Two weeks ago, I embarked on a journey called The Female Body Breakthrough, a workout plan designed by Rachel Cosgrove, a renowned fitness guru and owner of a gym called Results Fitness somewhere out in California. The FBB is a 16-week strength training program in which I will be
Many women do tons of cardio to slim down. I've been there and done that. Even after losing dang near 60 pounds over a year and a half, my body never looked better than when I started weight training last summer. This was me before I even started working out:
And this was me last March, when I started P90X:
I've changed my diet quite a bit since starting the FBB. Since your body needs protein to feed the muscle (and burn the fat), I've been focusing on getting more protein. I've also been eating a lot more fruits and veggies... sometimes in juice form. Several months ago, my husband told me about a documentary he'd watched about some dude who did a bajillion-day juice fast. He was motivated to start juicing for health benefits... so I bought a juicer. Fast forward a few months, and here I am just starting to use the thing.
This weekend I made a recipe from this book:
Four carrots, one apple, and half a pineapple later...
...I had a frothy orange potion of detoxifying deliciousness.
I wonder how many more carrot drinks I can have before I start to look like this:
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