First, I am currently 255lbs and i want to lose 56lbs by May 22, 2018. I have made strides but I need to make more. My bro got me a fitness tracker and I snagged a Fitbit HR from Letgo for $15. I immediately got in a challenge with my friends on there this morning. I am 3 months in on a workout plan I made with my workout partner. The first phase was using a barbell on the main lifts with accessories as time permitted. Now, I am adding bodyweight movements in there after the barbell lifts. I am feeling super strong and I know it will pay off double time! My main issues are the fact that I can't say no to leftovers and sweets. I have found that if I eat really clean I can fit it in but there is more to life than that. I have 3 thoughts. 1. I want my food to be healthy and irresistibly delicious....... so how do I do it? 2. Could I have some form of sugar every time? My 3rd and final thought it why can't I just give up my dependence on sweets. It is my vice. Some people have alcohol, some have cigarettes, some have weed, some have knives, some have guns, yet I have sweets. I don't want my goals, dreams, quality of life, and fitness be cancelled out by a sugar addiction.
Plan:
Follow meal plan as close as possible not eating or drinking any sweets for September. Shouts out to my boy Rodney Suttles (Instagram @rodskeez) for the #SweatySeptember motivation
Breakfast
180 cal 1 cup Frosted mini wheats DELISH!!!!
130 cal 1 cup 2% Milk
150 cal 1 banana
Lunch
100 cal 6 slices Fat Free Turkey or Chicken Deli Meat
120 cal 2 slices whole wheat bread
8 cal 1/2 cup lettuce
80 cal 2 tbsp Miracle Whip
Snack
190 cal 2 tbsp peanut butter
120 cal 2 slices whole wheat bread
200 cal 2 tbsp jelly
Dinner (usually family dinner or not optimal option)
300 cal 1 cup brown rice
5 cal 1/2 cups salad
220 cal 2 servings ranch
200 calories meat
2003 = 1lb weight loss per week
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Thursday, August 31, 2017
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Buckled Down Now I Clown
When you need and want something, you will find time to do it. Do what you love. Life has a funny way of aligning things you need.
I have perfected my barbell routine for my barbell day as well as my dumbbell day. Going to be smashing dumbbell days with my bro monday and saturday. We both plan to hit our solo training on Wednesdays or Thursdays. He will hit bodyweight with a little 1 arm dumbbell work to mix it up, and I will hit my barbell day with a little bodyweight on the side.
Over the last 2 and a half weeks I have worked out 1X. My schedule conflicted with my brother's schedule, stress of life, and most of all handling a new solid job. I work at a gas station now which bumps my total work hours in a week to 62 hours a week. The work is 3rd shift and 1X a week I have to go from that job to my day job, to a small 1 or 2 hour nap and back for another shift. This is on the days I don't pick up my baby and play with her or get in a bit of family time. I managed this shift for a month and 1 week now even though I got sick over extending myself and working too hard. I have been craving the gym and now I finally get to hit it. My boss finally switched the schedule with the addition of a new employee. Instead of hitting my double on a Wednesday and Thursday, my work days are now on Sunday and Monday. So, I will be able to get a good amount of sleep before I go in Sunday night. It has not been and still wont be easy, but I have changed and I will embrace the changes that have come....
At this point in time I have had a taste of worse so it will bring out my best. I hit upper body with my brother last night since I was off. I have decided to a 1 hour nap on my lunch break and another 2 hour nap when I get home. to replace my 2 hour home naps. In doing so, I can walk into the gym to sleepily slay the bicycle and barbell, and walk out with warm super charged legs ready for the long walking shift at work. I just want a quick session of Bike, Squat, Sumo Deadlift, Abduction/Adduction, Calf Raise/Shin Raise. I can probably be in and out in 45 minutes!
I have perfected my barbell routine for my barbell day as well as my dumbbell day. Going to be smashing dumbbell days with my bro monday and saturday. We both plan to hit our solo training on Wednesdays or Thursdays. He will hit bodyweight with a little 1 arm dumbbell work to mix it up, and I will hit my barbell day with a little bodyweight on the side.
Over the last 2 and a half weeks I have worked out 1X. My schedule conflicted with my brother's schedule, stress of life, and most of all handling a new solid job. I work at a gas station now which bumps my total work hours in a week to 62 hours a week. The work is 3rd shift and 1X a week I have to go from that job to my day job, to a small 1 or 2 hour nap and back for another shift. This is on the days I don't pick up my baby and play with her or get in a bit of family time. I managed this shift for a month and 1 week now even though I got sick over extending myself and working too hard. I have been craving the gym and now I finally get to hit it. My boss finally switched the schedule with the addition of a new employee. Instead of hitting my double on a Wednesday and Thursday, my work days are now on Sunday and Monday. So, I will be able to get a good amount of sleep before I go in Sunday night. It has not been and still wont be easy, but I have changed and I will embrace the changes that have come....
At this point in time I have had a taste of worse so it will bring out my best. I hit upper body with my brother last night since I was off. I have decided to a 1 hour nap on my lunch break and another 2 hour nap when I get home. to replace my 2 hour home naps. In doing so, I can walk into the gym to sleepily slay the bicycle and barbell, and walk out with warm super charged legs ready for the long walking shift at work. I just want a quick session of Bike, Squat, Sumo Deadlift, Abduction/Adduction, Calf Raise/Shin Raise. I can probably be in and out in 45 minutes!
Lessons to Learn In This Post
- Keep your goals in mind while you struggle. I had my mind on the gym the whole time I was out. I actually improved my eating & meal prepping(may make next post) and found small holes in my schedule where I could work the gym in.
- Section that pie! I would usually do full body but in light of being tired I can get more out of fresh sessions. I hit upper last night, I'll hit lower tonight, and I'll probably hit core tomorrow. Then, saturday my bro and I will tear the roof off the gym for upper and lower! We're eating our here. This is the perseverance, flexibility, and hard work New Years resolutions never see!
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