Day 4. Round 2.

HEY everyone. (:

So it is Thursday, Day 4 of my second wind of working out this year. I have found a love/hate relationship with the wonderful workout called burpees (or Up Downs) from my Texas-football heritage, minus the quick feet. This exercise is killer.

On top of that, I have done a pretty intense abdominal workout today, and some other quick aerobic cardiovascular workouts. I get winded quite quickly now, seeing that I haven’t been athletic in a few years it’s not a terrible shock, but still.

My muscles are slowly starting to remember the old routine of working out (thank goodness for muscles memory).

I just wanted to throw out some quick tips for the day: Make sure you are drinking LOTS of water. LOTS AND LOTS. Dehydration is dangerous and unhealthy especially when doing a rigorous workout routine. So keep that in mind.

And also, make sure you are EATING. Just because you are trying to lose weight does NOT mean you can stop eating. Your body is going to need more food in order to compensate for the energy spent working out. Just eat HEALTHIER. Eat foods that are good for you and provide natural substances for energy. Cut back on all processed sugars!! They are not good for you!

Those are just some quick tips. Now, I am going to do some nice stretches and get ready for a meeting (boo). And then I will probably hit a two-a-day today and head to the gym for a 20 minute cardio session. And maybe some weights(: Gotta keep on top of this!

 

OH: And I did some math and if I want to reach 130 lbs by the time I head home for the summer, I would have to lose almost 3 lbs a week. While this is doable, it will be extremely difficult and I may not make it. BUT, realizing that from the beginning can only help me because if I don’t quite make it, it’s understandable, but if I do make it, I would have achieved something great. SO DON’T GIVE UP.

NEVER STOP.

It means more.

Starting again.

Hello followers.

So, as you all know, I am at a new starting point once again after slacking off for a couple of weeks.

On Monday I went to the gym and weighed myself so I knew where I had to start over from. I came to a shocking discovery: I had LOST weight. Not as much as I usually would, but I started out on Monday at 144.6 lbs.

The last time I weighed myself I was at 147.8.

Needless to say, I was HAPPY!

So this week, I have returned to eating healthy, and exercising. I have consistently started doing core exercises and lifting weights because the more muscle you build the quicker you burn calories. But you MUST do more than just abdominal workouts everyone. I know we all think, if I do a million crunches I will have a flat tummy and look amazing.

This doesn’t work if you are trying to lose weight and become HEALTHY. You must incorporate a healthy diet and regular cardiovascular workouts. THIS IS KEY.

So, the weather is warming up, and the outdoors are becoming a much nicer place to workout once again. So I decided to return to the track to work on my running and getting back into shape. I ran 2 and 1/2 miles today. I was exhausted. This is a huge shock for me, as a runner because I used to be able to run 5-10 miles easily. So by the end of this month, my goal is not only to lose weight, but also to increase my stamina so that I can run again.

To do this I can’t only run. I have to also strengthen my core and my legs and work on my breathing as well as STRETCH DAILY.

What is your goal for the month of April? What do you want to achieve?

 

Also: To keep with the bloggers weight loss and goals, at the top of the home page hover over each of our names and click about from the drop down menus. 😀

:)

For the first time in a long time the first number of my weight is a 1.

🙂

I am thrilled.

MAKE A GOAL JAR.

Blehhhhhh.. $#!*

So with no surprise but quite a bit of disappointment, I must settle for maintaining my weight this week. I am still sitting at a solid 152 lbs which is 6 lbs from where I started. Next Friday will mark 1 month since I started this process and my original goal was to lose 10 lbs a month. Clearly I cannot hope to lose 4 lbs this upcoming week. But I also know that the lack of weight loss this past week is caused by many things, including me missing two days at the gym, my stress, my body building muscle again (I must say woot for this one), my body getting used to my level of workouts, and my not as healthy as it could be eating.

So this week must be different. I will go the gym everyday, like I was prior to this week lol, eat healthier again, and probably extend my workouts to 45 minutes to an hour. Hopefully I can reach at least 150 by next Friday. (Maybe even break into the 40s…. that would be SO FANTASTIC I WOULD CELEBRATE WITH AN EXTRA RUN ;D) jk lol But I would be happy if I could break into the next hurdle of this process.

Anyway, I am probably going to need lots of encouragement this week to push myself to really reach my goal of at least 150. AND I would also like to know everyone else’s goals. Either for this week, or your over all goals. What are you trying to achieve? 😀

LEAVE YOUR SHADOW BEHIND.

WHERE WILL YOU BE?

My Daily Routine

So I basically want to break down what I do to lose weight on a day to day basis.

I wake up and eat a piece of fruit before class. I eat chicken and salad and a vegetable for lunch/dinner. I am refraining from eating carbs and/or dairy for 30 days just to rehabilitate my body. After that I will slowly reintroduce carbs and dairy into my diet in minimal amounts. And I work out anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour a day. Sometimes more, depending on my schedule and how much homework I have.

Also, on weekends I substitute 30 minutes of my usual hour of cardio with basic weight lifting to build muscle so that my body will become more toned as I lose weight.

These are the things I do to feel like me again.