176boxingchic’s BodyBlog

So this is my first post of 2009. I spent 2 1/2 weeks away from my home in Hawaii and traveled to the cold tundra of Northeast Ohio to visit family. It was freezing there and I’m glad to be home. It was difficult to workout due to not having a gym, equipment at the rents house and the snow. I did manage to go and run a couple of times, but after living in the warm weather, it was difficult to run in the cold.

The diet over the holidays was good. I only indulged (slightly) on Christmas and New Years day, so I felt good about that. I didn’t gain weight and I didn’t loose any, so everything went well. It was difficult to eat clean around family (inlaws and my family) that doesn’t value nutrition.

I started lifting last week after I got back and I just bought some weights and a bench off of craigslist. I really like them too. They aren’t top of the line, but they are weights and they were within my budget, so I can really complain. Someday I will have my ideal dream gym…

My husband is deployed right now, so everything is in the front room. When he returns in June, I will either sell it or put it in storage for the last 2 months we will be here in Hawaii. I don’t think that he would appreciate the weights in the front room (we have a very small apartment, so it’s taking up about half of the room) so I’ll probably do that before he gets back.

The bench that I got can be incline, decline, or flat, has the adjustable rack so I can do squats, a lat attachment, and leg attachements. I don’t really like the leg things on it, so I might go to the gym at work 2x a week to do legs. I just don’t like working out infront of others and it’s more fun to do it at home! I also got floor mats and a bunch of weights with the bench, so I’m set.

I’m working on getting back into running and it’s going well. I am prone to shin splints and I’ve had knee surgery, so sometimes running is just too painful. I took my dog out with me last night running and she loved it!

Right now, my only obstacle is eating clean and eating enough. My husband is gone and I don’t have kids, so I’m cooking for one and it’s difficult to do sometimes. There are times when I just don’t want to cook and I wind up eating easy mac or nothing at all… (I had easy mac and raw veggies for breakfast today..)

Well, good luck to all in 2009!