Molly’s BodyBlog

My first training run for the Half Marathon was this morning.. pretty darn easy! I even felt strong on the hills which is usually my weakness.

Anyway, I had a blast with my personal training sessions but can’t afford to buy more right now so that’s disappointing. I love the trainer too… he’s great. So hopefully it will work out later. I will save my money!!

I am just going to get back into my regular weight routine I was doing before the trainer and keep running for now.

Just wanted to update… I will write more later this week. My goal is to keep my nutrition in check… the more I work out the more I want to eat!! I just need to choose the right things to fuel my body!!

 Later.

Molly

After 2 weeks working with a trainer I lost 5lbs, 5% Body fat and inches everywhere!! I am so excited!!

 Now I just have to come up with more money so I can keep training with him… I wish it wasn’t so darn expensive… he told me he will try to get me a really good deal… I told him if he did I would not let him down and I’d be a major success story he could use to inspire others (yikes, a scary promise to make but I know I can do it!!

I have met with the trainer 2 times so far. The first time was just for the evaluation piece… weight/measurements/body fat % and to set up my meal plan and goals. I really like the guy. He’s funny and motivating. It’s very obvious that he is an expert and very knowledgable.

The only thing that really bugged me is the results I got for the body fat % using the calipers. I had lost a few % points with the ultrasound/body impedence method that I had been getting done once a month up until the holidays. The last results I got with that was 24% in October. THEN I have it done just last week with the calipers and it’s 35%!! I have lost wieght and worked hard in the past few months so there’s no way that can be accurate. It’s just frustrating to not feel like I can really trust those numbers because the trainer will be measuring it again in a few weeks. My ultimate goal is to be around 20% and NO MORE. It seems like it’s going to take for ever to lose 15%!!

 Anyway, then on Monday this week I had my first workout with him. The best and most challenging part about it was that he had me doing exercises I haven’t done in a long time or ever. Like jumping up onto a playform, core exercises, etc. It was good to try new things and I am very sore!

I’m keeping up with my running as well. I’m probably averaging 10-12 miles a week. My usual is 3-4 miles each day and I’m really trying to pick up the pace. I’m still around 10 min miles so I’m working to beat that consistently. My half marathon training group starts in a few weeks. The race itself is the end of June. My goal is to finish in under 2 hours.

Well, that’s my update. I need to get my weight down because it’s been staying around the same for the past few months due to holiday/junk eating. I feel like I’m getting that under control now though. I keep thinking all the hard work at the gym will be wasted if I don’t have the commitment to my nutrition!! And we don’t want to sweat for nothin’!!

 Later, Molly

I got a REAL personal trainer… It’s only for 6 sessions but I’m really excited! I know it will be what I need to see real progress in 09! I actually switched to a new gym as well that I think will be alot better for me. There’s more people… maybe I’ll meet someone with some of the same goals as I have. AND there’s more classes, like kickboxing which I LOVE, and that’s important for the variety of my cardio workouts. They have classes that combine both cardio and weights and I’ve always wanted to try that… the whole group approach. Again. for the the variety. I’m just determined this year to change things up constantly so I don’t get  bored and get off track.

Anyway, just looking forward to my first training session on Wednesday. I’ll post more about it later!!

PS The whole online trainer didn’t work out well for me… AT ALL! Enough said.

Today is the last day of my 12 days of Christmas eating and slacking off! Yes, it’s been that many days but I’m hitting it hard as of tomorrow and there’s no stopping me til I get to my goals… by JUNE!!

 Anyway, Merry Christmas!

I was thinking the other night about how long I have basically had the same general goal: "To Tone Up".

I even remember sitting in the middle school library making a list of all the ways life would be better if I lost weight… then in high school English class… telling a good friend of mine that I was going to "really hit the gym and tone up"… back then I didn’t really know what that meant but at the time to me it meant crash diet and lots of cardio to see a lower number on the scale.

To be honest, my quest for a better body has  not always been the healthiest journey… While I’ve never had a diagnosed eating disorder, I could definately say I’ve been pretty obsessed with getting in shape but never obsessed enough to put the real work into it.  I’m doing things differently this time. I am older and wiser about what it takes. I’m trying to not be so hard on myself but still put a healthy amount of pressure on myself in order to get things done.

But one thing hasn’t really changed. Besides Bodybuiliding.com BodySpace friends, I’m really in this on my own. I have friends that go to the gym or are on Weight Watchers but it always seems like when things get hard then they quit. I don’t want to quit. I don’t want to be one of those people that never accomplishes their goals. The people who just sit around talking about what they could do "if only". I want to be one who actually gets off my ass and makes things happen for myself. It’s takes so much patience to see the results that I expect for myself. Some would say those expectations are too high. Many would say… "hey, you’re getting older…. you’ve had TWINS…. you’re too busy to put this as a priority." It’s like people want to give me an excuse to not take care of myself. Well, thanks but no thanks. I have plenty of excuse but I would rather find solutions to those things.

I have a wall of quotes in my bathroom… someday I’ll post them all here because they really represent this journey that I’m on. But one I just wrote yesterday was "I love being a mom of 3, I just don’t want to look like one!" I guess by that I mean so many girls with lots of kids and a full time job and a busy life, let themselves go… they don’t put their own health as a priority… and the results are not good. I’m fighting against that right now. I refuse to be a TIRED AND FRUMPY WIFE AND MAMA OF 3!!

I will look better in my 30s than I did in my 20s. I promise you that!!

It’s really easy for me to get back into my comfort zone of doing tons of cardio and lose focus of my overall goals. So this week I plan to get back into a consistent weight training routine after taking a couple weeks off.

Last night I did upper body. I will post my workout later because I really want some feedback on what I’m doing. I feel clueless sometimes and I think that’s why I go back to running the treadmill.

I just ran 5 miles this morning so those mashed potatoes can KISS. MY. ASS.

LOL

Happy Thanksgiving!!

I have done TERRIBLE this week!! I’m disappointed in myself… seriously. I had a great plan to start Body for Life and I did ok the first few days then everything fell apart. Work got INCREDIBLY stressful and I just didn’t deal with it well… and I was exhausted so I missed workouts. I don’t want to go into a big rampage that sounds like a bunch of excuses for getting off track so I’ll just say…

THANK GOD IT’S FRIDAY!!!

Well, I didn’t quite make my goal for Friday last week but I did have a loss of .5lbs for the week. Then I went on a mini vacation and I’m finally back with a renewed focus. I’m also doing Body for Life’s 12 week challenge so that should help me with my plan as well. This is day 2 of the challenge for me.

This weeks Friday goal is "scale weight" of 137.5.

I rescheduled my  body comp for Nov. 30 and will do my progress pics and measurements that day too for this month. It’s Thanksgiving weekend but it will help me to not completely indulge on Thanksgiving. My "cheat days" always turn into a few days so it’s better to just stay on track.

Ok, that’s all for now.