turnygirl’s BodyBlog

I can’t seem to get back at the weights, I will have to make a solid 2 week, consistant effort to get myself hooked again.  I have been doing the fitness class and it has been surprisingly hard on my legs due to the amount of practice I have been doing.  I have added two days of cardio and one day of total body weights, maybe I will just add a day a week for the next month! 

I have been taking time off of my program for a while now.  I have been really busy over the past two months, had the Can Fit Pro conference in the middle of August and Body Flow training last weekend.  It seems like the summer just flew by!!  I will be taking the next few weeks off of serious weight training to focus on training and team teaching to be a Body Flow instructor. Other than that nothing too exciting going on……just getting ready to go into hibernation mode for winter! 

I only have 2 weeks left in this cycle.  I can say that I have gained some muscle in my arms, butt and thighs but I still have the fat covering it all up.  I will stick with my program for the next 2 weeks and then switch up my eating.  That has to be what is keeping where I am.

Anyone have any suggestion for a really good lower ab exercise?  I am thinking of going back to hanging leg raises, but I find I swing too much.  I did leg raises with the exercise ball and matt tonight and they really hurt, I pushed my hips up a little at the top, that seemed to get them.  I have been doing the leg raises where you rest your arms and elbows (can’t remember the proper name) but sometimes I feel it in my hip flexors more so obviously I am not doing them right.

I started taking taurine today, apparently it is good for helping vegetarians gain muscle and it works in a similar way to creatine.  I will give it a try and see how it works.  I had an awesome workout tonight.  I did 2 exercises for biceps, triceps and shoulders and followed that with 45 minutes of RPM.  I worked really hard tonight (Hydroxycut helps).  I am back to the gym tomorrow morning for chest, back and abs and then I will do 45 minutes on the treadmill after work.  I bought a new book called ‘Power Eating’ because I think I am not eating enough for the amount of cardio and weights that I have been doing.  My energy levels still feel good, but when I added some more starchy carbs last week my body seemed to respond better. 

Is it weird that all I think about is the gym?  Saturday is my day off and Sunday is lower body followed by BodyFlow (tai chi, yoga and pilates).  I can’t wait to do some cardio tomorrow!  I got the best compliment when my husband came home after being away for 6 days, he said "wow I can’t believe how much your body has changed in just 6 days!"  Made all of my hard work worth it!! 

Well I had 4 slices of pizza and a slice of raspberry loaf with a coffee and sugar!!  It’s okay though.  I ate really well all week and all day up until dinner so I will just consider this my cheat day and make sure that I eat perfect on Saturday.

 I had a really good leg, bicep, tricep and shoulder workout this morning.  The best part is I can actually see a bicep in my arm when I flex without having to strain it!! LOL  I really feel like I can do make a big change in my physique this time.

I think I am feeling better now that I have added some starchy carbs back to my diet.  I hope it does not work against me, I don’t want eating to bum me out.  I feel like I am overthinking the whole matter and I guess all that really matters is what I see on my body.

I did my lower body routine today followed by Liz’s BodyFlow class so I should be feeling it tomorrow.  Last week it took until Thursday for my legs to stop hurting, hopefully it won’t be the same this week.  I am going to do bis, tris and shoulders tomorrow and then chest, back and abs on Tuesday.  I have been rotating this since last week and I find it is working well for me.  Saturday is still my day off of everything and Sunday I just do BodyFlow so I get two days off of cardio.  I will probably stay with what I am doing for the next 5 weeks and see how much weight I can add to my strength training, I have to remember to take my workout log with me so that I can make sure I am really making progress.

The only thing that is frustrating me right now is not knowing how long it will take me to get to my goals, all I can do is work hard and wait. 

I ate a baked potato today so that I wouldn’t be so grouchy…..over all a pretty good day.  Last night we had a wicked thunder storm with heavy rain so I did not get much sleep, I still made it to my RPM class though and I am really happy I did not miss it.  I did sleep in a little so I missed my biceps, triceps and shoulder routine that I was supposed to do, but I think the break will do me good.  My day off is tomorrow and I am looking forward to a beer (just one)!  Hopefully I will get my laptop next week so that I can get more serious about tracking my workouts and eating, my PC is in the basement now and I feel like I am in the dungeon whenever I am down here.

I ate a baked potato today so that I wouldn’t be so grouchy…..over all a pretty good day.  Last night we had a wicked thunder storm with heavy rain so I did not get much sleep, I still made it to my RPM class though and I am really happy I did not miss it.  I did sleep in a little so I missed my biceps, triceps and shoulder routine that I was supposed to do, but I think the break will do me good.  My day off is tomorrow and I am looking forward to a beer (just one)!  Hopefully I will get my laptop next week so that I can get more serious about tracking my workouts and eating, my PC is in the basement now and I feel like I am in the dungeon whenever I am down here.