Well, its been about 2 months of hard work so far. I have gotten my diet and routines back into perspective and ive been hitting cardio harder than ever.
Last month i tracked 45 miles outdoor according to the gps on my phone and endomondo. Central America is not flat at all haha, so it was a challenge to get my body used to outdoor jogging uphill and downhill, especially for someone that has never ran outdoors.
I love outdoor running now, when i got home i tracked 3 miles in 45 minutes and that was just around my town. I have been getting in a little cardio on the treadmill to change it up for the past week, i plan on going back outdoors combined with lifting mid April.
Anyways, i started going to my nutritionist once again and i weighed in at 210lb, 15.8% body fat. (my scale says 24% body fat and 210 lb, but i don't truly trust the body fat, i don't see how i can be at 24%, 16 sounds more like it. I believe the scale brings into account water weight as well.)
Regardless, numbers mean nothing to me and its about how i ultimately feel. I finally feel "good" again, took 1.5 months of hard work, diet, and mental training to achieve my old mindset again - but i feel great again for the most part.
Ive dropped 24lb this far into my journey again bringing me 7lb away from the lowest ive been. My plan is to hit 195-200lb and start major lifting followed by cardio to keep cutting. I want to weigh in 185 ultimately with 10% body fat and that's gonna take me a while, but hopefully my short term goal of some muscle and 195-200lb will be attainable in 3-5 months or so.
Life is a day by day process - and i try to keep motivated. When i don't feel like hitting the gym, i simply put my gym cloths on and just force myself to go i guess, but once i get into the car im basically back into gym mode. My workouts consist of at least 45 minutes of treadmill, 5 min 3.5 warm up, 10-12minute jog until i hit a mile and from there i try to push myself - im sure i can do 1.5 miles at least if i really pushed on. After that i basically do 5 min solid at 8-10 incline at 4mph, cool down another 2 min at 3.5, and hit a jog another 5 min minimum. I think the trick is to manage your breathing, which in return will control your heart rate. Its a 45 minutes of full mental and body control. The same applies for my outdoor experience.
Sorry for what seems like a long post this far heh.
heres me now, which i am not really happy at right now honestly - i feel like ive lost a lot of muscle and im sure it will reflect when i start lifting soon.
Heres me when i noticed i was letting myself go again (sometime in Oct/Novemeber 2010)
And this was just snapped - weighed in 210lb 15.6% body fat exactly a week ago:
Any comments/suggestions on cardio routines and workouts would be great!
What ya think girls, getting there? Cut the hair? =P
