Since my early February post, I have found that I had lost the motivation to go to the gym, probably because I was overtraining my muscles, and was fatigued from the workouts, so instead have opted in on the Insanity workout program. I started about a week ago, and find myself thoroughly challenged. Prior to the workouts, I had been a gym rat - 1-2 hour sessions, after a daily 3 mile trek to and from my car to work, plus a relatively restricted diet, sometimes I would add in a 2-6 mile jog on the treadmill.
Now that I have started the workout program, I am eating more frequently, including more foods that I had once restricted/craved, and find that I am still losing the weight, fast. I am about 9 pounds from my short term goal weight, and am hopeful that this will happen before my goal date, in June.
Tomorrow is the beginning of week 2, Cardio Power and Resistance! I am excited for the arm workout portion. Have been looking forward to those v-pushups!
Monday, February 22
Wednesday, February 3
Feb 3, 2010
It seems two weeks is enough time to fully transform oneself - with the added bonus of 2-6 mile daily jogs, coupled with moderate to vigorous resistance training/weight lifting, I had lost 4 lbs in two weeks. My waist trimmed from a 29.5 to 28.5 in that same time, and with the help with a little brown bikini, I was able to gage whether I had any actual fitness gains in the past weeks.
Despite all of this, I had a piece of chocolate, poppyseed cake over the weekend, which led to a 2 day binge on all sorts of fat injested foods - 5 chocolate candy bars, 4 cupcakes, 2 slices of pizza, coldstone ice cream, in two sittings. I started both Monday and Tuesday on healthy notes, apple with non fat milk, followed by nonfat lattes from Starbucks, but by the end of both evenings, I wanted the sugar. Maybe it was the over-consumption of the foods that made me crave it more, and the more that I craved it, the less I was able to fight it off. I caved both nights, and felt awful afterwards - mentally I wanted to beat myself up for having put so much effort into getting this summer ready physique, only to have it all undone with a couple of cakes that weren't even satisfactory!
I have a strong will, and like they say, if there's a will, there's a way. I am planning to make an attempt at the gym again tonight. Let's hope the cupcakes do not call to me tonight, make that the cupcakes, pizza, cake, ice cream, or bread, and then I'll be a-ok. Just one day, and I will be home free!
Despite all of this, I had a piece of chocolate, poppyseed cake over the weekend, which led to a 2 day binge on all sorts of fat injested foods - 5 chocolate candy bars, 4 cupcakes, 2 slices of pizza, coldstone ice cream, in two sittings. I started both Monday and Tuesday on healthy notes, apple with non fat milk, followed by nonfat lattes from Starbucks, but by the end of both evenings, I wanted the sugar. Maybe it was the over-consumption of the foods that made me crave it more, and the more that I craved it, the less I was able to fight it off. I caved both nights, and felt awful afterwards - mentally I wanted to beat myself up for having put so much effort into getting this summer ready physique, only to have it all undone with a couple of cakes that weren't even satisfactory!
I have a strong will, and like they say, if there's a will, there's a way. I am planning to make an attempt at the gym again tonight. Let's hope the cupcakes do not call to me tonight, make that the cupcakes, pizza, cake, ice cream, or bread, and then I'll be a-ok. Just one day, and I will be home free!
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