My schedule most of last week was jam packed with school stuff and tattoo stuff so going to the gym wasn't a complete success and I feel bad for that. I do need a plan for school though. I think it will go like this.
Mondays:
Breakfast: Oatmeal & 1 cup of milk
*Side note, I am going to try (this is the hardest part for me) to switch away from my Steeped tea (2m2s). I want to find a tea that I can drink and not feel like an ass for drinking.
Snack: almonds
Lunch: Chicken wrap (no fatty dressing)
Snack: a vegetable
Dinner: baked potato or rice, mixed green salad & a small steak
snack: no sugar no salt.
Tuesday:
B:Mixed berries and yogourt w/ juice
S: apple
lunch: 1 egg, mixed green salad (italian dressing)
S: a vegetable
Dinner: rice, vegetables and fish
S: No sugar/salt
Wednesday:
B: 1 egg, 1 toast, turkey bacon & milk
S: celery and peanut butter
L: soup
S: fruit
D: 1/2 cup of pasta and sauce with a chicken breast
S: no sugar no salt
Thursday:
B: Oatmeal and milk
S: almonds
L: chicken breast and broccoli
S: Fruit
D: ground beef, rice and tomatoes
S: " "
Friday:
B: Yogourt and berries
S: carrots
L: veggie wrap
S: apple
D: mashed potatoes, peas, corn and small steak.
S: " "
I'm sure after eating ever week for a while will get boring so I will change it but at least I can keep my grocery list limited and easy to manage. I will go to the gym after lunch considering I am in school until 1.
I will admit the "weights" section is intimidating considering I a: have no idea what to do yet and b: look ridiculous with my lighter weights. I can't weight (he he) until I can lift enough to show off some muscles. This next week is going to be beast mode just to pound the idea into my head that this is something I CAN DO.
** Edit. I have STOPPED counting calories and just made a promise to myself to make the best food choices I can 5 days out of the week and make better choices on the weekend. I would like to think that I will get to a mentality where I will choose the best foods on the weekends too eventually just so I don't feel like I ruined a great week. I have also STOPPED weighing myself. The number on the scale doesn't reflect where I want to be, 121 lbs is just "skinny fat" I have no muscle, it's just fat and bone. No more numbers, numbers make me feel bad.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
And it begins!
I have been approved by the YMCA to join the gym under their assisted membership. Being a charitable organization they take monetary donations as well as a portion of paid memberships aside to help others who can't afford a full membership. Seeing as I am a poor, unemployed student I fit nicely into that category.
Now I have to decide how I want to do this. Do I want to jump right in with full routines? Or start off with a week of cardio?
Here is what I do know, I play a lot of darts. My arm gets sore and tired after playing for a couple of hours, so one of my goals is to strengthen the muscles I use for darts. However I have had a previous shoulder injury (as well as elbow/hip/knee/ankle after falling off of a horse.) So I do need to take it slowly in those areas. So basically my whole body. This is where I am thinking I need to start with resistance training right away to see results sooner (Seeing results keeps me motivated). To do so I would try lots of cardio but focus on strength exercises, starting with lighter weights. I'm just afraid that after not being in a gym for a year (more or less) that I am more liable to injure something if I don't take it easy. I will see if I can talk to a trainer and get some advise on how I should go about it. I know my shoulder and knee require a lot of rehabilitating. Even when I was going to the gym on a daily basis in the past I was taking it very easy on those areas. I'm off to the gym sometime this afternoon to start my plan so hopefully there is a trainer around that won't mind a few questions.
I am so excited to do this! I can not wait to feel stronger. I am going to so another weigh-in and take new measurements for my true starting numbers. I've been eating horribly the last week so any progress I had made from my first entry may have been a crap shoot. We'll see. I was down 6lbs but I think I have gained most of that back. (I'll make an edit to this post when I do the measurements)
*Measurements
121.1 lbs
Thigh: 21 inches Old: 22 in
Butt: 37 inches
Love handles: 33 Old: 34
Waist: 26
So there was some minor changes since Jan 2, so that's good!
Now I have to decide how I want to do this. Do I want to jump right in with full routines? Or start off with a week of cardio?
Here is what I do know, I play a lot of darts. My arm gets sore and tired after playing for a couple of hours, so one of my goals is to strengthen the muscles I use for darts. However I have had a previous shoulder injury (as well as elbow/hip/knee/ankle after falling off of a horse.) So I do need to take it slowly in those areas. So basically my whole body. This is where I am thinking I need to start with resistance training right away to see results sooner (Seeing results keeps me motivated). To do so I would try lots of cardio but focus on strength exercises, starting with lighter weights. I'm just afraid that after not being in a gym for a year (more or less) that I am more liable to injure something if I don't take it easy. I will see if I can talk to a trainer and get some advise on how I should go about it. I know my shoulder and knee require a lot of rehabilitating. Even when I was going to the gym on a daily basis in the past I was taking it very easy on those areas. I'm off to the gym sometime this afternoon to start my plan so hopefully there is a trainer around that won't mind a few questions.
I am so excited to do this! I can not wait to feel stronger. I am going to so another weigh-in and take new measurements for my true starting numbers. I've been eating horribly the last week so any progress I had made from my first entry may have been a crap shoot. We'll see. I was down 6lbs but I think I have gained most of that back. (I'll make an edit to this post when I do the measurements)
*Measurements
121.1 lbs
Thigh: 21 inches Old: 22 in
Butt: 37 inches
Love handles: 33 Old: 34
Waist: 26
So there was some minor changes since Jan 2, so that's good!
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Weight Loss
The fact that I have lost 6 lbs with out even trying is exactly why I want to get to the gym. My body is highly responsive to change, I just start watching what I eat and limiting calories and my body conforms no problem. I would like to see that response to resistance training. At least then I can raise my calories up again.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Still waiting.
I am still waiting a reply from the YMCA.
How ever I would like to write one thing to keep me motivated:
Right now I get to say, "I used to be chunky".
Next I want to be able to say, "I used to be weak"
Doing at home exercise isn't useful to me, I don't have the space to store weights or anything of the sort for doing resisitence training. I really need to go to the gym, so I really hope The Y comes through for me.
How ever I would like to write one thing to keep me motivated:
Right now I get to say, "I used to be chunky".
Next I want to be able to say, "I used to be weak"
Doing at home exercise isn't useful to me, I don't have the space to store weights or anything of the sort for doing resisitence training. I really need to go to the gym, so I really hope The Y comes through for me.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Haven't given up
I'm still joining the gym, but still hit a brick wall with the assisted YMCA program. I need certain documentation that isn't readily available to me. So I will be using a friends printer this Saturday to get the rest of what I need. Come Monday will be there signing up and hopefully it won't be too long until I am back in the swing of my gym routine. Which I will be making a spread sheet breaking down my work outs and posting on here as soon as I have it all worked out. That of course will be an on-going work in progress, as I plan to up the level of difficulty as I progress.
Fun fact that I just learned about though; I play darts a lot and it apparently burns more calories than I would have imagined. Playing for just 30 min burnt 69 cal this evening. So every Tuesday night I play for 2 hours, which burns approximately 276 cals. That's a lot when I only eat 1250 as per My Fitness Pal.
I am pretty excited to learn that. I am playing in a tournament this weekend for 7-8 hours, that nearly 1100 calories burnt! I'll definitely be trying to snack through out the day for sure.
Well hopefully tomorrow I can get the spread sheet done and I'll have it posted as soon as it is ready.
Fun fact that I just learned about though; I play darts a lot and it apparently burns more calories than I would have imagined. Playing for just 30 min burnt 69 cal this evening. So every Tuesday night I play for 2 hours, which burns approximately 276 cals. That's a lot when I only eat 1250 as per My Fitness Pal.
I am pretty excited to learn that. I am playing in a tournament this weekend for 7-8 hours, that nearly 1100 calories burnt! I'll definitely be trying to snack through out the day for sure.
Well hopefully tomorrow I can get the spread sheet done and I'll have it posted as soon as it is ready.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Annoyed
The gym plan has been put off for roughly a week or so.
I have to fill out a form for the YMCA to join their assisted membership program. Since I am on EI and will be until I finish school in August, I can't afford the usual $50/month rate. It will take them around a week to process my request.
I guess I will use this next week to figure out a new diet to go with my work out plan. I will post both when I have them figured out.
I have to fill out a form for the YMCA to join their assisted membership program. Since I am on EI and will be until I finish school in August, I can't afford the usual $50/month rate. It will take them around a week to process my request.
I guess I will use this next week to figure out a new diet to go with my work out plan. I will post both when I have them figured out.
Monday, January 2, 2012
Time to face the music
I'm home from my week away and it's officially time to face the music; returning to the gym in the morning to restart my membership.
The Stats:
Thigh: 22 inches
Butt: 37
Love Handles: 34
Waist: 26
I don't mind these numbers, they're small numbers. However I would like a rounder bum, and smaller love handles.
The Goal
Thigh:21-20 inch
Butt: 39-38 inch
Love handles: N/A,
I'm not entirely sure what number would suffice saying "I have NO love handles". I would really like to have that area toned very well. I'm sick of being able to fit small sizes in clothes but have annoying love handles show. Anything I buy big enough to not show my love handles ends up being too large and I look frumpy. I would like not having to comprise wearing clothes that fit just so that muffin top is gone.
Waist: I don't really think I need to see a number change on this one, maybe just visually firmer would be nice. 26inch waist is quite small, once the love handles are smaller I think a flatter stomach and the smoother waist/hip transition will be enough to satisfy me.
For me this isn't to see any numbers drop as far as weight goes, being between 122-125lbs (current weight) any given day is already an achievement for me. I was 140lbs at my heaviest and dropped 20lbs and so far kept most of that off. The goal now is to see my muscle mass increase, so if any changes in weight happen I think it may go up a little bit (being that muscle weighs more than fat). My body fat percentage(BFP) is 26%,According to this BFP Chart 25-31% is average and 21-24% is a fitness level. So I think I would like to see my BFP drop into the fitness category.
So I suppose I should add some before photos.
Here it goes:
Over all I'm truly hoping to see a stronger body, as it stands now I find it to be very weak. It's not a big body but it's not healthy either.
In other news I am also looking to get my next tattoo drawn up this week and hopefully done by or during the weekend. I currently have 6 tattoos, this one will be my 8th time in the chair. Had one touched up before and now I am covering one of the 6 and possibly touching up another one. I will post an entry with all of my tattoos when the new one is done.
"I go to seek a Great Perhaps."
The Stats:
Thigh: 22 inches
Butt: 37
Love Handles: 34
Waist: 26
I don't mind these numbers, they're small numbers. However I would like a rounder bum, and smaller love handles.
The Goal
Thigh:21-20 inch
Butt: 39-38 inch
Love handles: N/A,
I'm not entirely sure what number would suffice saying "I have NO love handles". I would really like to have that area toned very well. I'm sick of being able to fit small sizes in clothes but have annoying love handles show. Anything I buy big enough to not show my love handles ends up being too large and I look frumpy. I would like not having to comprise wearing clothes that fit just so that muffin top is gone.
Waist: I don't really think I need to see a number change on this one, maybe just visually firmer would be nice. 26inch waist is quite small, once the love handles are smaller I think a flatter stomach and the smoother waist/hip transition will be enough to satisfy me.
For me this isn't to see any numbers drop as far as weight goes, being between 122-125lbs (current weight) any given day is already an achievement for me. I was 140lbs at my heaviest and dropped 20lbs and so far kept most of that off. The goal now is to see my muscle mass increase, so if any changes in weight happen I think it may go up a little bit (being that muscle weighs more than fat). My body fat percentage(BFP) is 26%,According to this BFP Chart 25-31% is average and 21-24% is a fitness level. So I think I would like to see my BFP drop into the fitness category.
So I suppose I should add some before photos.
Here it goes:
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| hoping to lose the love handles |
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| would like to boost my rear end a little bit and lose that roundness in my lower stomach |
Over all I'm truly hoping to see a stronger body, as it stands now I find it to be very weak. It's not a big body but it's not healthy either.
In other news I am also looking to get my next tattoo drawn up this week and hopefully done by or during the weekend. I currently have 6 tattoos, this one will be my 8th time in the chair. Had one touched up before and now I am covering one of the 6 and possibly touching up another one. I will post an entry with all of my tattoos when the new one is done.
"I go to seek a Great Perhaps."
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