spring chick challenge seems like a cute + fun way to share experiences

Name: Desperate Student ;)

Blog URL: desperatechubbystudent.blogspot.com/
Age: 21
Location: Canada


Goals
non-scale victory: increase 1 rep max for deadlift, improve time for 5k, fit into skinny jeans, improve number of consecutive push ups, get a full unassisted pull up.


exercise: maintain crossfit 3x/week, run one 5k/week increasing monthly, join a boxing club, begin taking part in other exercise programs offered at my school gym esp. yoga and swimming.


nutrition: slowly make paleo diet changes, attempting to remove majority of grain products. Drink min. 8 cups of water / day (juice + protein drinks count depending on what they are). Switch to egg whites only.
avoid bingeing.


starting weight: About 140
target challenge weight loss: 125-130

I look forward to supporting and being supported by everyone taking part. From what I've seen everyone has really great but also attainable goals. Looking forward to being inspired by everyones success!
xx

- Desperate Student

Revelation

02. Todays Workout:
30 minutes treadmill
I usually keep it at a comfortable jog (4.5) so today I started at 5.0 to push myself a little. About fifteen minutes in I went to 5.7 for five minutes, then between 4.5 and and 5.0 for the remainder. Warm up was stretches and walking around the gym.
3 sets 10 reps v-sits
8 kg medicine ball
3 sets 10 rep jumping pull ups
using a stand to reach the pullup bar that I didn't realize wasn't properly put together. it fell apart on my second rep of my first set, I fell straight on my ass. Very funny, very thankful no one else was around.
3 sets 5 reps sumo dead lifts
this was just to pass the time, weight was 12kg and under.
About 20min sparring with fiance, hitting heavy bag, speed bag
very, very, very fun. must actually join boxing club. i hurt my pinkie knuckle and im calling it my first war wound (it isn't serious at all).


01. I've lost five pounds this holiday season. Yesterday was the first day I exercised, and I haven't been eating clean. This means that I had five pounds of muscle mass to lose, which is kind of cool. Ready to put it back on.

Trying to make my fitness goals a little more tangible so that they are more easily tracked and I have a CLEAR goal instead of a 'moveable finish line'.

Thought:
Jan: Run 5k at least once a week
Feb: Run 5k at least twice a week
March: Run 5k at least three times a week
April: Begin running between 8 and 10k at least twice a week.

always work on improving times.
if needed distance can be raised.

Today I...

Excercise: 5k run in about 39 min (wow thats nowhere near where I used to be), about 1 min on the heavy bag just for fun! 10 pushups just to make sure I still could.
Eating: not clean. very not clean.
2 eggs, coffee with cream, terrys chocolate orange ;)

I really liked the heavy bag and will hopefully do a bit more with it tomorrow. Hoping to add in a bit of skipping and try out the Jacobs Ladder machine. I always see them using it on I Used to Be Fat and it looks really challenging. If they can do it so can I.

There is a really neat account on tumblr where they post 'reasons to be fit'. I think it is really neat what they do and how they are all empowering instead of hateful like most of the 'thinspo' I see. I love it and it is definitely worth visiting. This was the one that inspired me today:

photo credit: reasonstobefit.tumblr.com/

I'm going to have to creep around the site and see if it says where they get all of those awesome pictures from.

Todays pump up song at the gym was:

Great remix of Rock Star by N.E.R.D. The original is great but this takes that and makes it run-able.