January 3, 2011: Day 1:

I woke up at 5:00 am, had 1 liter of water while working out this morning and got ready for work. My workout was intense. I had forgotten how hard MD is. Even after stretching (or gravity yoga) afterwards, I still felt my muscles pumped. LOL - you know what that means soreness coming on.

Breakfast was 2 egg whites + 1 whole egg, scrambled in coconut oil with a side of spinach and sliced tomato salad with EVOO and balsamic vinegar and water.

Got to work. It was a super busy and stressful day. Had a lot of things waiting for me and of course everything was emergency - lol. Did blow up a little bit at boss though, I am trying to get work and reports done and out, phone calls up the ying yang and he decides to ask for personal Christmas fotos to be printed while I am in the middle of a business conversation on the phone. Hello - income generating work comes first - lol. It’s not my company though so I don’t know why I care so damn much. Lol.

Snack was 1 honeycrisp apple with 1 oz of almonds. Another liter of water down.

Workout no. 2 down. I think this is an even harder work out as you are trying to beat your own best. I was definitely feeling the burn and soreness during this one but it’s a good one.

Lunch was grilled chicken, green salad with EVOO and balsamic vinegar and 4 croutons (I had to throw the rest of them away so I wouldn't be tempted).

At this time I had 3 liters of water down and 1 more to go.

After work, I went straight home and proceeded with workout no. 3. This one sucked - lol. I really don’t like this one but as they say the one exercise that you really need is the one that you don’t like so I did it anyway and thought positive thoughts.

Man was I sore by this time now.

Dinner was sauteed beef, onions and mushrooms with steamed broccoli with EVOO and vinegar.

After dinner I went for a brisk power walk all the way to my dance school and rehearsed for about 2 ½ hours. Oh the joy of bouncing around and hopping when you are so sore.

I had a couple of screw ups. One was not being prepared and having to go to Fresh Market for a salad with croutons and putting myself in temptations way. The other was going to bed so late but it couldn’t be helped.

I drank all 4 liters of water and met my goal. Met my goal of 4 workouts and am happy about that. I can feel the fat burning off my body as we speak - lol.

1 Day Down and 29 To Go!