Crystal’s Rants

Today was Day 4 of my Journey to February and so it was cardio and back day!!

Did a really amazing cardio workout for 30 minutes on the Precor Crosstrainer at the steepest incline and 11 resistance by the time I was finished my legs were like jello!  Oh well all the better for my butt and thighs, keep going at this rate and I will be able to rock out a killer short dress for All-Star parties!

Back workout included pulldowns, seated rows, seated one arm row, reverse grip rows and some weird exercise that i can’t name but is a killer using the bar and a weight positioning it under the leg press machine and lifting only a single end using the attachment used for the row, it is some kind of standing row just not sure what its exact title is but OMG feel the burn!

At the new gym it is kinda hit or miss on the crowd, personally I prefer to workout when there isn’t a huge crowd, seems to make it easier with the space flow, so today I was really excited when I arrived and there were only a handful of people there.

I went on did my 20 minutes of cardio on the Precor machine doing the stairs option which after 20 minutes I must say will kick your butt and thighs.  I was going to move on and do 20 more minutes on a bike or something (really trying to keep my cardio moving closer and closer to 40 minutes to an hour), but looked down and realized that the few people that were there had left and it was only a me and the two people I workout with there.  So instead I moved down to the weights and had an amazing and I repeat AMAZING tricep workout!!

By the time I was finished it was one of those workouts where you are pumped up so much that you are tired yet have energy and I remembered exactly why I like days like today when I am the only girl in the weight room and really busting out an impressive workout!!

Today was the second day of my long journey to February, it was a long day!!  A very long day!

It began running frantic around my house to get ready to go run errands found time to grab some cranberry oatmeal then drove to Frisco for a bball camp which I was going to take pics for a local foundation.

From there back home, dropped off a bridal portrait to a bride for her wedding Saturday and the to the gym but not before I could grab a little snack, more oatmeal, from the house.  I know not the best but I had to eat something and didn’t have a lot of time for finding food due to my crazy schedule.

I knew my day at the gym was going to be just cardio today because I need to get back into the swing of things but also need to do so in a manner that isn’t as strict as my 2 a days I built up to before.  I did 40 minutes of cardio doing what was around 80 flights of stairs and 2 miles on the crosstrainer machine.  As soon as I was finished I could feel the burn!  I am going to love those machines for my thighs and butt!!

Tonight I had a lot of catching up to do so I sat down with grilled chicken and rice chomped down, will be so happy when protein gets in tomorrow that way I can have that in my diet day to day, i just can’t eat enough to make up for that protein without feeling sluggish!

Now working and really happy that day 2 is over, things will start to fall into place more and more as I go but I look forward to building back up to being able to do over an hour of cardio along with daily alternating body parts with weights!

On my journey to February I officially started today at my new gym and LOVED IT!  I will be posting some pics tomorrow of the awesome layout, but wanted to document the first day.

Today I did shoulders and cardio, 45 minutes of cardio on the Precor crosstrainer which I have never used before but decided I LOVE!  Shoulders were my typical workout with single arm raises to the side, front raises, shoulder press, arnolds and seated raises (pretty sure they have another name but i am a loss for words right now but basically you sit and lean over and then do kinda a butterfly motion)

In addition today was the first day of my official diet, without protein however because until wednesday i am proteinless (that is when my order comes in)  So instead I had oatmeal with cranberries for breakfast and the best grilled skirt steak ever for lunch, unfortunately there was not time for a snack before workout so that teamed with a horrid sinus headache played some havoc on me during workout so NOTE TO SELF always have small snack before workout when I don’t have protein.  For dinner following workout, still btw working on when exactly I will be working out on a more regular schedule, I had a small steak sandwich on oat bread eating in my own picky style where i usually eat most of the meat and very little of the bread, people just look at you strange when you order only meat!  Tonight small snack will be grilled chicken more than likely or perhaps a sweet potato.

I still need to tweak my eating habits but until then I am going to list what all I eat every day to help me realize what things I eat that I need to work on.

Wish me luck, day 2 is just around the corner on my goal to February!!

Ok so I have come a long way, but getting to my dream physique is still just that a dream.  I need some work!!  So today I made the official decision I needed a new long term goal date to work toward.  This always has helped me in setting my mini goals and has helped me make great progress thus far.

I have always been told to make your goal official you have to put it out there and make it known so it is real and you have others knowing your goal and helping push you along, so the new official goal is the first week in Feb!!

Several reasons behind this date… first being 7 months is a good time frame to shed some 30 pounds or make that 30 pounds look a lot better, not to mention that will give me time to get back into the gym which has been a cutting the fat out of the budget item which has gone away for the time being.  It allows me to work hard and get things done the right way instead of doing the crash dieting because of an unrealistic goal and furthermore, I have a big event in Feb that really has me motivated, the All-Star Break in Dallas!

Not to mention that is just before my birthday and so it would be perfect timing!  So there it is my new goal!  The road will be a tough one but the goal is now set so no backing out!