BK2526's Journal, 18 May 20

Looking great Itsy!!!! 

Looking good! Nice job ✨ 

Great work 

Amazing! You look awesome itsy bitsy and good to know because I gave myself a bit of a break over the weekend 💜💚 

Shapely legs there, lady! ❤🦵🏼 

Amazing difference!!!😍 

Look at those muscles! Feel free to share your workout! Well done! 

Thank you everyone!😊 Yes, that was two weeks difference in those pictures. The leaning out of legs has a lot to do with the mix of interval runs, inclines, steady states, and recovery times. Each session is different. I’m not doing just max incline treadmill sessions anymore. And, chasing around a 5 year old, 3 year old, and 15 month old doesn’t hurt. Lol. I’m happy with the shaping and leaning out, for sure.  

Can u share ur workout pls? 🥰  

What have you been up to in the process?  

The program I have done once and just started again to test progress is through iFit. It’s the Toning Series. Each day is a different program. A mix between intensity levels (80% is in your lower RPE at 2-4 and 20% between 7-9 RPE) and some cross training on certain days. I also do strength training. I take Sundays off. Now keep in mind that I have been working out for awhile so change was happening prior but I was always at a higher intensity so changes were happening but were smaller and I was in a runners muck. So switching my routine made the changes more noticeable lately. Switching your routine when you see less and less progression will help. Resting days will help. Watching calories, too. Stretches and strength training days also aid in leaning out. I also don’t go for calorie burn as goal, now. I go for productive workouts. Building a foundation to increase my levels of work to rest. I can work harder now with less active recovery (steady state runs and recovery walks) but it doesn’t feel harder. If that makes sense. I can stay in the lower RPE threshold where fat burn is taking the lead verses sugar, more often. 

Thanks!😊 It’s definitely helped. Now don’t tell my husband but he was right (gasp). He would say I was pushing way too hard before. Lol. I now can tell when I have pushed extremely hard (on an uncomfortable level with cardio drift) when I’m super hungry. Like when I was working out then off to train volunteer firefighters. Way too much of a higher sugar burn over fat burn. A feeling of I NEED to eat (a lot) over the “yeah, I can eat something”. Let’s me know I need to reign myself back in. Curse of Type A. Extreme overdoing in all areas of my life. Of course I couldn’t really help the high burns when I was teaching. Ha. Heat, full gear, carrying equipment, rescue drills, etc.  

thanks for sharing it!  

You’re welcome, DP.💞 Although I suspect most people have said “duh” when they read it. Lol. And, exactly, Chris. Hard to believe I don’t need to spend an hour on a treadmill to get results. My toning sessions on there are 30-35 minutes, most of the time. And RESTING?! Who would’ve thunk?! Certainly not me. Learning still. 🤷🏻‍♀️😂