Catching Up, Work Outs & Injury

It seems like it has been forever since I posted last and well it has been WAY too long.

It has been almost 5 weeks since I last posted here.

My workouts have gone really well.

I finished up Week 4 (round 2 ) of the 12 Week Program.

My lifting weight has raised a little in most lifts. Feeling good and happy with progress. 

Then last Saturday it happened.

I was 3 jumping jacks away from being done with my workout when my right leg slid and it made a strange noise. Not a popping just a out of the normal noise. 

My leg swelled up and it hurt to bend or put pressure on it. 

So ice, rest, ice, rest and more for the next 3 days.

I then proceeded to go down the road of depression. 

Feeling like I came all this way and was making progress with being able to lift more seeing some progress in the muscles. WHY?????? Stupid doubt and depression.

Pulling myself out of the depression is not always so easy.

Then today on BodyBuilder.com I had to update my progress photos. 

There seems to be NO CHANGE yet my work pants are sliding down as I give massage and I step on them.

 The first ones in all black are from August 2, 2013 

The ones in the pink top are from today October 26, 2013. 

GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! 

Time to get off the pity party train, make a plan to change things and get this moving along. 

I have been stuck here for WAY too long. 

Feeling a little ill looking at these right now. 

I will post my changes and let you know what is going on when the plan is made.

Healthy living, Bobbi Jo

Workout Week One

Workout Week One went great.

I had a couple days that I didn't feel top notch.

Once I got started they did get better.
I have had to basically talk myself into getting off my butt and getting to work.
I don't know if I am under stress, depressed or what is going on.
Well I know some of it is not eating the greatest.
Saturday, Sunday and Monday  were rest days.
I totally took advantage of the rest days. I woke up Sunday feeling horrible
and I slept most of the day.
Healthy Living, Bobbi Jo

12 Week Trainer Starting Up

Tomorrow I am starting this program from BodyBuilder.com

I have done this specific program but not in it's fullness. Meaning there were some of the exercises that I didn't do. So this time I am hitting it full force.

Jamie Eason is such an inspiration.

The program starts out with 4 days of lifting with no cardio. Then adding cardio after the lifting in the 2nd phase. I plan on doing some cardio along with it just because I have been doing cardio and I want to lose body fat.
I will keep you up to date on the changes as I go along.
I haven't made any progress in loss but here is my picture from 9-18-2013

 Side view .......gag I need to get rid of that stomach area.

This is where I am at and ready to make the changes to make the changes in me.
On ward and forward no looking back.
Healthy Living, Bobbi Jo 

My Dream Body

 I have been thinking a lot of why the progress has slowed down.

I have come up with some things.

1. I am not working as hard as I was

2. I am not eating enough or eating things that I shouldn't 

3. Not having the vision. 

This is my dream body.

 I can't give credit to who owns this.

This is Jamie Eason and she is just beautiful and I would love to have her arms ( okay I would love to have her body too) 

The legs that I would love to have would be these. 

So back to the three things I thought of. 

I can change these

1. I can work harder, often and change it up.

2. I can eat more of healthy food that my body needs. I am going to start juicing again.

3. I have been trying to work on the visualization part. I still can't picture myself as I will look at the 

maintenance stage. This bothers me but, I am working on this. 

Having these pictures help me to put ME together. Now to get it all together and put my head on it. 

I am so glad that this is a start to a new month. I love the beginning of the months. I have decided due to the heat & weather here in Arizona June, July and August are my least favorite months and now these are behind me for this year. 

Looking for word to cooler weather in the coming months.

 Hugs, Bobbi Jo  

Another BOO BOO

WARNING! Yucky toe pictures 

On Monday I was out in my gym  garage where my workout equipment is.

 I was lifting and having a great time. 

 I was picking up the weights out of the holders getting ready to do dumbbell rows.

I started to lift the weight and one of the individual weights fell off and fell on my right foot.

Tuesday my foot was hurting ,but I thought it was the third toe that I had clipped off the end 2 weeks ago.

Thank you OCD for let me doing a little too much clipping.

Anyway I wasn't able to wear shoes for a week due to it. 

So I took off my sneakers and look at my foot and saw that my toe cleavage was bruised. 

The big toe was fin but the 3 toes were puffy after having my shoe off for a while. 

I know it doesn't look too bad and it could have been worse. 

 Excuse the chipped polish. Lamo pedicure! 

I really need to be more careful with my weight and my feet. 

Hugs, Bobbi Jo 

WOW I Was Nominated

I was nominated for the LIEBSTER Award by Audrey of Exposed :On My Way to a Better Me . 

I am so excited and honored for this nomination. 

Now I must share 11 random facts about me:

1. I tend to be an emotional eater

2. I use to be a power lifter

3. I want to be a everyday runner but it is so hard for me to do.

4. I don't like negative people

5. I like to smile and make others smile

6. I once ate 7 bowels of salsa all by myself at MiAmigos

7. I have a habit of smelling people as they walk by (creepy maybe)

8. I drool a lot when I sleep

9. I get major anxiety when I am in crowds, especially the grocery store

10. I was engaged 4 times before I met my husband

11. I have a shoe fetish.

11 Questions for the Nominated Bloggers
   1. What is your favorite book?  Little House on the Prairie, 
   2. Why did you start blogging?  My oldest daughter talked me into it. 
   3. Who inspires you the most?  Different people for different things.
   4. Any advice for new bloggers? Have fun, be honest and pictures are a must every once in a while. 
   5. What do you like to do in your free time? Read blogs 
   6. Do you have a favorite workout? If so, what? Weight lifting and running are tied.
   7. What is your greatest achievement so far? In life are my children. Person was graduating from massage school. 
   8. What is your favorite movie? Christmas with the Kranks 
   9. What is one of your goals for the future? To be able to run 4 miles as my warm up by the end of this year. 
  10. If you could visit any place in the world, where would you go? Ireland 
  11. What is your favorite TV show?  I Love Lucy.

Now I am going to nominate 11 bloggers

1. The Lucas Gang
2. The Hammond Family 
3. More Ham and Cheese Please
4. Sunny Corner Farm
5.Simply Shelly
6. Be It Ever So Humble 
7. Skeleton In My Closet 
8. Kicking Kilos 
9. The Princess and The Tornado
10. Wandering Quail Road
11. Under The Son Farm
 
Now my 11 questions for my nominated bloggers

1. What was your dream when you were a young child?
2. What things do you like to make and eat?
3. What is your favorite thing to do in free time?
4. What is your favorite indulgence?
5. What is your all time favorite book that you could read over and over?
6. What is your favorite movie you can watch over and over?
7. What is your favorite day of the week?
8. What is your favorite piece of clothing to wear?
9. What is your favorite time of the day or night?
10. What is your favorite thing to do to renew yourself?
11. Do you play an instrument?



To the nominated bloggers, here are the rules to follow:
   1. Acknowledge the nominating blogger.
   2. Share 11 random facts about yourself.
   3. Answer 11 questions the nominating blogger has created for you.
   4. Nominate 11 bloggers who have less than 200 followers. They should be bloggers that you believe     deserve some recognition and a little blogging love.
   5. Post 11 questions for the bloggers that you nominated to answer.
   6. Let all of the bloggers know that they've been nominated. You cannot nominate the blogger that nominated you.

SLACKER

So not only have I been a blog slacker but also a fitness slacker. 

For two weeks we had gone to Pinetop on vacations for 4 days each. The other 3 days of the week I did my workouts. I didn't eat terrible but I didn't eat fantastic either. 

 Then the week after that when we were home I was feeling just lousy. I had a ear infection that my body just wanted to shut down and sleep, sleep and more sleep.

This week was much better. I did my workouts, kicked up the weights and felt every muscle that I had worked after it was done and still a couple days later. 

Eating is better but I don't think I have been eating enough so I need to up that.

I am at a plateau it seems or it could be that I didn't have my period in July and I am feeling bloated and gross. (Sorry if that was too much information).

I have to wonder if I am headed into menopause? 

This truly scares that crap out of me! 

Any way I am going to tweak up my program adding more running and cardio along with continuing with the weight training.

I decided to start training in my running in my bare feet on the treadmill. 

I thought it was a blister but seems that I just took off some layers of the skin. 

 I took pictures for progress yesterday and I am seeing a little but not much,
But a little is better than none.

 The pictures on the left (in the socks) are from June and the ones on the right in the sneakers are from yesterday. I am seeing loss in the belly and the waist and thighs. 

These always get me depressed. GRRRRRRRR! 

So this is it for now. 

On with life, working out, eating clean and making every day a new start.

Hugs, Bobbi Jo