Oh, wow! It's seems like forever since I've seen these pretty pink letters! To those who didn't know, I've been in the middle of a military move. As soon as my husband returned from Korea, we started packing our home in Tennessee and made the two month move to Alabama. Yep...two month move! My husband has training here until the end of July. THEN....we'll move AGAIN to Utah! Craziness. Anyway, even though I haven't blogged, I have maintained my daily workouts. I haven't missed a training day yet! Well, there was a day where I didn't make it to the gym, but the following day I doubled up on my back and shoulders to make sure I got both in for the week. Currently, I'm in the last week of Phase 2 of the LiveFit Trainer. It's hard to believe that I'll be starting Phase 3 next week! I'm looking forward to everything about Phase 3 EXCEPT for the carb cycling. However, my husband has decided to carb cycle with me, so we can be miserable together. : ) Bring out the almost unlimited amounts of grilled and baked chicken!
So, since moving here to Alabama, I've had to figure out where I am going to workout while here. I'd love to workout on base, since it's free and a very nice gym, but I NEED childcare. For some reason, the base gyms don't understand the importance of childcare to the spouses. I'm really surprised they don't offer this! Now, to be fair, one of the gyms here offers partial childcare...in a cardio room! Well, I'm not a cardio diva, and I like my weights, so I need childcare in more than the cardio room. Well, Bryan and I went to check out a local YMCA. We were given a free pass for the day, and thank God! Their weight room reminding me of the Flintstones. It was bad. I'm pretty sure this Y was more focused on the children's programs and their swimming programs (which is fine), but not at all focused on their weight room. We then moved on to Gold's Gym. This gym was a third of the price and was HUGE! It had every machine and weight you could think of! They had equipment that I had never seen, and almost looked like S&M kind of stuff. Hahaha...not that'd I know what S&M stuff looked like anyway. It's just what came to mind.
My first day at Gold's Gym was interesting. I left a small town local gym, which was perfect to me, for this gianormous (it's my made up word for big) gym! I walked in thinking I knew what I was doing, and like I owned the place. I walked out with a sore neck and shoulders, and almost in tears. I HATE change. Ironic, since I'm married to a man in the military, where you get nothing but change. Everything in the gym was soooo different. It had these huge fancy machines, and they were all a different brand from what I was using in Tennessee. Some machines I increased my weight 80 lbs, and others I decreased my weight 30 lbs. I thought I was doing my same weight on my barbell step-ups, when obviously it ended up being way to heavy, and my ego wouldn't put the stupid weights down. I insisted to doing it anyway, and next thing I know, I've pinched something in my neck, and I can hardly bring the barbell back down over my head! I seriously almost grabbed Gavin and left. I was ready to give up and leave. I just wanted to cry. I'm not sure how y'all feel about prayer, but that tends to help me out a lot. I just took a minute and prayed for (emotional) strength and comfort. I just needed to know that He was there with me. Needless to say, I finished my workout. Tomorrow I will slow down, and take my time. I will also not let my ego get in the way again.
Well, it's good to be back and I can't wait to get back into the groove of posting on here. Sunday, I'll be posting my updated weight, body fat %, measurements, AND end of Phase 2 photos!!! I will say, my eating as been pretty crappy the past week and a half. There was too much eating out, but what can you do when you don't have anything to cook with and everything is in a box?! I'm worried my weight hasn't changed, or that I've even gained...of well. We'll see Sunday! Y'all have a good evening and see back here tomorrow!!
Jaems
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