Wow, two weeks into my new program from Micheal Elias of Physique FX and I have to say I am feeling so darned awesome! I can see my entire body tightening up before my very eyes. I'm down at least 4lbs since the start, though I am certain that half of those pounds are water as I appear alot tighter now.
My lifts are improving as well.
I am mostly owing this so far to the fact that my training so far has taken only 1hr to complete, cardio included. My cardio workouts are HIIT and peripheral as well, so working harder, but for shorter time periods. I am doing no running whatsoever, not even a jog. This stuff is awesome, sooooo glad for myself too!
My diet is totally doable, manageable. I am loving the whole nutrient timing concept as well. I have a schedule for my meal plan which means I need to be eating whatever meal at definite times of the day. I am only using protein powder as a protein replacement sometimes in the mornings instead of eggwhites, when I am in a hurry, otherwise not at all. I eat whole foods post workout instead. I am using BCAA's (Xtend from Scivation) and dextrose, as well as fish oil and flax oil for my supps. I really feel dialed into this. My diet fits me!
Starting tomorrow, things get amped up a little bit.......an extra set is added and 10 extra mins on the treadmill. Looking forward to what the week will bring me next week if already I am reaping rewards on what I see as so little. Certainly does confirm that you can get more from doing less.......just really needs to be done with intelligence.......the whole premise with my plan is to yes burn fat, spare the muscle I already have built and perhaps even build some more.......hence why my cardio is muscle sparing. My heart rate still gets up there, and I actually sweat ALOT more this way too. Totally effective, and I have to say that I really feel that my best interest was put into this program.........
I mean afterall, that is the way it should be. Shouldn't it?!
Sunday 9 September 2012
Tuesday 4 September 2012
First Day Blues
My children have returned to school after their summer vacation, both so very excited to be getting back. Me? I sit here feeling a little hollow now. Explains why I slept so poorly through the night. I've been looking forward to this day for some time, but now that it is here I already am missing them. Like most Moms on this day, we are filled with worry and wishes. I hope that they will be allright, I hope that they like their teachers and find some new friends too.
Just for today I will allow myself a little 'off' ' time. The usual scheduled routine will be a bit off today. Things will all still get done, just not at their usual times.........I just feel so out of sorts. I could 50,000 different things, and I am having a funny time just trying to decide to get one done. I am already 2hrs behind on my diet/training schedule....breakfast should have been at 7:30a and it didn't happen till 9:30a. My training which is usually to be happening in the neighbourhood of 10:30am, will be at 12:30p lunch will be off as well.........weird when that happens, but I must adhere nonetheless, even if delayed just to keep the timing of nutrients in check for the rest of the day, otherwise it would mean skipping a meal.
After one week on my program I have lost 1lb. This is the goal, to lose 1lb/wk over 4wks, and then things will change again as far as diet and training goes. We are looking to yes shed fat, but to maintain my muscle as much as possible and even hopefully be able to add muscle too by the end of the 12wks. I must say that Micheal Elias does have this all planned out to a science. I knew right from the get go, after looking over my diet that he was looking out for my physiology as well as my goals........so important, to get the right amount of nutrients and fats and carbs. and after a week I already feel a huge difference.
Today is back and abs day. I do a circuit comprised of supersets and plyos. My cardio this week is no more than 40mins and no less than 20. Still no running or jogging YaY!!!!
Anyhoo, gotta run........things to do and things to get done!
Just for today I will allow myself a little 'off' ' time. The usual scheduled routine will be a bit off today. Things will all still get done, just not at their usual times.........I just feel so out of sorts. I could 50,000 different things, and I am having a funny time just trying to decide to get one done. I am already 2hrs behind on my diet/training schedule....breakfast should have been at 7:30a and it didn't happen till 9:30a. My training which is usually to be happening in the neighbourhood of 10:30am, will be at 12:30p lunch will be off as well.........weird when that happens, but I must adhere nonetheless, even if delayed just to keep the timing of nutrients in check for the rest of the day, otherwise it would mean skipping a meal.
After one week on my program I have lost 1lb. This is the goal, to lose 1lb/wk over 4wks, and then things will change again as far as diet and training goes. We are looking to yes shed fat, but to maintain my muscle as much as possible and even hopefully be able to add muscle too by the end of the 12wks. I must say that Micheal Elias does have this all planned out to a science. I knew right from the get go, after looking over my diet that he was looking out for my physiology as well as my goals........so important, to get the right amount of nutrients and fats and carbs. and after a week I already feel a huge difference.
Today is back and abs day. I do a circuit comprised of supersets and plyos. My cardio this week is no more than 40mins and no less than 20. Still no running or jogging YaY!!!!
Anyhoo, gotta run........things to do and things to get done!
Monday 3 September 2012
Busy Times, New Beginnings
It has been a very long time since I have been able to sit and write more than a sentence of two. Buys times indeed!
It was summer vacation time for my children, and well we did just that. My summer was spent doing lots of different things with my children as well as eating lots of different things too. I enjoyed a complete break from diet and training. As I have spoken about before, I really had lost interest in my training. I really was having a hard time getting motivated to do any sort of workout. Actually was sort of depressing, because the more I tried, the more I failed and the more I failed the less I wanted to try. The less I wanted to try, the more I felt awful about myself too.
Gut instincts are what we call that little voice within. My gut kept telling me that there was something not quite right about all of this. My gut kept screaming at me that I was burnt out.......there isn't anything 'wrong' with me, but just that I really needed to be doing things differently. I kept looking to my training......and each and everytime I would approach my gym and look over the day's workout I filled with dread. My inner voice was screaming "you've got to be kidding me, right?!" Every fibre and cell of my being did not want to complete anymore of these workouts, and blast it all I knew it too! Something had to change. I had to change something. I broke from my diet just as a way to reset my metabolism. I obviously broke from training, just because I really didn't want to do it anymore. By the beginning of August I had already gained about 8lbs and was feeling it too. I have a smaller frame so 8lbs shows itself very well on me, not to mention my having turned 45 in July I felt old and f*t.
I knew I didn't wish to follow the path I was on anymore, I knew the path I had been on no longer fit my needs. I wondered if it was even hurting me as opposed to helping me. I still wonder about that one and I am guessing that time will only tell with that one.
New Beginnings,
I decided to let my trainer go. I needed fresh insights, a new direction and fresh eyes perhaps. I wanted to explore a new trainer whom I had been curious about over the years, but my loyalties kept me from going. I finally decided to accept that what I had been given before as a custom plan was very cheap in cost for me, but if I wasn't happy then really it isn't that cheap afterall. I decided to get honest with myself, pay a price that everyone else pays, and hopefully get a service reflective of that price. I did! So far, I don't feel dread about my training, in fact it is the opposite, I dread if I am not able to do it on time! My diet is well balanced and my program reflects my BMR, ABMR and what caloric goal we are aiming for to reduce by 500cals. My program entails of approx 22pages!! Complete with my dialy menus, macro needs for the day in case I have to be outside of the menu. My meals are set at specific times as well as my training and supplements too. Very impressed with the amount of detail.......I don't have to wonder why this or that, and if I do I just ask and am replied to with the greatest amount of detail......I really feel that I am learning alot more.
After week one, I have lost my predicted 1lb......everything is on course, so far!
It was summer vacation time for my children, and well we did just that. My summer was spent doing lots of different things with my children as well as eating lots of different things too. I enjoyed a complete break from diet and training. As I have spoken about before, I really had lost interest in my training. I really was having a hard time getting motivated to do any sort of workout. Actually was sort of depressing, because the more I tried, the more I failed and the more I failed the less I wanted to try. The less I wanted to try, the more I felt awful about myself too.
Gut instincts are what we call that little voice within. My gut kept telling me that there was something not quite right about all of this. My gut kept screaming at me that I was burnt out.......there isn't anything 'wrong' with me, but just that I really needed to be doing things differently. I kept looking to my training......and each and everytime I would approach my gym and look over the day's workout I filled with dread. My inner voice was screaming "you've got to be kidding me, right?!" Every fibre and cell of my being did not want to complete anymore of these workouts, and blast it all I knew it too! Something had to change. I had to change something. I broke from my diet just as a way to reset my metabolism. I obviously broke from training, just because I really didn't want to do it anymore. By the beginning of August I had already gained about 8lbs and was feeling it too. I have a smaller frame so 8lbs shows itself very well on me, not to mention my having turned 45 in July I felt old and f*t.
I knew I didn't wish to follow the path I was on anymore, I knew the path I had been on no longer fit my needs. I wondered if it was even hurting me as opposed to helping me. I still wonder about that one and I am guessing that time will only tell with that one.
New Beginnings,
I decided to let my trainer go. I needed fresh insights, a new direction and fresh eyes perhaps. I wanted to explore a new trainer whom I had been curious about over the years, but my loyalties kept me from going. I finally decided to accept that what I had been given before as a custom plan was very cheap in cost for me, but if I wasn't happy then really it isn't that cheap afterall. I decided to get honest with myself, pay a price that everyone else pays, and hopefully get a service reflective of that price. I did! So far, I don't feel dread about my training, in fact it is the opposite, I dread if I am not able to do it on time! My diet is well balanced and my program reflects my BMR, ABMR and what caloric goal we are aiming for to reduce by 500cals. My program entails of approx 22pages!! Complete with my dialy menus, macro needs for the day in case I have to be outside of the menu. My meals are set at specific times as well as my training and supplements too. Very impressed with the amount of detail.......I don't have to wonder why this or that, and if I do I just ask and am replied to with the greatest amount of detail......I really feel that I am learning alot more.
After week one, I have lost my predicted 1lb......everything is on course, so far!
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