The Countdown BEGINS!

This morning was lower body…Here is my workout:

A1)Squats 3×12 at 65lbs

A2)BSS 3×12 at 24lbs

B1)Bent Leg Deadlifts 3×12 at  55lbs

B2)Step Ups 3×10 at 30 lbs

C1) Seated Leg Press 3×12 at 109lbs

C2)Stability Ball Leg Curl 3×12

D1)Calves

That is what I am doing this week, need to get my workouts changed up a bit for the upcoming week. Was a good workout anywhoooo…legs were pretty tired when I left gym.  My forearms are still tired from mondays workout…weird…

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%!!

I have been so super busy since the beginning of August and boy is it showing! I am getting my workouts in every week, thats been no problem, its been my EATING! Its not even really that I’m eating all that bad, just not what I would normally be eating and if I want to lose BF, definitely not gonna happen the way I have been eating. I need to motivation to get back to my clean eating! sheesh!! I think this weekend I am going to do a juice/tea/water detox diet. I try to do them every 4-6 months and it has been a while. For ME at least its a good way for me to put into practice my self control and it also cleans out all the cruddy "cravings" out of my system!

So hopefully I can hold it together until the weekend and then start up good and fresh next week! I am meeting a friend in Vegas ( her and her husband and I and my husband) and I want to look amazing! We both push each other to work harder and harder, so it is like some good motivation for me!

I will try to keep updating here more often so hopefully that will also keep me going!

Ok..I think I stress too much about what I SHOULD be doing instead of what I AM doing. So, I decided to go with the DB/KB Fusion Workout from Turbulence Training and it looks like this:

Workout A

These are supersets:

*1 Leg Squat

*DB Incline Press

*1 Leg RDL

*Rows

*Squat

*Decline Pushup

Workout B

*1 Arm DB/KB Swing

*Spiderman push up

*1 arm-1 leg DB/KB Overhead press

*Waiters Bow

*1 Arm DB/KB Squat Press

*X-Body Mt Climber

*Turkish Get Up

*Push up Hold

*Side Plank

Workout C

*Close Stance Split Squat

*Block Push up

*Chest Press

*1 Leg Deadlift

*Deep Step Up

*Stability Ball Leg Curl

*Read Delt Raise

*1 Leg Calf Raise

*DB curl

*Close Grip Elevated Pushup

This is tough workout and a lot of exercises I haven’t done in some time..so it will be fun. I am going to stay away from HIIT for couple weeks and instead do BW circuits.

For meals, I’m just going to eat clean. I don’t need the stress of tracking calories right now. If in a couple weeks I don’t see any changes, then I will start tracking for a while and add some HIIT.

I have to get some new pix, my legs are looking awesome! Now if I could just tone that ass more! In time…patience, right?

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!

Ok..so here’s my frustration now..I am losing in my waist and thighs, but my a$$ is getting bigger! OK- NOT WHAT I WANT! I need to lose my ass! LOL. I know there is this stubborn layer of fat on my ass and upper thighs that I have been trying to get rid of and it seems that it is getting less and less. Maybe the muscle I am building is whats making my butt bigger.

So, here’s what I been doing:

2 days of intense lower body, 1 day of intense upper body, and one day of split. NO cardio on lower body days, but otherwise cardio every other) day (so 5 days). I have been eating at about 1500 cals, but getting hungry, so think I will raise them to 1600 and Im going to try 3 days low carb (10C/30P/60F) and one high carb day (60C/30P/10F).

Ok..so this week’s workouts:

Monday: AM- Intervals on treadmill for 20 min  PM- Total body workout @ home- low intense

Tuesday: AM - Lower body workout at gym - AWESOME!! Love not being able to walk out of the gym! LOL

Wednesday: AM- Upper body workout at home and abs - Intervals on elliptical for 15 min.

So my abs are still sore from last Wednesdays workout..had hard time doing pull ups..didn’t realize I used my abs so much doing them! Did deadlifts yesterday and my back is okay today..so thats good thing. I have planned my meals all this week, and kept them around 1400-1500 cals per day. Low carbs and keeping carbs in early part of day. Its still this darn energy I am struggling with! Just one day I would like to NOT BE TIRED! I ordered some Jet Fuel and see if that will help. Someone suggested it and says it works awesome..so lets keep our fingers crossed!

I took some pix of my legs this morning with my new phone, but realized I can’t upload them yet, cuz I need a USB cord. So when I get that, will get them on here. They are looking better…and even the "dreaded cellulite dimples" are looking less and less! Yipee! I just have to keep at it and I KNOW I will see the results I want!

I feel as if I am getting NOWHERE! I feel as if I am working my ass off and seeing NO RESULTS! I "think" my legs are getting better, but it seems as if my bodyfat just won’t move a damn bit! Why?? I just dont get it?? I am doing WAY more cardio that I was doing a couple months ago and I am lifting more weights and more days per week. My eats..maybe 2 cheat meals a week and not even that bad….so what?? what?? why??? AHH!!!!! Yes, I know I am an impatient person, but still come on fat..get the hell off my body already!! GRRRRRRR!!!

Ok..I feel better now..I think..just needed to vent a little….

I tried counting cals and planning meals, but I just can’t. I just dont’ have the time or motivation. I think I have done it long enough before, I have a good idea of what and when I need to be eating, so I’m just going to eat and workout. LOL

Workouts are doing good, I have decided to do 3 lower body workouts per week and one upper body workout. I did Romanian deadlifts  and started out with 65lbs. Not too smart..first time doing them in over a year and today I am paying for it! I can hardly move and don’t even get me started on trying to bend over! I look like a 90 year old woman! Very dumb! I was able to do my intervals on the treadmill though, so thats good. Guess we will see how I am doing tomorrow, trying to do another lower body workout! Might have to do upper tomorrow.