The 21 Day Challenge

If any of you have ever met Tyson, you will know he is one very fit individual. Me? Not so much. I recently told him I wanted a recipe book called the Bikini Model Cookbook. Instead of buying me the book, he told me we would be doing a 21 day challenge. Yipee. I agreed, but mentioned it could NOT be over my birthday which is coming up in three weeks. This day is very important to me, and everyone that knows me, knows that. So, I absolutely will NOT do the challenge on my birthday. Well, lucky for me, this 21 day challenge ends the day before my birthday. So now I had to agree to it. So what is this 21 day challenge? Well, as I mentioned before, I'm not as fit as my husband. I'm skinny, but not fit. And there is a saying that goes 'Skinny girls look good with clothes, Fit girls look good naked'. So, I took the challenge. *Sigh*

The challenge consists of:

3 days of cardio per week
3 days of weight lifting per week
Paleo diet

So what is a Paleo diet? Paleo means eating meat, and vegetables. Some fruit is OK, but not in excessive amounts. So, we can have meat, but no dairy. Eggs but no grains. So quinoa, oats, brown rice, cheese, greek yogurt, milk, sugar, artificial sugar, and sweetened coconut milk are out of the question.

HOW WILL I SURVIVE!?

Here it is. Day 3. So far so good. We've had some great dinners thus far, but I do crave the Cadbury eggs that are sitting on our counter. I've actually dreamed about it. BUT, Tyson is convinced I will love the outcome and results. So here I am. Doing my best to not touch anything that has anything unnatural or out of my food range. So far so good.

What are our workouts?

Cardio consists of a few different workouts. 10 minutes of ladder sprints. Tyson spaces orange cones 10 yards apart and we do sprints from 20 yards, and back. 30 yards, and back and so on until we hit 80 yards. Jogging the ladders is one thing, but sprinting is a completely different experience.

Weights. Yesterday we lifted legs, and shoulders. Legs consisted of 3 sets of 10 squats with a bar and weight, lunges with weight, and calf raises. Shoulders were shoulder presses, with 3 sets of 10, adding weight on each set. Then, butterfly raises with 5 lbs weights. Calf raises? There is a machine I use, but just using your own weight on a stair works great as well. I will post pictures as we go. I'm excited for results, but this is quite the task to overcome. After all, chocolate is my main food group!