Feeling Renewed!

I have been feeling really good lately. My back is healing and I barely have back pain. I even got approved by my doctor that I can start working out like I used to, and that made me happy. I lost 8 pounds from the last 3 weeks. I probably would have lost more weight if I didn't eat as much at Thanksgiving, but I really just had one big plate. The food that I eat hasn't changed, I'm actually looking up healthy meals that are quick to make for lunch and even dinner. I love to try different foods and different workouts. My workouts have been intense! I am now in the hundreds when I do my crunches, sit-ups, leg lifts, squats, high knees, and jumping obliques. Two weeks ago I started my training for my 2-3 mile jog within 40 minutes. I can jog two miles within 50 minutes, I'm really close to my goal. I won't post my total weight loss yet because I want to wait until the last week to put it up so everyone can read whether or not I achieved my goal. Today, I am going to my Zumba class for two hours and afterwards, I am doing my ripped abs class. They are both dance classes and I love going to them. My passion for dance is as big as my passion for working out, they're both a big part of my life. :) More updates will be posted later!!!! :)

A Slow Recovery

After a few weeks of aching pain, I am finally starting to see a slow recovery from my back. I had a few remedies that is helping me out a lot. Throughout this week, I have been feeling nauseous because I have to take Iron pills, and the side effects suck! I worked out three times so far this week doing jumping obliques, torso rotations, high knee chops, and I went for walks. I am sore but I have to keep moving. I ate small this week because I kept losing my appetite from my medication, but I ate my vegetables and had plenty of fluids. I lost five pounds, I knew it wasn't going to be that much weight gone, but I am still happy. I go to Zumba today and dance for a good two hours! I am going to have a lot of fun and afterwards we will drink healthy shakes. :)

Aching, But Never Breaking! ----> :)

Time is flying by so fast, it kind of makes me nervous to see how far I get with this project. Lately, I had to take it easy with my workouts because I had to go to the doctors. I have been experiencing a lot of pain in my back from the middle down to the lower part. My doctor told me that my alignment is off and I need to take it easy for a while. I was upset, but I have been taking medication for it and will be going to a chiropractor to get it stretched and popped. I have been eating a ton of vegetables, fruits, little portions of baked meat, and some wheat bread. I also do some of the workouts I learned for standing up instead of being on the floor. It helps because my back won't be in more pain then what it already is. I have been using a calorie counter and my doctor gave me a food chart as well and another diet calendar for healthy eating throughout the day. I already knew from the start that there would be some road blocks in the way, so I prepared myself for them. I am determined to work through this, get myself taken care of and continue my journey of healthy living! Absolutely nothing will bring me down to give up on myself, I refuse to let myself do that. Every time I get knocked down, I will get right back up and keep moving forward. :)

What A Sweat!

I have had a good few weeks. All of the work I have been doing is making my body very sore! I am learning each and everyday, and I love the results I'm getting. I've worked out for a total of 20 hours for the past two weeks. I am going to go to a boot camp class tonight at seven and be there for two hours. When we are at boot camp we go through a variety of routines, I'll tell you a few. We start off doing our body stretches then we do a warm up. We do suicides, jumping jacks, run for 5 minutes, and come back together. I have to work with weights, jump rope, army push ups, sit-ups/crunches, and a lot of running! After boot camp, I have a Zumba class to go to! :) I am actually considering going back to dancing other than Zumba. I always enjoyed doing it, and it'll help me tone my body. My diet plan is a helpful source because I'm staying healthy and getting all of my vitamins. I will be updating you on my sizes in clothes to show the differences. I can't wait to see how much I weight today and see how much I lost. :)

Discovering Parts Of Me! :)

I have been enjoying this project we are working on. I haven't changed my workout routines and the amount I put in yet because it has become a challenge for me. It starts to get more difficult when I do so much of one workout on my body, but I feel the burn all over. My muscles are tightening up a lot more and I have been discovering things about myself. I am stronger than I thought I am or ever was. My mental strength has improved by eating right and getting a lot more nutrition in my system. I feel more live and I have so much energy that I can do more throughout my day. I love working out, it's a big passion to me. My body is receiving all of this healthy food that it reacts to junk food and pop negatively. Pop is starting to taste funny to me now, like it has a bad taste. This to me is a good thing because it makes it easier to cut back on junk food and all of the sugar and fats in them. Last friday, I went to the Halloween Zumba Fitness party and had a great time. We had to drink this enegizing fluid before we started stretching and qorking out to get our blood flowing. We had different kinds of dance routines with different genre based music. It gave me a good feel and vibe within my body because we dance to salsa, r&b, hip-hop, and other catchy beats. My whole body had a good workout and I feel great, like a new different person is coming out

The Next Move!

This week has been uplifting! I have been doing great getting back on track with working out. I did my 90 sit ups, 90 crunches, 70 leg lifts, 70 squats and 70 high knees. I had a little difficulty doing the high knees because my knee would start hurting but I did stretches to help. I didn't get a chance to take pictures for my updates but I will take some to show my progress. Every Wednesday I will go to my trainer to get ideas on what I should do next with my workouts or changing my eating habits. If I don't get to her on Wednesday, I will go to her Friday. Today, I am going to a zumba fitness Halloween party for my workout time today! I'm excited because I haven't done zumba in two months and I'm ready to get back into it. I normally workout certain parts of my body, but with zumba you workout your whole body. :) I can also take some of the stretches and moves we use in the dance to use into my workouts. My diet plan is going to get changed up a bit. I eat a lot fruit more than I do chips or any snacks. Instead of eating beef, I eat ham, turkey meat, turkey bacon, and chicken (baked or grilled). I eat salads with lunch and dinner for my vegetables. For the upcoming week I am working on my legs and going on longer jogs to try and get to two miles. So far, I can jog a mile in a half without any problems with my knee. I will continue to stretch before and after workouts so I won't hurt myself and keep building muscle and shedding weight. I have been learning that when an obstacle comes in my path, to work my self over it and not let it stand in my way. There are multiple things to do to get over things that come in my way, I just have to continue to figure them out along the way.

Ready, Steady Shed the Weight!

It has been tough during the two weeks for my 20 time. Recovering and working out has its rough times, but overall it was good. I got on the scale at the end of the second week and I lost four pounds. There is a six pound difference from the last time I got on the scale because of what has been going on. I have been going through my recovery wit my knee injury and trying to jog a mile or two... well let's just say it wasn't easy. My knee would start to swell up if I put too much pressure on it and jogging for a mile wasn't helping. I have been taking it a day at a time to get back on track and getting more developed than before. I also got sick from the weather change and my body would ache so much and I became really weak for four days!!! I was very upset about this because all of the stuff that's been going on was constantly slowing me down. Overall, I have been doing a good job. I lost a total of fourteen pounds! I'm almost half way there to reaching my goal. :) It's really exciting, but I will try to take pictures and post them to show the progress of my routines, weight loss difference, or even my diet plan. For the week to come, I and taking my workouts up to 90 in EVERYTHING! I know it seems like a lot, but anything is possible and I am confident that I can do it. :)

When the going gets tough!

Lately I have been going in on my workouts, but with this weather change my body has been trying to take in bacteria and almost got sick. I have a really bad knee injury from a few years ago and it has been dragging me down on my workouts. :( I still workout, but now I have to take it slow and cut back on my jogging. So far, I have jogged 1 mile trying to get it to two miles. It bugs me that I have to cut back on my workouts because I want to keep going and continue to build up. I am buying a knee brace so I will be able to increase my workouts. I'm doing 80 sit-ups and 80 crunches to get my abs more toned out. I can see the change in my body when I look in the mirror. My body is slowly transforming and you can see my muscles in my legs tighten up more. Even though I am not in a good condition, I won't let it stop me from doing what's best for me. :)

The next move!

This week has been a good week like always. I have been excited ever since I found out my first weight results because I lost 10lbs ALREADY!!! I have been making a few changes to my workouts to make sure my whole body is getting worked out. I am still doing the same amount of workouts, but when I do my sit-ups, I twist my torso after I sit up to work out my sides. This week I was very sore, but I know that I am sore because of the amount of time and effort I put in. I have been doing my workouts alone and I've trained my mind and built up my own motivation and determination. Each day I go through with my project, I feel more energetic and my body feels stronger. Being my own motivator was difficult at first because that inner voice in my mind always said I couldn't do a certain routine. Over the time of working out, I learned to ignore that voice and tell myself I can do it because anything I do is possible, all I have to do is put my mind to it. I have my diet plan now and I have been eating four times a day. It seems like it's a lot, but it's really not. There is breakfast, lunch, a snack, and dinner. For breakfast, I would eat toast, a fruit, and some juice with yogurt. For lunch, I will ALWAYS have a salad no matter what I'm eating. Sometimes a salad is the only thing I eat because my appetite is smaller than before. A light snack around two, a fruit or nutri-grain bar. Than of course, I have dinner which requires a small portion of meat, vegetables, and a grain with water. Throughout the week I drink a lot of water, it's on a daily basis and it's became almost the only thing I drink. I can't wait to see the transformation my body goes through and the size of my clothes shrink! :) ---> WorkingLong_BecomingStrong <---

Moving Forward!

This week has been really great! I went and visited my trainer and we discussed a diet plan for better eating. We talked about different things I eat and don't eat. I will have a planned out nutrition calendar up to January so I can have all the nutritions I need while working out. I increased the number of how many workouts I do by 20! I feel really good about how far I'm coming along, and my body is reacting really well to what I am doing. So far, I am now doing 70 sit-ups, 70 crunches, 50 high knees, 50 leg lifts, and 50 squats! I chose to increase my workouts because I feel its working, but I can do more than what I was doing. My body is getting a transfomation and I want it to be a good one. Sometime during October, I will visit Planet Fitness and sign up to have an account and workout with my older cousin everyday except Saturday and Sunday. I am getting really excited, my weight in is Saturday and I will say I lost probably between 5-10lbs. Results will be here soon, but this will be a long journey worth going through.

Starting off....RIGHT! :)

Throughout the week I have been setting certain goals and creating a schedule for myself. As you already know, I am going to weight myself every two weeks to see how far I've come along. On Monday, I started drinking water the whole day and eating differently. I ate a salad and a small portion of meat. Now that I started eating differently, I choose to eat small portions of whatever is being served. Shrinking my food down to a smaller amount will get my body use to smaller meals and I can lose the weight I need to. I did 50 sit ups, 40 squats, 50 crunches, and I jogged 1 mile everyday this week. I wake up with sore muscles, but I still keep motivation in my mind to reach my goals! Everyday I will add 5 more steps to any workout to get better results. On Saturday, I'm going to talk to my friend Yvette, she is a trainer that is running her own fitness and I enjoy the workouts she does. I will see if I can get any advice for my fitness goals and workouts I can do. Also to ask if she could possibly be my trainer, so not only will I get fit, I can develop skills for new ideas. :) This will be a long hard process, but in the end it will all be worth it. NO pain, NO gain!