tannie64’s BodyBlog

On feb 2nd it will be one month that I have been on my new program and I really haven’t lost much weight but I sure have cleaned up my diet. Part of not losing is my fault because I did slack on the exercise because I had some chages going on in my life but things are starting to straighten out so I will be following the exercise part of it much better. I started to do the second part of the exercise a week early and that was yesterday and today I am sore in my leg and butt area. This month of the program I am going to work it hard and hopefully lose enough to get my weight into the teens and get rid of some of this body fat. So on to a better month of Feb.

I want to thank anyone who answered my question on how to live on 3rd shift but it seems like my shift is going to change again thank goodness it will now be 10am to 6pm now this is a shift I can live on. I had put a bid on a different shift but really didn’t think I would get it but for some reason I got lucky and I did. I feel for anyone who works a 3rd shift it is the worst thing for you sleep. On wedensday and thursday I got a total of 6 hours of sleep so come friday I had an appointment for my son at 2 so once I did get home and could sleep I fell asleep @ 4pm and never go up till today (saturday) at 9am. I just don’t understand how they think a person can live this type of work life and not something happen. Well anyway there must be people who can but I am not one of them so now I can get back to a regular life.

So far this is not easy it messes with your body and mind. For one thing it takes it’s toll on you sleep then your eating is so messed up. If you don’t get enough sleep it can do so of the worst things to your body all ready it’s hurting mine I have no energy so my workouts are suffering. I am trying to keep up but it’s hard then you are hungy but don’t have the energy to eat and you brain is in a fog so it craves carbs that are not good for you and you have to fight that. Because I know the bad sugary carbs will only make it worse. If anyone out there has lived the life style of a 3rd shift person and have any advice about it please feel free to comment.

Well it’s sunday night and I have to go to work in just a few short hours and havn’t been able to sleep so I will be going to work all night with no sleep but I guess I will perserve. Well now the good news my boyfriend and I are starting to lift weight together. He lifted for years then once he met me kind of let it go to hell. Not my fault why he stopped I don’t know I think he over did it for years and now has joint pain. But the doc told him he should get back into it just take it slow and work up and I am so glad he told him this so now we can do this together he is smart about what and how to do it. He watches me and tells me the right way to do it and how to improve so it’s better. I can’t wait to see how I do. Today we did some but started slow and a bit light but that’s ok I want to do this right I hope to see some difference by summer.

Well I am going into my 3rd week on this new program and the weight loss is slow. I like the program but to be honest I don’t see to much of a change in body fat loss. I will be going to a 3rd shift where I work on sunday midnight so I guess it’s really monday but anyways I am going to start going back to the gym for a bit more cardio because I feel with this programs there just isn’t enough and I want to be able to use higher weights since I only have 10 pound ones at home and I know it’s time to pick back up the heavier stuff.  Clean eating is not easy but not hard either I just don’t know how else to explain it. One thing is I can’t stand the taste of chicken right now so I think that’s out for a bit need to find other things to put in place guess it will be more turkey which I still like. I am not a big fish person so I don’t eat much of that and I love lean cuts of beef so I am thinking I will find more way to cook with those. The one thing on this program right now I can’t have dairy and that is miss alot so I can’t wait till the nexts 2 weeks are done. With clean eating I do feel better as far as not feeling like I am always in a fog of course I cut out splenda and switched to stevia which I like better. I just can’t wait till the whole 12 weeks are over so I can see how far I have went.

That’s it with this new year no more promises of working out no more eating a certian way because I am going to do this the right way. I am going back to the beginning so I can lose the fat and gain the muscle and strenght. My frist proitery is learning to eat the right way for me this is where much of my work will be because I don’t have good eating habits and have no idea how to eat what’s right for my body I have a general idea but not the whole program. It’s like playing a game with out the rules and making them up as you go along. Second is my workouts that are starting out small and I hope to see get better with time. So for 12 weeks I am on this prgram I feel will help me with my goals and what to be able to show some good pics. So be watching I am starting this on Monday (Jan. 5th)