newlyfe’s BodyBlog

Well, that cough up a lung should have been an indicator.  The coughing and low grade fever for a week lead me to the doctor Friday.  Turns out I have pneumonia.  Never been that sick before.  After Thursday mornings workout (there were 2 of us committed people in the gym Thanksgiving),  I literally could not breath.  I grabbed my granddaughter’s humidifier, which did wonders, and fulfilled my matriarc obligation of cooking for the family.   Anyway,  I was told no workouts…..WHAT!!!???!!!  I rolled around in bed yesterday but its a beautiful warm Florida morning and I am dying just to take a walk.  Family won’t let me.  Not very hungry so it’s been mostly protien shakes, egg whites and oatmeal.  I did have turkey and sweet potatoes.  When your not that hungry, it’ real easy to make better choices.  I really I hope I kick this quickly.  Hope this year strain of flu has not hit you all the same way. Peace. 

I hate being sick.  Got the flu or something.  All I can do is roll around in the bed and cough up a lung.  This sucks.  Missed my training.  Tried to make up this morning, then I’ll have a second session tonight.  That will catch me up to the trainers appointment tomorrow.  I’ll tell you, being sick take the wind out of your sails.

But I will have to say, today I tried something I could not do well.  You strong, fit people will laugh….I have only been able to do girly pushups…on my knees.  Since I have been training I have not even tried a regular pushup and got on my toes today and knocked out 10 mediocre pushups.  All I could do is laugh.  I’ll be dropping down all the time to make them better and do more.  All of this is to say I am gaining upper body strength and it feels so good.  

Once again, I had to revert back to what I know works.  I get confident and then become complacent.  I’ll eat clean and log it and I’ll do so good eating,  the logging slips and then some how cookies find their way home to me.  So bought a new journal and "The Butt Book" which is by the eat clean lady, Tosca Reno, (new books always give me a thrill).  It has some nutritional info in it as well.  Started journaling and down 2 pounds.  I tell you if you don’t want to write it, you won’t eat it. 

A co-worker said this morning, "You know, old men don’t like skinny girls."  I told him I was doing this for me and I was not into "old men."   ;0)

Oh well …..going to hit the black top. Peace. 

This is Christi. 

Being fit, working the body and watching the nutrition can not only make you look younger.  It stalls aging on the inside.

I took my granddaughter to lunch today and the cashier thought she was mine. Well she is mine, once removed.    I am so far past birthing age.  I guess not by Hollywood’s standards, but by the rest of us normal people.  But I know I am adding years to my natural life by cutting the crap I’ve eatten and taking an hour or so a day to move or lift.  Training yesterday gave me a high and I ain’t ready to come down.    

Alright, this may not impress some of you in weight training but I am hitting milestone after milestone and I am pretty impressed with my self.  I did flys today with 20 lb dumbells….I said "someone get a picture of this"….knocked it out.  Then Rob, my trainer, plunked down a new set and said "talk junk to that."  25 lb dumbbells.  Okay it may be light weight to some of you.  I pushed through 2 sets with them, with no tears mind you.  My chest was puffed for real.  Every time I train, I inch more and more up the mountain and I am getting such a high.    

Okay, new progress photos are up for November.  I am happy for the progress I’ve made.  But I have seen recent photos of me that don’t appear as slim as I’d like to look.  So I have this new goal look I’m aiming for.  It’s call, "photo slim."  When someone sees me in a photo, I want them not to see that magical 10 camera pounds.  I want to be so slim that I am photo slim.

Anyway, today was arms and shoulders.  Learned new techniques and how to use the hand straps.  I am getting this workout thing down.  Doing curls with the cable and pulled through 2 more after it was okay to stop.  Don’t know where that came from but I pulled it out.  Upper body is easier to see results.  Still struggling with the lower. 

This beauty is Adina, strong, soft and sexy……

It is very hard to handle meals during emergencies away from home.  I had to go the hospital during the early morning hours with a loved one.  I was awoken out of a dead sleep, so there, of course, is only thinking of the issue at hand.  I thought enough to say I have water in the car.  I ate, today, a muffin coffee and a banana, (meal one) and a protein bar and an apple (meal 2)  That was almost over a 24 hour period……yes I ended up finally driving through Checkers and I eat a burger and fries like it was my last meal.  I had to cancel my 3pm Training session and reschedule for Friday.  So no workout today.  No one to blame on any of this, except of course that drive thru.  But I say all this to say, due diligence during the training program and sticking to the nutritian can allow for the emergencies that pop up.  No one wants an emergency to occur but let’s say we stick to our programs and then we get a wedding invite, now an opportunity to go off as needed.  So tighten up the pantries and fridges.  An unofficial reason good or bad might occur that you’d have to go off.  It’s called LIFE.            

I was reading over my goals on my space realized I have surpassed them.   I based my goals on what has been typical of me in the past, what I saw as me being slim and I am based on my my overall look during my abult life.  So when I set my goals I set them based them on history and never thought I could actually…..  You know this journey, as I am sure for most of you that have been over weight is emtional.  I did leg extentions 2 days ago and was told the concentrate on the outer quads and I did and I can see the muscles contract…..WHAT??!!  I’ve only known "slim" even as a jock.  I’ve never known muscle definition.

Okay here is my workout program:

Day 1  Chest, Back, Abs

Day 2  Legs, Abs

Day 3  Shoulders, Arms

(Days rotate on the weekdays)

Thursdays are total off days which is the day after trainer visit.

Cardio 20-30 minutes after each workout and Sat/Sun (I go from 30 to 50 minutes)

Well, today was the first day with the new trainer that we took all the measurements.  We need a baseline (well new baseline for me) so that we can see the progress.

Let me say, I have been yo-yo on my weight all my adult life.  I have been slim.  I have never seen the muscle development I am seeing now. I am so psyched, you would not believe.

So I say this to say when I started this journey, I was over 36% body fat.  Today I measure at 14.5% body fat.  That may not be low to some of you but it’s the lowest I’ve ever measured.  I am pushing myself to new goals, higher weights during work outs, new techniques, smaller clothing sizes, newer other personal goals. 

Who opened my cage and cut me lose?  Cause I am buck wild now.    

I’m in pain…..last Wednesday’s, arms, chest and back workout pains are just fading and now I’m waddling around with Friday’s leg workout.  Why did I think a personal trainer was a good idea? (SMILE)  I needed the push. Weights got too heavy, I’d put them down.  I needed someone to say, "alittle bit more" or "hold it."  My cardio is more deliberate and with more purpose.  I try not to waste any valuable time.  I also will take advantage of the regular day off, which I was not doing in the past.  Grocery shopped this morning and stirred myself to fresher or frozen only.  I even put some things back that in the past I thought my be a good idea like light soup.  I’m trying to avoid filler foods and stick just with what I need.  This allows for that very occasional splurge.  Right now, I’m too excited to splurge or cheat.  I want to see results.