Wake Up and Work!

Sorry guys, we had some last minute changes at the studio that forced me to come off of maternity leave early and jump back into teaching classes. When you are a business owner you are technically never "off" so when duty calls you "Wake up and Work"! With that being said, it threw me off my schedule quite a bit but I definitely worked up a sweat and still managed to lose 2lbs this week!!! Its been 4 months since I taught classes and even longer since I've physically given my all while teaching. The honest truth is, this experience is allowing me to get back in tune with my clients and appreciate once again what it feels like to struggle through the "NuLife Fitness Camp" classes. I believe when you are no stranger to the weight loss process and challenges that come along with it, you can better develop workouts and routines that target the needs of your client. As far as I'm concerned I am one of the clients right now and I wear that title ever so proudly! So the same concept of "Wake Up and Work" applies to your weight loss journey, you are never really off from getting or staying fit because healthy choices and healthy activities should be a part of our daily lifestyle. Everyday we have to be sure we are working on some part of our weight loss goals, eating "Clean", lifting weights and getting in some cardio.

Workout 6/21/11: Fight To Be Fit

There are so many reasons, distractions, stressors, etc, to keep you from staying on track with your fitness regime, but it is up to you to make it a priority to GET IT DONE! This workout The Mr. & I did last night at about 9pm, we were both tired, hungry and sore from the day before but we pushed each other to go ahead and knock it out! I will be honest and say that I didn't do any cardio yesterday besides the 7 minute warmup on the Elliptical machine, LOL. However my strength training was completed and I was glad I'd already planned the workout so that I could get in and out pretty quickly. So "Fight To Be Fit" was suitable given the fact that we have to sometimes fight through life's obstacles to get to the "Fitness Finish Line".....

Workout 6/20/2011:Marriage Muscle

I managed to get my Hubby in the gym w/me again to tackle Leg Day! We did 3 sets of 15 reps of the exercises you see below and boy was it brutal! It also gave us a chance to build up our physical muscles as well as our "Marriage Muscle", which is having a strong marital bond! Finding healthy activities to do together is always healthy for any relationship. Besides the fact that we had to create a makeshift Leg Press with the Smith Machine, we were able to complete everything as planned. The past few days I have eaten too many Sunchips and I'm truly not happy about it. (I bought them for my daughter to take to Summer Camp as a snack, so why am I eating them?)
1. They are processed and it is always my mission to eliminate as many processed foods from my diet as possible. (Even if they say they're 30% less fat, they are STILL PROCESSED).
2. It takes constant discipline to plan out your meals and stick to the plan! (I need to take my own advice).

Other than this Snack Blunder I am on target and proceeded to plan out my foods for the rest of the week by cooking 5-7 cups of Brown Rice, 4 Grilled Chicken Breasts, 1 pound of Broccoli and I cut up fresh fruits and salad ingredients to eat between meals. Its so vital to prepare, not only does it save you money, but it saves you time and the possibility of eating the wrong things.

Weigh in Day #4

It's Sunday morning and it is vital that I finish out this week with a Gut Blasting workout to work off the glass of wine I had last night at the wedding reception. It really wasn't worth it either, it was too sweet and not worth the wasted calories. So... yes I gave into temptation simply put! No EXCUSES! I had company in the gym today which always makes my workout that must better! Kanela an Tujuana came in ready to work and I loved it! We started out with a 9.5mph 30x30 Sprint session (5 rounds of 30 sec sprints w/30 sec recovery). We then repeated the 12 minute Ab interval that I bombed on Friday. I did much better today though, I told you I can't accept failure. Then we finished out with the 300 Rep Home workout I previously posted on YouTube Click here - I came in last place but I finished and I was so proud for not giving up! All of you ladies out there dealing with Post Pregnancy Fitness, don't focus on where you are now, focus on where you want to be and keep working towards getting there!

Check out Kanela killing those Prisoner Get Up's in the video above! My abs haven't gotten strong enough to master them yet but I'm gonna keep at it til I get it! Her and Tujuana were really toughing it out today, I was like a proud momma watching them. I wasn't in this video but I'll be sure I'm in the next one! The 300 Rep Workout was a time challenge and we will complete it in the future to see if we can beat out personal best times. Kanela finished in 17 minutes & 35secs, Tujuana 19 mins 27secs, & me  23 mins 01secs . My tummy doesn't like me venturing off my meal plan and is giving me the blues right now! So I will definately be planning out my meals for the rest of the week...Stay tuned for that!

Workout 6/17/2011:Struggle To Sexiness

Ok I'm gonna be totally honest and admit that I truly had a rough time completing this interval workout. I used my hubby as my coach to help me through this one. I did so badly in my scores that that Dee just stopped writing them down! LOL- So since I can not accept failure I'm going to repeat this Interval Ab workout on Sunday. I'll be making Saturday my Rest Day for the week as I allow myself to regroup, refresh, and attend a couple of events. The interval workout included Kick Ups, Peak Mountain Climbers, Knee Hugs, Prisoner Get Ups, Plank Jumps & Side Plank Knee Tucks. I just keep telling myself this is the Struggle to Getting My Sexy Back, Gotta take the good with the bad. Next week I will begin to post my daily meal plans as well.

Workout 6/16/2011:Fighting Excuses

So yesterday was Cardio Day and I was so burned out from the day before that I had to push myself into NuLife to conquer Kanela's Step class. By now you can probably tell that I lovvvve Step. My calves were so tight that they felt like they were about to rip! But I blame myself for not properly stretching at the end of  my workout, I know better.  I am starting to get used to her calls and sequences but I do find myself getting frustrated when I get confused! I still tried to remain positive because it is truly a good workout! She keeps my heart rate up the whole time and has awesome combinations. I found every excuse in the world not to go work out, the rain, running errands, tight calves, etc. So I'm glad I found the stamina and determination to tough it out because I really needed to stay on track and get that cardio in. If you notice in the pictures, I was struggling at a couple points.

Workout 6/15/11: Fitness w/Friends

Today's workout was an INSANE 310 Rep AB, BOOTY & ARM Blasting Beatdown... I even had company who joined in and took on the Challenge! Jamila, Nik, Tujuana, Dee & Jameel (Eighty81) allowed me to convince them that it wouldn't be that bad (tehehehe) :) and boy were we all wrong! I think I might of even cried a couple times myself. LOL- Today's Workout was a time challenge and one of my Favorite Trainers (Jamila) blew us out the water finishing in a whopping 36mins & 50 seconds! Nik: (41:40)   Tujuana: (43:47) Miesha (48:61) ----I sucked today, but I didn't give up!

Workout 6/14/11: Love & Fitness

Exciting Workout today because my Hubby (also a trainer @NuLife Fitness Camp) joined me in the gym today! With a newborn baby, multiple businesses and growing family we sometimes miss the little extra together time so the gym time was refreshing because not only were we getting quality time in but we were getting our bedroom bodies together! :) He has this tendency to push me beyond my limits and it hurts so GOOD! I started my day w/my infamous Oatmeal (raisins,protein powder, & nuts), Feta Spinach Wrap for Lunch, Post Workout NuLife Protein Shake, and Friday's Chicken Cobb Salad for Dinner (minus the bacon). I finished off my day with some much needed Cardio from one of my Fav trainers' Kanela! She taught a mean step class, I pushed through it with a falling arch and all!!!

Workout 6/13/11--Interval Training, Dips & Lats

Don't be fooled by this 6 minute interval workout! It was brutal and as always good form is key! I never just do moves without correct form for the sake of saying I did a lot of reps because in all honesty without proper form, you're not getting anything out of the exercise and you could hurt yourself. I was still feeling the leg day from earlier in the week so I was struggling through this session and I truly felt like my quads were gonna rip apart so I had to regroup and give it a 2nd shot (my first set of number were a disgrace). TD joined me again & blew me out the water on the Mountain Climbers (Not Shown) but I couldn't let her out work me so I sucked it up and got it in! (intervals set up w/ Gymboss Timer App on iPad or iPhone)- we added Flat Bench Dips and Lat Pull Downs for Resistance. As always Our scores are listed so try to beat our Personal Best.

The Truth Behind the Woman

Teaching Fitness was never a Lifelong Dream of mine. I would be lying if I told you I wanted to teach fitness since I was a kid. Clearly, this was God's purpose for my life and He put me in this position as he saw fit. I dreaded working out "per se" when I was younger simply because I was always thin and like many people didn't feel I had a need to. It was not until the birth of my first daughter 10 years ago that I gained 70lbs and realized I would have to do something to get the unwanted excess pounds off, that just wouldnt fall off by themselves. I had somehow shed 40 of the 70lbs but still had 20-30 that had to GO! So I started consulting my aunt out of state who was a long time personal trainer in the military for advice on shedding the excess weight. Of course she said..."Well first you have to stop eating all those Doritos and start working off what you eat!"

Weigh in Day #3

Today I weighed in at 155.6 & 36.4% Body fat...So that means I'm down 2 more pounds but I think all that Spinach Dip I had over the weekend sabotaged my Body Fat! Didn't realize my granny made it with Miracle Whip!! I was devastated when I found out but can only blame myself for not checking the ingredients first. I have yet to take my measurements and will be sure to do that this week!

Fat Attack...Interval Training

Today's workout was Brutal.....My assistant TD joined in on it and boy did we have to motivate each other til the very end. This 12 minute workout consisted of Intervals broken into 3 parts. Part 1 was (4) 50 second rounds with 10 seconds of rest in between, Part 2 was (12) 10 second rounds w/no rest & Part 3 was (4) 50 second rounds w/10 seconds of rest again. If you're saying oh 12 minutes is nothing,

Back to the Gym June 2011

I will be sharing with you some of the workouts I'm doing as well as a little photo or video (hopefully I don't bore you too much) but hey you gotta start somewhere... This was my Leg & Shoulder day this past Saturday. My hubby (also a trainer) yelled at me for not doing variations in my shoulder exercises, since I only did Shoulder Presses...this was my workout that day:

Before Photos-"Anti Cardio Body"

So here we go, I'm actually gonna bare all and put myself out there for my clients and the world to see! I have absolutely nothing to hide and I am determined to show you that not only can I transform others but I can transform myself! One of the most important things to note here is that my goal is to not have an untoned "Cardio Body" (which I have successfully accomplished before) I truly wish to accomplish putting some muscles on this flabby, post pregnancy body you see here! Pray for me you guys, "PAIN COMES WITH CHANGE!" (You'll here a lot of these Mieshaisms' as you follow my journey. The photos here were taken after losing an additional 7lbs from my starting weight in my first post. Weight: 157.2lbs & 34.2% Body Fat

Post Pregnancy...Pre Transformation...

After gaining over 60lbs during Pregnancy, I am ready to embark on one of the more difficult journey's of my life....Getting Back in Shape. As a Fitness Trainer, it is extremely important to walk the walk that you expect your clients to walk. I take pride in being a motivational force in so many people's lives so I hope that seeing my journey and my struggle will continue to inspire them even more. Even trainers need motivation too. Unfortunately, I didn't capture a photo of myself right after having the baby so that you could get a true glimpse of my starting point but better late than never (in my grandmother's words). Before getting pregnant I wore a slim 142 pound, toned yet not fully muscular frame. 10 months later, I weighed in at a whopping 207 lbs of both FAT and Baby!!