Prince charming you need to wait!

There are times in your life that you realize what you need to concentrate on and right now it’s me. I had been in two long deep relationships that had caused a lot of heartache. It has been 9 months now that I have been single. I have realized now that I need to concentrate more on me and live life a little. I had been settling for 6 years and ignoring my needs. I don’t want to date and meet random men every weekend. I want my soul mate to find me when the time is right. I realized that I settled for simple and comfort because I thought that was love but love is so much more. After several months of being on my own for the first time I have learned that love and relationships have a way deeper meaning. My mother says I am rare bread and it is important that the right person catches me and is willing to sweep me off my feet. Everyone deserves love and it needs to go both ways, relationships need to be an equal partnership. I am young and I want to travel the world and experience life and right now it seems that I am supposed to do this on my own and not with someone. I have learned so much about myself recently and I still have much more to go. I have met amazing people everywhere because of my experiences. So the rest of this year is dedicated to me and getting ahead. I want to buy a car and start my business. This requires my time and dedication to achieve these goals. I will make it happen and maybe along the way or after I will meet that special someone.

I think people forget about themselves. We get obsessed with are relationships or partners that we forget about what we want and ourselves. I know many girls that have done bad in school, gained weight and lost friends because of their boyfriends and that’s just not right. The same way you dedicate time to him, you need to dedicate time for you. Your partner is supposed to be your best friend and a true friend would not let you fail school or lose control of your life. Ladies it’s okay to feel lonely and feel you need someone but don’t be shallow, stay in control and keep your head up. Prince charming is out there he will come when you’re ready not when you need him.

Because we all want BUNS of STEEL

Have you felt that you work out and you get sore anymore and your body has just stopped improving? This happens when your work out pattern stays the same. Everything in life requires change so that we don’t create bad habits. In my personal workout routine I am constantly making changes. I have learned that you have to find a workout that best suits you, the gym, crossfit, yoga, aerobics, and Zumba does not work the same for everyone. It has taken me several years to finally find a workout that works best for me. I have tried all the ones listed above and in the beginning I felt I was getting results but then i felt my body stuck. I invested in some simple machines and weights from 5-75 pounds to put in my backyard and create my own workout and gym. I created a schedule and a display board that will make my workout more efficient. I created a list of all workouts with a picture example of the workout. We all forget certain workouts so it is important to have some sort of tracker and guidance to go by. I also recommend to take a before pic as well as take measurements. Make sure that you are not just keeping track of your work out but the foods you eat.

My personal work out is as follows:

Become a Cheetah one Monday at a time

My focus on Monday is cardio, I will run as much as I can for 30 minutes. Every week I will increase this by 10 minutes. The focus on this is to concentrate on stamina. It is important that you increase your heart rate and there is no better way to do it than running. All of you asthmatics, this is actually amazing for you in my opinion. I was asthmatic for 10 years and now I never wake up feeling congested or that nasty morning phlegm. I feel that running has helped me really break down everything in my lungs and help my breathing. My doctors saw a difference and where impressed that running really was making a difference.

Get the wine bottle look but make it tight and cut

Abs: Monday through Friday and no excuses. If you want to have that flat stomach or those perfect abs then you will have to work for them. I have a list of ab workouts that work best for me, I choose 3 ab workouts. I choose different ones everyday so that I am never working out the same muscle. This works the same for arms except I only do arms Tuesday and Thursdays. I personally don’t want a muscular upper body but I want to feel and be strong.  Once I chose the workouts I am going to do I will do 3 sets of each for 2 minutes. (Meaning do as many as you can under that time without stopping.) It doesn’t seem horrible and painful but I promise you will wake up the next day feeling sore every time. By doing different workout everyday it will confuse the muscle and always keep it working and you can also increase time or add weight to build muscle. The same thing goes to arms, don’t forget!

Now those buns of steel I told you about. Well they work out every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. This is my biggest focus. I combine cardio, weight and repetition. I follow the same workout routine like above except it is 4 different workouts and weight 5 pounds of weight are added every week. My favorite leg work outs are squats, one leg dead lifts and my specialty that I call “Don’t kiss the ground. This specific workout is like doing a lunge but instead of going on one knee you go down on both legs and back up and you alternate which each leg when you go down. This honestly works out every single part of your legs. I promise after two minutes of the first rep you will be crying and don’t forget your holding weight too.

Doing these workouts has shown me a major increase in muscle. I did lose inches but gained a lot of muscle. I have always been petite but now I am fit, strong and feel great. You guys are more than welcome to use any of my tips and if you want to find out more details about my workout leave me a comment. J