Day 24 Updated:
lbs ? I'll weigh in tomorrow ;).

AF - 30 minutes lifting for chest
AF - 60 mintues step mill fat burn level 9 no hands

I feel great now, but I was falling asleep at my desk before I finally left for the gym. I totally wasn't feeling it, but I went anyways because I needed to feel my body move as I haven't been to either gym since Saturday. Course I did shake my bootay Saturday night and was sore on Sunday LOL. I'm getting old...

Hello Kase! Thanks for introducing yourself and leaving me a note! Scare me off LOL! Naw. I'm happy to answer your questions.

1. Thank you for saying an inspiration, but I just try to live my life and hopefully feel comfortable in the skin God gave me you know. YOLO. You Only Live Once, so I'm trying to live it up and enjoy.

2. I eat fruit and other complex carbs early in the day (banana's, kiwi, strawberries, wild rice, whole wheat bread (rarely) before dinner, but try to have only green veggie complex carbs after that with protein for dinner.

But Exercises:
1. Sumo squats, weighted donkey kicks, dumb bell squats, backward lunges, leg press (machine that isolates your leg in an upward kicking motion while you rest your upper torso on a small bench bending forward at the waist so that the only motion is the kicking of the leg upward that totally kills you butt!)

2. Weighted hip thrusts. I either use a 35 lbs plate of a medicine ball while I do this.

3. Weighted cross over donkey kicks. These are killer! On all fours, bend one knee and press upward until the leg is parallel with your hip and then bend the knee behind the other knee. Return to beginning position. This totally burns. To weight this I put a small weight behind the knee that is doing the movement. Very good for the outer glute ;). Place a small weight behind the knee doing the movement.

4. Swiss ball kick backs. Rest on th swiss ball with the middle of the ball at your stomach and your arms stabailizing your body weight like a table. Straighten your legs and then bend your knees and squeeze your butt muscles while pressing your heels to the ceiling. This totally isolates your butt muscles even though it is a very small movement.

As far as leaning out my legs goes, I did lots of low impact cardio. Lost of the elliptial w/arms, step mill and some running. Twice a day 45-60 minutes a day 6-7 days a week along with my weight lifting for a body area a day. You can do it. Consistency has been the key for me. That goes for food and for exercising. Food has been 95% of the struggle for the majority of my life. I wish you luck!!!

Thanks for the well wishes! I can't to get this show on the road already!

(Engaged 9/16/05)