AndyaknowV’s BodyBlog

Today was a day. Got up late, went to work, went to the lab, came home and worked out. Did the lateral thigh trainer for 45 minutes and did P90X Ab RipperX. Looking at the Fredricks catalog makes me feel like such a pig. I think I am going to post some of the pictures to help remind me what I used to be and what I currently am not. All of the clothes that I love, the shoes, the teddy’s….I cant see myself in any of that right now. I look like a big belly. For some reason it looks like my thighs and behind are getting smaller because my pants are fitting looser around that area but they are getting tighter around my belly. I know that I am not as stressed as I could be because I specifically work on not being bogged down with the throws of life. I was such a lazy bum today. I felt like sleeping all day! Well, I really did not eat today, I took my supplements and ate pretty good for dinner.

 I am so many things that I feel like talking about but I am a little tired right now. I am going to take a shower and call it a night. UGGGHHHH, Talk later.

V

Today I still feel like crap! I have been sick since Dec. 30th and I am not happy about it. Nyquil has become my "beverage" of choice! My goodness. Well, I am going to force myself to exercise hard tomorrow. I tried to workout a little lastnight but I got so woozy. Hopefully, I will be ok by tomorrow. This weekend has been tough for me. Having this "flu/cold/whatever" was soooo not cool. I would post some sick pictures but I dont want any of you to hurl at the site. lol. A friend of mine put it politely and told me that I looked rough. lol. How kind!

 Well, the diet has not changed pretty much at all being that I think I eat very well anyway and I think now that all the fatique can be attributed to the sickness. Ok well, enough of me….cause I am still tired and kinda weak.

Talk to you bb.comers later

MUAH

V

I had the best time ever this weekend….full of ups and down….good times. I did not follow any type of diet whatsoever this weekend and the only working out that I did on friday and saturday was dancing with my friends. I had such a blast!!!!

Ok, new week! LOL, gotta get back on track. Last night Mike and I finally worked out together we did P90X XStretch. I was in a bad mood so I did not really want to do anything with weights or anything like that and the XStretch is a really good workout! So today I am going to try and make sure that I get right back to the workouts and the better diet. A friend of mine told me that my diet was "off" because there is no reason that  I am so tired all of the time. So that is under review. I am also thinking about getting a new endurance stack….if anyone has any suggestions please let me know….I was also thinking about doing the lipodissolve on my thighs but that is a little more radical. I would also love to hear opinions on that. Well, not much is going on with me other than coming down off of my weekend high . Also anyone that lives in Raleigh-Durham area hit up Carmen’s Cuban Cafe on sat the 27th. I got an email that said it is the place to be and they are going to kick my birthday to the next level!!!! i am excited all over again like my birthday is next week….. LOL! I will def. be there, will you?

MUAH! Gotta go and do some work! Much love to all my BB.com’ers.

V

Today was a pretty decent day…..other than the craziness that I have to endure in graduate school…life is just peachy. I did pretty decent on my diet today. Not a perfect 5 but around a 3.5-4. I cannot really complain. I am really starting to like cottage cheese and pinapples….lol Its not that bad! Really! And it tastes good with Melba toast. LOL! Tonight I am supposed to be working out with my workout partner: Mike. We are planning to do P90X Plyometrics tonight, so we will see how that goes. Plyo is kick ass!!!!! I need to do my online grocery shopping for the next couple of days. Last time I got everything on the Basic Meal Plan for the 2000 Calorie Vegetarian Balanced Slim down diet for only $94.00. I am switching it up a little. I am going down to the 1400 calorie vegetarian balanced slim down diet. I still have a lot of food from last week because in the plan you are only using a cup of this and a few tablespoons of that…..The only thing that was completely gone was the brown rice….for some reason my kids love it….prob more than white rice. My chest and shoulders are still sore as hell from all of those push ups and pull ups yesterday. YIKES! I did some "retail therapy" this weekend and I really do feel a lot better….not something that I recommend unless you feel like you hit rock bottom….believe me it is costly….BUT HEY ISNT ALL KINDS OF THERAPY…..lol. One thing that I am estatic about is the fact that I got 2 new pairs of jeans….SIZE 12…..whooo hoo!!!!!!!!!!! The booty is going down!!!!

 I did not do all that I could today. I was kinda pissed at the situation that I am in as far as my thesis goes and I was not really in the mood to put forth 125% when I feel like I am being shafted. But anyway, it will all work out in the end hopefully! All I can do is pray for peace! Lord have mercy!

Anyway, back to the diet. Tomorrow for breakfast guess what I am eating…more cottage cheese….yummy! During my retail therapy session I bought a waffle iron so I will be making wheat waffles with blueberries and a side of cottage cheese. One thing that I have not been doing lately is the protein smoothies with flaxseed…..to be honest I dont even have any flaxseed…..oh well.

Well, I gotta clean up and get some things ready for tomorrow before Mike comes over,,,,,if he is even going to show up I love vaccuuming and I have not done that in ages….

Well, goodnight BB.com. I love you guys!!!!

:-)

V

How about I woke up today feeling great! Someone is always trying to bring me down….my goodness. I see myself getting more and more bitchy everyday because of it. Right now I am weak. I can barely move my arms from this workout….lol I am being a baby right now lol. My diet was poor. I did not eat enough food today and I am feeling it through and through. My body is aching and I am completley weak. I just ate some hummis and tomatoes so I feel a little better…..Man, dieting is an essential part of what needs to be taken care of in order to reach goals. I was so beat down earlier, now I feel a little better. I am going to jump in the shower and get ready for bed. I will pray that tomorrow will be better than today and I will strive to do better tomorrow than I did today. I wil holla at you BB.com’ers tomorrow.

 MUAH

V

Today was just one of those days…..much like a regular day with the lack of excitement at work and the drama in the lab,,,,I like my job and I like being in the lab….I just wish that both did not require so much of my time. I am beat! Last night I thought that I went to be at a good time and I slept in my daughters bed,,,,she slept in my sons bed….and my son slept in my bed…..Dont ask me why But anyway, I woke up at like 330 this morning cause I was cooking!!!!! Why in the freak was it so hot this morning?!?!?!WTF!!!! Then as soon as I turn the air down I will freeze…..

 Ok enough of my crazy life….BB.COM….

I cheated today on the diet and I am suffering for it now…I am getting a headache. This morning I had cottage cheese and pineapples for breakfast, 24 almonds for snack and 5 pieces of melba toast. ( that was basically munched on all day). This afternoon/evening I had the huge salad that I made for lunch that did not have any dressing on it. Then for "dinner" if I can call it that I had domino’s cheesy bread. I even took a few drinks of soda. I still think that I stayed under 1500 calories but the last of the calories were dense with no real nutritional value…… I will not complain though because I have been 90-95% on the other days and today was not really a total wash. I would say today was 80-85% because I was not eating at the scheduled times in addition to eating the carb loaded "dinner". I am going to give this food some time to settle and then I am hitting the upper body sequence for P90X. I think today will be Shoulders, Arms, and Ab Ripper X. I was kinda hoping that I would look at the schedule and see something easy like XStretch or YogaX but no….Yoga is tomorrow…..and believe me I was really thinking about swapping them. I think that if I had not cheated on my diet today I might have but there is no need for me to make a poor choice worse.

I have a paper to write tonight and am expecting company later to watch a movie…..because I am listed as soooo antisocial so I am trying. I tell you, during the week I barely have time to breath much less time to kick it! I will probably end up falling asleep…..last time I watched a movie at 10ish I watched the entire thing because I actually wanted to watch Wall-E but the next day at work I was begging for the day to end. Maybe I should just take a nap and then get up early in the morning and workout……I am sooooo tired and I am more that sure that it is because I did not eat properly….Oh and I just realized I was really about 60-65% today because I did not take any supplements…Dang, I am all jacked up today. I am going to workout though! I dont think that I can take the entire set but I will try my best and if I cant take too much I will throw the kettlebell around a little bit….I dont know about that though, the way I am feeling I could possibly kill myself. I am dont playing around with exercise equipment or just not using it properly! Believe me I have learned my lesson!

Well, that is enough for me tonight! I will bring it as hard as I can tonigh! I have some superpump so I might take that before I workout so that I am revved to go.

Talk to you all later! MUAH

:-)

V

Yeah baby!!!! With this CD you can only bring it!!!! There is no other way to do it!!!! I am amped right now…I feel like going jogging. I am sweaty and stinky but I am grinning from ear to ear…..lol. Today is only day 3 and I feel really good and really motivated to keep going. I am going to stop for tonight so that it doesnt wear off before the week is out…lol. I dont really get to talk to my workout buddies   I got a text earlier from Mike saying that we worked out really good today and was beat but that is about it. I expected a lot more converstation and motivation. I guess that is what I have all you BB.com winners for

Truth be told I really appreciate the love and motivation I get on this site. I deal with haters all day long and it is really good to be "among" a huge family of people with common interests. The only thing that I can do without is the hair washing…when my hair was relaxed I could wash it everyday….not that it is natural it takes FOREVER to do anything to it!!!! I cannot wait to get rid of this belly…..Gooness gracious!!!!! Today was a day like any other…a lot of drama and a little peace, but it is my life and I appreciate it. Well, its 830 and I am winding down……Work on my thesis a little and go my booty to bed.

MUAH

Pray for me and I will for U!

:-)

V

Studying for exams…..going to work….dealing with the children……contending with the ex……balancing the budget……making sure that I eat properly…….WOW, I have a lot going on today. I was tired today only because it was another late night for me staying up to try and study but I am done now and I am ready to chill. LOL! Right! Like a superhero my job is never done. I completed core synergistics today and I honestly only did 50 minutes…..its like 57 minutes long but I skipped the dreya roll and whatever follows that…..I did do the cool down though and because I did not do the entire sequence I did 20 curl ups and 12 bicycle curls……believe me when I tell you that I am beat. I am still pretty flexible but my muscles feel weak when I do certain exercises. According to Tony that is normal,,,,,,and especially since I was so fatigued. One thing that I did notice was that when I started tonight the push ups were not as laborious as they usually are….I wonder if that is the switching of the diet kicking in. I know that it has been only 2 days but I eat pretty clean normally…..I do cheat sometimes so I am not going to lie…..but yesterday with the berries and all and then today with the veggies and tofu…..I dont know…could just be all in my head but I am sure that it wasnt as hard. If it makes any sense the workout and the length we pretty easy it was just that I was tired and I didnt want to do it…..BUT I DID!!!! and I worked hard just so that I could not say that I just slacked through the workout. I am sweating and breathing hard. The lunge-curl-press thing..Oh, man! That thing wears me out!!!!!! My thighs were burning! They are still a little shaky….lol! Well, I am going to jump my funky butt in the shower and get in the bed…hopefully before 10pm. I need to be at work earlier tomorrow to compensate for the lack of 125% that I have not been giving over the past few working days. It is hard…but I LOVE it. Sexy, here I come!

:-)

V

Today was a really hard day for me. I did not go to bed until really late watching a movie with my friend and just hanging out like I did not have to get up early in the morning…which of course I did not do because I was tired. Got to work then went to the lab then went back to work….followed by taking my daughter to taekwondo and picking up groceries……getting home putting up groceries…..completing P90X XStretch…..and doing a few hours of cramming for a final exam tomorrow… My days and nights are very long!!!! I am not complaining though. I was a little tired today even with the Dren and Vaporize because of the lack of sleep but overall I felt pretty good. I was very excited to begin day 1 and now it is coming to a close and I am still very excited to jump into day 2. I have been reading other blogs and browsing the internet on the awesome results that people have had from one phase to the next using the P90X program. I have not been able to get past the first 30 days but I am really going to try my best to do it all the way this time. I have "helpers" to try and keep me motivated. Today was not the greatest meal day but I think I still did 3.5 - 4 overall. For breakfast I had oatmeal with raisins, brown sugar, and 1 pat of butter….snack I had 5 -7 cut strawberries…lunch I had a bean burrito and a cheese quesadilla (bad I know) from Taco Bell (I love Taco Bell!!!)….snack was a bite of a banana before my son took it and when I got home I had a handful of almonds. I just finished working out so I am going to do a small protein shake because I am satifsied right now…..I am just going to be up for a while longer so I want to have something in me so that I dont get off schedule. Tomorrow I have the entire meal planned from the 1500-200 calorie basic plan on milliondollarbody.com (vegetarian foods only of course)….so I will be preparing that when I break from studying to have for tomorrow. Mike - my workout buddy - said that he did a fitness test today but really didnt say anything after that so I am not sure if he jumped right in and knocked out a workout. My other fitness buddy - Sam - is at the gym as we speak….such dedication….my goodness. I am ready to lay dowin in my bed but I still have other things to do so I am going to say farewell for now…….MUAH!

Pray for me and I will for you!

MUAH again.

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V

Today I am going to prepare for the next 90 days. I have downloaded a vegetarian meal plan and ordered all of the groceries at Harristeeter.com…..I am trying to get myself mentally ready because I already have so much going on in my life. I am just so tired of looking like a fat mama. The pics that I took today dont really seem to be that terrible but it is still not the body that I want. PICTURES ARE VERY IMPORTANT!!! I feel that I look a lot fatter than what the pictures show. When I look at the pics…of course I H$&# my thighs but the rest is doable. I can do this. Pray for me and help me stay motivated. I am going to try and post at least once a week and upload pictures so that I can see where my body is actually going….I am trying not to feel like I need someone working out with me or someone to motivate me but I do so if you read this and you can help me please do. I am very open to suggestions. I am re-starting p90X tomorrow and I plan on doing it fully this time. I am excited because I want the sexy back!!!!!

V