BabyG79’s BodyBlog

Ok, I have not fallen off the wagon, Ijust haven’t been logging in.  I have not made it to the gym except once this week so I feel bad about that, but in my defese, I haev been getting used to my new school schedule.  I’m in class three nights a week now until 10:00 so I trying to figure out when I will be fitting in my workouts.  I guess I"m just goign to have to get up earlier!

 I have, on the other hand been faithful to my diet.  I have not dropped much more this week but I also haven’t ganed back anything I’ve lost.  Since I started three weeks ago I’m down 9 lbs and counting.  I even started introducing fruit back into the diet this weekand I have not noticed any gain so I’m thrilled about that.  It gives me faith that I can eat wel, eat healthy and not deprive myself completely of the whole fruits and grains that I love…next comes whole grains and brown rice…we shall see.

I’m going to tyr and squeeze in a workout before sundown, more later…

Well, I started school again this week so I didn’t get a chance to workout Monday or Tuesday night.  I have school again on Thur night so I’m for sure going to the gym tonight.  I’m actually really sore from my Sunday night workout still but I’m not going to let that stop me.  I’m getting more and more frustrated about not being able to do any real cardio so I’m trying to come up with a good alternative…haven’t come up with any so far.  In the mean time I’m just watching very closely what I eat.

The diet is going really well.  So far I’ve lost about 4.5 lbs since I started a week and a half ago and I’ve mainted that loss without starving myself for the last 5 days.  I’m hoping to drop at least another 2 or 3 before induction is over.  I know I can do it, I’m carrying at least that much in water weight I’m sure.  I’m halfway through the second week of the induction phase and I don’t find myself missing the sugar, bread or bad carbs for the most part, unless it’s right in front of my face.  The only setback I’ve had is when someone brought in donuts to work the other day   I hadn’t eaten breakfast like I should and, being the recovering chocoholic that I am, temporary insanity made actually cut out a single bite of a one of the choolate glazed (much to everyone’s irritation in the office).  I gobbled it up and it was gone in an instant.  I instantly felt guilty too, and mad that it just didn’t last long enough.  I felt like a drug addict.  Later I realized the true consequences of veering off my diet even a little bit…cravings for all kinds of terrible yummy things like cheeseburgers and enchiladas.  I battled through the withdrawls and cold sweats like any good addict ready to change, and rededicated myself to my diet.  Luckily I didn’t do too much damage.  I’ve been “chocolate-free” again for 5 days

It’s been a couple of days since I posted mostly because I have not worked out since Thursay (the 1st).  SB got home from his trip on Friday and we’ve been going back and forth about nutrition all weekend.  We’re trying to get on the same page (a.k.a I’m convincing him to be on my diet ).  I’m too weak to watch him eat chocolate cakes and mashed potatoes in front of me therefore he doesn’t get them…that just how it has to be!  So I think now we’ve come to an agreement.  We’re both happy with lots of veggies, legumes and lean protien, so that’s what we’re going with for the forseeable future.  I also started supplementing with Lipo6 today. I’m really hoping it works as well for me as ephedrine used to, we shall see.

So, I’m feeling good after getting through my first week on the new diet.  I only worked out 3 days, which is two days less then I intended to, but I really needed the rest so I’m not going to dwell on it.  I was feeling very exhausted by Friday yet very proud that I did not cheat or deviate from my diet.  Normally this is when I would reward myself with a plate of cheeses enchiladas or a pint of ice cream, instead I took off from work early and got a deep tissue massage and a facial.  More expensive?  By far.  More enjoyable?  By far.  I left the spa feeling incredible (I actually fell asleep during a deep tissue massage, that’s how tired I was).  I got a great nights sleep that night, especially since SB showed up shortly after I got home and I hadn’t seen him in 5 days. 

Onward and upward!  SB and I are both very "pumped" (pun intended) about setting, meeting and exceeding our new goals.  So much so that we got up this morning and watched Pumping Iron over lowfat baby quiche LOL   It’s amazing what watching that caliber of athlete does for your motivation.  We’re heading to the gym shortly and I’m looking forward to getting a good workout in.  The old foot is still bothering me quite a bit so I will skip the bike tonight, but I do plan on punishing my upper body and abs so I’ll be glad to have an excuse not to do the cardio.  We plan to take new pictures tonight so I’ll probably be posting those (along with my TRUE starting pictures from a year ago) later tonight.

More later…

 …ok, it’s later.  I’m just updating with my workout from last night

 Super sets

Dumbell bench press (30 lbs x 5 sets) with dumbell flys (15 lbs x 5 sets)

Dumbell shoulder press (20 lbs x 4 sets) with lateral raises (10 lbs x 4 sets)

Dips (120 lbs x 5 sets) with tricep pushdowns (40 lbs x 5 sets)

Abs/Ab bench (body weight, 20 mins)