ruthie74’s BodyBlog

I have a confession, it’s been months since I regularly worked out. I have many many reasons why I haven’t gone. All of them are good….my latest reason….I had gallbladder surgery about 3 weeks ago…now my membership ran out at the Y…i’m sooooo broke….me and hubby can’t afford to renew at the moment. I hate this i feel so depressed because I know i can find a way….but where is my will? I haven’t gained any weight. If anything I have lost weight, but I’m not happy because I also lost the tone I was developing. I’m soooo frustrated with myself. I have been telling myself…you have four daughters….one is a baby…excuses…..you just had major surgery….excuses….you go to school full time….excuses…..can someone kick me in the but please??? I think I need major help. Or at least some motivation.

Okay two weeks ago today I got a boob job…Doc said I can start exercising again this week but only cardio without arm movement and NO WEIGHTS! I’m feeling really down about this because before the surgery my baby got sick…so i couldn’t go workout for about two weeks there…then i went to the Y for a week…then I got sick for two weeks!….but no it doesn end there….then my other daughter got sick….(tummy virus) getting passed all through the house. Then it was time for my surgery…I haven’t worked out in about 2 months! My weight hasn’t changed…I cut my calories down to about 1350 since i haven’t been working out…..but it’s sooooo depressing to see my weight loss come to a hault. It seems like the only time i can lose weight is when I’m lifting and doing cardio. Cutting calories alone doesn’t seem to do much for me.

So depressing

I worked at the Y for 5 years and I was into the whole exercise thing for a while but my eating habits were out of control! My body fat went from 24% which wasn’t ideal for me to 31%. Then I got pregnant with my 3rd daughter (I have one step daughter too) but when I gave birth to her last year after gaining 70pounds during my pregnancy(ate like a pig) I had major post pardom depression….dr.s tried putting me on antidepressants, but i said I will handle this my way (I’m stubborn). I don’t work at the Y anymore but I started working out again at the Y….I took whatever knowledge I had from working there and everything else I learned from reading about nutrition and incorperated it into my whole family’s life. My daughters took classes so they can be able to be in the workout room and use the machines properly (it’s called teen start) We all workout together. We all eat healthy meals…no junk food allowed in the house….and very little tv….candy is only allowed once in a while….this may sound mean but we took all thier easter candy everyone gave them away and got rid of it. Well we let them eat a little bit of it. Anyway, last june I weighed in at 207 thats two months after giving birth…I refused to take the meds and decided to make all these changes….little by little my depression started to subside….and my weight started coming off….I went from 207 last June to 163….my body fat was 35% and now it’s down to 29! It wasn’t easy….and I’m still struggling….but at least I dont feel hopeless anymore….I can’t wait till I get to 135….I know my weight loss has slowed down a bit and thats why I am reevaluating my whole workout routine….and changed my eating routine…I am trying to eat 6 times a day….it’s been week one….not to bad…I also raised my calorie intake…I’ve read here at body building.com that I need to eat more calories to lose weight,…especially when you workout. 

I have been evaluating my exercise and eating habits…I have done good…but now it’s time to do better! I knew about eating 6 times a day is good but I haven’t ever really tried it…I started this week….it’s a little difficult when you’re used to eating a certain times of day. As for my workouts…I need to step up the pace, I think my muscles have grown accustomed to what I’m doing. I do change my workout around alot but I still think my muscles are even used to that….so I decided to go heavier with shorter reps…I hope I am making the right choice here and maybe wake up my muscles!

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