I Jiggle But Not As Much As I Use to…

 

Here is to the first weigh in week of the Weight Loss Challenge hosted by the fantastic Lindsey over at Mr. and Mrs. Smith (check out her fabulous blog if you haven’t yet!!)

 

I am linking up with all the lovely ladies who are participating and trying to lose the last few pounds before the summer season! It’s a great group that helps encourage each other on one of the hardest roads to undertake. Weight loss and fitness are essential to a healthy lifestyle and I am a strong believe that strong and encouraging support groups are the key to staying on track and meeting goals.

Last Thursday was the first week of the challenge and the initial goals were made. You can read all about mine here.

I am 5’7’’

I weigh somewhere around 146 pounds

I’d like to be at about a 125-130

My goal is to lose about 15 to 20 pounds

I am happy to report that when I got on the scale today I weighed 141.2 pounds. Which was surprising, because my weight had not budged at all in the past two months. I’ve been at a steady 145.7 to 146.2. I do have to admit I am really bad about weighing myself continuously, daily or even weekly, so I think my last weight check was about a week and a half (maybe two weeks) ago. Which means that the weight loss might not be all during the last week. However I’m happy with it! *Dancing a little jig and celebrating*

 

You can read all about what I’ve been doing here, here, here and here.

I have started taking fatty acids and a fat burner in addition to my multivitamins, calcium and protein. I am also looking into some other nutrition methods such as consuming more power foods! 

If you want to get more of my tips check out the 25 Days of Fitness!!!

Day 1: 5 Reasons to Exercise

Day 2: Baby Steps to a Healthier Lifestyle – drinking more water

Day 3: The Four Basic Elements of Health

Day 4: Foundational Supplements

Day 5: Performance Supplements

Day 6: Results take some time

Day 7: Power Foods

Day 8: Reasons weight loss takes time

Day 9: Trouble spots – Thighs and Butt

Day 10: Routines

Trouble spots

 

Welcome to Day 9 of 25 Days of Fitness!

I keep looking at my thighs and being disappointed. I use to pride myself on my legs, having been active as a kid and teenager, and playing tennis almost year around had given me some awesome legs. Then I stopped playing and my legs slowly but surely started becoming less toned and more flabby. I hate it!

SO when people ask what is the one thing I’d like to change about my body, my answer is clear. I’m working on them now, however, I hate the fact that I am not seeing a difference yet. I spent a good portion of this morning looking up new exercise that I can add to my workout in order to maxims fat loss and toning in my thighs.

First things first: It will take time to see results. I need to make peace with this idea. Most sources say that you need about a three months before seeing any obvious results. Three months seems so long! It’s killin’ me a little, but it’s better to know that it will take time then to assume we should see results right away.

Losing Excess Fat

In order to tone your inner thighs you must first lose the excess fat that is covering the area. No matter how many inner-thigh toning exercises you do, you will not see results until the layer of fat covering the area is gone. Hence, increase cardiovascular activity and watch how many calories you are consuming. The 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans recommends a minimum of 150 minutes of moderate aerobic exercise every week for weight control, so if you want to lose weight you need to kick it up a notch!!!

The following exercise recommendations are from Bodybuilding.com and can be found here.

Squats

Leg Press

Stiff Leg Deadlift

Lunge

Leg Curl

Leg Extension

Hip Abduction (one of my favorites)

Hip Adduction (another favorite)

 

I do a great deal of these, but I think I might have to step it up and actually add a time in my workout that I can concentrate on these things specifically!!!

Happy working outs all!!!

xxxxx