punkin81’s BodyBlog

When 3:50 rolled around this morning I decided to forgo my trip to the gym but to no avail I did get up with enough time to run on my treadmill. I really pushed myself too.

215 cal/ 23:47 min/ 1.863 miles/ max 6.4

In the past I wouldn’t consider this pushing myself but it feels like I’m starting all over again. Oh well, it will come back quickly.

Wow, it’s been forever since I blogged. I just got tired of logging on everyday and doing the same thing. My last blog was a great one. But last week I finally had a melt down. I had been going strong since May and maintaining the weight I had lost, but last week it all came to a crashing halt. I didn’t workout for a whole week and ate like absolute crap. I constantly felt lathargic and just wished I could sleep all day. Maybe it was the season change ( I was really wanting to bake), or maybe I was exhausted from overtraining. Taking a break would have been good but eatting like crap didn’t help. But Tuesday night was my turning point.

I finally was able to turn my mood around and I think I was finally rested and definitely got the bad eatting out of the way. I pretty much felt like crap. So Wednesday I was back up at 4 am and in the gym kicking butt. I didn’t have enough time to get in a full workout but I felt great doing what I did. 

4 min warm up on elliptical 

Lat pull downs 

1×10x40 

1×15x50 

1×14x50 

1×13x60 

Cable rows 

1×10x40 

1×15x50 

1×14x50 

1×13x50 

Then I did a 30 min run, with walking though. Geez, you don’t run for a week and you feel like you’re running through sludge. But none the less I was sweating, so I feel I accomplished something. 

Then today I got up 5 min earlier at 3:55 and got to the gym a little bit earlier. I plan on doing this over time. 

4 min warm up treadmill 

Smith squats 

1×10xbar 

3×10x10 

Stiff leg dead lifts 

1×10x20 

2×10x30 

1×8x30 pulled my left hammy 

Plie squats 

1×10x10 

3×10x15 

30 min on the stair mill level 5 

I felt like I had never worked out before, it was tough. But I feel great now. 

I’ve had an amazing past couple of weeks. I’ve finally buckled down on my diet and I’m for real this time. It is not a chore anymore (hey that rhymes). Eatting better truely does change everything, from mood, energy, to most importantly weight loss. I was eatting "healthy" before but I was consuming way too many carbs. Carbs are just so easy and quick. But I decided to finally put the work in to preparing better meals and taking to time to consume more protein. It is actually working this time. I always worked hard in the gym but then would mess it all up with my diet. Now the two are working together. I also have a new routine in the gym and I really like it and I’m seeing results. My legs are getting harder, I’m starting to see muscle in my back which I have never had and I have some true biceps. I have found a new love in the gym, it is called the stair mill. Holy crap, this thing makes you sweat. I’m am drenched by the time I’m done and there is sweat all over the machine. It’s gross but talk about cleansing the body. I don’t sweat this much doing anything else. I love it. So far since starting my new "lifestyle diet" I have lost 3 lbs in two weeks. This is the most progress I’ve made in a long time. I’m very excited and very fired up. Instead of blogging about doing it, I’m doing it and I’m so happy.

Though I haven’t been blogging my workouts lately (it just gets too mundane) I have still been working out. When I got home last night Geroge was extremely ansty and needed some attention so I decided to forgo the gym and take him for a run. We ended up running 5.8148 miles. This is the most I think I’ve run so far so I thought I should blog it. Geroge and I slept pretty good last night.

cardio night, pretty boring stuff but figured I’d log. 1 hour total.

30 min stairmill 250 something calories

30 min crossramp 250 somthing calories

go me!

note to self: quit forgetting your water bottle!

lifted chest/bi’s/shoulders last night. Kind of an off night in the weight department. Did my best to lift heavy but I was struggling. I actually look forward to just doing cardio tonight.

5 min warmup r-bike

bent arm flyes 3×12x20

chest press 1×12x35 1×12x40 1×12x35

db curls 3×12x12.5

cable curls various reps at 10 lbs. the cables are shitty at this gym and they kept getting caught up. so I gave up after so much struggle.

standing side deltoid on pulley 3×12x5

plate front raise 3×12x10

I was so over weights so I went and did my thing on the stairmaster

45 min of hills on stairmaster, calves and butt were burning

lifted heavy and hard on what normally would be a day off. It felt great.

5 min warmup elliptical

chest press 3×12x40 *upped*

rear flyes 3×12x20

flyes 3×12x40 *upped*

incline shoulder press 3×12x20

lat raise 3×8x20 *upped*

bicep machine 1×12x20 2×12x30

cable biceps 3×12x30 *upped*

30 min hills on upright bike

5 min warmup on elliptical

barbell squats 1×12xbarbell 2×15xbarbell

db one leg lunges 1×12x15 2×12x12 these were extremely hard, I seriously need to work on balance

leg press 1×12x60 2×12x75 *upped*

calf raises on leg press 1×12x60 2×12x75 *upped*

standing calf raise 1×12x30

leg ext 3×12x55

leg curl 1×12x55 2×12x70 *upped*

adductor 1×12x85 2×12x100

abductor 1×12x70 2×12x100

roman chair knee ups 3×6

medicine ball crunches 1×15x6 2×12x6

ab machine 3×12

weighted crunches 1×12x40 2×12x45

35 min on cross trainer

Last night was back/tri’s/shoulders. It was a great workout. I upped the weight on some. I think some machines weight weigh different even though it’s the same number. Because last night I was at a different gym than usual and I had to lower the weight considerably just to do a rep. When last time I know it wasn’t hard. so here’s what I did:

5 min warmup elliptical

lat pulldown 1×12x50 2×12x60 *upped*

cable row 3×12x40

tri pushdown ext. 3×12x20 *this went way down from 40*

smith bent over row 3×12x10 still trying to figure this one out

smith upright row 2×12x10 1×12xbar

db shrug 1×12x12.5 2×12x15

mts row 1×12x20 2×12x30

tri dip machine 3×12x45 *went down from 75*

tri ext. machine 1×12x20 2×12x25

hyperextensions 3×12xbody weight

front raise w/plate 3×12x10

30 min intervals on treadmill