Monday, August 14, 2006
One workout down...
I worked out with Ray Ray the Saviour today. I think all of my sessions with him are actually up, but he keeps seeing me anyway. I don't really want to ask him about it if he is. Today was rough, but I made it through. I thought it took a lot longer for your muscles to atrophy after you stop working out, but nope...today was pretty bad. I can't do half of what I used to do, and that's been part of my problem this go around with a trainer. I'm frustrated that I can't do all that stuff. So, today I tried to have a different mind set. I'm not in that place anymore. I am basically starting from the beginning, so I should stop beating myself up, and just do what I can. I'll get back there.
I did screw it up though by having some cheddar and bacon potato wedges from Jack in the Box. But have you had those? Who can resist?
SB = stability ball
DB = dumbells
FM = free motion machines
MB = medicine ball
Core
Give and Takes with MB - 3x15
Catch/Throw/Side to Side Thingy - 3x15
Inclined Chest Press - 3x12 - Two 20lb DB
Squats - 3x12 - Two 20lb DB
FM Leg Extensions - 3x12 with 30 seconds in between - 75lbs
Pull-Ups - 3x12 - 110lbs assistance
FM Shoulder Press - 3x12 - 20lbs
SB Close-up Butt Lifts - 3x8
SB Ball Curls - 3x8
SB Far-Away Butt Lifts - 3x8
Tricep Pull-Down - 3x12 - 25lbs
Bicep Curls - 3x15 - Two 15lb DB
Then I was Foam Rolled for 15 minutes and it hurt like a bitch.
I did screw it up though by having some cheddar and bacon potato wedges from Jack in the Box. But have you had those? Who can resist?
SB = stability ball
DB = dumbells
FM = free motion machines
MB = medicine ball
Core
Give and Takes with MB - 3x15
Catch/Throw/Side to Side Thingy - 3x15
Inclined Chest Press - 3x12 - Two 20lb DB
Squats - 3x12 - Two 20lb DB
FM Leg Extensions - 3x12 with 30 seconds in between - 75lbs
Pull-Ups - 3x12 - 110lbs assistance
FM Shoulder Press - 3x12 - 20lbs
SB Close-up Butt Lifts - 3x8
SB Ball Curls - 3x8
SB Far-Away Butt Lifts - 3x8
Tricep Pull-Down - 3x12 - 25lbs
Bicep Curls - 3x15 - Two 15lb DB
Then I was Foam Rolled for 15 minutes and it hurt like a bitch.
I found this post I wrote August 2004. Two years ago.
And here I am still...At the point I wrote this post I was in the best shape I've ever been in. The problem was that I had reached a plateau because I wasn't eating right. And...now...I can see that I just let it go at about this point. I stayed right at the same place for about a year because I wasn't eating right, but I was working out all the time. Then I stopped working out last year and I have gained back everything. I'm stuck. Stagnant. And now I can see that I've been that way for about 2 years.
I think I can, I think I can . . . This is so ridiculous!!! I have spent so much money to have a trainer, and really I have nothing to show for it. I have been in the same place for at least the last 6 months. I went to two buffets with Josh yesterday! Going to the gym is not a problem...I love it...it's trying to break old eating habits that is the hard part, but even that is not so difficult. The difficult part comes in trying not to let food be a "social event". I don't want to eat out!!! And people everywhere keep asking me if I want to!! I'm a big girl and I can say no, but it's so hard when people are contantly asking if you want to go to lunch and stuff so that they have something to do that day. You don't offer heroin to a recovering junkie, and you shouldn't offer food to a food addict either! Where's the support. People just don't understand because everyone is also caught up in their own food addictions and their own issues. I'm tired of getting comments like "eating out won't kill you every now and then", "live a little", "you can eat right starting next week", "that's all you're going to eat", "oh I feel so bad for you", or anything else along those lines. Eating right is not a punishment!! You don't overload your car with oil or gas or anything else. You give it what it needs when it needs it. It's the same thing with your body...food is fuel for your body to move! And that's all. It is not a social event, it is not something you do for fun!!! And why is it so hard for everyone to understand, why is it considered weird that I want to do what's good for my body in the RIGHT way, and why are people so unsupportive? Just leave me alone when it comes to my eating habits!!! Don't look at me weird...Don't say anything about it...and definitely quit asking me to go eat for a Saturday afternoon activity. I do so well when I'm by myself during the week, and as soon as I have to "do" some kind of interaction with other people...food is the number one priority!Ugh...I'm just tired of this. I want to reach my goal. It's amazing to me how unsupportive people are when it comes to fitness and health. I have tons of support for trying to finish up school...but this whole fitness thing is actually a lot more important to me than that...and support? forget it. It's no where to be found...
I think I can, I think I can . . . This is so ridiculous!!! I have spent so much money to have a trainer, and really I have nothing to show for it. I have been in the same place for at least the last 6 months. I went to two buffets with Josh yesterday! Going to the gym is not a problem...I love it...it's trying to break old eating habits that is the hard part, but even that is not so difficult. The difficult part comes in trying not to let food be a "social event". I don't want to eat out!!! And people everywhere keep asking me if I want to!! I'm a big girl and I can say no, but it's so hard when people are contantly asking if you want to go to lunch and stuff so that they have something to do that day. You don't offer heroin to a recovering junkie, and you shouldn't offer food to a food addict either! Where's the support. People just don't understand because everyone is also caught up in their own food addictions and their own issues. I'm tired of getting comments like "eating out won't kill you every now and then", "live a little", "you can eat right starting next week", "that's all you're going to eat", "oh I feel so bad for you", or anything else along those lines. Eating right is not a punishment!! You don't overload your car with oil or gas or anything else. You give it what it needs when it needs it. It's the same thing with your body...food is fuel for your body to move! And that's all. It is not a social event, it is not something you do for fun!!! And why is it so hard for everyone to understand, why is it considered weird that I want to do what's good for my body in the RIGHT way, and why are people so unsupportive? Just leave me alone when it comes to my eating habits!!! Don't look at me weird...Don't say anything about it...and definitely quit asking me to go eat for a Saturday afternoon activity. I do so well when I'm by myself during the week, and as soon as I have to "do" some kind of interaction with other people...food is the number one priority!Ugh...I'm just tired of this. I want to reach my goal. It's amazing to me how unsupportive people are when it comes to fitness and health. I have tons of support for trying to finish up school...but this whole fitness thing is actually a lot more important to me than that...and support? forget it. It's no where to be found...
