Reflection
12 Days into blogging my new lifestyle and work outs so I figured I’d do a bit of a reflection. I’m currently weighing 255.6 lbs so I have definitely gotten some results. I’m working out 6 days a week on average for about 2.5 hours. Cycling between upper body and lower body work outs and running 2 miles before and after every workout, excluding leg days. I started using the bottle of Hydroxycut I had sitting on my desk and feel absolutely no difference in my body, no added energy, no increase/decrease in hunger, nothing at all. Any progress made with my weight loss has definitely been from the drastic change in diet from December.
In the past 12 days I have had one cheat meal which was a medium taco pizza from Niakwa Pizza. Other than that my diet is pretty strict.
Breakfast:
Muscle Milk protein shake, VegeGreen’s mixed with half 100% cranberry juice and half water. Oatmeal unflavored and a fruit of my choice.
Midway to Lunch Snack:
Carrots, celery or a fruit, to keep something in my stomach and my mind off of the cravings.
Lunch:
Chicken breast cut up on whole grain bread with a bit of low calorie ranch, an orange and 1/3 cup of almonds.
Midway to Dinner/Pre-Workout Snack:
Usually just a protein bar, I don’t like to have a lot in my stomach before I work out.
Dinner:
Dinner has changed from day to day, stir fry, pickerel, soup and salad, chicken, rice and green beans, salmon on toast etc.
If i need to eat anything else before I go to sleep it’s usually fat free vanilla yogurt mixed with craisins(cranberry raisins). I consider that my desert or treat, delicious and healthy.
I am eating enough throughout the day that I don’t ever feel hungry and I strive to ensure that I never feel full. I also drink a stupid amount of water right now which is really inconveniencing my days because I have to take a bathroom breaks every half hour.
As far as entertainment goes I have been pretty bored. On weekends I spend time playing video games or doing anything I can to avoid the bar scene or social situations that involve drinking. During the week is not so much an issue because I am usually pretty tired from work/work outs.
My workouts are pretty high intensity, I mix between heavy lifts with low reps and light lifts with high reps. I take very little rest time and try to target every muscle in my body. When I lift I counter my work outs ex. chest followed by a back exercise, bi’s followed by tri’s, quads followed by hammy’s etc. Obviously seperating upper and lower body from day to day. I try to get a pull movement for every push movement and vice versa. As far as core work outs go, I do them mostly everyday. My workouts include bridges(front and sides), full crunches, half crunches, russian twists, leg throws, and iron cross. I work my core until exhaustion usually and complete my work out with a 2 mile run.
That’s all I got for you right now. I’ll keep you posted in later days.
