Melda’s Body Blog

Well 8 more weeks to get back on track. Today starts the 5th week of BFL. Haven’t really been doing too well. Better in the working out department than the weight. Joined a gym last week and have my days set up that will work for me, work, and school. My brother left for Okinawa this morning . Have been eating bad, because we have been eating like little piglets. Enough excuses from me though. It’s time to get back on track. So eight more weeks to get my but into gear and make some type of transition and make a healthy change in my life

Did Back & Shoulders today. Problem my favorite bodyparts to work. Strayed off the bodyfor life routine a little bit but will start back on it this week with the BFL sequence/reps and their version of the HIIT cardio also. The gym that I joined doesn’t have as versatile amount of equipment as I thought they would. But still better than working out at home and has my favorite back machines (lat pulldown & assisted pull-up). One of my goals is to do P90X after I am done with BFL and they do alot of pull-ups, so I definitely enjoy using the assisted pull-up machine and will continue to do that and try different variations of the pull-up. Also did 15 minutes of bike today. Legs are still very weak. Probably only going to blog once a week on Sunday from now on to say how my training and diet is going. Will tighten up on my diet once my brother leaves for Okinawa on Thursday and hopefully I will start to see some good changes in the 8 weeks that I have left of BFL.

Chest Press & Flyes

Bicep Curls & Hammer Curls

Tricep Dips & Tricep ext.

Cardio- Rowing machine

Did a lower body workout at the gym today. Also did one of the classes that they had. Kick & Sculpt. Think I will stick more to just strength training & my regular cardio. I was hoping that they would have more of an intense cardio class. Didn’t really care for the class that I went to today. She made you burn in some areas, but at other times, I couldn’t wait to leave because I just wanted to get it over with and do something else. Have had much more intense cardio workouts doing Turbo Jam. Anyways, will continue looking for a an aerobic class once a week that I really like, they seem to keep me motivated because as you start to drop the weight, the people in those classes are the ones that really notice, and some of the classes that have interval training in them are really good. Plus as you start to go every week they start to wonder what happened to you so its almost like a weekly check in to make sure you are still working out.

Well, it was something that I was contemplating doing before, but I actually did it. I joined a gym. Financially, I didn’t think it was something that I would be able to afford. But, I knew that I would have much more motivation if I could join a gym, because they have much more equipment and such a great variety of things to do (plus I like the aerobic classes that they have & I always wanted to try spinning). So looking around online at a gym that I once had a membership to (but of course never went to half the time) and noticed that they had a great rate for a student membership and drove right down and signed up for a three month membership. Now, I just have to make sure to get my but down there. Plan of action. Have some workout clothes and a pair of sneakers thrown in my trunk so that I can head there right after work or on my way home from clinical. Not wasting my money this time.

Completed my 20 minute HIIT cardio this morning before heading off to class. Did back and shoulders later this evening. Did so-so with my diet. One of those days that I knew would be kind of difficult because of commuting and school - so overall it was a good day:)

Well, still continuing not to have the best luck with my workouts & diet. My brother just came in this past weekend from Okinawa & also had some other family down visiting over the weekend. Will definitely get back on track starting tomorrow morning. However, did the MSPCA walk today with my father & stepmom. Also brought along my lil minpin Malcolm. Tons & tons of dogs there. It was great. My dog doesn’t exactly get along with other dogs that great but he did well (gets a little scared so he gets protective, what can you say though, he’s six pounds). Didn’t really have a choice though, bombarded with dogs from every angle (lol). So the first few minutes, he was a little beside himself and then after that he did fantastic. So at least I got a decent walk in and then the workout routine & diet start back on tomorrow morning. Will blog in tomorrow to make sure that all is completed.

Well, finishing my second week of BFL today and already started slacking. Doing better with staying on my diet however. Need to stay consistent with my workouts. Keep going into my "I’ll do it later today syndrome". It seems like when I have too much time on my hands I consistently try to put things off until later, and well NOTHING gets accomplished. Definitely need to schedule my workout as one of the first things that get completed. Started back to my final year of nursing school this week and boy does this semester look grueling. Sounds like my pedi clinical instructor is hard hitting, but you learn alot from her. So all in all, I hope I like her. I need a professor that is going to push me in clinicals, because truthfully you don’t learn squat unless you have good clinical professors. Reading stuff from books is not going to teach you hands on skills. Well back to workouts, not a nursing board. Redid my workouts to go around my nursing classes a little bit better.

Still doing BFL (same type of cardio, same reps, etc.) Different days, bodyparts split for UB.

Thursday. Back/Shoulders (B/S) & cardio.

Friday. LB & Ab video or cardio

Saturday. Chest/Arms (C/A) & cardio.

Sunday. LB & Ab video or cardio.

Monday. B/S & cardio.

B/S & C/A will alternate each UB days. so next week will start Thursday with C/A instead of B/S.