Pushing the reset button

I am starting up this blog as a sort of a reset button for my life. I have been over indulging way too much since before the wedding and it is SO time to get myself back on track. You can only use the whole “I just got married, so I can eat whatever the f&*^ I want” excuse so many times before it gets really, really old. I am still eating carrot cake from my wedding back in September. It isn’t even fresh anymore; it has been sitting in my freezer FOR OVER A MONTH. It is totally freezer burnt, and I am still eating it - that is how out-of-fricken' control I have been lately.

I was feeling sorry for myself for a while, but really where is that going to get me? Is it going to get me lean and muscular? Hell no. Is it going to help me focus on my goals? I don't think so.

It is time to stop being a baby, and MAN up! Yes, I said it, man the f&%$ up. I know I am a woman, but women need to man up sometimes, too. It’s time to put the freezer burnt cake in the garbage where it belongs, and get my sh*t together.

I went to the gym on Sunday and I felt so good about the workout. I did dead lifts for the first time in MONTHS.

Sunday, October 9, 2011.

Dead lifts:

45lbX8

95lbX8

135lbX8

155lbX6

165lbX5

135lbX8

As you can see, I started off very light because I haven’t done them in a while and I was scared that I might pull a muscle. Next time, I am going to go right into 165…maybe even up it to 175. I need to push myself harder otherwise I am never going to see improvement.

Following DL's, I did leg press:

210lbs.X8

230lbs.X7

250lbs.X6

270lbs.X5

Next time I will jump right into 270lbs. It was tough, but if I got 5 reps at 270lbs that just shows me that 250lbs was too light.

Can’t wait to destroy my chest, shoulders and triceps tonight. I am going to implement Martin Berkhan’s RPM (reverse pyramid training.) Since I've put on extra weight my bench press has actually gone up. I was able to bench 75lbs last week for 4 reps, where before I was benching 65lbs for 6-7 reps. Go me.