FOCUS...FOCUS...FOCUS... 9 Weeks In...3 Weeks to go...and I know that it is going to take me longer. I just know it.
I am not sure how I could kick this up any more notches unless I quit my job and live in the gym. I have seen some sneak peaks of the other competitors 8 week progress photos and I can tell you that I will not be winning this competition. Haha. Pretty sad that I already know that and super frustrating because there is NO WAY that these people can have that much of a transformation without dedicating their lives to the gym.
I will not give up. I will not quit. I will commit to another round if I have to.
I need to up my calories...in protein/veggies. I just am trying to figure out how. I need to push myself harder and lift heavier weights. Focus...FOCUS!!!
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Monday, May 20, 2013
Phase 3...Week 9
Phase 3...Week 9
Time to tear this up over the next four weeks! It will all be about HIIT. (high interval intensity training) plyometrics, super-sets and active rests. Pure fat-burning phase baby. I will be giving it my all with high hopes for some serious results! If not...I tried. I will just continue the journey until I get where I desire to be and than on to the quest of maintenance.
My eating has been on point with my ultimate snack being a banana with almond butter and a dabble of honey. :) It hits my sweets cravings so that I feel like I am eating a treat. I need to work on getting more protein and eating more calories...It has been a bit difficult doing this at work. I have got to do this though...this is the key to keeping the muscle that I have worked so hard for.
Exercising has only been difficult on Day 6. I am so exhausted by then, however...I have a new home gym and my weights were delivered so there really are no excuses! :)
Is everyone still doing their best on the squats challenge and the challenge for the contest? Or have you all thrown in the towel? You will have your "After" pictures to produce in 4 weeks as well! Are you ready for that? It is HARD to stay motivated. It is HARD to stay focused and determined. It is HARDER to be out of shape and unhealthy...more expensive too.
Time to tear this up over the next four weeks! It will all be about HIIT. (high interval intensity training) plyometrics, super-sets and active rests. Pure fat-burning phase baby. I will be giving it my all with high hopes for some serious results! If not...I tried. I will just continue the journey until I get where I desire to be and than on to the quest of maintenance.
My eating has been on point with my ultimate snack being a banana with almond butter and a dabble of honey. :) It hits my sweets cravings so that I feel like I am eating a treat. I need to work on getting more protein and eating more calories...It has been a bit difficult doing this at work. I have got to do this though...this is the key to keeping the muscle that I have worked so hard for.
Exercising has only been difficult on Day 6. I am so exhausted by then, however...I have a new home gym and my weights were delivered so there really are no excuses! :)
Is everyone still doing their best on the squats challenge and the challenge for the contest? Or have you all thrown in the towel? You will have your "After" pictures to produce in 4 weeks as well! Are you ready for that? It is HARD to stay motivated. It is HARD to stay focused and determined. It is HARDER to be out of shape and unhealthy...more expensive too.
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Week 8! Mothers Day Fun!
It is week 8 friends and I am super excited to kick things up a notch with my new home gym! My amazing husband surprised me with turning a whole room in our home in to my very own gym! He had a TV mounted on the wall and moved the treadmill, spinning bike and had the weights set up in it. There is also a barbell with weights being delivered this week! How spoiled am I??? This is so exciting for me and the boys are just thrilled! We have a huge punching bag that has never been used so we are going to get a stand and have that up there as well! A little boxing/kickboxing anyone? Sooo exciting in this house today!
I took the boys for a Mother's Day hike today and they had so much fun. It was a great day and I hope you all were able to enjoy your day and get out there and exercise! Are you ready to rock this week to a new level?
This week is the last week of Phase 2 so I am super focused on hitting it hard this week so that when next week comes I will push stronger and harder to the finish line! Phase 3 is nothing but HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) so I am hoping for some serious results!
Did everyone eat healthy today even though it was Mother's Day? ;)
I took the boys for a Mother's Day hike today and they had so much fun. It was a great day and I hope you all were able to enjoy your day and get out there and exercise! Are you ready to rock this week to a new level?
This week is the last week of Phase 2 so I am super focused on hitting it hard this week so that when next week comes I will push stronger and harder to the finish line! Phase 3 is nothing but HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) so I am hoping for some serious results!
Did everyone eat healthy today even though it was Mother's Day? ;)
Thursday, May 9, 2013
88 calories
I got in a fight with my treadmill tonight. I am so mad at her I could sell her!
I had to work out from home due to some things I needed to take care of for the boys. I was tempted to skip the whole thing but then my common sense kicked in and I made myself do it. I knew I would be so mad at myself tomorrow if I didn't so I just needed to get moving!
I decided to do a full on booty workout tonight. I will post the workout moves that I did after this. I then did 30 minutes on my treadmill...this is where the fight took place. I ran at a 2% incline at 5.8-6.2 speed and after 30 minutes it said I burned 88 calories. EIGHTY EIGHT CALORIES! I can burn 100 calories doing 40 jumping jacks, 30 crunches, 20 squats and 10 push-ups and be done in 10 minutes! Super annoyed by this being at the gym I can blow through that on the treadmill in 6 minutes. So! This brings me to question...how do we know which treadmill is right? Hmm... I am going with the gym treadmill being I was completely drenched and I know I burned more than 88 calories.
Needless to say, my treadmill is going to miss me.
I had to work out from home due to some things I needed to take care of for the boys. I was tempted to skip the whole thing but then my common sense kicked in and I made myself do it. I knew I would be so mad at myself tomorrow if I didn't so I just needed to get moving!
I decided to do a full on booty workout tonight. I will post the workout moves that I did after this. I then did 30 minutes on my treadmill...this is where the fight took place. I ran at a 2% incline at 5.8-6.2 speed and after 30 minutes it said I burned 88 calories. EIGHTY EIGHT CALORIES! I can burn 100 calories doing 40 jumping jacks, 30 crunches, 20 squats and 10 push-ups and be done in 10 minutes! Super annoyed by this being at the gym I can blow through that on the treadmill in 6 minutes. So! This brings me to question...how do we know which treadmill is right? Hmm... I am going with the gym treadmill being I was completely drenched and I know I burned more than 88 calories.
Needless to say, my treadmill is going to miss me.
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Beauty and the Beasts
Happy Tuesday my Beauties and Beasts!
It is Week 7 for me and I feel like I am failing miserably. Haha...Not Funny. I seriously feel like I have been working my ASS off and have really nothing to show for it. I feel the same...I look the same...Week 12 is going to fly here as quickly as can be and I will laugh if my before pictures look the same as my after pictures. It has me left to wonder...
How long does it Really take to have a body transformation? Is 12 weeks really even possible? I look around the gym and see the same people I have seen since October...they look exactly the same. I notice the same girl that I call muffin top...muffins are still there. I see the guy with the really small legs and pectorals however, massive biceps. I see the gal on the treadmill that is probably a cardio hamster and I am always left wondering how her thighs don't start fires. The friction has GOT to be painful. Baby powder anyone? Ouch!
What makes us...me...different from these beautiful creatures who have the most perfect bodies? You know the ones...they seem to be sculpted perfectly and look amazing in bathing suits. The ones we stare at and search (behind our sunglasses) while we ourselves are covered in some sort of a cloak hoping to find some sort of imperfection...dimple...Something! (Or is this just me?) Call me shallow...whatever...I don't care. I want to be like them.
I have nothing against overweight people...I like them just fine. I just want more for myself. This is about me...not you if you are overweight. Me. Selfish right? :)
I want to live at least one moment in my life looking how I want to look and knowing that I worked damn hard for it. I would feel like I was giving myself back to the great God Almighty who chose to create me.
I owe Him.
It is Week 7 for me and I feel like I am failing miserably. Haha...Not Funny. I seriously feel like I have been working my ASS off and have really nothing to show for it. I feel the same...I look the same...Week 12 is going to fly here as quickly as can be and I will laugh if my before pictures look the same as my after pictures. It has me left to wonder...
How long does it Really take to have a body transformation? Is 12 weeks really even possible? I look around the gym and see the same people I have seen since October...they look exactly the same. I notice the same girl that I call muffin top...muffins are still there. I see the guy with the really small legs and pectorals however, massive biceps. I see the gal on the treadmill that is probably a cardio hamster and I am always left wondering how her thighs don't start fires. The friction has GOT to be painful. Baby powder anyone? Ouch!
What makes us...me...different from these beautiful creatures who have the most perfect bodies? You know the ones...they seem to be sculpted perfectly and look amazing in bathing suits. The ones we stare at and search (behind our sunglasses) while we ourselves are covered in some sort of a cloak hoping to find some sort of imperfection...dimple...Something! (Or is this just me?) Call me shallow...whatever...I don't care. I want to be like them.
I have nothing against overweight people...I like them just fine. I just want more for myself. This is about me...not you if you are overweight. Me. Selfish right? :)
I want to live at least one moment in my life looking how I want to look and knowing that I worked damn hard for it. I would feel like I was giving myself back to the great God Almighty who chose to create me.
I owe Him.
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Pretty sure I could eat a horse...
Phase 2...Week ...Half Way Baby!
Pretty sure I could eat a horse...
Adding the cardio in to the mix has made me ravishing for food. As I was rocking out my cardio tonight at the gym all I could think about was eating. Haha. The only thing I did eat when I got home...well drink...was my protein shake. Man, was it good! I gulped er' down in a few minutes and was completely content after it hit my stomach. Now, being a few hours later...the horse is sounding pretty darn good as well. I will refrain and sleep on the little hunger pangs as I hate the feeling of food sitting in my stomach at night...I will wait and have an amazing breakfast tomorrow. I have earned it!
Being at the half way point, I still cannot seem to notice any changes in particular. I do feel stronger and can tell in my arms that a little sculpting is happening, but a long way to go for me to be where I want to be. This next six weeks I am going to blast through with the highest and best effort that I can give...to maybe prove a point. What is that point? Not sure...maybe to prove to the voices in my head that I CAN have a body transformation. That I CAN be super fit and toned and have muscles. That I CAN look good in a bikini! That I don't have to be all soft and mushy and lumpy and bumpy and gross feeling. If I can do it...so can you. That is what I will prove...that we all can do it. We just need to have more self control. To want the very best for ourselves. The hardest part...is getting to the gym. Is to convince ourselves to workout. After I workout I feel so damn good that I just cannot wait until the next time I get to go do it!
A friend of mine (the lovely Cynthia) has a Nike Fuel band...and she posted last night that she had to hit her calories burned number before she went to bed so she was rocking out planks, jabs, push-ups, sit-ups, jogging in place until she hit that magical number. I LOVE THIS IDEA! It's like having a little accountability partner right on your wrist! I think I will have to look in to one of these little guys this weekend! Maybe we should all get one and post our results to hold us all accountable! That could be fun! What do you think?
Pretty sure I could eat a horse...
Adding the cardio in to the mix has made me ravishing for food. As I was rocking out my cardio tonight at the gym all I could think about was eating. Haha. The only thing I did eat when I got home...well drink...was my protein shake. Man, was it good! I gulped er' down in a few minutes and was completely content after it hit my stomach. Now, being a few hours later...the horse is sounding pretty darn good as well. I will refrain and sleep on the little hunger pangs as I hate the feeling of food sitting in my stomach at night...I will wait and have an amazing breakfast tomorrow. I have earned it!
Being at the half way point, I still cannot seem to notice any changes in particular. I do feel stronger and can tell in my arms that a little sculpting is happening, but a long way to go for me to be where I want to be. This next six weeks I am going to blast through with the highest and best effort that I can give...to maybe prove a point. What is that point? Not sure...maybe to prove to the voices in my head that I CAN have a body transformation. That I CAN be super fit and toned and have muscles. That I CAN look good in a bikini! That I don't have to be all soft and mushy and lumpy and bumpy and gross feeling. If I can do it...so can you. That is what I will prove...that we all can do it. We just need to have more self control. To want the very best for ourselves. The hardest part...is getting to the gym. Is to convince ourselves to workout. After I workout I feel so damn good that I just cannot wait until the next time I get to go do it!
A friend of mine (the lovely Cynthia) has a Nike Fuel band...and she posted last night that she had to hit her calories burned number before she went to bed so she was rocking out planks, jabs, push-ups, sit-ups, jogging in place until she hit that magical number. I LOVE THIS IDEA! It's like having a little accountability partner right on your wrist! I think I will have to look in to one of these little guys this weekend! Maybe we should all get one and post our results to hold us all accountable! That could be fun! What do you think?
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