Fit Lizzio Fitness

Good morning all! It is Sunday and I have semi-decided (this could change) that I need to take a day of rest! I took a day of “rest” on Wednesday but ended up doing over 2 hours of exercise heh. So I am going to try to rest completely today. NO GYM. I know I need to do it, even though psychologically I REALLY don’t want to.

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Breakfast today was 3 apples (this apple addiction is getting pretty intense….lol) and a bowl of proatmeal. That is what I am calling it from now on…..1/2 cup of rolled oats, 1 scoop of cookies and cream flavored whey protein and cinnamon. DELISH.

Okay off to do something?!?! I don’t even know what to do with my mornings if im not at the gym..i may go do a yoga class or something???

This bothered me…… I took a body image quiz for fun..and this was one part of the results…..

“Unrealistic goals: While you can improve your body, getting the ‘perfect’ body is out of reach for most of us. Constantly striving for a goal you can’t reach may leave you frustrated.”

What?!! OUT OF REACH?? This must be coming from someone who just doesn’t have the drive in them to push themselves…Now don’t get me wrong, a perfect body is defeinitely in the eye of the beholder..my perfect body is not your perfect body, but my point is this….i think that phrase is very negative. All of us CAN get to our own “perfect body” if we put our heart and mind into it and try…is it easy? HELL NO. And what you are happy with is different from what I am happy with, but many of you know from your own success, and many are in the journey right now, that if you put all your effort into something you CAN achieve it. There are physical features that truly cannot be changed, but looking your best for YOUR BODY is very acheivable and that is what a perfect body is….its not the same for any single person.

Okay done ranting 🙂

So today was a weigh in day for me. Last week I was about 136 lbs….today I was 137lbs. I know I have been doing everything right. My calories have been between 1800-2000 with a few days at about 2200. My workouts have been great and I feel and look much better. I can TELL that there is less fat on me. It might be psychological, but I am liking how things are going, so I really believe that this is a water, muscle, or some sort of mixture type of gain. Phit and Phat posted an excellent bulletin the other day about this exact issue. I just need to make sure to take my own advice and not worry about the gain. I have been eating clean and I truly truly believe i lost the fat, but of course I second guess myself because, hey, doesn’t everyone on this journey?

I am watching the movie The Net right now and it is intense! I can’t imagine having my entire identity stolen and not knowing a single person in my town…good movie! Ha.

I am supposed to go rock climbing today on a REAL MOUNTAIN for the first time. I am really nervous, and it isn’t a for sure thing that I am going, I am waiting to hear if the people I would go with are still going. They are experienced climbers, but I have never stepped foot outside of the rock gym, so we’ll see!

Wish me luck!

“We are living in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial flavors and furniture polish is made from real lemons.”

That is such a true statement!

I am feeling AMAZING today guys. I don’t know what it is, but ever since I have started eating clean, i feel un-f*cking-believable. (Sorry for the language) But seriously!! It is like a high that i get randomly throughout my day. I don’t know if its the psychological effect of eating so healthy or what, but all i can say is…its kind of scary when you first start out..being your foods are more limited etc, but IT IS SO WORTH IT. Seriously, try it for a week and if you hate life, then go back to whatever you were doing, but its definitely the best thing that has ever happened to me!

For Breakfast today…I had 1/4 cup of rolled oats with 1 scoop of whey protein and lots of cinnamon 🙂 Two apples to go with that.

Today’s workout was back and a little bit of abs. I did like 17 sets of back because I just kept thinking about different exercise I was in the mood to do ha! Cardio was 30 minutes on the elliptical and 15 minutes running between 6.0-7.3 mph.

(Sorry for the colors, im bored haha) I got home and showered and decided that I wanted to see what I looked like in a “figure girl” outfit. So i put on a swim suit and heels….it was a good idea because i was able to see my problem areas and what i need to work on most! In addition to overall more muscular arms, I need to lose the junk in my trunk! My legs were looking pretty good and my stomach was too, but I would say i need to lose about 1/2 inch to an inch in my mid section and about the same in my booty. On a very postive note I am defeinitely seeing changes in my body and cant WAIT to do my body fat on Monday! (Scary, considering I was at 18% in June, then fell off the wagon and the last time i checked it was 24!!!!! :-() But i am feeling confident that i am somewhere in the 20ish percent range….so we shall see and I will let you know!!!

Here’s my update for today…..

Breakfast: Woke up at about 7 this morning and ate a breakfast of oatmeal with protein powder, an apple and a tangelo. I grabbed a Larabar on the way to the gym because I knew my workout was going to be grueling and I wanted to be able to get through it.

The workout: I did 1 hour on the treadmill….i started off at a 10% incline at 3.8-3.9mph and 15% at about 3.4 mph in intervals and did that for about 20 minutes, then i jogged at 6.0mph with intervals of 2 minutes each at 8.0 mph..i did 3 of those….then did some more incline walking and then finished up with some jogging. Let’s just say I was sweating like crazy after…heh

It didn’t stop there…next i did a chest work out…i did DB incline press, cable flys, and DB bench press..4 sets of each…then i was planning on doing legs but my calves are SO sore from the plyometrics i did the other day..that and the fact that i went rock climbing monday and wednesday, which i haven’t done in a while, so that probably added to it….but my hamstrings were okay, so i did a bunch of deadlifts and some hamstring curls.

DEADLIFTS: I decided that i want to try and get back to my old deadlift strength…at one point i was able to deadlift 205lbs and i really would like to be able to go heavy again! (stopped due to an unrelated back injury) Anyways..i started off slow today….65lbs, 75lbs, 95lbs,115lbs, and topped off with 2 reps at 135 lbs. It felt pretty heavy to me which was kind of sad considering 135 used to be a warm up for me…but in due time!

I ended up eating 2325 calories today..i know, thats high, but i usually eat around 1800 calories per day and sometimes like to have a slightly higher calorie day just because sometimes i feel like i need it…..my activity level is high enough that i still think i burned more than i ate…and it was all clean foods so it doesn’t really bother me, as long as it isn’t an every day occurence (considering im trying to get leaner right now)

Lunch: After my workout i had a protein shake, then for lunch i had some fruit, chicken, rice, and vegetables…

Afternoon snack was a protein shake again

Dinner: For dinner, i ran out of my pre-made chicken so i had a bowl of brown rice and egg whites with some fruit (strawberries, blackberries, and apples) I also had oatmeal with protein powder and cinnamon after dinner.

I did have a 100 calorie bag of popcorn too :-/ That is my cheat for today, but it was the last bag and i won’t be buying more so that problem is taken care of 🙂

How’s everyone doing with their diet and exercise plans in the new year? I would love to hear your thoughts!

these are not serious problems and i am glad these are my two problems as opposed to other things.

1. I can’t take rest days! I am supposed to take one day of rest every week where i don’t do my cardio OR weights. Most people would be like “sweet day off!” Well today was my “day off” and i still ended up doing 35 minutes of light cardio and a yoga-pilates class that literally kicked my ass lol. I even felt like today i should rest..my muscles were tired and i just know that feeling after exercising for so long. Anyways, its something i need to work on, but i’m not complaining…id rather have this problem then a problem getting TO the gym.

Dos. I am addicted to protein bars haha. i don’t keep them in my house because i will eat them all. Today, i haven’t had one and i am craving one so bad!! i am trying to resist it and have a perfectly clean day, but i just love them. Balance pure bars are so hard to resist because they are actually pretty good for you as far as ingredients (only 3 or 4 wholesome ingredients) but I just know i don’t NEED it. And i am trying to kick this little addiction that has developed in the last few weeks. I think it is because i am not eating bread or sweets….so now that is my little treat. Hmmm. Well i am going to attempt to make it through the day wihtout one, but i’m not gonna lie….if i happen to have the urge and i am buy a grocery store i really hope i can stop myself…but i might not…..

I also have an addiction to apples…seriously its ridiculous..i buy them like 15-20 at a time and go through them within a couple of days. I guess thats not a bad thing to be addicted to though 🙂 But too much of anything can’t be good right?!

Okay enough of my ranting 😉

I really wanted to thank everyone for their support! you guys are awesome and your words of encouragement are so helpful!

Some people were confused by the moves i was talking about yesterday and I decided that I am going to post a video so you all can see some of the moves and try them yourselves! I am not sure when this will be up but keep checking back 🙂

Anyways…i woke up really early this morning because I went to bed really early last night ha. I watched the new season of The Biggest Loser, which im sure many of you did. That sucks that so many people have to go home even though it is only for a month, many won’t come back. Oh well though. I can’t wait to see these people lose weight because all of them have a pretty long way to go !

Breakfast this mroning will be an apple and some protein oatmeal! Maybe some egg whites too, haven’t decided yet.

So through my year and a half experience with fitness and healthy living, I have figured out in the past few months that it is all VERy easy. You workout, you eat well. Those are not the hard parts. The only hard part about any of it is MOTIVATION. When you are motivated the workouts are easier and FUN, you enjoy eating healthy foods rather than cheeseburgers and pizza, and you take pride in all of this. Staying motivated is the answer to it all. I, like everyone, have my moments of doubt, my moments of just wanting to say “f*ck it” and go back to my old lifestyle of fast food and being sedentary. When i have moments like that, i search for something that could motivate me whether it is reading a blog, watching something on tv, reading a magazine, whatever it is. And when you get that spark of motivation, you want nothing more than to just head to the gym and lift the heaviest weights you can find and run faster than you ever have before. You crave that sweat and that burn.

Anyways,

This morning i had one of those moments. I don’t know exactly what it was that got me to feel that way but I was so excited on my way to the gym. I couldn’t WAIT to get there and start my workout. I also wanted to do something a little different, because after all, change is key in your workouts. I read Oxygen’s Fat Loss Special Edition magazine yesterday and they had a lot of plyometric exercises in there (sprints, jumps, etc.) The exercises reminded me of being on sports teams and doing all of these different moves (butt kickers, knee highs, frankensteins) So i decided that i was going to make it part of my cardio for the day.

I warmed up on the treadmill for about 6 minutes, then headed to a clear area of the gym where I could do these moves. I estimated it to be about 40-50 yards of space. I did 4 sprints, and then mixed up some sets of butt kickers, knee highs, high skips, frankensteins, ironman, tuck jumps, long jumps, and finished with 4 more sprints. I took very little rest in between sets, 2o seconds at most, and it was a heart pounding ass kicking session. I LOVED IT and plan on doing it at least once a week if not more. I followed that up with 20 minutes of steady jogging on the treadmill and 10 minutes of walking at a 10% incline at about 3.7 mph.

Next was the shoulder workout. I did multiple drop sets. This is where you have 3 (or 4 or 5 or whatever you want) weights. Heavy, medium, and light. I started with the heavy and did 8 reps, followed by 8 reps of medium and 8 reps of light with no break. It is suprising how heavy 3 lb. weights become when you do sets like that.

All in all i had a fantastic workout and feel WONDERFUL.

Hope everyone is having a fantastic day.

Oh by the way..remind me. DO NOT BUY PROTEIN BARS. i love them and wish i could eat them at every meal but at this point in my training i shouldnt be having them at all….eek..

today i actually had two 🙁 i buy ones with good wholesome ingredients but STILL, it is off of program and not okay so you all have permission to yell at me 🙂 Thanks!

I have decided that training for a competition…or any kind of training in general should be considered a full time job. You spend 2+ hours at the gym every day….another hour of showering after the gym….the time you take to eat six times a day…making protein shakes etc. and honestly that in itself is a full time commitment. Not to mention, when you do an hour of running, walking, elliptical whatever and another hour of weight training….it is tiring! Doing all of that and then heading to my real job really takes it out of me. Anyways enough of my rant.

Diet and training has been going very well for me. I have been eating only clean foods with the exception of a bag of popcorn the other night and a Clif Mojo bar. The ingredients in those aren’t too bad, but it isn’t part of my training diet! Other than that i have been good with sticking to the plan.

Today i mixed things up and did biceps and triceps…it wasn’t my best workout of all time, however i still feel that i got in a good session.

How’s everybody else doing with their diets since the new year?

So i thought i was done being sick..but it thought otherwise. I am not really that sick, i just have some lingering symptoms that decide to come and go as they please…i feel great all day and in the evening i’m just not 100%, but that’s okay..overall i still feel pretty good and i’m getting good workouts. In my head i know i should be resting more, but i have a hard time doing so!

This morning i woke up really early for some reason, so i decided to do some grocery shopping. I had a Balance Pure bar on my way home, and then an apple and egg whites. I went to the gym and only did 40 minutes of cardio and then a back workout…..i was planning on doing more cardio, but i don’t want to push it and become even more sick.

After the workout, i had my protein shake and went to my Sabaki ball game..if your curiuos www.sabakiball.com

I got home a little while ago and cooked my chicken for the week, since i ran out today at lunch. Lunch was the usual….chicken, brown rice and green beans…you would think i would get sick of it but now that i am eating for training, i know i don’t have a choice so it takes the thinking out of the food situation..i know that for lunch im always going to have the same thing (or similar) and it really doesn’t bother me. If it does, i will start making turkey burgers or something to change it up, but for now this has been the simplest thing for me.

Good news: I can already tell that my stomach is leaning out a little bit! My stomach is the first place to lose weight always, so that is how i can tell how my diet is going. I weighed in at 135 today, which is a good thing, because i know i have been losing fat and putting on muscle, so the fact that i weigh about the same as when i started is actually a good thing for me. I can tell that my arms are getting bigger and more defined and others have noticed as well.

Another flag for me with my diet is my face…if i am eating poorly, my face blows up and i HATE IT…honestly that is the worst feeling in the world…right now my face is looking thin and that is a good sign…i am still counting calories, but have been so satisfied with my diet that i almost don’t even need to..but i still do just to make sure 🙂

I’m going shopping with my sister once she gets here and can’t wait to use my Nordstrom gift card :):):) free shopping is the best.

Hope your weekend is going well!