lovejones596’s BodyBlog

Due to my friend going away, I had to hit the gym by myself this morning. I also didn’t go in as early, I got there at 6 instead of 5:30. That half hour makes a huge difference. I was able to motor through my exercises. I still missed having someone there to push me. Both she and I are competitive so we are always pushing it. She gets mad that my legs are stronger but I’ve always had very strong legs and I’ve always done something over the years be it running, playing soccer or something. She is relatively new to all this (a little more than 9 months) so she will get there. She crushes me on other things.

Happy to say that I was able to do 225lbs on the sled today for 10. That was my last set. I really need to start heavier. Did squats and lunges as well. Got a good burn. I like leg days though I will complain my way through it all. I really am a wimp and hate pain but for some reason I will gut through it.

My frustration continues about my body. I see myself get stronger, but not thinner. My son’s pre-school teacher always says "let your patience grow" to her students. I find myself saying it to myself regarding everything, from my lack of losing inches to not stringing my 2 older boys up after they’ve lined up the dining room floor with every hot wheel car and dumped all the legos all over the floor (and I’ve stepped on them barefoot). "let your patience grow, let your patience grow, let your patience grow" I’ll mumble under my breath as I’m ready to lynch them. Happy to say, they are still alive and my patience has grown a smidge. So I am letting my patience grow regarding my body. I’m still waiting for the fat to "melt away". Hoping some morning I will wake up looking like Jillian Michaels. One can only dream.

Gotta get going, my day is only starting.

Getting up at 5 am really does blow. But it’s the only time I can get my fat butt in the gym. Fortunately this morning my daughter woke up a little later than usual for me to nurse her (I nurse her before I go to the gym around 4 am) so I got to sleep in a little, while my gal pal was at the gym waiting for me. I wasn’t in the mood to do cardio. I wasn’t in the mood to do much of anything. She was having a rough time with cardio too.

I’ve been getting up this early for 2 months now meeting her to workout. She is training for a competition next month and I’m in for the ride. She has made great strides. Me on the otherhand by end of day still look around 3 months pregnant. I’m soooooo frustrated. I learned that I am an emotional eater so this just makes me want to eat the carton of Breyers in the freezer. I’ve talk many away from emotional eating binges but I’m not very good at talking myself out of them. I’m trying to keep myself busy so that I won’t walk to the kitchen.

I got into this because of my girlfriend. She is totally addicted to this site. She keeps telling me about people she has seen and their transformations, how much she has learned, etc. so I’m hoping to learn as much as she has.

Well, gotta go. I have some things I need to help the husband with. Tomorrow is leg day. Will have to do it solo. GF is going away. Bummer. But thankfully I have a great crew at the gym to push me along.

Ciao

Hello all! Hola Juls!

This is my first entry of most likely many. I got connected here through my gal pal who is on here (she’s addicted). She’s roped me in to do a competition next April. We’ll see…

My background… I just had our third child this past May. She was a surprise. We were just getting used to having 2. Last summer I had done a cleanse, ate predominately raw and was running 5 days a week. Lost 18 lbs and was about 3 lbs from my goal weight when…. I found out I was preggo. It took my getting pregnant to get my best friend to workout with me. Now she will be competing in her first competition in 3 weeks. You go girl! Just a note to her—I’m not going to get pregnant again to get you to do something else. So, I’m starting over. I go to the gym 6 days a week. I meet my girl at 5:30am and later on Saturdays. I’m still breastfeeding so that limits me to what I can take, but I’ve upped my protein.

Not an exciting post, but hey… not all of them can be. I have before pictures but won’t dare post them until I have an after to put next to them.

Cheers.