HOW DID I DO THIS?

OK I almost walked out on my trainer yesterday during our leg training day.  I know I had more energy when I was eating chocolate animal crackers daily.  I worked my way through leg ext with two drop sets.  I felt my blood pulling closer to my temples as I hit the last ten reps.  I killed the hip sled.  I need to learn how to look like I am in pain.  He put more weight on because I amke it look so easy.  But walking lunges (my favorite) quickly turned into a bad dream of being chased by zombies in the Thriller video.  He plased two 30lbs DB in my hands and said walk without pausing in the middle.  I promise the floor kept moving further away as if I was the short lady in Poltergiest.  I huffed and puffed my way through four sets.  I can not recall how many steps, all I kept hearing was,"You are almost there, one more.  We ended with hamstrings, not too bad considering they are in good condition.  I did four sets of shoulder presses before cardio.

The workout itself was rewarding, but I can tell the difference in my performance due to lack of carbs.  It is not a bad thing.  Before when my strength came strictly from the poor diet I was trying to correct, liftng was easy.  I never flet as if I was accomplishing anything.  Now as I push, extend, pull or twist, I see lines like you would not believe.  I have to stop looking in the mirror in order to fcus properly.

I don’t party, but I am going to First Friday’s to show my Ketosis creations, literaly.

What a wake up call.  I was looking at some of my pics I have posted.  Yeah Isee progress, but I also see where I am failing myself.  My abs should be a whole lot better than what they are.  I have thick abs and they show quite easily.  But I had better cuts in the beginning than what I have now.

I bet get on the ball, literally, the BOSU, stability, or pilates ball.  Whichever!!

Note to self:  You have two weeks out of school.  You must work overtime.  You can work overtime. Do not slack. New goal, change look of abs in 12 days.

Award: wear a short shirt to First Friday on Jan 4th. (Just make sure you attend First Friday, you know how you chicken out of everything.)

No excuses!

Excuses are tools of incompetence used to build monuments of nothingness.  Those who specialize in nothingness, very seldom amount to anything.  You will never have the body for competition if you continue to usee excuses.

Compliments of Delta Sigma Theta - Rho Beta Chapter 

This morning before meeting with my trainer, I weighed myself.  OK before I tell you what the scale said, I must tell you that I am lookin forward to being below 150.  I look good at 150 but I know I will look a whole lot better at 125.  But I JUST want to get under 150 and remember it.

Well as I stood on the scale I yawned and looked down.  It read 149.8.  Excitement, right!  Wrong!  I was ssssooooo exhausted (mentally) that I could not get excited.

This ketos thing is still a trip.  It is truly a battle between my mind, body and spirit.  My mind says lay down, shut down and ignore the world.  My body screams, get yo but on the treamill, bike, elliptical or lift some weights, we need the blood to flow.  Then my spirit reminds me of my passion and purpose.  How can you call yourself the fitnes witness and have this argument.  Of course I go with the spirit, because i know I will win. 

I Cor 9:24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. 25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

OK
I do not do will with change.  I always expect the unexpected, but insomuch I expect it NOT to happen.  I know, I know, what an oxymoron?  
When I woke up this morning I realized something so phenomenal.  I will not be able to eat sweets for a very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very l    o    n   g  time.
I use to chew dubba bubba bubblegum daily.  I would chew it like a smoker would smoke.  late night trips to the 24 hour Wal-Mart just to get a fix.  My Dr. said I had an oral fixation (gat o mind right fool) because I HAD to chew gum. Then one day my trainer said, "You can’t chew THAT kind of gum!"  I thought, well what other kind is it?  SUGARLESS, c’mon was she for real?  Yep.  That was last year, and I have not had a piece since.  
Now this keto thing.  I do not mean to make a big deal out of it, but I LOVE SWEETS!!  No not cake or pies, but flat out sugar.  Taffy, snickers, ice-cream, whatever was sweet.  I did not have a sweet tooth, I had root canals!  Until Chris (trainer) said that my body will never be where I need it to be until I stick with my diet.  So one day, on accident, I kept my diet.  That day turned into two, three, four, five and now six days later, I am still going 100% strong (not physically).  
I am the type of person that once I do something 3 times, it is a habit.  That devastated me this morning as I eat my first meal of eggs.  This is about to be my way of life.  I was and still am, terrified.
During the last day of work before the students leave for the break, I receive many sweet gifts.  I smiled said thank you and thought, "Wow, i won’t eat this."  Not that I can’t, but I actually don’t want to.  
I should be happy, right.  I am terrified.  Did you not just read that?  Why, because I think I will forget what Dairy Queen taste like, or how many seconds it takes to melt my snicker or even how much I have enjoyed those cute chocolate animal crackers.
Excuse my language, but OH KETO’S!!

Ohmigosh!  I finally have been able to keep my diet 100% for over 4 days.  Now this IS the first.  I have always had some small snack for no reason.  No carbs whatsoever did not seem reasonable.  But after Chris (trainer) told me that even 1 chocolate animal cracker will make me have to do overtime was a slap in the backside.  I decided that 2 hours a day of cardio was not an option.  Although I consider myself Cardio Queen, I want to pass that crown on to the phat girls.
It was Tuesday morning,(day 3 of my perfect diet) I woke up with the worst taste in my mouth I have ever experienced.  I thought I had a sore throat, but not actually.  All I wanted was water.  I drank and drank and drank.  I got on the treadmill as usual first thing in the morning.  Four minutes into my brisk AM walk I was exhausted and super sweaty.  I thought, Oh great, I am sick.  I got off and got ready for work.  Once at work all I could think about was water, water, water.  No matter how much I drank, my mouth was still dry and nasty.  I emailed Chris and told him how I was feeling, he was happy.  I am not good with change or new stuff.  All I could think about was HOW LONG?
Well to make a long story short, I am still here and I have dropped some lbs.  I can tell the difference.
Unfortantley, I have become the fit freak from hell.  My students have heard "Zero Tolerance" and my daughters are unable to snack.
I never thought I would get here, but now that I am, I like what I see.

www.bodybuilding.com/fun/keto.htm
This article has good info about ketosis.

GYM DRAMA

It was cold and icy outside.  I figured, hey the gym will be empty.  I was so wrong.  As I was warming up on the elliptical, a group of adolescents swarmed the YMCA training room floor.  I thought, oh boy now I am going to have to wait for the equipment as they use it incorrectly.  I walked onto the floor looking as intimidating as ever.  A couple of older gentlemen left as the youth came in.  Not me I am on a MISSION!

I begun my workout with some hanging knee raises.  As I was in the air, "he" took my chair that I stood on to reach the straps. I did not say nothing while he was doing it, but once I was finished….

I politely walked over to where he was at and push the chair back to where I had it.

He snickered to his pals. I looked over my shoulder and cut my eyes at him.  His supervisor motioned him to come here.  I don’t know what was said, but he left the floor.  One down, 7 more to go. 

As I started my shoulder workout, 2 more came and stood by me without a weight in hand.  As I proceeded to so side laterals, they rushed to pick up some weights and began to mimick my motions.  I could not hold back the smirk.  I thought, these lil boys are messing with me.  I continued to ignore them as I hummed the Beyonce song on my ipod.  As I moved to the next exercise, here they went, following and copying.  I could not hold back the laughter.  I pulled on plug out and said, "Hey boys can I help you?"  Big mistake!! Three more other boys ruseh over and started to ask 10 questions at once.  "How much so you squat?" "what body parts do you train on certain days?" "What type of cardio do you do?"  I said, "Are you serious?"  They said, "Do you mind if we just sit and watch you train?"  I told them yes only because I am not all that.  Needless to say I told them where they could go to get good information about weight training, Bodybuilding.com of course. 

I completed my training session with two by my side.  After I was all done, I learned that they really knew what a challenge was.  All they had was each other! They said they admired me because I was not scared of them.  Most people leave the area when they come around.  "I am not scared of nobody’s kid!" I said.  They laughed!

They actually made my shoulder day more enjoyable.

Thanks Boys!

School was cancelled.  OH JOY!

I woke up feeling like I could sleep all day.  Yeah right, people with ADHD don’t do stuff like that.

I did my regular AM cardio walking session.  Except this time I put those one straps around my knees.  I forgot what they are called.

After I ate my second meal, we headed to the gym.

I did shoulders.  I did a great job at too, considering my trainer is usually the one who trains my shoulders. 

I decided to do that HITT cardio stuff I have been hearing and reading about.  I was not looking forward to it. 

I did 30 minutes of this:

1 1/2 minutes walking 2.0 incline, 4.2 speed

30sec. sprinting 2.0 incline 7.5 speed (I could have gone faster)

1 min of jumping rope Well actually my goal was 60 revolutions and they had to be done in a minute. 

I was sweating by the 7th minute.  Did I mention I HATE RUNNING OF ANY SORT! I AM A CYCLIST!

Now I am really ready for winter break.  I planon hitting the gym twice a day.  Why?  I won’t have anything elase to do. Does any one got any good training outlines for twice a day training?

If not, cool, I know I can come up with something. 

OK looks like there will not be any school tomorrow, therefore I will be off work.  I should be happy, right? WRONG!  Although I have 42 second graders, being at home with my two girls is like 420 second graders.  Between nail polishing and hair combing, we still have reading, writing and math drills.  They demand these not me. 

THE BRIGHT SIDE!

My apt complex has a gym, although small, it will give me an outlet.  I will do some cardio early as usual then I will go work out.  It is a good thing I have alot of stuff in my place. 

I am just trying to motivate myself through this season.  This is the only time I wish I live somewhere that did not have to go through all this.  But I love the regular change.  In MO it is liable to be 102 tomorrow.

Meal 1: 6 egg whites 2 whole eggs

Meal 2:  5oz Ground Turkey (97%), 2oz asparagus (green beans or broccoli)

Meal 3:  5oz tuna, 1T Mac Nut Oil

Meal 4:  5oz Lean Ground Beef (95%), 2oz asparagus (green beans or broccoli)
Meal 5:  5oz Chicken Breast, 1T Primrose Oil, 2oz spinach
Meal 6:  8 egg whites, 1½ T Mac Nut Oil
MIGOSH I eat 16 eggs a day.  That’s 540 a month! That is OK I love eggs!
I will comment if I had anything but what my diet says.
My goal is to eat clean for the next 3 weeks!
 

I did legs yesterday.  I really lifted heavier than usual, however I am not sore this morning.  This has been happening lately.  Is it that my body is recovering quicker?  I know I am training hard, because I am wasted after my workoutouts.  I even did the stair master for 30 minutes, skipping steps.  I know the rule is two days later.  So I should just wait. 

I am off to so shoulders this morning.  Not with my trainer though. 

The weather is frigid.  It is said to snow, rain and freeze this weekend.  Hopefully no school on Monday.