It's finally Friday and I am pleased as punch to see the weekend!
Things have been going pretty well, I've stayed pretty committed to my workouts and working on the nutrition. (on-going battle, obviously) Up until this week I've been doing Sunday - Friday workouts, taking Saturday as a rest day. Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday are lift days w/ 30 minutes of cardio and Monday, Wednesday Friday are strictly cardio days; every day doing abs. I'm loving this rotation! I've been doing some heavier weights but I just talked to Mike (my trainer/coach/friend) and we re-worked my workouts so starting this week I'm going to be doing higher reps and lower weights... trying to keep my heart rate up as much as possible and burn some calories! I'm going to Phoenix in a month and want to look my best. :)
School and scheduling has made it pretty difficult to blog. I either don't have the time or don't have the energy, so I apologize for the lack of posts.
I've been trying to track my weight weekly and honestly, there hasn't been much change. I'm hovering right around 239 (+/- 1lb), but I'm okay with it. As long as I'm not gaining, I don't mind maintaining the number on the scale because I'm able to see (and feel!) the change in my body! All too often I think people (especially women) get fixated on the number shown on the scale and don't consider what actually happens to your body when you introduce exercise. Keep in mind: muscle weighs 1 1/2 x's the weight of fat so when you start to build muscle, you may actually gain weight. It's important to take pictures to document your progress, measure yourself (something I always forget to do) and just take note of the fit of your clothes... these are all more important than the scale.
I took a picture in August and then again 2 days ago for September. I actually had the same clothes on in the pictures (not planned) but you couldn't see much of a difference from the front. The back, however, I was able to see quite a difference in my body, and only over the course of a month! I'm excited to continue with my workouts (the new ones will be harder :) ) and see where I am for October!
Here's the picture:
I don't know why the above picture won't upload in the right direction? Oy, that's annoying.
Anyway, you can still see the difference. The bottom picture is from September, top from October.
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| Progress as of September, 2012 239lbs |
Well tonight we have the Alumni Game for my high school cheerleading! I'm so excited. I looked at the pictures from last year and although my weight was actually almost the same, I feel like my body looks better. When we were practicing the other night, my flyer said that the stunts felt stronger than they did last time and I was happy to hear that! :) I'll post some pictures from the evening's excitement with my next post.
Aside from the game tonight, I have a workout with Mike and his daughter, Mikayla tomorrow morning and then I'm going out with a friend Saturday night. Sunday I've committed to homework but I may try to go to the gym and get a swim or something... my 'rest days' usually involve some sort of activity.
Well, that's about all I have for you dear readers today. I know I haven't posted any recipes in a long time and I've got a million up my sleeve here... Any in particular you'd like to see or any 'bad' foods you'd like to see have a clean makeover?? I'm always up for the challenge :)
Have a happy and healthy weekend, friends!
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