Post Workout 4 Week 4

I'm already more than half way through week 4! Definitely a huge milestone. I'm thrilled that I haven't missed a workout yet. I feel so great after my workouts now. My posture is better, my confidence is up and I'm finally starting to see the changes. It is really exciting. Today I did my cardio on the elliptical again. I really like this machine because because I feel like my whole body is in motion, which makes it much more difficult then the stationary bike. I'm on the machine for 35 minutes and I do the interval training program. I switch every minute from going to forward and then backward. My heart rate is staying up above 165 and can get as high as 185 doing this program this way. Before I would switch between segments and my heart rate would drop quickly into the 150s while doing the forward motion for more than a minute. I'm really loving how difficult it is and that I'm able to go the full 35 minutes. I always end with stretching. It usually feels so good that I like to think about it as a reward for kicking ass on my workout.

Training tomorrow!

Post Workout 3 Week 4

Half way through the week already. Today's workout was really fun although you probably couldn't tell by the look on my face. I was heeving and hoing and wincing and breathing hard. I rocked it though. Ink finally seeing the results I've been looking for. My side planks were so much easier today although I didn't time them I could at least hold them in a pretty good position before giving up. I'm also seeing changes in my body! Paul and I have been having a lot more sex and my endurance is unbelievable! I'm allay seeing less fat on my back which is great :)

Post Workout 1 Week 4

I haven't written about my workouts since Thursday. Week 3 was definitely a turning point for me in this process. I had an emotional breakdown about mid week. I have been weighing myself intermittently and have not seen a change on the scale at all! I know that muscle weighs more that fat and that I am really making great progress with my workout, it's difficult to overcome the subconscious obsession with the number... These feelings were made worse when I went to buy sine much needed new pants (still the same size. :( That said, I'm working on it. I'm still committed to my health and I have to continuously remind myself that this is now my life. I workout 6 days a week and go to yoga once a week. I really enjoy my workouts,I feel like I'm changing and getting stronger. Today was a really intense full body workout I did 15 pushups! It felt really awesome to see how much I'm improving

Post Workout 3 Week 3

The last day of february and the last 29th for another 4 years. Today I had a really difficult workout. I think that the exercises I did today were overall harder than the ones I did on monday but I think specifically it was the smith machine pushups that kicked my ass. I felt my chest muscles twitch in between the 15 rep sets. I'm glad that I did 15 though, myonly really concern was my right elbow hurting wile doing the downward motion on the bar. hopefully it gets better. 3 hours is the ideal time for my workouts. This includes the entire workout, the shower, some food and the journal :)

Post Workout 2 Week 3

Today I was much more awake. I need to start going to bed earlier so that I can wake up in enough time to do all of my stuff. Anyway, today was a cardio day and instead of the usual 30 mins, my trainer is having me increase the time to 35 mins. I also switched to interval training and I switch between going forward and backward. Definitely difficult but feeling good about it.

Post Workout 1 Week 3

I can't believe it's week 3 already. Today I was REALLY tired. Paul and I smoked a lot of weed last night and then he didn't go to work this morning. When we smoke we have completely opposite libido reactions. Mine increases tremendously and his drops into oblivion. Basically I just waited around this morning so that we could have some fun since he wasn't going to work. Instead he slept and I got a later start then I would have liked. I rushed to get my stuff together and made it to class on time. My plan was to try to finish the lab as soon as possible and go to the gym before class. Oh also, when I left home it was beautiful outside. By the time I got off the bus it started sprinkling. I did not bring a coat today. :( the lab took longer than I would have liked (I was hoping to be done at 12 which would have given me close to 2 hours to workout, shower and get to class. Instead I left class at 12:30. When I got to the gym I realized that I didn't bring a workout shirt or a body scrubber. I went ahead and jumped into my workout. The workout overall went well. I did the side planks which felt really good, I was kind of intimidated by them but I was able to do 8 passes. Today the hardest part of the workout was the side planks. The dumbbell bench press was done on the stability ball. Currently the weight that I've been using is 7.5 lbs which honestly is getting kind of easy,I think that I'll switch to the 10 lb weights on Wednesday. Today I also increased the lat pull down weight from 30-40 lbs for the 2nd and 3rd reps. Overall I'm feeling stronger and this week's word is ”tough” so I'm trying to make each move count. I'm also working on being able to control my eating. I'm still in the same pattern of celebrating with food, or dealing with crisis with food. I know that this will directly affect my progress. :/

Post Workout 6 Week 2

I did it again. Today paul and I went to the gym together. I did my warm up and 30 mins of cardio and then my stretches. For my cardio I did the interval training as recommended by my trainer. It was difficult but I really enjoyed how it made the time go by so much faster. Stretching felt awesome. Overall I'm feeling a lot stronger and healthier. This week I made it the gym early and I really liked not having to worry about it all day long. Tomorrow, paul and I are thinking about going to play some tennis. :)