Yes, I did it. I finished the three-month workout and loved every minute ever. Unfortunately, I'm taking the week off from gym time (minus some yoga here and there) due to my body being plagued with a new illness every day this week. However, I'll be creating my own workout schedule over the weekend in the hope that I'll actually be well enough to put it into action next week.
One disappointment with the workout. Last semester, I went to the health center at my school (I go there frequently. My body hates me.) and they weighed me for the first time since my first visit a year or two before. I had lost about five pounds since that first time they weighed me. (In my case, losing weight is not good because I'm already teeny tiny.) I went back a couple days later, and they weighed me again. Two more pounds gone. So I went in earlier this week, and they decided to weigh me. Fortunately, I haven't lost weight. Unfortunately, I haven't gained any. This is appalling to me because I just spent three months lifting weights more than I've been doing cardio, and I eat a decent amount of protein every meal, and I eat every 2-3 hours. And apparently, I didn't gain any muscle. AND the fact that I've been sick all week and unable to work out or eat much means that any muscle I did gain, I've probably lost.
Sigh.
Maybe I'll have to start drinking whey-protein based shakes after all. If only I had a blender...
In other news, after leaving school early yesterday due to sickness, boy randomly bought me a present: season 1 of Lost! And that's not all. He actually watched the first four episodes with me. Yes, this is a big deal. I've tried to get so many people to watch Lost, and he was the most resistant. But now that I have season one, my mission is to get him to watch the entire thing in the hopes that he will get hooked and watch the next five seasons. And then the sixth, when it comes out on DVD. Brilliant.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Sunday, March 7, 2010
3-Month BBP: 2 Months and 2 Weeks Down, 2 Weeks To Go
Too much school, not enough blogging. But I wanted to give a quick update on the Best Body Ever Plan.
I started the third (and last) month and have two more weeks to go. Both exciting and sad. I'm going to miss having weekly workout plans laid out for me. But it's still exciting because I think this will be the first time I complete all three months. I was worried that I would stop at month three, like I usually do, because the workouts tend to involve machines that the little four-machine gym in my apartment complex doesn't have. And yes, there are machines that I don't have, but I've been working out and soaking up fitness knowledge long enough to know how to come up with alternatives for the exercises I can't do (Kudos to me!).
I'm also excited to start creating my own workout plans. I've learned a lot from the Best Body Plan these past couple months. While before, I used to pick out one upper body workout and one lower body workout from "Oxygen" to perform for about a month, I'm now eager to follow a schedule similar to the kinds featured in the BBP. Such as doing legs one day, shoulders/arms another, and then chest/back another day, rather than separating muscle groups into upper/lower. Now, instead of just going for the "Oxygen" workout routines that allow you to work out all (or most) muscle groups in one routine, I'm going to actually pick routines made specifically for particular muscle groups, so I'm ready to give that a go.
I realize this post is sort of lame and bland, but the textbooks and homework are calling...
I started the third (and last) month and have two more weeks to go. Both exciting and sad. I'm going to miss having weekly workout plans laid out for me. But it's still exciting because I think this will be the first time I complete all three months. I was worried that I would stop at month three, like I usually do, because the workouts tend to involve machines that the little four-machine gym in my apartment complex doesn't have. And yes, there are machines that I don't have, but I've been working out and soaking up fitness knowledge long enough to know how to come up with alternatives for the exercises I can't do (Kudos to me!).
I'm also excited to start creating my own workout plans. I've learned a lot from the Best Body Plan these past couple months. While before, I used to pick out one upper body workout and one lower body workout from "Oxygen" to perform for about a month, I'm now eager to follow a schedule similar to the kinds featured in the BBP. Such as doing legs one day, shoulders/arms another, and then chest/back another day, rather than separating muscle groups into upper/lower. Now, instead of just going for the "Oxygen" workout routines that allow you to work out all (or most) muscle groups in one routine, I'm going to actually pick routines made specifically for particular muscle groups, so I'm ready to give that a go.
I realize this post is sort of lame and bland, but the textbooks and homework are calling...
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