kermane’s BodyBlog

That’s what I am hoping for, not only in my body, but my mind, spirit, etc. I hope to achieve what I will consider a very fit body and win the hydroxycut contest. Prove you can have a child and still look great.

So that will be a major goal of mine in 2009, to make myself fitter, stronger and lose any unnecessary jiggle. I think I stand a good chance of achieving that. My aggression is here full swing, like a lion released into the jungle ready to kick some ass and take some names. Too bad it took some major politics, suck assing, etc to open my eyes and let it out again.

Been thinking of letting my hair grow again, though with this contest, apparently your hair must be similiar to I guess I’m stuck with this hair until the end of the contest. I’m just happy to have hair, once upon a time going thru chemo I didn’t. I never complain about bad hair days anymore.

So I let the beast out and I got my workout done today.

5min wu rbike

wide grip, overhand lat pulldowns

70×8

80×6

90×4

100×4

standing military press

15×8

20×6

23×4

25.5×4

medium, overhand grip, lat pulldowns

80×8

90×6

100×6

110×4

front lat raises

15×8

20×6

23×4

25.5×4

narrow, underhand grip lat pulldowns

90×8

100×6

110×4

120×4(pb)

side lat raises

12×8

15×6

20×4

23×4

seated rows

100×8

110×6

120×4

130×4

back ext

bwx10

15×6

25×4

35×4

5min cooldown on rbike

20min HIIT on ellpictical, all backwards

Going to pig out today and have pics taken tommorow for the big hydroxycut contest, hopefully my belly will be nice and bloated, lol. I don’t worry to much about belly boat, its usually just water weight, but I want some really bad before pics, lol so I have been doing creatine too, I’ll be nice and squishy looking!

I was looking at pics of me at my heaviest, never really looked horrible but that has a lot to do with being tall. So I really feel for petite people, they have to work extra hard, and I’m really impressed. God blessed me with height, and its far easier to hide extra weight when your tall and not petite.

Hope everyone has a safe but fun New Years Eve.

If I hear that one more time from someone I will scream. I don’t want to be an inspiration. I want someone to go "Damn look how good she looks, she must workout hard." Let’s face it I want to be considered hot.

Not some inspiration because I fought cancer. I had no choice, what was I supposed to do lay down and die?

Probably all goes back to junior high/high school and I was in one word a geek. I had baby fat, braces, glasses and at that time I was short. I grew one summer 5 inches, talk about growing pains. I still hear 4 eyes, fatso, shorty in my head. So no I don’t want to be an inspiration unless its because you’re looking at me thinking my bod is in shape and I inspire you to work out. So no do not say "I’m an inspiration" or "why do you work out you’re not going to get any better."

To that I say Kiss my ARSE. I needed to say that today. I’ve been feeling bad lately because I naively thought somone was my friend but they’re not.

Ok enough of my ranting, can you see the gawky 15 year old girl screaming there at the top?????

I worked out today, yes sirree, because I know Meg and Annissa are going to try to kick my butt during the hyroxycut contests and that they were working out, so thank you for the push. Plus  I know Al already worked out.

Today I did

5min wu on treadmill jog

squats

125×8

150×6

175×4

195×4

calf raises

125×8

150×8

175×8

195×8

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sldls

95×8

115×6

135×6

145×4(pb)

Smith lunges

105×8

125×6

145×4

165×4(pb)

sumo squats

100×8

130×6

150×6

160×4(pb)

knee ext

90×8

115×6

140×6

165×6

hack squats

105×8

125×6

150×6

175×4(pb)

hamstring curls

80×8

90×6

100×6

110×4

5min cooldown on treadmill

22min ss cardio on treadmill

Jillian Michaels would’ve been so proud of me I didn’t grab the treadmill once. Kept imagining her screaming at me.

Haven’t blogged what with Christmas coming, but I have worked out, legs on Friday, some cardio on Saturday, some Wii all weekend. Early and quick chest workout today.

Not in the mood for cardio today. It will be a struggle the next couple days motivating myself to do it. Hormones suck, oh well the joys of being a woman.

Anyhow I’ve decided I’m not entering any more contests on another site I blog on. I always give it my all and nothing, and I mean I give it my all. Every contest. From the beginning back when my hips were humungous(44 inches or more), thru thyroid issues(I have no thyroid and darn if it can’t stall or ruin your weight loss), scares about cancer(turned out to be a fractured rib).

Being a two time cancer survivor anytime they act all weird looking at your cat scans you freak out and automatically think the worse. Turns out it was a refracture, and I didn’t even know I"d fractured it the first time)

Anyhow I just feel so bad about mysel after these contests, like my best is not enough. And I’ve realized who cares? I like my muscles and my body looks far better than when I started this journey, so why do I let it get me down.

So back to the hydroxycut contest, need to clean up the eats(no more Christmas cookies), lol. I might even enter the big one I read about starting January 1st, why not, and I will do it only for me. There will be tons of us in the contest pushing each other to look our best.

Hope everyone who’s in the current one is hitting those workouts hard.

I use to be so hardened, prior to having a child, I think having a child lets you see that there are all kinds of possibilities out there. So the plan

I watched a horror movie called The Descent, 6 female friends go cave exploring and it was a great movie, not only for the scary parts but how strong these women were. Watching them climb and hang from cave ceilings made me want to be able to do that.

There was a scene where one character had to hang by one hand from a cave ceiling while trying to get a hook in it with the other hand and I was like "I want to do that"

I’ve never been cave exploring and I have no friends who have been but I so want to try it. I wonder if you can take some type of beginners course.

Anyhow this week has been great with workouts, Monday was legs, Tuesday was Back and today was chest, cardio each day.

switched my week up since its Christmas and did legs today. I love leg day, I feel so strong, like I could kick a 300# man across the room strong.

Its bitterly cold here though, so I might use the 300# man to block the wind, LOL.

first thing I started out with 30minutes ss cardio on my treadmill, going to end with over 850 miles on it, I’ve had it for 2 years, so 2008 I’ve kept it busy.

My leg workout included some abs

wu on treadmill 5min

circuits

Smith lunges

85×10

95×10

105×10

w/butt squats

85×10

95×10

105×10

hanging leg raises: 15

calf raises toes out

105×10

115×10

125×10

w/walking lunges leaning forward, focus on front leg

32×15x2

hanging leg raises: 15

calf raises, toes out

125×10x3

w/leg curls

60×10

70×10

80×10

hanging leg raises: 15

squats, deep

125×10

135×10x2

w/sldls

75×10

95×10x2

hanging leg raises: 15

5min cooldown on treadmill

Its like 3 degrees here but I had to go clean and check my candy machines plus buy some grub for Christmas dinner. Going to try and make homemade bread and an apple pie for Christmas, hopefully it will go great.

Tommorow will be back day. Giving the chest a break, I’ve been fighting a cold and my chest is sore either from it or my workout last week, so I’ll work it Wednesday. Doing great on the Hydroxycut contest, though I did have birthday cake on Saturday, its hard to turn down cake when the 3year old birthday girl is giving it to you with a big old smile on her face.

That’s what my workout was today. I got nice and sweaty and stinky and worked it hard.

of course my 50min ss cardio on the treadmill, fasted first thing

Later:

5minwu on ellpictical

circuits

benchpress

80×10x3

w/incline db flys

25.5×10x3

w/tricep overhead ext

20×10x3

incline chest press

45×10

65×10

85×10(pb)

w/front raises

15×10

25×10

35×10

w/tricep pulldowns

30×15x3

5min cooldown on ellpicitical

Also 20min hiit on rbike.

I love doing cardio while watching CSI, weird but true and Spike channel runs CSI at the perfect time for me.

Contest is going well, though I have a girls get together Friday planned, and a Friend’s little girls birthday party on Saturday, hopefully my will power will be strong and I will not devour tons of appetizers on Friday or tons of cake on Saturday.

Tommorow is leg day, I love leg day, I feel uber strong on leg day.

I have a warrior side, the side that when I learned I had cancer said "Ok lets kick its arse, get healthy and not look back" then I have my boohoo side. My boohoo side has been hitting me hard for about a week now. Chipping away at the ego. Amazing how your own self conscious can drag you down.

And it was winning until I went down and pounded on my boxing dummy Bob today for a good 15minutes. I just screamed out everything at the top of my lungs and wailed on him until I was literally breathing heavy and feeling like a burden was gone.

I’m my own worse critic and when things happen that make me feel bad about myself, the boohoo side comes out. Well its gone and I had a great workout

First thing was 50minutes fasted ss cardio in my sauna suit.

My basement was cold this morning

Then after beating on Bob and running some errands. I have candy machines I take care of. I came back and did:

5min wu on ellpictical

circuits

latpulldowns

75×10

85×10

95×10

w/supine pullups

10×2

w/db bicep curls

20×10x3

ab wheel: 15

seated rows

90×10

100×10

110×10

w/seated military press

20×10x2

23×10

ab wheel: 15

upright rows

30×10

40×10

50×10

w/front lat raises one arm at a time

15×10x3

abwheel: 15

5minute cooldown on ellpicitical

20min sprint intervals on treadmill.

My legs were not liking me since i worked them yesterday and worked them like crazy on the treddy today. My chest hurts too, which is bad since its chest day tommorow, but I will get it done.

Eats have been good. The real test will be Friday since that is usually pizza night in my house and my cheat meal usually. Though I’m going to try and be good until I start boosting then allow my cheat meals then.

I’m buffing so that was the goal today. Today was leg day, I so love leg day, since they are so strong makes me feel like she-ra. LOL

Day 2 of the Hydroxycut contest and knock on wood doing ok. Stayed up too late reading a book about werewolves last night so need to catch up on some sleep tonight.

wu on rbike 5minutes

circuits(no break)

squats

140×10

150×10x2

160×10

w/bulgarians

15×10

20×10

w/walking lunges

52×15x2

sldls

95×10

115×10

w/leg press on Smith

175×10

195×10

smith lunges

85×10

95×10

105×10

w/calf raises

85×10

95×10

105×10

knee ext

125×10

135×10x2

w/leg curls

75×10

80×10

85×10

5min cooldown on rbike

Also did 40min ss cardio on treadmill, various speeds, and hills.

Cleaned 2/3 of my house, that should count as a workout, too shouldn’t it? Ironing out the ying yang because I knew I had more in my dryer that I will have to do tommorow.

I swear my laundry breeds, put one pair of pants in, all of sudden there’s 3.

Started the contest out great eats wise and workout wise. Hit the grocery up for some lean proteins, and greens.

Started out with 50minutes fasted cardio on my treadmill early this morning.

Then later I did

5min wu on ellipictical

circuits, no breaks

benchpress

85×10

95×10

100×10

w/standing tricep overhead ext

20×10x3

incline db flys

28×8

33×8x2(going to try 38 next time)

tricep pulldowns

50×10x3

db pec dec to failure

15×15

20×10

20×8

20×7

5min cooldown on ellipictical

20min HIIT on rbike.

Had someone ask me about the plan I follow, HOrmonal timing thru Buffmother. I love talking about it, hopefully she will look it up. Its really helped me drop fat and get some muscle.

I’m hoping during this contest for hydroxycut I really get my legs to show their muscles. They’re strong, but darn if I can get those muscles to pop.

I realized my glutes need work while doing Wii boxing the other day, wonder if boxers squeeze their glutes the whole time they box?

I’ve decided to enter the hydroxycut contest to help really motivate me. Kinda scary but exciting at the same time. So last night I had a big old helping of rice for dinner and 2 beers to help bloat me up, lol.

I’ll be hitting it hard this week while buffing, and in preparation for Christmas. Planning on lifting 5 days, cardio for 6. To start out with a bang. While boosting I’m going to concentrate on building some muscle, more specifically in my legs/glutes. Going to wear those babies out.

Besides working out on tap this week is wrapping presents, then besides buying food for Christmas dinner I will be all ready for it.