Fit Lizzio Fitness

i was sad at the gym today when my trainer told me the oats have got to go 🙁 no mas! It’s okay though, i get to replace it with quinoa or a sweet potato…umm more sweet potato please!! not that i don’t love quinoa but…i love sweet potato the mostest. 🙂

workout this morning was great. cardio went from being taken away to put back in! my trainer didn’t realize we were only 5 1/2 weeks out, so…back to an hour a day. I am happy with that because i really haven’t cut back much since he told me to. ooooops.

workout today was a 3 mile run to warm up. then I did back and abs. Dae was so kind to put my ankle weights on for me today before i did my hanging leg raises. what a great guy right?! HA those things were HARD. Then i finished up the workout with 35 minutes on the TM—15% 3.7mph! it was fast. but i made it. and i kind of enjoyed it in a sick and twisted way. then it was 20 minutes on the bike.

Going rock climbing tonight which i can’t wait for. If there is a rock gym near you..TRY IT…such a fun workout and SERIOUSLY a tough one. just look at the serious climbers bodies. All they do is climb and they are STRONG and TIGHT. yeah, good stuff.

in other news, my dad and i aren’t speaking because he is a selfish asshole. No, really ha. I don’t want to go into details right now, but maybe when I feel like venting it out i will. I have vented it like 4 times already today and im sick of hearing myself.

So glad its friday..i plan on going out tonight, not drinking, but having a great time with friends! Hope your friday is awesome as well!

Today at the gym I got the best compliment I have ever received. It made me feel so happy about myself, I can’t even describe it. This compliment had nothing to do with the way I look, or my body.

There is a trainer at my gym named Noel. He is in his 50’s and a very goofy guy. He has a really strong accent(African..not sure which country) so sometimes it is hard to understand him, but he is always in the gym making jokes and dancing to the music. He jokes around with me all the time telling me to go home, that I’m not allowed to use the equipment, that I am too weak. All in good fun because he sees me working out there all the time so he just likes to give me shit.

Today Noel called me name. I figured he was going to tell me to go home or something. Instead he told me that I have the best attitude of anyone he has ever met. He said my attitude is so great and so contagious. I wanted to cry of happiness right then and there. It made me feel amazing. Especially coming from someone who never gives me compliments(not in a bad way, he just likes to push my buttons and give me shit haha). I was completely humbled and my workout got even better after that.

No compliment about my body could EVER top something like that!

Speaking of my work out. Today was another leg day and it was AWESOME. Supersets with plyos baby! 4 sets each.

Full squats w/ jumping lunges
Leg press w/ side to side bench jumps
Leg Extensions w/ lateral bench jumps(low to high)
SL Leg Press w/ tuck jumps
Seated calf raises
Standing barbell calf raises(stood on plates)

I finished up with 45 minutes on the arc trainer. I am seriously feeling FAB-U-LOUS.

Food today:
Meal 1:
1/3 c. rolled oats
1/2 TBSP AB
97g. banana
1 c. egg whites
1 whole egg

Meal 2:
2 c. egg whites
280g. sweet potato(this baby was huge!)
brussels sprouts
2 red bell peppers with homemade pico de gallo(no salt in it!)

I am off to clean up and head to work. Hope everyone has a great day!!!! 🙂

This is going to sound really obvious. Because it is. But yesterday i ate cereal. I was craving it and i just WANTED it. I had too much of it and was sitting there going”IDIOT YOU COMPETE IN 6 WEEKS.” Then i realized that that kind of attitude just attracts more stupidity so I stopped that prontoooo.

Anyways back to the secret. So today(Sunday) I woke up after a nice 3 HOURS of sleep. (more on that later) and went to a new yoga class at the rock climbing gym. It was 90 minutes in an 85 degree room and I really enjoyed it. I left there and went about my day. Went to Whole Foods like usual on the weekends, and just enjoyed my healthy eats. Moreso than ever actually. I then laid out by the pool with a friend and I was very antsy. There were two reasons: 1) I will tell you in just a minute and 2) I needed a good SWEAT. I just was DYING to pump out a great workout. Sometimes I feel like working out is my “job” and I feel pressure to get to the gym in the morning and get my workout done. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE it, but I love when it doesn’t feel job-like. When it feels like it is 100% my choice and what I want to do right at that moment. So i headed to the gym at my apartment complex and did 50 minutes on the treadmill. 30 minutes of running with intervals and 20 minutes of walking on various inclines. I was feeling UBER fat today (thanks to the water holding from the cereal) and then I started looking in the big wall mirrors at the gym. I sat down to stretch. The pooch I used to have doesn’t fall over my pants anymore. The creases in my stomach are actually lean creases. My body IS changing. I LOVE how it is looking. And I only want to get it to look even better…and that is when I realized the SECRET…..

Whatever fat is laying on my skin and bones and muscles, needs to be burned off. In order to do that, I need to keep up with my workouts, and eat right to shed the fat. Why are we putting so much emotion into eating and exercising? I realized that if I just put the emotions aside from eating (the “i want this, that looks good, those taste great”) and just focus on the healthy foods(that i TOTALLY love more than anything. eating healthy feels great and tastes great in my opinion) and stop stressing so much, maybe it won’t be so difficult. I stress about food WAY too much, I need to just relax and enjoy this journey. Enjoy watching the fat melt off my body, enjoy the gruesome workouts that are getting me here. I need to get enough rest, keep myself happy, and eat for fuel. That doesn’t mean I am not enjoying my food, because I would choose sweet potatos and egg whites over almost anything, it just means I am not going to be so damn picky and psychotic about it. CALM THE EFF DOWN. That is my new motto.

Anyways since this is turning into a novel, I will stop with my little secret that really isn’t a secret at all and move onto why I only slept for 3 hours last night. I went to a barbecue yesterday and met someone and i am wayyyy head over heels 🙂 I haven’t been this intrigued in a while. I am very picky most of the time so im pretty stoked about this. We ended up hanging by the pool all day and then all of us went out last night and didn’t get home until about 3:30. I will give you the whole scoop on this new boy tomorrow. This post is just ridick. And im TIRED.

Nighty night!

So i put a deposit down on my suit today!! After all, I am going to do bikini. I really will just not do well in figure (in my opinion and in others) so I would rather do somethign that I have a shot at doing well in! The suit is a teal-ish color, I reallyyyyy like it. She still has to make it, so I will post pics when it is finished!!

Other than that, I have been practising my posing, eating right, and working out. I have cut down on the cardio a little bit and I must say, although it has been hard, it is very nice to not have to pump out an hour after every hard ass weight training session. I need to build up my back and shoulders as much as possible in the next 6 weeks. July 18th will come soon!

I have been doing extremely well on the diet front. Cutting out the fruits has made me add in more fats. FINALLY. I have been eating avocados and more almond butter. Will be adding in flax seeds and coconut oil next week as well.

I am feeling great as far as the competition prep is going. The rest of my life…well F*&* IT! 🙂 I am just going to live my life and do what makes ME happy and let the rest of the garbage throw itself out. I tend to try and fix everything, but for now, I am stepping back and letting it happen.

Hope everyone is doing well!

Put your clothes back on and get your mind out of the gutter. Maybe it’s just me, but I seem to always have my mind in the gutter. I turn anything into something dirty. I’m kind of a weirdo, but oh well 🙂

My shoulder has been bugging me this week, so shoulder workout this morning was done with bands only and it was still very light. I just don’t want to hurt it any more. I also did abs with one of the trainers at my gym. He lit those babies on FIRE. I was doing sit ups with him pushing against me and all kinds of grueling things. I dig it though. I warmed up doing something random. I ran for 5 minutes, walked for 5 minutes and repeated until 35 minutes had gone by. Mostly because my legs are DEAD. The past two days I have been non-stop. Funny how I tell myself to relax a little on the working out and I end up AMPING it up. Monday i worked out for about 3 hours in the morning and then went back to the gym for some boxing that night. Yesterday I had myself a leg and chest workout with cardio, and then went to the lake and wakeboarded, only to finish off with 2 hours at the rock climbing gym last night. I ended today with 30 minutes on the elliptical. I would like to say I am DONE exercising for today, but I have a softball game tonight. Oh boy.

I have also not been eating enough the past few days. Without all the fruit, it is hard for me to get my calories up. Monday it was 1700ish, and yesterday was in the 1600’s. My carbs have been in the 150ish range and protein has been close to 200(aka TOO MUCH.) Trying to eat more fats to balance it out, but I have been hovering around 40g per day. I figure I will just have to cycle. I am going to do 3 days of low carb/cal and then a higher carb/cal day(2400 cals approx.) I am really fine without all the fruit. I love fruit, don’t get me wrong, but this is giving me a chance to try out so many new vegetables and I am loving me some red peppers :):):) I am going to boil up an artichoke later today I think, as well.

The rest of today for me is a meet with my posing group, and then off to work for a few hours. I am driving my brother to his IOP meeting tonight at 6 and then I have a softball game at 8. Boxing at 630am tomorrow. Ay carumba this girl needs some sleep!!

Have a great Wednesday:)

Sorry for the absence. I feel like I say that a lot lately 🙁 I was at the lake today, so that is my excuse 🙂

I am feeling much much better about things. Staying positive and feeling back to my normal self. I want to thank EVERYONE for the helpful comments. Seriously I think that is a huge part that helped me to see the “light” if you will.

Today has been great. I got up extra early to do my workout, so I could have time for more important things, like going to the lake 🙂 I pumped out my leg workout in 45 minutes. Squats, Leg extensions, split squats on the smith machine, glute kicks, hip abductors/adductors. Then i hit up the treadmill for intervals again. I did a 5 minute warm up at 6.5mph, 20 minutes of intervals at 6.5-8.5 mph (1 minute/1minute) and then cooled down at 6.5mph. Then i walked on the treadmill for another 15 minutes while I figured out what to do with the extra time I had made for myself. I decided I had time to pump out a chest workout! flat bench press, cable flys, and DB incline press with a set of pushups in between every set—106 pushups total.

Good stuff. Then i spent the rest of today wakeboarding and laying out on the boat. Love love.

Food has been awesome. I am doing okay with the 1 fruit in the morning. Egg whites, oats, sweet potatoes, almonds and vegetables have been my best friends!! 🙂

Today has been really good so far. I realized that I am slipping back into my unhappiness that I got into last summer.(Maybe it’s just not my season or something!!) But I am determined to NOT get that way again. Although there are shitty things in my life, there are also GREAT things in my life and I am learning more and more to appreciate and focus on those. I am going to do everything in my power to keep myself happy and not sulk in my sorrows like I did last year. That was just pathetic. SO, here is my plan.

-Going to start seeing my counselor again. It is helpful to talk to her because she is very down to earth and not your typical “How does that make you feel?” counselor. She gives it to you straight and she is not shy to voice her true opinion on things.

-Going out with friends at least once on the weekends. I got to a point last year where I was so unhappy that all I ever wanted to do was stay home. If I feel like that, I am going to force myself out, because that is what got me out of my “slump” if you will. It was realizing how much fun I have when im out with friends.

-Realizing that time is precious. Only focus on one day at a time. Even one moment at a time. If I start to think too far ahead, I get discouraged, and that is somethign I have learned about myself. I know this now and am able to strategize around it.

-Keep eating right. Eating healthy, and being fit make part of me very happy. Sometimes it can get frustrating, but I know that if I sit back and relax and think about it for a moment, I can get back to my motivated place. There will always be ups and downs, but I can make more ups than downs if I focus and keep my head in the game. At the end of the day, all of this is a mental game. Weight loss, muscle building, competing, it is ALL MENTAL. If you can figure out the mental side of it, it’s a piece of cake to do the physical aspect of it.

-Most of all, I need to not be so critical of myself. I worry so much about gaining weight. I know it sounds silly, but it is honestly my biggest fear. I tend to push myself very hard, and if I ever don’t push myself hard, I feel lazy. I need to realize that it is okay to not go 150% ALL the time. Sometimes I can even go 0%. I just need to keep my goals in sight.

Anyways this has been a long post, but I just needed to get my goals out in the open. Back to food and fitness!!

I warmed up on the treadmill for 20 minutes at 6.0 mph. Then I did bi’s and tri’s. Shoulders was the original plan, but they have been feeling a little weird lately and I know that if I push them too hard, injuries could occur, so I am being careful of that. I then hopped back on the treadmill, warmed up for 5 minutes at 6.5mph and then did intervals for 20 minutes, followed by a 5 min. cool down at 6.5mph. I was going to be done, but realized that my favorite exercise class was going on right then. I decided to go and that was a great workout as well. We did some cardio kickboxing and then used the bosu’s.

Food has been great. I am trying to not go crazy without all the massive amounts of fruit I usually eat. I think with time it will get easier. Breakfast was 1/4 cup of oats with 1/2 banana and 1/2 TBSP almond butter mixed in. Plus 1 real egg and 1/2 cup of egg whites on the side. I had the other 1/2 of the banana as i left my house.

Post-workout I had 4 oz. cooked turkey breast, 1 cup egg whites, 240g sweet potato and a bag of asparagus. Very big meal, but delicious and filling. I didn’t even miss the fruit 🙂

I have my counseling appointment at 1pm and then it is off to work, so I am going to go prepare my meals for the afternoon! Sorry for the novel but have a great day!

They crunch like an apple…..and if i think hard enough I guess they taste the same. (not at all.)