My Obliques

My biggest area of improvement is my obliques. This to me can make or break a womans entire shape. Obliques can differentiate fat from fit literally and in my opinion are also made in the kitchen as well. So when I was flipping through my modeling pics and I noticed a huge diffence in my waist and to see the change from over a year ago is amazing to me.

No I'm not where I want to be but I am getting close. It is definitely possible to be "skinny" and out of shape or not have any definition which was my case, and I am changing that daily. So these pics are progress pics and the difference is there as well. My advice to you is to take pics because you may not see the difference by looking in the mirror daily but when you can compare pics and you can definitely see the progress.

Much Love,
Bri

Weight Went Up

Took this pic Monday, something told me to check my weight since I was set back last month,  and I'm glad I did. Just to make sure its not a fluke definitely going to reweigh myself Friday when I go back to the gym.

Much Love,
Bri

My Cardio Regimen

I did not have a cardio regimen at first because in my opinion gaining weight and cardio are complete opposites. However I like to keep my heart healthy and upon actually researching I discovered the benefits of cardio. The biggest benefit being it makes you lean and ripped which is my goal.

Then the next question that had to be answered was how much cardio and how often. Reading different articles there was a lot of conflicting info. Some articles said that your heart rate determines if you burn calories, or actual body fat which in itself sound utterly confusing, and when I learn more about it I will gladly let ya know. However in my opinion if walking can burn calories so can running and I want to keep as many calories as possible (trying to gain not lose).

The only thing that was persistent with cardio and weight gain was the timing of when a person should run. And that my friends is in the morning before you eat. Your body at this point is has no carbohydrates in it so apparently you will be burning body fat. And for me since I have not eaten yet I'm not burning the calories I'm suppose to consume daily.

Finally my regimen for this month (lol):
I run Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. The first week I run the 100 meter stretch 4 times. Second week, 6 times third week 8 times and the fourth week 10 times. Originally the plan was to run the 100 meter 4 times for the entire month of April but my body adjust to things quickly and that further means I wouldnt see a change in my body either so I changed it. The days where I'm just to lazy and don't want to pack up my boys and travel I just run my block it is farely similar to the length of 100 meters so no excuse for me.

Much Love,
Bri

April Weight Update

So my progress update for March was quick and I was amazed on how I gained 7 pounds since February.  However I honestly believe that my diet wasnt the right for me. I was consuming entire to much of the wrong kinds of red meat and I eventually took red meat almost completely. I eat fish and chicken often and those are my main sources of protein as well. I also stopped consuming my protein drink and yogurt as well which was just laziness on my behalf I just need to hit thw store and stock for the month and be done with it. Anyways with those seemingly minor setbacks it caused my weight to remain the same sadly. However there was growth in areas of my body which you will see recorded down below along with progress pics. So yes I have some work to do especially since I incorporated a new cardio into my workout regimen, which I will let you know what that is eventually. For the end of the March this is where I stand.

March
Weight: 116
Bust: 32
Waist: 28
Hips: 35
Thigh: 20 1/2

Weight Gain Triumphs and Troubles

As you all know I am super determined to hit the goal weight of 125 by the end of this year. While I am definitely gaining the weight (yay!) I'm also outgrowing almost all of my pants (boo). I am down to three or four pair of pants that I can actually fit with no problem out of twenty plus that I cant fit at all. Luckily spring is here and summer is not to far behind so leggings, skirts and shorts will be in full effect. Progress pics will be up soon as of April 1st or March 31st which ever time permits.

Much Love,
Bri

Progess Pics

Almost two months in and im starting to see progress in my glutes, and entire legs. I havent really focused on my upper area but now that I have gym that I go to regulary I get to experiment with the arms and abs machine. Quite honestly im not a huge fan of the arm machines but I want my body to be proportioned so I gotta suck it up. The pictures on the left are the ones I took the first week in February the second ones I took last week in March and its not bad in my opinion my calorie intake is now at 2300 per day which is quite interesting and at times challenging to complete but it gets done.

Much Love,
Bri

Weight Update!!!

I know I havent been blogging as much :-/ you can contribute that to my determination of gaining weight on my own. I have been googling, reading, and asking personal trainers a lot and I do mean a lot of questions. Whats interesting is that I found most of my answers to questions via instagram. Instagram pics get right to the point and thw captions under the persons pic breaks down what they are doing and eating daily. My stats are as follows;

January 31st:
Weight: 110pds
Waist: 28
Hips: 33
Thigh: 18

As of March:
Weight: 117pds
Waist: 27 1/2
Hips: 35
Thigh: 19

I gained seven pounds since I started this gain weight journey and although I cannot physically see a difference, I know that I am getting closer to my goal. So once I hit 125 pds we will see if my goal changes.

Pictured below is one pic that I took mid February the week of the 11th, and the other is my weight today before I ate lunch.

Much Love,
Bri

Shape Up With Bri

Since im exercising way more often I will be posting the exercises that I am doing. There will be certain exercises that I do every night (Mon-Sat) those are planks, and squats. There are at least 18 different types of squats, I do at least ten different types throughout the month. However with weights I do 100 standard squats. The amount of squats I do in the morning varies ranges from at least 60 up to 200.

For my planks it is rather simple I do four different types of planks than increase the timing in the planks a minute each month. Posted below are pics of the planks and types of squats that I do.

Enjoy and get fit!!!
Bri

Weight Gain Journey

Like I mentioned before my blog is about any and everything that interest me and currently im on a quest to gain weight. No I'm not doing this for anyone but myself, I've always wanted to be 120-125 pounds and currently I am at 110 pounds and have been since 2010. The most I ever weighed without kids was 115 and that was in high school when iwas running track and doing cheerleading. I was super active and my body was exactly how I wanted it to be. Now after two kids I weigh 110 and I'm active but nowhere near as active as I was in high school. I dance and workout and thats about it, however I need to up the ante for me to be content so the goal for the end of this year is 125 solid pounds of muscle which is very possible long as I stay diligent to the diet and workout regimen. I will post monthly progress of how much I weigh and my measurements also the exercises that I am doing, and what I am eating to get to this goal.

Measurements:
Chest: 32
Waist: 28
Hips: 33
Thigh: 18
Calf: 12 1/2

Much Love,
Bri