Monday-December 12, 2012

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Can you guys believe it's almost Christmas?!?!?  Where did the time go? It seem's like we just entered into 2012.  Speaking of time, I'm six months into my year of being 30 and I've been through a great deal of changes.  I'm counting down the next six months to focus on 31 being a healthy year.  So there are 165 days until my birthday; what can you do in 165 days?  A lot!  Shoot, you can do a lot in a day! Right now I'm keeping my goals under wrap, but I will reveal them to you soon.

Today I woke up early to feed and walk the pooch; I usually drink my pre-workout supplement while I'm walking him.  Today was HIIT and Sculpt day.  I'm not at the point where I want to isolate body parts yet, so I just did a general sculpt workout.

Today's workout is brought to you by Bodyrock TV - this is a great website for free at-home workouts. Some of the workouts require special equipment. Currently I'm patiently waiting on my sandbag trainer.

Set your timer for 50 seconds work, 10 seconds rest. This is done 3 times through.  This is the Sexy by Summer workout challenge and can be found here.

Sexy booty curves interval workout

• Touch downs
• Spider push ups
• Tuck Abs
• Plyo Jump ups

Busting it out workout - sculpt

• Bicep curls and press
• Shoulder press
• Squats
• Triceps
• Round the worlds
• Upright row
• Bent over row
• Abs

Calories burned: 180 calories
Workout duration: 22:38 minutes
Workout notes: This workout is hard and effective.  However, my stats sucked for this round. I'm not sure if it's because I'm still trying to find the right combination of carbs to fuel me for my workout or if I'm just that out of shape and have to get adjusted to building up my intensity. Currently, I workout with 8 and 10 pound weights. I'm hoping to increase my weights in a few weeks, but in order to do that I have to keep working at it and perfecting my form. Endurance is the name of the game when it comes to circuit workouts.  At this moment, I get worn out at tired easily. This will get better over time. Needless to say, you will see this workout again this week. I will perfect this and make it my bish, lol!

Why do I need to get serious about this?

I had this crazy idea that my friends and I should do something sexy, sensual, and that will channel our inner goddesses.  It started with a pole dancing class this past September for my girlfriend's 30th birthday weekend.  We had so much fun, laughing, joking, and swinging around on the poles - it was awesome! Before the pole dancing class, we had a photo shoot that was also fun.  I did feel a little awkward, but as soon as I started loosening up, I was all in.  I was just upset that I hadn't prepared myself to be the diva/sexy goddess that I know I can be.  Basically, I wasn't fit to be in front of anyone's camera. Not like that at least. It sparked my interest to take it a little further and a lot sexier.

So, my friends and I have booked a photo shoot for next June!  Already booked and ready to pose.  This lights a serious fire under my ass, because June is right around the corner and we have committed ourselves to the photographer for the date.  So ready or not body, here comes the pain.  What do they say? Pain is just weakness leaving the body...well, I will be in pain if I show up to this photo shoot looking the way I do now. I'm excited, but I'm scared - because it's no backing out, no changing the date - we have reached the point of no return.  In the spirit of being spontaneous, I've already paid for my session. So if none of these other heifer's show up, I'll be there.  This is where the rubber hits the road, and this girl on fire starts burning it up!

Back At It!

Hey fitness fanatics! I haven't posted on this blog for a while; my eating has been truly up and down and I've been a lazy azz bum. I have a few good reasons to get back at it and stay at it; a few health concerns along with two awesome trips planned for next year (hoping to get a third one in to a beach somewhere too), so I've gone back to go-to girl, Jillian Michaels!  She's a best, and some of her DVDs cause me to raise my eyebrows, but overall they're pretty good.  I have 30 day Shred, Killer Buns and Thighs, and Jillian Michaels Body Revolution (JMBR). So that's what I'm working on this month!



I've completed week one so far, and my energy has been so-so during the workouts. I think a lot of it has to do with not eating as clean I could eat.  Next week, my food diary will be pretty much the same, I need to sit down and find a menu that's easy to stick too, and won't take too much time out of my busy schedule. If any of you have suggestions, I'm open to it all.

The program is set up for 12 weeks (y'all pray to the fitness gods that I make it that far). each phase contains 4 strength dvd and one cardio dvd. Each phase lasts a month, and you workout with each strength training dvd for two weeks and the cardio dvd runs the entire month. The workouts get progressively harder each phase, so phase one is pretty easy for me. I've added cardio to get that extra burn.  This coming week I'll be adding some ab work into the mix.

Week 1 completed!!!

Monday 11/5 - JMBR Phase 1 Disc 1 and 30 mins on the elliptical
Tuesday 11/6 - JMBR Phase 1 Disc 2
Wednesday 11/7 - Cardio 1 and 30 minutes on the elliptical
Thursday 11/8 - JMBR Phase 1 Disc 1
Friday 11/9 - JMBR Phase 1 Disc 2 and 30 minutes of the elliptical
Saturday 11/10 - 30 minutes at the golf range

Weigh-In Monday...

LOL - yeah right! I did weigh-in this past Monday, but in my usual lazy fashion I'm not posting it until today. So let's get down to business.

previous weight: 8/13/12 205.8lbs
current weight: 8/20/12 203.2lbs
down 2.6lbs!!!

Hey, slow and steady wins the race huh?!  At least that's what I've heard. My eating has been so-so, not excellent but not horrible either. I'm erring on the side of excellent thought :) Happy about that. Just to let you know, my name is Mitzi and I'm addicted to...



Why or WHYYYYY are these things so addictive? I swear that they put crack in it!!!  That's the ONLY way I can see how I'm up on that glass almost everyday ordering my small bourbon chipotle no onions. Dang-it; I want one now!!!  Oh well, I already had my fix for today so I guess I'm tapped out.  But they are really good, really fresh, and pretty healthy to say it's fast food. Plus, the manager is a beast - she really knows how to keep a tight ship. Bossing her little employees without flinching brings a tear to my fat girl eyes...awwwww, she's my shero! This is the perfect combo of tasty and healthy: my inner fat girl Shirley says 'yum, this is the bomb!' and my inner fit goddess says 'good choice hun'. So we are all happy!  Tonight, I'm going to eat the salad I packed for lunch so I can stay within my calorie goals for today.

My workout plans for tonight are Jillian Michael's Body Revolution workout 2 and Just Dance 3!!!

Smooches!!!

Now that I'm all settled in...

Hey fitness people!  I'm all settled and ready to start on focusing on some fitness and health goals.  I got up super early this morning to workout so now I have some time to do a quick blog post.  I've decided to stay on My fitness pal (username gemini3222 - add me if you're a member) in order to keep my food journal and count calories. I heard many people who reach their fitness and weight loss goals stop counting calories after a while and just go on how their body feels. Maybe I'll get there one day, but right now I need some guidance. So, my breakfast in the morning will usually consist of some type of protein shake; basically because I plan to workout in the mornings and this will give me a great pick-me-up for the rest of the day. I plan to eat every three hours, but depending on what my body tells me (i.e. TRUE hunger signs), that's the plan.

As far as working out, I've jumped back on the Jillian Michaels bandwagon and ordered Jillian Michaels Body Revolution. It's a 90 day circuit program that focuses on mixing cardio and strength training. Circuits are by far my favorite way to workout; I like the idea of my moves changing up every few minutes. Last week was the trial week, I did each workout at least once (workouts 1 and 2), and I love it.  The two weeks starts out really slowly, getting your body used to the moves and the demands of future workouts to come. Today, I attempted to add some extra cardio, with Turbofire HIIT 15 workout, but my knees were killing me today. I'll try again to add that Wednesday.

So, it's Monday again! The weekend flew by and I'm hoping that this week flies by also. But most times, when you're trying to do well and workout, it snails by. Oh well, I'm working my butt off this week - how about you? What are your plans for this week?

Good intentions

That's been my theme the last two weeks. I've wanted to go to the gym and work my frustrations out, but I have so many things going on all I can say is...I wanted to go but I didn't. On top of all that I have had a headache for two days. I guess dealing with pressure changes makes my head go nuts. I will definitely try to do my back and cardio workout in the am. I'll get back with you.

Back at it - chest and triceps

Hey all!!! Did this workout last night! However, I was too tired to post it - better late than never. Btw- my triceps were screaming!