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New Year, New Me: Part Deux

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Soooo… Let’s try this again. I really mean it when I start the new year off. I have big plans just like last year. And I do think I did a “decent” job last year. I made it pretty steady till the Summer. But a lot of negative things happened this year that was out of my control that derailed my fit goals…

2020 GOALS!
I watched a fitness video by one of my favorite Youtubers, Glam&Gore. Which is funny cause she is a makeup/FX artist. She did a video about her fitness journey on how she wants to be a bikini model. Oddly, I never looked at her that closely until this video. She was a little over weight. Not in a bad way, just in a bikini model way. Her trainer called her thin thick, cause her BMI was like 35% I think. And I’m pretty sure I might be above 40%… which I’m sure you think I’m lying but I’m NOT. I always joke that I’m thick with one litttttttle c. Anyways, back to the point of this… Glam&Gore cut all pasta, white rice, sugar, and some other things out of her diet. She dropped so much weight and inches! I know diet is my downfall when it comes to me trying to lose weight. But after watching this and hearing her explain it to me…I’ve… decided… to also cut these things out of my diet… ((insert crying emoji)) And I need to up my protein too. This is going to be so hard for me. But that trainer guy said sugar is the worst for women when trying to lose weight. On a positive, I learned some new techniques for breathing properly and new ab routine that doesn’t hurt my lower back. I’ve already been back to the gym. It’s nice now that work has slowed down from Christmas time.

Time to dust off my zoodle maker and buy a mini mixer/blender thing! Here’s to 2020

–Red

I’m Back!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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It’s been a bad month and a half… LIKE FOR REALS! I know I talked briefly about my problems last month but it didn’t stop there. I also go staph on my neck which was awesome. And by the time I figured out what is was I gave it to my boyfriend. ANDDDDD…. I learned I got it from the gym I go too… FUN! Once that had went away quickly, thankfully, I got sunburn so bad I blistered twice and peeled like 3 different times. I miss a bunch of work cause I couldn’t move. I probably gave myself sun poisoning too. I actually tried to go to the gym the first day. THAT was a BIG mistake lol. BUT wait there’s more!!! I caught bronchitis for a couple of weeks, cause I grew up going to the doctor’s as a last resort. Finally, my dog has given me fleas. Thanks doggo! So, to say I gave up on life for a while is an understatement.

With all the BS above, I went to the gym for the first time this month today. It was great, I really did miss the gym. I went all of 4 times in June. Two of those times was when I was visiting my grandma in Missouri. Bonus points, I haven’t gained any real weight without tracking my meals or working out either. I’ve given up on tracking my calories right now. I have trained my body to stop over eating. If I feel like I’m sliding back into old habits I will track again.

July Goals:

  • Go to the gym more frequently.
  • Try more meatless meals. I want to start adding in tofu more. It will be hard with my family…
  • Seriously need to start blasting more. It’s booty short season!

April/May Check in

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**I’m late, I know I am a bad person.

My weight has been all over the place the past couple of weeks. I didn’t do any of my goals last month… OOPS! I wanted to eat more veggies, go to more classes, and take measurements of my body. I still have time to start the last one with measurements. The veggie thing is stupid! I literally have cans and frozen vegetables in the house too… I finally got a swimsuit, so hopefully I will take a swim class. BUT that means I have to start shaving my legs more. BOOOOOOOOOOO! And I still really need to use my fasciablaster more. I think I kind of stopped cause I was making new bents in my booty.

MAY GOALS:

  1. Go to the gym everyday to help with my challenge. I get at least 2 off days a week to skip, but that’s only extreme cases.
  2. Find new work out routines to add in once a week, plus swimming.
  3. Try to learn how to reduce my fat intake. It’s out of hand. I really thought when I started my food diary, it was going to tell me my carbs were out of hand. I was waaaaaay wrong.

Weight In!
Near the beginning of April I weighted in at 161.4. And near the end of April I was the lowest I’ve been in forever at 157.3. That was awesome except I gained a crap ton back… 2 issues I have with my numbers are what is fat or muscles?? And the floor isn’t level in the bathroom. SO I never truly know how much I weight. But I’m going to keep pushing forward. I have faith that it will be all worth it in the end.

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!

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