The Countdown BEGINS!

So this week was pretty good one. I got in all workouts: 3 strength training with some bodyweight circuits and couple days of intervals. My body is SORE from thursdays workout. I don’t normally work my abs, and I did decline knees ups 3×15 and WOW..couldn’t hardly get out of bed! But I love it ( my husband doensn’t….listening to me moan and groan every time I move! LOL)

I started creatine this week, only using it before and after workouts, about 2 heaping tsp each day then. Took measurements and me no likey…hope its the creatine..lol. Also weight went up couple pounds! And here I thought I was losing! Anyhow..I want to stay on the the creatine a couple more weeks and see what happens.

I think I am going to lower the weight when it comes to my lower body. Its growing too fast, compared to my lower body. So I am going to focus on form and s-l-o-w-e-r reps than weight. So when I am doing 8 reps, I will do a 4 count up and down. I hope that will help keep the muscle, but not build and that along with intervals, maybe help to slim it down a bit.  Guess we will see…

Last weeks meals about 80% clean, so this week has to be about 90%. I KNOW I can do it..I just HAVE to!

I have been struggling with my diet for so long I feel so lost. I have done Keto for week and lost a lil BF, but not much, tried doing low carb and was really struggling with energy levels and now added more carbs in morning meals and its making me crave carbs like I haven’t in years!

This is so darn frustrating. I wish I had the money to see a nutritionist and find out what they think. I don’t seem to be able to figure it out on my own.

My friend suggested maybe trying a carb blocker, but not sure I want to use that either.

This week my meal are planned out to look like this:

protein shake w/ water

*workout

protein shake w/ soy milk

oatmeal muffin

homeade chix and veg soup

yogurt and protein powder

turkey and green veggies

* I just decided to add the oatmeal muffin and see how that goes… but only going to do that on weight training days..otherwise will do eggs and veggies.

Today I did BW intervals. Did burpees, jump squats and side jumps. Was tough….but fun!

Tomorrow is upper body and deadlift.

Cardio is seriously messing me UP! GRRRR!! For cardio my choices are treadmill, elliptical, bodyweight circuits or kickboxing videos. If I try to increase my speed on the treadmill, my hip/back goes out, same goes for elliptical. Kickboxing videos obviously aren’t all that great for my back due to the kicking, so that leaves me with BW circuits. I don’t seem to have any problems with lifting weights, so I would think the circuits are my best bet, but I just don’t feel like I am getting the same effect with them as I do running intervals on the treadmill.

Anyways…so I was just wondering if I lifted weights 4-5x per week instead of cardio, if I could get the same results? Hm….something to think about and I guess maybe even give a try. If I did do  the weights that many times, I would obviously do 3 heavy days and then the others light days.

No workout today, as my back and hip are hurting, plus I had a client this morning, so didn’t really have time. Amazing how tired I am when I don’t workout in the morning…even more incentive to keep working out!

Yesterday had high carb day, and today is low carb and cals….

So this mornings workout was good. Mostly lower body with some back and biceps. Felt good and was definitely ‘done’ when I was done!

I am so tired of this back/hip problem that I have. I have been going to chiro regularly for this and I do so good for couple months, then all goes to hell. So frustrating! It doesn’t hinder my workouts and actually working out makes it feel better, its just AFTER the workout is when the pain starts in. I take ibuprofen for the pain and try to ice it when I can. Think I might just need another visit to the chiro just to make sure all is ok.

I have been eating more starchy carbs after my workouts and in the earlier meals and this has really helped with my energy level, so guess I need to keep that up. I haven’t been entering my meals into sparks, just planning them out on paper. Seems to be going pretty well so far.

So I’m done with the pity party….done using excuses for why I’m not making any changes…its time to suck it up and GET THE HECK TO WORK!!

This weeks workouts..Monday, some BW cardio, Tuesday, intense upper body workout and elliptical cardio, Wednesday, some Turbo Jam for cardio. I absolutely hate cardio, but am going to add it regardless. Seems like Im losing some muscle size in my upper body, so time to hit the heavy weights. My goal is really to build up my upper body to even my body out. Lower body is bigger, which is nothing I can do about that…but still needs some toning work and tightening.

Ok..so set a goal…for Christmas…I would like to gain .5 inch on my biceps…doable? I’m not sure, but can sure try! I would like to lose inch on my hips/thighs. What do these goals mean? Stepping it up in the damn nutrition department…no more "just one little bite". I need to get serious…!!