I'm BACK! Welcome to the Thunderdome. Did you guys miss me? Sorry for the weeklong hiatus. J and I had a mini vacay last week with his family and then work was quite hectic for the 3 days after. We had a blast! We mostly played with our sweet nephew, Brody. He is SO SMART and learned to say Aunt Becca. And Uncle JJ. (insert melting heart and warm feelings in my ovaries here).
Isn't he adorable??!?!?!?!??!?!?! We love him. He's so sweet and funny. Look at his teeny little bruise on his cheek! He's so tough.
Ok so I digress, like all vacations, I got slightly off track, so I'm back on the wagon this week.
This happened tonight...
Yes that is a redneck camoflage bookbag that I indeed own. Yes, I use it to primarily go hunting. No I have not shot anything ever, but I love to traipse around in the woods with my Daddy. It's bonding time with nature. I also have some matching boots.
Inspiration for this came from going to the gym on Saturday and seeing this dude practically melting into the floor while running up a stairclimber...with a weighted backpack. This was my reaction while climbing right next to him...
There was literally sweat running into his shoes. So that sparked a little idea. WHY NOT DO THAT MYSELF!?!?!?!?! He looks like he's about to pass out AND having a swell time...all at the same time.
I tried to do my own version of his workout tonight. I loaded up 35 pounds into said camo-pack and hopped on the stairclimber for 20 minutes tonight. Ya know...just to warm up...NBD.
Here's a piece of advice if you are going to try this workout. Maybe tell the gym staff that you're not stealing weights to take them home, you're just trying to get all crazy with your bookbag. Got some weird looks tonight and had to be all like "OH these are my training tools, I'm not stealing them I promise!!!"
(Prince be like...what you doing with all those weights???)
Anywho, 20 minutes + 35 pounds = OMG MY LEGS ARE DYING. Pouring sweat all down my cankles. It felt great! Super hard, but really cool to have people stare at you while you're pounding up the "stairs" while sporting some weight on your back. I felt this everywhere. Core, back, arms, and definitely glutes, hanmmies and quads. Not a bad full body workout.
After I did my climb, I unloaded 10 pounds and them did 2 sets of lunges and squats around the track in the gym. Lunged one straightaway, then jogged to the next, then squatted, then jogged. Repeat. Finished up with some planks and pushups.
And now I can't walk!
I don't know what works for everybody, but I find that when I lift heavy and also do some cardio, usually with weights (body weight or real weights), I get the fastest results. I posted this picture of myself (bathroom selfie) last Friday right before a wonderful girl's night with 2 of my best friends. Yes I wore my shades, but I was in a hurry. Don't judge me. (And I'm sorry you can see my plunger).
Here is the one thing this picture says to me. I am strong. I look at my arms and am starting to see definition. My waist is smaller. I can tell that my face is thinner. I also have a tan. Hey, tan fat is way better than shiny white fat, just sayin. I feel powerful. I definitely see change compared to say this picture...
This was taken back in March. While Boone is SUPER cute in this photo, I definitely hid behind his cuteness because I felt so big that day. I was kinda back to my old self and realized I had let myself go like leading up to our engagement back in January 2013.
Progress is a slow process you guys, but it happens when you're serious about it. It's so cool to look at old pictures and see how I've changed, both good and bad. You have to want to get work done each and every day. Even if that means you know you can't make it to the gym one night, but you go for a walk at lunch instead. OR you trade your hamburger for a salad at Wendy's. Or you put on a weighted backpack and look up the side of a mountain and try to talk yourself out of it. But you do it, and you're really glad when you look back and say "I did that!".
It's time y'all. Time to get it done. Time to get serious. Time to do the work!
Night night!
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