Friday, December 30th

This morning, i was still feeling uncomfortably sore. However, Liz Brody DOES NOT take TWO days off the gym...oh no, that would make me go crazy. Especially 2 days in a ROW.. so, I woke up at 7:30, made breakfast , drank coffee with mom, responded to some messages from wonderful blog readers, then got ready for the gym. I hopped on the treadmill, knowing that moving my legs would loosen them up. It's amazing how much better my SORE ASS LEGS felt while I was running. I had just 1 hour to kill it in the gym this morning, because I had to go to the city to DANCE!! This was my treadmill warmup:
1 minute intervals:
-6.0
-6.5
-7.0
backwards run 5.5
repeated that until i hit 20 minutes, then walked for 3 minutes. Ended up getting through 2.30miles in 23 mins. The minute I stepped off the treadmill, i felt the soreness in my legs again. Then it was time to burn out my upper body a little bit:


cables: 3 sets, increasing weight each set (12,10,8 reps)
Lat pull down wide grip (30/40/50 lbs)
Lat pull down reverse grip (25/30/40 lbs)
Seated low body row (Hit 70lbs for 8 reps!)


circuit 2, free weights: 3 sets 6-8 reps 
Barbell bicep curl 40lbs
Barbell low body row 40lbs
bicep curl to overhead press 20lb dumbbells


circuit 3, free weights: 2 sets 10 reps
lateral raises 7.5lb dumbbells
overhead press 15lb dumbbells
frontal raises 7.5 lb dumbbells
10 tricep pushups


circuit 4 , free weights, 2 sets 12 reps
bent over row 10lb plates
overhead press 10lb plates
10 hanging abs (pike)


pull-ups: 5,5,4 reps


studio: 2 sets 15 burpees w/jump
3 sets 50 mountain climbers

me and mom's LARGE SUPA DUPA GREENZ!! 

that was SUCH a tough way to end a workout..i wanted to vomit! I stretched briefly, but had to run home to get ready for the city. I warmed up the class with some jumping jacks, jogging in place, and some tough abs for 2-3 solid minutes. Dance was fun as usual, and i got to spend time with a very talented friend of mine (hi nick!) After class, my mom and I went to juice generation with nick and junior, and we all got matching "Supa Dupa greens" Juices with added GINGER! Thats: spinach, kale, parsley, romaine, cucumber, celery, lemon & apple .. not gonna lie, the ginger burned a little bit, but the juice was amazing. talk about getting enough veggies.. 


drove out of the city, went to TRADER JOES for groceries, had dinner (egg whites with an entire bag of spinach and sprinkled with flax seeds) and entirely BINGED on baby carrots and celery sticks ...
I swear, if you're having a moment where you just NEED to do some serious eating...get out some stalks of celery and a bag of baby carrots. You really won't be able to eat that many calories, especially in celery, because the water content fills you up! And baby carrots are always fun to eat .. 
If you ever find yourself unable to stop...LEAVE THE KITCHEN. genius idea right? Easier said than done, I know. But make yourself a big cup of tea , drink a big glass of water, and go watch some TV or even better, READ MY BLOG :-) !!!!


With one day of 2011 left, get ready to leave the bad habits behind, we don't need em' anymore for 2012! I'll be posting up some easy-to-follow guidelines to help any readers start 2012 off on the right foot (or left...depending which foot hits the treadmill first!)


If you want to be ahead of the game..i have some hints:
-go grocery shopping (the menu needs eggs/whites, no salt tuna, lemons, fresh celery, baby spinach, broccoli, your favorite veggies, fruits like apples and blueberries,quinoa, flax seeds or flax seed meal, ezekiel bread, oats, and a high quality protein powder)
for everyone thinking that's an expensive list, it REALLY isn't, if you know how to shop. If there's a trader joe's near you, you can get ALL OF THOSE THINGS for an entire week for under $60 (except the protein powder, check out vitamin shoppe, GNC, or health food store for that.)


Hope you guys are ready to make a change and make 2012 even better than 2011!!