Sorry about the MIA-ness guys!! I have no excuse other than, I’ve just been too lazy to write. I have been reading though and will get to commenting soon enough!
After my fun weekend, yesterday was pretty mundane. I worked out in the morning (3.15 mile run on the treadmill, 31 sets of glutes/hams, and 45 minutes of incline walking) and then ran errands and the day really flew by. Before I knew it, it was time for some boxing at Club SAR. This class was an instructional class and I learned many new things about my form, etc. I also learned this: Shadow Boxing is Hilarious. I don’t know that I will ever do it without feeling a little bit crazy, or ever watch someone do it without thinking that they are a little bit crazy, but ya gotta do it! 🙂
Yesterday’s calories were a bit high, but it’s all good. I probably still had somewhat of a deficit, or at least broke even, so I’m not worried too much about it. I have 11 days until competition I believe!! Down to the nitty gritty. I am kind of freaking out because I need to work on my posing more, figure out which bottoms I will be wearing, and get the rest of my costume for my themed sportswear. Ahh! I had a nightmare about not being ready for the competition last night, but money has been tight and so has time, so it’s been hard to piece it all together! I have posing with the girls tomorrow, so my goal is to have everything ready by Friday, and then just pose, pose pose until I am all posed out. Getting excited though!
Today I had my normal boxing class at the gym, then hit the weights for Shoulders/Biceps..good workout, not the best, but those days happen, and then did 45 minutes of treadmill..mixed it up with running, incline walking, backwards incline walking, etc. I am going to work in a little bit and doing another boxing conditioning class tonight at 6pm. I finally got my own gloves too!! Look at these beauties!! :):) Have a great day!
I don’t have too much time, but I have lots of pictures to share!!! Last night I went out with my friend Maggie, my sister, her boyfriend Corey, and one of his friends. We also met up with my old trainer Bret, who is still a really close friend of mine. We went to this bar Gilligin’s in Oldtown Scottsdale. It is such a fun bar, I highly reccomend it if you are ever in the area! i will let the pics do the talking. I was sober, and had more fun than I have had in a while! 🙂
Jesse, Corey(sister’s bf of 5 years), Maggie, Me, Bret
Me, my sister Rachel, Maggie, Corey
This is Chewy. He is a bartender at Gilligin’s and he’s my bud. I let him smack my ass and he gives my friends free drinks haha
If you haven’t already, read this post so you know what I am talking about 🙂
It is SO hard to think of just ONE Pirate King/Queen. There are SO many influential people in my life. These people keep me motivated in different ways.
I will name a few, in no particular order.
Pirate King: Steve, my boxing instructor. This guy knows how to push my limits. When I’m doing 200 mountain climbers and I don’t think I can do any more, he will jump down on the floor next to me and start pounding them out with me. When I feel as though I just can’t hit any harder, he tells me to hit harder, and miraculously, as if the skies open up above me and the angel’s start singing, I hit harder. I see him twice a week, but his motivation and belief in me is with me all the time.
Pirate King: Dae, my trainer. Dae is another person who has made me see just how hard I can push myself. He hands me weights that I would never even think twice about looking at, let alone lifting, and somehow, I lift them. Not only has he taught me new exercises, new ways of training, and different ways to tweak my physique, but he has taught me how to dig deep. I mean, truly, dig deep. Find my inner power and go for one more rep, go for that heavier weight. I thought I pushed my limits before, but through training with me, I realized how much more I am capable of.
Pirate Queen: Bloggy friend, Melissa. This girl motivates me to do my best and push through the hardest obstacles. The comments I receive from her are always uplifting and also reading through the accomplishments that she has done, the battles she has faced, and the way she has overcome them, always gives me the jolt I need when I’m feeling out of whack. This girl rocks!
Pirate King/Queen: Old man at my gym Wayne, and Woman at my gym Kris: These two people motivate me in a very different day. I see Wayne(probably about 75 years old) at the gym EVERY DAY. Not only that, but this man is battling brain cancer. He has had surgeries, therapies, etc., yet STILL manages to get to the gym and work out almost every single day. If that isn’t enough, he is the NICEST man I have ever met. He is always cheerful, makes sure to say good morning to me EVERY DAY. All while dealing with cancer, tumors, therapy, medicine, etc. That is a true hero. Kris is a fellow boxer. I have mentioned her on the blog before. Her husband is dying of pancreatic cancer, and yet she is able to still make it to the gym quite often. In the last few weeks she hasn’t been as much, but her husband is literally on his death bed. When she gets to boxing class, this girl can HIT. She is a tough cookie and NOTHING stops this mama from sweatin’ and kicking ass! She also has 3 children to take care of. And still makes it to the gym to take care of her body, her mind, her soul. She is such a nice woman and always cheers me on in our boxing class. Another true hero.
There are so many others in my life that motivate me and keep me going. My dad, my friends, fellow gym go-ers who tell me that I inspire them. It is such an amazing thing to hear from someone. These are people you see everyday that are working out too. It really is great to know there are so many people around us cheering us on, even when we don’t know it.
I am in this for the long haul, because I love it, I crave it, and in all honesty I need it. I thrive off of competing against myself. To get better, stronger, fitter, faster, smarter, happier, healthier, more giving, more helpful. The life I lead has and continues to make me grow EVERY DAY. With every fall and failure, to every step of success and milestone. I have become a better person in ALL aspects of my life through training. Although to an outsider, the effects of the gym might just be “getting in better shape”, many don’t realize that it really can help you succeed in every other way imaginable. Your career, your family, your health, your children. Keep up the good work everyone.
Who inspires/motivates you?
Forgot to post about my weigh-in earlier. I had made a point to weigh myself on the 7th(today), the 15th, and then the 21st(day before comp.)
Well I am happy to say I am right where I should be. Weighed in at 130 even. This is perfect, because during peak week last time I dropped about 5-7 pounds(mostly water weight) and weighed in at about 123 on comp. day.
I don’t want to jinx myself, but now that my bloat is all gone, I honestly think that my legs are going to come in better than last time 🙂
Staying strong and loving comp. prep right now. I KNEW my hormones were messing with my head. I KNEW i wasn’t just being lazy(well I was, because i was falling for my “hormone cravings”) but at least Iknow WHY i was feeling that way.
I feel absolutely great and i’m so thankful for all of you who have been so supportive!!! Still haven’t napped. I tried to, but i just can’t fall asleep UGHH. Going to go try again…
Hey lovelies!! So, after yesterday’s exercise extravaganza, I went to the gym this morning, KNOWING I needed to keep it VERY light. My body was screaming at me not to even go, but I wanted to get a light workout in.
Everything on my body was sore, except for my chest. I knew that cardio was just NOT going to happen, so I decided to just walk on the treadmill and read until my training appointment. I walked at 3.5mph with a 4% incline for 70 minutes.(I got to the gym early because I couldn’t sleep any later than 5…SURPRISED?! ughh..) Then I told my trainer I felt like I needed to keep it light and he said “you look tired.” Haha, just what every woman loves to hear right?! Luckily it is almost impossible to offend me. I am the first one to make fun of myself, I don’t sweat the small stuff. Anyways we did a light chest day. Just some cables and bands and a little bit of abs. Then he told me to GO HOME.
I went home, ate, went to go get my new tire, found out they didn’t have it and needed to have it delivered, went to work for a few hours, decided I REALLY needed a nap or else I was going to kill everyone in the office, so I went home, stopped at Sports Authority on the way home and got me some B-E-A-U tiful new boxing gloves. They are so pretty. The leather is soft, I am in love 🙂 I am also a boxing addict I decided. I LOVEEE it. I reccomend it to anyone and everyone. In shape, out of shape, big small, tall, short whatever. IT IS AMAZING.
Anyways, I came home and ate some much needed carbs. I had egg whites with 1/2 a sweet potato and now I am just chilling out reading blogs, e-mails, etc. I want to go take a nap, but am too lazy to walk the 10 steps to the couch. i will get there eventually.
This no-sleeping thing is really starting to suck. I woke up last night at 12, fell asleep, woke up again at 3 and from there on out i just tossed and turned until I finally got out of bed at 5:07. Ick. The time I was asleep, was not relaxing because I was having a nightmare that I was locked in a room and 2 guys were trying to murder me! AND THEN GUESS WHAT HAPPENED?!?!?! I ate PIZZA for dinner with DIET COKE in front of my SPONSORS and they didn’t say a word about it!! So i yelled at them for allowing it. Haha, you know your in contest prep when THAT is what I have dreams about. Ahhh i tell ya. 15 more days bay beeeee.
Totally not complaining, I like to be busy. Here’s today so far:
3:00AM: I wake up and lay there for a half hour. Just another one of my random middle-of-the-night-wake-ups. Finally fall back asleep and have CRAZY dreams and get some GOOD sleep in, but only until my alarm clock goes off…
5:30AM:Alarm clock goes off, get out of bed, make breakfast. Today it was 2/3 c. oats, 1/2 c. egg whites, 2 TBSP natural PB, cinnamon. A big breakfast, and tomorrow I will only do 1/2 c. of oats and 1 TBSP PB, because although it didn’t overstuff me, it was a little too much.
6:30AM: Boxed my sox off. He also added a lot of plyo’s in class today. Good thing I had plyo’s on my agenda for today……
7:30AM: Squats, Jump Squats, Leg Extensions, Jumping Lunges, Bulgarian Squats(Split Squats), Bench Jumps, Side Bosu Lunges, Box Jump-overs, Side to Side Band Walks, High skips, butt kickers, high knees.
8:45AM: 31 min on the Arc Trainer and STRETCHED 🙂
9:45AM: Chicken, salsa, avocado, green beans, almond buttaaaa
After that morning, I headed to my apartment office. At the beginning of next month(September 8th) I will be moving into a different unit, since my roommate is not moving back in and I am SICK of paying for a 2 bedroom when I don’t use the other room at ALL.
Finished up the paperwork and got everything set up, then went back to my apartment showered, packed some food, and headed to work. Got a few things done, ate my salad with salmon, coconut oil, pico de gallo with red bell pepper on the side, and headed back home.
Now I am just hanging out relaxing for a bit. Answering e-mails, talking to my sponsor, and reading bloggies/facebooking/twittering. I ate some more oatmeal(forgot how much I loved/missed this stuff) and the almond butter fairy attacked me and forced 4 TBSP into my mouth!!! 😉
Lucky for me, I had the room calorie-wise, and my oatmeal turned into my dinner. I am taking yet another boxing class this evening at club SAR(the city’s gym..aka the sauna) so, I think I have burned my fair amount of calories today. I seriously am getting more and more intense with my workouts. I have to be careful not to run myself into the ground! But I figure, I have less than a month (Sept. 5th is my last comp. for a while) to push it. And to be honest, I LOVE working out like a maniac. Absolutely LOVE IT. I thought of a great way to punish myself if I were to binge(which I will NOT, trust me. My mindset is SPOT ON :)) But in the future, if I binge, I am NOT ALLOWED to workout the next day. That will motivate me, because I don’t take rest days very well.
My nickname in my AM boxing class has become “freak show”. Ha love it.
Hope everyone is doing well!! Loving me this 100 day challenge! 🙂 I had a rough start, but have bounced back and I think a lot of that has to do with me not having RAGING HORMONEs that a stupid relative brought last week. She is nasty. Glad to have her gone!
Hey guys! The title of this post is because I don’t know what else to say. It has been a long two days. Not in a bad way, but just exhausting.
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I woke up tired and a little cranky this morning, but after I read this post by Jack Sh*t Gettin Fit, my day has turned around. Hilarious! If you haven’t checked out his blog, it is worth it. The guy is a bloggie comedian.
