SharaLeah’s BodyBlog

Oh how I love weigh-in day. 

This is the day it all pays off.  And… after I e-mail my new comp. sheets to all my friends and post my progress pics on facebook for all my family and a few ex-boyfriends to see, and come to bodyspace and enter all my measurements and stats, I gotta say, that extra loud grunt I used to press out that big increased weight, those five last ball pikes that I gritted my teeth trough, that last damn bite of tuna or egg, or chicken, is all so far behind me at this moment.  At this moment, with all my friends and family dropping their jaws in awe, people I know calling me "Skinny Bitch", my brother phoning and asking for "Wonder Woman" in a bad Arnold "pump you up" accent, My jeans falling off my ass, all I am thinking about is……I have just begun…..and you Ain’t seen nothin’ yet.  Soooo back to the gym.  Lets burn baby burn. 

P.S.  I love my trainer

Well, it looks like my last Blog did not save.  Bummer.  All that typing for nada.  I am very excited though because next week is my Progress Check.  Four weeks since my last program change.  Can’t wait to post new results.  I love the incentive that I get.  Still pushing harder each week.  Pretty tired these days so I am focusing on extra sleep and super strict form. 

Well, I won’t be able to use the workout tracker anymore.  Out of respect for my new awesome trainer, I will not be posting specifics about my diet and exercise routines.  I think I will continue to use this blogg as a training journal to help stay motivated.  Off to the gym I go.

So the five days off were very well used.  I rested up, got my new routine (aparently I was overtraining a bit) and was at the gym this morning feeling much better.  Good call.  I am a musician and I know all about the importance of rests in music, they are just as powerful as the notes.  Same goes here I guess.

After talking with one of my trainers I feel much better about my descision to rest for a few days.  If I don’t rest and allow my body to energize, I run the risk of injury, and I really don’t want that.  Because my new program begins next week, and I have been training hard for over a month now, it seams very appropriate to use the next few days as a recovery period.  I feel much better now that the idea has been validated.  Off to bed I go

        Well I am kind of at a stand and wait point.  My new trainer is working on my program.  For the last month I have been doing my own thing, working off borrowed routines, trying to gently shock my muscles back into a building period.  I have also been battling this strep throat for most of that month.  I have two days left on my antibiotics (gotta hate a pill named anti-life) and they seem to be sucking the life out of me.  I am having mild allergic reactions but they seem to be okay.  Yesterday I felt like I had cotton balls wedged in my eyes, so I opted to rest, as much as a mom with three kids can rest, and wait until today to head back to the gym.  I fell aslep at 3pm yesterday and my body seamed to really need the rest.  The problem is it’s hard to sleep later when you have napped during the day. 

         I struggled through an aerobics class today, keeping it low impact and light weight.  When I went in to do the weight lifting portion for today, I really felt that my body was screaming no!!!!.  After a few exercises I decided to go home.  I think that I will use this week as a rest/recovery week, that seams to be what I need anyway.  I will still do the cardio, but no muscle building, and maybe my glands and joints will bennefit from the time off.  Form is difficult to maintain when you are exhausted.  I am trying not to feel failure, but rather look at this as a transition period that my body requires.  By next week I should have my new routine and diet plan anyway, and I want to be rested for that.  It would suck to start up with injuries and energy problems. 

        Oh well.  This is life right?  It is so hard when you are an extreme person who lives to push all the time, to listen and rest when you need to.  When I was diagnosed with MS I saw it as the universes way of telling me that my life was out of balance and I needed to re-evaluate.  So lets get some balance Shara.  Rest, and meditate and be still in the moment.  Next week will come soon enough.

Yuk!!!  Well that explains alot.  I hate antibiotics, but 7 dats won’t kill me.  I can still workout, but now I understand why I am sleeping so much.  Missed Wednesday, too tired.  I have been trying to get my five days a week in but my body was fighting me.  Aparently it was fighting a nasty infection too so I will need to apologise to myself for pushing so hard.  Sorry self.

Got a decent chest workout in today and some cardio.  Man I am ready for some R&R this afternoon.  Boosted all my weights and my progress stats are encouraging.  Now that I am getting better at using the features on the site things should get a bit more accurate.  On the advice of a friend I logged in to fittracker.com.  That site is cool.  It really helps with dietary monitoring. Cheers all.

Todays workout was much better.  I did the back, the same workout that tweaked my neck last weekend, but with more attention to form, and more listening to my body, and it was all good!  I even added some Biceps, not to overdo things but because my Bi’s have been neglected in this recent routine.  Anyway, going to get lots of sleep tonight and hopefully finish Angels and Demons.  I love working out in the morning, then I can relax at night and enjoy the benefits of my hard work by a nice warm fire. 

So yesterday I felt great.  Really inspired, maybe this damn cold is on its last legs.  I need to get rid of the ting.  I Went for a walf with kids and dogs up the mountain, then off to the gym for the days workout.  No aerobics, slept in for my health.  Last night the throat is sore again!!!! GRRRR.  Salt water gargle, my bro the vitamin doc says overload on vitamin C.  I will try that today.  I think my body is reacting to my new routine and nutrition.  I may be creating vitaimin deficencies and clearing out toxins???  Anyway, off to the healthfood store I go.  No one else around me is sick so it must be one of those bugs that really likes sexy brunettes;)