FitChick’s BodyBlog

I’m starting the wheels in motion to develop a plan to keep myself healthy while pregnant. This first five months I have been pretty sendentary. According to the pregnancy books its in these next weeks that I am to gain the most weight and that’s cool; it’s suppose to happen that way. However I want to make sure that I’m eating well, that I’m getting exercise, and really I want to get back to at least throwing a 5 lb weight around for my arms- maybe see what I can do for my legs.

For now I’m starting by committing just two days a week to workout sessions. The rest of my exercise can be stuff like today; The hub and I went to Venice where there’s tons of Carnevale festivities going on there. We went and walked around for a few hours. You can always find some type of museum, cathedral, festival, or market to walk around in here so that’s another thing I need to actively count on doing.

As a sidenote, I had on these cute wedged boots that  are usually quite comfy and I have to admit my lower back is killing me. I can’t even imagine what it will be like tomorrow. I will not give into the urge to be frumpy though, flat stylish boots are all the rage now, obviously I need to go cop a pair.

wow. I weighed 186 when I stopped coming here and now at 24 weeks pregnant I weigh 173. I don’t remember what I had gotten down to before I got pregnant but it wasn’t that much of a difference beneath 186. I did lose 20+ at the beginning…I truly was miserably sick but good grief. wtfrick

I been knocked up. My hubby got back from Afghanistan in August. We went on vacation for a bit and then we moved to Italy in September. I’m about five months knocked up right now. Haven’t been exercising because my first trimester was REALLY rough. I lost a lot of weight. Something I was hoping for but not in that manner!Seriously please refer to the picture where I am donning the red boots. I am fitting size 11 junior jeans that I fit then while being 24 weeks pregnant…it’s all good. Our kid is healthy and so am I…now.
I’m feeling much better these days. I’m starting a little exercise class in a week. I bought a bicycle for getting around Italy and we do lots of walking here so I haven’t felt to bad about the lack of exercise when I’ve been feeling good. Amazingly, it’s easy to only eat when hungry and stop when I’m full now- lol. I’m already concerned and developing plans and a thought process about post baby though. I need to start now getting my mind right because I can already tell a sister is about to start getting real hungry in these last months . I should be able to do a better job keeping posted here…btw the site looks a lot different since the last time I logged on…nice.

and the next two weeks. I have been out of order here for a minute. Of course I’ve had a lot going on. I got my one way ticket to Italy and now I’m in a hussle to get the rest of everything done before I head out. Nevertheless, I am hanging onto my workouts. Diet is good and fresh.

Can I be honest ya’ll? Now I don’t want a whole rack of people hitting me up to tell me how unhealthy it was to do this…but…. I did holler at the master cleanse for seven days when i got back from Cali. A friend of mine was trying it and the madness hit me at the exact right moment. I typically do not believe in cleanses or fasts or fads. I’m the type of chick who could never imagine herself going w/o food for even a day. I did it for 7 and even though I’m still not a fan of doing cleanses or using weird (yeah, i said it) methods of the sort; (I’m a simple gal who truly does believe in plain ol exercise and eating right) I have to admit the cleanse changed my life.

Yep, the cleanse changed my life. I had a real unhealthy relationship with food ya’ll. As I stated before I didn’t think i could go a day without food. I didn’t think that a person should go a day without food. Doing the cleanse helped me to realize that I was still functioning and feeling good without being so focused on the next thing I was going to eat. It wasn’t hard. It didn’t hurt. I wasn’t deprived. I wasn’t longing for food.

Since the cleanse i truly haven’t been worried about what I am eating and I have to say the weight is still coming off. I eat a lot of fresh veggies and fruit and keep it moving (and some meat;not as much as before and not the same kinds). I’m getting a load more fiber. I been eating beans and legumes and it’s all good. I’m satisfied on less. I am conscious of what and when and how much I’m eating without thinking so hard about it. I’m not obsessed (like I was before). I haven’t binged or overate one time since the cleanse and I know it’s because my mind is changed about food.

Whomp, there it is! This is my confession…..:-)

mmmmmmmmmmm yaaaaaaaa’aaaaaalllllll

So California was awesome but the diet absolutely was not. I didn’t workout and I ate and ate and ate and ate. I feel like I need a hardcore cleanse or something it was so bad. SO BAD.

I just got in tonight. I’m ready to get back on track. More to come in the morning or some time in the next two days.

Don’t worry I’ve still been sticking with it. Not exactly 100% hardcore as I was but I haven’t fallen off and I don’t feel bad about my choices. I actually feel encouraged considering all that I’ve had so much going on. Boxing is still kicking my butt but I’m getting stronger and I love it. I will be going out of town in a few days for about a week. I’ll be posting some pics when I get back.

I read amrn65’s blog and it made me feel much better about the birthday party I just went to. I by no means did the damage I used to do but I have to admit my eating has been off pretty much all day and then when I got to the party I fixed myself some Dang Kasadilla’s (Napoleon), a hot buffalo strip w/ bluecheese dressing,a pc of birthday cake, and 7 lyr mex. dip w/chips.

Back on it tomorrow. Goodnight for now…

Yesterday was the first day at ruthless that I wasn’t just overjoyed-estatic and challenged w/ the workout. I did do two new exercises I never have done before; plyo- pushups (50 on blocks) and shadowboxing (awkward). Earlier in the day I had gone for a run (1 mile!) outside but that was kind of a dud too for some reason.

I know part of why ruthless wasn’t on point is because I went there after a literally 5+hr conversation with my mother in law about our relationship. (She’s cool for the most part actually we just have a couple kinks to yank) I was hoping the workout would be extra grueling to get my mind off of it and all the other crazy ish I’ve got going on in my brain (I’ve come to depend on it actually) and it was just tough not impossible. I didn’t ever have that feeling of OMG, I’m not going to make it (is it sick that I missed and wanted that?lol).

Nevertheless, in hind site yesterday could have been a completely different type of day if I didn’t get my workouts in; if I hadn’t gone to ruthless- which I was "this" close to not doing b/c it got so late. So, I still accomplished what I needed to and I’m another day closer to my goals.
On another positive note I have to say Thank You, to all of the people that I’ve just met upon signing up on here. I never even remotely thought it would be like this. Those of you who swing by and offer so much encouragement, you really have no idea how much it means to me. I don’t have any one in "real-outside" life who is encouraging me or cheering me toward my goals and it’s so surprising and humbling and meaningful and amazing the amount of people on here that just want to see you do well and say kind things. It’s like the BIG GIVE up in this joint! (hehe) Thank you because just with a few words you guys give so much!

Whew, there are some reoccurring thoughts that I keep having that might not necessarily be in the positive category. Such as, if only my body looked like it feels (which would be strong and sexy) or just the plain old impatient thoughts of wanting the fat to melt off immediately. I remind myself this is going to take dedication and hard work and will not happen over night. It’s so easy for me to get consumed and obsessed over what is not going right, what still isn’t poppin’ off the way I want it to, and what’s still jiggling. It’s so easy for me to be overtaken with the transformation process and mental battles so for this week (and as often as I need to) I’m focusing on one positive thing per day. Maybe next week I’ll give myself the right to complain once (and only once) per day (prob. not nobody wants to hear that!-including myself). But for now, I’m focusing on the positive only. Yesterday I made it through a pretty tough for me workout and today’s positivity bite is….

I notice that I’m developing what I like to call “spunky booty” when I’m wearing my pants these days. It’s just starting to sit up there and look all cute in my jeans or tights or workout pants all spunky and fun like.  AND I’m not the only one noticing the spunky booty either. Dino at ruthless mentioned I looked like i was losing some weight but particularly my a@% (actually he was screaming it across the parking lot last night while hollerin’ for me to go faster) is looking tighter. AND one of my hot little trainer friends at the gym mentioned how I was gettin’ the booty back (we’ve had spunky booty convo’s before so he knows what’s up). I’m kinda psyched over it.

I’m adding regular running into my program this month and I’m sure many more squats/lunges/kettlebell swings are in my future- the booty should def. be ready to come out to play by the time my hubby is home from the sandbox- He WILL NOT know what happened to him.

For some reason I am having some serious mental battles going on with me lately and I just need to focus on the positive and keep moving in the forward direction through it all. So tonight I picked one positive thing to focus on- here it go!

Tonight I went to ruthless. I’ve changed up my schedule and routine quite a bit in this last week. I like it–anyway I went to ruthless and saw the workout posted on the wall and thought I was getting PUNK’D
25 pull ups

50 burpees (WTCrap!)

100 pushups

200 situps

400 squats (are u kidding me?)
2400m row machine
I was definitely doing squats for forever (actually I was just plain doing the workout for forever) and it was torture but I completed the workout. It felt good to accomplish that and when I did the burpees they were easier today. I also was surprised I was able to run like that (they make you run laps around the outside parking lot of the building).