sinful-kitten’s BodyBlog

Saturday I did an assessment for a client. I wasn’t expecting much in the way of change, and I offered to reschedule as it had been done only 5 weeks prior- too soon to see some noticable changes. But she did it anyhow.

Only to be disappointed and frustrated. I tried to encourage her and motivate her. I learned a bit about her past which explains her current self. I kept telling her she’s doing the right thing and that it shouldn’t be about the weight loss, but to get in shape and be healthy.

When I saw her this morning, she said she was so frustrated she didn’t go to the gym for 2 days. Personally, she needed it. I think part of her problem is over training. She insists she can’t stop now. So those couple days were probably good. I told her to keep doing what she’s doing and everything else should fall into place.

It’s just frustrating to see. She’s probably SO close to reaching that point of the weight coming off, and was so close to quitting because of some number. I wish I could just decline doing the assessments at that point of their training. They’re feeling better, so who cares?

Oh, well… I don’t make the rules!

I hate this time of the month. My appetite is huge and completely insatiable! I’m trying REAL hard not to go next door… thank goodness I have 3 cans of tuna in my desk drawer! I might need all of them today!!!

Sometimes being female sucks!

All week, I’ve had fabulous workouts. Focused, heavy and some, but not unbearable, doms. Even this morning, the day after my leg workout, I could get out of bed without groaning or hobbling. A tightness in my glutes as a friendly little reminder that dealifts are an awesome ass exercise!

My shoulder workout this morning was equally heavy and the screaming pain in my left rotator cuff from the first exercise indicated I was at my limit. Trying to push through it and not injure myself, I managed to get through the entire workout with only a twinge.

Felt great!!!! (We’ll see how I feel later! Not only my shoulders, but my legs!) And only my lunch cardio workout, then I am DONE!!! Well, until Monday, anyhow!!!

This morning was arms day. It’s quickly becoming my most favourite bodypart(s) to train. I just love it! Even my chest and back days were both awesome!

I can’t help but smile when one of the regulars is like "OMG, look at the weight K is lifting!" and everyone turns and looks! I was doing bench press with 35 lb dumbbells… only cause I can’t get the 40 lbs dumbbells past that "breaking" point. Gawd, I miss having a training partner!

But my husband has been doing a lot with the downstairs. Sunday he finished ripping out the floor and took all the crap to the garbage. And last night he put the torn off piece of drywall back up and picked up putty and drywall tape (as it was never finished properly when built) We’ll have a gym down there in no time!!!

Anyhow, off to work with job #1! Gym tonight looks pretty quiet for me with ZERO appointments… maybe I can go home early!!!

I know I just have to stop weighing myself! But it’s hard! Today’s society is so number focused, it’s hard to break the cycle! Targets, sales, gas prices, clothing size, weight… EVERYTHING is about a number! Phone number, drivers license number, sin number…

After talking to my coworker, who’s about an inch taller than me, I realized I’m not too bad. She’s 145 lbs (though  more muscular and less fat than me) but will likely get to 155-160 lbs for "off season", so, REALLY, I’m not too bad!

But it’s hard! Why can’t I be 130? Well, hum, because I have 122lbs of lean tissue, so if I DID weigh 130, I would be 6% body fat and be catabolizing my lean tissue! I want to GAIN muscle, not lose it! SO………. realisticly, if I want to gain muscle and stay about 15% body fat, realisticly, 150 lbs would be acceptable!

It’s just hard to take!!!

I guess I should just get my husband to hide the scale….. again!

I can’t wait for the downstairs area to be complete. It’s dead space right now still in need of a lot of TLC and cleaning. Maybe this weekend I’ll get down there and clean it up as we need a place to throw the cats! They’re driving me insane! Waking me up at 430 this morning! ARG!!!

At least the rest of my sleep was solid! I don’t feel overly tired (though definately tired!!!) and I’m in for a super busy day! My chest workout, so super heavy, and then a full line up of clients at the gym tonight! 3 training sessions and an assessment. Should be fun!

(I hope! One new client I get the impression is going to be a nightmare!!!)

But at least MOST of the doms from my legs are gone!!! And though I get the impression my back is going to hurt later today and tomorrow, it shouldn’t be too bad (hopefully!!!)

A frustrating couple days at the gym. 8 hours, 4 appointments, and 3 no shows!!!!! Not to mention, someone booked an appointment for me on Sunday at 130 when I finish at 1! What’s up with that? I noticed the other trainer was booked in from 9-4 on Sunday as well (a little over-kill, but who knows?) so I assumed it was supposed to be booked with her and not me, so I changed it.

However, when she came in, it was another story as if she didn’t have any appointments, she needed to be notified and if any appointments were booked, it had to be prior to 11am and back to back so it’s not all spread out. Made sense! But no note with those instructions had been provided.

(not to mention, the meeting last week had indicated that if you’re schedulled for a shift, you’re there for that shift and aren’t supposed to leave early/arrive late if there were no clients…. so complete double standard!)

However, we had a wonderful chat. It was cool to talk to someone who understood, had the same issues with training and competing, and was able to give suggestions. To know what her competition weight is, her current weight, and her off season weight. Differences of training (which is actually close to mine!). Business ideas and propositions.

The future is looking bright!  

Holy moly do I hurt!!!! The pain increased throughout the day yesterday, but wow, this is a whole new level!!!!

 It’s AWESOME!!!!

It’s been a LONG time since I’ve had doms like this… I’d almost forgotten what it’s like! (almost!) And at least my back and chest doms are gone and I had a slight twinge in my triceps, but also gone. I don’t mind pain, but not all over all at once!

Can’t wait for next week!!! I’ll have a nice perky ass before long!

 Okay…. maybe not THAT long… but it feels like it! 

Even when I did my training for competing, I HATED doing legs. It was heavy and I could often not walk for days- or I could walk, but often with a lot of moaning, groaning and laughter from coworkers! Once the competition was over, I did NOT train my legs. I didn’t care if I lost muscle in my legs- I’ve always had thick legs and wouldn’t mind a little less.

 But…. I decided I can’t ignore them any more. I had- HAVE- to start training them! So with much dismay, I rearranged my training to incorporate legs and this morning was the day… the horrible day for legs.

Stupid me, though…. I’m not one for half-ass measures (most of the time! LOL!) so there’s no "slowly" increasing intensity. I jumped right in there as though legs were my favorite training day and just flew at it! First was the leg press. I used to be able to press about 600lbs or so… warmup at 90 lbs. Add another 90 lbs for the next set… and so on. I probably could have done more, but I’d like to be able to walk a LITTLE bit tomorrow (not to mention even later today!!!)

I’m going to be paying for it tomorrow!

Nothing made me happier this morning than to wake up with doms. Not only from yesterdays workout, but from Monday’s as well! And I can’t even imagine what tomorrow’s is going to be like and I’m just cringing about Friday!!!

This morning was arm day. Biceps and triceps. I can’t remember the last time I worked out so hard I wanted to puke! Washing my hair after was torture. My arms were a couple of wet noodles! But, damn, did they look good while working out! And even now- I wish I hadn’t wore long sleeve to work as I have a good pump going!

We’ll see how I feel tomorrow… and tomorrow is leg day (hence why I am NOT looking forward to Friday’s doms!!!) It’s been a LONG time since I trained legs (probably a couple years!!!) but my ass is starting to droop and I want it to be a bit more perky!!!