176boxingchic’s BodyBlog

It’s been a fustrating week. I’ve decided to get my life back on track and I finally went to the doctor. She refered me to a psychatrist and to a pychologist so that I can get all of my issues worked out. I’ve never thought about my body issues, issues with eating, and what you would call an obsession with my body. Maybe therapy will help with this

I feel gross right now. I ate pizza, cheesecake, doritos, and drank. yuck. Tomorrow morning I’m going to the gym before work. My ass is going to be on the treadmil for a while…it’s so fusterating!!!

Well, my weekend was not good diet wise. My husband and I renewed our wedding vows for our 2 year anniversary, and that threw my diet and routine off. I’m glad we did the ceremony, but I ate way too much at the BBQ! I didn’t eat that much, just ate some bad stuff. Brats (YUM!!!) some doritos, and a couple of frosted circus cookies.

I have to vent….

I went to the gym on Sunday and I took one of my girlfriends with me. I normally don’t work out with anyone, and this past Sunday reminded me why. I wanted to do about 30 minutes of cardio, and lift legs and abs. Nothing too difficult, even for a novice begginer. Well, we did the 30 minutes of cardio, which is usually the standard workout of most chicks I know (besides the calories burned checking themselves out in the mirror and prancing around the gym, flirting with every guy!) We went to go lift. We did squats…no problem. The we went to our 2nd exercise, lying leg curls. She puts it on the first weight (about 10 lbs) and started to do the exercise. I stopped her and bumped her up to 35 lbs (I knew she was just being lazy!) and then she proceeded to do the rest of her set. After 2 sets (more like 1.5) she was done. I blew it off and finished my sets and then we go to do calf raises. Same thing happened over here, and at that point, I just blew it off and finished my workout while she walked around the gym and played on the assisted pullup machine.

I asked her if she wanted to do abs with me and she just said no, I want to go home (we weren’t even there for an hour at this point) so I decided that I would do my abs at home.

I dropped her off at her house (I even drove!!! I have and expedition and she has a sedan and she was insisted that I drive…another sign of her lazy character) and went home. I went home and go on my computer (about 10 minutes after I dropped her off, we live close) and she had logged onto her myspace page and had the so-and-so is_____ section filled with "S" just got done working out with "M" and had her ass kicked in the gym…I’m going to be sore tomorrow" I nearly spit out my protein shake all over my computer…She barely did anything and is claiming that she had this strenuous work out!!!!

Now I see why she claims that she goes to the gym all the time and can’t lose weight…she doesn’t do crap!!!

The worst part was that the entire time in the gym, everything was an excuse. "I can’t do that weight, it will make me get big" or "I can’t do that, because of ____injury" Apparently, everything is injured! I mean, if you are as injured as you claim you are, you should be in a wheelchair!!!

I just had to vent…it reminded me of why i don’t lift with other girls…guys, although there are the dirty jokes, stares, farts, and other stupid actions, will actually challenge me and lift.

I need a good workout partner…. (

Today I work from 1000-1800, so I decided to go to the gym before work. I wound up leaving my house a little late, so I only had time to lift. I am going after work to meet my husband so we can do some cardio. We’re doing fun cardio, so we will be playing some racketball and maybe do some jump roping inbetween to finish it out.

 This morning, I lifted shoulders, Traps, and did some abs.

Shrugs 3/10/40

Upright row and military press 1/10/25 2/10/35

Arnold press 3/10/10

Front/Side raises 3/15/5

Various abs for about 10 minutes

I think that’s all I did, I can’t remember it all!

Today’s diet is going well. It has been low carb, low fat, and high protein. I’ve been tempted to have candy, but I’m working hard to avoid it. I’ve lost 3 lbs in the last three days, yey!

Saturday is going to be a moderate carb day so that I can keep my metabolism going. I want to have some wheat pasta!!!!

I remember when I went to visit my husband in North Carolina. My family had drove down from Ohio to see us over the weekend. I ahd not seen my parents since March and it was now November. I had been training for boxing and working out constantly. The last time my family had seen me, I was about 185 lbs, hasn’t toned, and wore a size 13/14-15/16. I showed up at 162 lbs, in shape and looking good. I walked out of the car to greet my parents and I will never forget the look on my dad’s face. It was that "daaaaamn" look. It was the same one that i got when they picked me up from Marine Corps boot camp graduation.  I want that to be the look that I get when we go home in July!!!!

Right now, I wear a women’s 12-14. When we go home in July, I want to be at a size 8. I know that it’s not the size that matters, but I want to reduce my belly, overall bodyfat, and be more tone with bigger muscles!

Well, this is my first blog.

 I awoke on my 23rd birthday, March 18, 2008, and decided that I am not happy with where I am in life. I’ve been through some tough stuff in the last couple of years of my life and I am ready to move forward with my life. I want to be happy, and for me, bodybuilding is a way to do that.

 I am angry a lot. Lifting, boxing, and improving my self-esteem through those activities helps me reduce my anger and maintain a more balance in my emotions.

 I am a former Marine and I have been through a lot during the time that I was in that has contributed to the decline of my body. Funny how that it…you think that being a Marine, you would be fit. Well, that was my case for the first part of my enlistment, but some horrific event changed that. After that, I wasn’t the same. I was honorably discharged from the military and tomorrow will be my 1 year mark of being a civilian. It’s time to change.

 So, I created a 6 day workout progra that I intend to follow. I work at a military base, as a civilian, and there is a small gym that is open 24/7. Most times, the gym is empty in the evening. I usually work from 10-6, so going right after work  is great for me.

I used to work out twice a day, and I would like to build up top that. I would like one workout to be cardio focused and the other weight training or boxing improvement focused.

As far as food goes, I am doing a variation of the atkins diet. I am doing low carb, high protein, and moderate amounts of fat. My carbs are coming from an apple, 1 serving of carrots, and then any carbs in any of the other veggies that I am eating. For fat, I am eating nuts, skim cheese, and peanut/almond butter. I am not the atkins dieter that gorges themselves on chicken wings, sausage and all of the saturated fat infested meats. My husband can do that and lose weight, but I can not. I want to be healthy!! All I can see is those people that eat chicken wings and mayo by the carton lose weight but die of heat problems, clogged arteries….yeah, not for me.

 One thing that I have to do is make sure that I do not become obsessed with my food. I tend to do that, which leads to unhealthy actions (extreme restriction, binging and purging, overuse of laxatives) and I do NOT want to be someone that does that stuff!

 I have always had belly fat, and growing up, it was considered "cute baby fat." Well the baby fat didn’t go away and it’s not cute!

I work a desk job, so it’s hard to stay away from unhealthy temptations. Believe me, an afternoon snack of doritos, snickers, and twizzlers sounds great, but not for me! I bring my lunch all the time, but I usually have to supplement with something from work. I try to get the veggie and cheese tray to snack on, along with nuts, and sugar-free gum (curbs cravings) If all else fails, the have canned chicken that I eat.

Here is what I plan to eat:

Meal One:

Egg whites, egg, veggies, sprinkle of cheese (sargentos makes an awesome tomato-basil cheese that amps up the flavor with just a pinch!) and possibly some ham or turkey sausage scrambled  up

I’m not in the mood for breakfast a lot, so I wind up eating chicken and veggies for breakfast or last night’s leftovers. I love left overs, pop in the microwave and instant food in about 3 minutes!

snack:

Half an apple, crystal light, and some veggies with hummus

meal 2:

protein, veggies (chicken and broccoli-kind of boring, but does the job) small clementime

snack:

other half of apple, string cheese, 1T PB

meal 3

some sort of protein veggie combo,

I’m liking spaghetti squash with turkey meatballs and sauce

dessert snack!

rootbeer float: diet rootbeer, small scoop of no sugar added vanila ice cream (about 6 carbs per serving) and a small dollup of lite whip cream….yummy! This is what I look forward to every day!

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