I'm Here

I know you have all been very worried about my lack of posting, haven't you?!

I am still here, do not fear my fitness friends!

I am still crying a river over the acne volcano's, but it is getting better 7 weeks into the medicine. I am hopeful this is going to help heal my face and then I can go about my business with freaking out over how to cover the red spots from the scaring.

Seriously?! Sometimes, I just wonder why can't I get a friggin break. I have to work my booty off (literally) and be suuuper diligent with food to maintain where I am (140 lbs of love baby!), I have to color my hair because at 26 I already have grays poking through, I have saggy skin on my stomach, and I have to get my face waxed. ( There's more to complain about, haha, but I don't want to draw your attention to ALL my flaws-- ya know?!)

I mean, c'mon!!!!!!!
 It aint easy bein beautiful though is it ladies?! (haha)

Have you been wondering what I am up to? Well, I'll tell ya! I respected dr's orders for 4 weeks and took off from the iron at the gym... while it of course was calling me and calling me and asking me to come back! I could barely stand it I missed it so much! Which was good, because about the end of Mayish I was getting a little sick the hell of it and was ready for a break, hoping I would want to return at some point-- but wasn't really all that sure.

And back in my groove I am! I am loving my heavy lifting sessions and am getting stronger and stronger. I pr'd last week on deadlifts for 95 pounds ( I am new to deadlifting) and I pr'd today on lat pull downs at 100 lbs for 6 reps, as well as single arm rows at 40# for 4 sets of 8. I am feeling strong and powerful again, just like the old days. It feels good. It also feels good to be focusing on goals (trying to get those pull ups down!!!  2 today best I have done since I weighed 15 pounds less getting ready for the show! Beating my plank time-- longest hold 100 seconds so far, and beating my circuit leg day time each week!) rather than focusing on the number on the scale or the reflection in that DIRTY DIRTY mirror!

Oh ya! I didn't tell you, I took the ENTIRE month of July off from weighing myself. Can you believe THAT my friends? Wow, I couldn't either.I have been a scale junky since I started my weight loss journey in January 2010-- sometimes weighing 2 or 3 times a day! It was so FREEING, and LIBERATING and I am officially hooked on NOT weighing myself. That stupid number fluctuates so much and it was seriously messing with my psyche-- so I followed the get in shape girls' lead and ditched the scale for all 30 days (or was it 31?) and have since weighed twice, and gonna reweigh right before vacation and right when I come home in hopes of maintaining my weight within 3 lbs upon returning.

Last month in the gym was minimal cardio (10 minutes 3 days a week and 20 minutes 2 days a week) and lifting heavy as I could for 4 sets of 12-15 reps. THIS MONTH is so much more fun!!! Heavy as I can for 6-8 reps (I feel like such a beast!) and 20 minutes of cardio 5 times a week. I am intervaling the hell out of that cardio too and it feels so.friggin.good. to get those endorphin's rollin again! I am rotating sprinting one day, walking next, stair running and then walking again through out the week. I haven't been allowed to run sprints in about a year, so I am getting my time back up there. My old PR time was 10.5 for 1 minute sprint and right now I am at 10.0 for 45 seconds. (1% incline only folks!)

I am getting my groove back, it's all fun and enjoyment again. Not about a number on a scale or a reflection in my distorted mirror. Just about lifting heavy, moving quick and getting rid of some energy!

Hope you are all doing well.. go ahead and drop me a line if you wanna update me on where ya been, and how you're doing with your fitness journey! I miss you! And I wanna know what's up in your world's.