the week ahead

Before I go into this week's plan, I'd better catch you up on the last few days. You see, unfortunately Friday didn't quite go according to plan. It was raining heavily and I had a big fall on my way to the gym (landed on my knees) - at first I thought I'd just ripped up my knee but as the day went on I realised I had whiplash. I still went to the gym but could only do upper body weights (cardio would make the knee continue to bleed) and then hobbled home. As the afternoon wore on, my neck & back froze up and left me in a lot of pain and I ended up ploughing through a bag of fun size Mars Bars. Then hot chips for lunch. Then pizza for dinner. So rather than one blow out day, I had two.


While I'm all for having a treat every now and then, in hindsight I'm realising how disgusting my behaviour has been on cheat days. It's not just a treat I'm going for, it's a total pig out and I've realised that it's doing more damage than just the calories I'm consuming on the day. These pig outs leave me feeling physically sick for up to 48 hours and more importantly, start me on a spiral of doubt, guilt & lack of motivation. I have no self-control once I get started... it's a dangerous road (and completely unproductive) and it has to stop.


Anyway, enough on that - now to give you a run down of the week ahead which is more than a little daunting, but I will endeavour to take it one meal & one workout at a time.


Monday AM: 30 mins cardio, 20 mins sprints, legs. 
Monday PM: Spin class, 30 mins cardio, core.
Tuesday AM: 30 mins cardio, Zumba class, Yoga class.
Tuesday PM: 30 mins cardio, Zumba class.
Wednesday AM: 30 mins cardio, chest/shoulders/triceps, Spin class.
Wednesday PM: 30 mins cardio, Ki Max class.
Thursday AM: Zumba class, core, Ki Max class.
Friday AM: 30 mins cardio, 20 mins sprints, back/biceps.


Calories for the week are 1200-1300 most days, 1500 on high days. Yet to see how that's going to go with the high level of exercise but I'll give it a try and adjust if I need to. Don't want to starve, but do need to shock my body into dropping some serious fat in the next week as I want to be ready for my big audition on the 8th. Will keep you posted!