So seeing as I am an 18 year old in high school with no job, I’m broke. Which means I can’t afford a gym membership, or to even just pay a drop in fee. My mom is looking for a treadmill to buy for the house but we haven’t found one in our price range yet.

However, we do have an elliptical. No, it’s not a fancy one. In fact it’s actually pretty cheap. But it does the job I suppose.

Basically what I want to know is this - I’m trying to get rid of this stupid pooch on my lower belly, and I need it gone fast for a job I’m trying to get (I have to wear a bikini top) I know the only way to get rid of that is cardio and clean eating. Will an elliptical help me achieve this? Or no since it’s not the same cardio as running would be?

Help? :/

The 1000s workout WILL make you look and feel like you just jumped in a pool. Sooo intense, but I feel amazing!

Aaaaand thank you squats for making my bootay look amazing

So I was getting dressed this morning, and before I put my clothes on I looked in the mirror, and oh my GOD. My waist looks so good. It’s so defined and getting to that little hour glass shape. I would have taken a picture but I was in my underwear, and I don’t want that on the Internet haha. But I’m so happy right now, and I’m so happy with my progress I’m making :D

Abs day! I definitely won’t be able to move tomorrow haha. (MY PHONE CAMERA IS HORRIBLE I’M SORRY. I’M GETTING MY NEW IPHONE IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS!)

My new Nike Lunarlons (that have the tracker for the Nike+ app!) and my weight set I got for my birthday :D

And they’re not super great :/ they’re kinda dry and hard to get down. They taste pretty good, but the texture isn’t very good. I’m also not a big “sweets in the morning” person haha. But they are definitely healthy compared to normal buttermilk pancakes :)
I would have taken a picture, but they didn’t turn out too pretty… Haha

Breakfast:

• Multigrain Cheerios w/ unsweetened vanilla almond milk
• Raspberry chobani

Lunch:

• Turkey spinach sandwhich on a whole wheat ciabatta w/ mustard
• Babybell cheese
• Baby carrots
• Almonds

Dinner:

• Quinoa w/ siracha and Braggs liquid aminos
• 4 shrimps

Snacks:

• Healthy oatmeal raisin bar
• 10 almonds

Exercise- OMGoctober Day 8:

• Pilates Bootcamp on LIVESTRONGWOMAN
• Never Ever Getting Back Together
• One More Night Cardio

So I didn’t do the 30 minute video that was part of my calender today. I’ve felt like crap and I had the WORST headache when I was working out. It’s still there :/ Plus I just had all the things I needed to do college wise on my mind and I couldn’t focus.

But I got three of them done, and that counts for something :) I also ate super well today so I’m proud of that :)

Breakfast:

• Scramble (2 eggs, spinach, sugar-snap peas, shredded carrots, red bell peppers, bean sprouts, sliced babybell cheese wheel, dallop of salsa on top)

Lunch:

• Brown rice pasta primavera w/ a light garlic-olive oil sauce and a piece of garlic bread

Dinner:

• Quinoa w/ siracha and Braggs liquid aminos
• Homemade biscuit

Snacks:

• A handful of almonds
• Cookie dough larabar

Exercise: OMGoctober Day 7-

• None! It was a rest day. Did a lot of walking around today though :)

So I definitely ate more bread than I wanted to today, but oh well. My eating was overall REALLY nice today. It’s only been three days since I’ve seriously been focusing on eating healthy and working out and I already feel so much less bloated, can’t wait to see how I do tomorrow :)

So I know they’re not great looking by any means and that muscle isn’t really big at all, but compared to how they were just two weeks ago HOLY CRAP. I’m proud of myself :)

my webcam sucks so much im sorry

Breakfast:

• Scramble: 2 eggs, spinach, shredded carrots, chopped red bell pepper, a babybell cheese sliced on top and salsa

Lunch:

• Rotini with basil and tomato
• Grapes

Dinner:

• 2 small chicken breast tenders (fresh, not breaded or anything gross like that)
• Veggie and bean stir fry with liquid amino acids
• Plain greek yogurt w/ strawberry jam and frozen raspberries

Snacks:

• Strawberry chobani
• Almonds
• Apple

Exercise- OMGoctober Day 6:

• “Want U Back Arms”
• “Bikini Blaster 4”
• “Pop Pilates Backless Dress Workout”
• “Tricep Toner”
• “Pop Kicks So You Want Nice Legs”

Breakfast:

• 2 poached eggs
• Multigrain cheerios w/ almond milk
• Calcium and multi vitamins
• A table spoon of organic creamy peanut butter

Lunch:

• Turkey samwhich w/ spinach and mustard on a multigrain ciabatta roll
• Babybell original cheese
• Almonds
• Baby carrots
• Sugar snap peas
• Apple juice

Dinner:

• Whole wheat pasta with bolognese sauce
• Vanilla protein shake

Snacks:

• Apple pie Larabar
• Peach chobani
• 5 candy corns

Workout (Day 5 of blogilates OMGoctober)

• “Pippa’s Butt”
• “Pop Pilates Super Butt Workout”
• Beyonce Bootylicious Bum Butt Badonkadonk Bonanza”
• “Inner Thigh Insanity”
• “One More Night Cardio”

Today went AWESOME! Sure, I probably ate a little more than I needed (Stupid candy corn are so delish!) But I worked out hard so oh well :)

So I suppose I’m a bit late on this whole thing, but oh well.

I’ve always kinda heard of blogilates and Cassey Ho but I’ve never really tried her workouts or anything. Well the past couple days I’ve been reading her website, tumblr, twitter, etc. and it’s safe to say I AM OBSESSED!

She is amazing, and really motivational, inspiring, everything. She makes working out fun, and I think that’s key for staying motivated and on track. And I mean, have you seen her body? Gah, it’s amazing.

I just downloaded the #OMGoctober workout calender, and I bought the Weekly Workout journal, and I can’t WAIT to get started today!

Really, if you’ve never looked into Cassey Ho or the whole Blogilates thing, go do it now! You won’t regret it :)

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