Agata’s BodyBlog

That’s what happens when you finally get your shit together! Lifting pretty heavier, eating well (most of the time) - see some changes. Wasn’t sure how to show off the arms so I put some almond oil - pretty amateur haha. I think I also lost overall, the frame seems a bit narrower which pleases me a lot!!

Off the gym soon

So very please with myself – out of nowhere (well…not exactly!) my arms started shaping up.
I LOVE IT!!!!
They are just right – few more grams of fat off all around, especially around the triceps and they will be looking super hot.
It seems the circuit/cardio variation paid off, now thinking what to do this week.
Also, I am going away on my diving course next week for 10 days so have to figure out how to train without gym – I reckon 100 lunges will do the trick for legs, some dips on the bed, maybe I will go to the shop and buy some cans for biceps curls haha. OR maybe finally start doing the hated push ups…  

Decided to shake things up a little bit this week - I am guilty of feeling shy in the gym sometimes and keeping to the same thing. Been doing 4 sets of 15 for 2 weeks, then 4 sets of 12 for another two recently but this week go for circuits with cardio in between sets and I have to say - I am one sweaty miss piggy!

Just wondering what to do next week - I noticed that 12 reps make me a bit buffed so maybe go back to 15 or even more for endurance, hmmm?

So, took a picture yesterday and even though I feel more tones it seems that..uhm, I am not!
I lost 2kg since Feb which is a healthy weight and my boyfriend says I lost fat but I think it was all in the first 2.5 weeks!
In week 3 I got a bit overtrained and last week and this week didn’t do as much cardio and did more reps. The conclusion?
When I do less reps my body builds muscle faster that it looses fat, SO, instead of losing in overall look, I bulk. I can see that especially from my arms and legs. My legs especially… I need to do even more reps than 15 I think, otherwise they just pump up and distore the upper/lower balance.

Anyway…Reps of 15 from tomorrow! And get these damn egg whites!! The only shop that seels them next to me keeps running out (or rather someone is sabotaging me and buying them all out, grrr!!!)

Wish me luck and good luck to you too!

As I posted below, I have been thinking about taking part in some kind of sports event. Triathlon was my initial idea. 

I have been wondering about that and I am not sure anymore! I am not really competitive in that kind of way and I would care more about winning with myself than with others. I love lifting and think would have to do more cardio which I don’t really feel like. 

On another hand there are figure competitions but they seem a bit too much. I am planning to have much less fat but not aim for a totally ripped look with no fat and super visible muscles. 

Any ideas..? 

Joined the club of Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard Whey Protein users after reading some bad reviews of the “Tight Curves” shakes. Decided to go for something with high rating!

Ordered the Chocolate Milk flavour and will let know if it’s tasty but I feel it will be. 

My current shake is the chocolate EAS Whey and I like it with soy milk and some banana – very fluffy!

Think may have overtrained recently..

Right…I guess liquid food for me this weekend! My filling and part of tooth broke yesterday so I need a crown. 

The appointment is on Tuesday so 4 long days away! If that wasn’t bad enough, the other part of the same tooth is moving so I feel like walking on egg shells! I tried putting temporary filling but most of it fell out. Goshhhh!!! 

Still, I will be tough and go to the gym, back, shoulders and legs to be done! I will think about something else (yeah, right…). 

Weekend soup extravaganza here I come! 

Since I am not really into figure competitions I thought I could do other sports event to get me motivated and sound cool in a conversation (hehe). I like variety so I thought maybe triathlon would be good? The only thing is that I haven’t ridden a bike in ages and can’t really swim that well. Hmm. 

I did some browsing and found an event for novices that doesn’t look scary at all! 

http://www.triferris.com/womenonly/index.html 

It’s 200m swim, 20km bike, 2.5km run which should be more than doable! 

I will shop for more but that sounds pretty cool, AND is in a really nice place! 

New week, new fresh start. I hate to say but I indulged myself over the weekend. All because of my boyfriend’s mum!!! Of course, I shouldn’t have eaten but it’s very difficult. Anyway, I am not crying over it – just go back to the gym and burn it off  

I am quite motivated this week!!! I have been training 2 weeks and not sure if see any progress as far as losing fat is concerned but I am trying to be patient. Yesterday in the gym did few plyometric exercises and I swear to god, they were tough! I am wondering whether everyone feel like fat elephants whilst doing them or just me? I fear the moment when I incorporate them into my routine. Will hurt but needs to be done hehe. 

I am wondering whether I do too little cardio, hmmm. 

Until not long ago I lived thinking that things are as they are and there is nothing that you can do about them.
All range of things from mood, habits, environment and so many others seemed set in stone.
I was moaning, bitching and thinking why everything is co crap, why I am fat, how I would like not to smoke – on and on feeling life is going to stay like this – very frustrated.
Why I am writing this post is because I am pissed off.
Two years ago I started slowly discovering that you can change.
Life. Beliefs. Annoying habits. The way you think and feel.
Angry or happy, weak or strong – YOU chose how YOU want to feel. The power is in you and your thoughts; in who you are and who you want to become.  
I changed. I took life in my own hands. I control and recognise my moods emotions – all helping me to live life so much more fully.
I no longer take part in small talk about men being lazy and not helping women with the house work, women being victims because I don’t fell that it’s funny.
I no longer agree that “ah, that’s life” or “it’s too difficult” or “it would be great if” – I do it.
I am no longer unconscious that the way modern society lives harms other people and the environment – I make choices to help not damage.
Why I am furious is that I changed and people that I am around didn’t. My colleague from work for example complains that she is not losing any weight and apparently developing asthma – she started running 5k without any preparations every day now, she doesn’t do weights and smokes a lot yet when I suggested cigarettes are the reason she was insulted.
At work and outside if work people make fun of my healthy lifestyle, doing weights, eating egg whites, believing in myself and that I can achieve anything I want.
I hope I will find more likeminded people here.