Tag: fitness

New Challenge Pt 2

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So Monday was the first day and OF COURSE I have a huge migraine that wouldn’t quit. Well, that means I actually started yesterday. And to top it off I gained weight from Easter… long story short, I sat on my ass all day and ate. I just want to take a minute to talk about how awesome this 1stPhorm app is! The workouts are fun because you can determine what style of working out you like… circuit, HIIT, traditional, and 1 more but I can’t remember. I chose traditional cause I’m still new at doing the whole routine thing. I had arm day, leg day, and abs. I’m learning that it’s better to target certain areas of your arms. I’m definitely feeling it more the next day. My favorite thing about the app is that it has videos next to what the exercise is. I familiar to most the ways to work out, just not the names. And it gives you modifications if you can’t handle that exercise or maybe you have bad wrist/knees. Zumba is still going to be my Wednesday work out. I plan on adding it in one more day in the week. Not sure if I want to add it on Tuesdays or Thursdays… Plus, I want to add in swim class too. Or at least add swimming into my weekly or biweekly routine. There’s a pool at the gyms I go too. I really need to fit in walking the dog in there too. I haven’t took him for a long walk in a long time. We normally would do about 2 miles around the pond by my house. So, day 2 is done! ONLY 53 days left…

–Red

New Challenge

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…Cause I’m so great at these right?!

So one of my customers work with/for/idk 1stPhorm. It’s like a direct sales company but not at all for work out people. It’s more like really informed mentors. I pretty use I already talked about why I respect this company. But long story short, they have a 8 week challenge that happens every 8 weeks and it’s free! I like $Free.99! It comes with work out plans, healthy meal choices, and my customer that mentors us in a Facebook group the whole time. I did do this once before but it didn’t work for me. It started right before winter when my job is the busiest. Since I’m way more serious about working out I decided to try it again. AND the winner(s) of the contest can win $50,000! I definitely try for that lol. I’m going to try and go to the gym everyday for the next 8 weeks… even if it’s just to walk the treadmill for 30-45 minutes. They have a new app they just launched too which is pretty sweet! It helps with the workout part. Last time it was just a pdf file that never changed, unless I had no idea where to find it. It starts on the 22 of April… so I’ll wait to go crazy until then. I’m going to need to eat more protein in my diet. Costco has Robert Irvine protein bars!!!! I’m going to snatch those up soon!

Food!

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So I’m sure you’ve seen those memes on facebook about eating healthy… I eat whole meals. Whole pizzas, whole box of Oreos… etc etc. I was always the unhealthy eater that would laugh at those memes and be like same! Don’t get me wrong, I still struggle not to eat more than my daily calorie allowance. BUT… I have noticed that now when I do eat over my calories, like more than 300+, my stomach is bloated and hates me. I never in my wildest dreams thought that this would be my life lol. I used to eat until it hurt to bend over and tie my shoes on a regular. And the WORST part was that made me happy. Now I live by my food journey and the gym. I really don’t do cheat days either cause what I stated before. When they say working out in a lifestyle/mindset, they do mean it. I’m trying to explain to one of my friends to join this program that is cheaper than most gym memberships, but she is happy going to a basic bitch gym. I guess it works for her, because she rarely goes to the gym. I was once like her and I didn’t fully see the value in going to a real nice gym. She might change too one day…

**Small information about redheads, we are at a higher rate to get Prader-Willi Syndrome. So there’s always been a joke that I have it. I also used to say that I had a tapeworm which I named Pepe… why I named it that I don’t know?!

UP & down

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My weight has been an issue for many years. Mainly when I went to culinary school, I gained over 30 pounds in 2 years. I can maintain a steady weight of plus or minus 5 pounds since then. But I always was eating whatever I want. I actually have looked into getting my fat frozen off, lipo, and all sorts. I’ve been stuck at this same weight for over a decade and it’s HIGHLY ANNOYING!! That’s pretty much why I’m getting really tough on my work out and diet this year.

That being said… I had a couple of bad days and ate back 2 pounds. You don’t know how frustrating that is. It always feels like it’s 2 steps forward, 1 back. It might be muscle but idk…I try not to weigh myself too much because I become a little obsessed with knowing the number. I’m not sure what is helping me stay focused instead of just throwing in the towel like always and saying FUCK IT! But I am and for that I’m grateful.

–Red

March/April Check in

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I know I’m a little late for my end of the month goals… but 1 day won’t kill ya lol.

SOOOOO… my first goal of March was to go to the gym more, cause I think I went all of 2 days in February. I went a total of 14 days out of the month! Not bad! That’s a little less than half. I’m going to give myself a gold star! And I’m still going to Zumba every Wednesdays. The instructor, who is amazing, said hi to me randomly at the gym. The group of women on that night are really positive and friendly. I wasn’t expecting it actually. Goal number dos, I’m still doing my food diary. Everyday might not be a 100% right, like while I was in Vegas, BUTTTTT I’m still doing it. It’s getting a little easier for me to maintain my lower calorie count that is now my life… sadface. And last but not least, using my fasciablaster more… that one I’ll say I half got right. I just work out late and I’m tired afterwards… BLAH BLAH BLAH I know… I’m a walking excuse…

April goals!

  1. Eat more veggies! I have been getting better with what I eat, I just need to add more of it. I started taking a multi vitamin too.
  2. Try more classes at the gym. I just found out I can go to other gyms for half the cost I’m paying for the 1 gym I go to now. So I have many many new options!
  3. I’m going to start taking measurements of my body parts. I think it’s healthier to see inches lost instead of focusing so much on weight. Muscles weight more than fat.

NOW FOR THE REVEAL!
On March 5th I weighed in at 165.8 pounds and I weighed myself the other day… 161.4 pounds!! BOOM 4 pounds down! That’s a good month! I haven’t noticed it yet on my body yet. But I’m still pretty proud of myself!! Hopefully this keeps up!

Vacation is OVER

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So I got back from Las Vegas on Friday night… I’ll skip over all the delicious food I ate. But I do want to talk about how I actually lost weight surprisingly enough. I think the amount of water I drank helped. I’m from the Midwest, we drink water when we are thirsty lol. In Vegas, you have to drink all day or you dehydrate and die. No one loves a migraine more than me *insert eye roll*. I averaged about 13k steps a day out there minus Saturday, I had a wedding. Sunday I went to C2E2 which was also a lot of walking at the nerd convention. I did find the gym at Caesar’s, it was ranked one of the top gyms on the strip. It wasn’t amazing… curious to know what a horrible gym looks like. Only downside to this gym is it closes at 6pm everyday. Like REALLY??? It’s Las Vegas! I am pretty proud that I went to the gym while on vacation. I’m determined to stick to this food diary and working out multiple times a week. I have friends that help motivate me to get my booty to the gym. And I have my apps that help me not over eat. I wouldn’t mind getting one of those workout apps, but they are all expensive subscriptions. I don’t have that money right now. AND if I did I would just get a personal trainer. The free session I got from the gym was awesome! Just out of my budget at the moment. And on that note, I’m off to the gym!

–Red

Shake what ya mama gave ya!

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I started doing Zumba about 3 weeks ago. The first time I went I felt like a goof and EXTRA white. Thankfully, I wasn’t the only uncoordinated person in the room. Second time I went, it felt better cause I knew the steps from before. I also learned how not to make my knees hate me… They were like NOPE after the first time. I have the knees of an elderly man lol! 3rd time last week was amazing! I just went for it! I didn’t care if anyone was watching or thinking I was not good enough. I sweat my ass off too, and I don’t sweat.

Funny story break: I was caught dancing to my Zumba moves at work by one of my coworkers… he thought I was nuts!

I’m really looking forward to next time. But it will be on pause for a week while I’m in Vegas!! It’s my first time and I’m excited as all hell! I actually plan on bringing my workout clothes to Vegas. I’m down in weight… I know I’m going to eat like a fat cow there gain it all back in all the food I will be eating there. Pray for my booty people!!!

–Red

March Goals

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***So every 1st of the month I want to write down all my goals for the month. And at the end of the month, I will review how I felt about said goals!

Goals

  1. Get my ass to the gym more. February was a bad month for me mentally. I want to get back into a regular routine. I started going to Zumba on Wednesdays with a friend from high school.
  2. Doing my food diary everyday! I go through waves of really wanting to do it and getting lazy. I started using MyFitnessPal app again… I FINALLY got my Fitbit to sync my steps with it. I like how it shows me my macros and shows them in pie charts… I like pie…
  3. Use my Fasciablaster after the gym. Plus, 1 or 2 more days a week. I’m already seeing some results from it.

I want to go slow with the goals, because I don’t want to overload myself. If I fail at one I’ll get distracted and stop. I want to add in weight and maybe pictures if I feel brave enough!

–Red

Mulligan

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February has been a bad month for me. It started off decent with vacation!!Then took a nosedive pretty quickly once I went to my neurologist. Long story short, my brain might be failing more… or maybe just diabetes… Either way its horrible news to me. So I was too depressed/upset to really workout or function for that matter. Then my boyfriend got sick, and I was helping him with that. Thankfully, I didn’t get sick. I catch colds and viruses soooooo easy. By this point I’ve only worked out 4 times this month, practically all in one weeks time. NOW it’s half way through February and I have no motivation & no energy from my period. FUN STUFF! I’ve been dealing with a lot of BS this month and I don’t know if I can come back this month. I’m a Monday or the 1st of the month kind of person. But since I use working out as a great stress reliever, I’ll probably be back in the gym soon.

– Red

Polar Vortex

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Here in the great Midwest, we are having a Polar Vortex. Thankfully it’s over! So I finally went to the gym today… YAY! Shit, I was finally able to leave the house without my face hurting. I started drinking my 100 oz of water a couple days ago. I’ve been doing pretty well at that. Not really hitting the mark but close. I haven’t noticed anything about my body yet like others have mentioned. I’m just peeing more lol. Today was leg day at the gym, I know I’m going to be feeling it tomorrow. The workout plan my “trainer in the making” friend gave me KICKS my ass. I start off with 15 minutes on the treadmill to warm up then on to machines and squats. I weirdly love squats. I just really want that apple/peach/heart butt sooooo bad! But on the positive side, I got my face blaster from Ashley Black!! If you don’t know what or who that is, I highly recommend you check out her website here. I got to blast my butt, that sounds wrong lol, in the sauna without annoying people with the full size fasciablaster. I would have stayed longer but I got a text saying my furnace went out… FML!

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–Red