Day 3 - My 20 Pound Challenge

Today was a good day. Minus that bowl of ice cream, I did rather good with sticking to my eating plan. My gym workouts have been intense and hopefully the scale will agree when I weigh in on Day 5 *fingers crossed*.

My challenges for today were not preparing healthy quick snacks. It helps that I don't keep junk food in the house, but I have to make my way to the store and grab some more yogurt and fresh fruit. As a matter of fact...I have some strawberries in the refrigerator....dang it!! I completely forgot about them...o well. Grapes are on sale starting tomorrow, so I'll grab a couple of pounds, sort them out (19 is equivalent to once serving size), throw them in some Ziploc bags to have at my disposal. BTW: I love mine frozen...do you?

-I am a Food....and these are my confessions!

Day 2- My 20 Pound Challenge

Today was a long day...I did very well this morning and found that keeping myself busy and having great nutritious snacks on hand did a world of good. BUT THEN...........I got hungry and my neighbor cooked and it smelled so good...so I packed a plate..and ate...and ate *bows head in shame*. I kept thinking that the gym workout from this morning would have surely burned off all of those calories I had just consumed...long sigh. I know better, so I'm going to do better. Who am I to tell others to lead by example, if I can't step up to the plate and be the most effective leader that I can be? Tomorrow is a new day...I will conquer my inner Foodie....I will overcome every food challenge...I will lose these last 20 pounds!!

Posted below is my favorite treadmill workout that helps me to speed through the tedious task of jogging/walking on that boring machine!

Treadmill Workout
min 0-5  - walk at 4.0 pace
min 5-7 - jog at 5.8 pace
min 7-7:30  - run at 8.0 pace
min 7:30-9:30 - walk at 4.0 pace at 3.0 incline
min 9:30-10:30 - jog at 5.8 pace
min 10:30-11 - run at 8.0 pace
min 11-13-walk at 4.0 pace at 3.0 incline
min 13-14 - jog at 5.8 pace
min 14-14:30- run at 8.0 pace
min 14:30-16:30 - walk at 4.0 pace at 3.0 incline
min 16:30-17:30 - jog at 5.8 pace
min 17:30 -18 - run at 8.0 pace
min 18-20 - walk at 4.0 ;pace at 3.0 incline
min 20-21- jog at 5.8 pace
min 21-21:30 - run at 8.0 pace
min 21:30-23:30 - walk at 4.0 pace at 3.0 incline
min 23:30-24:30 - jog at 5.8 pace
min 24:30-25 - run at 8.0 pace
min 25-27-walk at 4.0 pace at 3.0 incline
min 27-29 - jog at 35.8 pace
min 29-30 - run at 8.0 pace

PUMP UP UR MP3 PLAYERS AND WORK IT OUT!!!!

-I am a Foodie and these are my confessions

Day 1 - My 20 pound Challenge

I don't feel like giving you a long a drawn out introduction so I will keep it short and simple. My name is Mikel and I am a self-proclaimed foodie! I love food and tend to over indulge. *long sigh*....accepting my status is the hard part. In addition to being a foodie I am also a wellness coach for a healthy living motivation group called  Leaders By Example. To date, I have lost about 47 pounds (that number was higher...but my foodie instincts kicked in recently and caused me to gain). I want to lose 20 more pounds in hope of crossing the finish line to my weight loss journey. I will share the good days and not so good days with you so that in the end you will be encouraged to achieve your goals one step at a time. We all fall down, but its the winners that get back up and continue to run the race!
-I am a foodie...and these are my confessions!