Day 7 (Cardio Fix) - 21 Day Fix ... So Close I Can Taste It!

Aloha readers! 

Today is Friday, and the week is coming to an end! 

It has been a great week thus far, but today has been a little off today.

I got woken up at 6:30 AM from a weird phone call from a stranger, and it threw my sleep off a bit. I woke up with some tight hip flexors, so I decided to push my workout for later on today so I can work on stretching it out and let it rest a bit before pushing it full gear again :) 

It's almost 3:30 PM and I still haven't gotten my workout yet in. However, I've been spending the morning working on my certified personal trainer studies. I am getting so close I can taste it! 

It looks like I will be fully certified sometime next week after the exam! 

Once that has happened, I will be looking for 5 individuals who are interested in improving their health and fitness level and eating habits with my help. When I've completed my studies, I will put time into creating the graphics and give you a full list of details on what you will expect, what you will get, how to keep track of your progress, and more.  For these 5 individuals, I will prepare for them customized nutrition meal plans, as well as a fitness exercise routine to follow based on their goals and current fitness and activity level! 

In the mean time, I'm going to study a bit more, do that cardio fix workout, and post some progress photos hopefully! :) 

Cheers! 

xoxo

Day 6 (Pilates Fix) - 21 Day Fix

Aloha!

Today is Day 6 of the 21 Day Fix. 

Something I've been trying to work on is waking up early to start my day off right with the workout. This is about how my alarm looks like.

Despite this, I still couslnt wake up until 10:30 today, hehe. But I still got changed, went downstairs, and attempted to kill my Pilates workout. But instead, it killed me! 

I never knew Pilates was so hard! The amount of strength required to do all those bodyweight exercises is shocking. I could barely make it through the full 60 seconds for some exercises!! 

That's another thing I'd like to keep in mind for working on: aiming to push with these Pilate workouts to strengthen my core! Or as Ryan would say: 

I'm determined to do better with my eating plan / color codes container system, so after my workout I portioned out my food. 

I also had a hard boiled egg on the side for the extra protein to fuel my muscles.

This consisted of: some pineapple friend rice, green curry chicken with vegetables, half a container of green beans, and half a large apple. 

After this lunch, I'll be getting back to my PT studying and then haircut appointment and home-cooked dinner with my boyfriend. 

I'm starting to brainstorm some ideas for the upcoming weeks, and as soon as things are sorted out, I'll be sharing it with all of you! Can't explain how excited I am :) 

Cheers! 

xoxo 

Day 5 (Lower Body Fix) - 21 Day Fix

Aloha! 

Another day has gone by in the 21 day fix. 

If you're a new reader of my blog - welcome to my fitness journey! If you're a regular, thank you for continuing to support me and reading my blog <3 

My plans were to wake up and do the workout, and then go through my list of things to do for the day. Instead, I went for an eggs benedict breakfast with my beloved boyfriend, shopped around for a car, had dinner, and then came home to do the workout. 

I'm not gonna lie, I was afraid that I would start saying "I'm too tired to workout", or "I need to spend my time studying" by the time I got home. But I told myself I couldn't use those excuses. If my diet hasn't been on par to give me the best results already, cheating my way out of the workout isn't going to bring me any closer either. 

The minute I got in the door, I mixed together some pre-workout, put on my workout clothes, and made it downstairs for the workout! BOY, it doesn't get any easier, even after doing this workout once already! Note: I will definitely be incorporating some of these moves into my future client's workouts! They gon hate me but love the booty they gonna build! 

Sweaty, but all smiles :) 

Quick look at the calories burned - always greater when doing lower body workouts vs. upper body workouts 

Tomorrow is Pilate Fix Thursday, and I'm super excited! I've never done pilates before, so this will be an interesting change for me! I hear it's great for improving flexibility, which I clearly lack quite a bit of :) 

Until tomorrow! 

Cheers! 

xoxo

Day 4 (Upper Fix) - 21 Day Fix

Aloha!

So today is "Day 4", when in reality today should be Day 7 xD

What happened was that I got a bit lazy :( and crazy sore. After work on sunday, there was a patio staff party afterwards, so I was dead tired by the time I got home.

I needed Monday as my rest day because I was too sore to even move. Thank goodness I had the company of my friends that night :)

So today is Tuesday, and it's a new day! I've finished and kicked my workout's ass, and I'm ready to move on with the rest of the day. I even have my to-do list done!

The Upper Body Fix was definitely different from the other workouts so far. The exercises are so simple, yet different. And you almost think that it's going to be an easy workout - but then when you only get 15 second breaks, you feel like you're dying and that you've thought wrong.

Something that I'm really liking about these workout challenges is that they push you hard for 60 seconds, and only give you about 15-20 second tops for recovery. When I workout by myself at the gym, I often go for rep counts instead of time duration. So I'm glad that this is different and that I'm being challenged to push my body to do more work!

Since I've been slacking a bit, I won't be able to complete this challenge before school resumes. However, I am still going to push and try to stick with it every day. This way, I'll have a better eating habit built when school starts, and I can continue on with lifting weights at the gym! :)

As always, I will keep my readers posted on the journey :)

Cheers! 

xoxo

Day 3 (Dirty 30) - 21 Day Fix

Wooh! 

I got home from work a couple hours early tonight, which was great cause I has plenty of energy to do my workout.

Today's workout was the Dirty 30. It included things like sumo squats, shoulder raises, side lunges, Tricep kickbacks, and more! 

Definitely got me sweating buckets! That's something I love about these workouts! 

Following the meal plan hasn't been the easiest, but I'm trying my best! 

My weakest link is my carb intake - I love my carbs! 

My stronger link is I am getting adequate protein intake according to the meal plan :) 

Thanks for reading and following my journey! 

Cheers! 

xoxo

Life is About Welcoming New Challenges - The 21 Day Fix

Aloha readers!

Sorry for being MIA the past week.

I do have some very happy news to share with you guys.

For the first time in a long time, I worked out again today (you have no idea how happy I felt by the end of it). This is a big deal for me because it's me picking up where I left off. I only want to be better tomorrow than I am today.

I met a good friend on instagram a while back, her name is Rhonda. I can't quite remember what it was that got us started talking, but we've been pretty good at keeping in touch via email. Rhonda has been aware of my struggles, and she always tries to offer sound advice and encourages me to join her support group via a beachbody workout program. Of course, I had been trying to work on my own programs, so I wasn't able to do so. Until now.

Rhonda enlightened me about the 21 Day Fix, which is a program that "fixes" your eating; mainly teaching you things about portion control, food selection, at home workouts, and so on. The idea was really appealing, since it is my eating habits that I have the most difficulty with. I knew this would be a good opportunity for me to get my eating habits sorted out and solidified.

The challenging parts I see in this workout: following closely as possible to my recommended eating guide (I'm still getting the hang of it), and doing one of the 30 minute workouts every day. I'm not used to working out every day, and the workouts are quite different (more full body work, rather than lifting weights and solely resistance training)

Today I did one of the workouts (Wednesdays calls for Lower Fix), and I have never sweat so much in a long, long time. I can't even remember if I've ever sweated that much! I wiped my sweat off my forehead and my hands were WET. I had sweat dripping off the ends of my hair too. Crazy! This definitely made me really pumped for continuing on with the programs workouts :)

I will try my best to post frequently, maybe once every day or two, to keep you updated on my 21 Day Fix progress! Until then! 

Cheers! 

xoxo

One Step Closer!

Aloha readers!

My gym will be closed for the next 3 weeks due to the FIFA World Womens U-20 Tournament. So ATM, I don't have a home gym. I've been doing some home workouts (~2 times a week) to try to maintain where I'm at.

I've been having a little more time from work (split shifts) to work on my studies, and I have made a good dent the past week. It has definitely brought back some confidence in finishing by the end of August.

Today, I went to take my Level C CPR course, and was certified with a 100% on the exam :)

I am officially CPR certified! This means taking another big step in my CPT training. Only more of a bigger reason to keep pushing to finish by the end of Summer!

Thanks for all your kind words and encouragement. It means a lot to me! 

I will bring some more free giveaway contests to you guys soon! 

Cheers! 

xoxo