21 Day Challenge

Why 21 days? I'm not quite sure. That number just keeps popping up in my mind. Let me try to explain what lies ahead for me.
21 Consecutive Days of

• exercise (treadmill, 30 Day Shred, Hip Hop Abs, swimming, weights, toning)
• water/water-based drinks only(no soda) water, coffee, Crystal Light drinks ok
• no junk food (candy, cookies, cake, etc)
• no eating after 7 pm.

Strict? Yes. Necessary? Yes. Doable? Yes. Crazy? Perhaps.

I heard that it takes 14 days to form a habit, so I'm giving myself 21 days.
At the end of the 21 days, I will evaluate my results and reassess my plan.

I like to move it, move it...

This is the song I sang during my 6.0 mph intervals this morning at 5 am.

Today I needed a kick in the pants. I didn't feel like walking on the treadmill...again. I just wasn't into it! The only reason I was going to go through the motions again was so that I could put that damn mark on the calendar. So after 5 minutes of walking, I kicked it up a notch and added some running intervals. Now I've worked up a good sweat and burned a ton more calories than I did yesterday. I feel great! And more motivated to do it again tomorrow!

Warm-up 5 min. (3.5)

Intervals
1 min. (6.0) 1 min. (3.5)
1 min. (6.0) 1 min. (3.5)
1 min. (6.0) 1 min. (3.5)
1 min. (6.0) 1 min. (3.5)
1 min. (6.0) 1 min. (3.5)

2 min. (6.0) 1 min. (3.5)
2 min. (6.0) 1 min. (3.5)
2 min. (6.0) 1 min. (3.5)
2 min. (6.0)

Cool-down 5 min. (3.5)

Stats: 31 minutes
Calories burned: 337
Carbs burned: 53.2
Mileage: 2.362 miles

(Yesterday, when I walked 31 minutes at 3.5 mph, I burned 210 calories and only went 1.805 miles. While I've been reading that longer is better than faster for burning off fat, sometimes I just need to break a sweat and feel like I actually had to work for it!)