First off, man starting a blog about being healthy and weight loss right before the holidays was definitely a terrible idea. But I did this blog to be honest and hold myself more accountable for what I eat and how much I exercise. So here's to being honest...
So lately I feel slightly off the band wagon. Basically I made a commitment to myself to get to the gym at least 3-4 times a week. And if not to the gym at least doing some form of exercise. Even with friends from college visiting I have been managing to uphold this goal. My diet on the other hand has been a mess. With friends visiting I ended up eating pub food for lunch and pizza for dinner. Yuck. That mixed along with holiday parties has resulted in a bending of my diet and multiple cookies being eaten. I keep telling myself: "Come on, you're not Santa" but everytime I see a new holiday cookie, it takes every will-powered bone in my body to resist it. At least I have motivation in that I don't want to end up looking like Santa (No offense Santa, I am a huge fan).
But at least I feel I have kept my gym routine pretty regularly. I have been getting there at least 3 times a week but am still feeling like I need something to really change things up. There is one thing that I think would make a huge difference. Having a job that requires me to work late and unpredictable hours, it makes it hard to commit to consistent gym time in the evenings. Therefore, I present you with my latest battle: morning workouts.
Now anytime I actually manage to get myself to the gym in the morning, it always feels great. I have lots of energy by the time that I get to work, it's great to not have to worry about rushing to a gym class at the end of the day and great to have the evening free to run errands or visit friends. So you think that would motivate me to get out of bed in the morning and make more morning workouts happen. But this is not the case. My alarm goes off and I have every intention of making it to the gym, but with bad weather, daylight savings, and big comfy pajamas, it just gets harder and harder to crawl out of bed. I am hoping to find some sort of magical fix to my difficulties getting to the gym in the morning to really get a strong exercise routine going. Too bad there's no annoying rooster to aid in this endeavor. For now sleep is a more enticing in the morning than an AM workout. Me:0 Sleep: 1
yerba mate! that will start your morning off right. I have two recipes that you will really like and is super healthy. tonight i made an edamame, peas, pepper, carrot, shrimp, salmon mix, with just two table spoons of olive oil. It filled me up like crazy. if you eat some greek yogurt for brekki that will give good energy too when you get to the gym
ReplyDeleteHey girlie! I really enjoy reading your blog. I think a lot of people will find it inspiring and a great medium to share advice, stories and motivation.
ReplyDeleteHere's some advice - cardio workouts can only do so much. What I've found that jump start my metabolism and made me lose weight was adding in weight lifting before a cardio workout. I would use 10-15lbs weights for lunges, squats, rowing and dead lifts. I do about 2 sets of 12 and increase the weight every week or so. Some may think bench pressing is a guy thing, but I've that bench pressing 5-8lbs really sculpted my triceps and biceps like Jennifer Aniston.
Do weight lifting 3 times a week before your cardio workout which really boosts your metabolism (higher metabolism = more calories burned on the following activity)
Best of luck