Being Healthy....the New Me!!

Ever since the middle of January of this year, I have noticed a change in myself. That change has happened to occur in my appetite for food and my desire to be more active. Before I would eat whatever I wanted and work out and burn off more calories than I consumed thus leading to weight gain. And I was very unhappy and not able to move really well and I was tired during the day and felt useless and had mood swings. Well, I still have the mood swings, minus the exhausted feeling and laziness. Now I can get up every morning and feel energized and able to do things faster and not get winded and just feel amazing. I eat healthier and do not get as much heartburn and am not as tired. I have noticed that Caffeine makes it easier for me as far as my hunger balance goes. It makes it so that I am not as hungry in between meals and that I eat much later than usual. I eat about four times per day and have the same routine every day. Wake up at the same time every day, eat at the same time, work out at the same time and even have my protein drink at the same time after work outs. I will work out Monday through Friday and have the weekends free to just live my daily life. I only work out for 35-40 minutes everyday and make sure I take the proper supplements to make my muscles stronger. I take a scoop of 100% Whey Protein, throw it in a blender with some chopped up fresh fruit, and some milk, mix it up in there and gulp it down. Along with it on occasion to add flavor I will add a quarter cup of cereal or granola and it makes the flavoring much better. Along with the Whey Protein I add two capsules of Glutamine, which is meant for strength and recovery after workouts, open them up and pour the insides into the blender. It makes me feel energized and helps my muscles recover and gets them fully rested during sleep. Over the course of the past nine months I have calculated that I have consumed nearly 350,000 less calories than I would have over every other nine month period throughout my life. 3500 calories consumed equals a pound of body weight gained, I will eat half of that per day and therefore not gain weight based on that method alone. I have lost nearly fifty pounds in a nine month period based on those calculations so I like the new me. I am also a big fan of sweet potatoes and Tofu, two things my mom said recently that she has been trying to make me eat for years and I never wanted to, funny how things change huh?  My current work out plan is included below:

Monday: Cardio day..62 minutes on Elliptical trainer

Tuesday: Upper Body day...23 minute warmup on Elliptical trainer. 200 pushups with 4 sets of 50 intervals. Iron Gym shoulder presses constant movement of 100.      50 nonstop 10 pound dumbbell curls, 10 really slow shoulder shrugs. 100 tricep dips in 4 sets of 25 intervals. 15 minutes altogether equaling 40 minute workout.

Wednesday: Lower Body day...25 minute warm up on Elliptical trainer...Squats with 10 pound dumbbell, 150 with 6 sets of 25 intervals. Squats without dumbbell, 125 with 5 sets of 25 intervals.  upper and lower butt push outs, 200 (100 each leg) with 4 sets of 25 intervals each leg....Wall Squat, will hold for 3 minutes altogether....20 minute workout...40 minute workout altogether.

Thursday: Abs Day...100 crunches (grows by 100 every week), ground leg holds (lay on your back with legs up above your waist slowly bringing your legs up to your chest) hold for 2 minutes altogether.....30 minutes on Elliptical trainer....34-35 minute workout altogether...

Friday: Cardio day number two.....60 minutes on Elliptical trainer....

200 minutes of cardio weekly (three hours and 20 minutes)

Pretty good if I may say so myself LOL