onebadsts’s BodyBlog

I am hoping that this time I will keep up working out and eating clean. I have really fallen off the wagon when it comes to eating sugar. I was off sugar for years and made the mistake of eating a chocolate, chocolate donut hole at Christmas and it was down hill from there. I need to stay away from sugar due to all my health issues. I don’t do well at all when I eat sugar or to many high carbs.

I guess I unpacked to many computers the first of the school year and now have a spur and a tear in my rotator cuff. They said I don’t have to have surgery but I do need to be faithful with my exercise bands to get it better. I’m glad I didn’t have to have surgery as I didn’t know what I was going to do if I had to have it. I know the Lord is going to heal me and get me back to my workouts again. I’m going to be much more careful this time around as I think my workouts added to the computers also.

My goal this time is to just get in shape and feel healthy. I’m really loving this new gym I joined and love going with my daughter. She and I both need to loose weight and get in shape. She motivates me and keeps me going. It is hard to motivate yourself to get up at 4:00 am when you only got about 6 hours of sleep. I try to make up for it on the weekends if I can. I’m going to try to get to bed earlier, I just need to get my husband to bed earlier as he wakes me up coming to bed and then I can’t get back to sleep.

The Lord Willing I will get back in shape and loose this awful weight.

Blessing to All of You!!!

Cori )

Well it has been a year ago last Wednesday that I wrote a blog. I have been on again off again. by the end of the school year and summer vacation I never felt so fat. I let the stress from my daughters wedding start me on a roll. I lost weight getting the wedding together but after it was all over with it was Christmas. I made the mistake of eating chocolate covered pretzels and it was all over with. I hadn’t eaten sugar like that for around 5 years. I was so ill from eating it. I got back off the sugar right after Christmas but my eating habbits were terrible. I went to Georgia to see my grandkids and it got even worse. We ate so bad while I was out there. It seemed like we at out every meal for two weeks. I almost rolled off the plane when I got home. I got things under control over the summer as I couldn’t stand to look at myself in the mirror. While I was up at the cabin I ate better and got up every morning and did a workout.

When I got back to work July 28th I started going to the gym every morning with my daughter that went in on a gym membership with me. We get up every morning and go at 5:00 a.m. to work out. We have been going faithful for two months now. I’m really proud of my daughter for going like she has. It has been so nice to have someone to push me to get up and go every morning. We take a break on the weekends so we can get some rest. It is hard to get to bed on time at night in order to get up by 4:30.

I just started a challenge at one of my schools I work at that the staff is doing. It is a fitness challenge for the staff to be an example to the students to stay in shape. I am on a team so it makes it even better so we are accountable as a team. I’m doing the commitment to most % of weight lost. I’m not sure how good I will do as I build muscle really easy so I don’t know if I will loose much weight. I really hope to loose more inches than weight.

Well it is great to be back hopefully I will stick with it this time.

Blessings to all of you!!!

Cori )

Tonight I’m just chillin as life has been to crazy lately. I finally got away from work at 3:15 today instead of 7:00 and after. I went to see my daughter and grandkids at her work. It was good to see them as I haven’t seen them for over 2 weeks. I am hoping to get away on time the rest of the week. I do have a lab I have to install 33 computers in tomorrow so I can only hope we get it all put together and imaged by the time it is time to leave.

I didn’t make the gym this morning as I wanted to do some research on workouts. I want to change my workouts some so I can let my muscles rest a little bit more. I’m finding that I can’t up my weights because my muscles aren’t recovered enough before my next workout.

Well I finally did it I broke the 160 mark. It has taken longer to drop below 160 than I thought it would. I’m chalking it up to the muscle I have gained working out as hard as I have with the weights. I would rather drop inches and gain muscle than to loose weight, especially muscle weight. I’ve done that before and all I become is a thin weekling with no tone.

I was excited as I was to dinner the other night with my husband at a steak house. I was trying to cut up the leftover steak I had so I could save it for breakfast when He asked how I was doing with my workouts. I was shocked as he never asks me about my workouts. I told him I was doing good and asked why. He said because he could see that I was getting definition in my delts. I was so excited to hear him say that. I love seeing people with well defined delts as I think it is sexy on a woman. That just made me want to keep up my workouts and not give up as things must be starting to show now. Hopefully I will be able to take a picture and everyone can see the definition also.

Well I have to fly as it is time to get ready and go spend sometime with the Lord in His house. He deserves all the Praise and Glory for all He is doing in my life. Without the Lord in my life I probably wouldn’t even be here typing on my laptop. So I just want to Praise the Lord for caring enough to die on a cross for me so I can have eternal life with Him and to have Him by my side guiding me each day and loving me even when I goof up.

Till Next Time, God Bless and Keep Up the Great Workouts!!!

Cori

Well it is Wednesday and I have done really great this week eating clean and staying with my meal plans I created. I have been making my meals for the next day the night before except for dinner and it has really helped. The gym wasn’t open Monday so couldn’t go. I have been to the gym the last two days and have had a great upper and lower body workout. I decided to up my weight and lower my reps and some of my sets. I really felt a difference doing my weights heavier with less reps. Most of all it has opened up time for me to do my 30 minutes of cardio. Now to just keep it up the rest of the week which I feel really good about.

Till Next Time, God Bless and Keep Up The Great Workouts!!!

Cori

No change! Sad but better than increase in weight and measurements. Ok I will admit I didn’t make it to the gym this morning. It is so hard to go on Saturdays after a long week of mental and physical work. I think the mental work gets to me more than the physical. I would rather be doing things physically so I can continue to work out all day than to sit and stress behind a computer screen.

I’m taking my grand daughter today and going shopping. I figure this is the only way I’m going to get time to see her is to take her with me while I run around all day. She just enjoys being with her mema. I wish I could take all my grand daughters shopping with me as that would be so much fun. My other three grand daughters live in Georgia. I would have loved to take my oldest Grand daughter shopping for a new outfit for back to school and just a day out together. She is going into 8th grade this year and is such a beautiful young woman. In fact all my grand daughters are so beautiful. I will have to get pictures of them and post them on my site and show them off. My Grandkids are my pride and joy. I have two Grandsons, one is only 10 months old and is such a cutie. Then there is my 9 year old Grandson who lives in Georgia now he is as handsome as his daddy. He really makes me laugh he is a pro at the play station games. He loves to give me a hard time because Grandma is such a spas when it comes to playing those kind of games. I tried and tried but never got to win. But then I don’t get the practice he gets either. He is a pro on the soccer field also from what I’m hearing.They say he scores every game. I go to Georgia the wrong time of year so I never get to see him play. (Sorry Had To Do A Little Bragging)

Ok so I’m going to change how I’m working out at the gym in the mornings. I still feel like I’m not getting enough cardio time. It seems like by the time I get done with my weight training I have only 20 minutes to do cardio. I’m going to try to get there right at 4:30 and have my things done enough for work the night before to stay at the gym till 5:40. This should give me enough time to do 30 minutes of cardio. I would love to come home and get on my treadmill after work but it seems it never happens. It just seems like when I get home all I want to do is vegitate. I know if I got on the treadmill even 15 to 20 minutes it would give me more energy to get through the evening. I think it will be easier once the heat stops as it is still somewhat warm in my schools.

Well I guess it is like this. I need to stop talking about all I’m going to do and start doing it. I guess at least I’m honest about it and don’t make you think I’m doing all this stuff when in fact I’m not. I need to hold myself more accountable for my eating and work outs. I’m praying God will help me to get back on the right track like I was when I started this blog. I want to be able to post a new picture of me with some definition everywhere. It doesn’t have to be much but at least some.

Ok so my goal this week is to get to the gym 5 days and to do 30 minutes of cardio with my weight training.
Till Next Time, God Bless and Keep Up The Great Workouts!!!

Cori

Today is Friday and I made it through the week. It seems to get better each day without Nala. It seems you just think you have it licked and something reminds you of her and then that gut feeling hits and the sadness over takes you. I guess I got somewhat depressed as I just haven’t cared as much as I have about my eating and work outs. I haven’t eaten really bad but I haven’t eaten as clean as I should. I missed two days of work outs this week due to working very late to the point of not getting to bed before 11:30 pm. I really need to get at least 6 or more hours of sleep and I wasn’t. I think I’m past the late nights now since we have gotten through the first week of school and the New school is up and running also. I met with the contractor who is doing my school today with district guys to get some problems I see at the new school we opened that is just like mine. Now that they are willing to make the changes I think I can breath a little easier. I will have to keep a watch on everything to make sure it is being done. They are looking for us to get into the building hopfully Sept. 19th at the latest. The teachers contract day starts Sept 25th. I want to have at least the teachers computers set up and imaged by the time they start. It wasn’t this way at the new school we just opened and it made it hard on the teachers. I will just keep praying that the Fire Marshall will pass us on the first visit so we can get in the next day or even that day which is Sept 17th. Our District guy said he has never seen it happen in the 15 years he has done this job. I believe my God is the creator of this building and in charge of the workers. If it is God’s Will it will pass on the first visit. I have from now till then to calm down start making sure I make it in bed by 9:00 and get to the gym each morning. I will get a menu made up to make sure I’m eating the meals I should eat so I’m not eating bad at night. My goal is to go to the gym tomorrow and really have a great work out. I’m not going to start letting this happen as it seems this happens all the time. I have a great start then I work late don’t get to the gym and then I never get back. I wont get stuck in that rut again, as I’m getting nice results and I like what I see. I just need to get myself motivated again. I hope my weigh in and measure day tomorrow isn’t a flop.

Till Next Time, God Bless and Keep Up the Great Work Outs!!!

Cori )

Well my day started off not so good as darn it I woke up again an hour after my alarm went off. So I got up and did 30 minutes on my treadmill. I didn’t sleep well last night as I was worried about my Golden Retriever. She hasn’t been well these last few days. She started out with being bloated last week and it wasn’t going away. Last night she was having a hard time breathing. So I took her to the vet this morning and ended up putting her down because of liver cancer. I has been a very hard day as she has been with us for 12 years now. She was a very special dog. She was such a sweet dog and wonderful to have around. I just want to go to bed and get this day over with. My head hurts from crying all day or worse trying not to cry while I was at work. I miss her so much. My little dog keeps looking at me, like where’s Nala. All I can tell her is Nala isn’t coming home and is in Heaven with the Lord. We both are a sad case tonight, this day has just got to end. I’m tired of being the one who has to put our animals down. It is the sadest thing to have to look at them one last time knowing you wont see them again after you walk out that door. I knew it was the best thing to do but it was still so hard. It sure leaves a very sick feeling inside of you. I can only hope that tomorrow will be a better day. I know it will take time as it did with my little cocker I had to put down about 5 years ago. I just hope we can keep our little one around for a few years. The vet says these type of dogs live quite long lives. He said that big dogs don’t usually live much past the age of 12 any more now a days as they seem to end up with some kind of cancer. I know I was able to feed her better with giving her chicken and rice each night for the past 5 years as we would have lost her years ago thanks to this rediculous dog food that is out there. I’m so glad she got to play up at the cabin all summer with me. You would have never guessed she had cancer of the liver while we were up there as she did so well. This hit so fast and sudden with her but I know it was for the best.

Well I’m going to take my weary body to bed so I can get up in the morning and this time make it to the gym. God always promises a new tomorrow and that is what I’m expecting to have a much better day tomorrow. Hopefully with a little less sorrow and a brighter out look on life. God is always good to me and I know this to will end.

Till Next Time, God Bless and Keep Up The Great Workouts!!!

Cori

I’m so glad it’s Friday as I’m worn out. My workout this morning was pathetic. I had to laugh as I just couldn’t get going. I even drank 2 cups of java and that didn’t even help. I made it through the day though and tomorrow is my weigh and measure day. I sure hope I can see some results on the measuring tape. I don’t care about the weight loss as long as the inches are coming off. Even toning up is a nice thing to see.

So Till Tomorrow, God Bless and Keep Up the Great Workouts!!!

Cori

We started installing the 250 computers today at the new grade school opening next week. It was an all day workout for all of us. My feet are killing me from my feet pounding the floor all day long trying to work as fast as I could. My upper body doesn’t hurt at all, but from my hips down I ache sooo bad. Tomorrow I was going to do a lower body workout but it feels like I already have done it. I guess I will wait to see how I feel in the morning to decide if I can do a lower body workout. I just want to be careful to not over do it and get my Fibromyalgia acting up again. I think I will be ok but we will see. Maybe I will just do a light workout with my lower body so I still get a workout. Tomorrow is going to be just as bad as we have to install 68 computers in labs and  a bunch in classrooms. I  am hoping to help my friend get them all finished tomorrow so I wont have to do anything next week as I have to help another coworker out that is in a wheel chair this year and really can’t do her job at her two schools. I figure my new school isn’t opening till Oct.1st so I don’t have the work load that I would normaly have to do so I’ll help her out. I just hope I get the help I will need next month to get my computers setup in my new school. I’m praying they get things finished early so we have at least 2 weeks to get us set up and not only a week like what is happening at this school. I’m just so glad to be in the shape I’m in right now as I think if I hadn’t been working out like I have been I would not be doing so good. I Praise God for all my friends at Bodybuilding.com that keep me motivated to keep going. Thank You to All My Friends!!!

Till Next Time, God Bless and Keep Up The Hard Work!!!

Cori