nbert’s BodyBlog

it truely has been a crazy week. today though topped it. a very good friend of mine and my two sisters called us today in hysterics. her boyfriend of four years just told her he cheated on her. it was crazy. im still at her house know. needless to say i didnt get my cardio in, i have watched what ive eaten…which when besides a hysterical heart broken girl is very hard to do. i hate talking about this kind of thing now but i promised id write everyday about my health and fitness goals. so one last thing and ill be done. i feel so guilty saying this but luckily shes lactose intolerant so instead of ordering out pizza and eating icecream by the buckets, weve made homemade margherita pizza and made chocolate banana smoothies. i feel so guilty!

i did spinning yesterday morning. that was good. im excited about getting back into it. at well before i went babysitting…did eat that well while i eas there…i portioned controled though. oh well. im trying to balance my exercisie and eating with babysitting. babysitting is basically paying for my training so i cant not babysit, bit its not very healthy. its a lot of sitting b/c parents try to make it easy by promising the kids were going to watch movies and then they buy pizza. i made food for yesterday but my dad took it on his fishing outing! i was ready to calll him up and yell at him but hes my dad…he just doesnt get that kind of thing…aka he thinks everything is his and hes always right. i didnt eat pizza with the kids…i was proud of myself. i did have a rootbeer float. omg i forgot how much i love those things! we went swimming so we didnt sit around all day.

so overall i think yesterday was a 6.5/10

Today was good. I got up had 2 pieces of Double Fiber bread w/one scrambled egg, went to my LAST therapy session (it went really well and my psychologist is really proud of me), and then hit the gym. i walked for 20 minutes and then ran for 20 minutes but i changed how i increased the speed, then cooled down for 10. i like it a lot better than tuesday. had a non fat yogurt when i got home. did my online humanities quiz…100%…had a nice balanced lunch of a tuna sandwich (double fiber bread again) and a spinach salad…used the tomatoes as dressing instead of "real" dressing. relaxed and tended to my sunburn for a bit. i had 1/2 c cottage cheese with strawberries and wheat germ and a nectarine for a snack. i was going to have the nectarine with lunch but i couldnt find them…they were under the strawberries. i babysat for several hour…unfortunetly i didnt know she needed me to babysit cause she was doing a huge grocery run. usually this family is really good with keeping nice healthy foods in the fridge, but all i was able to have were peanutbutter ritz bits and animal crackers. the mom was getting home at 6:30 and my training session was at 7, so i was invited to eat with them but declined due to time, so i relied on the snack i had with the kids an hour earlier. training was triceps and chest and abs/obliques. did incline pushups, skull crushers, twist crunches on stability ball, twists on inclined bench…and some other stuff. had a pure protein bar afterwards. i like how it has whey.

this is so to the point cause im so tired. ive noticed the last couple of days around 9:30, 10 i get really tired and then i wake up at like 6:30. im so completely cool with that. ive been sleeping realyl well.

my meals…except the snack i had with the kids today, have been balanced and portioned. im really proud of myself for being able to follow through with that.

looking for a natural and healthy salad dressing though. i dont like processed foods very much (eating the ritz bitz was not something i usually do), all the chemicals and fat and sugar, so if anyone has any recipes or ideas thatd be great. im exhausted and i have babysitting from 11:30 to 8:30 after i go workout tomorrow…well see how i survive. oh…premade my lunch, snack and dinner for that b/c i dont want to take chances.

today…what a day! it was one of the most fun i had in a while. i went fishing and caught a ton of trout! came home, learned how to clean em, then grilled em, and ate em. ah it was good.

the one bad thing is that i didnt go running this morning. i went downstairs to get my closthes out of the drier and i turn on the light in the family room and this monstrous noise comes from the couch. it scared me so bad i almost got sick…it was my mom. so needless to say after my heart attack i didnt feel like running. and we got back so late after cleaning the boat and fish it was time to cook the fish!

but the positive side is that i ate good today…beside the homemade strawberry shortcake that people were begging me to make. i just didnt add as much sugar. and ate a very small portion. i was proud of myself as far as portion control…i have been for the past couple of days actuallly.

im beat and im sunburned. goodnight

today was a great succes. i was a little slow gettin out of bed this morning but i pushed myself and got to the gym around 9…i like to start at 8:30 just so i cana have more time to do stuff during the day. i dont like to waste time. anyways i walked for a good 20 mintues to warm up my legs and increase my speed and then began running at the 20 minute mark. i ran for the full twenty minutes. i was proud of myself…especially since every minute i upped the speed. i think next time i run though (thursday) that i will start off at a faster speed and not increase so frequently, like maybe every 2 minutes. i dunno. i’ll play around with it. this evening i walked before my training w/loryn and then walk for about 30 minutes after. i was going to do spinning in the evenings on T/TH but tonight training interferred w/the time…thats ok though. training was good. we did shoulders and biceps and some triceps too.

my food today was awesome. i did have a some sherbet for desert this evening but it was only 100 cals w/ 10 fat cals and very little sugar. so that was my only "flaw" during the day but even with that i came spot on with my calories, percentage of carb, protein, and fat intake. i am worried about fiber intake. i think its very important to keep track of the amount of fiber and its sources. i need to add more vegetables like brocolli, black beans, and peas. i add wheat germ to stuff like my fat free yogurt, cottage cheese and strawberries, and my banana smoothies…occassionally i put it on my salads, but for the most part my grains are whole wheat. like the bread i get is that Natures Own Double Fiber Bread, and I have whole wheat waffles which are great b/c for 2 waffles they arent even 220 calories but have 5 gm of fiber, 4 gm of protein, 24 gm of carbs, no sugar, and very little fat. i put strawberries or blueberries on there and sprinkle some wheat germ on for some sweetness and its really great.

anyways tomorrow im going fishing @8 am which interferrs w/my spinning class, but im going to try to get up early enough (6 am!! wish me luck) to walk in the morning and do spinning at night. it’ll just have to be reversed. or i might have to miss out on walking tomorrow. i have to be careful though b/c last time i went fishing my friend only brought fig newtons…holy crap i didnt realize how bad those where! i had eat 7 cookies…theyre so small and i hadnt had anything to eat since 12:30 and it was 6:30…and i look at the box and it says that like 2 cookies are 110 cals with like half of that fat calories. i was appalled. im going to make sure we stop by a store before we get to the water.

overall today was a 8 out of 10. i did excellent with my training. woke up and did spinning, and then this afternoon did some more cardio and then it was lower body with loryn. she incorporated some shoulder stuff in too which was cool. i always sweat like crazy during legs.

the only reason why i think today was an 8/10 was cause of dinner. it was a minor step back. one of the things ive noticed with my diet is that the majority of it is starchy carbs, and then i usually consume more fat than protein. so today i was doing really great with the balance of carbs to protein to fat (trying to make it around 40/40/20), unfortunetly we havent been to the grocery store yet, so we dont have anymore chicken, fresh vegeatbles, barely an fruits, and no more yogurt or cottage cheese. we have white bread, mashed potatoes from a box, kraft mac’n'cheese and chips. awesome. no meat…at all. luckily we did have oatmeal so i had that for dinner with some pecans (for protein…i know they have fat but i wanted to get a little more protein) and the last tiny bit of milk (again for protein). i had some teddy grahams after unfortunetly. its probably the healthiest thing in the house at this point.

but i made a list and am going to the grocery store tomorrow cause (1) i have time…unlike today, and (2) cause we need it…bad.

the workout was good though. i could really feel my legs burning and could see some definition. it flew by too. i couldnt believe it. and i started spinning again which i was proud of myself for doing. of course my legs will be sort tomorrow with the spinning in the AM and the weights in the PM. oh well. i like it!

i think im hard on myself as far as the eating goes because i know if i screw up there my physically performance wont be as good as it could be, which pretty much means i wont look as good as i could. i want to be the best i possibly can, and i WILL achieve my goals.

i even dropped the two classes i had this term to really work towards my physical goals. tomorrow will be day one of seventythree. the seventy-third day is my birthday and i want to go to the beach and disney with friends to celebrate…i want to look the best i can possibly look and be a lot stronger. i can do it. its only mental. i can do it.

so i made this awesome chart this morning that will help me. its basically a 4 week calendar and each day is divided into AM and PM. on the side (this makes it a grid/chart) i have my cardio workouts (walking, running, spinning) and weights. there are check boxes placed in the days and times im suppose to do them. what i really like about this is that it will show my consistency (or inconsistency) and my progress. i like the online stuff but i also like having something tangible to keep track of all this stuff. im excited about it. i start using it on monday so by the 21st of july hopefully i will have a "clean" (no missed workouts) schedule.

im using a really cool website (fitday.com) to help me make my eating more clean. ive gotten a lot better. the day of my sisters birthday party i watched wait i ate before and during the party that way i could even leave room for desert and not feel guilty. i did indulge a little but im very very proud of myself no gorging like i usually do. i felt so good this morning when i woke up…not usual for me after a party. ive noticed that i dont get enough protein or vegetable carbs and too many grain carbs and unnecessary fats. working on it though.

ive noticed despite all the flaws in my exercise and diet that i am changing and it  its for the better. it just keeps me motivated to see what i become after ive really committed myself completely to the exercise and food.

so ive been checking out all the stuff for this bodyspace thing and i think by monday next week ill have my current status for weight, etc up as well as pics (i havent found my camera but im going to use the one in my laptop…unfortunetly the pics arent that good, but theyre better than nothing)

today loryn had me doin chest, triceps, and some aerobic leg jumps (they are so much fun!!). my arms are really getting string and showing some awesome definiton. my legs are getting there as well, but you cant see the definition as well. i need to really stick with my cardio to help that along. i could DEFINTLEY see my leg muscles during the leg jumps, but i want to see them all the time not just when im working out! spinning is amazing for my legs! i need to work that back into my schedule. biggest and hardest committment is abs. my diet isnt perfect and i see it especially in my stomach. the better i eat the better my results will be especially with the cardio.

i really shoulld stick with the cardio everyday cause i feel so good afterward. lately things have been so off and ive been so tired cause of that messed up schedule. i ordered 2 victoria secret bathing suits and thats my extra motivation. im going to hung them up right next to my mirror so i can see them everyday. i would put them on the fridge but i dont think my parents would like that!

mind over matter…thats all i have left to conquer with this and once i do i can do anything and look AMAZING!!

Goal: Eat Clean

basically im not going to punish myself for missing a cardio session as long as i eat well. this week will be interesting in that i have so much free time i can do fun activities for long periods of time, unlike last week which was consumed by VBS.

my workout plan is:

2 cardio sessions a day consisting of an hour each time (first thing in the morning & then in the evening before i have dinner)
  - 30 to 45 minutes of one session needs to be intense cardio
3 weight session total
  - concentrating on perfecting my form to get better results

im doing this basically for 2 reasons. (1) to seriously start training and (2) its summer and i feel like i cant go to the beach. i mean i can…im not "fat" but i dont feel comfortable with the body i have know, but at the same time…i REALLY want to go to the beach. so the sooner i get serious with this the sooner i can look into modeling aganecies and the sooner i can go to the beach,

i will be tracking my progress on here weekly with the charts and also with pictures…i just have to find my camera.

tomorrow im going to the grocery store, so im going to make sure i good healthy foods, as well as varieties like cottage cheese…not something i usually get but ive been reading how thats good for protein and that its not as fatty as regular cheese. i will update this week on what im eating and how its going.