Another brick in the wall

When I was writing my post yesterday, I forgot to mention one more – extremely important! – reason why not to work out: “I don’t want to have that enormously huge muscles – I am a woman. I don’t need to have a brick wall in the area of my sexy tommy. Besides, all men love women with little tummies“

Sure, ladies… You think it is that easy to build that brick wall that can be seen while your muscles are relaxed? Or maybe you are afraid of huge biceps? Or legs like those crazy cyclists have?

Are you really afraid of that?

Let me tell you this:

YOU won’t get those muscles. You simply won’t. Under any circumstances. To have that type of muscled body you would need to put yourself on an extremely strict diet. And your body fat needs to be less than 15%.

And one more thing – if you are not maintaining your muscles tone, your muscles will shrink again.

So, please, do not extend your already enormously huge excuse list with that “muscles” issue. 

You won’t get them. Don’t even dream :)

decisions..decisions..

There are few options on what to do at 6:30 am.

This is my choice.

If you really love yourself - spend (at least) 30 minutes on some physical activities. But only if you really love yourself. (for those who hate themselves, there are always some donuts available at 6:30am as well).

Remember yourself in a high school?

Remember all that:

"I forgot my homework at home"

"My hard drive crashed with all the info and I haven't done any back ups since the last summer!"

And now, hearing all that from a younger generation, who do you think they lie to? :)

And what about this:

"I don't have time"

"I have 3 little babies and need to change their diapers 12 times per hour - this is my work out"

"I can't do any sport activity because of the trauma I got a year ago"

"I decided to start working out next year. I think that January is a good month to start something new.. Wait, there will be a New Year.. Well, February is for sure then!"

"I have a slow metabolism.. All that activities are not right for me. I am just a different type.. I can only do 15 minutes of Pilates once a month"

"I have a full-time job, I have a full-time bf (gf) - or both - and I am applying for my Master degree next March. I will start running next Summer - after I get an answer from a university"

Sorry Hun, but this is just your excuses! :)

For sure you will always find somebody who's gonna love you just the way you are.

But what about you personally?

You - beautiful you - extremely intelligent with an extraordinary sense of humor. Some people just can't see it. But why? :)

I had different opinions in different periods of my life. And now I am absolutely sure: before any person can see your unique personality, that person first will see your "look".

an Early bird

I can sleep 12 hours a day. I can sleep like you wouldn't believe.

But life is too short and I want to get as much as I could out of it.

Last Thursday I started another experiment. I decided to change my workout routine.

Now my alarm wakes me up at 5:48am. 2 minutes to talk to myself and kick my ass to the washroom.

Have my 15 min prep and at 6:15am I am on my bus heading work.

Here is what I can tell you guys – there is another life at 6am.

There is a hidden, secret society of people who're thoroughly hiding from "9am folks". They breath, they talk and they are awake.

First day I went to the gym in the morning, I have mistakenly thought that I am gonna have a personal bus driver… Right…a personal bus driver… I was lucky enough to get a seat.

Einstein was so damn right - time is relative.

What takes me 15 minutes at 5:30pm, transforms to 3 min at 6am. At 6:18 I am at my gym’s entrance. And if 30 min ago I was in a deep sleep, now I am totally awake (thanks to fresh November mornings!).

And I am working out. For the next 60 minutes. It is a great feeling. To raise an arm with a barbell and see how the sun is rising after it.

Ladies, here is why morning cardio is good for you:

- After waking up your body has a lower (compare to the evening) level of glycogen (Carbs). By working out in the morning, you can get to the point when you start burning fat much faster.

- You are increasing your metabolism and continue burning calories after the session – and you keep this stage longer than if you’d do it in the evening and go to sleep after.

- You charge yourself for the whole day. While most of people are sleepy and sluggish, you are fresh and happy.

- You save an extra hour (or two) for your evening!

Should you try? J

Btw, if you think that “1 week before the beach season is opened is gonna be enough”, you are SOO wrong. Even if you are skinny by nature. “Skinny” and “Shaped” are two totally different conditions of your body.

P.S. I am healthy and don’t have any heart issues. If you have any concerns regarding your health, talk to your doctor first. Don’t read blogs or try to find an answer on the internet. Have a health examination and if everything is alright, go ahead and join me!

Cheers!

Experiments

I love to try different things and see how their implementation into my life affect me.
Mostly I experiment with food I eat and workouts I do.

I am not eating meat for the last 2 years, although I am not a vegan - I do love milk and cheese, and seafood. The significant improvement in the way how my body feels I started experience on my 3rd week (since I stopped eating meat) - maybe you know that feeling when you are about to fly? When you feel so much energy in your body so you are mentally and physically ready to go up in the air without any equipment but just in the way you are? I feel that from time to time.
Moreover, I don't want to take a nap right after my lunch - it's not a magic. :) I just don't waste my energy on meat digesting. Instead, I try to eat food that can energize me and can be easily digest.

I do believe that we are what we eat.
And I do believe that there is no rules, but the one should listen to their body.

I noticed huge changes. There was a period in my life, when I needed to sleep from 3pm-4pm. I couldn't fight it. I couldn't do anything about it. I just needed to sleep that 1 hour. No matter how many hours I slept the night before. I don't need that extra hour, after I changed my diet.

I read a lot about nutritions and food digesting. And based on everything I know by now, I can formulate the following statements that work for me:
- unprocessed food (like raw vegetables, fruits) instead of processed (pasta, pizza)
- steamed/baked/ boiled instead of fried/deep fried
- water (or green tea) instead of juices
- natural flavors (lime, lemon juices or natural sweeteners) instead of salt/sugar/mayonnaise

And if we are talking about carbohydrates and protein recommendation for those who want to lose weight then:

Carbo in the morning
Carbo and/or protein during lunch time
Protein in the evening

and workout routine!

I will share my experience with different workouts shortly.

Stay tuned! :)