Since my last post i had just been sick. I was really motivated to get back on track but it was ALOT harder that i thought it would be. I felt so out of shape and like i had taken a few steps backward. Since i hadn't worked out in almost 3 weeks my endurance and my muscle tone was not where i was before and i felt like i was starting over from scratch! but i'm back on track now.
I started training 2 clients of my very own! I give them weekly work outs and help guide them in the right direction on nutrition. One of them even lost 3lbs in the first week and has been very dilligent about working out. The other proves to be more difficult but that's ok because it's not easy and i don't expect them to be perfect... cause I know i'm not! As lame as this sounds i really do feel like i know what i want to be when i "grow up" I feel like being a personal trainer is what i'm supposed to do, and i really enjoy it!
In weight loss news I am now sitting at 176.7lbs which in totall is about 109lb loss from when i began many moons ago. My trainer says that we are done toning and now i'm working on building muscle. We also made a bet that i will be in a size 12 by feb. 18th wich is my birthday... if i win i get to get boozy on my birthday! so i have really been stepping it up at the gym and plan to hit it hard for the next 3 weeks!!!
I have started running, right now i'm running intervals 45 seconds running and 1min walking for 30+ min -- i am training for the warrior dash!!! http://www.warriordash.com/register2011_oregon.php my goal is to be able to run 5 miles by september! so far so good, i really enjoy running. I injured my knee so i'm taking it easy but i'm definatly making progress.
My trainer told me that a lady she trains told her about a girl in her zumba class that has a tattoo that says "beauty is pain" and that when ever she feels like giving up she says to her self "beauty is pain" - my trainer Lara was like yeah i know her! That was one of the best compliments that i have gotten! it made me feel so good to beable to inspire some one with my body art!!! The lady came up to me in zumba the following week and told me about it her self. LOVES IT!!!
Anyway... that was a lot of catching up. I plan to post up some recipies and pics of food soon so stay tuned!
and now some good quotes i found....
Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it. ~Plato
Fitness - if it came in a bottle, everybody would have a great body. ~Cher
- “Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness.” ~ Edward Stanley
- “It’s not food if it arrived through the window of your car.” ~ Michael Pollan
- “The doctor of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs, but rather will cure and prevent disease with nutrition.” ~ Thomas Edison
- “Our food should be our medicine and our medicine should be our food.” ~ Hippocrates
