Day 5

I feel great! I really think I can see a difference in my body. It's small, and I'm sure nobody else notices, but it's nice to see some changes.

I can feel my small bump of a bicep. I love it. It's motivating because I can't wait to see what 12 weeks of doing BFL will do to my body if I can already see results in 5 days.

Tomorrow is my "free day" but I don't really want to call it that. It makes it sound like the rest of the week is difficult and restricted. I don't feel that way. I really really enjoy eating healthy and having a set schedule. The last time I did BFL (about 5 or 6 years ago) I was in a different mindset and I pretty much lived my life for my free days when I could eat anything and everything I wanted. Now my focus is more on health and I enjoy feeling good.

I'm so excited that even during the week when I was feeling like maybe all of my work wasn't producing results, I kept going. My goal has been to accomplish something great and I feel like I'm off to a good start!

Meals:
1) 6:30am - 3 egg whites, 1/2 T. natural PB, 1 sonoma tortilla
- coffee with a shot of espresso and about 1/4 c. 1% milk (I usually drink plain tea with some stevia....wowza...energy!!!)

2) 10:30 - 1 veg sausage, 1/2 c. smart bran (I wasn't even hungry and hadn't realized it had been 4 hours...must have been the coffee)

3) 1:15 - 1/2 tofu, sonoma tortilla, 2 T. hummus (eggplant...it's always eggplant hummus because it's a lot less fat and calories), sonoma tortilla

4) 4:40 - 1/2 tofu, 1/2 egg white (from a deviled egg that I took the yolk out of), 1/2 c. smart bran. (I have been so busy at work that I didn't have time to eat and really wasn't thinking about it)

5) 6:40 - sonoma tortilla, 1/2 tofu (I was out with friends and I ate this while I was in the car)

6) 10pm - sonoma tortilla, 1/2 tofu (we went to a movie and I ate this after the movie. I knew it probably looked funny. I got a lot of questions about why I would do that. I can tell my friends don't understand and don't agree with it. I remember when my friend was training for a figure competition and she would have to do stuff like that. It's worth it to me. They're real friends...they might judge but that's about it and that's OK. We're all going to be judged for something.)


Workout:
6:00am (I woke up early!!!) 20 min BFL cardio on stairmaster. I did some abs but not everything I had planned. My abs felt really weak and I was tired. That will be something I can build up. I don't want to really push it to the point of pain because I have to be so careful with my back issues. I definitely still gave my abs a good workout. I did some decline crunches, some hanging leg lifts, plank, bicycles, oblique laying leg lifts and oblique crunches.