Hi friends. Just got back from my workout at the gym. Thought I was due for a little blogging..some updates to tell you about.
First off I would like to mention that I finally spoke to the producer in Toronto about the upcoming infomercial taping here at my home residence. I wrote to him (I think I mentioned this to you already in a previous post) letting him know that I was really sick..and that I was too weak to go the gym for a few weeks, which in turn set me back so I wouldn't be able to really give him the results that I planned on giving at this time. I also said how i would understand if they wanted to do something more later on with me because of the illness I got and the set back of it all.
Anyways, knowing that the gazelle was on its way..I knew chances are he probably still plans on coming and still wanted to do it, but once he wrote me back, he CONFIRMED that with me.
He basically told me that he and the crew STILL want to come. He also SURPRISED me with some other info. He told me that he and the other producers have been in talks and thought I would have a really good follow up story to offer...and mentioned to me in the email not only are they really wanting to come like planned...but they would like to give me the time needed to get to my peak..and then return AGAIN!!
I was really surprised by this in a way. I really dont think they did this to all the ones that will be taped. I guess they have seen what I CAN accomplish, what I HAVE accomplished and they are really giving me basically the time needed so they can do my story I guess. He really said how they loved my story and dont really want to miss out on working with it.
You know, this email friends..made me feel so much better. I felt like a big load was lifted off of me being that they dont expect me to be perfect right now.
I really thought that this was going to be a one shot deal. And of course I was under alot of pressure because its not like I had much time...and then of course felt really upset that I couldnt give it all I could have in the end.
But knowing now that they are obviously sharing in talks..some of which I may not even know all about(plans seem to change without me knowing i notice)...and with them talking about coming back in the near future...I felt so good about that!
I really didnt want to go on any quick fix diets. I know first hand that those diets CAN work...but once you start introducing regular foods again, not necessarily bad ones..but ones that you did not have and avoided during that short period of time in order to achieve optimal results..in the end...your body gets all screwed up where usually it will gain easily once you change your ways..and it takes some time for your body to adapt once again to the new eating patterns. So I just didnt want to do this.
This new phase I am in...is about BALANCE. Thats the bottom line. Balance in the sense of doing things right. Balancing the right food combinations...and exerise. Balance in having your once a week eat out...and not feeling guilty. I just wanted to do this all right again. And this means properly as well, not in ridiculous ways. Your health is more imporant, as so is your sanity. After I got sick I have to say..if they really chose not to come here..I really wouldnt have cared. It just wasnt worth it to me, and not to mention if that was the case they would have not been the type of people i would have wanted to work with anyways.
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....Now I wanted to talk about the gym. Something I have realized and am happy about it. (its all about learning friends as you go)
I started to do 2 days on/day off....so I will lets say do my cardio/upper body weights one day....and then the next will do cardio/lower body weights and the following day I take off..and keep doing this rotating this way.
And also in the last few workout sessions I have also decided rather than doing 3 sets of all exercises 15 times each....I have now started doing....2 sets at 15 times each but at a higher weight range. Not only does it really cut my time in the actual gym but I noticed friends such a HUGE difference in my output.
Like I am talking big time!!
I have so much more energy...so much more strength its really amazing. I walk out of the gym..and i honestly feel so great! I dont feel worn down...I feel like I built muscle..and just feel really ENERGIZED.
This I think is really important!!
Who wants to leave the gym feeling just beat up. I mean dont get me wrong I really work hard...but these little changes I have made...makes it more duable as well I think to "stick with it".
This is going to be an ongoing lifelong change. So the last thing I or anyone would want to do is to get bored...and get worn out. And if it means every 2 days taking a break day from the gym....so that my energy is back up the next...why not??
I always believed..this is without a trainer talking...that its so important when you are at the gym to give it your all...try not to be sloppy which in turn can cause injury, but focus on doing the exercises right! This is number one. This means concentrated movements when doing weights with proper form. And if this tires you out more and makes you struggle a bit..its OK..at least you are doing it right and you WILL pick up as you go along.
Dont worry so much about getting all these reps in..and being dissappointed that in the end you cant do it, yet you still are forcing yourself and you get all "sloppy" because of this. Its not worth it friends. Work hard..do it right! When its time to up the weights, your body will let you know. Things get easier all of a sudden...you yourself will find yourself saying ..you know what..i think I am going to try 10lbs today..or 12 or whatever next weight would be from where your at.:-)
If its too easy...then its time to change. If its too hard...you will not be able to do the full set and will find that it hurts (in NOT a good way)and also your position will not be proper (you will end up doing more swinging than concentrated STRONG movements)
So its important to find the medium. And do what works for you BEST.
In my case I have now learnt for me that taking a day off after doing my one day of upper and then the next lower workouts,...helps me alot!!
I go back the day after having the "break" day..and I feel sooooo energetic, so strong. My muscles are ready at that point and can handle to do what they do best..its almost like a power rush!
So thats that. I also would like to say that I believe now finally my muscles are now being awaken and working FOR me. I can tell this now in how my body responds now a days much differently.
I always knew that with all that weight training I did before..your muscles just dont "vanish" when they take time off. They just need to be awaken again thats all. Once they are..they will come back full force and be your main FAT BURNING friend.. They really do carry what it takes to properly burn fat! Remember that. Incorportate weights into your workouts, at the end of the day.....they are so vitally important in fighting the bulge!! Keep in mind as well that when using weights...this really helps to "sculpt" your body than if you just did cardio alone. There is a big misconception regarding weights especially with women.
Example...when i was at my lowest point at the end of my "transformation project" because I was working with weights..I might have been 140lbs or so...but my body fat was at an all time low. I may have had 10% body fat perhaps even less. I looked smaller then what the scale might have read.
Now on the contrary if you take someone who lost weight just like I, with ONLY using some form of cardio, and incorporating a low calorie diet.... in the end they may weigh the exact same as myself...but they would not look even close to as lean or as well sculpted then someone who used weights throughout.
Truth be told yes you may very well be more UP in numbers when weighing yourself..because the muscles of course weigh more..but...you will see a big difference compared to if you didnt use them at all.
But anyways...In the mornings when I take days off from the gym for my cardio...I get up and do my gazelle, making sure to get a workout in there no matter what....and then when I decide to DO my hour cardio at the gym with weight training, its amazing how my body has been in the last little while responding.
For example on the actual bike now I can do level "12" without a problem. Sitting up straight and feeling strong rather than crunched over holding on to the bars and struggling. My rowing has gotten better..faster..and more stronger on the pulls...and the elliptical I am up to level 7 doing intervals of higher to lower which I think help in buring fat. I have actually "dumped" the treadmill all together. LOL
I just found it was just too "hard" running.
I mean I could
physically handle it.... BUT...I could feel how its just so hard on the body..probably anyones body (running that is)
Ya you sweat alot..you feel your heart pumping REALLY hard and its probably the toughest kind of cardio you can do...but for me..I just didnt want to chance it.
If i were to get injured...or a body part such as my knee lets say..its really not worth it to me. I would rather do things that are HARD...but not slamming on some moving machine like the treadmill as you run. No thanks. So say goodbye to that machine. Never really liked it myself anyways so no biggy;-)
So all in all feeling GREAT!! Hope these tips of mine help you out a bit. Counting down now. If I count today...in exactly 14 days its time for taping. How am I feeling? Well I suppose a little nervous but to be honest I think I was always pretty good on camera in the sense where I get comfortable pretty easy once the nervousness die's down after a few minutes.
Just like my blogs, I can talk up a storm but in a natural way...lol So I am sure I will be ok. And now that I dont have that added pressure about being "perfect" this time around...I actually feel awsome! I am loving the gym, I am eating healthy...and if anything this is what I am most truely happy about. I am back! Yes I may have gained
some weight taking time off..but I'm back. Thats the bottom line and what truely matters in the end friends. You fall off..you get right back on! Don't sweat it and make it in the end destroy you and all you worked for. Take it back!
Now I need shower...Badly.:)
Have a good one talk soon!!
First off I would like to mention that I finally spoke to the producer in Toronto about the upcoming infomercial taping here at my home residence. I wrote to him (I think I mentioned this to you already in a previous post) letting him know that I was really sick..and that I was too weak to go the gym for a few weeks, which in turn set me back so I wouldn't be able to really give him the results that I planned on giving at this time. I also said how i would understand if they wanted to do something more later on with me because of the illness I got and the set back of it all.
Anyways, knowing that the gazelle was on its way..I knew chances are he probably still plans on coming and still wanted to do it, but once he wrote me back, he CONFIRMED that with me.
He basically told me that he and the crew STILL want to come. He also SURPRISED me with some other info. He told me that he and the other producers have been in talks and thought I would have a really good follow up story to offer...and mentioned to me in the email not only are they really wanting to come like planned...but they would like to give me the time needed to get to my peak..and then return AGAIN!!
I was really surprised by this in a way. I really dont think they did this to all the ones that will be taped. I guess they have seen what I CAN accomplish, what I HAVE accomplished and they are really giving me basically the time needed so they can do my story I guess. He really said how they loved my story and dont really want to miss out on working with it.
You know, this email friends..made me feel so much better. I felt like a big load was lifted off of me being that they dont expect me to be perfect right now.
I really thought that this was going to be a one shot deal. And of course I was under alot of pressure because its not like I had much time...and then of course felt really upset that I couldnt give it all I could have in the end.
But knowing now that they are obviously sharing in talks..some of which I may not even know all about(plans seem to change without me knowing i notice)...and with them talking about coming back in the near future...I felt so good about that!
I really didnt want to go on any quick fix diets. I know first hand that those diets CAN work...but once you start introducing regular foods again, not necessarily bad ones..but ones that you did not have and avoided during that short period of time in order to achieve optimal results..in the end...your body gets all screwed up where usually it will gain easily once you change your ways..and it takes some time for your body to adapt once again to the new eating patterns. So I just didnt want to do this.
This new phase I am in...is about BALANCE. Thats the bottom line. Balance in the sense of doing things right. Balancing the right food combinations...and exerise. Balance in having your once a week eat out...and not feeling guilty. I just wanted to do this all right again. And this means properly as well, not in ridiculous ways. Your health is more imporant, as so is your sanity. After I got sick I have to say..if they really chose not to come here..I really wouldnt have cared. It just wasnt worth it to me, and not to mention if that was the case they would have not been the type of people i would have wanted to work with anyways.
-----------------------------------------------
....Now I wanted to talk about the gym. Something I have realized and am happy about it. (its all about learning friends as you go)
I started to do 2 days on/day off....so I will lets say do my cardio/upper body weights one day....and then the next will do cardio/lower body weights and the following day I take off..and keep doing this rotating this way.
And also in the last few workout sessions I have also decided rather than doing 3 sets of all exercises 15 times each....I have now started doing....2 sets at 15 times each but at a higher weight range. Not only does it really cut my time in the actual gym but I noticed friends such a HUGE difference in my output.
Like I am talking big time!!
I have so much more energy...so much more strength its really amazing. I walk out of the gym..and i honestly feel so great! I dont feel worn down...I feel like I built muscle..and just feel really ENERGIZED.
This I think is really important!!
Who wants to leave the gym feeling just beat up. I mean dont get me wrong I really work hard...but these little changes I have made...makes it more duable as well I think to "stick with it".
This is going to be an ongoing lifelong change. So the last thing I or anyone would want to do is to get bored...and get worn out. And if it means every 2 days taking a break day from the gym....so that my energy is back up the next...why not??
I always believed..this is without a trainer talking...that its so important when you are at the gym to give it your all...try not to be sloppy which in turn can cause injury, but focus on doing the exercises right! This is number one. This means concentrated movements when doing weights with proper form. And if this tires you out more and makes you struggle a bit..its OK..at least you are doing it right and you WILL pick up as you go along.
Dont worry so much about getting all these reps in..and being dissappointed that in the end you cant do it, yet you still are forcing yourself and you get all "sloppy" because of this. Its not worth it friends. Work hard..do it right! When its time to up the weights, your body will let you know. Things get easier all of a sudden...you yourself will find yourself saying ..you know what..i think I am going to try 10lbs today..or 12 or whatever next weight would be from where your at.:-)
If its too easy...then its time to change. If its too hard...you will not be able to do the full set and will find that it hurts (in NOT a good way)and also your position will not be proper (you will end up doing more swinging than concentrated STRONG movements)
So its important to find the medium. And do what works for you BEST.
In my case I have now learnt for me that taking a day off after doing my one day of upper and then the next lower workouts,...helps me alot!!
I go back the day after having the "break" day..and I feel sooooo energetic, so strong. My muscles are ready at that point and can handle to do what they do best..its almost like a power rush!
So thats that. I also would like to say that I believe now finally my muscles are now being awaken and working FOR me. I can tell this now in how my body responds now a days much differently.
I always knew that with all that weight training I did before..your muscles just dont "vanish" when they take time off. They just need to be awaken again thats all. Once they are..they will come back full force and be your main FAT BURNING friend.. They really do carry what it takes to properly burn fat! Remember that. Incorportate weights into your workouts, at the end of the day.....they are so vitally important in fighting the bulge!! Keep in mind as well that when using weights...this really helps to "sculpt" your body than if you just did cardio alone. There is a big misconception regarding weights especially with women.
Example...when i was at my lowest point at the end of my "transformation project" because I was working with weights..I might have been 140lbs or so...but my body fat was at an all time low. I may have had 10% body fat perhaps even less. I looked smaller then what the scale might have read.
Now on the contrary if you take someone who lost weight just like I, with ONLY using some form of cardio, and incorporating a low calorie diet.... in the end they may weigh the exact same as myself...but they would not look even close to as lean or as well sculpted then someone who used weights throughout.
Truth be told yes you may very well be more UP in numbers when weighing yourself..because the muscles of course weigh more..but...you will see a big difference compared to if you didnt use them at all.
But anyways...In the mornings when I take days off from the gym for my cardio...I get up and do my gazelle, making sure to get a workout in there no matter what....and then when I decide to DO my hour cardio at the gym with weight training, its amazing how my body has been in the last little while responding.
For example on the actual bike now I can do level "12" without a problem. Sitting up straight and feeling strong rather than crunched over holding on to the bars and struggling. My rowing has gotten better..faster..and more stronger on the pulls...and the elliptical I am up to level 7 doing intervals of higher to lower which I think help in buring fat. I have actually "dumped" the treadmill all together. LOL
I just found it was just too "hard" running.
I mean I could physically handle it.... BUT...I could feel how its just so hard on the body..probably anyones body (running that is)
Ya you sweat alot..you feel your heart pumping REALLY hard and its probably the toughest kind of cardio you can do...but for me..I just didnt want to chance it.
If i were to get injured...or a body part such as my knee lets say..its really not worth it to me. I would rather do things that are HARD...but not slamming on some moving machine like the treadmill as you run. No thanks. So say goodbye to that machine. Never really liked it myself anyways so no biggy;-)
So all in all feeling GREAT!! Hope these tips of mine help you out a bit. Counting down now. If I count today...in exactly 14 days its time for taping. How am I feeling? Well I suppose a little nervous but to be honest I think I was always pretty good on camera in the sense where I get comfortable pretty easy once the nervousness die's down after a few minutes.
Just like my blogs, I can talk up a storm but in a natural way...lol So I am sure I will be ok. And now that I dont have that added pressure about being "perfect" this time around...I actually feel awsome! I am loving the gym, I am eating healthy...and if anything this is what I am most truely happy about. I am back! Yes I may have gained some weight taking time off..but I'm back. Thats the bottom line and what truely matters in the end friends. You fall off..you get right back on! Don't sweat it and make it in the end destroy you and all you worked for. Take it back!
Now I need shower...Badly.:)
Have a good one talk soon!!