newlyfe’s BodyBlog

My favorite workout is one I don’t have to go anywhere and still get a sweat.  It’s a chore for me to drive somewhere, gathering my wallet, water, towel, towel for the seat of my car……..  Today, I pulled out a Firm Video for thighs and glutes.  It’s a good workout with weights and I did sweat. The I followed with a little more than a mile run.  Back home for a protein shake and I’m done.  It a work day, my meals are packaged for the next 2 days.  I can nap before tonight and have done all I needed to. 

I pulled out all my work DVD’s to rotate though a variety of workouts.  I’m going to invest in heavier weights for home and start looking for cardio equipment for home.  I am all about convenience and affordability.

Peace.     

How do we as overweight people either then or now, know what our set weight is going to be.  Not the competition weight, and not that die hard low weight from continual dieting.  What is the weight you body will hold at with 3-5 healthy cardios a week, weight training for maintenance, an active life style, healthy food choices but can get an occasional eat on at the fave restaurant, guilt free, and have a drink with dinner.    A person will have to get their weight down to the healthy ranges and with the above criteria the body will hold there, effortlessly.  Now effortlessly does not mean you do nothing and it stays. It means you have adopted the new healthy living and active life style and it holds.  No diets, no radical training.  Adopt a lifestyle that is like brushing your teeth, routine.

I’ve held at 159 - 160 now for a couple of weeks.  I’m walking and running, vitamins and supplements everyday, small meals, protien, healthy exchanges.  I am at a good comfortable size. I can buy clothing now I know I can wear a while so long as I maintain and don’t go up.  Healthy exchanges means I have the occassional meal of turkey tacos or my fave spaghetti on wheat pasta, or 2 slices of pizza last night with a side salad. 

I’ll have to meet any changes with a healthy counter action.  Dinner tonight with a friend means HIIT this afternoon.  I still can not bring myself to go crazy but I  know the food will be rich even in small doses.  I’ll take my fight to the table so to speak.

This is the holiday season. Make healthy food exchanges in your recipes, chicken broth for butter, wheat for white bread stuffing, mineral water with lime for the alcohol drink. And for dessert, do your cardio first then enjoy your favorite.  That’s what the holiday is about.   Don’t deprive.  It might cause you to over endulge later.    

Peace BB.com Peeps

I survived the 5k and I ran the whole thing.  Not a feat for some but its the first time I ran the whole thing and beat the time I expected to do it.  I thought 36 minutes. Try 34.  Yea!! We are already talking about the next one.  I got some cool gifts too.  For those that don’t know Busch Gardens is a amusement park and "zoo". So the money is for the animals.  Ever looking for an extra challenge, find a fundraiser run.  You help the cause and get your run on.  Peace.  

I am very content at my current size.  So how do I stay here and enjoy life and not feel like a long term dieter.  Regular exercise, keeping nutrition on course, and short term goals.

Short term goals give me constant focus.  I am running a charity 5K for Busch Gardens Park in Tampa next Saturday.  We get to run through the amusement park.  Very Cool.  So preparation in 60 minute high intensity cardio daily til then.  By then I know that I can go at least an hour and pace.  I’m doing the run at the end of a work shift.   I’ll carb up a little before leaving work. Do the run and then sleep for the next night’s shift.  Wow…now that I think  about it, where do I get the energy?  ;0)

Point is to continue to create goals to work towards and in working, maintain the healthy figure. ;0)  

Peace       

Busted in the freezer section, looking for a frie for my cheat meal.  They did not know I was making homemade steak burgers and fries for my cheat meal.  They commented if I lose any more weight, they would not recognize me.  I pointed to the fries and said I did not lose it eating these.  In actually, I did.  I allowed myself an occassional healthier homemade version of the fast food. I don’t deprive unless I have a dated goal. My weight is holding.  I am staying in the gym.  So….Viva la frie.  I’ll eat it.