carigrrl’s BodyBlog

i’m going to write in my over 35 workout journal instead now, hard enough to put something anyway as i work on computers and don’t want to when i get home! blah blah blah

 http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=5353513

my gosh my arms are wasted, they were not responding in the shower this morning and even now at the keyboard, i’ve just plopped ‘em up here to move my fingers (haha)

since my last post i have still been lifting, just 2 days a week 2-3 different things, until this week, when my husband and i started back to 4 days doing 3 different things a muscle so that explains my wasted arms - we did chest and triceps last night

(here’s our online journal - http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=5353513 )

yes, i say my arms despite the chest exercises because i almost don’t feel it in my chest due to lack of upper body muscle, so everything gets worked; i currently can’t comprehend how i’ll do shoulders tonight

for one thing, i hate shoulder exercises the most (more than squats, but maybe equal to deadlifts b/c i haven’t gotten the pick-up right yet), but have accepted that shoulder muscles and that look, is something that i need and want. while doing them i just think of Jillian and the blonde lady’s, on Biggest Loser, shoulders and how i’m going to get there one day yes i am!

hopefully all my chest exercises will help my arms be just muscular at the same time the shoulders come along (lmao)

i felt more in the mood and upbeat spirits to workout yesterday than today by far, but today was our workout day

and i’m proud that i did my workout (bench press, military press and bent over rows), minus the cardio though and one more weight we were adding on

think i should learn to meditate or add yoga to my routine b/c i need to deal better with my work and teenagers; it’s one reason i did workout ok and not poop out; i had the attitude that i needed to do it for me, that i didn’t want to but later when i had muscular shoulders, i’d be real glad i didn’t skip out tonight so i presevered, as lame as that sounds it big for me at the moment

tomorrow can always be better

i’m hungover today and despite the great time i had at the concert yesterday, this is not fun. obviously it was a splurge day so i don’t regret that part today’s not a workout day, just wish i felt better and wanted to start keeping my blog so i can see how i’m feeling over time as i progress (as well as how my off days effect me)

I was supposed to have worked this weekend to be better prepared and further along on a Wednesday deadline. Instead, I baked with my daughter for her and our son’s youth choir bake sale at church <– didn’t eat a drop!, then had a yummy - pushing my calorie limit - lunch with my good friend, and shopped around for swimsuits to checkout any body transformation. )  My tan’s coming better than my tummy’s going but can’t complain too much.

For some INSANE reason, I was dying for an M&M blizzard and ended up getting a McFlurry. UGH! Before I even ask, I’m sure you can believe it. Anywho, I’ll keep thinking to myself about some of the articles here that say you have to have a splurge now and then to keep your body guessing. Didn’t matter, though, I saw on CalorieKing that it was over 600 calories, so I walked steep uphill at 3.4 on my treadmill for 99 minutes anyway! lol I called it punishment but I actually didn’t mind it at all and am really happy I had. Watched a lot of a movie ("The Holiday" with Cameron Diaz, liked it!) without even thinking of how much I was workin’ it.

I only got away with murder because my husband (it’s so much easier to stay good when i’m not alone, haha) and son were at the Busch race here at Texas Motor Speedway, but I wasn’t suppose to eat bad because I was going to be a the Nextel race today, which I was and it was a CRAZY race! Lots of fun and guess what…  I planned my meals on CalorieKing.com and packaged them up last night so it was easy to not eat all the race food.

Yes, I planned for 4 beers and had 3.5 - yes I’d normally drink plenty more over the all-day excursion (we tail-gate before and after). I seriously didn’t buy a single item of food at the track and ate grapes, broccoli, protein bar, egg whites, etc. LMAO!! while those around me wolfed down nachos, funnel cakes, sausage on a stick, kettle corn, and all that stuff. Now that I think about it, dang I’m good. (and hubby did good too!) Everytime the nachos called my name, I ate a couple Blue Diamond Almonds - jalapeno smokehouse <- my new favorite thing.

This is what it’s like to be on a mission. We take heat from our friends and family for being so determined, but we’re so happy for our progress, however small, that we just smile at each other and stick to our guns. I’m beyond grateful for him for so many reasons, but during this even more so.

And as I said, I was suppose to work this weekend, did all that and here I am writing how it all went. I’ve come to find that keeping up with my tranformation and working on it have become top priority and that is really cool. If I’m truly turning this into a lifestyle, I’ll be so happy! Wishing you all the same happiness! Take care.

I don’t hate Mondays because of it being a workout day, but it was hard to stay motivated tonight. As soon as it got tough I wanted to quit. I told myself that no I didn’t want to because I wanted to have ‘those’ arms. We’re doing arms/back Monday and Thursday, legs/abs on Tuesday and Friday and resting on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday (and cardio any and every day of course!).

Speaking of, I just realized I didn’t do my cardio tonight. doh! I only walked up the 7 floors of my office building to my cubicle once today, knowing that legs are tomorrow and last week I did so many stairs on an arm day that I was hurtin’ the next day doing legs. I’ll have to for sure to get my cardio in the rest of the week. How else will my arms show if I don’t shed the fat, right? I’ll keep saying that to convince myself.

Anywho, thanks to those that helped us figure some arms/back we were missing. I’m not positive I’m going to do the shoulder raises because I’m don’t think I want that muscle between my neck and shoulder caps to be big. Despite my username, I’m more girlie than grrrrrrly. )

In case you were already disappointed in me about wanting to give up tonight… I didn’t! I’m going to have those arms!

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