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Overall Goal: To make the next 30 years of my life stronger, healthier and happier than my last 30. To only get better with time.
Fit Status:
Deadlifts rock!
Motivation Level: 9/10
Personal Info And Background:
Real Name:
Jess
Sex:
Female
Age:
40
Location:
United States
Occupation:
RN
Personal Website:
Primary Gym:
College:
High School:
When I Started:
Jun, 2008
How I Started:
I have worked with weights on and off since I was a teen. I am now learning my way around free weights and enjoying it entirely.
Why I Love It:
I feel more alive, I also love seeing the positive changes in my body.
How I Stay Motivated:
Reminding myself no time better time than the present and what I had been doing wasn't working for me, and remembering how much better it feels achieving positive change in my body, I feel more authentic and more like I am living my life with integrity.
To make the next 30 years of my life stronger, healthier and happier than my last 30. To only get better with time.
Goal (Long):
My goals may change slightly as mini goals are met, but the first big one is to get to around 135 pounds, then I will re-evaluate and see what I will want to accomplish next.
Do you tell your friends and/or family about your fitness goals?
Yes
Why or why not?
In the past I haven't because I felt more pressured, but this time I am to help keep me honest and focused and also so they understand why I'm not meeting them to go out to eat. And I am encouraging them to join me in more physically active activities instead of restaurants. In the past I haven't because I felt more pressured, but this time I am to help keep me honest and focused and also so they understand why I'm not meeting them to go out to eat. And I am encouraging ...more
- Updated May 19, 2009 6:18pm
What tips would you give to others to help them stay motivated over the long-term?
I don't know if I'm qualified to answer that yet, but as of where I am now I would say the biggest help for me was to be given "permission" to be obsessive about my fitness. I was always struggling with being "balanced" and not making food my focus and so it wasn't and I would easily slide back into old behaviors. Recently in discussions with me trainer he encouraged me to be obsessive and focused, especially since my goal is extreme and that has made a huge difference for me. Now fitness has become my goal, not even so much the focus on weight but the whole picture, I have set an image in my mind of what I want for myself and now I can focus on the types of behaviors that will make that happen. It's been great.I don't know if I'm qualified to answer that yet, but as of where I am now I would say the biggest help for me was to be given "permission" to be obsessive about my fitness. I was always struggling w...more
- Updated May 19, 2009 6:18pm
Where do you mainly workout?
Gym
Why? What are the pros and cons of working out there?
Varied equipment and nice atmosphere. But I hate having to work around other people, I don't like being watched and I hate feeling like someone else is waiting for the use of whatever piece I am using. Plus I hate having to wait to get to a piece I need. For me a private gym would be ideal. Varied equipment and nice atmosphere. But I hate having to work around other people, I don't like being watched and I hate feeling like someone else is waiting for the use of whatever piece I am usin...more
Didn't get fully into mode last week, much more spot on in the zone now. Had to change the pace a bit, rearrange my workouts with this new diet. Just got done with my first deadlift workout for over a month! My stomach was ridiculously large as I did my dead lifts in front of the...
Very basic and to the point, no fluff.
Lower body consists of Dead lifts, squats and lunges
Upper body consists of Bench press, dumb bell or cable row,
clean and press, lat pulldown, close grip bench press, and dumb bell bicep curls
I had been doing heavy weights with lower reps, now I'm...
Well done...that's another big drop. With this new routine you might get below 210 within a week or so. 26 days to go until your birthday and 13.5lbs to lose. That is going to be tough but if you train twice a day and up the cardio, swimming etc and drop calories slightly (cut back on pm carbs and either lose or half the breakfast bananal; reduce the oats portion slightly; and start taking Udo's regularly, plus CLA if you can, and maybe some Green Tea extract)....
Well done...you are making rapid progress. It seems you are ahead of schedule! Keep going with the momentum and don't look back (pillar of salt and all that)
