Fit Lizzio Fitness

I’m talking about my Aunt….Aunt Flow. She actually hasn’t arrived yet, but you would think she has with the damn CRAVINGS i’m having. I seriously was II<— that close to just eating whatever I wanted yesterday. I was ready for it, about to hit the road and go to my dads and pig out on everything. Just as I was about to leave I got a text from some friends to meet them at a bar. It was a God send i'm telling you. I took it as a sign and I went out and didn't pig out. It was SUCH a close call. I wish she would just come and go already because she is driving me NUTS. She is taking away my will power!!! Someone kick her out!! Haha

Anyways, I am very proud that i didnt give in to those cravings and I stayed on plan. She better not try again today!

Yesterday was a beautiful day. Friday night I went to my friends show, and then got up Saturday morning and poked around Kohl’s(if there is one in your area they have a ton of racks for like 80% off clothing, jewelry, purses, etc. so I highly reccomend it!) Of course I didn’t end up getting anything but two rings. (I love cheap jewelry) Then I hit up Whole Foods and got some loot. I swear if I could pitch a tent in whole foods and live there, I just might :)I feel healthy just walking around there. After Whole Foods I relaxed at home for a bit and then went and hiked Camelback with my friend Jorge. Our pace was fast yesterday and we got to the top in just 32 minutes! We are trying to get it down to 25, but it will take time. That mountain makes your legs feel like jello. If I did that everyday, I really wouldn’t even need to ever work my legs out. Climbing all those boulders really gets ya! After the hike, I relaxed some more and then met my friends Perry and Dusty(the life savers that took me away from my almost pig out sesh) at a bar called Gilligin’s. We hung out there for a while and then headed to Perry’s friends house to watch the UFC fights.(Not that i really cared to see them, but if they are on I like watching.)

I left there and went to a bar called The Office. My sister’s boyfriends dads band was playing there. They play classic rock songs. It was a fun time hanging out with them and a few of my friends met up there too. I headed home about midnight and crashed out.

This morning i have a softball game. I am going to try to get a hike in afterwards and then I’m playing volleyball this afternoon.

Hope you are all having a fabulous weekend!!

Good morning loveys!! Sorry for the lame-o post yesterday! I was just so exhausted so I figured instead of rambling I would just keep it short.

My shoulders are STILL sore from Tuesdays workout. I did bi’s and tri’s on Wednesday and chest yesterday. Today I will do back(with my trainer.) I also decided I want to start posting my daily goals and check them off as i go along! So here are today’s:

-Eat 5-6 meals
-Keep the carbs below 150g
-1800 calories

Meal 1: 1 Cup egg whites; 1/3 cup oat bran topped with 1/2 banana and 1/2 TBSP almond butter; grapefruit

I have a massage today after my run!(what better timing!!) Then off to class and then straight to work. Going to a concert tonight too. Busy day!!

I need to go pack up my food for the day since I will be showering at the gym and getting ready there.

Hope your Friday is fantastic!

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Watch this.

My carb face is GONE thank god. This morning for breakfast I had the usual: 1 cup egg whites, 1/4 cup rolled oats topped with 1/2 TBSP almond butter and 1/2 banana. I ate this with a grapefruit and the other half of the banana. I like to eat a pretty substantial breakfast before my workouts(especially Tuesday’s and Thursday’s because I box before my workout).

This morning boxing was TOUGH. One of the combos was to do 5 hooks, 5 kicks, and then sprint about 50 yards and back. We did this 3 times and although it might not sound too bad, it was the hardest thing he has ever made us do(in my opinion.) I was breathing so hard it was crazy! He looked at me and said “oh finally!”

After boxing, my friend Mike met me at the gym. He works out on his own and wanted to work out with me because he is looking to step up his workouts. He requested that we do Shoulders and i can’t turn down a good shoulder workout!! I pushed it hard today. Partly because I wanted to make sure he got an excellent workout and partly because I like pushing myself! Needless to say, both of our shoulders are d.e.a.d.

Exercises were compound sets(2 exercises right in a row with no rest, same muscle. This differs from a superset, in which you do 2 back-to-back exercises that work two different muscles). Here’s what we did:

-Military Press/Lateral Raises
-Lying Shoulder Pulls(i made that up because i don’t know that these even have a name)/One arm Rear Delt Cable Crossovers
-Front Raises/Band Shoulder Press(these were hard!!)
-Cable Front Raise/Cable Lateral Raise

We then did some abs to finish it up. We were in the weight room for an hour and 15 minutes!! We both agreed that our shoulders were annhilated though, so we succeeded!

Afterwards, i dragged him on the never-ending treadmill walk. 15% Incline at 3.3 mph. We couldn’t get 2 treadmills next to eachother so we just texted the whole time. It went by as fast as an hour on the treadmill can go by.

Here is the kicker…my wonderful, lovely, great apartment complex decided that for the next 3 days they would shut off the water between 9AM and 6PM to “fix” the water pipes. Good thing I got home at 10am and yeah….no shower for this girl! 3.5 hours at the gym…no shower. LOVELY!

Why couldn’t they do this at night when everybody is SLEEPING?! I understand most people aren’t home during the day, but some of us are, and really…who showers at 2 am???? NOBODY, so TURN THE WATER OFF THEN. Ughh.

Back to eats…..
Post workout was 2 cups of egg whites, a whole bag of baby brussels sprouts(i love those things!) and some strawberries.

Off to class…………

When you tell your trainer “Work my legs so hard that I can barely walk out of the gym”…..he will do it!!!! At least mine will. After my carb-o-licious weekend, i knew what I needed to do. I must say, I was strong as f&*$ today!! I should have been….i had PLENTY of energy stored up ha. I was sweating so much it was like someone poured water over my head. It was intense. But i loved it!!!

After that killer leg workout, i waited about 15 minutes and went on another 5 mile run outside. It is soothing to the mind to just go out on the street and run. No iPod, no water bottle, no distractions(unless you count the FOUR dead birds i saw in my travels, and the passing cars haha) Seriously not sure what the whole dead bird thing was about. Obviously not a good route for birds. If they are reading this, this is my warning to you flying critters.

I did my 5 miles in 45 minutes. that is 4 minutes less than Friday. I think the mixture of my legs being stronger and the 2 month break from running has made me a better runner. Maybe that isn’t why, but whatever it is, my endurance and speed is improving a lot. I wasn’t pushing hard today and pumped out 9 minute miles. I love surprising myself 🙂

I have been nursing my health back. Loads of water, egg whites, asparagus, green beans, almonds, greek yogurt, a few strawberries.

I am not feeling quite as puffy but I still do see it in my face. I can always see it in my face, that is the most annoying part. Fellow blogger, Reese, put it best. Carb face. I like that haha.

I have been working most of the day and will be heading home shortly.
Tonight I am going to the guy’s (the one i went on a date with)hockey game. Still not sure what I think about this whole thing but I am open to finding out.

Dinner tonight will be a tuna steak and more vegetables. Yummy. Feels so good to eat healthy. Even if i didn’t have to, i still would. That is how Iknow that this is truly a lifestyle change. Although a good junky treat is in order here and there, i love my foods. I love my egg whites and my veggies, and my fruits. I love my almond butter and my oats. I love the way these foods make me feel. And lately I am loving water more and more and it is sometimes JUSt what i need to satisfy a craving.

I feel wonderful today (despite my carb face) and nothing can stop me in this journey.

So I kinda gave myself two “refeed” days this weekend. Saturday, I planned on it. I had been eating basically perfectly for 8 days straight and needed a little break. Cereal had my name on it along with a bunch of other crap. It was much needed and I felt okay about it. Not good, but okay.

Sunday rolled around. Do the normal thing….ate well during the day, hiked, played volleyball, and then dinner at my dads rolled around. I decided to say fuck it and again with the damn cereal! I had like 4 bowls of cereal it was ridiculous. I actually logged everything and my carb count for the weekend would make most anyone’s jaw drop.

Today, instead of hating myself(which I have done in the past ha) I really don’t. I don’t feel like i was “overtaken” by the food monster this weekend, I felt like I needed a break…and I gave myself one. It was a conscious decision. I could have implemeneted my ever growing will power, but chose not to, because I just knew if i didnt that all week I would be craving weird things. I know that TOM is coming soon, may be part of it, but either way I feel okay. Yes my rings are a little tight today which I hate…the water bloating is what really drives me insane..i absolutely HATE IT. But i know that goes away within a few days. I am ready to be back on plan and i feel like that little reset could have been helpful.

Anyways..this morning for breakfast, I had egg whites with spinach, a grapefruit, some strawberries and some greek yogurt. It’s off to the gym now for some LEG action with the trainer and then some cardio to try to burn some of this sh&*t off! hehe

Have a wonderful day!

How did you guys do this weekend as far as eating?? I know it was hard for many because of the holiday!!

Good morning! Happy Easter!!

Sorry for the lame-o post the other night…I just wanted to get it up before I left.

The date?!?! Ehh…

First of all..the date was okay. We went to a drive-in movie and saw I love you man and Observe and Protect. Both were okay..didn’t really watch much of I love you man(not what your thinking perves!! Haha) We were talking a whole lot during that movie. Seriously!!!

But anyways..he is a cool guy but just not for me.

I am going to get into something that I haven’t talked about on here…..the ex!

The guy I dated over summer was much more than a summer fling. He has been a friend of mine since my freshman year of highschool(his senior year) Over the last 3 years..he has become one of my best friends. I have had a crush on him basically since the 3rd time I met him haha. He finally started showing interest in me after we were much older (like 2007) and we began “hooking up”(im not a slut i promise.) I should probably mention that he is a guitarist in a band that is semi-successful…so that should give you an idea of his personality..outgoing, crazy, hilarious, and an idiot. We have the same group of friends and last March, after I broke up with my then-current boyfriend, we decided to start dating. All of our friends had basically been waiting for this day to come because he is the guy version of me and vice versa. We get along so well its sick. Everything went to shit in June, and i told him i wanted to go back to being friends because i couldn’t deal with his antics(he is a party boy and literally allll over the place and i couldn’t keep track.) He knew it was the right thing, but we never stopped loving eachother. We still are both in love with eachother but know its not the right timing for us to be together because it just wouldn’t be the relationship either of us want at the moment. I’m fine with that, however it really makes dating hard because it is hard for me to block him out of my mind. I compare everyone to him and i want to be able to move on but it’s really hard when you truly love someone and know they are the person that fits you best. Buttttt, i will have to just get over it and move on!(This is not supposed to be a depressing post by the way..i have dealt with it long enough that i know how to deal with it and i can keep myself from getting too upset from it. So no worries i am a.o.k. :-))

Another flaw of mine…..

I have commitment issues. I can’t make plans with people because I know that I will probably end up flaking out. I don’t know what my deal is…but for example…

i am supposed to go on a long hike today with the guy i went on a date with….i told him i would…we have plans..but i know im going to bail…”why though lizzy?! don’t you love hiking?” Yup i do, and i plan on going, but I want to go to a different mountain and i want to go with a different friend. I just can’t see us going anywhere and I am already kind of sick of him. Why can’t i just say no in the first place though?! I need to learn to start saying no because ditching people is really NOT COOL.

Anyways…normal blogging will resume later today or tomorrow! Promise! Thanks for letting me vent!

Hey bloggies! 🙂

Sorry I didn’t post this morning…I just got home a little bit ago.

This morning I fueled up with the usual egg whites, rolled oats, banana, almond better, and grapefruit.

I started off the morning with a swim. My running partner Brittni texted me asking if I wanted to swim with her before she had to work so I did. (I plan on doing a triathlon in the fall…why not start training now? ha!)

After the swim, my trainer decided I should be put through torture for an hour. Great as always.

I then chose to run outside. First time in a longgg time. I initially planned on doing just 3 miles, but after I finished the 3 miles, I didn’t feel like I had gotten that great of a workout, so I kept on running. I ended up doing a little over 5 miles in 49 minutes. Not too shabby since I haven’t run outside pretty much since my half marathon! I forgot how much I love running outside and how much I H.A.T.E the treadmill.

Too bad it will be 120 degrees here soon and I won’t be able to run outside unless its at 4AM. Booo. Oh well.

Anyways I’m off on a date tonight!!!! Will update you all tomorrow!

And with that…have a great day!! Get your veggies in and have a good workout!!!

but im not.

Hope everyone is doing well! I need to catch up on some blog reading and also POSTING. I am just so busy lately!!(and i don’t even know really that anything has changed..i think i just make myself busy haha)

This morning for breakfast i started my day with 1/4 cup of oat BRAN(wanted to try it out) with 1/2 TBSP almond butter and 1/2 a banana. It was pretty good but i prefer my rolled oats. I had 2 tangelos, egg whites and the rest of the banana also. Good filling breakfast!!

I met with my trainer today at the gym. I did shoulders and legs. It was a great workout as always!! Let’s see if i can remember everything: military press, lateral raises(two different ways), one arm straight arm cable pulldowns, straight arm cable pull downs, one arm rear delt cable crossovers, front raises, seated ham curls, squats, walking lunges, calf raises…hmmmm i feel like there was something else but im not sure! I finished that up with 50 minutes of incline walking and 5 minutes of incline running. Why didn’t i just finish out the hour? who knows haha. cuz im a NERD GIRL thats why!

I am now enjoying strawberries and my oikos plain 0% greek yogurt. It is my new love!!! I dip the strawberries in it and its like eating strawberries and whipped cream..only BETTER. Yum yum!

I am ditching class today because i just feel like it. I know im a bad girl but oh well!

Today i am going to lunch with an ex(we’re very good friends) then going to head out to the pool to catch some rays!! Tomorrow i have class all day and Friday i have to work all day so its my only chance before the weekend. I am spoiled in this arizona weather 🙂