jbunton’s BodyBlog

I ran track in high school and so I always figured running is my best way to lose weight.  I really never weight trained much because I always thought I would bulk up. I never once thought to do the research on it. Had I known that weights burn more fat than cardio I would of been on it a long time ago. Now that I do it, I cant stand do be without it. I look forward to the next day that I can do it. Since I have been I’ve been less stressed, less tired, less depressed, less grouchy, less hungry, more happy, more energetic, more confident, more sexy and more excited about my physique. I cant wait until a year from now when all this hard work is really gonna show. I have a lot of heavy friends and they are all questioning me about what I eat and what I do at the gym. They are not at all happy about what my diet is and they dont sound too happy about what time I get up and work out. But I’m trying to motivate them because i want them to feel the benefits like I do. I love weight training because the way it makes me feel, I hope I can one day inspire them to want to feel the same.

When I first started eating clean I really doubted I would make it longer than 3 days. I was the type of person who ate everything on their plate, and then the kids leftovers. I know, it was a bad habit. However I kicked it and I love eating healthy. My favorite thing is Peanut butter and apples. Not just regular peanut butter, natural peanut butter. For those who have not had it, its not quite the same as Jiff to taste. Nevertheless,  I have acquired a taste for it. I almost crave it. The kind I get has flax oil in it (1000mg of omega 3’s per serving). Its also good with celery, and I know this may sound nasty but i even like it with eggs. I mix and match but I gotta keep my taste buds entertained or they will get bored and I’ll be looking to cheat more often. So far so good and the weight is now starting to drop right off. I’m so proud of myself!!

I want to start taking a fat burner but I’ve heard some horror stories about them causing acne. Do all fat burners cause acne or is it just some that have a certain ingredient? If you have taken a fat burner that gave you acne, please tell me what you took so I dont choose that one as the one I want to start taking. I read that it is the guggulsterone in certain products that causes acne. It decreases cholesterol synthesis in your liver and also increases natural production in your thyroid. I dont know what all that means, but maybe it has some to do with it.

You know, I have to be one of the most patient people, in that I know that things will progress as they should. But I just cant understand why I’m not seeing results faster. I’m always stepping on the scale, taping myself, looking in the mirror….but I just dont see the body I want to. No, I dont care that I just had a baby 7 months ago, I dont care that I just started my fitness regime a month ago. I want to see results! I’m eating right, and I exercise 6 days a week. I know what it is. I’m gonna have to tighten up on what I eat more and do HIIT. If I’m gonna look like Jackie Warner anytime soon, I better make myself cry I guess. I dont mind. I know it will be worth it. Yes, I’m aware that it will not happen overnight but I’m impatient with it. Right now, all i’m losing is water weight and thats not good enough for me. I usually workout at home but this morning I went to the gym (hubby was off). I think thats where I’m gonna have to work out. I did 20 minutes of cardio and some weights. I wasnt sure how to do most of them so I just copied the bigs guys minus amount of weights they use. Its not the working out thats hard, its the where to begin that gets me. I guess I’ll learn as I go.

So I put myself on a schedule of what to eat and when….and its hard. So, I went to a "ladies game night"  at a friends last night and they had a smorgeborg of foods there. I guess I’m not disciplined enough because I had to try everything. I ate more carbs then I’d like to have, and drank one (or two) too many sugary strawberry punch drinks. Now I feel like crap and guilty. I could hardly sleep all night just thinking about my goals and how bad I feel like I eefed up everything I had already accomplished. I have my sites set on high expectations, but its just harder to manage what I put in my mouth than I thought it would be. I have to get use to it I suppose. I’m a little disappointed in myself and I know I can do better. I know carbs are my biggest nemesis, not because what they do to me, but what I do to them. I crave them and go overboard on them. I dont know what to do to fix that other than just not to eat them, I guess??? What to do, what to do?? Well, I just had to vent.

Man o man, am I excited to start this finess lifestyle I’ve always wanted. But I’m nervous a little that I might fail. There has been so many times that I begin working out steadily only to fail miserably by dropping out for some reason or another. I guess it has to do with sheer lack of motivation and being pure lazy. If you think about it, if I really wanted to pursue my fitness endevor, I would stick to it no matter what. So, now is the time for me and I’m more ready than ever. I have 3 kids and having no more (tubes tied), and I’m ready to get my body transformed to look better than ever. I’m pumped, pumped, pumped…but where do I start? I have no idea. I dont know what the best thing is to do first when you’re in my shape, what supplements to take, what my diet should consist of, etc. I do a lot of research and every site reads something different. All I know is I’m tired of being over weight. Tired of being depressed over how I look in my clothes. Tired of being tired. I can go on now, but I won’t. Everyone says that I look fine, and my husband is content. However, the scale says different and so does my BMI. I dont want to die early because I’m overweight and depressed. So I’m making a commitment, I dont want to be a storage compartment for fat deposits anymore.