3 Weeks In

I am on Day 16 of the LiveFit trainer and I am loving it. It has given me such an empowering feeling overall. I look at myself in the mirror on occasion when I am lifting and I tell that girl "you can do this, you are doing this for a greater cause". I know this may seem silly but it is what gets me through those last few reps when I just know that my arms or legs are ready to give up on me. Before I started this program I had originally planned on doing it when I got closer to my goal weight. Because I mean a 'big girl" doesnt need to lift weights to tone, she needs to do cardio to burn fat. Boy was I wrong! It is amazing the difference you feel in your body when lifting. If I could encourage you to do it for even 30 days I know you would love it just as much.

The nutrition part of this plan is simple. Its basiclly clean eating with lots of protein, veggies and starch. This means no processed, fried, fast, or packaged food. I know that sounds hard but its really not. I am able to prep all of my meals on Sunday and they are ready for me to eat anytime I am hungry so I never get hungry.I eat 6x a day and I as get further in the trainer my body is letting me know really quick when and if I need to eat more.

3 weeks in and I am loving it. Well see how much I love it by the end of week 12.

It has been alot of trial and error and asking questions from others that have finished or are doing the trainer now. I have been apart of an awesome facebook group that has been amazing for support and information. If you are interested in finding out more about the trainer feel free to let me know and if I dont know the answer I will find out for you.

Jamie

Day 2...

OOOPSY. This never got published on 5/2/12.....Today was actually pretty easy. I was able to balance my meals out a little better and the workout tonight was almost 100% doable. I had to raise the post on the cable curls because I was so weak from all the other sets. Hopefully will be stronger by the next round.
It's late. I'm tired and I still have to get us all packed tomorrow after work for our little trip. I'm just hoping I can squeeze by the gym for my day 3 w/o before we head out tomorrow night.

Night yall!

Jamie

Just a little bit stronger

I've been a bad Blogger girl this week. Well not horrible but not great, I haven't gotten to post daily and I am so behind on reading I could spend hours just catching up with all of you. I feel like I know you all and can relate to you when I get into your blogs. That's on my agenda though so don't worry!

Today is day 10!!! Can you believe it?? I feel good about my progress and I am finally getting to where I am hungry more so the eating is getting easier except for meal 5. I never seem to be hungry when I get dinner done for everyone and then end up with a protein shake of some sort. I have found a new recipe for pancakes and I am loving them. I am trying a new version tomorrow and I will post the recipes tomorrow if I get time.

Today was legs and I am so excited that I pushed myself and added 15lbs to each workout except squats and I was dying when they rolled around because I had to do them out of order.

The best thing is the guys are not staring at me like I am lost anymore but actually make room for me. Girls-1 Boys-0 (hehe) I am loving the new strength that I am feeling. I am a little bloaty feeling towards the end of the day but I think that will pass.

I'm gonna try and post a picture tomorrow but since Photobucket took off the collage option I haven't been able to find a collage maker that works for me. :(

Hope yall had an awesome day and made your fat cry!!

Jamie

Look at me go!!

My arms hurt to lower myself in the bath tonight, my arms hurt when I shaved my legs, my arms hurt holding my phone to type this...yes I am working hard!
I almost feel like I am not doing enough while I'm there and I want to push myself harder and jump ahead BUT I can't do that because I know this is the right way and I want to be succesful and accomplish what I set out to do.
My food was good today except I over did it on my fruit this morning. I don't know what I was thinking but the rest of the day went well and I finally caught my second wind after lunch and my 20 minute power nap. Looking forward to another successful day tomorrow.
See you in the big girl section of the gym!
Jamie

Monday Weigh In~Week 17

Here are this weeks stats:  

4/23-4/30

SW: 220 (12/12/11)

CW: 191 (-2 lbs)--Saturday was 189.8 so I am considering my April goal met!

Calories burned from exercise: 1940

Miles ran/jogged/walked/biked: 7.45

Avg Calories per day: 1090

100-120oz water daily 

This week was good and not really much to talk about that I haven't already said. If you read this post then you know that I was planning to start the Jamie Eason Live Fit trainer tomorrow. After spending 4 hours yesterday prepping all my food for this week I decided to go ahead and start it today! So far I have learned that I don't like raw zuchinni and that I need to add salsa to my egg scramble. This is why I decided to go ahead with it today so I can work out the kinks in my plan and have it all nailed down tomorrow. I am a little nervous about the weight training tonight but I am also really excited!! 


For the next 12 weeks my Monday weigh in will be different than the last 17 weeks (I know right, can you believe it has been that long?!). I wont be weighing but I will check in and let you guys know how things are going. I will weigh at the end of each phase and post my updated measurements with it. As scary as this is I am going to post my starting measurements (maybe this will keep me from back sliding, lol) since this is about me being honest with myself as well as all of you. 


Height: 5'5
Weight: 191  
Bodyfat: 31 (estimated)
Neck: 13   
Shoulders: 42.5  
Arms: L:13 R:13   
Wrist: L:6 R:6   
Chest: 40   
Waist: 36   
Hips: 43   
Thighs: L:27 R:27  
Knees: L:15 R:16   
Calves: L:15 R:15  
Ankles: L:9 R:9
These #'s are 4 months and 30lbs after I started on my journey to a new and healthy me. If you have something rude to say, please keep it to your self. Thanks! 


We will be doing some traveling this week so I am already looking for gyms where we will be while we are away and I have my food prepped for the next 7 days already. There is no excuse for failure this week unless I take my focus off of God and place it on unimportant things. 


For now I plan on doing a daily post just giving an overview of how each day goes and any other interesting info I might come across. I think I may try and combine it all on one page later on but for now I think this will work. 

This is how my week went, how was yours? Did you have a weight loss or maybe a NSV?  

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Phil 4:13

Jamie

Its gonna be hard, but worth it!

I am the kind of person that will stick with something for as long as it is working for me. While I have been counting calories and loosing since January I feel like it is time for me to change up my routine and get out of my box. The program that I am about to commit to is a 12 week trainer that is designed to increase muscle while shedding body fat. What does this mean for my workouts? Weights, weights and more weights with limited to no cardio for 12 weeks. This program will ultimately help me reduce my body fat and replace it with healthy muscles. I know you may be picturing a big bulky woman in your head but that is not where I am looking to go with my fitness. I want to be a healthy, toned and strong woman and this is just the next stone in my path.

This program requires dedication & discipline. There are people that do it and only give 75% or 85% and see some results. The approach I am taking is that if I am going to train hard and give myself to the program for 12 weeks then I want to see the maximum results and you can only get that from giving it 110%! I am not saying I will be able to finish this program because it does get really hard but I am surely going to give it my best!

Jamie Eason's Live Fit Trainer

May 1, 2012 will be my start day and that will take me through July 31, 2012. Which happens to be the day that I will be picking my girls up from a month long visit with their dad. I wonder how shocked they will be to see me after I complete the program?!? They already think that I am doing an amazing job and just last night I got a high five for my 29lbs so far. This just gives me even more motivation than I had before.

I am still working on finalizing my workouts and menu but if you are interested in joining me I would be more than happy to share my plans with any of you. I think the hardest part of any plan is the preparation and planning. Essentially I would be giving you the tools you just have to use them. The second hardest part of the journey is accountability so I have joined a facebook group that is full of others who have completed it or are on the trainer now. I am also planning on keeping a daily journal through out the trainer so that we can all look back at it and use my experiences for reference later on. I haven't quite decided if I will blog daily or create a new tab for the trainer so I am playing around with it for now.

Here is the menu that I will be starting this program with if you are interested.

Phase 1 Menu Plan Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Meal 1 Veggie Egg Wrap Spinach Omlette Egg scramble 5ew, mix veggies & 5ew, spinach & 5ew, mix veggies & 8:30 2 corn tortillas or 3/4c kashi cereal 3/4c brown rice or  1 pita bread 1serve whole oatmeal Meal 2 2 mini meatloafs 3 oz lean meat & 1 protein shake veggies 3 rice cakes veggies 10:30 veggies Meal 3 6oz lean meat 6 oz lean meat 6 oz lean meat 1c ww pasta 1 lc ww tortilla 4-6oz sweet potato 12:30 veggies veggies veggies Meal 4 4 oz lean meat & 4 oz lean meat & Protein bar 4 squares 2/3 c brown rice protein bar 2 squares veggies 2:30-3:30 veggies veggies Meal 5 6 oz lean meat &  6 oz lean meat 6 oz lean meat 3/4 c brown rice 1 c ww pasta 1 lc ww tortilla 5:30-6:30 veggies & salad veggies & salad veggies & salad Meal 6 5-6ew frozen treats 5-6ew frozen treats 5-6ew frozen treats veggies veggies veggies Bed Time