Danish’s first blog ever…
Ok, Im a dork. I read everyones journals, but never post. I have decided to start a blog to make myself accountable. So here goes…
I am 28 years old, currently in nursing school, and a married mother of 2. I used to be in great shape and did some modeling. I was never concerned with my figure because it came easily. I did cardio about 3 days a week and never lifted weights. Then life happened. I got married and had 2 children. With my second pregnancy I was 204lbs the day of delivery. Yikes, just saying that makes me wanna barf. Anyway, I have gotten down do 158 and counting. I am 5′6" and pretty good genetics as far as muscle tone goes. I can add muscle easily, but fat too 
I started dieting about 5 weeks ago and have eaten perfect every day.
Heres my diet:
meal 1: 4 egg whites and Kashi almond/flaxseed granola bar (multi vitamin, chromium, and fish oil)
meal 2: 3/4 scoop whey protein & 1 tbsp natural pb
meal 3: 5 oz grilled chicken and sweet potato
meal 4: post workout usually - 1 scoop whey protein
meal 5: 6 oz grilled chicken, 1 cup broccoli, 1/2 c brown rice
meal 6: (if not too late) 1/2 c ff cottage cheese with 2 oz blueberries
I am forcing myself to get 5 or 6 meals in because I am used to only eating 2 meals a day. I am doing cardio at 6 or 7 days a week. I switch back and forth from 45min on the eliptical and 30min hiit on the treadmill with an additional 15 min uphill walk. I love to do cardio, so this isnt a problem. I could probably do 2 hours if I thought it would do me good.
my workouts are spiratic. I am working with a pilates trainer 2 days a week. He’s cool, but not what I expected. I am doing some circuit training with him as well as kickboxing. On the off days (2 or 3) I will train at the gym. I dont really have a split so if anyone can suggest a good training split for 3 days, please let me know. I love to do the bodypump classes when I can make it on time. When I workout, I try to do 3 exercises per muscle and 3 sets each of 12-15. Im not sure if what Im doing is right, but I am loosing weight.
Im planning on posting every day and updating my diet and workout and I would love ANY advice and tips yall have!
Thanks
Danishthorn <3
April 26, 2007 at 1:37 pm
I advise doing interval cardio training! If you are a treadmill kind of gal! Wear a heart rate monitor and watch your intensity running on the treadmill. Try running for 2 minutes at high intensity (70-80% of your max hr…if you need help calculating this let me know it’s real easy) and then drop the running speed down to low intensity and let your HR come back down to about 40-50% of your max HR. If you are not a treadmill type gal may I suggest one of two things either do a similar type heart monitor method on the rowing ergometer (good full body–killer workout). If not that then you can do what I like to do….JUMP ROPE! I jump rope for about an hour or so at a time (you can use the HR method with this too). I listen to some good up-tempo house music or drum n bass to create a nice metronome for myself this way I don’t really monitor my HR outright…I just incorporate high stepping or jogging in place while skipping rope or any subtle modification in skipping style to add some difficulty to my routine! A fellow med student colleague of mine told me just two days ago that he read a new journal report that Jump roping for 45 minutes burn 1100 Calories. I just checked my body fat two days ago and I am under 6% without even watching what I eat too much. I blame the jump roping…no wonder boxers are as lean and mean as they are…this is just my 23 cents…drop me a line if you have more questions…hope this helps!!! Oh and you are beautiful by the way…call me! What you are married….well I guess you can be my bodyspace friend
LOL….good luck Sweets!!