Valleygirl’s BodyBlog

So, I just posted this seamingly silly goal of loosing 2 pounds by the 7th of April. However, I seem to overlook my goals if they are not right there in front of me. Loosing 2 pounds in a little over a week seems so easy, but really if I don’t write it down, I probably won’t do it.  The satisfaction I will get from entering in my weight on the 7th will be amazing.  All of these small efforts are going to add up to a total body transformation! I am so excited!!

So, I just posted this seamingly silly goal of loosing 2 pounds by the 7th of April. However, I seem to overlook my goals if they are not right there in front of me. Loosing 2 pounds in a little over a week seems so easy, but really if I don’t write it down, I probably won’t do it.  The satisfaction I will get from entering in my weight on the 7th will be amazing.  All of these small efforts are going to add up to a total body transformation! I am so excited!!

I recently purchased a skin fold caliper from bodybuilding.com, it hasn’t gotten here yet, but I’m excited. In my exercise physiology class in college we learned the proper way to use them and all the calculations and what not. I know most people would just say, "go to your local gym" well to be very honest…I’m so extremely embarrassed with myself I don’t want anyone else to know how exactly how grotesquely overweight I am.  On the flip side of things I am a little in denial about the whole thing. I know I am overweight, but I don’t REALLY know. Doing the skin fold measurements…I will have no way to deny it. Its also a great way to start keeping track of my progress. Looking forward to this!

Hey everyone! Long time no see! Its no mistake, I have been MIA for the past 7 months. Truth is I used every excuse in the book not to work out or take care of myself.  I let myself go. I got up to the heaviest I have ever been and felt so sick about it I tried one of the ever popular "fad diets". Yes I lost an incredible amount of weight in 10 days, but I felt so weak, I couldn’t go on. So even though I have put back on half of what I lost I still feel a since of motivation. I haven’t started working out everyday yet. But I have started walking during my lunch hour and I will soon begin swimming in the mornings.

I CAN DO THIS!

Well, this morning I awoke with a sense of motivation I have been without for awhile now. I just knew that today was the day to get it back together. I took my measurements, ate a good breakfast (2 egg white and one whole egg and old fashion oats) took my supplements and am drinking plenty of water.

I know this all sound like minor things, but without minor changes, big changes cannot happen. So, I will go on today with this motivation and great feeling in myself, I know I just needed this kick in the butt to get started again.

I think one big thing that happened is that I lost about 13 pounds and it didn’t seem that hard and I think in my mind I was like, oh that wasn’t too hard. And I started eating like crap again because I thought I could just stop and loose some more weight. But, this has to be a lifestyle change…no excuses!!!

I’m of course referring to myself. I really felt like I had died off. No motivation, no want-to, just nothing. I haven’t been on bodyspace in a long time. Now that I am back on I am totally motivated and encouraged! Thank you to everyone who inspires me. Most of you don’t even know it, but you do!

So, I’m back for good. No more loss of motivation or making excuses, I am here and won’t leave myself again.

So, I know I’ve been MIA for awhile, but I’m back now. Not that I really went anywhere in the first place….I’ve just been fighting my head lately. I haven’t been cheating with meals, but I have a serious non-motivation to go to the gym. I don’t know why…I love how I feel after, but just to get around to changing clothes to driving over there and wondering how busy its going to be…I just sometimes would rather not deal. I’m in total limbo right now. I’ve lost weight and I feel better and fit into clothes better now, so why not go right? I don’t know either!! Thats the problem. I just sometimes wish it was like when I played sports, you had to go to practice and once there the coach told you what to do…there was no questioning or debating w/ your mind, you just did it….

I know I am ranting and raving and I am crossing my fingers that this is just a phase and I will snap out of it. I do have all the intention in the world of going to the gym tomorrow before work, so at least I am already planning on it. Hopefully the more I go to the gym and workout and do cardio (recently found out how hard HIIT is!) the easier and more effortless it will become to get into the gym.

Keep your fingers and toes crossed for me!

Someone recently told me that the human body can only handle 36 grams of protein at a time. Does this sound right? To me it does not, but this person was in a store that supposedly has people educated in proper nutrition. If anyone can help me with this it would be great.

Well, its official. I fell off the wagon for a few days. Luckily I did not fall off and get run over, I just held onto the side for dear life! But, I am back on track today. I figured out I have a hard time staying with my eating/lifting schedule when I am out of town.  For the first couple of days it was easy, but then I gave in. I didn’t completely bomb all day long, just one meal a day was crap! Ughhh, I feel bad, but I’m over it now. I know these things do happen, I just need to work on not having it happen very often. I need to learn to say NO too! I would be a lot happier with myself if I would have just chosen to go out to each with the fam, but just have something to drink or eat a salad…nothing wrong with that. Its just a little hard. But, I bought some WPI while out of town and I had my fist shake this morning….it was ok. I definetly need to get used to the taste. Maybe I will add some frozen fruit or something….who knows.

Keep your fingers crossed for me!

Just a quick word to the wise…don’t eat your fish oil tablets!

Let me explain…

This morning I was having a nice snack of low-fat cottage cheese and some almonds. Well, I take fish oil with every meal. So, I grabbed one and for some reason my brain thought the fish oil was an almond and I popped it in my mouth. yeah…lets just say in the half-millisecond it took me to realize what I had done, it was too late. The caplet burst in my mouth and it was as gross as I could have imagined, maybe even worse! So after spitting everything out of my mouth and trying not to hurl I recovered and enjoyed the rest of my snack.

Hard lesson learned!!!