Sunday, April 1, 2012

Day 90: Refocusing

Hey everyone!

Today's post is about some thoughts I have had as I continue my journey towards this healthy lifestyle.  I actually think it is my lifestyle now.  I don't indulge in fast food and make as many poor choices when it comes to what I eat.  I do have treat meals and have a drink or two occasionally but I don't go overboard.  I am pretty proud of that.  I am coming up on 100 days of changing my lifestyle towards a healthier one and it has been great.  I want to refocus just to make sure I am doing everything as good as I can.  I get so many workouts and ideas I go on overload sometimes so I need to sit and just plan it out and get it together.  Refocusing is important in your personal life as well.  Sometimes it is good to just sit back and reflect and reevaluate your life in various aspects such as career, education, friends, relationships and all sorts of things.  It helps you grow!  I have been doing alot of that and I it has helped me be way more happier and look at things in a different perspective.  So if you can make the time to do that I would highly suggest it!  Change can be good so embrace it, and if it is not what you want roll with the punches and figure out how to make it work in your favor! There is a plan for all of us so just keep the faith.

As I plan to refocus and continue to dedicate myself towards my new lifestyle.  I plan this month to focus on gaining more lean muscle and lose excess fat around my thighs, arms and belly.  I have currently joined a boxing gym! A workout and sport that I truly love and may not have found this out if I wasn't dabbling in a little bit of everything when it comes to my workout routines.  I also plan to incorporate Tabata workouts in my routine atleast once to twice a week along with my strength training (i love the weights and don't want to miss out on them).  I found a gym that has 5:30 am classes which is perfect for me to get to work on time.  The cool thing about these classes is that they are usually full body workouts. We begin with a warm up that uses cardio such as running and jump rope, we do squats and core exercise throughout and at the end of the workout, and when we are hitting bags and sparing with the trainer we are working out arms, shoulders and since it is so intense we are sweating as if doing more cardio.  I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!!!! So I will be there alot but the days I go there in the morning, I still plan to strength train in the evening and do upper body or lower body with weights and what not.
When I start Tabata I am going to write out a few workouts and do those.  If you don't know what Tabata is I suggest you youtube it.  It is an exercise done in 4 minutes and you do as many reps in 20 seconds as you can and take 10 seconds rest and continue for 4 minutes.  It is highly effective and takes less time!  Who doesn't want to get a workout done quicker.  I know with my crazy jam packed days that workout will be awesome!!!!  I want to buy a medicine ball and kettleball, I already have a stability ball, resistance bands and some dumb bells for home workouts. My bf thinks i'm addicted lol and maybe I am but I actually really like to workout now yes I have times when I am tired but I go anyway and feel way better that I stuck to my plan and go.

I am incorporating protein shakes now.  I got a low carb and sugar brand called Oh Yea.  This will be to put protein in my body after my workouts so that it can help my muscles out and all that.  I am refocusing to be stricter with my food.  This will really help me get the calories I need also.

I thank everyone that has supported me through this so far and I look forward to the results over the next two months.  All the advice and suggestions have truly been helpful.  This week I will be posting some ideas for Tabata workouts if you want to try.  It actually can be done with any exercise you want.

Thanks for reading!

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