Hulawahini’s BodyBlog

yes my calves are starting to split I am so stoaked.. so encouraged.desperately trying to stay away from the scale! ug ug ug .. I can een start to see the curve in the muscle in my quad! yowza I am so happy about it..

back to the gym……

WellI have been consistent in hitting the GYm. My cardio is Hiit and I am doing it with ease.. which rocs I think I might increase it by 5 mins .or make the intensity minutes longer.. not sure. will try that out tonight.

Eating is .. always my heardest part.. but I am living on fresh greens and salads and my protien shakes and flax and fiber.

I did some great lifts this week.. up to 200lbs on leg press and single leg press’s and 80 lbs for armsa nd lats. hey. although my usual is keeping it between 40 and 60 lbs for upper body… but sometimes I just like to see what I can do. legs tough I have to lift heavy to get any big chnages in my muscle… I realize its all in my own head but I think I saw some improvement in the physique this morning.

Tonight is glutes ,quads and calves and abs.

enjoy

I know I know I canna believe it took me this long to get back on here.. alas though summer is hard with kids home and life continuing to pass us by….

Got more supps today and rehashed out my workout plan… so off I go.

moving up on cardio doing Hiit now.. 5 times a week… sometimes twice a day..depending on how I feel that day actually.I am really struggling with trying to lean out I am an endomorph and its making me nuts….but I have made new 6 month goals to help bring me closer to the ultimate goal….

I did lost 8 lbs so and finally am starting to show a bit of a difference all around …..a few inches here and there but now for me its the last of the chub and showing the definition I want a teardrop on my quad and caps on my shoulders!

It is not that I don’t like cardio I just don’t like that I have to call it something…I ran for fun back in the day… at age 12 starting Marathons.. my first a mere 10K working my way up thru the years.To the 24 milers ( my big dream is to do an adventure race !)..and in Highschool it was Track.Spring Track,Fall Track,Cross Country etc.. I did discus and Javelin and shotput I loved it…Then at 19 I had my first child and it all went away from my life.. Because I let it ,I gained 100 lbs during that very difficult pregnancy and marriage….yikes. Through the years I battled the weight thing..thru diabetes…through more pregnancies thru a divorce…then thru another marriage… miscarriages..difficult teens .It seemed when I would get back on the horse it would throw me off again….However ,I also think that everything evolves in its own time…and now..it is finally MY TIME. No excuses to get into the best shape of my life. I really want it but in wanting it I have to be willing to sacrifice for it and also to be able to stand my ground on some issues that bar my way if I let them.

So when I am at the GYM whining in my head that I don’t know why I am bothering….I remind myself of the last 18 years. and I tell ya…my legs then don’t seem so tired and I don’t mind puking at the end of sprints.

I have a new gym schedule…every day at 8:30 a.m after my daughter gets off to school I will go…. also a few nights per week for extra cardio days or for fun and swimming and the sauna.

(Sidenote)I have a dear friend whom I hang with ALOT we spend bountiful amounts of time together..however we also spend alot of money on Chardonnay and Reisling…and Jamacian Rum….as of tomorrow though that is no more… SO we shall see how that goes. I just really thinkits time to make it a once a while thing not a 4 times a week thing. Now before you go a thinking we drink to the point of stupor ….we have a bottle of wine.. 2 glasses each. but really when you add that up at the end of the week that is 10 glasses of wine per week!!add in the Rum on the weekend and its not cheap cos I don’t like cheap lol.

I think my weightloss will definantly be appreciative of stopping the sugar of the alchohol as well.I would much rather go for a nice long walk or do something outside than sit and drink…My friend wants to lose 15 lbs and tone up so this may be a help for her too. We shall see but I have to be strong willed enough to just say NO…ug 37 yr old peer pressure ( well pressure on myself from myself) lol.

Today is a rest day. but I have loads of laundry and bathrooms to clean and extra organizing to do as well as the cooking for the week…and the dogs tracked in mud this morning because as usual it is RAINING.* so I get to mop again*..I am tired of the rain…so it is not really a rest day .

dinner tonight is on bbq’d t-bone steak and potatos and greens.

and I need to start pumping the water. need to get back up to the gallon per day…

well that is all today.

Tomorrow is a new day full of new possibilities!

That is what I hear.. so therefore I am going to start going to the gym 5 days a week. and not have any more xcuses. I really have no reason to not go everyday. I keep getting :signs: that I should be there.. That I have potential … so I should be happy to accept this gift. So many people don’t have this opportunity and I am squandering it with excuses to not get in the gym as much as I know I could.

So accountability… no excuses. ‘Nuff said.

Food for the week will be prepped on sunday.

I need to cut out sugar though.. that is the hardest for me..not anything else..not bread.. just plain ole sugar.

I really need to print off some moitvational pics and sayings they always boost me up.

My cardio yesterday was talking my two dogs on the same lead for a walk.. upper body workout goes along with that….but they were not too bad…it was invigorating.

 Today is Saturday and I am babysitting this morning.. then my youngest is having a friend over but we should be able to get into the Gym for a long swim for cardio at least.Tomorrow morning I can get back into my spilts.

Okay. # weeks till a picture day. ug lol. low carbs are not easy for me in the beginning but after a week or two I am good to go..and the hunger pangs go away…yay.. so I will take it one day at a time.

Afterall..Everything happens for a reason….

smiles 

Now where is the lucky charms…. or at least a leprachaun to get me thru the day…. Trying to desperately get into my groove this week. slow a goin.. not really going as I had hoped but at least I am trying to get it all done as per my needs and requirements that are neccesary.

I did however get my meals made for the week ahead of time…  my chicken and tuna brown rice and salad..

gym….

I am struggling with my shoulder routine I don’t know why I don’t show any result in this area what is up with this.I am lifting with precision and flexion  I am diong each muscle group to exhaustion…why am I NOT getting caps on my darn shoulders… I am already starting to look unbalanced…my biceps react well and quickly to training… but no…all this effort and no caps! I am frustrated…which then I self sabotage and eat wrong… gotta get back on track..darn emotional eating. ug

otherwise things are coming along.I have a jobinterview this upcoming week nothing spectacular but its 30 hours a week which will allow me still alot of time in the gym…

weekend we are going to watch the UFC fights tonight..I always enjoy them…

I am going to have to put my routine and food journal into here I think maybe someone will see it and can add some helpful info for me.

been a rollercoaster week..applied for a job…everyone in the house is sick except for me.. Thank God! and the weather is really crappy. I pray for sun everyday! alas I have been blessed to receive that sunshine in the form of my 11 yr old daughter who is a blessing I cannot measure! Training wise….okay Eating……….mediocre.! Goal reaching….at least that is giving me hope for attainment.   going to work means having to figure out Gym time into my schedule..but since I am mainly doing 3 day spilts right now I suppose an hour and half in the gym once per night and if I take youngest child with me and then play with her in the pool for a while it will be aright. off I go……………..

Tired today.weekend was busy… ended up walking home at 1 a.m in the pouring driving wind and rain cos I am stubborn….anyway walked a few miles in that weather and in high heels… then sunday was a bbq and that was fun…always fun to meet new people! had a blast.

 food was high protien and salad but I had bread ug ug ug …but back on tomorrow at least…

To date I have lost 98lbs … I go up and down a few here and there but overall I still pluggin along.. I would really need to focus on the end result and not let life get in the way… I have the potential to Rock it out.. Now I need to put up or shut up and I really don’t do well being quiet for long…