Day 8: 1/14/13

So yesterday was an eventful day. I took Haley to school came home ate breakfast and waited on Bella to wake up. We went to the gym and when I took her to the daycare area she started crying and didn't want me to leave. I managed to get out and go walk on the treadmill for 15 minutes before they paged me back. I went to see what was needed and she had peed through her fresh clean diaper all over her clothes. I changed her diaper and clothes and was going to finish up my workout and she started crying again. So we left. We went to Walmart to get a few things and she wanted to get Daddy a protein bar so we did. Picked Haley up at 2:45 then home to get ready for work. Worked 4-8 then hit the gym again.

While I was at the gym on my second go around I actually got to work out. I did arms back and cardio. Started with dumbbell curls 3 sets of 15 while rotating with a different machine. I'm gonna learn the names of the machines eventually. Next I moved to the seated row and did triceps. After that I did chest presses, over head presses, and behind the head presses. Each was 3 seats of 15. Then for cardio I did 30 minutes on the treadmill where I burnt 257 calories and walked 2 miles and kept my heart rate steady at 156 in the cardio training zone. I was exhausted when I got done.

Now for what I ate all day:

Breakfast: 2 eggs and toast

Lunch: Protein shake

Snack: Honey Bunches of Oats

Dinner: Pork chop and a salad

To drink I did very good if I may so myself. Throughout the day I had 56 oz of water, 6 oz of coffee, and 40 oz of coke. Usually it would be all coffee and coke but I'm trying hard to drink more water.

I haven't weighed myself to see where I am but I can tell you the inches are coming off and I'm feeling so much better!

Good luck in your journey!

Day 7

Wow today makes day 7 in the gym and I can feel my body screaming at me to stop, however, I will not stop. The pain is bad but I will work through it and get myself back in shape. Today my wonderful husband and I worked out together. We did arms, back and core. We did seated rows, bicep curls, some bar thing that you pull down in front of you lol. We did free weights with bicep curls then moved onto core. I kept sets to 4 with 15 reps and I could feel the burn. For core we did basic crunches and used a machine to do crunches.

Here is what I have ate today not the best day I have had but I tracked it:

Breakfast: I had a bowl of honey bunches of oats with almonds with 2% milk.

Skipped lunch but had a snack. I snacked on cream cheese and chive crackers.

Post workout: chocolate protein shake.

Dinner: kielbasa sausage sauteed with peppers and onions, baked potato, and salad.

Throughout the day I have had 4 cups of coffee, Pepsi and a lot of water.

Going to hit the hay for some rest and hope my legs recoup some over night.

Catching up

So I figured I would catch everyone up to speed with my progress and what I have been doing at the gym.

Day 1: I worked out with my husband he showed me all the equipment. We didn't get to do much just cardio but it was enough to show me that I am pissed completely out of shape.

Day 2: Again I worked out with my hubby. Only we did a full body workout and did cardio on the bikes and boy did I feel the burn. We started with arms and I could feel it in my shoulders. Now mind you I do work in retail so I am constantly lifting something and didn't think I would be so sore. Half way through our arms work out I felt like my arms were gonna fall off my body. We did core next. We laid on the exercise balls and did crunches. Then we laid on our backs with the balls under our legs and did crunches again only pulling the ball close to us when we came up. That is a challenge for someone that can't do two things at once. Then we moved onto legs. We did calves and thighs and I felt it but it was an easy workout for me seeing as how I haven't done it in 8 years. Lastly we did the bikes for 15 minutes and I managed to do the whole thing without stopping except to change bikes. The one I was on the peddles were really stiff.

Day 3: I worked out with with a personal trainer. I got a free Fitness Evaluation for joining and this is when I seen with my own two eyes the truth I had known but wasn't willing to face. I am 5'7.5" tall and weigh 153 lbs with 24.4% body fat. When I hit my goal weight of 130 I will have the perfect bmi of 15%. Fast forward to the workout. We did arms and core. First he had me do incline push ups then get under the barbell and do pull ups. Next I did a half disc workout. And what that is you hold the disc over your head bend over and put it on the floor and jump so your legs extend behind you. Then you jump so you bring your legs back under you and jump as you stand and bring the disc back over your head. I did 16 of those. Thought I was gonna die after eight. Then we moved on to chest presses with free weights 20 lbs did 16. Next came over the head presses 16 followed by behind the head presses 16. I ran a few laps around the indoor track and then we moved to the core workout. It was 20 seconds of workout followed by 10 seconds to cool down. Now forgive me because I don't know technical terms but I will describe what we did the best I can. We laid on our backs and put our feet in the air bent at the knees and did crunches, followed by working out the obliques. That was side to side feet on the floor trying to touch our toes. Then we put our feet back in the air and climbed a rope so to speak. The last one we did was roll over forearms flat on the ground and hold ourselves up for 20 secs. After all of that I could hardly move my arms.

Day 4: I worked out my legs. I did leg presses, calf presses, and then hip abductors inside hip and outside hip. I followed that up with 30 minutes of cardio on the treadmill.

Day 5: I worked out with a personal trainer on legs. She nearly killed me. I walked sideways around the track with a band around both feet leading with my left foot halfway around I switched to lead with the right. Then we did squats. I did 16 then had a band around my foot and kicked forward and switched and did the same with the other foot. 16 more squats and did the same thing only I kicked backward this time. 16 more squats no weights just bar and did the same thing only kicked side to side. Did 12 of them each leg all three rotations. She then had me run and my legs were so weak I thought I was going to fall. Next we stood half on the step and half off and raised up on my toes 15 times. Then we stood all the way on the steps and pointed our toes in and did 15 and then toes out and did 15. Then I had to sprint the steps and walk back down them. Yea this chick about fell flat of her face. We followed that up with more running then a 30 second wall sit. Next came calf raises with 40 pounds and I did 16 of those. Then we stretched and I was done for the day.

Here I am getting ready to go today and I can hardly walk. I had a softball coach once that said pain is weakness leaving the body. So I guess he was right in retrospect. I am going to work through the pain today and do arms and core and I may even walk on the treadmill some. I am ready to obtain my goals and make it count. I can't wait to get back in shape for ME and for my family.

My husband has been an awesome motivator and helper the past few days. He says to me everyday that I can do it! I know I can but the pain is overwhelming at times and I would rather sit and recoup then workout but I'm not gonna do that.

My diet I haven't been following closely. I can tell ya I have been eating the same as always and I intend on making some drastic changes. I don't eat bad but I don't eat as healthy as I should either. I have some vices that I need to let go of. First and foremost is smoking followed by caffeine and coffee. Rome wasn't built in a day and I will too work on my diet and eating habits.

I will post again after working out and tell ya what all I did today.

Thanks for reading.

Past Time

OK so this is the first blog I have ever done and I hope to inspire someone with my story. I hope you enjoy reading my journey to living healthy again.

All my life I was the skinny girl with no girlie features. I heard all of the skinny jokes a million times and I always wanted to gain weight and boy did I. At the end of my 8th grade year I weighed 90 pounds. At the beginning of my freshman year I weighed 155. I shot up and out and well I looked like a girl. I was not comfortable with my weight so I went on a strict diet. I gave up all chocolate, caffeine and I started eating a lot better. I drank water all the time, ate a grapefruit before every meal and ate off of a salad plate instead of a dinner plate. I learned portion control and how to eat the right way. After losing all the weight I was happy with myself.

When I was still in high school I was in the best shape of my life. I worked out all the time between being on the softball team and a cadet in JROTC. My senior year of high school I weighed 125-130 and I loved it. I ended up getting pregnant Feb of 2005 and had my precious little girl in Nov of 2005. During my pregnancy I gained over 80 lbs and I had a lot of complications. The day my labor was induced I weighed 208-210. The first few months after having her I lost weight just not enough. I hadn't been that big in some years. It took me exactly 4 years to get back down to 150. I was so excited.

Fast forward a few months, guess what I am pregnant again. In Nov of 09 I found I was pregnant with my second daughter. I only gained 30 lbs and I lost 22 in a week after having her. I had a c-section with her and my stomach muscles were cut in two. I had her in July of 2010. I got back down to 150 but couldn't get down any farther.

On November 29, 2012, I had to have my gallbladder removed and I had just got my stomach muscles retrained and was working on getting my stomach toned up. Now I am back in the same boat after having my daughter.

I want to feel good about myself and get back in shape. My husband and I talked and joining the gym with him would give us something to do together. I became a member 1 week ago and I have went almost everyday.

Now that you have a background of how my weight has been I will start a daily post about my workout routine, where I am at in my goals and what I am eating.

My goal weight is 130 with 15% bmi. My starting weight is 153 with 24.4% bmi!

Follow me and I will keep you up to date, give you advice, listen, and help in anyways I can.

Thanks and much luck in your journey!

Tiffany