FitNisJnky’s BodyBlog

So this weekend, my diet went to hell in a hand basket. I guess being around my friends that don’t care about their diets so much has an influence on me. I also missed my workouts on Fri. and Sat..

I’ve been fighting a cold this week, and have had hardly enough engery to even stay awake. I haven’t worked out because I am not sure if I have what it takes to power through a workout, let alone get anyone else sick…Also, I’ve been working much more than normal. It feels like just when I have a handle on things related to diet/fitness, everything else just goes to shit. Why is this? I’ve noticed that I’ve been fighting for balance for a long time…<sigh> Back to work…

This week, I have to say, I am rather impressed with my own efforts. I set my eye on the prize, and I have been very disciplined and focused on getting there. I lost 3.5 lbs, and I have been eating extremely clean. (which has been really challenging for me in the past.) I’ve consistently stuck to my workouts, even when I had no energy or was burned out from work to go to the gym. Today and tomorrow’s workouts are still ahead of me, but just the high from knowing that I’ve accomplished something this week, will definitely fuel me through them. A few posts ago, I detailed the full body workout I’ve been doing, so here’s a weekly recap.

Monday = full body strength training workout

Tuesday = 45 min. of cardio

Wednesday = Full body workout

Thursday = 45 min. of cardio

Friday (today) = full body workout

Saturday = 60 min. of cardio

Sat. might be a little challenging since I have to work in the morning and I do have some time set aside for the gal pals too. I can’t wait!! So I know I will need to make up for the wine that I drink on Sat. with a total calorie burning cardio workout that day.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Tonight was a great gym night. I managed to get through my little agenda from earlier. The only thing I didn’t have time for were the extra tricep push downs, which I would’ve loved to do, but was on a time crunch with work.

I am going to be sore tomorrow

Thank you so much for the nice words of encouragement everyone! You really helped fuel me through my last workout on Friday. Today, is another full body workout, and I am really looking forward to it. I’ve started dieting again, just to shed some excess water weight right now. My ultimate goal is to be 20 lbs lighter before we conceive, but if that doesn’t happen, I will be happy with -10. I’ve started the South Beach diet for the next 2 weeks, because that’s helped in the past, and it’s kept me really disciplined and on track. Very low GI foods no sugar, and no carbs. I can do this…..Two weeks after this, I will cycle fruits back in, and after that whole grains, etc. This is the workout that I did last week, and I’m slowly starting to get a little stronger. Now that my diet is in check, I expect to see results soon. It somehow always works out that way
Here’s whats on my agenda for tonight:

10 min. warm up
Legs:
Walking lunges w/ dumbells (15, 12, 10 (reps) x 15, 17.5, 20 lbs)
squats w/ dumbells (15, 12, 10 (reps) x 15, 17.5, 20lbs)
calves - standing machine..not sure on the weight yet..(3 sets)
Hip abductor raises (15, 12, 10 (reps) x 15, 17.5, 20 lbs)  - if there’s time

Chest:
incline chest press (15, 12, 10 (reps) x 15, 17.5, 20 lbs) - or heavier if I can manage it

Arms:
Bicep curls (15, 12, 10 (reps) x 15, 17.5, 20 lbs)
Tricep dips (body weight only)
Tricep pushdowns (if there’s time) not sure on the weight yet..

Shoulders:
dumbell lateral raises (15, 12, 10 (reps) x 7.5, 8, 10 lbs) - still working on getting stronger at these
dumbell shoulder press (15, 12, 10 (reps) x 15, 17.5, 20 lbs)
shrugs (15, 12, 10 (reps) x 15, 17.5, 20 lbs) - is this considered this shoulders, or arms? need to strengthen my neck area…

Back:
Lateral pull down (15, 12, 10 (reps) x 60, 70, 70 lbs) - or more if I can manage - this is still a little hard right now
stiff legged deadlift (15, 12, 10 (reps) x 15, 17.5, 20 lbs)

Abs:
ball crunches  (3 sets of 25) w/ medicine ball if it’s available
oblique ball crunches (3 sets of 25)  w/ medicine ball if its available
hanging leg raise (on chair thing) (3 sets of 25)
Wish me luck!

After trying to conceive for the past three months, I am deciding to get back to my normal schedule..Enduring the disappointment, the waiting, the not being able to really tell anyone, and the upside-down and inside-out treatment my diet and workout regimens have been tolerating, I think I need to get back to what makes me feel good. And right now, I could stand to lose some weight, and get some muscle back. For two weeks, I’ve been back into weight training, doing full body workouts, which have felt great. I just haven’t been logging anything on here, which I think I’ll start doing, just for my own satisfaction.

I really miss the support so many of you have offered on this site. And if my husband and I Weren’t trying to have a baby right now, I’d be on this site all the time. Somehow, my motivation just fell off the map. My diet (for conceiving purposes only) has included an array of foods, I wouldn’t normally embelish in, such as carbs, fat, and tons and tons of fruits and veggies. I’ve had my share of protein too. Now that I am feeling rather plump and a little bummed out from hearing about my big fat negative test results today, I think it’s high time I get my butt back into the gym.