Get Fit With Larysa Blog

As with everything motivation is first and foremost the main ingredient.  In the past most of my failures have been through taking on to many things at once and not being able to finish or follow through an any of them because of the overwhelming amount of new work i heaped on myself.  Generally, when I chose to do one thing and stick to it I don’t have much of a problem.  This is the approach I am taking with getting back into shape.  I have no other major projects going on and I will try to keep it that way.

Obviously, the first workout is the hardest and it is important not to get discouraged by it.  The second and third get easier and that is precisely why you have a slave driving trainer to kick you in your ass and make the 4th one in week two harder again.  Then 5 and 6 go easier and boom it’s ass kicking time again.  As I said, I am seriously dedicating myself to getting this done, so I have also asked the Terminatrix (my new name for Larysa) to ramp stuff up by my third workout of the week as well if I felt I could handle it without ill effects.  I feel it is important to listen to your body and not your mind.  Your mind can tell you to deal with pain that sometimes is to much or sometimes your mind can tell you you are dying when you haven’t done much.  This is why I wait and see how my body feels the next day after a work out and I then know if I can step it up a little or not.

Food wise the Terminatrix’s diet has been fine.  I still get to eat meat which to me is key and I get to keep one cup of coffee in the morning which is also sweet.  I have added stuff to my diet that I should have added years ago like more fruits and more veggies so in that sense it is great.  I am eating more often but in much smaller portions.  Sure, there is stuff that I love that is gone from my diet but you have to make certain sacrifices if you want to see results.  The protein shake is fine, I thought it would be nasty as hell but with the strawberry flavor and adding a half cup of berries it winds up tasting a bit like an egg cream when beaten up in a blender (for those of you who remember egg creams).  Dinner is good since I get my protein in any form I like as long as it’s not deep fried and I eat the veggies first to get them out of the way, though a nice splash of pepper and a bit of mustard can make most anything palatable for me.

I feel good.  I am happy with my first week’s results and am moving on to week two of Dad On Fire…Below you can see my “before” pic and after “Week 1″.  Mike