So I've completely scrapped the South Beach Diet. Not that it wasn't working, but the phase 2 average of 1 lbs a week of weight loss just was not going to cut it for this competition.
Did I mention I am competitive? Really...reallly...really competitive...and I fully intend to win.
It is time for drastic measures. Call it the "final lap." 3 weeks left, and my lofty goal is to drop 3lbs every week. I have gone with an over-the-top work-out regiment, very light high-energy meals and lots of water.
I've drastically pulled back my portions to the point where I literally can barely finish a bowl of cereal.
I'm running 3 miles of hills (on the treadmill if I have the little guy with me) every morning, followed by strength training (alternating days between arms and legs, light weight reps of 30) followed by a gruelling ab workout.
2 days a week I will also play an hour and a half of basketball or I will do an hour of tae-bo if I don't play. Julie has a "wedding day workout" dvd which has neat little 11 minute workouts (arms/legs/abs/cardio) so sometimes I will also do those as well.
Gone are the days of the Dance Dance Revolution or the 3-egg omelets with 3 strips of bacon for breakfast. It's a 3 mile run, a banana and a cup of coffee now.
You may beat me, but you're gonna have to work hard for it. :)
Good luck. That is all.
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Yikes Jason, you are going to make this tough for me to win aren't you. I don't know how I can step it up much so I guess I'm just going to have to mail you some delicacies that are impossible to resist. Now comes the sprint huh.
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