I've been following this new exercise regimine since Wednesday-- and boy am I sore. I've chosen to take today as a "recovery day," since I get two of those a week. My legs literally feel like jello!
I'm also going today to buy groceries. As someone who usually has a carton of Pepsi and some form of candy on her list, this is going to be a challenge. No Hagen Daas! Oh my... I do have some interesting things on there, like Celadrin and enteric fish oil. Both products were recommended by Adam. I'm going to add those to my daily vitamin and cranberry supplement.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Starting Stats
Welcome to my blog. I've been working with my friends at Adam's Natural Bodybuilding Site to make this journey happen. It has actually been in development for some time now. Like many of you who are reading this, I am overweight. Really overweight. I've tried diets-- and they have never worked for me. So I began communicating with Adam of ANBBS. He will be acting as my trainer and coach as we go about this life change for me.
I haven't always been heavy, but I have always struggled. At one time I was a size 10! I have a heavy bone structure (don't fat people always say that?!), and tend to be very muscular. So that is my ultimate goal. To be able to wear a size 10 again. For me, that would be healthy.
Now I've got to fess up to my weight on a blog that could potentially be read by many people. So here it goes. My weight is currently 253 lbs. I will be brutally honest here. I am only 5'5'' so that puts my BMI (Body Mass Index) at 42.1, making me morbidly obese. Those aren't fun words to say in my head, much less type out onto a blog.
I will be weighing in every Sunday morning, and posting the results-- good, bad, or just plain ugly. I would love to tell you that I will be dedicated in blogging every day, but just like everyone else I am busy. But I will try to update at least once a week on my journey.
Here is my current workout, Adam actually met with me and evaluated what I could do-- then he jacked it up a notch. (He also is making me tell you that he's not a certified trainer-- just a guy who wants to help, and has the knowledge and resources to do so.)
Remember this is my starting workout. It's to be done 5-7 days a week.
Warm up- 5 minutes on Gazelle (before you laugh it off-- it helped me to overcome a knee injury and actually is a great stretch.)
Stretch- 2 sets of 10 second stretches
Weights- all using 5 lbs. of weight
Curls-- 2 sets of 10
Lateral Raises-- 2 sets of 10
Bench Press-- 2 sets of 10
Over head lifts-- 2 sets of 10
Cardio-- 30 minutes of walking on treadmill (right now that kicks my butt!)
So here we go-- on a journey to change and save my life!
I haven't always been heavy, but I have always struggled. At one time I was a size 10! I have a heavy bone structure (don't fat people always say that?!), and tend to be very muscular. So that is my ultimate goal. To be able to wear a size 10 again. For me, that would be healthy.
Now I've got to fess up to my weight on a blog that could potentially be read by many people. So here it goes. My weight is currently 253 lbs. I will be brutally honest here. I am only 5'5'' so that puts my BMI (Body Mass Index) at 42.1, making me morbidly obese. Those aren't fun words to say in my head, much less type out onto a blog.
I will be weighing in every Sunday morning, and posting the results-- good, bad, or just plain ugly. I would love to tell you that I will be dedicated in blogging every day, but just like everyone else I am busy. But I will try to update at least once a week on my journey.
Here is my current workout, Adam actually met with me and evaluated what I could do-- then he jacked it up a notch. (He also is making me tell you that he's not a certified trainer-- just a guy who wants to help, and has the knowledge and resources to do so.)
Remember this is my starting workout. It's to be done 5-7 days a week.
Warm up- 5 minutes on Gazelle (before you laugh it off-- it helped me to overcome a knee injury and actually is a great stretch.)
Stretch- 2 sets of 10 second stretches
Weights- all using 5 lbs. of weight
Curls-- 2 sets of 10
Lateral Raises-- 2 sets of 10
Bench Press-- 2 sets of 10
Over head lifts-- 2 sets of 10
Cardio-- 30 minutes of walking on treadmill (right now that kicks my butt!)
So here we go-- on a journey to change and save my life!
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