~Heather’s World~

Is anyone familiar with the Keto diet? Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated. i want to start doing it on friday. So, if anyone has any imput, it would be greatly appreciated!

Just ONE comment! Today was my first dedicated day back in the gym and with my eating! I’m proud to say that I made it through the day at work w/out eating any major junk! (I don’t consider 1 serving of raisin bran junk!) I had a short workout, but I must say I was more focused then I have been in a long time and it felt so, so, good! I’m not sure if it was the switch from N.O Explode to Super pump 250, but whatever it was that got me going-I thank God! I burned almost 1200 calories! Yaaay! As I left work, it was so dark, cold and just plain dreary! I kept thinking I want to go home to my warm apartment and just pass out, but I kept saying aloud, it’s only 5.30pm. It’s early! You have to go Heather and I did just that! Someone left a comment on my page this evening and I happened to read it just before I left work for the gym and it just made me think! “If you use winter as a time to hit the stubborn parts hard; you end up not wanting it to end.” This one comment hit home! I don’t want to be that person that hibernates all damn winter and then tries to crash diet in the spring only to be aggravated and disgusted! No, this is my time to hit it and hit it hard, because let’s face it, no one wants to go to the gym in the winter, because were all covered up-especially if you live in the cold temperatures like I do! I can conceal my slight weight gain because I’m constantly in hoodies and sweat shirts! But deep down inside, I know my tummy is bulging! I can honestly say I went in the gym w/ a fire today, like I’m back. I’m not going anywhere. I might take a vacation, but I’m never, ever, completely gone! I told my gym buddies-no more talking! I love you guys, but I cannot afford to be detoured anymore. You have 2 choices, catch me before I hit it or after I’ve finished, but NOT during my time! My gym time is just that –MY TIME! It’s not time to chit-chat about garbage! Period! I had to stand on that, because a lot of the guys want to chat! Not today. Lol. I’ve lost a lot of strength and stamina! I’m not going to beat myself up, I’m going to use that as motivation! I realize what separates me from other fit women-who look the way that I dream of looking-it the fact that they are committed and dedicated to the gym like Jesus is to the church! Feel me? I’m wishy-washy! One minute I’m hot and one minute I’m not! For the next 3 or 4 weeks I’m just shooting for 5 days total, 3 days of total body workouts and cardio everyday. 20 minutes of HIIT on my lifting days and 30 minutes of cardio on my non-lifting days w/ abs and calves. I want to keep it simple till January, because of the holiday. 5 days though and clean the diet up again and I’ll surely be on the right track! So the point of this blog is this- you might be that person that leaves someone else a comment and that comment might be exactly what he or she needs to push them! That one comment just hit a cord inside of me and it’s like he literally took a match and set my insides on fire! I pushed hard today! I forced myself to squat 100lbs! I thought I was going to die, but I was previously able to squat more then 100-so today, HOT HEATHER WAS DETERMINED TO SQUAT 100LB-COME HELL OR HIGH WATER and I’m happy to say-I did it. Now, granted walking up the stairs to my apartment was torture, but I’m okay now! Lol J

At Last…

*Sigh* At last-I have a peace of mind and I slowly feel my mojo being reborn on the inside! This year has had so many ups and downs for me. One of my close co-workers said, Heather you are just like the American Eagle at Great America! I looked at him and said, why do you say that! He responded, because you are just a roller coaster of emotions. One day you are just high on life and happy and the next you are down and out!

I realize that I was NOT happy w/ my living situation. My dad and I had just come to an all time low. I decided that it was time for me to grow up and move. So I did it in less then a month and I have been in my own apartment for about 3 weeks now!

I was so scared to step out on my own-I was scared to step out on my own and depend solely on myself. Well, I did it and I did it scared as hell. I have never been 100% responsible for myself or anything else before now.

Now, that I am on my own and have a peace of mind-my outlook on life has made a 360 degree turn! I look at everything and everyone so much different! Hell, I even look at me differently. I come home and I see my cozy apartment and I say, damn-I did this! With the help of my mom and God-I have accomplished something that I never in 100 years thought that I would or let alone could do!

I no longer suffer from anxiety attacks on a daily basis. I am definitely more focused on my work. I have learned how to become more pro-active versus just being reactive! I also have learned in the past few weeks, that I snack and munch at work out of boredom!

Now that I am personally in a place that I am happy and content, it’s time for me to bring it like I did in the summer, before things erupted out of control. I look at pictures and it saddens me when I see myself now! Granted I haven’t packed on a lot, but I have lost a lot of strength and definition and added way to much bodyfat!

I am learning how to prioritize what’s important to me and saying to hell with the rest of it. Period! I am in total control now! I don’t keep junk in my house!!

So here is my game plan for the next few weeks until December- 3 total body workouts a week. 1 day will be heavy, 1 day will be light and the other day will moderate weight. I will also be doing hiit on those days for 30 minutes and on the other days that I don’t lift I will be doing a class or  just machine cardio and abs. I don’t want to jump in head first and do to much to soon and fall off, so I’m building myself back up to where I use to be. In December I will do my 5 day body split like I use to. I’m also going to start cycling my carbs like I did before-just not as strict. I’m just rebuilding my foundation. My major problem and goal is to overcome my compulsive eating at work. I’m fine at home-I don’t over eat or binge! I don’t wake up in the middle of the night and eat anymore-now I just eat at work, junk!!! L so, goal #1 is to over come the munching at work!

So wish me luck! Here we go..back at it!

Birth control pills and weight gain… 

I feel like my eating is sooo out of hand and I wonder if it’s due to my b.c. pills. I have been on them for about 3 months now and my eating is just bad! Does anyone else feel like this? What brand are you on? have you switched because of your eating? Any advice would help. I’m currently taking trinessa and I’m worried, because if I keep eating like this-I think I will consider stopping…. 

Help ladies!!!! 

In a rut…
I am so truly stuck in a rut! I’m just in limbo. I’m searching for this happy medium and looking for this fire but I have yet to find it or just rediscover it.
Right now I am struggling with managing my time and prioritizing. Since I moved, I feel like I have to stop and make time for my family, because I don’t just see them in passing-my mom particularly.
I mean, hell I work 10hr days, Monday through Friday. By the time I get to the gym and finish up its between 7-7.30 and frankly I’m tired. If I want to visit, I have to cut that short and go see my family. I would like to get up and do my cardio in the am, but I just haven’t beeen able to let the bed go in the morning.
This week I planned to be in the gym 5-6 days, that has NOT happened. I have been there once. Yesterday my mom came over for dinner and coffee, then I havd a friend over later in the evening and he left rather late. So I am pretty tired today. Tonight, I have to go pick up my pc from my parents house, then go get the monitor from my girlfriend, then tomorrow I have to go and get my refund on my furniture delivery-which is a whole different  issue. Then Friday, after work off to the store to purchase my desk and then I have to have a friend of mine come by and put it together, then sat 9am dr. appt. and 12-4 I’m in limbo waiting for the furniute store and Comcast.
I’m tired and beat. It’s cold, gloomy and I have lost all motivation. I don’t even want to go to the gym in the evening because its pitch black, dark and gloomy! I don’t know what to do.
My eating has been okay.  I’m just so bored w/ chicken, chicken, and chicken…and I’m like, wtf! I mean, it’s just getting rough for me! I made all my food this week. I’m trying to cycle carbs and I’m just like, blah…but I know it  yields results. I feel sleepy and tired, but I’m taking my vitamins.
Any advice, words of encouragement, anything at this point would help me.
My dad even bought me the p90x & thes top notch resistance bands (I have the bands from 2lbs up to 85lbs) to help me stay on track….
 

Any words of advice???

has anyone ever tried the velocity diet and if so, what type of results did you get. did you like it what do you think about it. please advise.

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has anyone ever tried the velocity diet and if so, what type of results did you get. did you like it what do you think about it. please advise.

lol

has anyone ever tried the velocity diet and if so, what type of results did you get. did you like it what do you think about it. please advise.

lol

has anyone ever tried the velocity diet and if so, what type of results did you get. did you like it what do you think about it. please advise.

lol