atray87’s BodyBlog

Okay I really should of wrote a blog on friday.. I have so much to say but I will try to keep it short and sweet.

First and foremost.. why is sex so much better when you are working out and being healthy without saying too much I feel like a sex monster right now !!!!

Also I stuck to my plan this week and I feel so much better.. I have more confidence and I wake up happy it is so weird to feel this way just from taking care of myself better but I will not get mad for not fixing this sooner.. at least I am getting the benefits of positive thinking right now!!!

Next subject.. I went the whole weekend without alcohol and I even went out … some of you might not understand that but I am a party girl and that was a challenge but I was looking good had a red bull(mad that they did not have the sugar free kind) and I danced the night away. Also since I am looking much better I will start carrying my stick around more.. I had a couple of bugaboos around me on sat night…. it is funny how confidence shines and the attention that it brings.. I wonder how it will be when my body completely changes??? So a couple of girls that I always see out kept asking me why I was not drinking so funny that it is expected of me to be the party girl.. I was like nope not tonight.. did not want to say too much but in my mind I thought.. I am in training can’t drink like that!!!
So this coming weekend is picture day and I will more focused than ever.. I just can’t explain in words how I am feeling on the inside.. I really am glad I put the ball in my court and I am starting to take control of my life.. in these days of unsure times this is the only true thing we can control. Take care of yourselves bb.com peeps!

Kicked my ass this morning… it was cool outside but I was sweating like crazy!! First we ran a mile then when we got halfway on the mile we did a pyramid of squats and jumping jacks counting down from 10 then we ran back.. next we did 30 sec intervals of pushups,bicycles, cherry pickers(i hate these), jump squats with weights… i could go on for days but I won’t to make a long story short.. I am exhausted in a good way!!!

Question of the Day… when you start gaining more muscle does that cause you to sweat more? I have noticed that I am sweating way more than I have in the past… I will google later but I would appreciate responses .

Have a great day!!!!!!!!

Hey Peeps.. I am back in effect.. YAY ME!!!! I went at lunch yesterday to do back/biceps and bootcamp last night and this morning chest and triceps and tonight a 3 or 4 mile run!!

Okay so I have to vent…. well you know the past month me and my sister have kept up with our workouts but today she tells me she is going to follow a different plan on her own… I asked her which plan.. body for life.. I was like cool I can do it with you.. she had a funny look so I said oh so you don’t want to workout anymore…. I got so mad yall.. if you have someone on your side that is motivating and has your back why would you not want to workout with them???

On a good note even though I was a bit of a bum last week yesterday I got 3 comments about my weightloss at bootcamp.. I was so not ready for anyone to say anything but it feels great and that just gave me a huge jumpstart….

Well I got to go pay the bills ttyl!!!

Wassup bb.com peeps… I slacked off a bit last week I will not make any excuses.. not matter how busy life gets I must find workout time!!! Anways I am about to head to the gym at lunch and do back/biceps workout then tonight is bootcamp!!!

My plan is to eat clean for the the next two weeks.. including the weekend… then pic day will be oct 3 or 4…

I will have double workouts on mon,tues,thursday to make up for the slacking of last week so wish me luck!!! Then I will go to bootcamp mon/wed/thurs/sat

The weeks are going by so fast so I have to step my game up because before you know it will be summer of 2009 and I won’t see any changes!!!

 Hope everyone is staying on the path of fitness.. have a wonderful day and week.. thanks for all of the support as always!!!

Shout out to all my bb.com peeps.. thanks for checking in on me this week….I am still in operation Jamaica mode.. even one of my buddies that is going just sent me a message saying she went walking last night because "Amber think she’s going to be the only fine one.. whatever lol" That made me feel so good that she is taking the time out for herself to do that and maybe I had a little something to do with it !!!

Work this week has been so overwhelming.. thank goodness I took off today way in advance before I knew this was going to happen!!!

Workouts…. hmmm not as good as I wanted but I showed up a couple of times

Monday I had bootcamp Tues legs wed/thur off today I will run 4 miles and tomorrow bootcamp in the morning no matter what and then sunday I need to hit the chest and triceps!!

Have a good weekend and keep on truckin!!!!!!!!!

This is going to be a challenging week to get in exercise and temptations might be up some!! We have work things all week long.. monday is a training day so I will have to sneak and get my snacks in on my breaks… tues is a sales meeting offsite and then dinner and baseball game afterwards.. so I will have to workout in the morning and stay away from the cookies and all that jazz.. then wed the second part of the offsite meeting!! My issues are I won’t be able to get in my 5 to 6 small meals and I am not controlling what I eat for the next 3 days so I will have to make some adjustments…. this is going to be hard and also the drinking.. I will be so tempted at the game to drink with my co workers.. ugh.. must stay strong!!!

On a positive note.. a friend asked me if I want to go to Jamaica next summer for the Reggae Sumfest.. it will be an awesome girls trip and I went there almost 5 years ago for the same festival but I was not in good shape… this time I want to wear a bikini!!!  So I have 10 months to make this happen.. I want to be the best looking chick on the beach I want my whole body coming back darker.. not just my arms and face like last time .. so keep the support coming.

I have a lot of topics because I will not be able to goof off and blog next week!!

People are noticing the weightloss and that makes me happy a girl I have not seen in months made a comment to me on sat night and she even wants to join bootcamp now.. it felt good to get that comment and just keeps me more motivated than ever.. I am ready for my new body!!!

Well gang.. I need to get ready for my busy week.. Peace and have  wonderful week!!!

One last thing.. I had a cheat day on sat and I think I overdid it.. my body just feels sooooo slow and off… I drank what I wanted and ate what I wanted.. my weight stayed balanced but I don’t feel right on the inside.. I ran 3 miles this morning and I still feel just gross… no more cheat days.. just an occasional cheat meal..ugh now I am gone bye

I decided not to work out yesterday so I could get over this cold/allergies/whatever was making me miserable!! I did wake up and go to bootcamp this morning!!! The instructor on wed is craaaaazy.. but in a good way she makes us run so much.. but me and my new shoes were ready!! Also she loves giving us reps of 100 like today we did 100 bicep curls, triceps, situps etc.. you get the point.. well at 6am I was sweating like a pig!! I am so energized today and I am back to my super bubbly self!! Tonight I am going to cook a nice big healthy meal.. any suggestions????

I am under the weather.. I thought I was getting better but it is worse and I woke up with a really pink/glossy eye.. just my right eye!!! My nose is running, I am coughing and sneezing and I have stolen kleenex for my co worker that is on maternity leave!!!  But I will keep up my workouts…I have heard that you can sweat out a cold….I did go to bootcamp last night and this morning I could not get up at all!! I might go at lunch or after work… I might just need to go home and sleep.. but I am way to pumped to not do something.. sniff sniff !!!!

Today I ran 3.3 miles honestly if i did not have a super busy day I would of ran 6!!! The weather was perfect and a nice cool breeze was blowing.. it felt like the movies!!! I bought new shoes yesterday and OMG they are perfect.. no knee or ankle problems during my run. Well have a great weekend everyone!!!

Well I did not see much progress in my pics but I do have progress in my heart and mind!!! I am still working hard and the weight is slowly coming off so that is all for now.. Keep pumping!!!