When I don't exercise or when I barely put any effort into my work out, I go to TAM facebook page and look at the before and after pictures. Believe me, nothing, nothing, nothing makes you feel worse than looking at a perfect stomach at the end of a work-out free day.
It is all because you feel that oh, it is just one day, I will work out tomorrow. But in reality you postpone the meeting with your new body by a day. And then another and another. You sure can promise yourself to work your ass off tomorrow, but what if your kid gets sick? What if there is no electricity at home and you have to figure out where to go/what to do with the fridge filled with food and so on?
So yeah, hate missing my work out.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
It's been a crazy month!
Time flies way too fast! I've had a busy month. Yup, that's the beginning of my lame excuses :p
Anyways, not too many visible changes. I do feel much better! And I am actually enjoying the exercising right now. Scary o.o Also, when I lift my legs up and straighten them I can totally see the musKles! YAY! My upper legs are also (slowly!) taking the shape they used to have. Stomach area is still a bunch of jello. Sigh.
Oh and the arms! Arms! They got musKles, too! Every time I am in front of the mirror, I can't help but check them out :D
Last night I was reading a bunch of mad people reviews. Apparently, quite a few people hate TAM because she checks herself out. And I am sorry to say this, but I do check myself out, too, when I exercise. Now that I have muscles heck yes I am going to check them out! When I get my super badass body, I will probably cover the walls in the bedroom with mirrors!
Also, people complaining about lack of cuing and such... are they nuts? I would hate someone screaming AND ONE AND TWO AND THREE YOU GO GIRL. That's actually one big reason I used to hate work-out DVDs.
And a bit on the inches.
Area/Start/Now
Bust 40/40 (Them nursing boobs!)
Waist 36/31
Stomach (under the belly button, the fullest part) 38/36
Hips 40.5/40 (yup, the butt is super stubborn)
Right arm 13.75/13
Left arm 13.5/13
Weight? Too embarrassing. I haven't weighed myself in a month, because I am too scared. But I can feel that the pounds haven't disappeared. About a month ago I was going crazy, measuring myself every single day, so I decided to take a break from the scale and measuring tape. Yesterday I finally measured myself, but I am going to wait a bit on the scale.
Off to pasta making!
Anyways, not too many visible changes. I do feel much better! And I am actually enjoying the exercising right now. Scary o.o Also, when I lift my legs up and straighten them I can totally see the musKles! YAY! My upper legs are also (slowly!) taking the shape they used to have. Stomach area is still a bunch of jello. Sigh.
Oh and the arms! Arms! They got musKles, too! Every time I am in front of the mirror, I can't help but check them out :D
Last night I was reading a bunch of mad people reviews. Apparently, quite a few people hate TAM because she checks herself out. And I am sorry to say this, but I do check myself out, too, when I exercise. Now that I have muscles heck yes I am going to check them out! When I get my super badass body, I will probably cover the walls in the bedroom with mirrors!
Also, people complaining about lack of cuing and such... are they nuts? I would hate someone screaming AND ONE AND TWO AND THREE YOU GO GIRL. That's actually one big reason I used to hate work-out DVDs.
And a bit on the inches.
Area/Start/Now
Bust 40/40 (Them nursing boobs!)
Waist 36/31
Stomach (under the belly button, the fullest part) 38/36
Hips 40.5/40 (yup, the butt is super stubborn)
Right arm 13.75/13
Left arm 13.5/13
Weight? Too embarrassing. I haven't weighed myself in a month, because I am too scared. But I can feel that the pounds haven't disappeared. About a month ago I was going crazy, measuring myself every single day, so I decided to take a break from the scale and measuring tape. Yesterday I finally measured myself, but I am going to wait a bit on the scale.
Off to pasta making!
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Weekly update
So, this week didn't quite go as I planned. Visiting my husband's family means eating much more than usually. I mean MORE. 3 days were spent eating spinach dip. That thing is horribly good. And I could feel my everything growing. I also worked out only once there, so I missed two days. Sad!
But I still have some great results! I lost 0.75" in my "waist" (oh 2 fingers above the bellybutton... can't call that waist just yet), 0.75" in my right arm, 0.25" in my left arm, and 1" off of my belly! YAY! Should I mention the 0.5" I gained in my butt? Spinach dip gives you amazing results.
I still can't find the time to do the cardio work out. Hopefully this week! I want to at least do 15 minutes a day.
But I still have some great results! I lost 0.75" in my "waist" (oh 2 fingers above the bellybutton... can't call that waist just yet), 0.75" in my right arm, 0.25" in my left arm, and 1" off of my belly! YAY! Should I mention the 0.5" I gained in my butt? Spinach dip gives you amazing results.
I still can't find the time to do the cardio work out. Hopefully this week! I want to at least do 15 minutes a day.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Some details
1. I am not changing my diet. First of all, because it is already relatively healthy: no processed food items, everyhing is made at home, including pasta and bread. Besides, I don't think it is really worth it to give up bacon-eggs-toast weekend breakfast (or stuffed French toast! Mmmmmm) for a couple of months, lose weight and then get back to the delicious bad breakfasts. And gain weight again.
So the changes I will achieve will be only due to exersising.
2.I am still breastfeeding our daughter, and I have heard for some women it is really hard to lose weight while breastfeeding. I guess we'll see! I am not planning on weaning our little S., but I am also not ready to be a whale for 2 more years or so.
3. I can't do cardio everyday for an hour - not enough room for a big butt to jump around! I have to rearrange the whole room to get somewhat enough space. By the time I am done moving the furniture around, someone needs to nurse/hug/play with water/all attentionz in the world. Then the same someone also likes running around in between my legs. Yes, I have actually kinda stepped on the wittle fingers.
Did I mention that I am absolutely retarded when it comes down to repeating the steps or mirrowing them.
So the changes I will achieve will be only due to exersising.
2.I am still breastfeeding our daughter, and I have heard for some women it is really hard to lose weight while breastfeeding. I guess we'll see! I am not planning on weaning our little S., but I am also not ready to be a whale for 2 more years or so.
3. I can't do cardio everyday for an hour - not enough room for a big butt to jump around! I have to rearrange the whole room to get somewhat enough space. By the time I am done moving the furniture around, someone needs to nurse/hug/play with water/all attentionz in the world. Then the same someone also likes running around in between my legs. Yes, I have actually kinda stepped on the wittle fingers.
Did I mention that I am absolutely retarded when it comes down to repeating the steps or mirrowing them.
In November 2009 I gave birth to my daughter. One of the happiest days in our life! After the birth, I quickly got back to my prepragnancy weight, 134 lbs. I was ecstatic! I didn't really do anything for that to happen. One day I just saw my work pants in the closet and thought, what the heck, might as well try them. They were loose!
Now, this was a dream come true: you don't do crunches/push ups/you name it, and one day all the ugliness is gone.
After my daughter turned 6 months, something happened. We started growing together. While my daughter's thighs look cute and squishy, my thighs looked depressing. Within 3 months I gained enough weight to hit number 160 on the scale. I was actually 100% sure the scale was broken. Sad, huh? A while ago I told my husband to shoot me if I ever go above 150. Because that just didn't sound real. Me? Above 150?
And here I am, 163 lbs. I feel like a whale and I sure do look like one. Last Friday I started doing the Tracy Anderson post-pregnancy work out. Let me tell you - it made me feel FAT. The first time almost killed me. There were a couple of exercises I couldn't do at all!
For example, there is one where you lay on your side, one leg on top of another. You lift your upper body up with the help of your arm bent at the elbow. Then you are supposed to use a secret muscle and lift your legs up so that only your arm and feet touch the ground. Well, I didn't have that muscle! I couldn't believe someone could do that brutal exercise! Imagine my surprise when my husband, who's big activities are wii golf and star craft 2, easily did that stupid exercise.
After 3 days of working out, I did it! So proud of myself! I haven't taken any measurements, it is too scary, but I will. My goal is to get back to my beloved 134 lbs. I miss those pounds a lot.
So, it's been only 4 days. I already don't hate her too much - I can finally do all exercises but one. My muscles don't kill me the next morning, I feel stronger and a bit more confident.
Do I believe that I will have them sexy stomach lines? Uhm, don't know. I have never had those. I will be happy just not seeing my stomach fold into rolls when I sit down!
Now, this was a dream come true: you don't do crunches/push ups/you name it, and one day all the ugliness is gone.
After my daughter turned 6 months, something happened. We started growing together. While my daughter's thighs look cute and squishy, my thighs looked depressing. Within 3 months I gained enough weight to hit number 160 on the scale. I was actually 100% sure the scale was broken. Sad, huh? A while ago I told my husband to shoot me if I ever go above 150. Because that just didn't sound real. Me? Above 150?
And here I am, 163 lbs. I feel like a whale and I sure do look like one. Last Friday I started doing the Tracy Anderson post-pregnancy work out. Let me tell you - it made me feel FAT. The first time almost killed me. There were a couple of exercises I couldn't do at all!
For example, there is one where you lay on your side, one leg on top of another. You lift your upper body up with the help of your arm bent at the elbow. Then you are supposed to use a secret muscle and lift your legs up so that only your arm and feet touch the ground. Well, I didn't have that muscle! I couldn't believe someone could do that brutal exercise! Imagine my surprise when my husband, who's big activities are wii golf and star craft 2, easily did that stupid exercise.
After 3 days of working out, I did it! So proud of myself! I haven't taken any measurements, it is too scary, but I will. My goal is to get back to my beloved 134 lbs. I miss those pounds a lot.
So, it's been only 4 days. I already don't hate her too much - I can finally do all exercises but one. My muscles don't kill me the next morning, I feel stronger and a bit more confident.
Do I believe that I will have them sexy stomach lines? Uhm, don't know. I have never had those. I will be happy just not seeing my stomach fold into rolls when I sit down!
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