BeachBody Challenge Check In: 30 Days, Minus Inches

Hi there,

Well, we're halfway through my BeachBody Challenge, and while I'm not over-the-moon with my results (it's all mental, I assure you. More on that later), I do, in fact, have results, so that is good progress.

First, as a reminder, these were my goals for the initial 60 day period:

5 GOALS
Dates: July 1 - September 1: 
1. Replace breakfast with Shakeo every day for 60 days.
2. Follow the work out schedule (Supreme Warrior) listed in my Fitness Guide.
3. Lose 15 pounds
4. Lose a cumulative 10 inches

I'll give a quick update regarding all 4 goals below.

1. Replace breakfast with Shakeo every day for 60 days. 
This is in progress. I've had Shakeology every morning for breakfast since late June, and I really do love it. 

2. Follow the work out schedule (Supreme Warrior) listed in my Fitness Guide.
This is in progress as well. That said: I haven't missed a single workout, and I don't intend to start now. 6 days on, 1 day off... it's been a challenge, but one I have really been stoked to be part of.

3. Lose 15 pounds. 
Here's where I feel I'm struggling. I haven't lost a single pound. I lost 1, then gained it back. Then, I lost 2.5 and have somehow gained those back, too? Thing is, I'm not eating badly, and I'm not overeating either. Yes, I have some splurges, but not every day. While I understand that the number the scale shows is often unreliable at best, it's still hard to mentally get over the fact that, for the last 30 days, I've been kicking it into high gear, I've lost inches, and I've worked HARD, and the scale hasn't moved. I do understand that the same weight looks very different when it's leaned out, but still. This is the hard bit.

4. Lose a cumulative 10 inches. 
Well, this, at least, I can celebrate. As of today, I've lost the following inches:
Chest: -1.6 inches
Left Arm: -0.25 inches
Right Arm: -0.5 inches
Waist: -2.5 inches
Left Thigh: -0.55 inches
Right Thigh: -1 inch
Hips: Unable to measure (because I measured incorrectly previously)

So, after 30 days, I'm down a cumulative 6.4 inches, which puts me only 3.6 inches from my goal. That, my friends, is progress that I can't argue with.

I've signed up to be a BeachBody Coach, and I'm still motivated to work out hard. I'm going to reevaluate my diet (again) for the month of August, and it's my intention to do Combat at least through the end of September. My hopes for the month of August are simple: continued loss of inches, and hopefully the actually loss of pounds. Also, I want my kicks a bit higher, so we'll see.

Til then,
Ang

The Skinny Bitch Chronicles: Mini Check In

So, I'm four days into my Beachbody Challenge, and let me tell you:

THIS SHIZ IS INTENSE.

I flippin' love it, though.

Even when my muscles are screaming at me (which happens every work out, just take my word for it), I feel strong and confident. The workouts themselves are enough of a challenge to sort of spurn me onward but they are also, without question, absolutely attainable.

Better than that, though: I can feel my body changing, already.

I feel lighter on my feet. I can tell that inches have started disappearing, and I think (though I don't have much of a way to confirm this quite yet) that my waist is trimmer. And let's talk about my shoulders and upper body, and how much of a bad ass Boxing Training makes me feel like.

I gotta say: At the end of a workout, after you've done a straight minute of jabs, and you're sweating, and your heart rate is through the freaking roof, and your shoulders are screaming, and your upper biceps are asking for a break, your abs are starting to yell at you, and hell, even your upper thighs are starting to complain... There's nothing quite like that final fist pump of victory, right there at the end.

Trust me, yo.

My official weigh in days are either going to be Sundays (my rest day) or Mondays. I can't wait.

Stay with the fight,
Ang

PS This bad ass right here? This is Rach, one of the primary coaches of Combat. Along with Pink, she's my fitness role model. It also helps that she seems like a cool chick. ;)

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