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I’m way pumped about the results, so here they are:
Starting:
High waist (smallest point): 33 inches
Waist: 37 inches
Hips: 39.5 inches
Ending:
High waist (smallest point): 30.5 inches
Waist: 36 inches
Hips: 37.5 inches
Total loss: 5.5 inches.
Um, is my math correct, cause that sounds freakin’ awesome!!!! Here are some photo comparisons. The before photo was taken in October/November when the first whittle my middle challenge happened. (Sorry the photos are terrible – it’s hard to take pics of yourself in the mirror!)
Before whittle my middle
After whittle my middle
Before whittle my middle
After whittle my middle (like my jammie pants?)
I’m definitely not sporting the “oh my god, I could grate cheese on your abs” abs, but I’m totally pumped with these results. I love that I’ve still got curves and a little bit of softness – makes me feel like a woman. I do feel like there’s definition now and I certainly feel stronger! It’s amazing what 30 days will do to your body. I’ll keep doing some kind of ab workout – esp. planks & side planks, I feel like those were the most useful. Thank you Angela for doing this challenge again!
(P.S.: The scale said 134.4 today!)
Day 29: The day totally got away from me, so I’m adding a day to my challenge.
Day 30:
- Front plank: 2 min
- Side plank: 1 min each side
- Torso twists: 40 reps each side
- Plank ups: 15 reps
- Boat pose: 1 min
- Bicycle: 50 reps
- Side plank w/ twists: 15 reps each side
Day 31:
- Front plank: 2 min
- Side plank: 1 min 30 sec. each side
- Torso twists: 50 reps each side
- Plank ups: 15 reps
- Boat pose: 1 min
- Bicycle: 50 reps
- Side plank w/ twists: 15 reps each side
Day 22:
- Front plank: 2 min
- Side plank: 1 min each side
- Torso twists: 35 reps each side
- Plank ups: 15 reps
- Boat pose: 1 min
- Bicycle: 50 reps
- Side plank w/ twists: 15 reps each side
Day 23: 2.6 mile run +abs
- Front plank: 2 min – This was REALLY hard today.
- Side plank: 1 min each side
- Torso twists: 35 reps each side
- Plank ups: 15 reps
- Boat pose: 1 min
- Bicycle: 50 reps
- Side plank w/ twists: 15 reps each side
Day 24: rest
Day 25:
- Front plank: 2 min
- Side plank: 1 min each side
- Torso twists: 35 reps each side
- Plank ups: 15 reps
- Boat pose: 1 min
- Bicycle: 50 reps
- Side plank w/ twists: 15 reps each side
Day 26:
- Front plank: 2 min
- Side plank: 1 min each side
- Torso twists: 40 reps each side
- Plank ups: 15 reps
- Boat pose: 1 min
- Bicycle: 50 reps
- Side plank w/ twists: 15 reps each side
Day 27:
- Front plank: 2 min
- Side plank: 1 min each side
- Torso twists: 40 reps each side
- Plank ups: 15 reps
- Boat pose: 1 min
- Bicycle: 50 reps
- Side plank w/ twists: 15 reps each side
Day 28: 2.8 mile run. & rest day
Three days to go in this challenge!!
Day 15:
- Front plank: 1 min 30 seconds
- Side plank: 45 seconds each side
- Torso twists: 30 reps each side
- Plank ups: 12 reps
- Boat pose: 45 seconds
- Bicycle: 50 reps
- Side plank w/ twists: 12 reps each side
Day 16:
- Front plank: 1 min 45 seconds
- Side plank: 1 min each side
- Torso twists: 30 reps each side
- Plank ups: 15 reps
- Boat pose: 1 min (KILLER! I hate this one)
- Bicycle: 50 reps
- Side plank w/ twists: 15 reps each side
Day 17: Run 2.1 miles (abs rest)
Day 18:
- Front plank: 1 min 45 seconds
- Side plank: 1 min each side
- Torso twists: 30 reps each side
- Plank ups: 15 reps
- Boat pose: 1 min
- Bicycle: 50 reps
- Side plank w/ twists: 15 reps each side
Day 19:
- Front plank: 1 min 45 seconds
- Side plank: 1 min each side
- Torso twists: 30 reps each side
- Plank ups: 15 reps
- Boat pose: 1 min
- Bicycle: 50 reps
- Side plank w/ twists: 15 reps each side
Day 20: abbreviated version as it was SUPER late when I got to this.
- Front plank: 1 min 45 seconds
- Side plank: 1 min each side
- Torso twists: 30 reps each side
- Plank ups: 15 reps
- Side plank w/ twists: 15 reps each side
Day 21: Took a 2-hour belly dancing class! SO much fun. I decided I could skip the WMM routine after that. 🙂
Day 8: Accidental rest day (oops)
Day 9:
- Front plank: 1 min 15 seconds
- Side plank: 45 seconds each side
- Torso twists: 25 reps each side
- Plank ups: 12 reps
- Boat pose: 45 seconds
- Bicycle: 40 reps
- Side plank w/ twists: 10 reps each side
Day 10:
- Front plank: 1 min 15 seconds
- Side plank: 45 seconds each side
- Torso twists: 25 reps each side
- Plank ups: 12 reps
- Boat pose: 45 seconds
- Bicycle: 40 reps
- Side plank w/ twists: 10 reps each side
Day 11: 1.5 miles run outside.
Almost didn’t get my ab workout done today, but I squeezed it in before bed. Those plank ups are KILLER!
- Front plank: 1 min 15 seconds
- Side plank: 45 seconds each side
- Torso twists: 25 reps each side
- Plank ups: 12 reps
- Boat pose: 45 seconds
- Bicycle: 40 reps
- Side plank w/ twists: 12 reps each side
Day 12:
- Front plank: 1 min 15 seconds
- Side plank: 45 seconds each side
- Torso twists: 25 reps each side
- Plank ups: 12 reps
- Boat pose: 45 seconds
- Bicycle: 50 reps
- Side plank w/ twists: 12 reps each side
Day 13: Rest day
Day 14: Accidental rest day – I realized as I was falling asleep that I forgot to do my workout! oops.
Definitely not a great week on the running front, but overall I’m not that disappointed. Half-way there!
WHEW! What a week! I’m damn proud of myself. This is definitely a good start to the year. Best part is, I’m almost 7 miles into my 150 mile goal for the year. If this keeps up, I may have to increase my goal.
Day 5: Abs + 30 minutes snow shoveling x2
- Front plank: 60 seconds
- Side plank: 30 seconds each side
- Torso twists: 20 reps each side
- Plank ups: 10 reps
- Boat pose: 30 seconds
- Bicycle: 40 reps
- Side plank w/ twists: 8 reps each side
Day 6: 45 min snow shoveling, gave the abs a rest!
Day 7: 1.6 mile run + abs
- Front plank: 1 min 15 seconds
- Side plank: 45 seconds each side
- Torso twists: 22 reps each side
- Plank ups: 12 reps
- Boat pose: 45 seconds
- Bicycle: 40 reps
- Side plank w/ twists: 8 reps each side
Quick update on how the Whittle My Middle challenge is going:
Day 2: Rest
Day 3:
- Front plank: 60 seconds
- Side plank: 30 seconds each side
- Torso twists: 18 reps each side
- Plank ups: 10 reps
- Boat pose: 30 seconds
- Bicycle: 40 reps
- Side plank w/ twists: 8 reps each side
Day 4: Abs + run 2.32 miles
- Front plank: 60 seconds
- Side plank: 30 seconds each side
- Torso twists: 20 reps each side
- Plank ups: 10 reps
- Boat pose: 30 seconds
- Bicycle: 40 reps
- Side plank w/ twists: 8 reps each side
I sure do feel MUCH better after that run & abs workout. I almost feel like I’m glowing 🙂
I only got through about a week of the first whittle my middle challenge by Angela at Oh She Glows. This time, I’m determined to go the distance. I’m going to be posting my workouts here in order to keep myself accountable and see my progress.
Here are my starting stats:
High waist (smallest point): 33 inches
Waist: 37 inches
Hips: 39.5 inches
Day 1:
- Front plank: 60 seconds
- Side plank: 30 seconds each side
- Torso twists: 15 reps each side
- Plank ups: 10 reps
- Boat pose: 30 seconds
- Bicycle: 30 reps
- Side plank w/ twists: 8 reps each side
Outside the kitchen 