turnygirl’s BodyBlog

I am down another pound!  Hopefully it is good weight loss (FAT!!), I am really happy that I have stuck it out this long, it has been 4 weeks now since I have started eating clean.  I can honestly say that it makes a HUGE difference having the progress pictures.  I have been trying to do this for a few years but I always fell off the wagon because I would have one bad weekend and be all bloated and frustrated by Monday.  I think this gave me a "what’s the point attitude" that would give me an excuse to go back to my bad eating habits and then once I would get motivated again I would be started from square one.  I have been telling everyone I know who wants to lose weight that they should take some pictures, seeing even an inch of result in those photos is what is keeping motivated!

So it is day 2 of my BFL and I had two BBQs in a row, I managed to control myself pretty well and it is not like it is something that happens every weekend.  I went to the gym with Stell to do weights; we worked on legs and we did pretty well with the heavier weights.  I love going to the gym with her on Sunday because I think I push myself that much more.  I followed that up with 20 mins on the treadmill at 5.5mph. 

I have RPM tomorrow and it will be interesting to see how well I do, I think my legs are going to be killing me!  I am going to be booking a body fat analysis so that I know where I am now, it has been almost 4 weeks since I started and I want to see how low I can get my body fat over the next 2 months.

I went to the gym to do a spinning class this morning and was surprised to see that I lost 3 pounds.  I did not think that would have happened, but I am not going to complain.  Last night I went to the gym to do weights after work and when I opened my gym bag realized that I forgot my pants!!  I considered buying a pair at the Sport Check beside my gym but changed my mind and did my workout at home instead.  I had a really good ab work out (I finally set up all of my equipment again) and shoulders.  Gym Rat’s arm and shoulder progress pictures are really inspiring me (way to go big sis!!).

I will be back at the gym tomorrow to do some more weights, I just realized yesterday that I am supposed to be taking the creatine before and after my work outs.  Those pills are really helping, big time and I am happy with the muscle tone that I can feel, hopefully I can burn some more fat so that I can actually see it!

My life is getting back to normal again so I am able to manage my eating better.  We had a little humidity/heat spell that put my appetite off and I was eating very little.  To keep it simple I am going to stick to a lot of the same foods for the next week for my breakfast, lunch and snacks and just switch up my dinners a little. 

 Weights are going well, I have definitely increased my strength as I discovered during a group weight class.  I do notice that I am very tired in the morning now and I am not sure if this would be due to recovery, but either way I can not get up in the morning to work out.  I also have a lot of really big bruises all over my legs and I am not sure if that would be from the weights as well.