NoStopping’s BodyBlog

During the end of March, I felt as if I had made some real progress, but in actuality I don’t think I did. Then I don’t really know what happened but it seems I’ve GAINED again (I hadn’t done enough muscle training for the weight gained to be from gaining muscle mass..)

 So, recently I finally decided to use the school’s fitness room (this tiny room with some machines, it’s small but I think it’s more than I can ask for since it’s free! I should’ve gone sooner..). In the room there’s an electronic scale that also measures body fat. Though I know that these things can be highly inaccurate, I’m using it anyways…It says im 119lbs (sounds correct for the amount that I see that I’ve gained =/ …) and 25% body fat. As much as I hate to accept that number…it’s probably true =( So sad….because the first time I had my body fat % read was exactly a year ago, and that one said i was 19.2% or something =/ I knew I gained fat but I didn’t know that numbers could shoot up that easily =/

 Well, I’m gonna stop with the sulking, because I’m at a new beginning now. School started back up recently, along with a dance class and boxing class I’ve signed up for (once a week each). So currently, my schedule is those two classes on two separate days of the week, plus 2 other days of dance practices for a club I’m in. Dance practice is something I’ve had for half a year already, but I’m gonna be more intense about it now. Then on the other 3 days of the week, if I don’t decide to make it a rest day, I’ll jog/bike and go to the school fitness room for weight training (gotta love strength! haha). Might seem like a lot, but I’d categorize dance class as cardio, and it isn’t as intense as jogging is, though it does raise my HR. Boxing also seems a bit low-activity so far, because we just learn how to do certain punches and form, but that might change after we’ve gotten some foundation down. So, that’s why I might not have any rest days (unless my body is really crying for rest, haha), because after dance class and boxing, my body doesn’t feel too worked.

 I’ve kept this up for almost 2 weeks now. Wow, I didn’t even realize that until now, haha. However, I’ve only done the weight training part once so far. Anyways, my body feels great now, because I actually get some soreness now that I’m working with weights. I’ll try to take some progress pictures soon, so I have some ‘before’ pictures.

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