The Countdown BEGINS!

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…!!

Ok..so not sure if I deprived my body of carbs too much or what, but this week has been horrible! I eat anything I see and don’t even care! I have meals planned out..but just don’t feel like eating what I have planned, so change it and then it all goes to hell from there!

My husband and I have been talking about trying to get pregnant, so I think maybe that has changed the way I have been looking at my meals and workouts. With trying to get pregnant, I don’t think it would be a good idea to lose any more body fat…being 35 is already a disadvantage, I don’t need more things against me.

So looking at my goal now then…not even really sure. I still want to tone up. Mostly lower body..have that extra fat still lingering around my butt and thighs, so I want to get rid of that..but not even sure its possible without losing body fat.

So I guess I am just a mess right now…gonna keep trudging away with the weight and hopefully get my meals back on track and see how things go….

Back from vacation…had a blast in Vegas, had 4 days off and I’m so ready to get back to "ME".

I’m still working on losing that BF, hopefully getting it down to 17%, at least thats my goal for now. I am currently at 18.5%, so I’m getting there.

So, the newest workout routine is gonna look something like this:

Week 1 - Heavy Week, reps of 8 at high weights. 3 days of strength, one lower body, one upper body and one split. Cardio light on off days.

Week 2 - Medium intensity week, reps at 10-12. 3 days of strength, one lower, one upper and one split. Heavy cardio on days off.

Repeat. I plan to change the exercises up every 2 weeks to keep my muscles always working!

Nutrition will look like this: Calories 1600-1800, Carbs 80g, Protein 135g, Fat 101

In doing lots of experimenting the past couple weeks, I find that my body responds better to lower carbs and higher fats. So thats what I plan to keep doing, at least for the next month.

I plan to keep updating here, as much as possible. Life has kept me extremely busy, my training in the morning, working FT daycare during the day, training 2-3 clients each nite and saturday. Add to that, keeping up with website and website blog, plus all the other stuff that goes along with managing a website. But, hey…I love it!

Training so far this week: Monday-upper body and cardio, Tuesday- interval training on treadmill. Tomorrow is lower body.

Well, I finally updated my pix and measurements! Slowly reaching my goals, but not there yet. I have been trying to really stay away from the starchy carbs, increase my fats and eat calories at 1800. It has really made a difference. I find that when I eat too many starchy carbs I get all bloated and sick. Plus I would rather eat more fats anyhows! LOL

We are heading to Vegas this coming Thursday, so will be on a ‘break’ for couple days, but then will be super ready to hit it hard when I get back. I am not quitting until I see that damn BF read 17%!!

Ok..so Im back!

I am so ready to get back into my routine! I was on vacation for 10 days and worked out about 4 of them, but did light workouts. I felt I needed some time off from the workouts and think it was a good thing. I think maybe I was over training or burnt out, because in the week I took off, my body fat stayed the same and I didn’t exactly eat all that well.

So, I’m still trying to decide what to do for workouts. I am a member of turbulence training and have been looking through his workouts to see what he has. I did the KB-DB BW Fusion workout this morning. Was pretty good workout. Not sure if I want to focus more on losing fat or building muscle. I do know I don’t want to build much more muscle in my lower body, just lose the fat. I would like to build my upper a tad bit to proportion my body out some more. I am going to have someone at the gym take my BF here soon, so I can get a better idea of where I really am. Right now the Omron says 18.6%. I guess I might just take this week to figure out what my goals are now..but while still working out. If anyone has any ideas..please feel free to throw them my way!