Hot Stinky Mess

So I've been without a shower for three days now, and it's not like I'm sitting around doing nothing. I work up a hot stinky sweat at the gym and my hair oil makes me want to vomit. Today is an Italian holiday so they still can't fix the short in the water pump. The city did manage to turn on the direct water and I had just enough pressure to flush a toilet, wash my dirty hands and have a trickle of shower water to get the job done. It took 10 minutes to rinse the shampoo out of my hair but at this point I can't complain, at least I had water. Today we hit quads differently than usually keeping the reps between 15-20. We also did lots of drop sets, walking down the stairs was killer. Tonight I also made up a new recipe. It was delicious. I'll call it Southern Sweet Potato Chili. Brown up 1 lb ground beef with 1 tbs Cajun seasoning (I used McCormicks). Add 16 ounces chopped sweet potato, 1 can Fire Roasted Tomato, 1 can low sodium pinto beans, 1/2 cup water, and 1 more tbs of Cajun seasoning. Cover and cook till sweet potatos are tender, about 15 minutes on medium-low heat. Do not add additional salt as the McCormicks already has high salt content. Calories 370, carbs 46, fat 8, protein 32.

A Healthy Curvy

Im all for healthy curvy gals. They are gorgeous, the dream of most men. After all, men love boobs and butts and little bellies. What I don't agree with is women using that word curvy to describe an obese and unhealthy female. These are two very different things. And what I'm more than not ok with is these same women being absolutely CRUEL to extremely healthy and fit women. There is also a difference between being "skinny" and being "lean and fit". I've heard so many horrible things come out of these jealous women's mouths. "Eat a piece of cake", "Skinny Bitch", "She's only that size because she doesn't eat" etc. As a Certified Personal Trainer and Amatuer Figure Competitor I know for a fact that these beautiful, toned, and lean female physiques in fact DO eat, and eat a lot. It's true, sometimes eating 6-8 times a day. We just eat differently than others. We eat lots of vegetables, lean proteins, complex carbohydrates, fruit and even the occasional piece of dark chocolate. Wait, who am I kidding. I eat dark chocolate every day! So if you are one of those haters, why don't you go educate yourself on living a healthy and fit lifestyle, stop being jealous, and join our club. And start your transformation with this quadriceps focused leg day. Leg press, 2 warm up sets 15 reps. 3 sets 10 reps, feet closer than shoulder width and lower on platform. This will target more of your "sweep". Leg extension, 2 sets toes pointing up, 12 reps. 2 sets toes pointing in, 12 reps each set. 2 sets toes pointing out, 12 reps each set. Last set move the weight up so you can only complete 5 slow reps, then drop the weight and complete 5 more slow reps, then drop the weight and finish with five more slow reps. You should be wobbly at this point. Head over to the squat rack and do 3 sets 15 reps Barbell Front Squat. This movement is also very slow and controlled, feet are closer than shoulder width and toes are pointing forward. Use the muscle mind connection and think of your quadriceps ripping out of your shorts (or pants). Keep constant tension on the quads by not standing up completely until your set is over. Only one minute rest in between these sets. Enjoy. ;)

Praise the Lord, I have a husband who understands!

I couldn't get the babysitter today and I was grumpy because I thought was going to miss out on leg day this week. Regardless if I would make it to the gym, I was going to workout. But there is something so nice about having my one hour free all to myself in the gym kicking my own butt. I could be a sadist, I really love hitting the weights hard and stumbling out of the gym on leg day. Anyways, my husband saw I didn't have a sitter so when he came home he offered to take baby Kellen on his errands while I get my much needed gym time. Wahoo. So today I really brought the pain. Workout was as follows; 4 sets 15 reps cable squats. 3 sets 10 reps each leg standing single leg press on the pull up assisted machine. No resting at all between sets, if you're not familiar with this exercise, it's totally dope! 3 sets 10 reps leg press. 3 sets 12 reps leg extension. 3 sets 12 reps lying leg curl. 3 sets 30 reps walking lunges superset with lateral shoulder raise. I put all this in the training calculator and it said I only burned 124 calories.... Ya right! I need a new calorie counter. Anyways, I followed all that with a lower body stretch and stumbled out of the gym, just like I hoped. As for diet, I was really good, except for the four small bites of white cake I ate after dinner. I shared it with Mike so I didn't feel too naughty. Nutrition calculator estimates 1984 calories consumed, which is really close to my goal for the day. I'm still breastfeeding and it was a leg day so I try to go on the higher end. If I'm hungry again later, I'll eat again. I listen to my hunger levels more now that'll a bf mom. Does anyone out there bf and train? How are your hunger levels?