{First goal met}

I'm not sure if it's because of my hard work or because I've had some type of stomach bug this last day and a half, but I've met my first weight loss goal of 5 lbs lost! My ticker says 7lbs lost because I was at 152 when I first started this but I'm not sure if those 2lbs were water weight or not since my weight usually varied at the time by a pound or two.  I didn't workout last night because I had to be at work an hour early for a meeting and because I took a Zyrtec for my allergies; which meant I slept until it was time for me to wake-up and get dressed.  It's doubtful I workout today also.  My stomach still hurts and I haven't eaten anything that's been able to stay in my system for long.

{Heart palpitations}

Yesterday I left work early to get my most recent tattoo. I was speaking with a co-worker though before I left and mentioned that I would make Saturday my "off" day because of the tattoo.  Once I mentioned that, I started to feel kind of unsettled and my heart started beating faster.  I realized thought of NOT going to the gym was an unpleasant one.  I kept to it though and did not go.  I definitely needed an off day anyway. Today may turn into an off day as well.  We'll see how I feel later in the day.

On another note, I stepped on the scale just to see if my bloated weight left and to see if I was back to my new "normal" weight. The bloated weight did indeed leave and took an extra pound with it.  :)  146!  :)

{Woot}

I FINALLY see a difference on the scale!  Last time I weighed myself (about a week ago) it showed 150.  Today it's 147.  :)  Stoked!

Yup! :)

Today's workout was pretty good.  I worked on chest and arms and got on the treadmill for a 30 minute run.  I haven't ran since my last P.T. test on September 5, 2011.  I'm so proud of myself for my run!  It's gotta be the cardio from the elliptical that allowed me to run 30 minutes straight.  It was a slow pace, but I was ok with that since it's been so long since I did run.  So, my pace was 4.2/4.3'ish and with 30 minutes, that ended up being 2.10 miles.  :)  Woot!  I did eat like crap today. :(  I was kind of ok with that also since my "Aunt Flo" will be here soon and I usually do give in to her cravings.

{Picture Updates}

Nov 2011

May 2012

Nov 2011

May 2012

Back Fat. 

Gross

Seriously, I don't think anyone quite understands how much I hate back fat on myself. LOL WHY does the current picture look worse?  Maybe it's the sports bra I'm wearing.  Sure, I'll go with that.  hehe ;)

{Hate.Night Shifts}

Ugh.  I hate working out on night shifts.  I NEVER get enough sleep. I took yesterday off from working out since I knew it was my first night shift of the 5 day set.  Today's going to be even worse.  I went to bed as soon as I got home, yet still woke up at 10:50am.  WTF.  Seriously?!  My workout it is scheduled for 4:15'ish so I hope I can get in a couple more hours of sleep.  I've been taking the Pre-workout energizer by Vega Sport and that stuff's amazing with the amount of energy it gives me.  I just hope today's workout FEELS good.  What I'm going to do today:

Push-ups on exercise ball
dumbbell flys
bent over dumbbell flys
dumbbell tricep kickback
tricep rope pull-down
skull crusher
incline dumbbell chest press
tricep dips
30 Minutes on the elliptical

I may have to try to get to the gym BY 4pm so I have a full hour and a half to workout.

***UPDATE***

Ugh.  That was a horrible workout, but only really in the sense that I FELT horrible.  I didn't eat anything and that was no bueno.  I need to start preparing some pre-workout foods or at least make sure I have some bananas available to eat before I workout.  How disappointing.  I also only did 20 minutes on the elliptical and didn't have time to do the tricep rope pull-down or the dips.  

{I workout}

Last night's workout was pretty awesome.  I felt amazing.  Keeping track has been a good thing.  I saw on 4/29 I did 83lbs on the leg pretty and did 100lbs last night.  :)  I've started using fitbook to record my progress in.  Really, I use my phone first since I don't like carrying a lot of stuff around the gym with me.  So, I send a text to my email and then later transfer the info into the fitbook.  Probably seems like more work, but it works for me.

I found this great blog! Think Fit Goals

{Doing good}

I'm still doing good with working out.  I've been writing down what I do but it's all in the car and I'm feeling too lazy to go out and get it right now.  I feel great.  I feel like crap on the days I decide not to work out.  I still haven't noticed any weight loss though.  The number 150 still pops up each week.  My clothes still fit the same. The only thing I've noticed is how I've started feeling.  So, I still consider that a loss.  Here are some before photo's from 2011; all taken within different times of the year.

July 9, 2011

July 2011

October 2011

May/June 2011 (in the white Tee)

August 2011

2011

November 2011

155lbs

I HATE back fat.

The last 3 photo's I hate.  I think anyone hates these type of photo's of themselves.  When deciding on a bathing suit the other day, I FELT like I looked like this still.  I don't.  It most like was just because I was going to be around my crush.  Ridiculous.  Anyway, so because I hate back boobs, I've been working that out the most.  I've been working out off and on since, what March?  I've been doing much better these last 2-3 weeks with going more often.  Maybe later tonight I'll take some more photo's for a side-by-side comparison.  I'm hoping that these 31 days of no drinking will help out with my weight loss, in conjunction with my working out.  I also eat about 1000-1200 calories per day.