The Journey to Hawaii - 6 months to a new body
So I came here to be accountable and to answer to someone,anyone who will kick my butt into gear.
I'm not new to working out, but I feel I have so much to learn.
My husband and I are taking our first beach holiday in Feb. We are going to Hawaii, and I want to feel completely comfortable living in a bathing suit for 10days. Right now I have way too much jiggle going on behind me.
My work schedule has changed, so my gym schedule has changed too. I now can only go to the gym 2 times a week. I want to use these for heavy lifting days. I can run (outdoors and on my treadmill) at home, and I have weights at home for a lighter weight higher rep weight workout at home.
I've been doing a full body 3 days a week for a while now, 3 months. changing up the exercises and the reps and sets on often. Cardio has been 2 HIIT a week with 1 - 2 SS cardio sessions (about 30 - 45mins )
I posted a typical days food in one of the Diet threads.
Basically I would like to look like LoriAnn in the pictures of her at the beach. I sent one of them to my hubby and said this was my goal. I think I have about 20 - 25lbs to lose.
I'm 5'6 - 156 pounds. I'm 35 with 2 kids, and a chocolate lab.
Todays workout was:
Chest flat press 75lbs 3sets x 6 reps
deadlift 83lbs 3 sets x 6 reps
mil press 33lbsy 3 x 6
squat 85lbs 3 x 6
back row 80 3x 6
Re: The Journey to Hawaii - 6 months to a new body
Hi Mybell and welcome 20-25lb in 6 months is great goal. Nice and steady pace will get you there for sure Hawaii OMG...sounds divine I am desperate for some warm place..been in freezing New Zealand for the last two years Coming from tropical South Africa(lived there 13 years) has been quite a shock to my system )
I will check your eating plan,but generally it is best to leave it for Hotshot..Darrin
Re: The Journey to Hawaii - 6 months to a new body
Ok, I'm trying to figure out a meal plan yet again.
I added whey protein and some almonds to my breakfast and more oatmeal and blueberries.
I cut back on the chicken and tuna amounts,and the dropped the udo's to 1tsp instead of 1/2 or 1 tbsp.
Today is Cardio day, I will be doing it tonight.
meal 1 - 5:30 am - - 1/2scoop whey, 1/3 c oatmeal, 1/3c blueberries, 4egg whites
Meal 2 - 9:00 am - 3oz chicken + 12 almonds + apple
Meal 3 - 12pm - 1/3c tuna water packed , 1tsp udo oil, 2tsp low fat italian dressing, 1/2 red and green pepper, 1/2 c. yogurt -not low fat or sugar free, i'll check numbers at home.
meal 5 - 6pm - 3 oz pork, 2 cups veggies + 1/2 tbsp olive oil + 1/2 whole wheat bagel (ate this waiting 45 mins for my car at the shop, I was hungry and thinking I was going to do cardio tonight.)
meal 6 - 9pm - whey protein - rest day today. I'm exhausted.
Changed it a little through out the day.
totals for the day
1431 calories
43 gr fat
116 gr carbs
148 gr protein
Diet
Hi Girl...I see you have changed it a bit It looks much better Remember you can/should have some starch before your workout. So in the meal before workout cut vegies down and have some starch..it is hard to say how much..depends on your activity,weight,BF etc..but perhaps 15-20 grams carbs. If you are only doing cardio at night then do not have any carbs after...have only your whey. But if you are doing weights as well ( I mean hardcore training-not just a few sets here and there and no intensity) then yes you have carbs too in your PWO meal
BTW I could be real picky and say that meal two could have 1/2 cup veg and perhaps only 7 almonds...pleeease do not shoot me
Re: Diet
Phew...glad I am not anywhere near you Even thou I used to be a sprinter,I don't think I would out-run the shotgun Please have your 12 almonds ok!!!! I am just being real hardcore I tend to forget that not everyone is aiming for uder 10% BF If you stick with the eating plan you have now you should get pretty lean..
Re: Diet
Shees...glad I am off the hook You say you feel a bit irritable Check Wendy's journal, I posted some tips on feeling blue. We all have our triggers...I need plenty of sleep,if not I do not cope too well As long as I am well rested I am sweet. Other thing is ..I do not mind low carb eating. Honestly I can go a week without any starch or fruit..no big deal But take away my fat and here comes the trouble I am not sure what your eating was like before,but if you are used to eating plenty of starch...then make sure you have your oats for breakie,then a bit before workout and some carbs after workout
Re: Almonds
Mybell, I absolutely LOVE the almonds!!! Ohhhhh...almonds and I - we have this love/hate relationship. I love to eat them and hate to stop!
Congrats on your quest to have a bikini bod for your Hawaii vacation! I think your goals are great and undoubtedly achievable! A bod like LoriAnn's - yeah...I'll take one of those too!
tired = crabby
I don't think it was the food making me crabby yesterday, I was extremly tired. I was eating about 1800 - 2000 calories a day, probably a little too much everything. I've been eating like this (see first post or diet 101) for a while, just needed some fine tuning to get some better results.
It's that layer of fat covering all my sexy muscle that's bugging the heck out of me.
I appreciate all the advice.
Rena, I LOVE almonds (cashews, all nuts really) I hate stopping too. Sometimes it's hard having them in the house, I can eat them by the handful. I'd go for nuts before potato chips any day!
Yes, LoriAnn's picture of her on the beach is my motivation. I would love to look as close to that as possible. I think it's highly unlikely, but it's a goal.
meal 5 - 6 pm
3 oz chicken, 1 c diced yams, 1 c veggies, 7 almonds
meal 6 - 9ish Post cardio whey shake 1.5 scoops + 1/2 c skim milk ( I can't eat cottage cheese, so I don't think I have too many options beside a whey shake.)
cardio today was HIIT - total of 33mins.
Edited by: mybell at: 31/8/06 13:40
Re: tired = crabby
I was poking around in here so I thought I would say hi!!
Hawaii - that sounds awesome. We hope to go winter 2008 for our 15th anniversary - OMG! Where does time go?
I read the post you made on Renas journal and I am so thinking the same thing about wanting to look fit. I want people to say "Wow she definitely works out!". I think that when I see fit people and I want to be one of them!!
Its soooo totally doable and it sounds like you are heading in the right direction.
Oh ya - I turn into a real B* *h when I get tired. Luckily so far this week I havent turned on anyone...mind you I haven't seen my husband for more that 5 mintues since Monday morning.
Carbs
Looking at your meals I can't seem to figure out where you got that number:152 grams of carbs Unless your whey shake has heaps of carbs?
BTW you can have solid meal after cardio instead of shake. If you are hungry have chicken,tuna,fish etc.and even some fibrous veg. Since you can't eat cottage cheese..like you do not like it or is it lactose intolerance?
Re: Carbs
I think fitday counts the carbs differently if there is fiber in the food. Not sure but I was using it before and someone on another site told me that.
Re: The Journey to Hawaii - 6 months to a new body
August 31...
Workout this morning at 6am. OMG
Lunges (bulgarian ) 30lbs 3 x 10
lat pull downs - 70lbs 3 x 10
ham curls (lieing) 50 lbs 3 x 10
back cable rows 70lbs 3 x 10
leg press 270lbs 3 x 10
back extensions 25lbs 3 x 10
food so far for today (bored yet?, it will get better)
meal 2 7am PWO (see above) - is this getting better?
2 scoops whey, 1c grapes , 2 mini bagels
meal 3 - 12pm sucked - lunch date cancelled had to make due
small green salad with black olives, feta cheese
Power bar protein plus
meal 4 - 3 pm
1 oz light havarti cheese, 1/2 s. whey, red and green peppers
meal 5 and 6 not a clue. could suck too, as I have to go pick up the car from the shop, get the kids, and go to parent teacher meetings.
Ok, for the it gets better.
My mom, my sister and I just booked a vacation to VEGAS!!!!!
Ok, not till April, but who cares. A girls trip away. We haven't done anything like this since 1988, when we went to Disney Land when I was 17 and my sister was 15.
I'm so excited.
Re: The Journey to Hawaii - 6 months to a new body
Wow, those weights sound so heavy to me!
I have such a long way to go to get there.
For instance - I did leg press yesterday 3x10
with 140 lbs. I probably could have gone more
but Darrin said take it easy on the first week
since I haven't been working out. I also did
deadlifts with a 60lb barbell and I don't know
which is more sore today my quads or my hams!?!?!!?
...not to mention my butt.
VEGAS!! We took a family trip last year to Sedona
and drove over to Vegas for a few day and we just loved
Vegas!! You will have a great time, there is sooo much to do!
Are you staying on the strip??
I also can't wait to hear about your Hawaii trip!!
If you are looking for a nice pool/beach you should try
the Mandalay Bay. We stayed there for that reason because
we had our son with us. It was quite nice.
Re: The Journey to Hawaii - 6 months to a new body
This will be my 6th trip to Vegas. My sisters first time and my mom went last in 81. So I get to show them all around, I just went with hubby in May.
We are staying in a timeshare that my mom booked. We are flying down with my airmiles. I think the place we are staying is called Summerbay? it's right behind Imperial Place.
20-25lb in 6 months is great goal. Nice and steady pace will get you there for sure
Hawaii OMG...sounds divine
I am desperate for some warm place..been in freezing New Zealand for the last two years
Coming from tropical South Africa(lived there 13 years) has been quite a shock to my system
)
and say that meal two could have 1/2 cup veg and perhaps only 7 almonds...pleeease do not shoot me
Check Wendy's journal, I posted some tips on feeling blue. We all have our triggers...I need plenty of sleep,if not I do not cope too well
But take away my fat and here comes the trouble
I am not sure what your eating was like before,but if you are used to eating plenty of starch...then make sure you have your oats for breakie,then a bit before workout and some carbs after workout
muscle that's bugging the heck out of me. 
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