Day 10

I'd like to look like this...but with breasts.

I went to the gym this morning and used the weights. I promptly had one of the instructors reprimand me for going straight to the weights without warming up first with walking. I explained that I'm on my period and walking would only make me bleed harder and she said just a little walking would have been ok. I nodded my head until she was done talking and continued with the weights anyway.

According to some research I've done, there are a few things I'm doing right; such as using weights to build muscle and burn fat. Lean muscle burns calories even when you're doing nothing so this is great. The more muscle you have the more calories you'll burn even if you're asleep. Another thing I'm doing right is drinking water. Muscles are made of 70% water. If you're not drinking enough, your body will fight to hold onto the water it does have and will store it so drinking plenty of water ( around a gallon a day, I read) helps you to get rid of excess water in your body and burn fat.

However, there are a few things I need to be doing to optimize my routine. First, I need to be eating six meals a day and each meal must contain a complete protein source. This is hard to do for someone as busy as I am. But I worked out that I need to eat at 7 am, 10 am, 1 pm, 4 pm, 7 pm and 10 pm. This will help me burn fat quickly and keep my body from eating the muscle I'm building. For the 10am and 4 pm meals I can use meal replacement drinks such as Boost protein drink, and then have milk and maybe a protein bar at 10 pm. God, just the idea of staying up till 10 pm makes me tired. I also need to take my vitamins. Second, I need to make sure I wait 24-48 hours after working muscles before I work them out again. This gives them time to rest and then grow stronger. Well, I think I'm doing that already.

So. Maybe sometime tonight (ugh, I won't be done tutoring until 8 pm, by which time I'll be too beat to do anything) I can go to the store and buy some Boost and protein bars. I'm sure I've seen it here. And I really need to make sure I eat six times a day. That will take some planning. I've eaten only twice today and it's quarter to 2 pm. I also need to drink even more water. All in all, I'm feeling good about all this.

More later, inshallah