Hey girl hey, yesterday was day 6 and to be honest the only thing healthy I did yesterday was eat healthy clean food. There was no exercise to be had, it wasn’t lack of motivation I can honestly say it was out of pure laziness and my inner fat girl was like girl are you trying to kill us with all this crazy healthy food and exercise. Bitch please you know we are couch potatoes. Sometimes I listen to her and then I regret it, but I am proud to say I ate healthy and no junk food whatsoever. Then I was like girl get yourself together, tomorrow is another day, a new day to start fresh, a new day to eat right, a new day to train hard, a new day to live healthy, a new day to be proud of myself. Which brings us to day 7 on this crazy adventure. So last night I told myself dear fat prepare to die xoxo me. I am going to the gym after to work, I am gonna kick ass and murder my workout. I am going to feel great about my decisions. I am going to be healthy and happy. I freaking got this. Also the only bad workout is the one that didn’t happen so freaking make it happen boss lady and then I packed my gym bag so I could bring it to work with me and go straight to the gym. Because I know if I would have came home to change I would have just stayed home and then the vicious cycle of being unhealthy would continue. I want to break my cycle of bad habits and start making new healthy habits. They say it takes 21 days to make or break a habit. Well cheers here is to day 7 I am a 1/3 of the way there to making healthy habits. I can also be proud I smashed one of my mini goals I passed my 15 mins on the treadmill, I made it to 18 minutes. Small progress is still progress, slow progress is better than no progress. A little progress each day adds up to big results. After the treadmill I tried to make it to 10 minutes on the life cycle bike but only made it to 7:34. I will reach 10 minutes, one day. Then I went to the row machine used 55 lbs ad 5 sets x 5 reps. Oh the burn, tiny bit sore still from Sundays workout but nothing I can’t handle and shook it off. Then on to the chest press, I did 6 sets x 5 reps at 35 lbs ohh more progress I was able to do 5 more pounds than last time. Yay me. Then I did some calve raises on the seated leg press. I used 65 lbs and did 5 sets x 10 reps. I also did a regular stance on the seated leg press to work my upper thighs. I used the same weight and did 5 sets x 10 reps. Last but not least I tried the leg extension machine I did 55 lbs 3 sets x 5 reps. I couldn’t do any more I thing I murdered my legs on the treadmill, life cycle and leg press. I was starting to get the jello feeling, an hour later and I killed my workout for the night. I don’t know why I do some of the same things, I want to do so much more in the gym and I have saved gym workouts but when I get there I blank out. I think I am still embarrassed of being the big fat girl trying to work out. Time to build more confidence in myself. I know I am a work in progress and that I am getting to my goal a little at a time, not all at once. I need to stop beating myself up, I am flawsome, which means I am an individual who embraces my “flaws” and know that I am still freaking awesome.

 

Now for the progress gym selfies:

 

-Retro Rebel Girl