tenshiblue
New member
Goal: I want to see muscle tone/definition more than lose weight. I want to lower my body fat percentage. I want to look good naked 
Here's a little history about myself:
I am a 25 year old female. My weight have fluctuated much over the past several years anywhere between 120's to 140's lb. I have been in a very intense nursing program for the past three years of my life. Between the stress of school and working part time, I just didn't feel like I had any energy left to workout. I just recently graduated May of last year and started my new job August of last year. Over the past few years, I haven't been eating as well as I should either. Fast food just seems so much faster than cooking
Back around spring of 2003, I weight about 125 lb. This January, I stepped on the scale and weight 135 lb. With summer fast approaching and a Vegas trip coming up by the end of March, I want to start doing something good for myself. I want to get rid of the fat in the back of my arm and replace it with nice tone. I want to have a flat tummy for once in my life. It would be nice to get down to the 120's lb again, but even if I weighted 140 or even 150 lbs with that being mostly muscle, I would be thrilled!
I have so much student loans to pay off along with living expenses, I just don't have the money to shell out $60 a month for a gym membership. So I did the next best thing, I bought exercise videos. I started doing aerobic exercise workouts. I also started really looking into weight loss/body building websites to find as much information as I can to help me reach my goal. I also bought a very cheap smith machine that was on sale.
My current exercise regimen is alternate days between 40ish min of aerobic on one day and about an hourish of total body weight training the next day. I've been exercising about 5 or 6 days of the week with 1 or 2 days rest break. It seems like everything I read, people recommend 5 or 6 small meals a day. With my work schedule where I only have time to get in one lunch break, I just don't see that feasible. I do try to watch what I eat. Some days, I feel like I'm cutting down on my calorie intake. And other days, I do cheat. I can't stop my craving for having sweets once in awhile And fatty food do taste better Overall, I'm not on a strict diet regimen. At work, I'm on my feet most of the day, I don't know how much it helps but at least it's not a sedentary job.
I probably only lost about 2 lbs since I started back in January. Unfortunately, I haven't seen any extra muscle definition yet So far, the only major change I've seen is I get migraine headaches less now since I started aerobic exercise. I used to get migraines every week to every other week. I have been mgiraine free for about 3 weeks, which is a great accomplishment for me!
Anyway, I've blabbered on long enough! I will try to keep an update every week on my little diary to help me stay focused and motivated!
Here's a little history about myself:
I am a 25 year old female. My weight have fluctuated much over the past several years anywhere between 120's to 140's lb. I have been in a very intense nursing program for the past three years of my life. Between the stress of school and working part time, I just didn't feel like I had any energy left to workout. I just recently graduated May of last year and started my new job August of last year. Over the past few years, I haven't been eating as well as I should either. Fast food just seems so much faster than cooking
Back around spring of 2003, I weight about 125 lb. This January, I stepped on the scale and weight 135 lb. With summer fast approaching and a Vegas trip coming up by the end of March, I want to start doing something good for myself. I want to get rid of the fat in the back of my arm and replace it with nice tone. I want to have a flat tummy for once in my life. It would be nice to get down to the 120's lb again, but even if I weighted 140 or even 150 lbs with that being mostly muscle, I would be thrilled!
I have so much student loans to pay off along with living expenses, I just don't have the money to shell out $60 a month for a gym membership. So I did the next best thing, I bought exercise videos. I started doing aerobic exercise workouts. I also started really looking into weight loss/body building websites to find as much information as I can to help me reach my goal. I also bought a very cheap smith machine that was on sale.
My current exercise regimen is alternate days between 40ish min of aerobic on one day and about an hourish of total body weight training the next day. I've been exercising about 5 or 6 days of the week with 1 or 2 days rest break. It seems like everything I read, people recommend 5 or 6 small meals a day. With my work schedule where I only have time to get in one lunch break, I just don't see that feasible. I do try to watch what I eat. Some days, I feel like I'm cutting down on my calorie intake. And other days, I do cheat. I can't stop my craving for having sweets once in awhile
And fatty food do taste better Overall, I'm not on a strict diet regimen. At work, I'm on my feet most of the day, I don't know how much it helps but at least it's not a sedentary job. I probably only lost about 2 lbs since I started back in January. Unfortunately, I haven't seen any extra muscle definition yet
So far, the only major change I've seen is I get migraine headaches less now since I started aerobic exercise. I used to get migraines every week to every other week. I have been mgiraine free for about 3 weeks, which is a great accomplishment for me!Anyway, I've blabbered on long enough! I will try to keep an update every week on my little diary to help me stay focused and motivated!
