BeCrazy’s BodyBlog

Feeling totally hardcore again after taking a vacation.  It didn’t involve any real workouts and my eating was Terrible!  Felt terrible when I came home and it took me a few days to snap back into my hardcore ways!  Namely, I had to get my food journal out again and do some grocery shopping!  Yesterday was Chest and Back.  I almost dogged the workout cause I slept in, but ended up doing it.  I was so happy I did.

This morning was Plyometrics followed by a leg routine that left my legs nice and toasted, just like I like them!  Eating has been very clean today, followed by tons of water.  I’m not going to get where I want to go without hard work like this EVERY DAY.  I know that and I’m ready to BRING IT!

Can’t wait….tomorrow is Shoulders and Arms, my favorite.

Yikes, lost all control on Saturday when we went skiing all day.  First mistake…didn’t bring my food with me.  Second mistake, didn’t bring my food JOURNAL with me.  So, I got salad, good choice…then, I realized the only dressings available were full-fat ranch and full-fat italian.  (to make a long story short, i used a pkg. of each, adding roughly 500 calories to my once-healthy salad).  Wish it ended there…

Then, I ate my Luna bar, cause I was still starving.  Then, I ate my other Luna bar cause I couldn’t find my husband in the lodge and I was nervous.   It was zero degrees all day and I think the cold combined with all the skiing made me ravenous and a bit crazy in the head!

Then, got home and my mom had made homemade carmels.  Ate about 10 of them.  YIKES!  What was I thinking?????

Atoned of my sins on Sunday and ate superclean and drank tons of water.  Feeling back to normal today, but what was my deal?  Did I mention that I was so sick to my stomach and bloated that I wanted to throw up Saturday night???

OK, learned my lessons and I’m moving on.  And, I’m NEVER going ANYWHERE without food and my food journal again, I swear!   The food TASTES good, but made me feel like complete crap.

ON the good side, I haven’t missed a workout and did doubles 4 days last week.  Also, the telemark skiing all day was very strenous.  (like doing 10,000 squats), so got a good workout on Saturday, too.  Problem is, I probably would have LOST 2 pounds last week, instead, I gained two.   It’s probably gone now, but my weigh in on Sunday morning was depressing.  (Last week, I was 144.6, this week I was 146.4.

Today was Chest and Back.  Felt AWESOME and I’m starting to see my tricep muscles poking out.  LOVING THAT!  Makes me excited to wear cute t-shirts this summer.  If I keep up my training and clean eating, my arms will be looking ripped by spring!  Yeah!

Also, had an AWESOME yoga session late Thursday night.  Thought about having cute arms during the whole thing and it really helped:)

Oh, also did 30 minutes on my bike trainer and did abs this morning, too.  Eating has been very clean.  Discovered Edamame, and I’m loving it!  Going to take those little beans to the pool this summer!

In other news, tried on a bathing suit today at the grocery store. YIKES.  Not PRETTY.  Makes me realize JUST HOW MUCH WORK I have left to do before I can put one of those on.  Scary!

Plyo tomorrow…oh boy, here I go!

Lost my post yesterday, darn it!  Hit it wrong button when I tried to submit it!

Well, eating was very good yesterday.  I ate a bit of my homemade veggie lasagna last night that I didn’t intend it eat.  It is actually VERY healthy, but I went 150 cals over my goal.  I hit 1550 instead of 1400.  Oh well, life goes on!

Woke up unmotivated this morning and hopped on my bike trainer and did 45 minutes.  20 steady state and 25 HIIT.  Felt great and worked up a great sweat.  Love how I can see the trainer shaping my legs!

Then, it was shoulders and arms, 50 minutes.  Biceps were still a little sore from Monday’s pull-ups but it wasn’t bad enough to push back my workout to another day.  Got a great workout in today and really pushed myself.  Loved my deep swimmers press and side tri-rises laying on the ground.  Those are killers.  Got a good pump and saw some shape coming into my arms.  Loving that!

Then, did 15 minutes of ab work and burned out the abdominals.  Drank my protein shake, and I’m off to take a shower!

Clean eating today and more water!  Having a great day!

Wow, last week went by fast!  Started out the day with 30 minutes on my bike trainer.  Felt good and gave me some good cardio and gave the legs a good burn.

Next, did Chest and Back.  Took about 50 minutes total.  Did 8 reps on all the pull-up moves and 10-12 reps on all the push up moves.  I’m still doing all my push up moves on my knees.  I hope this will change with round two.  My goal is to be doing all the push up moves on my feet on the next round!

It felt better than last week and I can already feel my strength building!  It’s exciting.  Also completed AbRipperX this morning.  I felt like I didn’t push as hard today on that workout as I could have so I’m going to do some knee-ups on my tower before bed tonight to burn out my abs.

Eating was SUPERCLEAN yesterday and it felt great.  I’m off to cook my food for the week right now.  Can’t wait for Plyo and Legs tomorrow!

Turning over a new leaf this year and decided to commit to my goals 100%.  Gotta do that, or I’m never going to get where I want to go, I’ve figured that out in the last couple of years.  I’ve been working out consistently and eating well during the week and eating crap on the weekends and where has it gotten me?  Exactly NOWHERE in the last 2 years, so it’s about time I made a change.

I started up my P90X workout program again on January 1st and I’m committing to at least 2 full rounds of the X program.  I’m also adding in some additional leg work and some additional cardio because I think, for women, it is a bit lacking in those departments.

I got a food journal and scale and I am writing down every morsel that goes in my mouth.  I am starting out at 1400 calories this round and I may have to cut back to 1200 on the second round to get my BF down to where I want it to be, we’ll see. 

My goal is to get to a leanness that I can maintain.  I am not entering into a contest and I am not interested in getting down to 10% BF for three days.  I am aiming for 12% BF and a size that I can maintain through consistent workouts and clean eating. 

Additionally, my goals are to build up my shoulders, lats, triceps, and upper body in general and gain some strength up top.  I am really lacking in that department.  I would like to be able to do a few unassisted pullups this summer!

I also need to slim down my legs in general and I need to build my calf muscles.  Genetically, I think this is my weakest area.  I don’t have alot of shape to my legs and I tend to have "cankles" (my brother told me!  Sad, but true.)  OK, I can deal with that, I’m just going to have to work really hard and that’s OK, cause I love hard work!  I love a challenge!  I love doing something that most people wouldn’t!

I have found so many awesome people as I’ve discovered bodybuilding.  I am blown away by how helpful and encouraging most Bodybuilders seem to be.  I hope as I get closer to reaching my goals, that I can inspire others and help them learn what I’ve learned and so they can transform their own bodies!

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Week One Thoughts:

Chest and Back on Monday really worked me.  I can’t believe how weak I’ve gotten up top.  On Tuesday, I was super sore and then the soreness lasted all week.  I think it’s the sorest I’ve ever been in my life!  It was fun to feel all those muscles again and think, "watch out, you’re about to be WORKED like never before!"

Tuesday was Plyometrics.  That is a great workout.  Did it with some 5 year old boys in my basement and had a blast!

Wednesday was supposed to be Power Yoga, but I was too sore up top.  I did my bike trainer for 30 minutes and a ton of abs instead.  Kinof loser workout, I know, but I couldn’t move!

Thursday I did my Yoga and it was NOT my best workout, but I pushed through.  Tried to do Shoulders and Arms, but still too sore. 

Friday AM was Legs and Back.  In between all my sets, I did weighted Step Ups on a 16" box.  Really feel it in my butt today!  Also did ABS and at 11pm, rode my bike trainer for an hour.

Saturday finally was recovered enough to do Shoulders and Arms.  Felt Awesome!  Glad I waited so I could get a real workout in.

EATING was SUPER this week.  Felt great to be off the Christmas CRAP FOOD and I drank all my water.  Journaled all calories and came in between 1100 and 1350 every day.  Ate 1 small piece of banana bread at my mom’s house yesterday, but I calculated it into my calories and stayed where I wanted to be, so that made me feel less guilt.

If I keep my eating like this all spring, my body will be able to make some big changes, I can tell.

Started out at 150.5 January 1st and weighed in at 144.4 on Saturday.  I know that most of it was bloating that I was able to get rid of with clean eating.  The rest of the weight is going to be much harder to get rid of, but I know that and I’m prepared!

Went bikini shopping at Target yesterday and realized that I have ALOT of work to do before I can wear one of those on the beach in a few months.  YIKES! In a way it motivated me, though!

Today is sunday and my rest day, so I took advantage of it and slept in.  Felt great!  Tomorrow is Chest and Back again, oh boy, here I go!

OH YEAH, one of my BB idols, Roseanne Clemente wrote me yesterday.  It totally made my day!  She definitely has one of the BEST female physiques I’ve ever seen and when she wrote me it was like a dream come true cause she is such an awesome person.  She told me she would help me if I had any questions.  What a great girl!  I am so excited to have her as a resource.  I love bodybuilding and I love all the amazing people who do it!  I want to be just like her someday.  And there’s no better time to start than now!

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