This is for me. I'm Alex. And this blog is to track my journey toward a healthy weight and a strong body and mind.Age: 20
Height: 5'2"
Highest Weight: 227lbs (11/2011)
Current Weight: 185.2lbs (4/21/12)
Pounds Lost: 41.8lbs
Starting BMI: 41.5 (Obese)
Current BMI: 33.8(Obese)
BMI Lost: 7.7
Goal 1:195lbs REACHED 3/7/12
Goal 2:160lbs
Goal 3:135lbs
Goal 4:127lbs
Ultimate Goal: We'll see weight-wise, but Healthy Body, and Happy and Healthy Mind!
-Explanation of Goals-
GW1 * You have to be under 200lbs to go skydiving. :)
GW2 * This is 25lbs less than my weight on my driver's license, at age 16. Also, I will no longer be in the Obese BMI range!
GW3 * This will put me in the Normal/Healthy BMI range for my height!
GW4 * 100lbs less than my start weight!!
Less or More of Me?
So I just figured out that I’ve already lost 18% of my starting body weight! My goal is to lose about 44% total. 18%!! That’s huge!
Ahhh this makes my heart ache and smile all at the same time. Since my best friend deployed, stuff like this really gets to me…
(Source: endingasphalt, via callmemoprah)
I HAVE TO REBLOG THIS!!! AWESOME FUCK!
Ahhhhh I knew what was coming and I was still surprised and excited! Haha
(via improvementneeded)
no one ever lets me give them a piggyback ride
they’re just like “i might break you”
no you foolish mortal
i have the strength of a thousand horses
please, place yourself upon my back
Jordan lets me give him piggy back rides and also carry him like a baby. Even though he weighs like 215 pounds. And guess what, I can. So shut up 130 pound teammate, I CAN TAKE IT.
Haha this! I carried my 230 lb guy friend around piggyback. And I’m 5’2”! Imma beast!
No-equipment “hands up” workout
This workout can help strengthen your spinal muscles while working on your balance using your core, glutes and legs. And maintaining your arms up during the whole workout will make your shoulders burn. Take your time to perform each exercise in a slow controlled motion.
- 20 squats
- 20 alternative backward lunges
- 20 walking lunges (or alternative forward lunges if you don’t have enough space available)
- 20 bird dogs
- 10 warrior III yoga poses on right leg
- 10 warrior III yoga poses on left leg
- 10 get down & up starting with right leg (stay in a squat position when you’re up, make those legs burn!)
- 10 get down & up starting with left leg
It will take you around 25 minutes to perform this circuit 3 times. Keep your abs engaged to protect your lower back!
For more information and ideas to warm up and stretch before and after this workout, please check out the whole post on my Wordpress-blog: www.fitnesstreats.com/2012/04/hands-up-workout
Doing this tonight!
I wanna do this workout. Soon.
(via flattummyproject)
A little while ago I mentioned that I miss dancing. I told myself that if I lost 50 pounds and felt confident enough then I would start classes again.
I’m am ecstatic to say that I rejoined dance classes today and it felt incredible.
This is awesome
This is SO great!! This makes me happy!
This has been a roller coaster of a shark week, I tell ya. I was exhausted Tuesday, varied between happy and depressed yesterday, and today I’m turned on, for no apparent reason. Holy cow.
So I’ve been out of commission for about two weeks, I got a bad cold, which didn’t let up for about a week and a half, then I housesat this past Memorial Day weekend for 3 houses, which was ridiculously insane. And shark week just started. Woot.
But starting tomorrow, I’m back to tracking my food. And starting Monday, I’m back to working out and tracking. I’m going to try to work out a few times this week, but I’m pretty exhausted and I have plans I can’t move.
I realized I definitely wasn’t eating enough, my intake(according to livestrong) was around 900-1000 a day. NOT enough. I’d read a lot about how our bodies need more than that just to be healthy, but I trusted livestrong and thought that because my job is so sedentary, it was all right. NOT SO! I’m 100% positive it’s why I got sick, and also why it held on for so long. While I was sick, I had like NO appetite, but I tried to eat really well, and as much as I could. Lots of soup and juice and stuff. I’ll be starting tracking again with my net at 1250 cals. Also, I’m going to change up my workout routine so it’s not so intense. I was doing 1-2 hours of zumba/cardio and random strength training 4+ times a week, and along with not getting enough calories, it sapped my strength. I need more method to my madness! :)
I got on the scale this morning out of curiosity and it said 190 lbs. Obviously it’s not going to be accurate with shark week and all, so I’m not worried one bit. Plus, I just bought some size 14 jeans and they fit just great still, and I feel smaller, not bigger, so we’ll see. I’m still hoping to get to my next GW by the end of August, but we’ll see.
My workout plan will now be:
Monday - Arms/Core/Short Cardio
Tuesday - 2 mile run(C25K)
Wednesday - Legs/Core/Short Cardio
Thursday - 2 mile run(C25K)
Friday - Misc. (AKA if something is not sore, make it sore lol) or 2 mile run(C25K)
Saturday - 2 mile run(C25K) if not done Friday, or Zumba/Hike/Etc.
Sunday - Rest
If I stay consistant with this, I feel like it will be better for my body. I had no consistant plan for strength training before, and I wanna build more muscle. Also, I wanna be able to run longer, better, faster, etc. and running is such a great overall workout, and with the great summer weather I’ll WANT to be outside.
HERE WE GO!!!
