Getting back in the swing of working out

Thursday Weigh in: 147lbs

So this week was kinda of another slacking off week. I came down with a cold over the weekend and it made me tired so I didn't work out as much as I wanted and when I did want to go, I had to work late. excuses excuses.

last night I went to the gym and ran for 40 minutes. I'm still focused on HIIT and with the combo of sprinting/walking, I'm good for 11 minute miles. The eating habits this week were somewhat improved and somewhat worse.

I cooked for dinner mostly everynight but at frozen dumplings or cooked noodles. At work, I either had a sandwich and I only had my fried chicken once this week. So I'm happy to see that from last week, I did manage to drop a pound or two but somehow I just don't feel like I'm doing it the right way. The tough part has definitely been eating healthy, on a relocation diet, when I get home from Boston on Monday, I need to go stock up on the healthy foods. I can't find one store that sells raw almonds or raw nuts around here which is a bummer. but I'll try again! I'm hoping to continue on with my 2 lbs a week mission until I'm down to 133lbs. 8 more weeks to go. gotta pick up the pace here.

AHHHH CRAP

So I moved down to Myrtle Beach 3 weeks ago. When I moved, I weight 141lbs and now I'm back at 148lbs. DAMMIT the food down here is absolutely killing me. Here's a sample of what I've been eating:

Bojangles: FRIED chicken, FRIED chicken biscuit

Captain Nances: MORE FRIED FOOD.. but Calabash style! FRIED oysters, Fresh Oysters (that's yummy), FRIED Clams, FRIED crabs, deviled crabs, hush puppies, SWEAT TEA.

Rockafellas Oysters: Deviled Crabs, Tuna Tartar, Fresh Oysters

Magnolias: MORE FRIED FOODS - fried chicken, collared greens, pulled pork

Riverwalk Grille: Pulled Pork, Hushpuppies

yeah.... that's just a sample.... oh god I'm going to be fat. Everything is new to me and I want to try EVERYTHING..... unfortunately, I don't think I can work out enough to keep up with it. DISCIPLINE!

So tonight.... I made garlic sauteed artichokes and had just that for dinner..... doesn't sound like mnuch but you eat 2 chicken biscuits in a day and tell me you wouldn't try to cut back on food intake. I did get to go and workout for 30 minutes on the rowing machine tonight so that was good. Now back to the eating right and working out again!

Week 9

Schedule Weigh in on Tuesday: 149.8 (WOHOO!)
Weigh in on Friday: don't know...

ahhh crapper doodles - I've fallen off the routine completely since last Saturday. I can't believe it's Tuesday and I haven't worked out once. It was very difficult making time while I was away. We stayed in very remote areas and spent a lot of time traveling to different states. So back to it this week. Monday was a bust already, I was exhausted from flying home early morning and did not feel like cooking and was lured into going to eat at Gitlo's with my brother. For the rest of the week, I really need to focus on getting back to the program. I also got my first wave of my all famous annual Sinus problem. Headache, extreme tiredness, and lack of energy. remedy: working out and doing the cardio.

Monday, September 8, 2008
Workout
Travel Day back home

Food
Breakfast - 1/2 a bagel with cheese and bacon
Snack - Peanut butter crackers from Delta
Lunch - None
Snack - None
Dinner - Gitlo's Dim Sum (Unhealthy)

Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Workout
60 Min - Full body strength training with abs emphasis
30 Min - HIIT - 1 minute sprints at 7.5 on treadmill

Food
Breakfast - Yogurt Parfait, 2 cups awake tea
Lunch - Spicy Thai soup with beansprouts, peanuts and shrimp, 3 cups awake tea
Dinner - Salmon, small portion rice noodles, ridiculously spicy stuffed pepper (2)
Snack - Lamb with peanut sauce, 1/2 packet instant noodles (it was 1am and I was starving..)

Wednesday, September 10, 2008
OMG, let's never not workout for a week again. Not only did the workout feel somewhat more difficult, my arms, legs and back are a little achy today. I can't believe I got on the scale last night and I'm finally under the 150 range!!!! 149.8. yeah, those .2lbs made the difference... I'll take it! So based on my target weigh loss calendar, I was supposed to be at 142 as of yesterday. that's a 8 lb difference... I don't think I will ever catch up healthily so I reset my goals to start at 149.8 and drop 2 lbs a week going from here on out. By November 3rd, I should be at 131lbs. we'll see if that happens, the last 10lbs are extremely difficult to lose. I'm excited that even tho I didn't workout at all last week, I still made some headway with the weightloss, it's like a mini bonus :)

Workout
25 Min - Elytical
35 Min - Stationary Bike

Food
Breakfast - None, 2 cups awake tea
Snack - Yogurt Parfait, 2 cups green tea
Lunch - Chicken Wrap with lettuce, cheese, onions, dijon Mustard and hots
Dinner - 1 piece of steamed white fish
Snack - 1 piece cheese with bread

Thursday, September 11, 2008
OMG, my legs hurt today.... I think I need rest. I've been sleeping about 3 hours everynight since I returned on Monday. I'm worn out and feel sickly. Maybe I won't go to the gym tonight. I need to get my car registration renewed tonight afterwork anyways and it wouldn't hurt to go to bed early for a change either. sigh.....

Workout
never made it

Food
Breakfast - Yogurt Parfait, 2 cups awake tea
Lunch - Chicken Wrap with lettuce, cheese, onions, dijon Mustard and hots, unsweetened ice tea
Snack - Natures Valley Chocolate chip chewy granola bar, milk
Dinner - Curry Chicken with homemade peanut sauce, green tea

Friday, September 12, 2008
Sigh... another day with not enough sleep. What the goose is going on with me? I'm exhausted to the point my ribs hurt today. No plans so far this weekend except for catching up on some seriously much needed rest and going to the gym.

Workout
never made it

Food
Breakfast - None
Lunch - Chicken Sandwich with swiss, lettuce, onions and mayo, 2 cups unsweetened ice tea
Snack - Starbucks grande vanilla Latte with Skim Milk
Dinner -

Saturday, September 13, 2008
Workout
Never made it

Food
Breakfast - None
Lunch - Homemade Beef Stew
Snack - 5 chicken wings
Dinner - Stew, duck
Snack - Ice Cream

Sunday, September 14, 2008
Workout
what a surprise.... nope, didn't go either

Food
Breakfast - None
Lunch - None
Snack - Soup with Beef, jalapeno's, emoki mushrooms
Dinner - More Soup

Another sh*t week for working out. great...

Breakthrough

WOHOOO!!!!!!

I'm at 149.8 lbs!!!!! FINALLY OUT OF THE 150's range!!!! WOHOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

Week 8

Schedule

Weigh in on Monday: 152

Weigh in on Friday: um.... I didn't?

Here's to another week. I have absolutely no idea where I am weight-wise since I have not been near a scale all weekend and probably won't be able to get to one tonight. Who knows, if my schedule permits... I'll make it to the gym. So this is traveling week again. I spent the entire weekend on the Cape and it was so awesome. I was pretty proud for making it to the gym at the resort to get my 30 minutes of super high intensity cardio in after a full day of basking in the sun.... ahhhh.... Monday, I didn't get to go to the gym, and I have a ton to do tonight so am not sure if I'll have time to make it and tomorrow I'm flying out to Atlanta to visit Travis so won't be able to make it tomorrow either. I'm hoping while I'm there, we will be able to hit the gym at least twice if not more.

I feel like I'm slimming down - having a tan can also be the reason why I think this LOL, but I hope to be somewhat on track with my goals when I do jump on the scale. I have to somehow fit working out into this week or else I'm going to be terribly further behind then I already am. I figured if nothing else, I'll at least jump on the treadmill and do some sprints for 30 minutes whenever I can.


Monday, September 1, 2008
Workout
Beach Day

Food
Breakfast - Fruit Cup, Raisin Muffin, Coffee
Snack - None
Lunch - Cheeseburger with Fries
Snack - Virgin Pina Colada
Dinner - Chicken Ceasar Salad

Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Workout
None - needed to pack

Food
Breakfast - half Raisin Bagel with Low fat Cream Cheese, half cup yogurt Parfait, 2 cups awake tea
Snack - None
Lunch - Chicken wrap with lettuce, cheese and hots
Snack - None
Dinner - Ratatouille with Rice

Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Workout
None - Travel night

Yeah.... let's just say the rest of the week did not include any workouts and I didn't eat very healthy.

Week 7

Schedule Weigh in on Monday: 152
Weigh in on Friday: unknown as of Tuesday

I think I need to cut out more food..... boooooooo.... I like eating. So I'm been pretty stable with the weight but the goal of this plan is to lose weight and tone up so stable really just doesn't cut it. After evaluating my eating habits and workout plans over the past 6 weeks, looks like the areas where I can do better are eating and I still need more Cardio. After evaluating the work out plan, looks like my stoped dropped as soon as i switched over to kickboxing instead of my HIIT. so....this week I am going to attempt to add in at least 30 mins of cardio (non-kickboxing) after my Weight Training (gotta love the HIIT) and doing at least an hour of cardio on non-strength training day. Somehow I feel this will get me back on track. And I did some research on the some of the supplements and I think I'm going to lay off them for a couple of weeks and then pick them back up since I don't want to be addicted to them. So for the next couple of weeks, just vitamins and protein powders :)


Monday, August 25, 2008
Workout
60 Min - Full Body Strength Training with Abs
30 Min - Elytical Machine

Food
Breakfast - Egg white omelet with Ham and Cheese, 2 cups awake Tea
Snack - 15 Almonds
Lunch - Sugar Snap Peas, Honey Nut Oatmeal
Snack - Natures Valley Chocolate Chip Chewy Granola Bar
Pre Workout - Rack of Lamb (5 pieces), Nectarine, 4 chocolate covered blueberries, 2 small slices of Brie
Dinner - Ham and Cheese with Spinach

Tuesday, August 26, 2008 (151.6lbs)
Workout
45 Min - Elytical Machine
20 Min - Stationary Bike

Food
Breakfast - Raisin Bagel with Low fat Cream Cheese - 2 cups Awake Tea
Snack - None, 1 cup darjeeling tea
Lunch - 1 delicious homecooked Lamb Chop, Blueberries
Snack - Yogurt Parfait with lowfat Yogurt, Granola and Strawberries, unsweetened ice tea
Post Workout - None
Dinner - Whole Wheat Pasta with low sodium Vodka Sauce with Ricotta and Mozarella

Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Workout
60 Min - Full body strength training with Abs emphasis
20 Min - HIIT - 1 minute sprints
20 Min - HIIT - Elytical

Food
Breakfast - Ham, Swiss, Spinach, Tomato, Egg White Omelet, 2 cups awake tea
Snack - None, 2 cups green tea
Lunch - Spicy Noodle Soup from Lanna Thai Diner with Extra sprouts little noodles
Snack - Snackwell cookie, Strawberry Shortcake Eclair Ice Cream Bar (bad), 2 cups ice coffee(bad) (Crap... work is providing goodies... must behave more!!!!!)
Pre Workout - 2 Peaches
Post Workout - None
Dinner - Bowl of Pasta with sauce and ricotta cheese

Thursday, August 28, 2008
Workout
30 Min Elytical
30 Min Step Machine
30 Min Stationary Bike

Food
Breakfast - Sausage Egg and Cheese on English Muffin, 2 cups awake tea
Snack - Yogurt Parfait, 1 cup green tea
Lunch - 1 soft chicken Taco, Nacho Chips with Guacamoli, 2 chicken wings, 1 meatball (courtesy of work)
Snack - 2 meatballs (courtesy of work)
Dinner - Satay Chicken with Peanut Sauce(homemade), 3 meatballs


Friday, August 29, 2008
Workout
None

Food
Breakfast - Raisin Bagel with Low Fat Cream Cheese, 2 cups awake Tea
Snack - Slice of watermelon (courtesy of work - so good)
Lunch - Pulled Chicken, Spinach Salad, string peas (Courtesy of work)
Dinner - Satay Chicken

Saturday, August 30, 2008
Workout
60 Min - Full Body Strength Training
30 Min - Cardio

Food
Breakfast - Honey glazed Donut
Snack - NA
Lunch - NA
Snack - Sugar Snap Peas
Dinner - Lamb

Sunday, August 31, 2008
Workout
30 Min - HIIT Cardio

Food
Breakfast - Raisin Bagel
Snack - NA
Lunch - Hot Dog, some handfull of French Fries
Snack - NA
Dinner - Shrimp Cocktail, Ceasar Salad, Scallops Casserole, Coffee, Applepie

Week 6

Schedule

Weigh in on Monday: 152.8 lbs (Targeted weight: 148 - damn I'm 4 lbs behind)

Weigh in on Friday: 153 - double damn

hmm..... so I'm still at 152.8 lbs. I haven't moved weight wise in 2 weeks. Let's see here, I think I'm going to cut out the sausage egg and cheeses, cut down sodium, looks like I need more greens and fruits. Protein intake is good so far. I finally got the rest of my Revolution lifestyle supplements yesterday so I started taking those. Can't say it made me feel too good after I took them, I thought I was going to pass out at the gym. My heart rate was only around 144 and even then I was winded. I'm still adjusting to the 20lb dumbells, they are still tough which is good. This week, I need to get back onto the cardio more and eat more greens and see if that helps. I'm working towards being 150 by the end of the week.

Monday, August 18, 2008
Workout
60 Min - Upper Body and Abs strength Training

Food
Breakfast - Sausage Egg and Cheese, 2 cups awake tea
Snack - Almonds
Lunch - Chicken breast, Sugar Snap Peas
Snack - NA
Post Workout - Optimum Protein Shake
Dinner - Chicken Breast

Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Weighed in tonight at the gym, 151.8. not bad. still 3lbs off. I think I might've hurt the little muscle on the outside of my upper arm close to my shoulder (Deltoid muscle?).

Workout
60 min - lower body strength training with Abs

Food
Breakfast - small serving corn hash, 2 fried eggs
Snack - 2 cups Milk
Lunch - Ham & Cheese Crepe with Lettuce
Snack - NA
Pre workout - NA
Post workout - Optimum Protein Shake
Dinner - Steamed Asparagus with Cayenne peppers

Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Bad Bad sleeping on Tuesday night going into today. 2 hours. ONLY 2 HOURS between 1am and 3am, after that, I was up and am in a pretty foul mood today. Not a good combo for losing weight and working out. I'm wondering how I'm going to get thru the rest of the day without crashing and I'm supposed to go fishing afterwork tonight and was planning on hitting the gym afterwards - somehow, I think trying to do all that will burn me in the end. we'll see how I feel.

Workout
45 Min - Upper Body Strength training
20 Min - Kickboxing drills
70 Min - Kickboxing technique focus

Food
Breakfast - 2 slices oatmeal molasses toast with peanut butter jelly, milk, yogurt
Snack - 2 cups awake tea
Lunch - Vietnamese grilled shrimp, pork, 1 spring roll, 1 egg roll.
Snack - Oatmeal
Pre workout - None
Post workout - Optimum Protein Shake
Dinner - Oatmeal with Blueberries

Thursday, August 21, 2008
Well, I tried to get some rest last night but just don't think I got enough still. Had a pretty solid workout last night at the gym. Today, my legs are really sore from the workout on Tuesday and probably from the kickboxing last night too. So today, I jump to the 3 tablets of the revolution thermogenic push supplement and 3 tablets of the Dreamweaver. I'm going to cut back on the Hydroxy cut from 6 tablets to 4 (2 tablets twice a day).

Workout
30 Min - Lower Body Strength Training
20 Min - 1 min Sprints on treadmill
20 Min - Kickboxing

Food
Breakfast - Oatmeal, 2 cups awake tea
Snack - Half an apple
Lunch - half of a grilled ham and cheese on wheat bread, Pomegranite and Pear Juice. (I'm not starving myself, but am extremely nauceous today)
Snack - None
Pre Workout - None
Post Workout - Optimum Protein Shake
Dinner - Ratatouwe (spell check?) over rice

Friday, August 22, 2008
I say this week has sucked for sleep... once again, only got a few hours last night. I vote this week is of the suckiness. Tonight, I'm helping a friend move some minor stuff and tomorrow is the big move so i think I'll get my cardio in that way if I can't make it to the gym.

Workout
None - Helped my friend move some boxes into her new place

Food
Breakfast - Egg white omelet with ham and cheese with Salsa, 2 cups awake tea.
Lunch - Grilled Chicken
Dinner - Ham, cheese, mushroom, onion, tomato Omelet
Snack - 4 Mozarella Sticks and french onion soup

Saturday, August 23, 2008
Workout
Moving! and 60 Min full body strength training

Food
Breakfast - 2 cups Ice coffee from Honeydew
Lunch - 1 slice cheese Pizza and Gingerale
Dinner - Lamb Steak

Sunday, August 24, 2008
Workout
None - Beach day

Food
Breakfast - Eggs florentine on english muffin
Snack - Sugar Snap Peas
Lunch - Spicy Pulled Chicken Sandwich
Dinner - Raw Oysters, Cherrystones, cocktail shrimp and Lobster Bisque

Week 5

Oh man, I am exhausted today. I hate starting off my week like this but whatever - I had an awesome weekend with Travis and it's all worth it. So I'm pretty happy I made it to the Gym while I was away this past weekemd and surprisingly, I'm still sore from working out :)

Dammit, so I jumped on the scale downstairs at work today and it said 152. grrrrrrrrrr.... Ok tonight.... I am going to start measuring my waist and arms and legs with the measurer I bought and start using that as a gage too. there's no way I'm not making progress....

Couple of tweaks for this week. Got some new supplements and vitamins: Here's what I'm going for this week

• Hydroxy cut - 3 capsules twice a day
• Revolution Abdominal Cuts - 3 capsules once a day (ok I'm a sucker - the bottle was pretty)
• Cayenne Pepper - 500 mg - 1 capsule after workout
• Vitamin E - 400mg - 1 capsule after workout
• Vitamin C - 1000mg - 1 chewable tablet after workout
• Flaxseed Oil - 1 tablet after workout
• I also purchased the Dreamweaver and thermogenic Push for Women today online.. https://www.revolutionlifestyle.com/shop/cart.html so I guess I'll start those whenever I get them in the mail.
  

So you might be thinking - wow that's a lot of vitamins...well guess what? ... I'm thinking that too. . Plus I just bought the other 2 this morning - after this, yeah - I'm going to stop adding to the list and just take what I have and stick to it. can't have overkill on vitamins.

For workouts this week - I'm going to start doing my squats on the Bosu ball and up the number of reps this week. I think it's a good time to bring up my circuits from 2 to 3 circuits for weight training. My concern is that right now, it takes me about 45-60 minutes to finish my abs workout and 2 circuits of my full body training workout. If I bump that up to 3, I'll probably be looking at 60-90 minutes just on weight training and that doesn't leave a lot of time for Cardio afterwards. So my options this week are to stay at the gym for 2+ hours or really plan out some crazy sessions - go hard at the strength training 3 times a week and go hard at the cardio 3 times a week on seperate nights. ouch my body is going to be sore this week :) can't wait!

As for eating habits, my brother is going to ruin me. He just came back from his summer in France last Wednesday and has all these delicious sounding recipes and he is quite a good cook. So at first, I was bummed, because I do want to try these delicious sounding meals, but know they are way off from my proper diet. So we worked it out! He's going to make them on my cheat meal - that way I get to try them and then we're going to put a healthy spin on it so we can continue to make it during the week! It's a win win. I'm pretty happy. I also need to make sure I'm snacking right - I've been skimping on my snacks and sometimes dinner last week so no more... need to fuel my system for these crazy workouts this week. I'm ready.

Schedule
Weigh in on Monday: 152lbs (Crapperdoodles)
Weigh in on Monday: 152lbs (dammit..... 4 lbs behind schedule)

Monday, August 11, 2008
Workout
none

Food
Breakfast - Ham and Cheese Egg White Omelet with Salsa, 2 cups awake tea,
Snack - NA Lunch - Russian Rueban (BAD) with sweet potato fries and unsweetened tea
Snack - Milk
Dinner - all bad food at Shanghai gate (Fried fish, braised beef, green beans, scallion pancake, chicken wing), Bubble Tea and Lychees

Tuesday, August 12, 2008
So I really couldn't believe I was at 152 yesterday, I should be at 150 and thought I was working really hard towards this. so I jumped on the scale at the gym today, and it's at 154. slightly discouraged today... that and I'm exhausted - how am I going to shave off the weight and 154?!? seriously? sigh...

Workout
45 min - full body circuit strength training with abs emphasis (pump it out session - no slow reps)20 min - kickboxing

Food
Breakfast - Egg white omelet with ham, cheese, green peppers, onions, and tomations with Salsa, 2 cups green tea
Snack - None
Lunch - Thai Spicy Noodle Soup (I didn't eat the noodles), Ice Coffee
Snack - None
Dinner - Sushi
Snack - Chicken Breast with Broccoli

Wednesday, August 13, 2008
So after thinking about my workout routines, I do believe I'm working at the gym pretty hard and don't think the extra 4 lbs that came onto my body over the weekend was from food or fat, rather, I think my body is retaining water. After looking at my diet, the vietnamese noodle soups and thai spicy noodle soup and the chicken breast I've been having is packed with Sodium. I have been pounding down water so I don't think that's an issue, but I do think I'm going to have to cut back my sodium intake to under 900mg per day... I think that should be enough.... we'll see by the end of the week to see if it helps... if not, then I'll just cut back more.

Workout
No workout tonight. I'm going to go food shopping so I can start bringing in my own lunch and eat low sodium foods (forever)... I'm also going to try to catch up on some rest as I'm exhausted and I read somewhere if you can undo everything at the gym if you're not sleeping enough. so sleep I will tonight.

Food
Breakfast - Egg white omelet with sausage, green peppers, onions, cheese, salsa, 2 cups awake tea.
Snack - None, Green Tea
Lunch - Pulled Pork and 1 chicken wing, spinach, milk. (frick, so much for eating healthy)
Snack - Plain Oatmeal, Milk
Snack 2 - 1 Wholefoods Fruit Tart
Dinner - Cayenne pepper oxtail soup with mushrooms and bean sprouts, 1 small bite of ham and cheese crepe, a skinny cow ice cream sandwich.
Snack - more soup!

Thursday, August 14, 2008
Workout
60 min - Full body strength training with Abs emphasis (pump it out session - no slow reps)20 min - kicks on the kickboxing bag

Food
Breakfast - 1 egg white, with ham, cheese. Yogurt, Milk, and Tea
Snack - Raw Almonds
Lunch - Ham, cheese, mushroom Crepe, chicken crepe
Snack - Raw Almonds
Pre-workout - Protein drink
Post- Workout - Optimum Protein shake, vitamins
Snack - 3 pieces Sushi
Dinner - Soup and 1/2 ice cream skinny cow sandwich

Friday, August 15, 2008
Workout
None

Food
Breakfast - Egg white omelet with ham and cheese with Salsa, Milk and 2 cups Ice Coffee
Snack - Yogurt
Lunch - Thai noodles (I'm still hungry:p ...)
Snack - None
Dinner - Diva Indian Food. Lamb Marsala, Chicken something.

Saturday, August 16, 2008
Workout
None

Food
Breakfast - Starbucks Coffee, blueberry coffee cake
Snack - None
Lunch - Raw Oysters, Raw Scallops, Scallops Casserole, Steamers
Snack - Taro Chips
Dinner - Lobster, Lobster Bisque, Brie, Pasta

Sunday, August 17, 2008
Workout
Mowed the Lawn

Food
Breakfast - None
Snack - Brie
Lunch - Pollo Loco Chicken Breast and Veggies
Snack - Root Beer Float
Dinner - Raw Oysters, Cherrystones, Shrimp Cocktail, baked Scallops, squash

all in all - I was bad this week. I haven't even been to the gym yet so haven't weighed in. I'll find out tonight. I'm not expecting the normal 2 lbs off this week.. I've been eating crappy. But I did get to catch up on some much needed sleep this weekend so that's a plus.

Week 4

So last week was not impressive. the beginning of the week was great but after Thursday, my eating habits were slipping. Partner lunches at Capital Grille, traveling to Atlanta, not having the ability to cook while I'm away. It's not easy to eat healthy when you're on the road - there's fast food everywhere and time is so limited. I'm going away again this weekend so will try to pack some healthy snacks like almonds, protein shakes, and trail mix.

For workouts this week. I'm going to focus on muscle fatigue - increasing # of reps in my circuit until my muscles are ready to crap out and also upping the cardio sessions from 3 times a week to 5. As for my abs focus, throwing the 15 reps out the window. For each exercise, I'm going to work my abs for as many reps until they hurt and then do 5 more on top of that.

I want to start taking some classes but it's difficult to get out of work exactly at 5 and I have a lot of evening commitments this week picking up and dropping people off the airport and then me leaving as well on Friday to see Travis in Atlanta again. I feel as tho lately, my stress level is at an all time high, it's a quiet stress and I can feel like subconsciously building up so I need to find an outlet to relieve some of that.

Also, I'm going to bump up my dosage of Hydroxycut to 2 capsules twice a day this week. As for food consumption - strict dieting this week - no junk at all) and a higher focus on my pre workout and post workout nutrition intake. I'm also starting to take 1000 mg Vitamin C, 400 mg, Vitamin E and 1000mg of Flaxseed oil post workout.

Schedule

Weigh in on Monday: 151 (wohoo!)

Weigh in on Saturday: Unknown, the scale at Bally's in Stone Mountain, GA was not working property and proceeded to tell me I was 164 lbs (Boooo)

Weigh in on Monday afternoon: 152lbs :( boooooooo

Monday, August 4th, 2008

Workout
75 Min - Full Body Circuit Strength Training with Abs Emphasis
45 Min - HIIT Cardio (1 minute sprint/walk for 15 minutes... 1 minute uphill sprints/walks for 25 min )

Food
Breakfast - 3 egg whites, 1 yolk, green tea
Snack - None
Lunch - Tuna Tataki Salad at Cheesecake factory
Snack - Milk
Pre workout - Optimum Whey Protein Shake
Post workout - Optimum Whey Protein shake, Vitamins
Dinner - Sugar Snap peas, chicken breast

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Workout
60 Min - HIIT Cardio (30 Min elytical, 30 Min uphill sprints)

Food
Breakfast - Sausage Egg Cheese on English Muffin, Milk, Green Tea
Snack - Sugar Snap Peas, Almonds
Lunch - Grilled Chicken breast Sandwich with Mayo, Swiss and onions, 5 wedge french fries
Snack - Almonds
Pre Workout - Optimum Protein Shake
Post Workout - some random protein shake from the gym
Snack - Pirates Booty

Tonight at the Gym, I realized that my one hour at the gym has been invaluable. Lately, my stress level is starting to rise tremendously and my emotional balance is totally off. At the Gym, I work out - I focus on me, it's my hour, it's my body, and it's my time. As much as I hate Cardio - reaching the point in my workout where I'm just focused on breathing and my form and my legs being sore - it really doesn't leave room for much else in my little brain to be stressed. For an Hour of my day... I am truly free from everything.

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
I'm really stressed out today. Skip levels in the morning, customer call at 11, the internal system at work fighting me, not eating right cause I just ran out of time and just in general, again, I feel like nothing's moving forward with my life... not with the move.. nothing. Is it bad when someone asks how are things going and you just want to cry because there are no words? LOL - yeah, it was a bad day. I didn't cry, there's no crying in Oracle. Looking forward to my workout tonight.

Workout
75 Min - Full Body Circuit Strength Training with Abs Emphasis
45 Min - Kickboxing HIIT Cardio

Food
Breakfast - Sausage Egg Cheese on English Muffin, Milk
Snack - bowl of grapes, Green Tea
Snack 2 - 10 Almonds, Mushroom bisque
Lunch - worked thru it, no food :(
Snack - Quaker ranch rice snacks
Pre Workout - Optimum Protein Shake
Post Workout - Some random Protein Shake from the gym, Vitamins
Dinner - Chicken Breast, Broccoli

So I decided to weigh myself at the gym... I really should stop doing that midweek cause it doesn't really mean anything. I'm at 152. the ups and downs. but I gotta say, had a great workout - I switched it up and did my circuits on a Bosu ball or on the Stability ball. then I did some kickboxing and didn't stop feeling nauceus until about 2 hours after the workout. LOL.

Thursday, August 7, 2008
Ugh.... no more going on the scale until the end of the week.

Workout
60 Min - HIIT Cardio - Sprints and uphill sprints

Food
Breakfast - Sausage, Egg, Cheese on English Muffin, 2 cups Milk
Snack - None
Lunch - Boston Market Dark Chicken with Corn and a little gravy
Snack - None
Pre Workout - None
Post Workout - Random Protein shake from the gym
Dinner - Maine Lobster... mmmmmmm so yummmmy

Friday, August 8, 2008
Here we go. Today is traveling day. I obviously didn't wake up early enough to go to the gym and probably won't be able to make it today. Maybe I'll do laps around the airport if my flights delayed today. I packed almonds and some protein powder for my trip. Have gym clothes ready to go and hopefully, I'll be better than last week. I've been cranky this week - maybe I'll feel better once I get away from here tonight.

Workout
Traveling Day

Food
Breakfast - 4 egg yolks, Strawberries, green tea
Snack - None
Lunch - half of a chunky chicken salad wrap from Boston King Coffee
Snack - Fruit Cup (Strawberries, Blueberries and Kiwi)
Dinner - half of a chunky chicken salad wrap from Boston King Coffee
Snack - Soft Beef Taco, Soft Chicken Taco from Taco Bell

Saturday, August 9, 2008
Workout
Ha Ha YEEEAAAAAAAH, Travis and I made it to the gym while I was out of town! Wohoo! We went to the Bally's in Stone Mountain GA. It's a nice nice gym. There's an indoor pool, 2 racket ball rooms, 1 heavy lifting room, 1 light lifting room, cardio and general machines out on the main floor and a running track to surround the gym. The locker rooms were also huge and everything was blue - went nice with the pool I thought - very soothing. However, the dumbell selection was pathetic. had to scramble around to find my 20lb ones, and apparently 15lb dumbells just didn't exist. so jumping between 12lb and 20lb kinda blows. They were missing some key machines, nothing to work out the hamstrings that I saw - maybe it was tucked away in a secret room somewhere. and then they had the kickboxing bag that was grounded to the floor but no gloves. That, and their scale was anywhere from 8- 14 lbs off. My GOD I almost had a heart attack when it said 162lbs... lol. Nothing like having your boyfriend watch you get on the scale and it adds on an extra 14lbs just for kicks. ha ha. anyways... I thought I had a really bad workout, my heart rate was kinda low since I stopped a lot to look for equipment, but I was happy- I did everything I was supposed to and I actually made it to the gym while traveling.

Food
Breakfast - Slept in
Snack - Slept in
Lunch - Vietnamese Noodles, Ice Coffee
Snack - NA
Pre Workout - Protein drink
Post Workout - Optimum Protein Drink, Vitamins
Dinner - Watched the UFC fight at Barnacles (my free meal), dozen raw oysters, peel and eat shrimp, 2 jalapeno poppers, 1 cheese stick and 1 potato skin... mmmmmmmmm so good.

Sunday, August 10, 2008
Workout
Day of Rest - wow.... apparently I did have a pretty good workout last night, I almost hit the ground this morning when I first got out of bed. My legs haven't hurt in a while - I'm thrilled!!!!

Food
Breakfast - Slept in
Snack - Slept in
Lunch - Vietnamese Noodles, egg rolls
Snack - Dragon Fruit, Almonds
Dinner - Cheddar Cheese Combos
Snack - Bree

Week 3

Schedule

Weigh in on Monday: 154 lbs (dammit!)

Weigh in on Thursday: 153 (Dammit!)

*Things I'm doing different this week - continuing on with 20lb dumbells, started taking Hydroxycut (1 capsulte, twice a day), Cardio - Treadmill sprints and step machine for HIIT*

*So far, I'm pretty satisfied with this plan... I'm seeing my waistline tighten up and my muscles are definitely more toned up.

Monday, July 28

Workout

60 min - Full Body Circuit Strength Training with double Abs Emphasis

30 min - HIIT (10 min sprints on treadmill and 20 min on step machine)

Food

Breakfast - quarter of a blueberry muffin, egg & cheese on Eng Muffin

Snack - Optimum Protein Shake

Lunch - Half a Starbucks Banana Mango Shake (not that healthy), Tuna

Snack - Fruit Cup (strawberries, Mango, Kiwi), Snyder's pretzel with Cheese.

Snack - Optimum Protein Shake after workout

Dinner - Chicken Breast with Spinach, Sugar Free Jell-O Pudding

Tuesday, July 29

Workout

NA - Condo Showing

Food
Breakfast - 4 egg whites, 1 yolk, 2 cups awake tea
Snack - Oatmeal
Lunch - Tuna Salad
Snack - NA
Dinner - Mushroom Risotto, Bruschetta, French Onion Soup from Fortunados

Wednesday, July 30

Workout

60 Min Full Body Strength Training with Abs Emphasis (double circuit)

45 Min Kickboxing

20 Min HIIT

Food
Breakfast - Oatmeal, 1 cup coffee with Cream and Sugar
Snack - NA
Lunch - Chuncky Chicken Salad wrap from Boston King Coffee with Fruit Cup
Snack - NA
Dinner - Chicken Breast with Spinach

Thursday, July 31

Workout

40 Min HIIT Cardio

30 Min Kickboxing

Food
Breakfast - Sausage Egg and Cheese on Eng Muffin, 2 cups awake tea

Snack - NA

Lunch - Capital Grille - Filet Mignon Oscar'd with Bernaise Sauce and Asparagus

Snack - Protein Shake, Beef Jerky

Dinner - Strawberry Mentos

Friday, August 1

Workout
Traveling to ATL

Food
Breakfast - Sausage Egg Cheese on Eng Muffin, 2 cups awake tea

Snack - NA
Lunch - Pineapples, Honeydew melon, Yogurt
Snack - Bag of BBQ Chips - Airport
Dinner - Zaxby's Chicken Tenders and Wings

Saturday, August 2

Workout

None

Food

Breakfast - Kabasa with Eggs and Milk

Snack - None

Lunch - Vietnamese Noodles
Snack - None

Dinner - Oysters, Lobster and Shrimp

Sunday, August 3

Workout
None

Food
Breakfast - Sausage Egg on Biscuit
Snack - Smoothie
Lunch - Vietnamese Noodles

Snack - None
Dinner - Vietnamese Sub

This was definitely a bad eating week for me. Really need to be better when i'm traveling - slight set back - but going right back to the good routine for next week.

Week 2

Schedule

Weigh in on Monday - 154 lbs

Weigh in on Friday - 152.8 lbs

*Things I did differently*

Changed up full body workout

Moved up to 20lb dumbells (was not easy)

Added more protein to diet with shakes and meals

Mon - July 21

Workout
45 min - Full body Strength Training (jumped up to 20lb dumbells) with Abs Emphasis 30 min - High Intensity Interval Training

Food
Breakfast - 4 eggs whites, 1 yold, 2 cups awake tea
Lunch - Tuna with pickles
Snack - Luna Bar, Fruits
Dinner - Steamed Lobster, Mongolian Hotpot

Tues - July 22
Workout
45 Min - Kickboxing

Food
Breakfast - Yogurt Parfait, 2 cups awake tea
Snack - None
Lunch - Tuna with Pickles, D&D Ice Coffee with cream
Snack - Soy Protein Shake
Dinner - Mongolian Hotpot

Wed - July 23
Workout
45 min - Full body Strength Training (jumped up to 20lb dumbells) with Abs Emphasis 30 min - High Intensity Interval Training

Food
Breakfast - Sausage, egg and Cheese on Eng Muffin, 2 cups Awake Tea
Snack - None
Lunch - Spicy Pad Thai
Snack - Odwalla - Super Protein Drink
Dinner - Chicken breast
Snack - Skinny Dippers

Thurs - July 24
Workout
30 Min walk at lunch

Food
Breakfast - Sausage, egg and cheese on Eng Muffin, 2 cups Awake Tea
Snack - NA
Lunch - BBQ Chicken and Potato Salad
Dinner - Chicken Breast

Friday - July 25
Workout
30 min - High Intensity Interval Training

Food
Breakfast - Egg Whites, 1 yolk
Snack - None
Lunch - Salad with Chicken (paparazzi)
Snack - Chex Mix Spicy
Dinner - Scallops wrap with bacon
Snack - Ice Cream

Sat - July 26
Workout
45 min - Full body Strength Training (jumped up to 20lb dumbells) with Abs Emphasis

Food
Breakfast - Slept in
Snack - Slept in
Lunch - Chicken, Spinach and Scallops
Dinner - Spick Pork and Rice Bulgogi (Super 88), and Jasmine Milk Tea mini tapioca

Sun - July 27
Workout
Day of Rest

Food
Breakfast - Slept in
Snack - Slept in
Lunch - Chicken and Scallops
Snack - Pirates Booty
Dinner - (My free eat whatever/as much as I want meal) Jins

Week 1

Schedule

Weigh in on Monday: 158 lbs

Weigh in on Friday: 155 lbs

Mon - July 14
Workout
45 min - Full body Strength Training (15lb dumbells) with Abs Emphasis
30 min - High Intensity Interval Training

Food
Breakfast - Dannon Lowfat Yogurt, 2 cups awake tea
Snack - 4 egg whites (1 yolk)
Lunch - Roast Beef with mash Potatoes, Spicy V8
Snack - Handful of Almonds
Dinner - Wonton Soup, Vietnamese Meatball wraps
Snack - Ice Cream


Tues - July 15
Workout
30 Min walk at Lunch

Food
Breakfast - 4 egg whites (1 yolk), Awake Tea, Dannon Nonfat Yogurt
Snack - None
Lunch - Tuna Wrap, Skim Milk

Wed - July 16
Workout
30 min - Walk at Lunch

Food
Breakfast - Dannon Lowfat Yogurt, 2 cups awake tea
Snack - 4 egg whites (1 yolk)
Lunch - Tuna Wrap
Snack - Oatmeal
Dinner - Spareribs and Duck

Thurs - July 17
Workout
45 min - Full body Strength Training (15lb dumbells) with Abs Emphasis 30 min - High Intensity Interval Training

Food
Breakfast - Sausage Egg and Chesse on Eng Muffin, 2 cups awake tea
Snack - Half a Clif bar, Protein Shake
Lunch - Tuna Salad
Snack - Protein Bar
Dinner - Fish Port, Duck, trip
Snack - Avocado Shake

Fri - July 18
Workout
45 min - Full body Strength Training (15lb dumbells) with Abs Emphasis

Food
Breakfast - Eng Muffin with PB and J, 2 cups awake tea
Snack - Oatmeal with Fruit, Naked Fruit Super Protein drink
Lunch - Mahi Mahi
Snack - Latte

Sat - July 19
Workout
City Chase - ran around the city allllll day long - plenty of HIIT and Cardio (6 hours)

Food
Breakfast - Half a Vietnamese Sub, Coffee
Dinner - Chicken and Spinace Buritto
Snack - Turkey Burger, 2 hotdogs, 3 glasses of OJ

Sun - July 20
Workout
Day of rest

Food
Breakfast - Half a Vietnamese Sub
Lunch - Bill and Bob's Roast Beef with Sauce and Cheese, Fries
Dinner - Lobster with little butter and fried Shrimp
Snack - Dove Bar

The Beginning

Weigh in : 158lbs

So I decided last week that I have slipped away from my fitness routine and have over the past year packed the weight back on. I'm slightly irritated as I was getting so damn close to my weight goals and then let it slip away because I just simply got busy and got caught up with everything else. Well.... no more. I'm back and with a vengence and most importanly with a plan.

I've recently read "the Abs Diet" by David Zinczenko of Men's Health Magazine. It's a 6 six program to get in shape and find your damn abs. After reading this book, Ive decided to stick to this for 6 weeks and track my progress. The book gives you a combination of right nutrition combined with a workout plan consisting of 3 full body workouts per week, 2 with an Abs Emphasis and 1 with Leg Emphasis and light cardio inbetween with 1 day of HIIT (High Intensive Interval Training).

Thus far... I've done well. so I'm going to use this blog to track my progress. we'll see how it goes.