Maxine's Challenge Day 3

I'm feeling really flat today. Body is really sore from big, HUGE PT session on Tuesday, 7km run yesterday and have just finished a weights set for today. So a little bit of DOMS going on but not too bad - I've definitely had worse! probably contributing to the fact that I feel sluggish is that I haven't had a coffee yet today. Tragic, I know! We have run out of coffee beans here at home which means that my husband can't make me my morning cuppa :( And I totally forgot to get one when I was out earlier. Now my baby is asleep in bed and I can't go and get one :( Yes, I'm addicted to coffee!

Weights set at the gym today was good. On Tuesday I did some strength work with my PT and that gave me the confidence to increase some of my weights today - seated row, incline bench press, squats. Definitely made it harder but I could do it! Tried to increase lat pulldowns but I'm not there yet - need to get some more muscles in these chicken arms and back!

Cardio day tomorrow at the gym - going to aim for 5km run, 10 mins on stairmaster (that thing kills me) and 2km row. MUST also do a good core workout - been a bit slack on this lately.

I'm still determined to stick to the 12 weeks. I am already seeing changes in my body and am starting to imagine just how good I could look in 12 weeks. Did my measurements this morning and more off my waist and hips which I'm really happy about. Weight is also coming down. Hit 48.7kg now and I really don't want to go too much lighter than that. It's the lightest I've ever been, even lighter than when I ran my marathon! So want to really keep an eye on that - don't want to be skinny! Bit disappointed I didn't lose any off my thighs this week as that is typically my problem area but I'm trusting the process and definitely won't start panicking after just 2 weeks! Just more work to do.

             17/7      24/7       1/8        Results
Waist     72.5      69           65         -7.5
Hips       84         82           80         -4
Bust       87         82.5        82.5      -4.5
Thigh     49          46.         46         -3
Bicep     25          24.5        24.5      -0.5
Calf       31.5       31.5        31         -0.5
Weight   51.1       49.9        48.7      -2.4

See you in the gym :)