Patience + Consistency = Progress

LiveFit Trainer: Week 3 so far..

First of all I think this is really a good program! I wish I was a little more disciplined with my eating.. I was doing so good at first but then the options are so limited, I found myself giving in to temptation a few times too many. This week has been going pretty good, I have gotten creative with my recipes and changed some things up, so lunches; snacks, etc. have been exciting again!

I can’t believe I am already on week 3 and finally (so far) this week, no sick kids, no sick mom, work has slowed down.. so I have had energy for my usual morning workouts. I am finally back into the mode of getting up super duper early and hitting the gym. I love working out in the mornings, the getting up part sucks, but once I have finished.. it feels so good to not have to worry about it the rest of the day.

I have 2 more workouts scheduled this week, Week 3 she throws in the 5^th day. Today was Chest & Triceps, my biceps are soooore from yesterday’s session and of course, my legs are STILL sore!! *SMH* and tomorrow is yet, another legs day. Week 3 and 4 actually have 2 legs day, which I am excited about because that is my weak area and the area in which needs the most work (at least as far as I am concerned).

Now as far as weight goes, I am actually up a couple of lbs, I weighed in at 130 the last couple of days, but since measuring shows I am losing, I am not too concerned with the extra weight on the scale. My clothes fit great, my body feels great and I can feel myself getting stronger and leaner and even noticing slight difference in the definition in my abs.



Stay Fit & Fab!

Week One PUMP... it feels good!

Week One of my 10 week attempt to get ripped and shredded is complete! This week hasn't been easy, however it also hasn't been too difficult either. What I like the most so far about Les Mills PUMP is the trainers, they are all so upbeat, each workout is exciting and fresh and the certainly keep me motivated. The girls look amazing and when I feel like stopping for a break, one look at how awesome those girls look in the video keeps me motivated to keep going in a hope that once completed with the PUMP program I will look something like that! :) A girl can hope, right! 

So to break down this weeks workouts, the first 2 days I stuck with my usual cardio via TurboFire, can't go wrong with TurboFire. Tuesday night, my PUMP was delivered and I got it all set up and ready to go for Wednesday's workout. Pump & Burn is a 30 minute full body workout using the PUMP bar, surprisingly my legs didn't get sore, although they burned through the whole workout, it was my triceps that hurt the next day.. and continued into the next day as well! I have taken a liking to being sore, not only does it tell me I pushed myself, I tend to have a GOOD nights sleep when I am sore!! :) Thursday, however I missed my workout because my alarm failed to go off (note, my husband is my alarm and he didn't wake me up!) hmmm.. I had planned on hitting the gym after work, but if you know me by now, I really have a hard time working out at night.. I prefer mornings. So, I missed Thursday completely. However, I went full force into Friday, which was again Pump & Burn. This time I pushed a little harder through the workouts since I already went through this video. However, one thing I don't like about weight training is the lack of dripping sweat. Don't get me wrong, I love to lift just like the next, but have a hard time "feeling" like I worked out w/o being drenched in sweat. But my muscles told me otherwise, so I got through the session and felt good about my short 30 minute PUMP workout. Saturday, well I reserve Saturdays for my "anything goes" days so I invited a friend to Les Mills RPM class at my YMCA. It was my first RPM class and my 3rd spin class ever.. I surprised myself and even some of the usual RPM goers with my awesome ability to keep up in class!! Don't get me wrong, I worked my tail and at one point, thought I was going to throw up or die, not sure which one, but I sure had to push through to get to my second wind. A long 45 minutes later, I was drenched, with legs made of jello and face full of sweat.. I felt GOOD! Job Well done, mission complete! Then, as a treat to myself and of course to make up for my missed Thursday workout, I opened my new Les Mills Step and went for it.. I LOVE STEP! Every new Les Mills workout I have tried so far, gets better and better. I am already sore from 30 minutes of Step at 10am this morning.. 8.5 hours later and the burn sets in.. wonder how I will feel tomorrow for Pump & Shred and I start Week 2 of PUMP. All I can say is, I am ready for it!