beautifullyambitious’s BodyBl

Wednesday all of a sudden I was hit with this nasty virus.. no idea where from.. one minute I was fine the next I was running temps from 101-104, throwing up and my throat hurt so bad I couldn’t even swallow. After dealing with it all night Wed, all day and night Thurs… Fri rolled around and I opted to see my doc… which is when I discovered I was extremely dehydrated… I fully understand to take in fluids when sick but if you cant swallow you cant swallow.. so I got to spend about 4 hours at my docs office sitting there with an IV..getting re-hydrated. Fun huh? I did feel quite a bit better after but deff. not normal. This morning I woke up and felt a little off but not really sick.. so I got in a low impact workout and am sitting here still feeling good for the most part.. I am still trying to get food in.. my throat swelling is down but really I have no appetite and still have waves of nausea.. yuck..

Here was today’s workout:

In the gym:

Captain Chair Abs (slow pace): BW/10 BW/10 BW/7

Regular Floor Crunches: BW/20 BW/20 BW/20

Bicycle Abs on the Mat: BW/10 each side BW/10 each side

[I tried to keep it extremly light on my abs considering I have been dealing with nausea since Wed]

Back Work:

Close Grip Lat Pulldowns: 40/10 50/8 60/6 50/8

Double Grip Cable Row: 70/8 70/6 70/6 60/8

Stability Ball Reverse Flyes: 12.5/8 15/6 15/6

Single Arm DB Rows: 30/10 30/8

Back Extension w/ weight plate: 25/12 35/10 35/10

Took a break had some lunch.. then..

Power walked with my dog for about an hour and a half outside..

I won’t lie.. I felt like a whimp today but some training is better than none!

Its beginning to feel a bit like a myspace "who has the most friends" contest in here.. People I really don’t mind if you add me.. but if you are going to add me … write me some form of a message and at least be in contact with me. The whole point of bodyspace is a network that provides SUPPORT. With that said I am more than happy to be anyone’s cheerleader..hand out advice.. give some words of encouragement but also more than willing to receive all of those things. Please dont add me just to add me. Say hi, tell me about you..

So, the thought occurred to me yesterday that I really have absolutely no support here and that I really don’t know anyone out here who is into the "bodybuilder’s lifestyle" aka eating clean, training hard, active lifestyle.. a lifestyle that isn’t based off of going out for drinks or going out to lunch every other day or simply sitting at home and watching movies (although that last one..movies is my vice when its rainy outside)..

Don’t get me wrong, I have met some incredible people out here but none that seem to have a hunger for activity like I do or who "get" why it is I am eating brown rice, chicken and broccoli instead of the pizza they are eating. I have always been pretty independent and done what I will but lately I have been thinking it would be nice to just meet one person to keep as a friend to go hike with or go train with or something of that nature.  I am somewhat reliant on you people (people of the bodyspace world) for motivation but I think I have hit that point where I can’t just do everything by myself anymore or more or less I don’t want to.

SOOOO Any ideas on where to find people here with this lifestyle bc I seem to be having a hard time with it all.

thx

Andrea

PS Happy Thursday!!!

No, no not that kind of groove!!! LOL Although right about now I could use.. hahahaha just kidding!!!  SO this makes a couple of days straight clean eating and meal prepping, intense workouts the whole nine!!! : ) Yay for me!!! I switched from going to the rec center in suburbea to a Ballys that is accross the street.. turns out since I work next door to one in another part of Colorado I get a free membership.. which after some serious sweet talkin these nice folks across from where I moved opted to honor..

For one reason or another my workouts are all of a sudden from boring to powerful once again, I am deff. more motivated than ever and feeling amazing!!! More later this week.. stay tuned in..

RIGHT… a virtue my hiney! So I just finished out my finals.. the last month has been incredibly stressful …wait, wait well since January my life has been chaos.. most of it self brought BUT some not so much. I’ve been going 7 days a week since January.. school, work, or both on any given day.. on top of being a mom and trying to take care of myself..not to mention my amazing puppydog, Jonah.

The last month or so has been especially hard.. major final projects due, finals, moved this past weeked (yep, 3 days before my finals), I had some health scares.. for a moment my docs thought my cervical cancer was back.. (this alone was enough stress) AND to top it off my beautiful, sweet little 7 yr old daughter has begun saying "WHATEVER!" to me.. yeah, who the hell and what the hell? I certainly dont remember entering into the rebellious stage at 7!?!?! [Thats right, Im whining… so just let me have my glorious 5 minutes then I will go back to being quiet about it]

Anyway, with stress and busy I noticed little things.. I didn’t have the time to prep meals like I use to do 2 days a week.. so I was eating out a lot.. in my defense I always (well, almost always) went for the better choices.. if McDonalds was the only option I went with the grilled chicken sandwhich no mayo and a side salad with balsamic vinegarette and water.. but even when you are trying to go for lean there is TONS of salt.. Then when my schedule got all switched around on me.. where I worked nights have the week and then went to school and worked days the other half I wouldnt get enough sleep.. and let me tell you sleep affects me in a major way.. my whole world looks different. I dont eat well, I dont have workouts, I am a cranky woman! SO where I am going with all this confession is this.. my diet needs to be cleaned up in a major way! I know compared to the average American’s diet mine is still pretty decent BUT its certainly not to the standards at which I once held myself.. and I feel it, I see it and I dont like it.

Here I am today.. day one. I think I am going to run gung-ho back into action full out clean eating, happy attitude, strong workout.. and well, it just didnt go as well as planned. Expecting perfection is ridiculus but I do. And instant, overnight.. That is the impatient part lurking out.. Today still not enough sleep but I did get in an hour bi/tri workout but lamed out when it came time for cardio.. and I ate clean until nightfall came.. Why is it I am such a perfectionist.. why is it I can tell clients not to expect perfection of themselves and their habits overnight but I turn right around and expect it of myself?

What are realistic self standards???