I am finally mentally ready for baby #2, which means I have to get my body ready too!

Fortunately and because this nutrition and workout thing really works, I lost all my baby weight in probably like 2 weeks.  But my loving and supportive hubby is still 7lbs up!  LOL Yes, 18 months later my awesome hubby has not lost his baby weight.  So I was able to convince him to COMMIT to an 8-week plan to go hardcore to whip us into prego shape!  I am so excited because with him on board it is so much easier.

Our plan is to go on a 2-week vacation in about 2 months and from there on out its baby go time!  So check out our plan.

For the first 4 weeks we are going to alternate 1 PROTEIN DAY, with 1 OPTIMAL DAY, or as my good friend and awesome trainer Billy Beck III says, 1 day of FIRE MEALS alternated with 1 day of FUEL MEALS.

PROTEIN DAY/FIRE MEAL DAY: 

On this day we eat protein and carbs for breakfast and the rest of the day every meal contains only protein and vegetables.

OPTIMAL DAY/FUEL MEAL DAY:

On this day we eat protein, carbs, and veggies for every meal.

It's not hard, if you are prepared!  I did all my groceries on Friday and I prep some food over the weekend so that I am prepared for the week.  I made BeFit Muffins and Veggie Quiches for snacks and I roasted a ton of vegetables.  I also made some brown rice to have for a few meals.

I also had my entire meal plan planned out for the whole week.  This made it easy to grocery shop and have everything available all week.  This saves me time and energy.  What is really great about making my weekly meal plan is that I get to pick exactly what I want to eat every single day.  It's like being at a restaurant and having an entire menu to choose from.  Planning my meals for the week allows me to enjoy what I eat because I choose exactly what it is and how I am going to make it, and I control the quality and quantity of the ingredients.  Take the time to look through some recipes and and pick out some healthy meals that you can enjoy.   If you need ideas check out both of these options:  Healthy Recipes Express & Eat To Be Fit.  You can get tons of healthy recipes to help you stick to your diet in either of those.

I have to say that I am so INCREDIBLY proud of my hubby!  He is doing so good!  He hasn't drank 1 coke or 1 glass of milk, which he does regularly......SHSHHSHHHH don't tell!

Phase II of my Fat Loss Meal Plan will come later, so you will have to stay tuned.

As for workouts, I will give you my LEAN MUSCLE GAINING PROGRAM.  As for my hubby, he is a loving and supportive hubby and he has sacrificed his workout time in the mornings so that I can go to work and workout myself so he has committed to running with Nico and I, 2-3 times per week.  He can't workout in the evening because he would rather spend that time with us, and I am certainly not going to argue that as FAMILY ALWAYS COMES FIRST.  But he will still get amazing results.

Check out my program, it is a 3 times a week program and I couple that with 3 days of interval cardio workouts.  To see some awesome interval cardio workouts and the benefit of it, check out my colleague and awesome trainer Bryan Francis' Blog.

I will post Day 1 of my workout today, stay tuned for the rest.

Fat Loss & Lean Muscle Building Workout Day 1:

A1.  8-10 Decline Dumbbell Chest Presses

A2.  8-10  Barbell Bicep Curls

A3.  60 Seconds of a Core Movement

Rest 60 seconds and repeat 2 more times for a total of 3 sets.

B1.  8-10 Incline Dumbbell Chest Presses

B2.  8-10 Cable Bicep Curls

B3.  60 Seconds of a Core Movement

Rest 60 seconds and repeat 2 more times for a total of 3 sets.

C1.  Cable Fly *Triple Drop Set 10-10-10 & *Isometric hold for the last rep 20 seconds

C2.  Hammer Curls *Triple Drop Set 10-10-10 & *Isometric hold for the last rep 20 seconds

Rest 90-120 seconds and repeat one more time for a total of 2 sets.

*Triple Drop Set:  Start with weight heavy enough to fatigue at 10 repetitions, immediately drop the weight and perform 10 more repetitions, immediately drop the weight again and perform 10 more reps, for a total of 30 repetitions.

*Isometric Hold:  Somewhere in the middle of the range where you feel a lot of tension (or burn), hold the contraction there for 20 seconds.