missrc38’s BodyBlog

After three months of working out on my own it’s time for a trainer.  My weight loss has been very slow and at times frustrating, but I know it is the correct way of doing it.  I’ve lost lots of inches which is the most important factor and I see a change in my body.  My goal is to gain muscle and my weight loss to be permanent once I reach my goal.  I’m at 203 and hopefully by the end of next week I will be under 200.  That will be a milestone for me I haven’t been there in a couple of years.  I am no longer taking blood pressure medication, as it seems I no longer need it.  I’ve been taking blood pressure medication for 15 years and after just three months of working out, I realized I no longer need it.  My pressure is finally normal.

After a few short weeks I could see how my daughter was changing her life by going to the gym everyday and she finally convinced me to go with her.  Not sure and still not convinced, I decided to go ahead and join, this was in January.   I thought I would never be able to do this, I barely made it five minutes on the treadmill at first without giving up and thought how can I lift weights.   Now I am so greatfull to her, 16 pounds lighter and I keep up with her routine too. I can really appreciate what she has done for me.   I’d lost my business, thought my life was going down the drain, my blood pressure  was sky high, depressed and had no motivation to do anything, not even leave the house.   Now, working out has changed me so much, I really look forward to going to the gym everyday and when we can’t make it for some reason, I’m not happy about it.

This week we added more weights to our training.  Yesterday was super hard, but I made it through the workout.  When I see the effects of my working out and how it is changing my body, I am so eager to get to the gym.  I’m really having a great time and working out has really changed how I view things.   I am so focused on my goals and can’t wait to reach them, although I know it is going to take time.

This week has been hard because my workout partner has had a toothache all week.  Poor thing hopefully next tuesday her dentist will take care of it and we can back on track.  I’m proud of her because she really tried hard and we managed to workout at least a half hour to forty five minutes most days. 

Monday we start weight training again and I am very happy because I can see my body starting to transform.   I’m going to wait another few weeks to try on those size 10 jeans I’ve had in the closet since last year.  I know this will keep me motivated.

I need your help and advise on the following:

My upper body has always been larger and I an anxious, overwhelmed and consumed with the thought that I can do something about it.  I really want to shrink my upperbody and try to make it more proportunate with my lower body.  I have lost 4 inches on my arms, a few inches on my chest and at least 6 inches on my waist.   I can now see a little muscle showing on my arms.  I really don’t want big muscle on my arms, as my goal is to shrink the size of my arms and get rid of the excess fat.  I also want to work on my posture and I have some days severe lower back pain after my workouts.  I feel that my lower back is getting stronger, when at first I started weight training when I laid down on the bench to do my abs I could not get up off the bench afterwards, unless someone helped me get up and now I get up alone.  Does anybody have any suggestions on how to make my lower back even stronger and eventually get rid of the pain, loose the fat pouches on my lower back and improve my posture?  Should I continue weight training to strengthen my lower back?

We decided to do only cardio this week to see if we could trigger a response from my body or maybe fool it into loosing weight.   I am doing 30 minutes walking/slight jogging on treatmill, 15 minutes of intense abs and 30 minutes on bike.  My trainer has had me on weights and cardio for two months now and although I see myself loosing inches, the weight is not coming off.   I am concerned because I feel I am not reaching my goal and at times am disappointed.  So this week we started doing cardio only to see if it boosts my metabolism and maybe by the end of the week I will see results in weight loss.  We think it might be working because so far I have lost 2 pounds this week and it’s Thursday.  My week ends on Sunday and I weight myself in on Monday.   Does anybody have any ideas or comments they want to share.  I really need help. 

Well I finally made it to the Gym on Saturday and had a great workout.  Today is Monday and I’m feeling a little down, but I will get to the gym anyway.  Does anybody have any good ideas on how to motivate yourself to get to the gym. 

I woke up this morning not feeling well.  I am going to get myself to the gym anyway and maybe the exercise will help me feel better.

I finally see changes.  I dropped two more pounds off this week.  Loosing inches and now pounds.  I’m getting exited about this and hoping to continue to shed the excess weight off.  Looking forward to my workout today.

I see what you all mean.  I have been so fixed all of my life about the scale that I have forgotten to look at the overall picture.  I measured myself again today and found that I lost 2 inches in my Arms, two in my Neck, three in my Waist, two in my Thighs and 1/2 in my Calf which has always been very difficult for me.  I have been looking into the mirror, and I think I see the change, but, when you originally started out so heavy at 245 like I did, it is really hard to see the weight loss because your mind has to catch up.  I have been on this weight loss and body and mind change for several years now and I still have a hard-time adjusting myself from a size 20 clothing to the size I am today 12.  Thank you guys for your support.  I’m going to hit that gym hard today……..

I am unmotivated because I am working out everyday and It’s not showing on the scale.  I am taking Cellucor D4, my shake and eating healthy.  I see a difference in my body in inches, but I am beginning to hate the scale.  I lost 10 pounds last month and I was working out only three times a week and at home.  Now I am working out five times a week at gym and I feel I am not getting the results I want.  The Cellucor has me on a rush all day and I thought this would help me loose.  What is happening, can anybody help me? or explain what is happening.

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