Fit Lizzio Fitness

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 🙂

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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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!!