Day 39 Clean...Day 11 LFT~~Legs/Calves Day!

Not much to share today...or maybe I'm just not in much of a sharing mood :( I'm a little frustrated because the scale is going up...and not down! Ugh.....!!! I'm trying my best not to get irritated, frustrated, pissed off, or mad...but it's kinda hard when I've been working so hard to stay clean and lift weights and follow the LFT plan and not divert from it! Anyway, other than the scale not budging right now, I'm ok! Today was a good leg day and I could've pushed myself a bit harder on the wide stance squats and leg curls, but I'm sure my legs will still be sore a bit tomorrow. 

I was looking at myself in the mirror at the gym today, and again, i don't see any progress....shoot, I don't even see it in my regular clothes ~X( And I know everyone will say "give it time" or "you're gaining muscle" or whatever...I don't wanna hear it :D I wanna see the results and I'm so ready to see some inches starting to come off of my body! 

I know it's all a mind thing for me for now! I know it didn't take 2 weeks to gain this weight and it won't take 2 weeks to take it off!! Patience!!!! That's what I need and I don't seem to have it...not anymore! ;) I'm almost finished with phase 1. I've got 2 weeks left and it'll be time for me to roll into phase 2 of LFT. So, no more scales for me. I took a pic of a sundress that's pretty snug on me now. That's my motivation so that by the end of the 12 weeks it'll fit...nicely! It'll be spring by the time I'm done with LFT so I'm gonna put that dress on again on April 6, 2014!! See, now I"m starting to get excited and I'm starting to feel I can do this!!! So let's git 'r DONE!!!!

I'm out!!

Day 38 Clean...Day 10 LivingFit

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Just me making the best of my day at work!! :D I've been frustrated at work since the beginning of the New Year, but I just grin and bear it for the most part. Shoot, I'm not doing anything illegal, so I gotta do what I gotta do to keep my job...and my sanity!!

Today there were these teenage boys in the gym...omg!!! They would do a machine, then sit and talk or text, then they'd do another round of machines, then do the same thing again!! Good grief!!! I had to ask one of 'em "Are you finished with the lat machine?!?!" LOL!! Well, he got his butt off and I was able to finish up my workout. It took a bit longer than expected, but boy oh boy were my arms feelin' SWOLE!!! :-D I'm planning to do a week 2 wrap up on Sunday and I'll post it under the LiveFit Challenge tab...so watch out...cause here I come!!! :-)

Thursday Wrapup

Today, overall, was a good day!! One thing I've gotta keep in mind is that stress is gonna make it so much harder to get the weight off! So, regardless of what's going on at work, my "stress relievin'" workout sessions are gonna be just that...stress reliever!!! I started taking a multivitamin, bcaa, and fish oil today, so I'm hoping that'll be an added benefit to my (clears my throat) "inch"loss (instead of weightloss). I'm so sick and tired of the scale...Ugh!! And knowing that weightlifting can add weight before the pounds start coming off, I got get more focused on clothes fitting rather than scale decreasing!! 

So that's all...yep, I'm still getting caught up on SOA (sons of anarchy). I'm gonna try to hit the gym in the morning to avoid those boys hoggin' up the machines tomorrow :D...but knowing me, I won't get my butt up early enough ;)

Good night!!

Day 37-Gettin' my butt in gear!!!

I bought some vitamins from www.bodybuilding.com to help me out with Jamie Eason's LiveFit 12 week trainer workout. The BCAA (branch chain amino acids) help maintain muscle mass while crating a calorie deficit. They also reduce the rate of protein breakdown by decreasing activity components. In other words, the help keep muscle instead of losing it. The Opti-Women vitamin is a multivitamin with a whole lotta good things in it; vitamin A, B12, C, D, E, K, biotin, and other healthy vitamins like dong quai and chasteberry. I bought it because it has allllllllll the things I'm looking for in a vitamin without me having to buy a lotta different types of vitamins. So I have high expectations. I'll post later to see how I'm liking it or not liking it!!

I finally did my food prep for the rest of the week. There's only 3 days left so I only prepped 3 containers...chicken breasts, sweet potatoes, and mixed veggies. 

For dinner tonight was leftover turkey 'loaf and a sweet potato. I didn't wanna eat what I cooked for meal prep, so I decided to just eat leftovers and call it a day!! Looks good huh? Yeah, I think so too!! ;)

A Good Day!!

Overall, today was a good eating day. I didn't cheat and I didn't do any over the top snacking. I wasn't hungry, but of course, I had that "empty" feeling in my tummy. But I drank a ton of water and it seemed to help with that feeling. I'm not sure how to keep that feeling from happening, but I gotta do something YIKES!!

Well, I'm gonna get back to watching Sons of Anarchy on Netflix! 

Until tomorrow....

Day 36- Martin Luther King Jr Day

We had the day off today in observance of MLK Day! I wish there were more things in my area to participate in for this day, but it's limited. I spent some time with my cousin, Fuzz, hanging out for lunch and for a movie (Ride Along...very hilarious!)

I had 2 slices of whole wheat toast with a drizzle of honey, applesauce cup and a green smoothie...yeah, it looks brown, but that's because I put whey protein in it :D It was pretty good but it didn't really fill me up for breakfast. So I drank about 3 cups of water to help fill me up before I hung out with my cousin for the day.

Lunch was Dragonfire chicken (I think that's what it was called) from TGIFridays. Yes, it was unclean, but it was about 600cals. Chicken breast, jasmin rice, mandarin oranges, and a side of broccoli. I didn't intend to eat the whole thing, but the conversation with my cousin was so interesting that I didn't realize I ate it all until it was gone!!! :D :D :D After lunch we went to the movies and then we chatted for a while. Then I came home to meal prep for the rest of the week, but I decided to wait until tomorrow. 

So, overall, today was an AWESOME day!!!

Day 35

Ok, I went grocery shopping today to prepare for my meal prep for the week. Actually I'm gonna do my meal preppin' tomorrow since I have the day off due to the MLK holiday. But tonight's dinner was turkey meatloaf with mixed veggies. I used chopped spinach, bead crumbs, applesauce, and some spices in the 'loaf. the veggies were the Normandy blend which has broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini, squash and carrots. Again, I just used some seasoning to spice it up! I was gonna steam some sweet potatoes,  but I decided to do them when I do my meal prep tomorrow. I've gotta go to the grocery store to get a bag because where I went today only had the big ones and I'd rather have small ones to spread out throughout the week. 

I bought a bag of frozen chicken which had about 10 pieces. I'm going to bake a couple and cut some into strips so I can add some variety in my meals. When I bake some of the chicken I think I'll use the stock to boil my brown rice...that is, if I decide to do brown rice this week. I think the think I don't like about brown rice is the texture...ugh!!! I've been tryin' to find a way to make it better tastin', but I haven't found anything yet. So for me to get a starchy veggie, I opt to eat beans or corn...even though everyone says corn is not the best decision as a veggie...but corn is soooo doggone good!!!

Well, that's it fo today....there isn't too much to post. I'm gonna try my best to get better about taking pics of my meals and posting 'em!!

Shoot, 35 days is a huge accomplishment...so I'm gonna keep it going and going and going and make this a lifestyle change!

Until tomorow...

Day 34 Clean Eating

I'm still doing pretty good but I know I can do much better. One thing I've gotta do is revamp my bread. I'v been eating Nature's Own 100% whole wheat. It's got stone ground wheat as the first ingredient, but it has other stuff in there too. I've gotta take a trip to Whole Foods or Trader Joe's tomorrow to do my shopping. My coworker let me taste some sesame seed Ezekial bread...it was actually pretty good, but I've gotta toast it though...so no peanut butter sandwiches :D

There are some work and school related issues that have been stressing me out a little bit. The workouts kinda help, but shoot, I think I need more than a 30min wight lifting session to relieve this stress :D But I'm cool...it's all good!! I'm pushing forward and trying my best not to let outside hindrances interfere with me getting this fat off of my body and continuing to eat clean! I had a coworker ask me today how was the clean eating going...I told her today was day 32 and that's HUGE for me! I told her there's no turning back now because I've vested an entire 30+ days to clean eating...granted I'm only clean about 90-95% of the time!!

Dinner tonight....Baked chicken breast topped with sun-dried tomatoes and a side of Normandy veggies!! Mmmm Mmmm good!!

Day 28 of Clean Eating

 

This is just a silhouette of me on my 3mile walk today. I kno that starting Jamie Eason's 12 Week trainier again tomorrow, I won't be able to do cardio for at least 4 weeks. But, I'll probably still do some cardio on my rest days.  

 

This was my breakfast for today....scrambled eggs and sausage along with 100% whole wheat toast..sugar free. I dabbed some butter on there to make it "not so dry" : D Y'all know whole wheat bread has the tendency to be extremely dry...or maybe it's just me ;)

 

 

I'm making Jamie Eason's Chocolate Protein Bars, but with my own twist to it of course :D Oh, by the way, the oats are there because I made my own oat flour (what the recipe calls for). Luckily I have a Nutribullet with a "miller" attachment. I used it and made only enough oat flour for this recipe. I'm gonna search the 'net to see if I can find some biscuit and pancake recipes using oat flour (I hope I can because I'm craving some biscuits and pancakes right about now!)

And, voila!!! I call them brownies instead of protein bards :D I put some pecans and chocolate chips in my recipe.  I think I'm gonna double up the recipe next time because I want to make enough for the whole week..especially if I'm gonna , eat one a day as a snack. Trust me, they're not the bomb, but they'll do the trick!

It begins tomorrow!!

So, tomorrow begins the Transformation Challenge sponsored by www.bodybuilding.com. I probably won't be the grand prize winner of $100,00, but who knows!! As long as I change some of this fat to muscle, it's all good! I've already lost 6lbs in 28 days. Since I started clean eating I don't feel that I need sugar or fast food anymore. Last night I planned to get a big fat Whopper with fries and a soda to watch some football, but I opted for a meatball marinara sub from Subway. Unfortunately I had to use honey oat bread instead of the normal whole wheat bread that I used to always get from there. But you hafta make due, right? Well I surely did! Anyway, I couldn't eat it!! I mean, I ate most of it, but shoot, I was full just after a few bites. So that's a good thing, right? I say it is! Even today I haven't been eating much. I walked this morning, came home and ate, but I didn't even finish my breakfast. Now it's technically dinner time ad I still don't want anything to eat. I know that's not good, but I don't wanna force myself to eat and waste food. I've been drinking my water and I ate a protein bar, which seems like it took me forever to eat it. I think it's a mind thing or maybe stress...who knows!!

I'm on track and I'm focused!

Until tomorrow....