goforitnicks’s BodyBlog

I paced the floor wondering if I should let complete strangers in on the news…Isn’t it taboo to let others know this early?

Anyway, I have to share because my diets and workouts will start to look like a freshman teenaged wannabe so I have to tell you why.

I’m pregnant. Yup. Pregnant. The boys finally hit the target.

So because of various histories of miscarriges in the past I am going to be taking it very easy until December 29th.

I know this is not a pregnancy website,but if you come across any good articles about fitness and pregnancy let me know. I am pregnant, not dead. I am still a bodybuilder…I am still a bodybuilder…I am STILL a bodybuilder (That repetition was more for me, as I feel like a tub of lard right now).

Workout:

Yesterday I did Dance Dance revolution (wii game), which works up a sweat, let me tell you. It did not turn out too well for baby, so no more high impact workouts for now.

Nutrition:

I am trying to stay clean, but oh my! This weekend was filled with lots of church gatherings and I ATE. Starting tonight, I am back on the healthy/clean eating train. I have no aversions yet so I am praying that this pregnancy is like my 2nd (cravings for only fruit and vegetables).

Weight:119lbs

Husband:

In the meanwhile, my husband is on a cutting diet and supplementation program and is looking hotter by the day. Damn this unjustice! (Just kidding, I am happy for him)

Goals for this week:

Drink 4 bottles of water

Drink 1 cup of green tea before bed

Remember to take vitamins!!

Do some light walking on the threadmill 3 times this week

Use light weights for upper body at the community gym

That’s it…Life is about to change but I will be one hot mama. No more of that excess weight gain drama.

Nick

RANT:

So I have been putting off replacing my camera because my last one (expensive sony) did not last a year. Now my situation has changed and I have no progress photos to post since last year. Arg, who is laughing last huh? Certainly not me.

Anyway, this past week, I have been doing some walking and some light weights at the community gym. Next week, I will do the same.

FOOD:

My husband and I have been having a debate. Right now he is trying to cut for summer, which translates into the what should I cook for dinner dilemma. Anyway, the crux of the debate is, "does eating healthy and eating clean mean the same thing?"

I say no. He says yes. What do you think?

My example is that eating natural peanut butter is healthy, but it is not necessairly clean for a cutting diet. Am I wrong here? Am I misguided? Does healthy means clean? Any advice would be good. I am no snob, I could admit when I am wrong.

Nick

So I haven’t really been on bb.com this week and I am still finishing off the truffles because of a major war I am in right now. Oh if my mind can focus on other things like bodybuilding I’ll be glad. For my christian friends on this site, you probably understand the sweaty battle of the mind one goes through from time to time when you are expecting answered prayers from God. I’m having that wrestle going on at the moment, I have had no appetite and when I do, it is usually for fast, cheap and/or easy. Against bb 101:(

I went to the gym last night for the first time this week. I worked the bis, hammys and abs. I still felt strong even though I had crap in my body for fuel. Since my body has reached in the safe zone category (I’m no longer considered unhealthy BMI-wise) I find it easier to keep the weight off. I am not pushing my luck but I am just observing this glorious new position I’m in. My buns felt good all night and I give props to the community gym work outs for this.

Later this morning Friday, I am determined to go for a run even though I have not clean the home for a week and a half. Do I hear selfish? maybe slack? Yes, sometimes I have to be because I will never get time for fitness. I used to be Ms. Clean. Queen of a perfect house. I long to be back there but I haven’t yet figured out how to add 3 more hours to a day. So for now, I am just closing my eyes to the laundry that sits in the hallway for a week and the grime on the stove top.

So though I am struggling with other things in life right now, I hope to crush this sad spirit with a good ’ole run along nature’s path this morning. Maybe my mind will thank me for it.

I had a good time on the trip. Yea for me, I ate well and I used the hotel gym. I was such an example, you would have been proud. Since I came home, it has been another story though. I went grocery shopping on Monday while hungry and somehow truffles and wafers made it home with me. Since then, I have been eating bon bons and feeling guilty.

I just reallized that I am in the middle of the week, yea! But I haven’t set any goals for this week. I guess my desire is to come off the sweet train I hopped on on Monday. I also need to rest. I am tried. My mind is tired and I need to rest.

So today is my trip. I have finished cooking my husband’s chicken breast for a couple of days and there is a tiny amount of time left to prepare what I am going to take with me. I am going to take Jules advice and carry some food, but I know I will be eating out because part of a girl’s getaway is socializing and tasting different menus. I don’t want to lose my friends at this point.

I packed my work out clothes and swimwear, so that should keep me grounded.

Say a prayer for me that I don’t totally blow it and I remain true to the priniciples that  teach.

Since fall of last year I lessened my intensity in the gym and my hardcore diet. Nope, I wasn’t training for a competition, I just felt the need to torture myself and eat and train competition strict because slow and steady does not work for me. I am results-oriented…I need to see the scale decline and the muscles increase. Do people live like that on a consistent basis? I know they talk about on season and off season, what if you are always off season? Should one eat competition strict when she is not training for a competition? I originally started doing that to discipline myself, as I did not know when to stop with a cheat meal, but now I am finding that I do not know how to live a balanced life. I hope the light bulb turns on soon because I need a focus, a compass to guide me through the next few months.

Today…

1. 3 bottles of water

2. took vitamins

3. a hodge podge of shoulders, ass, thighs in the community gym in the morning and hamstrings and tris at the big man gym at night

4. no tilapia, deep  fried haddock that I am ashamed of (just a small piece though)

5. I plan to drink green tea before bed

 I am going away to Ottawa with the girls this weekend, so I wouldn’t be able to log my week’s goal accomplishments. However, the heavier dilemma is what will I eat? Will I just enjoy the weekend and eat junk here and there or am I going to be strict? Shpuld I get up while it’s still dark and train, or should I sleep in? What am I doing? Where am I?

If you are reading this blog, you are a member. This club is made up of people who have become aware of the science. The art. The cult? The discipline of bodybuilding. We read bb, we eat, live, breathe, think about bb. We go through crazy diets and intense workouts just because we are part of this club. Once we become aware, there is no turning back. A true member could never go back to a sloppy lifestyle without being haunted. Without punishing ourselves with thoughts of protein intake, reps needed, carb cycling, on and off days and the likes. Eating junk food does not taste the same after membership. Not working out comes attached with more mental harm than benefits. Once we have tasted leanness or sweetness on a stage that’s it. Once a member, always a member.

So today…though I am trailing in my efforts to eat clean and work out, I carry my membership card. The relic that kept me from buying Doritos after finding out that my close friend is having an affair. The relic that forced me to go to the gym tonight even though my body was hurting all over. The relic that has me typing on bb.com at 12 in the morning. The relic that has me drinking green tea, when I really want something cold and icy instead. So I may be trailing my behind but I am a member.

Goal accomplishments:

1. 2 bottles of water

2. took vitamins

3. 20 mins of buns stepping at the community gym in the morning and shoulders and tris at the big man gym at night

4. no tilapia, crap leftovers

5. I did not dine out

6. I am currently finishing up my green tea

 So for all my friends who don’t feel like they measure up, don’t beat yourself up…once you have breath, you are still a member and you can start anew tommorrow.

Yesterday I had a small window of time in which to go to the gym. I left work later than usual and bam, I hit rush hour traffic! Hello, how do people do this everday?!! I work unconventional hours, so I don’t get to experience this madness. Needless to say, my small window was slammed shut and I did not work out yeserday. Ba hambug.

Anyhoo, I tried to eat as well as I could. As far as my goals:

1. I had a tilapia sandwich

2.No cardio, no weights

4. only 1 1/2 bottles of water and  1 cup of jasmine tea

5. I took my vitamins

6. I did not eat clean when I dined out. I had spring rolls, hot and sour soup and pad thai.

I don’t feel too bad though because  I am not really gaining any weight. I just need to find time to get some good cardio sessions in without waking up very early in the morning. Big decisions eh.

Yesterday I did not get to the gym as planned because a friend called in a last minute favour. In keeping with my new goal of being less selfish I helped her out instead of helping myself. (I am still trying not to sulk). Anyhoo, I took bodyspacer lovejones advice to work along side of my client instead of training her. So yesterday, I decided to do the step machine while she used the threadmill. Now bare with me, this gym is a free community gym, so it only has one of everything and it is old, rusty and dirty. (that’s what you get for free), so my only option is to do the step machine if no one is on it. So I figure that by the end of summer, I will have buns of steel by stepping for 20 mins three times a week. OR so I hope! In the meantime, my ass hurts, and I am loving it! As for achieving my goals yesterday,  I had:-2 bottles of water - a tipilia wrap

-½ cup of green tea

 - my vitamins

- I did 10 mins of stepping, 1/2hr  walking, biceps, thighs and chest (community gym)

I have more things to do than I have time for this week, so like a bull in a china shop, I am going for it. This weekend, I did a lot of walking, i.e shopping, so hopefully that counts for something. Now that the weather is warmer, I am able to wear some nice funky clothes I was not able to fit into for years. Oh my, I am glowing. I have a dress that I never wore (my mom gave it to me) and It’s perfect for the upcoming wedding. A little black number. Oh I was so thrilled when I got the zipper up yesterday. SO thrilled!

My camera died, so I haven’t been able to take pics I have been resisting buying a new one because the camera was less than 1 yr old, but I really want to post some pics.

Anyhoo, I got an idea from a new friend who post weekly goals, so here are my goals for this week, besides breaking china:

1. Eat all the tilapia in my fridge, no wasting

2. Work out every morning (doing cardio) and do weights 3 evenings

4. Drink at least 4 bottles of water and 1 cup of green tea a day

5. Take my vitamins everyday

6. On the days I am eating out, eat fairly clean!

That’s it for me, I am going for it! I hope you have a wonderful week.