Brick House (wanna/gonna be)

I lost 3 lbs. since yesterday! I weighed 112.5 this morning. Don’t know what’s goin’ on. There are a couple of things that I’ve changed since Monday.

1. NO Bread. I was eating 1-2 slices of whole wheat/whole grain bread a day but wanted to try cutting it out to see if some of this cottage cheese on the back of my legs would disappear (over time, of course).

2. I stopped taking my glutamine, arginine, and creatine for 1 week. I’ve had a terrible acne breakout and I’m not sure what’s doing it so just using process of elimination. Will add them back 1 week at a time. SUCKS majorly cause I was getting great results using them!

Anyway, I posted new progress pics last night. I’m very pleased with what I’ve accomplished in 5 months. I feel soooooo much better…physically and mentally. I’ll never go back. Thanks so much to everyone on here who has complimented me and supported me. Without you guys I would have probably given up but you keep me going! Much love to my bodyspace peeps!!!

Woke up this morning and OMG! My chest and right shoulder is very sore from my workout on Sunday. I seriously think I overdone it! Funny, because I just read Fern’s (MsFitness) blog and she talk about Dom’s. Holy Moly! That’s what I have. It didn’t hurt yesterday. Gotta love Fern! She says it like it is and an idol for so many including myself.

I can honestly say that I use to be one of the people she spoke of in her blog. You know, the one that eats Healthy Choice meals and exercises every once in a while. I too, was addicted to certain TV shows like Days of our Lives. Now, I don’t even watch it.  However, I don’t think I could give up Desperate Housives.  Most of my workouts are done before 2pm. Most of the time, my TV is on Disney, Nickelodeon, Noggin, Sprout, or Boomerang.

For those who have been asking or wondering how I workout at home for 1 hour a day here it is. My 5 year old can entertain himself but the 2 year old is another story. You can’t turn your back on him for a minute! Into EVERYTHING!!! I like to workout before noon (which is before his naps) so I put him in his booster chair where he’s strapped in. May sound cruel to you but a girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do. I then turn on Blue’s Clue’s (which I DV-R every episode) and voila! PEACE! Until he starts screaming MAMA! right in the middle of a set. Drives me nuts but that’s the way it goes. So you have to find creative ways to take care of yourself. It’s still a chore to take a shower everyday but that’s what I use nap time for.

Yesterday my 5 year old started football practice at 6pm. So here I am trying to entertain a 2 y.o. for 2 1/2 hours by myself. I never dreamed they would practice that long. One of the other mommies told me they would practice till dark Mon-Fri until school starts. Geez, this will be interesting and challenging. But it was so cute seeing 5 and 6 y.o. doing drills. Can’t wait to see the 1st game! Ok, gotta go, both of my kids have bubble gum and I have no clue how they got it. Great, now they’ll be plugged up! TTYL

So today my hubby was home and helped me during my workout, I mean he spotted me. Wow, I realized how great it would be to have a partner. He pushed me to do more reps and because I had a spotter I was able to max out on my benches. I done chest. Incline press, incline flyes, decline press, decline flyes, and bench press. I used dumbbells. On the incline press I done 25lbs. 6 times. Woo hoo! I could have bench pressed that but I started feeling a burning sensation in shoulder so he made me stop at 17.5lbs. My hubby was a power lifter all through high school (he even set a couple state records) so I listened. Well, it’s time to put 2 little boys to bed. TTYL

They hurt!!! And it’s been 3 days since I worked them. Tomorrow is leg day again. I do them twice a week because they need it. I changed up the routine and done pyramids with dumbbells. Holy Moly, it worked! I guess pain is good. I’m still doing the Diesel in Days routines but just adding a little twist. I done tri’s and bi’s today. I loved it! I couldn’t stay out of the mirror because I can’t believe what I’m seein’. I really need a good leg routine. No, what I really need is a leg extension attachment on my weight bench. Maybe the hubby will get me one. Afterall, he says I’m a HOT MAMA but he hasn’t seen hot yet cause I’m not done.  And 1 HOT MAMA is what I will be…

OK, so here’s my Hydroxycut Max review:

For me personally, I can only take 1 capsule 3 x a day because it makes me sick and jittery if I take more. So I really don’t think that I’m going to get the full effects of what the product can do. Now I will be searching for something else. I’m just really sensitive to stuff.

On another note, we just returned from a 3 day mini-vacation at an amusement/waterpark and the zoo on the 3rd day. Not such a great idea when it’s flippin’ 100 degrees outside! My hubby and I were worn out after 3 days of chasing a 2 and 5 year old. Needless to say that I had taken off 6 days from exercise and 3 from clean eating. I tried and succeeded at some meals while on the trip but it’s hard when you have limited choices. I started back yesterday and it felt great! I feel so much better! There is such a big difference in me now because the "old me" would have said "to heck with it" after returning from vacation and stopped everything but this chick is on a mission. And I will not stop till I reach my goal. This is extremely important to me. Everyone has their down days but the point is to get back up and go on. The past is behind us and you can’t change it.

I am working on getting up at 6am to do cardio. I have been trying this for 6 months now. What is wrong with me? Every morning I just want to kick myself for not doing it. Since I spend 1 hour a day on weight training, I want to get up before my kids and do the cardio. I feel bad to take another hour a day away from them to workout. My 5 year old says "Mommy, are you going to exercise again?" He wants to go outside and play. To be honest, I’m to darn tired after chasing them all day. I go to bed and it seems like I watch the clock all night, I just don’t sleep well at all. If I can just push myself to do it for a week I think I’ll stick with it.

Without cardio, my body will never look like I want it too. I could have had major changes by now. I’ve had alot of muscle growth since I started but too much "skinny fat" covering it from the waist down to show. I just gabbing, not complaining, tryin’ to get my behind in gear! Thanks for listening.