My New Fit Life

So I’ve been doing a lot of research on my body type, body fat percentage, BMI levels, blah blah. My body fat percentage is currently 26.21 which is in the lower end of the acceptable edge (overweight is 31 and over) BUT that doesn’t really make sense with my BMI level which is currently at like 25.4 (or around there) because that is overweight…. eh it all becomes relative I think at some point.

anyways to get to 20% body fat, I need to weigh 133 pounds… meaning I need to drop 11 pounds of fat. when you lose weight is EVERYTHING you’re losing fat? is that a dumb question? SO

my goals have been changing a lot since I started my tumblr and doing MFP - which I think is a good thing! - but now I am going to officially change my goals that are headlining my tumblr (I know you all give a shit). I’ve hit Goal 1 of 145 pounds, so my second goal is going to become 139 and my third (and hopefully) final goal will be 133. Like usual, I’ll see where to go from there and will probably get my body composition and all that shit measured at a dr’s office or at a gym.

COOL.

… is going to be great :)

I know I’ve been saying this with almost every post for the past two or so weeks, but I have finally gotten my workout dedication back. I have yoga to thank for that - after less than a week my leg muscles are back to how strong they were while I was training for the half-marathon!! Also, with yoga I can feel my inner thigh muscles getting stronger when usually it is only my quads so that is exciting too.

Started doing the 200 squat challenge last week - holy shit pretty motherfucking exhausting. but once again, am seeing results. today the yoga classes that I am able to go to are only recommended for super intense / knowledgeable people so I am going to hold off on yoga until tomorrow’s class and go to the gym instead to get some biking in. I will do week 1 day 3 of the squat challenge, tone it up arm workout, blogilates ab challenge, and blogilates lower body challenge.

Have any of you done the blogilates ab challenge? I do it three times in a row - it is so hard. my abs are seriously on fire [literally and figuratively - they actually get warm, is that normal?]

Phew so hopefully that won’t take too long. It is greek week so there are socials every night and I want to participate because it is my senior year but am not going to drink because I am so close to my goal!! Think I am going to hold off on drinking until Memorial Day Weekend

… at least I say that now

my blood sugar dropped while I was finishing up my strength training so I was really shaky while making dinner. I still am having so much trouble not overeating when I am low. I just hate that feeling! lately when low I have been craving cereal. I usually eat honey nut chex but this weekend my mom was visiting and asked if I would get her some kix & now I am OBSESSED with kix. I was almost happy to be low so I could eat them. but now I can feel my blood sugar hiking up mreh. anyways! little diabetic blurb for you all

alright so my iphone is out of commission - the home button doesn’t work THE ONLY FREAKING BUTTON - so I haven’t been able to update my tumblr or MFP lately wah. my mom came to visit this weekend and I didn’t have enough spare time to mess around on my computer.

took my third yoga class today! I did hot core yoga on thursday and it was fucking KILLER. there were times when I seriously thought I was going to collapse on my mat. when I went to my first class, the owner highlighted all of the classes different colors to acknowledge if they were beginner/slow pace or power or restorative or strength training. she also taught the first class I went to, a beginner class, and it was pretty challenging. today’s class was not as challenging as I would have liked. there were 1 or 2 poses where I was like holy shit but then that was it for the duration of the class. even though I wasn’t able to do everything perfectly in hot core yoga, I could feel my muscles working to get me through the ‘easier’ variations of the postures. what I like about yoga is that everyone is at a different level, so even though I can’t balance on one finger tip or hold planks for more than a minute, I am still welcome at a harder level class. I think I am going to try more of the restorative and power classes, and then go to the beginner classes that are taught by the owner because she has a tendency to make them challenging.

friday I did a workout on the bikes at the gym. have also started the 200 squat challenge - definitely have been feeling those the following day as I climb the three flights of stairs to my apartment. today I am going to do day 2 of week 1 for the squat challenge, a blogilates ab workout, and a tone it up arms workout.

not sure about dinner yet! will post about that later…

have a good sunday everyone :)

okay so I finally went to the yoga studio in my college’s town. and it was great! ha of course, I knew it would be, and now I’m mad at myself for not going sooner!

I went to a class taught by the owner and she was fantastic. she had two assistants as well which was nice because everyone was able to get the attention they needed on individual poses. I went to a beginner class yesterday and tonight am hoping to get to a hot yoga class. I like the hot ones and it might be a bit too advanced for me but I really want to push myself tonight. Yesterday was tough - I’m definitely sore - but not tough enough!

errr, didn’t adhere to any of them besides decrease alcohol intake and eating out. my soda intake went up due to stress which makes me lose sleep which makes me tired so I drink soda. I lost 3 pounds though I had wanted to lose 6 but I’m going to say that’s pretty good for working out never and being depressed lol. I couldn’t run 60 miles because of my tendinitis and didn’t go to yoga though I promise promise promise that I am going to a class today!!

I dunno I’m not that bummed about April. I think it was good to take a break from being so strict with everything. I feel better now and am more pumped up to get my workouts in so that’s good, and I don’t feel like I’ve been missing out on anything. I mean, I’m only 14 pounds away from 130 which is fantastic!! and only 9 from 135 lol. In three pounds I will be out of the overweight BMI range so you know, things are still looking up.

Am almost done with my workout schedule for may… and it looks awesome! so excited to get this month started - tonight is 40 minutes cycling, planks, abs, and upper body strength training whooooo