Today I'm being brave and sharing my progress picture that I've only shared two places. One being my Instagram account, and two being my private fitness group on Facebook full of nothing but really supportive women. I'm excited to share this here. My journey has been a long one and I can admit that I have fallen off a lot of times, and slacked quite a bit, and just been generally lazy about this at times. I think we learn more when we struggle. It can make the whole thing more worth it in the end. If it was easy I wouldn't have learned as much as I did my struggling! I wouldn't have learned how much I'm capable of, and learned about self control and determination! Anyways, this is my first picture I shared on here of me and is pretty close to showing me at my heaviest weight. Most likely close to 198lbs. Today I'm down to 155lbs which puts me at around 4olbs down. I can choose to dwell on the fact that it's taken me so long to get this small of a number gone in 2 years, or I can focus on that 40lbs and how amazing of a number it is! I still have a little ways to go still, but I've lost 5lbs in the past month of being so incredibly focused, and I know if I can just stay here that I can get to my goal in just a few months! I'm excited to see myself this summer, and to see where I can get my body! I get to go back to the gym soon, and it's going to be great to get back to a more strict workout routine. Spring and Summer are right around the corner and my goal was to loose 30 more pounds by June and I'm already 5lbs down and closer to my goal! YAY ME! I have seen so many great progress pictures with a woman with a stomach just like mine from before, and a super flat muscular tummy in her after shot. I can't wait for that to be me! I know I can get there. I'm so close now!
Today was arm day! My favorite day of the week! In all honesty every day is kind of arm day for me because I always do some sort of arm workouts with my weights. Some days I do a lot more than others though! My arms are gaining a lot of definition in them, and I really love seeing my hard work paying off so nicely. My arms are my new favorite part of my body I think. Anyways, here is a little bit of my arm day routine. It's not everything I do, but I couldn't find the names for some of the moves I do with my kettle bells.
It's all about the protein powder and protein shake these days for me and I'm loving it! I've started off with a simple GNC Whey protein powder in a rich chocolate flavor. I'm not against switching it up and trying different protein powders till I find one I love and am happy with the ingredients too. I know that different protein powders have different things in them, and I do want to steer clear of ones with unhealthy ingredients. I plan on using this stuff often so I don't want to be putting crap in my body because I like the job it does! I am really liking it, and I really do feel like it's helping my muscles. When I work out and then drink my shake I feel like I could do it all over again. My body recovers so fast! I've been adding a tiny scoop of peanut butter to them too. It tastes AMAZING, and I'm not even using a whole serving size of the peanut butter so I'm not adding a lot of fat too the shake that way. No matter how little you use the flavor still takes over and makes it taste great! I've even gone back to making my morning shakes and adding a half a scoop of protein powder to it to help hold my hunger back a little bit longer in the mornings. I'm getting a lot of use out of my Magic Bullet and may need to buy another one before I kill this one!
My motivation is through the roof these days and it feels great! I'm working out every single day and doing a ton of weights and interval training. I'm gaining so much definition in my arms, and my back too. I'm determined to drop another pants size and start getting my body beach ready! I really want to get my tummy and thigh area to a size where I feel confident enough to wear my bikini with no coverage! My husband is working out with me too these days and his goal right now is to be confident enough without a shirt on so he can go without one at the beach this summer too. He has an amazing dragon tattoo on his back that he's sat for about 14 hours for that no one really knows he has and he wants to be able to finally show it off! I really feel like we can do this and stick with it this time and get to that place we want to be at this year! I feel like this is my year to get the last of this weight off, and to get myself into amazing shape! I can't wait for Spring and Summer to get here so we can all get outside as a family and start doing the whole family fitness thing together! I can't wait to get outside and go for a hike, or go for a walk after dinner together, or to be able to get up each morning and go for a RUN!! I miss running so much it's not funny!! I can't breath out there in the frigid cold, and when I do push myself to do so I usually end up pretty sick with an upper respiratory infection so that's NOT happening! My husband and I are going to have the day off together and we are going to be able to get a nice workout in together here at home. I'm excited! Now to get myself to bed and rest my body! |