Day 1 (A success)

Hello!!!
So today was Day 1 for me back in the gym (after my 2 week hiatus). I worked out my entire body (upper, lower, and abs) and did Cardio as well. I can definitely tell how flabby I have gotten by taking off those couple of weeks. I was really scared to find out what my body fat was (that’s the only thing I really care about) but it only increased 1 ½% so I’m now at 25%, which is really good especially considering everything that I ate during those 2 weeks. The workout overall went well. Thank God! But I’m sure I will be feeling the pain from it tomorrow.

Side note: On yesterday I ran into an old friend of mine and she looked absolutely FABULOUS. Her back and arms were so toned that I had to ask what she was doing to stay in shape. If you haven’t figured it out yet, I’m addicted to toned arms! LOL! That will be my sign that I have officially made it! (Oh, and of course a flat tummy) I’m so tired of my shirts choking my arms b/c they are so flabby and fat. Last week alone I changed shirts several times due to the fact that the sleeves were choking my arm fat. So she informed me that she runs 5 miles 3 days a weeks and she also lifts weights. Now I know 5 miles sounds like a lot, but I’m always up for a challenge. So she told me about a running group that literally can run 5 miles in 50 minutes. Of course I won’t start out doing that but if I can get close that would be great. So I enlisted another friend of mine (she’s a newby too) to come along and our first run/walk/jog will be in the morning, so I won’t be the only person running 2 miles per hour. I’m actually excited about it oddly enough. I will start out running twice a week and hopefully I’ll be able to work up to 3 times within a few weeks, but you have to start somewhere, right!?! So for now I will work out with my trainer twice a week for weight training and run/walk/jog twice a week with the running group. So I will let you all know how that goes. Oh yeah, btw she’s 40, so if she can do it, why can’t I!?!

Measurements:
Body Fat is 25% (Which is considered acceptable)
Weight (On my scale) 131.4
Weight (Trainer’s scale) 130.4 (w/ my shoes on)
Thighs 19 inches
Abdomen 29 inches (Terrible)
Waist 31 inches
Hips 36 inches
Bust 33 inches
Arms (I believe this says 12 inches) I’ll confirm when I go back on Thursday

Goal by August 1, 2010
Weight 125
Body Fat 21% (Which is considered the Fitness range)

I’ll set my goal for September 1, 2010 based on what I accomplish by August 1st


Overall Goal: October 1, 2010
Weight 115
Body Fat 15% (Which is considered the Athletic range)

Water and Meals
20oz of water during my Workout

Breakfast
2 boiled Egg Whites
½ cup of strawberries
20 oz of Water
Green tea (Gun powder tea that I buy from the Asian grocery store)

When I got to work I had a cup of coffee with a splenda and some sugar free hazelnut creamer

Meal 2
Tilapia
Greens
20 oz of Water

Meal 3
Pure Protein Bar
20 oz of Water

Meal 4
Tilapia
Green beans
20 oz of Water

Meal 5
Salmon
Broccoli
20 0z of water

Snack before bed
Blueberry Low fat yogurt
20oz of water

Thinking Ahead
Let’s be realistic here! There will be times when you are going to cheat when it comes to your diet, but it would be a good idea to plan those cheat meals in advance.

For example, this week is my mom’s birthday. So I know we are going to go out to eat, so that’s one cheat meal. And I’m going out of town this weekend so I will probably cheat a few times (I’ll TRY and limit it to 2 and let’s not forget that it’s the 4th of July weekend so of course I’m going to have some Bar-b-que and maybe a cocktail to 2. Oh and my caramel cake that I ordered. LOL! What I will try to do is eat more healthy meals around my cheat meals and just not eat badly the entire 3 day weekend.
Now you will pay for these cheat meals you are eating, but indulging every now and then in my opinion is okay. And hopefully as you continue on your lifestyle change as it relates to your diet, you cheat meals will decrease each week as time goes on.

Biggest obstacles
Giving up my wine! I LOVE my wine; but I have to give it up (at least during the week)
Getting up early in the morning to workout (It was very hard this morning)
Not being able to have my hair done during the week (but I’ll get over it)

So until tomorrow!

Say a prayer for me about this run/walk/jog in the morning!

L