Working Out - 120 Weeks Into My Fitness Journey

Holy Bananas, people!

I've successfully completed ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY WEEKS of fitness training! 

I'm in the best shape of my life and feeling stronger than ever.

I'm desperately trying to focus on my physical well-being knowing that it will help my emotional well-being. 

Without going into too many details, there's been a lot going on and my mental/emotional state has taken a severe beating. 

I have to decide what I want for my future, what I expect out of it and who I expect to be there. 

I know that I have to be a strong person both inside and out, in order to deal with what I'm dealing with now, and what will likely be, an uncertain future for the time-being. 

I don't want to say too much more. I know, I know, I hate all that cryptic bullshit too. I'm not attention seeking, I promise. This is just something that isn't...sharable. At least not yet.

I am, however, continuing to focus on me and making sure to stay consistent with my workouts.

September 5. 115lbs.

I've been incorporating a lot more core into my routine

Heading into week 118, I'm struggling with my nutrition.

I mentioned vaguely that I'm going through some personal issues and that has caused me to start eating emotionally again. 

I mean, I love ice cream and chocolate. 

Like, a LOT. 

I've found that if I watch the fitness people I follow on IG, it really, truly gets me motivated. 

I should use this time of struggle to focus on something positive.

We'll see how the fall and winter months go for me. 

I just need to refocus. 

My life may be entirely different in 6 months. 

I just need to take it day by day.

These are not the more recent pics, but I love a good side by side to see progression. 

I've posted this one before, but here's what 5lbs of difference makes. Pic on the left is from 2020. Pic on the right is from a couple months ago.

Bicep and shoulder progression. Also two years in between these pics. 

I'm still feeling focused to work out and continue lifting and rotating in anything else that fancies me. I've been doing more cardio and less yoga.

At my most recent check up, in which I found out my GP is retiring (sad face!) he suggested that I incorporate one more day of cardio and one less day of lifting. We'll see. He doesn't know how much I love lifting.

I am going to start incorporating more hip thrusts into my glute routines. I do a lot of RDLs, dead lifts, squats and lunges, but not a lot of hip thrusts and those is what I've read, is what grows the glutes.

So I added that into my session this past week and did a glute-only workout. I did 95lbs at 10 reps x 2 sets. Then I did banded hip thrusts with 20lbs, and deadlifts. 

I'm maintaining my weight at 116lbs as of late.

Still mindful of my eating habits, but not obsessing over them. I'm allowing dessert any day I want it.

I'm still motivated to work out at least 4 times a week. 

While the weather is still decent, I'm trying to take the Ween on 1-2 walks per day. 

It's not much, but it helps with my steps. 

I'm headed to Las Vegas for work in a few days. I'm probably not going to be able to keep up with my workouts - although, it IS like 100 degrees there. I can probably get a workout in while at my dad's house. 

Uh. Yeah. Hot. 

So, let's scratch that. Let's make sure to get in our workouts! My dad has a pretty big house for living there alone (he and my mom used to live there until they divorced) but the house has several areas great for working out.

Now only if my dad had a set of weights, lol.

Body weight will need to do, which is totally fine. 

I wonder what it'll be like to work out outside when it's almost 100 degrees. We'll see! 

His house is obviously air conditioned, but I want to try working out in the "dry heat" lol.

Wish me luck. I'll be posting this right before I leave, so my updates on working out in Las Vegas heat will be in the next fitness update.