I have a feeling, that this thread may become a place where we confess our sins, rather than keeping ourselves accountable :)))))))
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I have a feeling, that this thread may become a place where we confess our sins, rather than keeping ourselves accountable :)))))))
I got back on it today. I need to keep it up.
We are in this togheter! I feel my "being kind to myself" time is up, especially because, except a week or 2, where I really felt busy or tired, the rest of the time I was simply lazy and procrastinated. Back to 5-6 times a week workouts. For the next 2 weeks, at least.
I have been using Fitness Blender videos since March. I am doing the Strong series and Reach series right now. It is 2 days Lower Body, 2 Days Upper Body and 1 day Core. I use the Reach series for extra stretching, pilates and yoga. First I do the Strong Series, then depending on my energy level and the amount of time I have, I do the Reach Series afterwards. My muscles feel tight and toned. Their videos are excellent and complete. I do miss the gym, because it gets me out and around people, they play the best music and I like to use the weight machines and Elliptical bike. Once it opens up, I will mix things up by going back to the gym and using Fitness Blender videos on alternating days. I won't quit Fitness Blender!
Today's workout was brutal af. I burned 470 calories and this without pushing myself. I really took it slowly, took lots of water breaks, because the AC in the living room got broken and outside it rained and everything was a humid mess.
60 minutes of hiit and abs. I needed the Gloria Gaynor's song "I will survive" to get trough it.
What I liked, even tho, everyone considered boring af, is that it had 12 exercises only (6 hiit and 6 abs) and you had to get trough each other 8 times. Wich gets boring. But since I didn't feel like working out, for me was perfect, because I did go mindlessly trough it, I knew I had to stick to the same exercise for 8 rounds and I could watch 2 episodes of Caslevania ;D;D;D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3zAG4zvVpc
Hey Cutie! Yes...It is brutal to get thru it without an air conditioner. Ironically enough, mine broke last night and I am waiting to get it repaired. I was dripping sweat during my workout too. Water and a cold popsicle finally helped me get the job done!
I now have a window fan in my living room window and since the sun went down and the temperature dropped a few degrees, it feels good with the air blowing in.
Today my workout was Lower body with Hiit and strength training using weights.
This month, FitnessBlender is offering their meal plan for only $7.50 instead of $24.99. I already bought it.
https://www.fitnessblender.com/meal-plans
Other workout program sales:
FB ABS 2: $4.50 instead of $14.99 https://www.fitnessblender.com/plans...and-lower-back (1 month program/ 25- 50 minutes per day/ 5 days per week)
FB Bored Easily: $4.50 instead of $14.99 https://www.fitnessblender.com/plans...t-bored-easily (1 month program/ 25- 50 minutes per day/ 5 days per week)
FB FIT 2: $6.00 instead of $19.99 https://www.fitnessblender.com/plans...le-and-tone-up (2 months program/ 40- 60 minutes per day/ 5 days per week)
Basically, buying the plan and 3 programs, it costs as much as an entire program. And you got 4 months worth of workouts, all planned and ready to tackle.
And you have them FOREVER, so it's basically, reusable. Once you finish, start all over again!
I wanna give a quick update about this video, since I wanted to but I forgot.
The next day after I have done this, my lower abs muscles were SORE AF! I have never been so sore in that area and we all know that the lower abs are the hardest to work and make that muffin top melt.
Well, if you are looking for a way, I strongly reccomend this workout. It burns a lot of calories and that lower abs it's gonna be sore like crazy ;D It's definately a favourite now!
Today's workout: 45 minutes of Hiit and Core. Really good one, it worked out the lower abs muscles pretty well. Another favourite!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHUX2Gz_dhg
I have been terrible this week. I need to get back on it.
I actually worked out this weekend.
I haven't worked out for 3 days. Period came in and it was pretty painful, this month. It's weird because some months I don't even feel like I'm on period and some months are horrible, like it's making up for the good ones :))))
I kinda ate like a pig, because I have many friends and relatives with birthdays this week and next week and this weekend they all celebrated, sooooooo I may or may not have eaten huge amounts of cake, burgers, pizza, drank tons of soda and other goodies.
I do that too.
I did my workout today.
After 4 days off, I finally done this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7HnFtNmDl4
Almost 40 minutes of upper body workout and cardio intervals. Not bad!
Before sleep I will also take 1 hour walk in the park, so I will add some extra calories burned. I am typically burning about 250 calories in 1 hour of walking, so it's gonna be 500 calories burned for today, if I am adding the earlier workout.
Today I also took my 2 months progress pic. Despite a very lazy june, with working out not more than 3-4 times a week and lots of junk food, I still have a little progress. I was actually dissapointed with myself, because the scale stays still, only 2 lbs lost in 2 months and I thought I lost the progress.
That's why I strongly encourage you to take monthly pics, because, you may see yourself on the same place, but the pictures are always talking!
My stomach feels weird today will probably just walk.
I am starting to notice that my progress is stalling. This time is no joke, because I feel it on the clothes. I have fallen off the wagon with diet. My exercise has been consistent 2-4 times a week. But my diet ruined it. In the past 3 weeks I kinda ate crappy and it finally shows.
Because it never shows the next day, it shows in 2-3 weeks, if you keep going with the same habits.
Do I feel like shit? I do feel. But I am just getting this frustration off my shoulders here. Now I am off to fix my diet and go back to meal planning.
Lack of meal planning has also been a reason for me eating shit, because I wasn't thinking about food, untill I was too hungry.
NOT GOOD!
Today's workout: 30 minutes of medium intensity cardio. Nothing too fancy. Since diet is crap, energy is also crap.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmF2m6cEgEw
I am starting to spilt up my routines. Today I did small one early in the day and plan on doing another one . This will help me on the weekends I think when I always fall Off.even if I don't do evening ones I still did the early one.
Forced myself to workout today.
This week I have been going out for power walks. (Where I take big strides, enough to boost the cardio). I don't like to run since it's hard on my boobs shaking even with sports bras, knees, and my ball of foot pain. My ball of foot pain. The power walks last around an hour. They're good for cardio/energy, but what I really need now is to tighten up with squats, etc.
When lockdown started, I was doing high amounts of squats per day. But then my foot balls acted up since I was using weights, so I stopped. But I kept eating fats, so I need to get started again.
Today's workout: 52 minutes of Cardio, Hiit and Abs. Kinda easy to keep up with, especially because one of them was doing the low impact version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNGrJGLa4iw
Later I wanna do a 30 minutes upper body strenght workout, because my arms are big and fat :))))
I call those Britney Spears arms. I've got them too. I been using Denise Austin "sexy arms" vids on YT, and her "arms & shoulders" vid, they use weights. Some of her stuff can be a little bit cheesy but her annoying voice going in the background is soothing. She has pilates workouts too.
Thanks!! I will check her out at some point, when I need more diversity. For today I have this one scheduled:
https://youtu.be/XsVjeEx2RNI
My arms are weird af. My shoulders and forearms are skinny and my biceps are fat. Ew :)))))))