Meal prep container review

A few months back I got the meal prep containers pictured below. If you have been part of any fitness community or googled anything fitness related you've heard about meal prep and how important it is. I agree that what you put in your body is as important if not more than the physical aspect.

I bought these containers to aid me in the process of getting the right carb, vegetable and protein proportions down. They worked great for the first month. When I first got them I was leery of the flimsy edge fearing it would break within the first week. I was wrong and right at the same time. The edge didn't break in the first week it broke the second month.

I give them a lot of credit though for putting up with the abuse they went through. They held up in the freezer and microwave without snapping or leaking. They traveled in lunch boxes to and from work without the kids coming off and forcing you to have no lunch and a huge mess. All in all for the price I paid I can't complain too much. This is a lesson learned in the world of meal prep containers.

Refuse to quit

We all want to quit something at some point in our life. Sometimes quitting something is a good thing if it's negatively impacting your health and well-being. Other times we want to quit something for the simple reason that it's just to hard.

Thus type of quitting is not acceptable. Just because something isn't as easy as you wanted it to be doesn't mean it won't be worth it in the long run. I know I've wanted to quit several times on this fitness journey alone. But I know if I quit I'll just regret it a week from now.

I have struggled and I have gained but I have not and will not quit. Neither should you, whether it's a fitness dream or anything else you'd like to do, fight thru the struggles and the end result will be worth even more. I promise you it will.

New arm workout!

The above is a new arm workout I wrote for myself a week ago. I'm currently using 10 lb weights doing this one. Hopefully by then end of next month I can increase the weight a little bit. I'm also really excited to see the results from this one!

And here's some Monday motivation:

This can be used for anything in your life. It can be a fitness goal or any other goal, just make it fucking happen every damn day.

My personal H.I. I.T cardio plan

I wasn't feeling well yesterday so as I was hoping the kids didn't bring me a gift from school I wrote up my own personalized H.I.I.T. cardio plan.

I took some things from other workouts I'd found online and had been doing for a few weeks then wrote my own plan using the exercises I liked most or that challenged me the most at this point in time.

I'll post a pic at the end of this post so that y'all can see it. This has definitely helped me get my cardio in at least two to three times a week.

Picked up weights again!!

The above is a video of me I took this afternoon when I picked up the weights again and did some deadlifts after not touching weights for two months.

If I did the math correctly (which there is a chance I didn't) I did 3 sets of 10 at 70lbs. I was trying to concentrate on my form, proper breathing and pausing. I know I need to work on some shit still but I do feel like I've improved since starting weightlifting in June. However I am always open to constructive criticism just no negativity please. I am teaching myself everything as I go and working with what is available to me at this time.

Mental fitness

To every person mental fitness will mean something different. To me it means taking care of yourself and taking care of your mental health or mental fitness.

For the past almost 6 years now I've had anxiety and depression along with anxiety attacks. I never told anyone other than my mom and best friend until a year ago when I opened up about it on my other blog. Anyone that personally knows me also knows I'm my own worst critic.

A year ago I realized it wasn't just the gym I missed from my life but being able to mentally overcome a situation and be able to do the things I love to do like devour books and write on my blogs or write poetry or short stories. So I decided to change that.

I started with just setting some time aside for me, which was hard. I've always put everyone before myself. But when I did this by the end of the first month I felt kind of liberated. I started writing on my other blog again, which like me is completely random and probably contains quite a few cuss words as I can make a seasoned sailor blush 😁. But I also started reading again and devoured books of all genres.

Do I still have depression, anxiety and anxiety attacks? Yes, probably always will. Does it bother me as much as it did? No, I've opened myself up to basically the entire world and as I've said before if anyone ever needs someone to talk to or anything I'm always here and will always have your six.

In closing make sure you take time out for your own mental fitness while you're getting physically fit. Do something you love other than the gym and I promise you'll be glad you did.

What do you mean cardio doesn't always mean running?!?!

First let me apologize for being gone so long. It was completely unintentional and then my laptop and tablet shit the bed and my phone is a POS. 

But yes cardio does NOT mean you absolutely must run. It also doesn't mean that you have to use a treadmill, elliptical or spin bike either. For most people cardio is pure utter tortuous hell and I used to be one of those people at one time. I've ran 5K's in the past and was working my way up to a half marathon before my support system well quit. 

So now instead of running I tend to lean more towards H.I.I.T. Cardio. I do this at least twice a week but am shooting for four times a week.
Below are some routines I've been using that I found online while I'm currently making my own routine. Once I'm done perfecting my own routine if anyone would like to have it to use just let me know!