Jess 2.0

So it's been a while since I've last blogged my journey. And to be honest, I've had one hell of a year. So I'm not completely surprised that everything life threw at me I've gained weight... again. But this starts a new week for me, and once again, I'm determined to get there. My life is busy. Crazy busy. So it's almost impossible for me to eat like a normal person should. Sunday night I went food shopping for the week so I could meal prep. I plan on having a protein shake for breakfast, a salad with chicken for lunch, and dinner alternates between quinoa and a half sweet potato with assorted vegetables, and either more chicken or pork. I have other snacks already bagged and ready to go at my fingertips so I'm never on the scrounge for food. Between vegetables, nuts, and fruits as healthy snacks, I should be good to go. I'm slowly easing my way back into a fitness routine as well. Since I'm anticipating on the NYPD to call me for their...

Have I mentioned just how much I hate writing these posts? I hate them. Every bit of them. Mainly because I find myself busy enough with life. After all I work 40+ hours each week. Add in my travel time (two days a week I'm in the city), taking care of my son, cleaning/cooking (because lets face it, I'm busy), and guess what, I'm at the gym almost every day for 2 hours a day. The last thing that I want to do is sit here and write my blog. I mean, I can be painting my nails and watching them dry in this time! But here I am, another week in and I'm writing. Now, my scale hasn't changed in 2 weeks. At all. Not a single budge. And I cannot begin to tell you how frustrating this is. When you put so much effort and work into something to not see a damn change, it really gets to you. It hurts in ways that I don't think people would understand. I take a lot of pride into my fitness. I've been working really hard at it. Two hours. Thats two hours ev...

Hello, hello, hello! And welcome to the fact that I suck at keeping up with my blog. I technically should have blogged last week, but because of my brilliance I ended up pulling a muscle in my arm/shoulder/chest area leaving me OOC for a good week and change.  But since then, I have put away my Superman cape and realized that I can't start off lifting heavy.  I mean common sense states that, but when you're wearing that Superman cape, you tend to believe you can and will do just about everything.  But this past week, I've been following the Jamie Eason's LiveFit Trainer Program from www.BodyBuilder.com . It's a 12 week program that lists what you are to do each day, as far as exercising.  And after a week, I can honestly say that I've used muscles in ways I've never used before with this program. Which is a good thing! You want your body to be able to gain overall strength.  I still tried to incorporate cardio with my weight training. I mad...

So, it's been almost a whole year since I've blogged about my weight loss journey. And since my last blog, it's had its up's and down's like any journey. I ended up being as low as 160 lbs, but life hit hard the last 3 months. And naturally I've gained some of that weight back. I wouldn't say that this is about a new me journey this time, because I know who I am, and I know exactly what I am capable of. But, I would say that I'm back on track to better myself so I can become the best version of me. This time around, I've joined an actual gym. A gym that I love! I know exactly what I need to do nutrition wise. But now that I have more tools and resources at my fingertips, I have to figure out how to utilize them. I've found some online programs that state what exercises I need to do, and I think that I will be following it. I'm not 100% sure, but its something that I'm willing to try. In the past, the most of a program that ...