AlisonWundrland’s BodyBlog

wow, ok i just got home from the gym and i kicked my own ass. i cant even believe how much i DIDNT WANT TO GO tonite…talk about blah’s and me lately! i had a headache, a stomach ache, i was tired, i felt fat, and anything else in addition to all that. well, i mad myself go and i feel absolutely AWESOME now. this happens to me at times, but just goes to prove that there is no "not feeling well" excuse for missing a workout. unless, of course, you really are SICK…

had a great workout that was TOUGH and then went to the treadmill for some cardio. once a week i have been doing the treadmill for cardio. i walk for 2 minutes and run my fastest for one minute, and repeat for however long i feel like i can keep that up at an incline of 3.0. when i first started doing this 6 weeks ago, i am ashamed to admit that i could only do it for SIX MINUTES and my "sprint" pace was 5.4! (oh hell- thats ONLY running TWO times!) well, tonite i wasnt really paying attention and did it for 25 minutes and my "sprinting" was 6.4! (well, the last one was 6.2 for fear i might pass out and/or my legs fall off LOL). i am doing MUCH better than when i started!

Alright, I lost -2.3 more pounds for the week. A total of -16.4 in 6 weeks. Not bad!

The work is really paying off. I also posted new measurements. I lost a total of 7.25 inches throughout in the past 4 weeks.

I am proud of myself for sticking with the program, and time really has seemed to go by quicker than I had thought it would, so I am grateful for that!

This week has been sort of a "motivation struggle" for me. Don’t get me wrong, I have been putting forth just as much or more effort, BUT the struggle has just been in my mind. I didn’t let it stop me, though, just kept pushing through it. I kept thinking that "it would pass", but it didn’t. The WHOLE week i just felt blah. I was hoping that since I would be measuring at the end of the week then seeing results from the tape measure would help…and it DID! I didn’t really know what to expect there, but it is actually saying more to me than my weight on the scale. After being on the forums and blogs on this site I now realize that the NUMBER at times can be suspect. Don’t get me wrong, I want to be at a much lower number on the scale, but yes, we all know that 200 pounds at 40%bf looks a LOT different than 200 pounds at 8%. So, the measuring helped prove to me that I really AM looking better!

So that’s that. I hope everyone is having a good week!

Guess what…i used to be on the very last hook on the bras…i didn’t even realize it but NOW i am on the second to last one EASY! yes!!! this weekend i am getting measured it will be a month since, so i am looking forward to seeing inch losses! thanks people for reading, kinda silly i know, but for me it is something spectacular…

Alright -3.1 pounds! A total of -14.1.

I am very pleased with myself this week. I really pushed extra hard at the gym and with my eating. Im getting stronger! Im noticing small changes in my clothes! Still have a ways to go but time is flying by for me. I wonder if by Halloween I will be able to wear one of those sexy costumes and look decent this year instead of going as a box with 2 eye holes cut out of and arms and legs sticking out of…uh, wait…i wasnt wearing a costume but thats what I looked like last year!

Next week I am going to take measurements; it will be a month since the last ones, so I’m pretty excited about that. Something to look forward to though!!!

this morning i worked legs and i noticed a small little tidbit when i was getting ready to do sitting leg curls. when i got on the machine and adjusted the part that holds my legs down i was on the FOURTH NOTCH! when i started i had to "force" it to be on the 3rd one. this is great. notch number 4 was NO PROBLEM. something little i know, but definately proving to me that i have made progress!

Ok -2 pounds…yay! Total -11 in four weeks, and I am feeling good about this.

This week I "accidentally" had a relapse in my diet where I did end up drinking a couple beers, I will admit, and then ate…pizza! I knew what I was doing was wrong at the time but I was at a concert and figured if I was going to pay $6 for a bottled water I may as well add 75 more cents and get a beer…no, not really, I just gave in like a loser but knew the consequences… 

So, anyhow I worked extra hard at the gym for the next 2 days and paid for it, but I think I got caught back up since I did still lose this week…

This week I have not felt like I was losing anything at all; I have just felt BLAH. I kept on doing the workouts the same but I just didn’t feel "into it" like I have. I am hoping that it is because of the monthly girl thing, which may very well be…All in all I will be glad when that feeling ends!

There IS actually something that I did notice this week and it is AWESOME i know I’m not imagining it. My bra is like it is getting looser in the cup area! I could not be happier about this. It is not a huge difference but something that is different and I am totally glad. Those things need to go! LOL

Ok, so that is the week 4 update!

Alright, this week I lost 2.8 pounds! Im very happy. A grand total of -9 pounds. I was really hoping to be at -10 in 3 weeks, but falling short of that will only make me push myself harder…!

I really am feeling good. I have been working hard this week…I changed my workout routine and my diet plan am intending on staying on it for a total of 12 weeks and see what happens, so this week I was also getting used to both of those as well…

This week I am upping my cardio a little bit now that I am into the swing of things.

Well, Im already halfway through week 3 and still going strong. I can’t wait to start "seeing" progress, not just on the scale…AND, I can’t wait for other people to start noticing a difference as well. Im feelin pretty good. Some of the small changes I have noticed are:

• jeans i wore yesterday - i can pinch about an INCH of additional fabric at the top of my thigh, where 2 1/2 weeks ago i had to almost "fight" to get them up past my thighs in the morning. the waist still feels the same and fits "normal" - not snug, not loose.

• at the very top of my stomach i can notice that when i put my "hands on my hips" but way higher it feels smaller than it was!

• im pretty sure that when i was shaving this morning i saw some sort of shape starting to form in my shin area that wasnt there before…

So, those 3 things are definitely something! Even if small…definitely signs of progress that I will take!

Alright, I got on the scale this morning for my big "Friday Weigh In"…ugh…Will I ever get excited to weigh myself?

As it turns out, I ended up losing 2.8 pounds this week. I feel really good about that. I’m not sure what is good/bad/healthy/whatever but I think that anything over 1 pound would be awesome…

I just have to keep it up and remind myself that nothing is going to happen overnight that is the key for ME. I know that this is working. I am feeling MUCH better.

So far there are people on here that have messaged me and commented to me and I am so grateful. Those people have welcomed me in and offered great help and encouragement. I feel like I am the same as everyone else on here, although I am just beginning on my quest and many have been working on theirs for quite some time now. I am going to be like that! I am going to keep it up and "Keep Keepin’ on" like Joe Dirt. <—-and there’s the confirmation that I am such a nerd.

Alright, so I am already into week #2 and JUST figured out how to post my blogs! I am working on getting all of my stats on here, so if you’re reading this please bear with me…

I will be taking the dreaded "Before" photos this weekend so everyone can see what I want no one to see! …BUT, it is all part of the plan I suppose…
I think I am doing well on this plan I speak of. For now I am taking baby steps and focusing mainly on:
• lifting 5 days a week
• doing at least 30 minutes of cardio at least 2 of those workout days
• eating 1800-2000 calories/day eating clean
• weighing myself every friday morning and losing SOMETHING every week

After a month of this I will add in an extra day of cardio ONLY, really get into the nitty-gritty of my diet plan, and wear a bikini…(uh, just kidding on that last one…seeing if anyone is really paying attention). So that is my short term plan so far.

The main thing for me that I need to do is LOSE THE FAT! I read a post on here from someone who had a lot of weight to lose, like me, and just dieted and THEN started lifting after they had lost the weight and said they regretted it and wished that they would’ve been lifting since the beginning, and thats what I am doing, so I figure that if I keep up what I am doing then once the yucky fat goes away I will already have a head start and hard muscles underneath to be uncovered. (WOW that was a gigantic run-on)

So, I am already feeling better physically. I have been waking up an hour before the alarm goes off with REAL energy. It is like I WANT this day to happen when I get out of bed. I am excited to go to the gym because I know I am doing the right thing and it is working! I still look the same in the mirror, but it’s like i FEEL different when I see myself in there. Whatever it is, it is a good thing for me.

I know that I haven’t even completed my second week and I am not even CLOSE to my mission, but I now KNOW that there is a light at the end of my tunnel and this time its NOT going to be a train!