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!