nhop1976’s BodyBlog

Happy Halloween!!

Today was another good day. I got all of my scheduled meals done, I also worked out my legs and drank 70oz of water too. This clean eating is not bad at all!! I know I should not have gotten on the scale again today, but I could not help myself. I got and the scale and if showed me being down another 1.5Lbs!! Holy cow, that is a total of 3 pounds. Yey!! However, I will try to stay off the scale until next week. I swear I can be a slave to my scale sometimes, but it is right my my vanity and I just can’t help but to hop right on it, lol. The soreness in my legs has subsided a bit, thank GOD!! So, now I can really rev up my cardio tomorrow which is another 2 mile jog in the hood.

Well, not much more to report. I hope that all of my friends had a great day and not going too crazy on the Halloween treats. I had 4 treats which was 2 small reeces peanut butter cup and 2 small m&ms. Now, I am done with that and on to the next. In a bit I will be doing some research on figure competitions. I am intrigued a bit and will get information to prepare myself for when I am ready.
Chat later!

Day 3 is a good day, but I am really sore in my buttocks and legs. What in the world? But the nice thing is that my legs are firming up again and I like that. Another great thing about today is that I decided to step on the scale to see if I am losing at the same time and hot damn!! I am down 1.5lbs!!! Yipee. Just in a few days I can feel the difference and I would be crazy to blow it tomorrow with the Halloween candy floating around. I know have the strength to deal with that because I want to see more result next week.

Today, I worked on my abs for 10 minutes and just a few minutes ago I did 30 minutes of step aerobics. I can’t believe I made it through. I felt like I was in labor… I was breathing so hard, lol. Now I am just relaxing and chatting and soon I will be hitting the showers and bed.

Tomorrow will just be a weight training day for me. It time to work the lower body again. Ouch!! I hope the soreness lighten up a bit, but if not I will deal with it.

Today I had the same meal plan as yesterday and tomorrow will be a little different. I think I will:

1. Meal 1: Muscle Milk (strawberry flavor) mixed with one banana, Whole wheat toast
2. Meal 2: Chicken breast, Whole wheat bread, grapes
3. Meal 3: Salmon, brown rice, green beans
4. Meal 4: Muscle Milk (cookies and cream), carrots
5. Meal 5: Chicken, brown rice, green beans, almonds

That should be an A-Okay menu for fat loss and muscle building. Then later hubby and I will take our son Trick or treat!! He going to be Batman!! See

So far today I am doing well on my challenge of eating clean, but boy am I feeling it. I completed yesterdays workout I listed on my previous post and man is my booty sore!!! It needs to be with that extra jiggle (fat) I have back there,lol. Today I have completed most of my weight lifting with the exception of my bicep and triceps that I will be completing in a few seconds since my son decided to take a nap. Yahoo. I am so tempted to sleep myself, but I better not. Well I am off for now..

Chat later

I bet you are like what? Day 1 of 26? Well I have given myself a challenge to eat clean, stay 100% to my workout plans, and drink 80 ounces of water from today until thanksgiving day. That almost a month to see progress toward my goal of building muscle. One of my goals is to see a reduction in my waist and muscle building in my back and legs areas, hell I want to see a complete body improvement.

So far today went as planned and I am excited about that. I stuck to my meal plan which was:

1. Meal 1: Muscle Milk, banana, whole wheat toast
2. Meal 2: Chicken, whole wheat bread, raw broccoli
3. Meal 3: Chicken breast, green beans, half baked potatoe
4. Meal 4: Muscle Milk, carrots
5. Meal 5: salmon, zucchini, half bake potatoe

Do you think this was a okay plan for building muscle and losing fat? I hope I did okay. Then my workout today was:

1. leg extensions on the bowflex 3 set of 15 (100lbs)
2. leg curls 3 sets of 15 (85 pounds)
3. Later this evening I did reverse and front lounges 3 set of 12
4. inner and our thigh abductions 3 set of 15 each
5. squats
6. Stiff-legged deadlift
7. In 5 minutes I will get my cardio finished which will be tae bo for 30 minutes

Well, I am off to complete my tae bo and I will chat later.

Oh yeah! Congrats Tressa (batangelina) for placing 5th in your figure competition!!!

Well, I just returned home from my 2 mile jog a few hours ago and in addition to that jog I did 20 more minutes of cardio by completing a step aerobic circuit. So, I feel good! But at the same time I am tired!

Okay, if you did not notice I finally posted my starting pictures. Boy do I have some work to do. I wear a size 8 and I am still jiggly in areas I don’t like, but that will change soon. Isn’t that great? We have control on how we can improve our bodies inside and out. What do you all think of the new pics? Please be kind? I don’t look too bad after losing 65 pounds and having a child too. hee hee. Well I am going to get ready for bed and get prepared for my leg workout tomorrow and maybe 30 minutes of cardio before I go to work too.

Later

Thanks so much to Chelish for giving me such an awesome routine for working my back muscles. I tried them today on my hubby’s bowflex and weights and I have to say it was a great workout!! In a bit I am about to go for a 2 mile jog with my friend in the hood and then later I will be posting my before (Of Me today ,after the 65 pound weight loss. You would really be shocked if you saw my before, before pictures when I weighed 225 pounds back in Sept. 2005) pictures so that I can track my progress from month to month. My goal is to see an overall improvement to my body, but my focus is the back area. I got my diet in order and tomorrow I will be stocking the fridge again with awesome lean meats, veggies, carbs, fruits and all.

Anyway, have any of you tried the Whey Gourmet protein shake? I have been seeing it advertised in the Oxygen Mag and wondered if it will taste okay. I was interested in a chocolate flavor. If you have tried tell me what you think?

Well, I am out and will return later!

Gosh, after completing my cardio routine last night I looked in the mirror at my upper back and man… there is little or no definition to that area and that has to stop. I really want to rip up that area and I will be researching no workouts I can do to transform that area. Do anyone have any workouts that they can suggest? I would try almost anything. hee hee. I promise to post pics hopefully tomorrow night because our son will be visiting grandpa for the weekend and we will have the house to ourselves!!! YAHOOOOOO. Sorry to sound too excited but sometime we need out together time without our son, and it has been a while.

Well in a bit I will be heading out to run some errands before heading into work. The first errand is to delivery my hubby’s lunch. Our son is so excited because he gets to see daddy at work. Anyway, my hubby left it on the counter this morning and I can’t let the guy starve. He packed such a healthy lunch. I am so proud of him even though he does not have to lose an ounce of weight. The only thing he want to do is build more muscle back again. Then, I have to go to the grocery store, the park, and the beauty store and get home to get a quick workout in. Well I am out, but PLeaSE leave some tips and suggestions for workouts targeting my upper and lower back muscles. Thanks

Wow, today is my day off from work and I am going to make the best off it. It’s s nice to be off today. I can just get my gym clothes on and enjoy the day with out make-up and the whole nice yards.

I am in central Texas and it is finally feeling like fall around here. Yey!! I can finally wear jeans and sweaters now. Well, in a bit my son and I will head to the park and take care of a few errands this morning and then when we return home. I have my plan set. My workouts will be as follows:

1. 15 min ab workout
2. Bicep curls, hammer curls
3. lat pull down
4. chest press
5. seat rows
6. butterflies

Then when I get my son down for his nap I will workout to my step aerobic (I know I love step aerobics!!) with Cathe Friedrich for 30-40, maybe a little longer we will see how the bods feeling. I figure if I get all of this done before my hubby gets home and it getting later in the day I will not be tempted to not workout at all. Well I am out for now. Gotta get my son clothes out for him to put on.
Tressa this is for you!!

Proud

Wow this week came and went. This week I felt that I did better with my workouts and eating, however there is room for improvement.  I got in 4 days of workouts which was 3 days of cardio and 2 days of weight training. It’s okay, but I know that I can do much better than that in order to get the results I know that I can obtain.  I am kind of bummed though about the weight I saw on the scale this morning. I hopped on and saw 165!! I have been eating on plan all 5 meals in small portions, so what’s the deal here. I know that I have been training a lot so I could be building more muscle, but dang that number can sure mess with a girl’s mind. (I’ll get over it and will not let it get the best of me.)
In a bit I will workout my legs by doing some calisthenics:

1. Spats 3 set of 12
2. Reverse lunge on my step bench 3 sets of 12
3. Stiff-Legged Deadlift with 5lbs weights in each hand 3 sets of 12
4. Front Lunge on my step bench 3 sets of 12
5. Inner and Outer thigh adduction with my stability ball and resistance band

The my hubby and I will watch a funny stand up comedian named Jeff Dunham. Have you guys seem him perform with his puppets? He is Frickin hilarious!! You have got to watch it. Well I am out for the evening

Okay, remember what I said yesterday about the workout I had planned. Well, they are done!! However… I am so sore!! But I feel good inside and I know what the goal and outcome will be in the long run. In a bit I am going to blast off to sleep because a girl is tired, but before I do that I am going to browse at some of the body blogs here. So many of your blogs are so inspiring and AWESOME that I can’t get enough. With that said I hope that you all had a great day and awesome workouts.

Later!