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Follow My Boyfriend’s Blog

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He’s really, really funny.  He posts funny stories from his life, fake product ideas he has, video game reviews, and a bunch of drawings he’s done and clay figures that he’s made.

It’s so entertaining.  Follow him if it seems like something you would like.

I never write on here anymore.  There just isn’t much to say.

But I am about to start Phase 3 of Jamie Eason’s Lifefit 12-Week Challenge!  I still haven’t been doing the food stuff pretty much at all.  I mean, I have the kind of breakfast she recommends and I have a protein shake with ground flax and BCAA powder after my workouts, but I’m pretty much doing whatever I feel like aside from that.  I’ve done all the workouts, which are awesome, so that’s the main way that I’m at all even doing her program.  It’s giving me some structure and I think it’s been really helpful to me. 

I’m afraid of Phase 3, but not too much since I’m not doing the food stuff.  It’s all about carb cycling and counting calories, so it seems terrible to me.  The workouts are changing to HIIT for cardio and I think lighter weights with higher reps.  Should be interesting to see how I adjust to doing this new cardio that will kick my ass and leave me exhausted every session.

If you’re not following my new blog of funny stories from my life, you’re nuts.

My latest entry is about the time I saw Limp Bizkit perform and my cousin used her mouth to get us (mostly) backstage.

I have other stories about ex-boyfriends, why I think pet peeves are bullshit, going to clubs as a pre-teen, doing drugs on the beach, the first time I ever had camel toe, and a ton of other crazy things.  It’s all meant to be funny, but it’s also all absolutely true.

Quick, follow that blog!

Oh gods (representin’ Game of Thrones up in here!), I’m so scared for tomorrows workout.

It’s just a legs day, no cardio, but daaammnn, Gina!

Leg extensions - 2 warm-up sets of lighter weights for 30 reps

Wide Stance Barbell Squat - 2 lighter sets of 15 reps, 2 heavier sets to failure

Leg Press - 4 sets of 8

Walking Barbell Lunge - 3 sets of 20

Barbell Step-Ups - 3 sets of 10

Plie Dumbbell Squat - 3 sets of 15

Standing Calf Raises - 3 sets of 20, last set to failure

Leg Press Calf Raise - 3 sets of 20, last set to failure

60 weighted lunges?  Boo!  Booooo!!!

The beginning of Phase 2 and I’m a’scared

Today is the beginning of Phase 2 of Jamie Eason’s LiveFit Challenge.  This is where it’s going to start getting good.  Now I will be exercising 6 days a week, with 30 minutes of medium-intensity cardio incorporated into 4 of those days along with a more difficult weight routine than I was doing last month.  Now instead of giving 60% effort, I should be giving it 85% effort, and I will be doing more sets, including some supersets.  I’m scared of this because it means that I will need the motivation to actually go to the gym, which is something that hasn’t been happening much in the last month, because I didn’t feel like I really needed to. 

The photo shows a typical breakfast for me now that I’m meant to cut carbs.  It is 5 egg whites with Frank’s Red Hot sauce, half a cup of brown Basmati rice, and a serving of baby carrots, along with a glass of water and a mug of coffee sweetened with a no-calorie sweetener.  Then I take a multivitamin.  My snack will be a protein shake with 1 tbsp. ground flax and 2 tsp. BCAA powder.  Lunch will be something like half a cup of brown rice with a serving of tofu and a bunch of steamed veggies, along with some Bragg’s Liquid Aminos soy sauce or half a cup of whole wheat pasta with bell pepper strips and yellow onion, topped with tomato sauce and tempeh.  Then I’ll have another snack of something like half a cup of fat free cottage cheese with 1 tbsp. sugar-free jam.  For dinner, I should choose something closer to what I had for breakfast, but without the rice.  I’m not supposed to have many carbs, especially not close to bedtime.  I’m not saying this will happen every day, but I feel pretty motivated right now so I will probably stick to the plan rigidly for a while at least.  After that the plan mixed with some mostly clean homemade cookies and things like that. 

Do you think people are naturally sensitive and unable to deal with confrontation or is it something that develops as they age?

I posted a blog on my new page where I talk about my dream of being a comedy writer and about how I got up on stage in a comedy theater and had an amazing experience.  I also mentioned that I was in LA to visit Disneyland as well because it’s awesome.  I was just writing about what happened that week so that I could look back at it later and remember everything that happened, but I posted a link of it to my Facebook page because I’m trying to write a blog entry every day, and I don’t want to be afraid of criticism or rejection, so I’m not hiding them.  It’s very difficult for me because I’m always afraid I will annoy someone or people won’t like it, but I guess I just think it’s important to try to get over that stuff.

The rest of my sad rant will be behind the cut.  I just need to vent.

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Dude, these Cherry Essence prunes are CRAZY DELICIOUS.  The orange and lemon ones didn’t thrill me, but ddaammnn the cherry is yummy!

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I have a new blog that is going to be rants about various subjects and mostly just fun stuff that I want to write about.  I would love it if you followed, but I don’t blame you if you don’t.  I definitely get that it may not be for everyone.  I don’t know what I’ll end up writing about, but the topics I’ve written about so far are: why I don’t care about tattoos having meaning, how my boyfriend ruined romantic comedies for me, and an especially embarrassing one about my former obsessive crushes on guys who were not at all interested in me.  Fun stuff, right? 

Thanks for reading!

I just finished week 3 of the Jamie Eason 12-Week Challenge.  I’m totally doing a terrible job though.  Hah.  I’ve done all of the work-outs, which are pretty easy, but I’m not doing spectacularly with the diet.  I eat a ton of egg whites, I’m not eating any food made elsewhere, and I’m eating clean food most of the time.  I am also eating cheese often, finishing off some old processed food that I bought before starting this (sugar-free treats, flavored nuts, Weight Watchers ice-cream, etc.), and I’m making healthy-ish treats almost daily that I know are making my caloric intake way too high.  But, dude, I’m doing way better than I was and I think I will feel much better once I’m able to do cardio again.

I mean, man, this plan is fucking nuts.  She wants you to lift only 60% of the weight you’re capable of lifting, while doing only 3 sets of 10 or 12 of 5-8 exercises, but not do any additional exercise or cardio.  It’s really just not enough and it makes me feel like a lazy bum.  Yes, I know I would feel better if I just stuck to the diet, but it’s difficult and I’m working on it.

And can I just tell you that I found big cartons of egg whites at that discount grocery store by my house for 50 cents a piece.  I pay almost $6 for them at the regular grocery store.  They’re already expired, but they seem fine.  That’s freaking nuts and amazing, right?

Carrot Cake Recipe

Ingredients:

3 cups grated carrots

1/2 cup Splenda/brown sugar blend

1/2 cup raisins

4 egg whites

1/4 cup Splenda/sugar blend

1/2 cup applesauce or pureed prunes with water

1 tsp. vanilla

1 1/2 cups oat flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. salt

2 tsp. cinnamon

1 cup chopped nuts

Directions:

Combine carrots and brown sugar, then set aside for 60 minutes.  Add raisins.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Grease and flour a 10” cake pan.

Beat eggs until light, then gradually beat in white sugar blend, applesauce or prunes, and vanilla.

Combine the oat flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon, then mix into the other ingredients.

Finally, stir in the carrot mixture and add the nuts.

Pour into prepared pan and bake for 30 to 45 minutes.  Cool for 10 minutes, then frost.

Cream cheese frosting:

Beat 8 oz. fat free cream cheese with 5 tbsp. applesauce and 2 tbsp. vanilla.  Gradually add 1 cup sifted powdered sugar.

This isn’t the lowest calorie treat, but it’s amazing and much lower than any carrot cake from the store would be.