people, though, I guess is my point, because in the beginning it's new and exciting, you see changes and everything is going according to plan. Then you get in the middle of things and you just get tired - tired of eating the same things, tired of exercising hard, tired of saying no to things you used to say yes to, tired of explaining to your friends and family what you are doing and why. And so what separates the ones who succeed is whether you choose to stick it out and bear the pain of discipline, or jump and live the pain of regret. It's your choice, and the end results are easy to see. So I guess what that means for me is, I know I can stick to something because I have done it with this body. It was a mess and it's not all the way cleaned up, but the worst really is over and I am seeing it through to completion. And so it is with the other looming projects all around me. If I want the results bad enough, I will be able to buckle down and focus on making it through the day to day, until I begin to see the light. And where that light is, success waits for me.

DAY 44 OF 56	NOTES:	POINTS:
Meal #1?	8a - protein shake	1
Meal #2?	12p - "free" meal	1
Meal #3?	3p - mango	1
Meal #4?	6p - wheat pasta	1
Meal #5?	9p - nuts	1
Meal #6?	none	1
Water?	96 oz - 16 oz/meal	1
Weights or Rest?	rest	1
Cardio or Rest?	Total Body Ten	1
Sleep?	7-8 hrs	1
Accountability?	pics, blog, chart	1
Visualization?	1 hr AVP	1
	Daily Score:	12 of 12
	Cumulative:	467 of 528
	Compliance:	88.4%

200 Day Group Shred Time Machine
So for those of you who have not been following my journey from the beginning, I started blogging just a few days before the original Group Shred. I was 11 days into my first mission when it began, and in a totally different state of mind (and body!) than I am today. So I thought it would be nice for you (and me!) to be able to see (remember) how far I've come! Looking at the pics, the look on my face says it all, I think.

On this day 200 days ago I wrote this post...
Day 12/13 - Busy busy busy!

Here is Adam's post for the day...
Day 353: RTP Group Shred, Day 2 - I'm Blown Away!

And here is my picture from 200 days ago...boy, I'm so miserable it's almost comical...

Day 211 - Two week sprint!

Only two weeks left until the end of both the NY4BBS and the SC 2.0 eligibility phase. I really want to make some visible progress by then so these next two weeks are going to be intense. I just really need to plan ahead and I will be successful! Today was a good start, still need to get the week's plan down but I still didn't get derailed with anything even though my schedule was weird today. I also did measurements today but they were all the same so I won't post them now. Will do my next set for the final reveal in 2 weeks. Can't wait to see if I can make it to my goal weight!! So here's my day's log and pics and the first edition of the time machine!

DAY 43 OF 56	NOTES:	POINTS:
Meal #1?	8a - protein shake	1
Meal #2?	11a - omelet	1
Meal #3?	2p - chicken stir fry	1
Meal #4?	4p - cheese & apple	1
Meal #5?	6p - chicken & salad	1
Meal #6?	9p - Atkins bar & cheese	1
Water?	96 oz - 16 oz/meal	1
Weights or Rest?	TT 2K6 workout A	1
Cardio or Rest?	rest	1
Sleep?	7-8 hrs	1
Accountability?	pics, blog, chart	1
Visualization?	1 hr AVP	1
	Daily Score:	12 of 12
	Cumulative:	455 of 516
	Compliance:	88.2%

200 Day Group Shred Time Machine
So for those of you who have not been following my journey from the beginning, I started just a few days before the original Group Shred. I was 11 days into my first mission when it began, and in a totally different state of mind (and body!) than I am today. So I thought it would be nice for you (and me!) to be able to see (remember) how far I've come! Looking at the pics, the look on my face says it all, I think.

On this day 200 days ago I wrote this post...
Day 11 - I FEEL GREAT!!

Here is Adam's post for the day, introducing the original Group Shred
Day 352: RTP Group Shred, Day 1 - Let The Shredding Begin!

And here is my picture from 200 days ago - wow I still hate looking at it, but it is a good reminder never to go back there.

Day 210 - Happy Mother's Day to All!

Well today I worked for most of the day and I'm not a mother (except to Jedi) so I just spent time with Jeff in the evening. Anyway, unexciting day - also took rest from exercise but will be back with a vengeance on Monday. I have to get up to at least 90% by the end of the BBS, geez! I have been a real slacker this mission! Here's my pics and log:

DAY 42 OF 56	NOTES:	POINTS:
Meal #1?	8a - egg sandwich	1
Meal #2?	12p - caesar salad	1
Meal #3?	3p - cheese & apple	1
Meal #4?	6p - sushi	1
Meal #5?	9p - nuts	1
Meal #6?	none	1
Water?	96 oz - 16 oz/meal	0
Weights or Rest?	rest	1
Cardio or Rest?	rest	1
Sleep?	7-8 hrs	1
Accountability?	pics, blog, chart	1
Visualization?	1 hr AVP	1
	Daily Score:	11 of 12
	Cumulative:	443 of 504
	Compliance:	87.9%

Day 209 - More family time

Today I did Mother's Day with my mom, grandmother, sister, and aunt because I will be working tomorrow and the restaurants are too busy then anyway. So that was nice and I stayed on plan actually. Then I spent a little extra time with my sister and came home to do some things around the house before we had Jeff's family over for the NASCAR race. So a pretty busy day running around but it was fun. I did good all day except I skipped my workout and had two drinks during the race. Just felt like it and I don't think it was really worth it. That usually happens when I think that I want something that I haven't had in a long time. It is anti-climactic. Oh, well. So that was my day. Here's my pics and log:

DAY 41 OF 56	NOTES:	POINTS:
Meal #1?	9a - protein bar	1
Meal #2?	12p - chicken lettuce wraps	1
Meal #3?	3p - cheese & apple	1
Meal #4?	6p - taco salad	1
Meal #5?	9p - nuts	1
Meal #6?	11p - mojitos	0
Water?	96 oz - 16 oz/meal	1
Weights or Rest?	skipped	0
Cardio or Rest?	rest	1
Sleep?	7-8 hrs	1
Accountability?	pics, blog, chart	1
Visualization?	1 hr AVP	1
	Daily Score:	10 of 12
	Cumulative:	432 of 492
	Compliance:	87.8%

Day 208 - Time with family

Well I'll update with more tomorrow but I'm late getting this up as it is. Lots going on this weekend - things looking up. Be back soon with more!
PS I put the wrong date on the photos but it is day 40...will fix later...



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Update: Okay, well, today I just spent time with my husband and brother-in-law. I have a busy weekend and knew I wouldn't be home much so I wanted to hang out with my husband and this past week was my brother-in-law's b-day, so we took him to lunch and the movies. It was a nice day but my meals got messed up because I had a little popcorn at the movies and it about made me sick so I didn't want to eat anything else for quite a while. Then we were busy and I waited too long to eat and that made me feel worse. Oh, well, I survived. Still low on water, though. So it was a pretty good day overall and things continue to look up. Here's my log:

DAY 40 OF 56	NOTES:	POINTS:
Meal #1?	9a - protein bar	1
Meal #2?	12p - grilled chicken	1
Meal #3?	3p - popcorn	1
Meal #4?	6p - skipped	0
Meal #5?	9p - grilled chicken salad	1
Meal #6?	11p - low fat ice cream	1
Water?	96 oz - 16 oz/meal	0
Weights or Rest?	rest	1
Cardio or Rest?	rest	1
Sleep?	7-8 hrs	1
Accountability?	pics, blog, chart	1
Visualization?	1 hr AVP	1
	Daily Score:	10 of 12
	Cumulative:	422 of 480
	Compliance:	87.9%

Day 207 - A BIG THANK YOU

WOW I TOTALLY LOVE THE SHREDDERS. My post yesterday was kind of a pity party and I'm sorry for being so down, but it was what I have been feeling lately and I just didn't want to gloss over it any more. I like to be truthful in my posts and if I'm having a hard time I like people to know that you can be human and still do this journey. Anyway, several fellow shredders came to my rescue with loving words, advice, and inspiration, and I appreciate everything you guys did. I still have a long way to go to get out of this, but it really put me in a much better frame of mind than I was in and it made me feel like what is going on with me is important to you and that my success in this mission is as well. That means a lot considering that most of us only know each other through the web. It's amazing how much you can connect with people who are going through the same kinds of issues and also get to know them when they are truthful and revealing in their posts. I appreciate the honesty and candor I see across the blogs in this group because I think that is one of the key reasons we are sticking this out together. Shredder Council or not, new or longtime blogger, the people who I feel the closest to are the ones who are open and honest about not just their physique transformations, but about their lives in general and what gets them through each day. And who are willing to share with others what helps them, what they have gone through, and are doing whatever they can to support each other. It's so very cool. So this goes out to all the bloggers who check in and offer advice to me every day, but especially Suzette, Mike G, Rob, and Lilla, who were there for me yesterday when I needed a new outlook the most. If you are a lurker out there and have not had a chance to see these people in action, check out their blogs and start a conversation. They will not disappoint you!
Shredder Council 2.0 Bloggers:
Kali Lilla: My Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Mike's Blog: Aussie Bodybuilder
Suzette's Blog: Quest For Success
Future Shredder Council member: (I know you can do it, just stick to daily accountability and the day will come when you will be there with us! Plus you live close so next ECSS you are there!)
Rob’s from the inside-out transformation
As far as today goes, it started out as a continuation of yesterday but after reading the blog comments and having kind of a come-apart trying to get all this pressure to release in my life and get some peace, I think I got some. Like Rob said in his comment, I just needed to let it go some. So I think I am back on the way up. The rest of the day was better for sure and although the problems have not changed, as long as I keep my outlook as good as possible, I think I will continue to make progress. And that's all I'm asking for right now, is a little progress. Not just in my body, but mainly in my mind. I am tired of being in the wilderness and going around the same mountain over and over again. I am ready for the promised land. I'll let you know when the river is in sight :)

DAY 39 OF 56	NOTES:	POINTS:
Meal #1?	8a - pb & banana sandwich	1
Meal #2?	12p - wrap	1
Meal #3?	3p - grapefruit	1
Meal #4?	6p - wheat pasta	1
Meal #5?	9p - low fat ice cream	1
Meal #6?	none	1
Water?	96 oz - 16 oz/meal	0
Weights or Rest?	TT 2K6 workout B	1
Cardio or Rest?	rest	1
Sleep?	7-8 hrs	1
Accountability?	pics, blog, chart	1
Visualization?	1 hr AVP	1
	Daily Score:	11 of 12
	Cumulative:	412 of 468
	Compliance:	88%

Day 206 - Hmmm....

Well I have gotten to everyone's blog but didn't post comments on all - sorry but like we are all saying it is tough to keep up with everything and "real life" too. Everyone looks like they are doing great and following their own paths yet we all walk together too. It is a great community. Thanks to Adam for being the catalyst for this all. Today was another ordinary day. I had to go to work early so I did not get in my TT workout today but I'm going to give myself a rest day (my calves are killing me!) and make it up tomorrow. I will lose a point if I don't get to it tomorrow but that won't happen so I don't have to worry about it! I know it isn't that late that I couldn't fit it in now but I am really beat. I did have a chance to do a little reflection earlier during my AVP and I still have so much mental work to do. It's kind of sad because I really felt like I was making progress but then I looked back and realized that man I have so far to go. I am glad for making any progress, that's for sure, but sometimes I think I need counseling or something because everything just shouldn't be this hard. I can't even describe what I am trying to say, it's just that I am having a lot of problems reaching all of my goals and I am spinning my wheels something fierce. Including on the physique transformation. Something has got to give soon or I'm going to have a serious problem. Anyway, you all don't want to hear about that, sorry, got a little lost in my issues for a minute. Meals were good today, had a lot of salad, but am still falling short in the water department. One thing catches up, another slides....story of my life. So tomorrow's a new day, right? I'll be here...

DAY 38 OF 56	NOTES:	POINTS:
Meal #1?	6a - protein shake	1
Meal #2?	10a - ham sandwich	1
Meal #3?	1p - cobb salad	1
Meal #4?	4p - cottage cheese, mango	1
Meal #5?	7p - grilled chicken caesar	1
Meal #6?	9p - fruit bar	1
Water?	96 oz - 16 oz/meal	0
Weights or Rest?	rest	1
Cardio or Rest?	rest	1
Sleep?	7-8 hrs	1
Accountability?	pics, blog, chart	1
Visualization?	1 hr AVP	1
	Daily Score:	11 of 12
	Cumulative:	401 of 456
	Compliance:	87.9%

Day 205 - Stress relief

Have been really having some stress issues here lately and today was not different. Started out well enough but went downhill so I had to get to Jujitsu to blow off some steam. It worked for now but I'm sure it will build up again soon. I need to get some of this off my chest but don't have time right now. Hopefully in the next few days I can work some of these things out because I am getting to the point where I can't even think straight - literally. So sorry if this doesn't make any sense but here's my log and pics for the day.

DAY 37 OF 56	NOTES:	POINTS:
Meal #1?	6a - protein shake	1
Meal #2?	10a - egg sandwich	1
Meal #3?	2p - chicken on salad	1
Meal #4?	6p - pizza	0
Meal #5?	9p - nuts	1
Meal #6?	none	1
Water?	96 oz - 16 oz/meal	0
Weights or Rest?	rest	1
Cardio or Rest?	Jujitsu	1
Sleep?	7-8 hrs	1
Accountability?	pics, blog, chart	1
Visualization?	1 hr AVP	1
	Daily Score:	10 of 12
	Cumulative:	390 of 444
	Compliance:	87.8%

Day 204 - Another busy one

Wow I did so much today I don't even want to talk about it! It was good, though, because lately I have felt like I wasn't accomplishing anything day to day but after today I can for sure put away that notion. I caught up on pretty much every errand I have had to do for about the last 2-3 weeks. I was driving around everywhere! So it was a good day, did my workout first thing with the HIIT so I was proud of myself for that. I really make that cardio out to be worse than it is. The dreading it really makes it bad and then I do it and realize, hey, this is getting easier every time I do it, why did I put myself through all that? I need to remember that every time so I don't postpone it because then it gets skipped. And that's not good. Added one thing to my workout plan that I forgot I wanted to do - the Bodyweight 1000 workout. So I am getting rid of one of the SS cardios and putting in the BW1000 to try out. I'll let you know how it goes. Just another way to switch things up. Meal timing was a little off today so I only got in 5 but they were still spaced out, didn't really skip any, so I'm not taking a point away from myself. I am so lenient! Well, getting late so I gotta bounce - talk to everyone soon!

DAY 36 OF 56	NOTES:	POINTS:
Meal #1?	6a - protein bar	1
Meal #2?	10a - omelet	1
Meal #3?	2p - chicken, apples	1
Meal #4?	5p - chicken, broccoli	1
Meal #5?	9p - grapes, cottage cheese	1
Meal #6?	none	1
Water?	96 oz - 16 oz/meal	1
Weights or Rest?	TT 2K6 A	1
Cardio or Rest?	TT Adavanced Interval IIA	1
Sleep?	7-8 hrs	1
Accountability?	pics, blog, chart	1
Visualization?	1 hr AVP	1
	Daily Score:	12 of 12
	Cumulative:	380 of 432
	Compliance:	88.0%

Day 203 - Aaah rest

Today was finally a rest day from all of the work we have been doing around the house. As Sunday should be. I went to church in the morning and then relaxed with Jeff for most of the day. I read a book and he played video games. It was a nice day and it went way too fast. Back to the grind tomorrow :( Can't wait until we are independently wealthy and we can spend all day together all the time. It will be so nice...
Anyhoo, nutrition was good today, still need to lessen the carbs but overall still a win. I do need to pull all of this together to make a real transformation by the end of BBS and SC 2.0, though, because so far there is very little to show off. And I need to change that. Well, next week will hopefully be more in my routine - this past week was thrown off from the beginning with my nephew getting into trouble, having to watch him, then the dental thing, then the house remodeling. None of that was really planned, except one of the home projects that turned into much more. Anyway, it's back on schedule tomorrow, decided to do TT 2K6 as my workouts for the next few weeks, it includes the Total Body Ten that I did last week and I enjoyed that for a change of pace so I am going to see how that works all together for me.
For me it will look something like Monday - Workout A + HIIT, Tuesday - Jujitsu + Total Body Ten, Wednesday - Workout B + HIIT, Thursday - Jujitsu + SS cardio, Friday - Workout A + HIIT, Saturday - Total Body Ten, Sunday - SS Cardio. I want to see where this gets me until the end of BBS and then go from there. Might not be ready for my pics quite yet by Memorial Day but I will be soon enough. Traveling the journey still. Nutrition will still be PN, though I am pretty liberal with the "rules" of that so I need to reign that in as well. Like I said, less carbs and only after workouts. So I have some work to do for sure. Wish me luck. Thanks to all of you who wished me well the last few days, I will be around to do the same for all of you tomorrow, things just got crazy this week. If it wasn't for SC 2.0, I probably wouldn't have posted at all the past few days, so I am glad for the "forced" accountability. That is making this more "autopilot" for me at least. So until tomorrow, all, I'll leave you with my log and pics:

DAY 35 OF 56	NOTES:	POINTS:
Meal #1?	8a - none - slept in	1
Meal #2?	10a - protein shake	1
Meal #3?	1p - salad w/ salmon	1
Meal #4?	4p - grapes	1
Meal #5?	6p - low fat sloppy joes	1
Meal #6?	9p - nuts, fruit bar	1
Water?	96 oz - 16 oz/meal	0
Weights or Rest?	rest	1
Cardio or Rest?	rest	1
Sleep?	7-8 hrs	1
Accountability?	pics, blog, chart	1
Visualization?	1 hr AVP	1
	Daily Score:	11 of 12
	Cumulative:	368 of 420
	Compliance:	87.6%

Day 202 - Catching up

Wow today was another busy day. We have been doing home improvements all weekend and it has been very tiring. But I am happy with the results so far, it's just that every project seems to make more projects show up. New things make the other old things stand out more. So now the list of things to do has gotten longer. Sorry I have not been as chatty. Since Thursday and all the dental work, I have been either in pain or keeping myself busy non-stop. I have not done my scheduled exercise so I did not give myself any points for that, but I have been doing some kinds of exercise with lifting, moving, etc as we have been doing work on the house. But really, not enough to call it a workout because for the most part I have not been up for it. But done with that now so I am glad to be getting back to the right schedule soon. Maybe. Anyway, here's the rest of the documentation for today:

DAY 34 OF 56	NOTES:	POINTS:
Meal #1?	8a - shredded wheat	1
Meal #2?	12p - quinoa salad	1
Meal #3?	3p - fruit	1
Meal #4?	6p - salad	1
Meal #5?	8p - "free" meal	1
Meal #6?	11p - fruit bar	1
Water?	96 oz - 16 oz/meal	0
Weights or Rest?	skipped	0
Cardio or Rest?	rest	1
Sleep?	7-8 hrs	1
Accountability?	pics, blog, chart	1
Visualization?	1 hr AVP	1
	Daily Score:	10 of 12
	Cumulative:	357 of 408
	Compliance:	87.5%

Day 201 - No good

Sorry still not up to par today - pics and log only :(

DAY 33 OF 56	NOTES:	POINTS:
Meal #1?	8a - egg salad sandwich	1
Meal #2?	12p - low fat sub	1
Meal #3?	3p - mango	1
Meal #4?	6p - quinoa salad	1
Meal #5?	8p - Arby's	0
Meal #6?	11p - fruit bar	1
Water?	96 oz - 16 oz/meal	0
Weights or Rest?	rest	1
Cardio or Rest?	rest	1
Sleep?	7-8 hrs	1
Accountability?	pics, blog, chart	1
Visualization?	1 hr AVP	1
	Daily Score:	10 of 12
	Cumulative:	347 of 396
	Compliance:	87.6%

Day 200 - Bad way to celebrate

Well sorry to say I am not much in a "waxing poetic about my journey" kind of mood right now. I do want to do a landmark post for this auspicious occasion, but I spent several hours in a dentist's chair today, spent a serious butt-load of money that I wasn't planning on putting out, and am currently on Percocet. Not a friendly-chatter or refective-mood enhancing set of circumstances. So I will be back tomorrow with something, provided I am feeling better, but for now I am still just relaxing and trying to deal with this pain without being too whiny. On the upside, I have to restrict what I eat (can only chew on one side and nothing hard) so maybe that will keep my nutrition good, but to be honest, when I feel like crap food is the first thing I turn to. Thus today has been a soft junk food day. But only a little at a time because I just don't feel like eating much, although I get hungry and have cravings. It's weird. Anyway, it was a scheduled rest day so I didn't have to worry about exercise, normally I would have had Jujitsu as a bonus, but since I was on meds I didn't want to work out and couldn't drive anyway. That was my day - tomorrow we are supposed to be doing a lot of work around/on the house so it should involve a lot of physical activity as well as that I am going to do a TT workout, I'm just not sure which. The Total Body 10 was pretty good, I can feel some soreness, so with a little tweaking I could make it a great supplement when I get bored. Well, done babbling for now, don't feel like I'm making much sense anyway (another side effect of the meds?) and I'll be back with something better soon. My log's kind of in a shambles today but I'll make the best of it I can.
P.S. I finally read the enormous backlog of blog posts that I still had not gotten to since I don't know when. Anyway, hopefully I have commented at least once to everyone, I'm sorry if I missed anyone but it started to run together a little after a while. It is so inspiring to see so many shredders working together toward common goals yet each blazing their own trail. We owe it all to Adam. So thanks everyone for being so dedicated and of course the biggest thanks of all to our fearless leader ADAM!
P.P.S. I hate my pics today - looking and feeling bloated and overall not a happy camper. Guess I should have taken them BEFORE the dentist :)

DAY 32 OF 56	NOTES:	POINTS:
Meal #1?	8a - protein pancakes	1
Meal #2?	12p - salad, chicken	1
Meal #3?	5p - "free" meal	1
Meal #4?	8p - low fat ice cream	1
Meal #5?	10p - skipped	0
Meal #6?	none - slept in	1
Water?	96 oz - 16 oz/meal	0
Weights or Rest?	rest	1
Cardio or Rest?	rest	1
Sleep?	7-8 hrs	1
Accountability?	pics, blog, chart	1
Visualization?	1 hr AVP	1
	Daily Score:	10 of 12
	Cumulative:	337 of 384
	Compliance:	87.8%