Au Revoir, My Good Friends!

Definitely not me, but that's my bikini.

No, I don't mean goodbye to you, blogging world. But rather, I'm saying farewell to my two dear friends--my boobs. That's right, I said it. Unfortunately, these two have been innocent victims of my training. Curiosity got the best of me a few minutes ago, and since I don't have my competition suit yet, I tried on a pretty tiny Victoria's Secret string bikini. First let me mention that I wore this bikini just a few weeks ago when I was down in Florida on vacation, and my girls fit just fine in it. Well...not today! I couldn't even fill out the darn thing--and it was a small! Sigh. I knew it was going to happen sooner or later, but I was hoping later.

This brings me to some good news and some bad news. The good news is that I'm obviously noticing results in my top half--i.e., my shoulders, chest, back. The bad news is that I'm not so much noticing the results on bottom. But once again I'm not too objective, and I still need to snap some darn progress photos. And take measurements! Luckily, I do have somewhat of initial measurements (from January, when I first buckled down into training mode). I know, I know--BAD LIZ! But it will eventually get done, especially since I need to send my measurements out for my suit. Well, I guess if I had to say something positive about my lower half, I'd say that I'm definitely leaning out a bit. For instance, the waist on my pants is getting looser, but at the same time, I think I'm still holding on to my "love handles" if you will. Also, I did notice today when I was on the stretching machine that my thighs seem to be a little bit more muscular--I guess that would explain why my jeans fit the same in the legs...

Mount Trashmore--the only (manmade) "hill" in Virginia
Beach. I had many a cross-country practice here. 

OH WELL. All I can do is train hard harder and work my ass off--literally. Speaking of which, I did have an awesome workout today! Except for having to stop my HIIT abruptly because I urgently had to use the restroom, I got in an awesome run! Well, 2 awesome runs since I stretched, etc., in between. Unfortunately, the treadmill I usually use was taken and the one of the same kind next to it was broken. The third of its kind has a TV attached to it, and that just gets too annoying for me because it shakes incessantly and I do not like things in front of my face when I run--headache! So ultimately, I had to use a different kind of treadmill, which only goes up to a speed of 7:30 minute miles. This was no good for HIIT, so I modified my workout and did several different intervals--first a 7:30 pace for 45 seconds at an incline of 5% followed by a 1 minute 15 second recovery, then a 8:00 pace for 30 seconds at an incline of 10% followed by a 1 minute 30 second recovery. Trust me, it was harder than it sounds, especially since I'm originally a beach girl (i.e., no hills).

Alas, no...

Even though Kevin was hesitant that this was a true HIIT workout, when I told him "Let's see you try sprinting up hills!" he didn't say a word. Touche! Shouldn't have been so sassy though, because then he kicked my ass a bit with my ab workout. The joke is on him though, because I will make the best of any workout :) Ah, but yes, do not let me forget the original point of this blog--saying goodbye... I would say that I hope to see my boobs again soon, but I know that is not possible without gaining weight. And that is the last thing I want to do! So even though we've been through some good times together and I will miss them dearly, I don't mind if they stay away for a while. As long as I reach my ultimate goal, I'm happy!