WOW Life is making this hard for me!

Life is definitely making things hard for me and especially getting workouts in.. but I have made a commitment to myself to do this! I have 10 measly little pounds to lose and by God I am gonna lose them no BUTTS about it!!
I want to lose the weight, gain the muscle and tone my body up!

Strengths:
Legs
Arms

Weaknesses:
Abs
Glutes

Plan of action:
Work out at least 30 minutes a day no matter what!
Eat less sugar and carbs!
Drink tons of water!
Workout HARD CORE!
Meditate and do Yoga!
Breath!!!

I can do this, I just have to put things into perspective!
1: Stop
2: Think
3: What could happen?
4: Is that what you want?

Meatless!!

I have decided to go meatless for at least a month and thinking of just doing it for a while.. So far I am on my 3rd day and really love it! I am curious to see how it really is effecting my body. I am working out and eating clean (@ 95% at least). I have found quite a few resources on vegetarian eating and recipes.. I am cutting my carbs and sugar intake quite a bit as well.
I decided today that I am going to go by the Triple D's to achieve my goals. I don't need anyone's help, I don't need anyone to push me, this is all on me.. Dedication, Determination and Discipline! Those are my tools, those are the things that are going to push me to be a better person and to achieve my goals!

Goals:
Weight loss: 10-13 lbs (depending on the day)
Fat loss: 14% BF (or more)
Muscle gain: arms, legs, core
Mental gain: Stronger Woman, Wife, Mother, Daughter, Friend, & Katie!!

Time Frame:
October 6, 2012 (my 40th birthday)

I CAN DO THIS!!

WOW it's been a while

Even though it has been a while since I have posted I have been very busy keeping up with my workouts and healthy lifestyle.. (not as well as I had hoped on the eating thing but working on it each day).
I have kept up with my running and I am able to go for about 20+ minutes at 4.7 to 4.9 speed and I am good with that.. I want to work on my stamina for a while and then I'll concentrate on speed and time..
I am lifting heavier and more often.. I can definitely see a difference in my body.. my legs are getting AWESOME and my arms are getting stronger each time.. I love it.. I feel I have the perfect body for lifting because I am tall and lean.. it shows when I lift and I totally LOVE that..
I do have to work on my core and my abs.. they are not so easy to show definition.. darn spare ten speed bike tire LOL I am working on it though.. and each day I am getting stronger mentally when it comes to making better food choices and drinking tons of water.
I will make it through this and I will get the body that I long for!

Rock On!

02/15/2011

Well I have slacked quite a bit this weekend when it comes to actually working out.. but I did not by any means do NOTHING.. Saturday I ran around like a mad woman getting Joshua's Birthday Party going... then Sunday was my OFF DAY so that was OK.. but Monday the only excuse I can use is AF showed and was not very nice.. I had NO energy and NO motivation.. but Today.. I got my sweat on for sure..

Treadmill:
W3D1 C25K (brisk walk 5 mins, run 90 secs, walk 90 secs, run 3 mins, walk 3 mins x 2)
I did this but instead of x 2 I did it x 3.5.. I tried my hardest to go x 4 but couldn't make it.. I was TIRED and I had sweat running down my face and into my eyes.. LOL boy do I sweat when I run... it is crazy.

I am drinking lots of water and had a Shakeology for breakfast.. now my lunch wasn't great.. I had about a 1/2 cup of cheese tortellini ... I guess I'll have to make up for that huh??

02/10/2011

Today I have done pretty good, or at least I think I have..

Stationary Bike:
15 minutes, level 7, burned 153 cals

Treadmill:
Run/Walk program 50 minutes 3.2mph (walk) and 5.5mph (run), burned 364 cals.
Brisk walk 5 mins, run/walk intervals of 90 sec runs & 2 minute walks. Doubled the time for C25K W2D2.

Food Issues:
Hot Chocolate.. but in my defense it was -11 degrees outside.. I was flippin cold LOL

Food Qualities:
drinking tons of water, only had 4 tootsie roll midges, and didn't eat the shells for my chicken tacos at lunch.

I am extremely tired.. but I may try to do a disc tonight at home.. who knows..

02/09/2011

I slacked today and did NOTHING.. I can't believe it but I did.. I guess that means today and the rest of this week I have to torture myself to get back in line.. WHY do I do this to myself.

EXCUSE:
Worked from home due to Snow in.. arrgghh.. worked in PJ's until 1pm shhhh don't tell anyone.. and had a meeting at 5pm that took about an hour and a half... then it was time to cook dinner, eat, get Joshua to bed.. well then I had the perfect opportunity and guess what I did instead??? I baked!! I baked a Cinnamon Bubble Loaf. At least I made it more healthy than the original recipe.. I cut the sugar way down and used skim milk and Heart Smart Bisquick.. it was delish..

Ok excuse time over.. time to get my butt in gear!

02/08/2011

Got my cardio in and some strength training.. yahhh

Stationary Bike:
15 Minutes at level 6 (higher intensity too)

Running:
Walked 3 minutes. Ran for 7 minutes straight at 5.5mph

Strength Training:
normal pull ups w/#8 assist, 10 pu's
normal push ups 10 reg, 4 on knees
rev grip pull ups w/#9 assist, 8 pu's
military push ups, 8 on knees
wide grip pull ups w/#10 assist, 6 pu's
Plange push ups, 7 on tippy toes

Food Issues:
This was a carb day and I think I over did it.. I still need to limit my carbs even on carb days.

Food Qualities:
7 8oz glasses of water (need to improve that)
2 8oz glasses of skim milk
ate nuts, grapes, home made guacamole for snacks, had albacore tuna sandwich for Dinner.