Alaina's Before & After

I have a problem....

nuf said

Back to working out

All of my blood tests came back negative... this means no autoimmune or thyroid disorders whew! Such a relief, so I am back to 100% almost.
I have had a kind of bad food week... oops, so this week to repent I am doing carb (grain) free. It's hard but it's worth it.
Funny story.
Yesterday at the gym I doing my intervals (to max my calories burned) on the treadmill I had just finished a minute and a half sprint when I felt the jello legs coming on. I started to reduce the speed, but it was NOT going  fast enough! I grabbed the handles and started to jump to the sides to straddle the belt. My left foot landed successfully on the side while I found my right foot being pulled behind me at 8 MPH (I know in your car this is slow, but on a treadmill it's kind of scary!) I spent the next several seconds or so trying to get control over my right leg and minimize the damage done to my body. Finally I found myself clinging to the left hand rail my arms wrapped totally around it and both feet on the ground.
The girl two treadmills over looked at me and asked if I was ok. Funnily enough she was the only one in the entire gym who had seen or heard me nearly dying!
So the lesson is that you should probably wear those little safety things they have on treadmills.
The end

LSD and bicep curls

Well... here are the up dates. I have been sick, and like I said lost some unhealthy weight, don't worry my strength is coming back, maybe even better than before! I dead lifted 120lbs! I am amazing :)
Anyway, back to the title two semi-worthless exercises LSD and bicep curls.
Long Slow Distance...now all of you marathoners don't freak out. Just stop and think about it for a while, now lets say you run just under a 10 minute mile, not too bad, this means if you run 6 miles you are working out at a SLOW pace for just under an hour! Research shows, you burn about half the amount of calories that you would have burned had you done interval training in about half the amount of time! So the next time you decide to go for a run set you iPod to some up tempo music and start sprinting! Another bonus of interval training is that your metabolism is boosted for two days after... meaning you will continue to burn an elevated amount of calories for TWO days after you work out. SO worth it.
Now to the bicep curls, the only reason you should be standing around doing bicep curls is if your ONLY goal is to have huge biceps. Not only is it a very small muscle, and bicep curls have basically no functionality when applied to real life, but you burn hardly any calories! Try to do exercises that work multiple muscles, pull ups, push ups, or even just do some split squats while doing bicep curls. So easy, basically try to cut out any and every exercise that only works small muscles and replace them with exercises that work muscle groups. Your workout will be twice as effective, and you will see results MUCH faster (promise)

Sick as a dawg

So last week I thought I was going to die... I finally went to the Dr (after months of being sick) and was told I had a sinus infection. The one good thing about being sick is that well I lost a few pounds, I look great right now, aside from still hacking up a lung every ten minutes.
Anyway I owe you all a real post... coming soonish, I think

update

After a less than perfect week, and eating not so healthy Super Bowl food, I was told by a few of my clients that I was looking good + that my arms were amazing...
Ok I'll take that, next step get amazing legs and butt, easy right?

I might do the no carb "cleanse"this week... basically instead of eating bread or pasta after my work out I will eat raw nuts or veggies... I kind of don't want to though

Calorie is so not king

Calorie is so not king

To those trying to lose weight calorie is king due to simple math. If I take in less than I am putting out I will magically become Jennifer Garner... right?
While this is true, I would like to submit another thought to the weight loss battle. When it comes to weight loss, and health in general, guilty is WAY more important than quantity.
This about this, we will do an easy one first
Twinkie=150 calories (+tons of sugars and fats) clearly not a good choice
Red Pepper=45 calories (+tons of vitamins, fiber, and water)

Clearly the Twinkie loses this battle... BUT if you did eat the 150 calories and then burned those same 150 cal you would be square... right?
Right?.... so not right

Let's do a harder one...
I am trying to lose weight, for my snack, do I eat....

String cheese: 80 Kcal
Whole wheat bread: 70Kcal

Both are nutrition dense foods, but which is better for weight loss?!

Here is where the calorie counters run into trouble... I bet most of you out there would choose the bread,it is after all whole wheat.

You would have made a better choice than the Twinkie, but to lose weight you need to limit your sugars!
This is basically carbs in any form. Yes I do realize that carbs are in EVERYTHING... but the important thing to remember is;
While trying to reach a weight loss goal the best time to consume grains (breads, pasta, rice, oatmeal...) is right after your workout. This is when your body processes them best, and they are much less likely to be stored around your waist for future use.

When I am trying to lose weight I consume more calories than I would normally even want to eat. My meals and snacks consist of things like;
raw nuts, lean protean, vegetables, vegetables, vegetables, low fat cheese, Omega 3 eggs, avocados....
Lots of nutritious, very filling foods.
I never feel hungry... I usually struggle to finish my entire meal!

5sih lbs down

The Ginger Ale and yuck of last week had at least one bonus... I lost some weight, the main thing I want to work on is my legs... I need them to be thinner and more defined
I feel like that scene from How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days.

Sad girl who just got dumped: "I haven't eaten in three days"
Magazine editor boss lady: "Good for you!"

Ha! Not a healthy way to lose weight, and I am now back to the healthy diet
thank you

Ginger Ale, you are my only friend

I have been sick the last couple of days, so no exercise :(  

I have just been watching movies and drinking Ginger ale

THE diet

today is the official first day of THE best weight loss diet

Alaina's side shot

Alaina's Before