Operation Kristal Marshall

oh yes i did

Welp,


I’m going hard girls. 

I’ve been really good about working out 4 times a week for the past 10 weeks or so…but I’m not seeing the results I want.  I am blaming the fact that I’m pushing 30 and things don’t snap back they way they used to.
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Ok, I’m really blaming eating pizza and bbq all the damn time, and multiple icecream pops each night, and pigging out with John on his “low carb” meat binges and just being a Piggy MacGlutten these days.

BUT

NO MORE I SAY!!!

As of yesterday I began 5:30 a.m. workouts.  You read that correctly. And yes, I want to kill myself already.  But, I have to fit in some serious working out around my newly packed work/school/coaching/writing schedule.

Here is Operation Kristal Marshall:


Monday – Friday a.m. – cardio minimum / cardio + 1 body part maximum
Wed/Thu/Fri p.m. -classes @ gym
Sat/Sun – light cardio / total body circuit / abs

But this may change.  The only definite is the a.m. cardio and the gym in the evenings.  I may go back to lucian’s strength routine from last year or find a 2-day split in one of my fiftyeleven oxygen mags I have hanging around.  We’ll see.

As for nutrition:

I’m going to actually start eating clean. But I’m not going crazy with this because I know myself and I’ll end up face first in a trough of Mcdonald’s fries if I try to go super strict.


Breakfasts: eggs/shakes/low sugar cereals/oatmeal

Snacks: greek yogurt/fruit/edamame/carrot sticks

Lunches/Dinners: homemade soups/salads/veggies n chicken/veggies n fish

Desserts: (my weakness) just ONE ice cream pop a night/oven roasted apples or pears

Drinks: well, no more wine, sadly.  Lots of water.  My only indulgence will be my “gramma” tea which is a comfort thing I cannot give up!

Depending on how this goes for the first few weeks, I may buy a clean eating cookbook just so I don’t get psycho from restriction and hole myself up behind the counter of a chipotle slamming barbacoa or something.

I have 8 weeks till our honeymoon and that means I have 8 weeks to get as close to bikini ready as possible.

After vacay, I am hoping to maintain the clean eating…I figure this is a good jump start to how healthily I will be attempting to eat once I’m pregnant.


Who’s Kristal Marshall you ask?

My body inspiration.  I want to be a sliiiightly softer version of this:

Do you have a “body inspiration”? Are you doing any exercise/nutrition changes to get ready for summer, or just in general?