Fit Lizzio Fitness

So i am so behind on this creation, but i just have to say…..greek yogurt plus strawberries or blueberries= AMAZINGGGGG. I know you all knew this already, but i just tried it yesterday and i am HOOKED. I had it again today with blueberries yum yum yum!!

I got a good 8 hours of sleep last night with NO interruptions(i usually wake up at least once lately..not sure why) I needed that sleep and it was awesome.

My trainer was out sick today, so I was on my own. I did legs and it was great!! Squats, smith machine split squats, leg extensions, standing leg extensions, leg press, hip abductors…i think thats it? Then i finished it up with an hour on the treadmill doing my incline walk. I walked backwards on the incline for a few minutes also and that relaly BURNS the quads….but i will warn you..it is very dangerous and im surprised i haven’t fallen yet..one of these days haha

EATS:
Breakfast was egg whites with chopped bell peppers and spinach, 1/4 cup of rolled oats with a 1/2 banana and 1/2 TBSP almond butter, and 2 tangelos..and the other half of the banana.

Post workout: i just ate my greek yogurt(oikos 0% plain) with some blueberries, and now im enjoying egg whites with spinach and some brussels sprouts

I am so excited to have my egg whites back (i missed them the two days i was gone!!) and i am glad to have all my usual eats back. It’s funny i never thought I would miss my vegetables!!

Today i am going to the Diamondbacks season opener with my dad! He has season tickets front row! (If anyone is ever travelling out here and looking for tickets to a Dbax game we sell a lot of them because 81 games a year is just a bit ridiculous 🙂 So just ask!!)

I used to play baseball up until my freshman year of highschool.(NOT softball..BASEBALL with the boys) I loved it and it is a part of me. That was my life for so many years and my dad has always supported me with that. We are baseball buddies because nobody else in the family really cares about going to games. (Except my little brother likes to go for the food haha) So it means a lot when I get to go to the games with my dad. We have been going since I was 9 years old so it is really sentimental to go with him still 12 years later!

Going to work after the game(not sure if i mentioned i am going to be doing accounting for my dad’s company GO Media!) and then it is home for me to relax!! I’m STILL tired..vegas will do that to ya haha.

Hope you all have a WONDERFUL rest of the day! Get some exercise in..even if its short…something is better than nothing!

Hello all!! I thought I’d get a short update in since I have been gone for two days!

Vegas was SOOO much fun!!! We had a great group of people and i had an absolute blast!!
I did some short term investing at the blackjack table all weekend and lost it all haha. I was up then i was down then up then down and finally i was down and OUT. But i enjoyed every minute of it!!

Eating wise i did EXCELLENT. This was the coolest thing. I planned on not being very strict with my diet, and technically I wasn’t. I was ordering the foods that I WANTED…and they just so happened to be healthy.

Egg white omelete, fruit, vegetables, sashimi, spinach with pico de gallo(instead of salsa), shrimp, turkey breast, and almonds is what I ended up eating during the trip. Even at the buffets, the unhealthy foods really didn’t even look appetizing! This lifestyle change is really happening and its great!!

I ended up only having like two drinks the whole trip because i just was having too much fun with my gambling..errr i mean my short term investing(sounds much more responsible right? :-))

I didn’t do any formal exercise in vegas, but we walked up and down the strip 7 or 8 times. That is a lot of miles my friends. I haven’t walked that much..maybe ever ha.

Anyways i am back now and had a blast and just wanted to quickly update. I did get a great back workout this morning, hiked this afternoon and then played volleyball this evening. It feels great to be home but being on vacation is so nice!!

I will do a better and more thorough update tomorrow! Have a great Sunday night!

I was bored tonight and decided to take some progress pics. I’m not where I want to be yet, but I like how I am looking.

Here was the eye opener…… I found my starting pictures from December. I can’t BELIEVE how big i was(for me) I can’t believe I let myself get that puffy. I was pretty thin and trim in June 2008. Fast forward to December 2008 its a huge difference. Then fast forward to now..and i’m lovin it! It is honestly saddening to see my picture from December because I know it isn’t me. I had been dealing with depression for a few months and what brought me out of my depression was telling myself…”Self…pull your head outta your ass and your going to compete. You are going to stop making excuses about your diet, your not going to cheat, your going to eat clean, your going to bust your ass at the gym. No more just going through the motions…this is real.” And ya know what? I did just that and proved to myself that I can do this.

I will let the pictures tell you the story………

Okay don’t ask about this picture hahah clearly it was a goofy summer night…but this was taken on July 3, 2008. It was around the time my boyfriend and I were breaking up. I am on the left….i was pretty happy with my body at this time…

Then the realization that the boyfriend and me were really done settled in and I went through months of depression. Mostly non-related to the guy situation, but that is what started it, and you know when it rains it pours. Family life literally came crumbling down and I hated myself for not keeping control of my diet…..which spun me further down….anyways….here is me in December 2008………

I seriously look like a cow in this picture. The biggest I have ever been and the biggest I will ever get!(I know my weight problem was not very severe but I was hurting so much looking like that in the mirror to myself. It was failure that I saw in the mirror for letting myself gain the weight. I realize i am not overweight in this picture and if this offends you I am sorry, but I cried myself to sleep for months over this body, so it is real to me.)

Anyways..this is when I decided that i was going to pick up a clean diet, get in the best shape of my life, and compete in a figure competition. Something clicked that night……it was around the time i started this blog…which I think has helped me SO much in sticking to my goals….

Here I am in February of 2009…starting to get my body back…

And now for my current picture….I took this picture tonight….things are starting to come together more!…………..

Obviously I still have more work to do. I need more muscle in my legs…you can’t see my back or shoulders in this picture, but I should have taken a picture of them because they are looking fantastic! My upper body is coming around really nicely. It is pretty easy for my arms and back to lean out, so the muscles are showing well….still working on the abs(they are getting better!) and legs. But i am starting to see the sweep in the quads.

Comparing this picture with the picture from December is seriously crazy to me. I have made some serious progress and I can TRULY say that I am PROUD of myself. Yes i have hit some bumps in the road, but i haven’t gotten off track. If i over eat one day, i am back on my game the next day and the day after that and so on. I am determined, more than ever, and I will stop at NOTHING.

Off to Vegas in the morning. Back Saturday night!!

Sorry for being such a bad blogger!! I have been super busy!!

Everything is still going well though no worries!! I will be leaving for Vegas tomorrow morning and coming back Saturday night. I am going to try to eat as well as possible and will obviously be having a few drinks, but lucky for me it only takes about 2 drinks to get me drunk since i don’t EVER drink.

I am already thinking about the eating situation and how I won’t have my fruits and veggies and egg whites on hand at any given moment, however I am going to bring some fruit, almonds, and protein powder with me so that I can try to eat at least 80% while there. I will indulge a little bit but NOT going to just blow my diet for two days straight. No way jose!

Any advice on what you CAN’T take on an airplane??? I don’t want them to think im importing anthrax(protein powder) into Vegas or something 🙂

Workouts have been great although my hip flexor on my left leg was hurting a little bit today. Probably a good thing that I won’t have any formal exercise tomorrow or Saturday. I’ll be back at it Sunday and hope you guys have a great weekend!!! I’ll update when I get back!

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Okay well technically it is still the morning, but i have that song stuck in my head. 🙂

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This morning was a tough one. I guess I should back track to the rest of yesterday though….

I never made it to class(oops! :-)) but I did get to my school advising appointment. I am all set with my changed major(Business Management) but I went to register for classes and there are like 3 options per class I need to take..and at terrible times!! I hope they open more classes later on or something….

After my appointment, I met my dad and brother at the running store so I could get new shoezies!!! I love mine, but I got them in October and am now wearing holes through the sides hehe….so I got the same upgraded pair of Nikes! Love love.

After picking up the new kicks…my older brother(who is in town from Cali) went hiking. So 2 and a half hour workout in the morning…then an hour hike on Camelback…(its a tough hike)…let’s just say I was DEAD by the end of the day…..

Back to today…Tuesdayyyy: I boxed this morning. My right hand has been hurting so I have been hitting left hand dominant the past few days and my instructor told me how much I have improved on my left side. I’m excited because I am really loving this boxing! Class was really hard today, he must have eaten a great energizing breakfast this morning because we worked hard today.

After boxing, I did legs. Deadlifts, squats, seated ham curls, leg extensions, hip adductors, hip abductors, and the glute machine. It was good. I wasn’t planning on doing any cardio afterwards because boxing was so tough this morning, but on my way out, the cardio kickboxing instructor stopped me and said “hey are you coming to my class today you haven’t been in a while!” So out of guilt and also taking that as my “sign” I went ahead and did cardio kickboxing too. It was an extra hard workout today as well. (There must be something in the water at my gym or something.)

Now i am just relaxing for a few until I have class at 1:30 and another class at 6:30 tonight. Ugh. Not in the mood for class tonight..i may just stay home and rest..we’ll see.

Hope your all doing well! Here are some fight night pictures, as promised

my sister and i with Michael Phelps!!

ehh wishful thinking 🙂

I just got back from the gym. I had a great chest workout, but an even BETTER tricep workout. No joke, my arms were shaking and i bet i was making some relaly funny faces. There is a guy at my gym that calls me mean face because i guess when i am pushing hard i have a mean look on my face haha.

Cardio went by fast today too, surprisingly!

Breakfast was 1/4 cup oats, 1/2 banana, 1/2 TBSP almond butter, and 1 cup of egg whites on the side with some spinach.

After my workout i had almonds, an apple, brussels sprouts, chicken, and brown rice.

Yum yum!

Today i have an appointment with my advisor to figure out my schedule for next semester and then going to hang out with my dad and brother!! It should be a fun Monday after all!

Hope your day goes well also!!

Hey guys!! Sorry i haven’t posted in a few days! I have been super busy..in a good way though!

Friday:

Friday’s workout was shoulders! I had a really awesome workout and then did an hour on the treadmill walking on a 15% incline at 3.3 mph. I then had to race to school to take a test(which i don’t think i did too well on, but oh well.)

The rest of friday I was the taxi driver. I had to pick up my little brother from my dad’s office and drive him to pick up a laptop and then drive him home. Then i went to my best friend Taylor’s house and hung with her until it was time to pick up my older brother from the airport. The airport was CrazyYYY busy, but it all worked out fine. My older sister, older brother, and sister’s boyfriend all decided to go to a bar and hang out with some of my sister’s friends. It was a really fun sibling night!(Love that i can go out with them now!!!)

Saturday morning I woke up, and picked up my older brother from my sister’s condo and we went to a Vinyasa yoga class. It was pretty good, but not up to his standards(he does a lot of yoga at a nice studio in LA….our Scottsdale JCC couldn’t compete LOL) We then went to whole foods and got some veggies and he cooked us some veggies.(He is also very health concious…i hate that he lives in LA and not here!! I of course had my egg whites with the veggies hehe)

After lunch, we went and hiked Camelback mountain. Really challenging but fun! And then i had about an HOUR to get ready to go to Celebrity Fight Night. My dad is a special advisor and video producer of the event so we go every year. It was so fun! I got to meet Michael Phelps and John Corbet!(pictures to come of course!!)

Eats have been AWESOME this weekend and i have stuck to my guns and not cheated on my diet. I am feeeling very happy and good about this. Since I will be going to Vegas on Friday morning, my weekend next weekend is Friday-Saturday(instead of Saturday-Sunday) so I am going to do Monday’s workout today, Tuesday’s workout tomorrow, etc.


I will be also playing some volleyball today! Should be a good one.

This morning for breakfast: 1/2 cup egg whites; 1/4 cup of oats topped with a banana, 1 TBSP almond butter, and some blueberries; and a grapefruit.

Have a good rest of the weekend bloggies!!

How Losing Weight is Like Playing a Sport
If you are playing basketball, you can’t expect to stop the opposing team from scoring. Same with weight loss…you can’t expect to lose weight without ever gaining some of that weight back. Also in basketball, there are times when a team is behind for a quarter or two. When losing weight, you may weigh more on Wednesday than you did on Monday. This is natural, just make sure that you push extra hard on the rest of the week to come out slightly ahead on Wednesday.

To read more about this click here. Good article, but I thought the above was a VERY good analogy.

so you all know the last time my friend george tested my body fat about 2 weeks ago it was 21%. Well today a different trainer (i would say more experienced) took my body fat because he didn’t believe that i was 21%. It came up as 16.5%!!!! I now don’t believe either reading. The test today, he pinched lower on my leg than george does and that made a huge difference.

The only real way to find out body fat percentage is with a dunk test. They submerge you in water and test your body fat that way. My friend got me a certificate to get a dunk test for my birhtday(i know only I woudl get excited about that haha) so that will be the real test!!

Anyways…sorry for no post yesterday, i was at the lake all afternoon! Before that i had the BEST chest and tricep workout of life. My trainer really killed me. He and 2 other people also complimented my physique saying i was getting more muscle and cuts and leaning out. So great to hear!!!!! Eating was great yesterday, although i didn’t eat anything at the lake because that is one place that I have no thoughts about food whatso ever!!

The lake was beautiful…a little colder and windier than last week, but i still wakeboarded! Once you get in the water your skin gets kinda numb so it’s all good right? Heh.

Today’s workout was boxing, abs and calves, finished off with elliptical for an hour.

Off to class! Sorry for the lame post, I will have more later!