I Will Become Strong

My path to becoming strong; a trooper, so to speak.

[andiwillchangemysoul]

(Breakfast!) Day Two: Sweat So today I decided to eat before working out. Definitely a good idea! My boyfriend wakes up at 6:30 am, so I get up at the same time, even though I work at 3pm. This gives me time to get everything ready for my day, work on training the pupper, and do some housework. So I definitely have time to fit in a workout 2-3 hours after eating. Workout: Today was the sweat workout and I felt great during it. So I think eating beforehand is definitely the way to go. I managed to do everything (even though I modified a few) and not feel like complete shit. I also took a bit of a longer break midway. Of course, this was a different workout, so we'll see how we do tomorrow. After this workout, I felt like I always did after getting into the shower after hitting the gym. Straight up amazing. I've always felt good after a workout, but yesterday was a horrible exception. So I'm glad I'm feeling good. Meal Plan: Breakfast is good, but I always struggle to eat eggs because I just. Don't. Like them. I literally lived off of eggs and ramen for at least a month of being absolutely broke after bills and having like $20 for food every month. I cannot even think about eating eggs without thinking about how much I absolutely hate them. So honestly, eating those eggs was hard for me. I also had a cup of coffee (black, because that's the rules) with breakfast because, honestly, if you expect me to give up coffee you're crazy. Also hoped it would prevent headache from hell (it didn't), but I love coffee. But otherwise, everything else I've had has been food that I would absolutely eat again. I've got fresh berries, salads, quinoa and chicken, cucumber and Greek yogurt. I didn't know how I felt about that last one, but it was actually really good. Headache from hell hit at about 4pm, thought I could handle it. Caved and bought an energy drink at 8. But one energy drink is a lot better than two, right? Gonna try again tomorrow. We'll see.

[andiwillchangemysoul]

Day One: So yesterday, 8-7-17 was day one of 360. I'm doing the sculpt side, as opposed to sweat, because my goal is not to lose weight, but tone and whatnot. My starting weight is 128 lbs. The Workout: The first day was a little harder than I anticipated. I'm used to basically walking forever, but actually working for a half hour was a lot harder for me than I expected. It was recommended to either workout first thing in the morning then eat breakfast, or wait 3 hours after eating to workout. I decided to workout first thing and let me tell you I'm not doing that again. It was awful. I did all the modifiers and it still was hard for me. I didn't have the energy. It was terrible. I do think my resistance band is too advanced for me, but still. I'm rather embarrassed about how it went. But that's where everyone starts, isn't it? We all have to start somewhere so I've got to keep going. The Nutrition Plan: I don't like the word 'Diet' for this. My boyfriend keeps saying diet and I don't like it. Diet has such a negative connotation; like I want to lose weight when it's really just getting me on the right track health wise. It's not so much a diet as a nutrition plan. Something to get you started in the right direction. The first week has a strict meal plan that decreases calories for six days. After that it's just suggestions and help with calorie and nutrition calculating, which is actually pretty awesome. I did flip my meals around for different times of the day because of my schedule, but I figure it'll all work out alright. I realized I don't actually eat that much when I struggled to eat all the food in the menu. And it was only 1,200 calories! I did, however, buy and consume an energy drink at work due to a headache from hell (caffeine dependence is no joke), so Tuesday I'm going to drink coffee in the morning instead and hope that works out for me. Because I weigh 128, I should be drinking at least 64oz of water a day. I was just 8oz shy of hitting that goal. But hey, that's a hell of a lot more water than I usually drink a day, so that's good. We'll see how we do tomorrow.

[andiwillchangemysoul]

Hi y'all. So background on me so you can see where I’m coming from. I’m a 25 year old woman. Historically, I’ve been very active. I was a three season athlete throughout school so I’ve always been on the move. In college I was literally in the gym five days a week. I trained hard because it took my mind off of other things.

Currently, I work in retail as a shift manager. I move a lot of heavy product on a daily basis (20-50 lbs a piece). I also walk quite a lot (between 5-8 miles a day). I drink, on average, 2 energy drinks a day. Not because I’m tired, but to help my mind focus. My current diet is not very healthy at all. And drinking water? Can’t stand the stuff.

I’m getting squishy, and this is not a thing I’m used to. I don’t like it. I used to have muscles, I used to have abs, I could throw bales of hay around like they were nothing. My goal here is not to lose weight, but to get toned and regain that muscle mass.

P90 includes a nutritional plan, which I’m very grateful for. One of my biggest concerns is just not eating, or cutting down my food consumption. I have a history just plain not eating and working my ass off. It’s not good, it’s not healthy, and I really don’t want to fall into the same rut where I’m thinking things like ‘I don’t have to eat right now’ 'I can make it to the end of the day without food’ 'I made it this far without eating, so why not a little further’. When I catch myself thinking those thoughts, I know I’m going back somewhere I don’t want to be. So this plan is a godsend. I NEED that kind of structure or I WILL end up back there.

So here I am. 25. 128lbs. 31in waist. And I’m ready to DO this.