The Love Myself Project

My goal is to be a giant loser and go from loving myself for who I am to loving what I see as well.

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It’s been a long time

So it’s been a really long time and I kind of lost my way for a while. I joined fitocracy a month ago then someone reminded me about this blog. To be honest, I was scared to come back and start talking to myself again. I am going to post my weekly fitocracy homework here and my workouts and such. I really need to stay focused this time! Today I walked for 45 minutes and did 2.4 miles I also did the following: Body Weight Squat 3sets of 20 Dumbbell Side Lateral Raise 1 set of 10 Dumbbell Bicep Curl 1 set of 20 Push-Up 4 sets of 15 Glute Bridge 3 sets of 20 Lateral Lunges 2 sets of 15 each side Dumbbell One-Arm Triceps Extension 1 set of 15 each arm Plank 1 minute

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Accountability

I want to hold myself more accountable. I started a calendar for the whole month that has very set workouts that include cardio and strength/yoga 5 days a week. But I want to post them so I have to accept success or defeat as well as a nice calendar.

Satruday March 1: Rest Sunday March 2: Failed Monday March 3: Abs/core with 30 minutes cardio Tuesday March 4: Rest Wednesday March 5: Yoga (15 minutes) Thursday March 6: 4 new Leg workouts and 30 minutes cardio Friday March 7 (today): I did the follow things: 11 Pushups 15 Plank Rows each arm 20 Chest Flys 10 Bicycle Crunches each side 12 Front/Side Should Raises 10 Bench Dips 20 Tricep Kick Backs each arm 60 minutes interval cardio/jogging

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Prove Them Wrong

Since I was young and learned to be an adult as a kid, my motto growing up was "prove them wrong." Adults always told me what I couldn't/wouldn't be able to do. I spent most of my young life proving them all wrong. Now as an adult, I am going to do it again! I am going to prove people who look at me like "yeah, she's just following a diet fad" and prove them wrong. This is a lifestyle change. This is a hard change. This is me working on proving you wrong, one day at a time.

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Arm Pit Fat

So today I made my fitness goal of 240. I got my first reward and I am so excited to keep pushing. In honor of that, I wanted to work on my strength since I really focus mostly on cardio. I research a few moves that will help reduce arm pit fat (or bingo arms as my husband calls them). 1. Push Ups

2. Plank Rows (feet further apart for easier, closer for more difficult)

3. Chest Flys (lay on back and lift arms up, don't straighten arms)

4. Front/Side Shoulder Raise

5. Bench Dips (use a chair)

6. Tricep Kickbacks (on one knee  raise opposite arm to 90 degree angle then straighten and return back to 90 degrees)

I am going to put my best foot foward (left #2) and attempt these today with my cardio since I am well under my calorie limit to keep it less intense but adding a new focus.

Edit: Performed all 6 plus a 30 minute cardio workout. I am feeling it.

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Running

I sometimes really really really grudge the idea of working out. But for the last month or so, getting to jump on that scale each afternoon and see the number go down makes me want to keep running. I know I need to start strength training and doing squats and stuff. But I want to also get to a point where I won't be embarrassed to run outside. I am just really glad that I am .8 from my first reward to myself for my dedication.

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Just to prove I am already in the right direction. Here is my first month before I created this blog. I am down 12 pounds since Jan 3rd. 

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The Beginning

I love many things in life: my husband, my extended and not so extended family - food and my bed. I love a lot of things that will derail me on my path to fitness: video games, sitting on the couch reading, surfing the web, and lest we not forget that lovely bed of mine. I also love junk food! Cookies, cakes, pies, ice cream, chocolate, chips.... I could keep listing things for a while so let's just say I love a lot of bad foods. With the exception of my husband and family, there is one thing I love more than everything I listed: myself. I love who I am, but more than that I love the feeling of loving myself. 

My goal in this journey is to be able to look in a mirror and love what I see as much as I love who I am inside.