Workout Diary: Day 15

Can I get a cummulative "YAY" for me finally catching up on my blog posts? Yay! It's Thursday night (technically friday morning cause it's 1 a.m. tho) and I'm writing this for Thursday (otherwise known as tonight's) night's workout! >>>so proud<<<<

Before Workout: So today was the first day that Bruce's mom and brother came here so we went out to eat. I ate half of a plate of calamari and half of my fries. The rest of the day I ate fruit and a couple tiny 21 calorie Japanese candy (yumm) and some veggie sushi. So i knew I had to workout a little more than the night before. But today we also went swimming for about an hour or two and walked around like crazy! So I definitely burned off some calories to make me feel better about not hitting the gym for 5 hours straight.

During Workout: I was definitely tired, either from all the excitement and walking we did during the day, or from the food i ate at lunch time. I pushed through it, not quite sure how, i surprise myself every night at how i'm able to actually finish lol because it's not easy. I did 100 calories on the eliptical and then switched to the bikey thing and did 100 on there. I finished off with another 105 calories on the eliptical again. I wanted to hit 305 calories because the night before I hit 300 and I wanted to go over it!

After Workout: Felt awesome and not guilty about having french fries at lunch since I DRASTICALLY changed how I used to eat since the last time I was there (I used to eat a whole plate of calamari, whole dish of french fries plus 2-3 lemonades which this time i substituted for just plain water). I ate a small portion of what I used to and also stayed pretty active during the day which on a normal day doesn't happen, since I'm either at school sitting all day or at home doing homework on the couch all day. So all that combined plus a workout 5 calories harder than the night before, makes me feel accomplished and excited for tomorrow! Another day with his mom and bro that is, lol I'm not excited for working out quite yet. Maybe once I get a six pack and bulging triceps I'll crave my gym time :P

DISCLAIMER: Feeling happy so I shall explain. This post is looked over maybe once for spelling mistakes but very, very quickly :P Grammar mistakes are only caught if I write this before 1 am.

Workout Diary: Day 13-14

Before Workout: I"m going to group these together since they were pretty much the same. I have been continuing to eat healthy and eat smoothies before my workouts etc and it has definitely been paying off. Plus I had motivation since these were the last couple days before Bruce's mom and brother were here so I wanted to be in shape. It wasn't too hard to get myself to the gym or to keep working out since I had that to focus on.

During Workout: I upped my resistance on the elliptical. Yup..not much happened during these two days lol. Just the normal stuff. Not too bad, not too good.

After Workout: I've been trying to eat some fruit and not too many carbs after I workout so I had mandarin oranges or pears after my workout. Also, since I don't think I ever mentioned it, I've been stretching every night afterwards. I used to be soooo flexible when I was a cheerleader but I lost it all when I stopped cheering. So every night I do the stretches I used to do back in high school and am actually keeping my flexibility up by diligently doing them. YAY! I miss being able to do a split so maybe soon I will be able to!

DISCLAIMER: shud this be in all caps or does it feel like I'm shouting "disclaimer" at u?

Workout Diary: Day 12 RESULTS!

So after the breakdown of the night before I actually had a more positive attitude towards working out. So obviously this is written a day later so it's technically past tense but forgive my mistakes with my 'tense' forms

on the bikey thing :P

sweatttty

Before Workout: Bruce wasn't sure if i'd even be going with him to the gym after the night before but I was gung ho! (are those even words? lol) I've gotten into a pretty good habit of drinking a smoothie before my workout so I'm all hydrated up so I think that put me in a good mood too! I put the past behind me and switched out my workout clothes to something a bit tighter. Idk why but wearing tighter clothing rather than really baggy clothing made me feel better cause I could see my stomach better without the added bulk of the old gym clothes. The tight shorts also made my butt look better than those swishy shorts I used to wear. And OMG i was soooo excited (and it definitely made my workout even better) when I finally saw a result! Yes..a result..singular...but still a result! Idk exactly how to explain it cause its kinda weird to say but umm... i saw a lifting of my butt. Yup, i saw and could feel it getting tighter and "rising" idk what I'm trying to say lol but it made me happy :)


During Workout: So we went and there was this couple that were there working out. The one guy was doing weight things and the girl was doing weights and cardio off and on. They actually helped me with my work out cause i didn't want to make a fool out of myself or go embarrassingly slow so I went hard on the elliptical and burned sooo many more calories than the night before. After last night's internet searching I found out that you should increase an elipitcal's resistance not try and go faster on a lighter resistance. Poor bruce had to wait about 15 minutes to use the weights cause they were at them so i ended up having that extra 15 added onto my usual 30 minutes that we do. Fine by me, since I had something to prove to myself. Plus all I could think about was my butt and how i wanted to see more changes :)


After Workout: Felt AMAZING. I proved to myself that I could do it and also felt good that I kinda kept up with the couple in the gym (those people were FIT!) I told myself not to slow down when they were there and I didn't!


DISCLAIMER: My use of "gung ho" should tell you right there what my attitude towards writing is :p

Workout Day 11: BREAKDOWN

Note: I did write this the night of but I am just posting this now cause... of life :p

not taken from the night of, but i thought it was appropriate

I do not mean breakdown as in ‘step by step’, nope, I mean crying in a hallway screaming WTF I’m so freakin done.

But of course I’m not “done”, i just had a moment lol. So it’s been a while since I’ve written a blog post but that’s cause finals are tomorrow and all this week. Basically what happened tonight was a accumulation of all the stresses of the past week and the upcoming week. Not only do I have finals this week but Bruce’s mom is coming the day after school is over then a few days before she leaves my mom is coming with my grandma for a week. The house is a mess and I have so much homework due all at the same time for my last week. Grrrr.

So tonight I went to workout and I burned 180 calories. I was so mad. I usually do at LEAST 250. And it wasn’t so much that I only burned 180 that made me mad, it was the fact that i tried my ass off to burn it. It hurt so much worse than any other day and to only get 180 calories burned was so disappointing. I was so mad and almost stormed out of the gym but bruce calmed me down enough to wait for him to finish pull ups and then we left. Back at the apartment I had a full collapse of sanity and composure. Very upset I made the bold statement of “It hasn’t worked and it will never work.” 

Basically I was very frustrated cause I had worked so hard and drastically changed my diet all week and seen NO results. I'm not expecting a six pack or even 5 lbs gone but at least a half pound for all the hell i’d put myself through. But obviously it doesn’t happen that fast even if you are working your hardest. Well, 'Upset and Frantic Theresa' did not understand that. It was a very emotional fight between myself and ...well...myself lol. Ended up eatin a pack of peanut butter snack crackers and handful of smores cookies out of spite. Very bad idea and I felt hella guilty afterwards lol I was just angry but after getting the anger out I was able to think rationally and google tips and talk to bruce and yea.. I was pretty dumb.

Obviously the rational side of my brain was not working as I was stuffing smores crackers into my hands before bruce came out of the shower (even as I was doing it I felt ashamed!) but then the rational side of my brain finally started working. A week is no time at all and even though there may not be a clear cut weight loss that can be measured in pounds, there has definitely been progress made that for some reason went right over my head tonight. And yup, I’m writing this the night of, not the morning of like usual. It’s 2:45 am and I am typing this up while bruce is being his LOVELY self asking me what I’m doing every 5 minutes lol (cause I do that to him during the day...cause i’m boooored :/ )



I took a screen shot as proof lol this WAS written monday night!

DISCLAIMER: Anger knows no bounds, it will not be held accountable for spelling or grammar errors. This was written in the throws of anger, therefore.. O WELL

Workout Diary: Day 7-10

So these days kind of blended together for me by now. If your wondering why I didn't write about them it's because I was busy gluing pointless pictures onto a poster board, revising my term papers, and crafting intricate women's fashion using illustrator :/ Basically had alot of homework cause of finals and today was my last day so that's why i'm writing all these now, but at least i can finally keep up with it again! So instead of trying to recap exactly what happened in those day's i thought i'd offer a few tips things or just things i found out about myself and my workouts.

1) Sometimes another person in the gym doesn't help. One of these days (not sure which) there was someone on the elliptical so I couldn't go on and by the time he was off I was so drained from using the other machine for so long that I had a hard time pushing myself :(

2) WATER, WATER, WATER, idk if it's just me but i dehydrate so easily and quickly. I always drink tons of water but I found that drinking water before hand also helps me during my workout.

3) I need fast paced music to keep me going, without it it'd be so hard to push myself. I like to try and keep up with the beat so it helps me go harder.

4) I am eating much healthier now but i definetly, 100%, still crave some of the foods I used to eat (pizza, rice, hash browns). It's a constant battle.

and finally..

5) Even thought I'm starting to feel really good about working out and eating healthy, I am not past the point that everyone fears and most people come across (and some even quit after it).....but that'll be in the next post


NO DISCLAIMER, NO TIME FOR THAT TODAY, U ALREADY KNOW WAT IT WUD SAY

Workout Diary: Day 6

finished at 285 but i took a pic for ya'lls at 235

Before Workout: I felt so tired before working out cause again (sigh) i didn't have lunch at school. I only get like 5 mins between classes and I hate eating in class :/ but anyways by the time 11pm came around I was so exhausted. I couldn't not workout so I got ready and went to the gym with bruce.

During Workout: So thank God for this random dude in the gym lol. Idk who he was but apparently bruce said he's a regular. So we're usually alone in the gym for our workouts but this time someone was actually there too! It helped me TONS though cause for some reason i work out better with a stranger in the room. I think it's a mix of "not wanting to embarrass myself" and also "wanting to show i'm fit" even though I'm not lol. So i pushed myself and didn't slack one bit while he was there. Once he left I found it harder to push myself but I did finish 100 cals on the elliptical and then 185 on the bikey thing. A little less then the day before but I'm still really proud of myself for pushing myself as hard as I did!

After Workout: So because of my positive mindset, I actually felt really good after the workout unlike the other night.  I ate a ham sandwich and a few gluten free corn puffs and I felt pretty good! Still felt tired but it's starting to happen for less time. Like the first time I worked out I felt so tired for about an hour. Now it takes me about 20 mins to calm back down, so yay!


DISCLAIMER: i just got home from school, so i could really care less if something is spelled wrong or if my verb forms are incorrect. Finals. Week. Sucks.

Workout Diary: Day 5

wtf.......... sooo that sums up how i felt during my workout. just in case ya'lls are wondering or even noticed, i write (well supposed to write) these posts the day after. So like today is tuesday, so 'day 5' was monday night. I workout at 11pm so by the time I get back I'm def not in the mood to write.

don't let the posing fool u, i was pi$#$#

Before Workout: I was pumped. Yes i was PUMPED. I was dressed before bruce was and ready to go. I had, well i thought i had energy. Granted, I hardly ate that day, (I have to take meds that can make it hard for me to eat sometimes) so unfortunately I ended up skipping lunch. I blame THAT.

During Workout: Starting off strong....for about...2 minutes. I'm not even kidding. My legs burned after 2 minutes. The day before was sooo much better. I was a beast the past 2 days. I get in a zone with my music and there's no stopping me. Well today I just couldn't get into the music or zone out, I could only focus on how tired I was and how much it hurt. Bleh. I was getting really angry with myself cause like, wtf? I did my usual 15 mins on one machine then moved over to the other and I did end up burning 290 calories but i felt every second of it. And it didnt feel good like it usually does, it felt like hell :/  DON'T SKIP MEALS PEOPLE!

After Workout: I was exhausted and didn't feel very good, not like in past workouts. I sat down, watched tv, then eventually made myself a salad. Very mad at myself cause I didn't have a good workout, it seemed. Even though I burned more calories I like feeling good about it and getting into the workout. It felt like my body was fighting me the entire way.

Positive Notes: I feel the need to include this because this post may make it seem like workouts completely suck. So here's the good so far that's come out of my working out. (Even if i'm mad at myself today, these things still rock!) I can go up my apartment stairs easier now, since I used to be majorly out of breath after them! When I'm walking to school I don't feel like I'm dragging a monster truck behind me by my waist! (visualize that lol) My walk to school feels like a stroll not a grueling journey! It seems I was pretty un-fit (thats not the right word but watev) since after only 4 workouts I'm already feeling healthier and stronger! yippie (monotone cause im still mad)

DISCLAIMER: im pretty sure i used alot of words that aren't actually words, i call it a new language. copyright theresahuaroto :p

Workout Diary: Day 3-4

Soooo...sorry :( i totally didn't get a chance to post my day 3 on day 3, so i figured i'd jus post it now with my day 4. so here goes!

Day 3-

Before Workout: I was pretty pumped, ready to get started. (until i actually feel the pain of workout out lol then it's not so fun) But i was ready!! Turns out bruce needed to cook chicken for after his workout and we couldn't leave the oven on while we were both gone so i offered to stay home and do zumba, while he went to the gym.

During Workout: Zumba has always been a fave of mine so i did the 'flat abs' one since the other one is an hour long :/ . A few minutes in and I realized that doing it at home so soon into my 'starting to workout routine' wasn't good for me. I had a hard time focusing and really pushing myself since my couch (that i spend 15 hrs of my day on) was right beside me. But i finished and it was hard, I was tired but at least I got it done.

After Workout: I felt pretty good, and actually craved a salad! I was so tired for bed at my usual 2am bedtime, it was awesome.

Day 4-

Before Workout: Ima be honest with ya'lls, this day is kinda  a blur. Not really sure why but i can't remember it at all lol. I asked bruce and he said we worked out at the gym but he doesn't know how i was 'feeling' before working out so I can't really tell you guys.

During Workout: I remember we both did cardio and I vlogged so it went pretty good! I started to switch machines and do 15mins, which I burn about 100 cals on, on the Eliptical. Then I switched over to the bikey-machine thing. (idk wat it's called) I ended my workout on there after a total of 30 mins and burned a total of 275 cals!! yayyy!

After Workout: I'm sure I ate food lol like I said for some reason my mind blocked out this day. But bruce and I did watch allshamnowow's yt videos! i know that much lol


DISCLAIMER: So many errors that I didn't even care to re-read this cause I woulda been ashamed :/ my english class today took it all out of me so i am exercising my right to spelling incorrectly

Workout Diary: Day 2

Day 2

Before Workout: So totally didn't feel like working out. My mind started making excuses that, if i do say so myself, were pretty brilliant. Very well thought out, but still excuses lol. Today's were different than yesterday's. "I'll skip one day: today. I'm not even fat, I don't need to workout. I should do a day on then a day off, so today's a day off. I don't want to deprive myself." [side note: i have also started eating healthier, no more pizza's with a side of chips for lunch and dinner anymore!] But I craved and  i mean CRAVED soft pretzels. I broke down and made half a recipe of them (8 pretzels) and ate 2 before dragging myself to the gym with bruce. Luckily I have bruce to help me drag my butt there. He said he has days where he doesn't wanna workout too but you can't treat it like an option. It should be as automatic as getting a flu shot, you may not wanna but you have no choice.


During Workout: I felt pretty good starting out. It's weird how i felt, already, that my stamina was going up. I went about 10 minutes before feeling like I was gunna fall over lol. I'm extremely competitive so since bruce did cardio next to me this night, I worked even harder to try and beat his calorie count. I did not lol he beat me by 50 but next time I will have victory! (probably not lol) I burned 245 which is a huge improvement from yesterday! yippieeee. In the middle of my workout I started to lose feeling in my arms and legs lol walking afterwards hurt so bad

After Workout: Felt tired and boy did those pretzels come bak to haunt me. I had eaten them before my workout and omg bad idea. Do you know what happens when you eat salty foods then drink a full bottle of water? You look and feel like your expecting triplets. Next time I'm eating fruit before I workout. But I felt accomplished and watched tv as a reward :)


DISCLAIMER: They have spell check on here? Eh you get the point. They don't have grammer check... what's a girl to do? o and lol means laughing out loud or laughs out loud? idk i guess you just gotta know the context :p

Workout Diary: Day 1

So it's currently day 3 as I'm writing this so my bads for not doing this right when i got home! But i'll tell you what was going thru my mind etc, starting with day 1:

smiles all around

Day 1

Before workout: I knew I wanted to work out so bad, I was feeling so sick and knew I was eating so horribly. Healthy eating and exercise is a huge key to being happier and just having more energy which is what i definitely want! So even tho I knew I wanted to work out so bad it was harder then i thought to go thru with it. Right before working out I had so many thoughts that my mind was making up to convince myself I didn't have to workout. "I don't have energy for it, I'm too tired to make it through the whole workout, I ate bad this morning so I'll start tomorrow". Bruce helped me in forcing myself to just go to the gym and work out with him.

During Workout: Felt awesome and energetic for about.....2 minutes. Then the fatigue hit. I felt so angry at myself for being able to do the treadmill without getting tired for only a mere 2 MINUTES! WTF. I felt like quitting so many times but I used my iPod to help me workout and finally finished when bruce did after 30 minutes. I worked off 200 calories. A cookie. That is about a cookie. So much pain for a little keebler fudge cookie.

After Workout: After I was done sweating like crazy, I felt sooo good! I felt accomplished and like I did something amazing. I was tired but it felt good, cause I was tired after doing something productive not just tired from sitting in front of Tumblr all day (my guilty pleasure).


DISCLAIMER: i spellz bad and can't grammatically correct. are u sarcastik? cuz i am