 Hi guys, welcome back to my channel. Today's video is my week 42 update of my fitness journey. And before we get into anything, I'm gonna say, I'm gonna keep continuing to make these videos. I love the positive feedback I get from you guys in the comment section saying that I've inspired you or you like watching these videos. It means the world to me. I did get a message, however, on Instagram saying that these videos are kind of the same each week and that they don't really like watching them. That is totally fine. You don't have to watch any of my videos. I honestly do this because it's like my passion and something that I love. I am so fortunate enough to make some sort of an income from doing this, but it's definitely not my full time thing. So you don't have to watch these videos. I do these videos for myself. It keeps me accountable. I like doing them. I like showing that I'm completely not perfect. I don't have the best form. I don't, you know, sometimes I eat a whole bag of Cheetos. I had Chick-fil-A this morning. Like guys, I am not any pro. I'm just a normal human being, just trying to better myself. And that's why it's like a fitness journey. I wanted to give this example too because there's this YouTuber watching. I love his channel. I love you guys might disagree with me, but I love Sloan. He seems so sweet and so genuine through the camera. I feel like I'm his friend, yet like I've never talked to him in person or whatever. He makes these videos. He makes like tea videos and kind of like calling people out and wanting people to take accountability, which I really like. I don't think I would have the balls to do that on YouTube. He makes these videos about Britney Spears and the free Britney movement and they're just not my favorite. So I just don't watch them. I watch almost all of his other content, but like it's not that I don't care about Britney Spears. Just like I really don't care that much to watch every single one of his videos. And he makes a lot of free Britney videos. So I just, you know, click the little three dots in the corner and say, hide from my subscription. So I don't have to see that video. So if you really don't like these videos, just do that. I will not be offended whatsoever. I just wanted to say that because, I don't know, I just want to clear it up because I know that some of these videos I don't get a lot of views on. Actually no, I feel like my fitness journey is like one of my most popular videos I make. I mean, certainly they're more popular than like some of my vlogs. So I'm definitely going to keep doing them and I like doing them. So yeah, that was a good like half of this video. Let's just get onto what I did this week and then we'll jump into the updates, which the updates I'm going to give some little motivation tips because I was thinking when I was working out and then we'll just move on to the photos. So starting off Saturday, I did nothing. That was our biggest shopping day and it was really fun. So I didn't do anything physically active that day. Then on Sunday, I did the 30 minute workout in day five. That includes the abs and upper body, which is the six minute brutal abs, the 10 minute upper body, and then the 10 minute tone arms with water bottles. And I swear that one's like super challenging, the ones with the water bottles. But now I started using these weights and never when they kind of smell and they're ugly, but you know, it's what I have. Again, I just used that. Next on Monday, I did the 45 minute hard day one and she has all of these workout plans on her Instagram. So if you want to check that out, just follow Pamela Refund Instagram. So the day one includes the eight minute six pack, the happy sweat, the dancer hit, which I did the hit workout is super challenging. I like that one, especially for my Mondays. I love a good challenge. And then I did the full body stretch, the full body stretch is really good. After something really difficult and hard, just to kind of give you a cool down, I really enjoyed that workout. And then Tuesday, I do not work out. Tuesday actually helped where I work, kind of put in some votes on like a website. So that was interesting. So I definitely didn't work out on Tuesday. And then Wednesday, I did the 45 minute hard day two, which is booty day. I've kind of tried to make Wednesdays my booty days and legs. So it includes the 12 minute booty, the choose one. I think I did the weight, the leg weight one, because I really want to start incorporating more weights into my workouts. And hers is so difficult, but it was so good too. Sometimes the exercises repeated themselves, which kind of got boring, but it's okay. It was very challenging and stuff. And then I did the 15 minute booty. And then lastly, the four minute HIIT workout. Thursday, I don't do anything, so no footage there. And then Friday, I did the 45 hard day three. And I did that today. That includes the abs and weight. The hardcore HIIT, only instead of the hardcore HIIT, I did the 10 minute HIIT workout. I just like swapped them. So I don't know, it's kind of the same thing, but I think the other, the one that I did is a little more challenging. So I just chose to do that one. And then the calorie killer and then the muffin top. Okay, honestly, the muffin top workout is so difficult. I could not do all those side planks. And honestly, my side fat is getting smaller. So I'm pretty happy about that. It's kind of just like up here. It's like the middle part of like my core is a little, it has a little squish there. But honestly, the sides are looking a lot better. The abs and weights was a really good workout. Again, I used my three pound weights and it was challenging and stuff. So I think my abs got a good workout today. Moving on to the updates, which there's not a lot of updates except that I ate really bad this week. I just feel it. But this week, this coming week, I'm going to be super serious, like starting now, which is Friday because the wedding that I'm in is on Saturday. So I need to be looking and feeling good for that. So I'm definitely gonna really, really watch what I eat. I really wanted to try to eat healthy like two weeks before, but it just like didn't really work out. Moving on, motivation while working out. Get angry. I don't know. When I was doing the HIIT workout, like there's just been so many things that have happened, like, you know, the election and just like everything. You know, life is just, you know, somewhat unfair sometimes. Take it out during your workout because I'll guarantee you'll feel much better after. And I don't know, just like, you know, maybe you didn't get the boyfriend you wanted. Maybe you didn't get a job promotion. Maybe, you know, the president that becomes elected isn't the one you wanted. Maybe your mom or dad, grandma, or whatever won't let you go to the party tomorrow. You know, like there's things that you could just like, you know, you just get pissed off about. Take it out in your workout and I will guarantee you it will make you feel a lot better because there's definitely like things, you know, that I get mad about and just I'm like, oh, what the heck? Okay, so the camera really cut me off. But what I was saying is shit happened and it's okay to get mad about it and working out will really help you. That's pretty much it for the updates because I don't want to be like rambling. I already rambled a ton in the beginning of this video. So let's just get on to the photos. So there's honestly nothing really changed but I like doing it just for like documentation purposes. So on the left is Alex last week and on the right is Alex this week. And then here is the side view of that. And then here is pre-workout Alex. So pre-workout Alex is on the left and current Alex is on the right. And here is the side view of that. So that my friends is going to be it for this video. I hope you guys enjoyed it. Question of the day, what type of iPhone do you have? Because hopefully I'm gonna get a new iPhone today. I didn't get the new iPhone today. I'm not sure. No one actually watches to the end of the video. So I will be kind of surprised if I get some iPhone comments in the comments section. So give this video a thumbs up. Don't forget to subscribe to my channel and I'll see you guys in my next video. Bye.