So today is my two year mark. I have not blogged since my 18mos because I have nothing new to report. I am still at plateau. I have also been really stressed lately because I leave for Las Vegas in a week to take my NSCA certification test. I am really nervous. The test is supposed to be really hard. It is three hours with about 150 questions and decides my entire future. If I don't get 70% or more I don't get my certification and I have to take the test again. It is a $300 test! I think that all the stress is making everything worse. I have been training like a mad man, trying to study, working full time, trying to get my internship hours in and I am hungry all the time. Also I have to give a five minute presentation in front of everyone at the bootcamp. I hate talking in front of a large group of people. I think everything will work out O.K. but I will just be glad when it is all over and I can concentrate on getting back on track. 150 down 50 to go! Not too bad for two years I guess! Thanks for listening to me rant. It did make me feel better and appreciate how far I have come. Blog at you later!
Well, I haven't posted for a while, but I thought I should today. It is my eighteen month anniversary for my weight loss. I haven't reached my goal like I wanted to but I am still optimistic. I have been at a standstill in my weight loss for the last two months or so, but I think I have finally broken my plateau. It is starting to go down again. Plus I am getting stronger and more defined muscles everyday so hopefully when I do finish losing it will help minimize the extra baggy skin. I have been very busy with school and work. I have about five months left of school and it is getting more intense every day. There is so much to think about when I actually graduate. It's a little stressful, but hopefully worthwhile. Well, better go for now. Hope everyone is doing well! Blog at you later.
Well we went on our float trip and it was really fun. Really relaxing to have five days off of work. I took my final for AP2 on Thursday and got an A. Now I have started Kinesiology which is the study of muscles and how they move. This is way harder trying to wrap my brain around the practical aspect of the muscles. On a weight loss front I finally went down half a pound so I guess this is better. It is just going so slow now. Hopefully it will keep going no matter how slow it goes. Very frustrating. I am still going to the gym whenever possible and I think I am getting stronger so at least that is good. I have between seven and nine months to get myself into shape before my bootcamp for school. Even if I am in perfect shape it is six hours of classes every day and it is going to be brutal. Well that is all for now. Hope everyone is doing well. Blog at you later.
My weight is doing that stupid thing again. My body just does not want to leave the 190's. It is very frustrating. However, I am getting stronger every day. My teacher said that He noticed that I was gaining more muscle definition and that is awesome. All of my exercises are getting easier and I have been able to bump up the weight. I can't quite keep up with the guys in my class and I still can't do a real push up, but I am getting better. I am trying to do more and more elevated push ups every day until I get strong enough to do a real one. Well, I have rambled long enough. Hope everyone is doing well with everything. Blog at you later.
I feel like everything is absolutely crazy right now. I feel out of sorts, like things should be a different way. I'm not sure how, but just different. My schedule at work has been really mixed up and they keep cutting my hours. That right there makes me crazy. I am used to working second shift, but lately they have been having me work a lot of day hours. School is going well. I just took my second midterm and I did pretty well. It is going by so fast that I am starting to kind of see the light at the end of the tunnel. Amber and I just bought really expensive gym memberships to Gold's gym. I really hope it is worth it. This is not only an opportunity for me to work out more and get used to more machines. It could also be a potential job opportunity or at least a chance to network with other trainers and potential clients. That sounds really weird to me. Potential clients. I can't believe that in less than a year I am going to be a personal trainer. Me, the girl who could hardly participate in gym class all through school. Times really do change. Well, our float trip down the Iowa river is two weeks away. I can't wait to just be able to relax for once. No work, no school, just friends and family. Plus it has been almost a year since I have been back to Iowa where I grew up. Well, I have rambled enough for now so I will blog at you later. Hope everyone is doing well!
Well June is starting out interesting so far. Rockfest was on Saturday and it was crazy. We were front row for two bands so I guess we held our own. I have a huge bruise on my arm from the guard rail, but I didn't get kicked in the face so it is all good. I was able to buy a rockfest t-shirt this year in a medium. I've never been a medium anything. Yesterday I started my second class in my personal training. We started two new curcuits inbetween our lectures. They killed me. My teacher had us do what he calls burpees. This is where you put your hands on the ground by your feet and then jump back until your legs are straight out behind you. We had to do as many as we could in one minute. Not as easy as it sounds. Then we had to do jump squats, lunges, dumbbell swings and v-ups. My legs hurt so bad today. They are like permanently cramped. Then on our next curcuit we had to do strength training on the machines. It is hard to do the leg press after all those other exercises that we did. I really do like it and it is going to be good for me, but my body hates me right now. Also my weight keeps doing this stupid up and down thing and it is getting really old. Well, thats about it for now. Hope everyone is doing well. Blog at you later.
My cousin says I don't blog enough so this is for you Amber. I am doing well. I finally think I got past my plateau. I'm very close to being under 190, which I haven't been since like 1993. That was eighth grade when I could still wear a bikini. We are going tubing down the Iowa river next month so hopefully I will be in a cute bathing suit by then. Also this next weekend is Rockfest. It is an all day outdoor music festival here in Kansas City. Fifteen bands in one day. It is going to be awesome. Especially skinnier. Last year when we went I was just barely under 300. It was horrible walking up all those hills to get there. It is amazing what a difference a year can make. Well, I better go. Hope everyone is doing well. Blog at you later.
I AM SO EXCITED. i AM ACING MY ANATOMY CLASS. I NEVER THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE. I AM ALSO GETTING BETTER AT DOING THE EXERCISES DURING OUR CIRCUITS IN CLASS. I AM ADDING MORE WEIGHTS AND DOING MORE REPETITIONS. I EVEN MANAGED TO DO MORE OF THE DREADED BODY WEIGHT SQUATS. THEY REALLY SUCK. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO SOME KIND OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY EVERY SINGLE DAY. I AM ALSO SERIOUSLY THINKING OF GETTING A GYM MEMBERSHIP AND A BATHING SUIT (EEEK) SO I CAN DO LAPS IN THE POOL. I USED TO LOVE TO SWIM WHEN I WAS YOUNGER. IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I HAVE EVEN OWNED A BATHING SUIT. PROBABLY FIVE YEARS AT LEAST AND THAT ONE I ONLY WORE DOWN AT THE LAKE NOT IN A PUBLIC POOL. I HAD A PRETTY GOOD BIRTHDAY TODAY, EVEN THOUGH I HAD TO TAKE A TEST. AMBER AND I WENT FOR A WALK AT A LOCAL PARK THIS MORNING. IT WAS REALLY PRETTY. THEN WE WENT AND ATE AT APPLEBEE'S. I CHEATED ON CALORIES A LITTLE, BUT IT HAS BEEN A COUPLE WEEKS SINCE I HAVE HAD A CHEAT SO I GUESS IT IS OK. THEN TONIGHT I WENT TO SCHOOL AND WORKED OUT AND ACED MY TEST. ALL IN ALL I'M FEELIN' PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THIRTY SO FAR. HOPE EVERYONE IS DOING WELL. BLOG AT YOU LATER!
WELL IT IS EXACTLY ONE WEEK UNTIL MY BIRTHDAY AND I THINK I'M OK WITH IT. THERE ARE SO MANY CHANGES HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. i JUST STARTED MY PERSONAL TRAINING SCHOOL ON MONDAY NIGHT. WE DID LECTURE TIME FOR MY ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY CLASS, BUT WE ALSO DID STRENGTH TRAINING CIRCUITS IN BETWEEN. I THINK THIS IS REALLY GOING TO BOOST MY WEIGHT LOSS OR AT LEAST MAKE MY CLOTHES FIT EVEN BETTER. i ALSO FINALLY GOT INTERNET AT MY HOUSE THIS WEEK BECAUSE I AM GOING TO NEED IT FOR SCHOOL. NOW THAT I HAVE SOME STUFF RESOLVED I DON'T FEEL QUITE AS STRESSED. I THOUGHT THAT TURNING THIRTY WOULD FREAK ME OUT, AND I THINK IT WOULD IF I WERE STILL 340.8 LBS. HOWEVER, RIGHT NOW I FEEL BETTER AND YOUNGER THAN I EVER HAVE. THAT TO ME IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGE. I JUST WISH THAT I COULD HAVE BEEN READY SOONER. I GUESS I AM PROOF THAT IT IS BETTER LATE THAN NEVER TO CHANGE WHETHER IT IS YOUR BODY, YOUR ATTITUDE, YOUR CAREER, WHATEVER. HOPE EVERYONE IS DOING WELL!
I am very frustrated. Ever since I got under two hundred it has been going very slow. I have also had a head cold for the last three weeks. I still can't quite breathe all the way. My stepper machine is also broken. This is very sad for me. I miss it terribly. On a better note though I start my personal trainer schooling on Thursday. I'm a little scared because it is new and different, but I am really excited. Well, just needed to vent. Hope everyone is doing well!
Thanks for listening to me rant. It did make me feel better and appreciate how far I have come. Blog at you later!
Well, our float trip down the Iowa river is two weeks away. I can't wait to just be able to relax for once. No work, no school, just friends and family. Plus it has been almost a year since I have been back to Iowa where I grew up. Well, I have rambled enough for now so I will blog at you later. Hope everyone is doing well!