{"id":492,"date":"2016-05-19T18:42:30","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T18:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livinna.com\/?p=492"},"modified":"2016-06-23T18:48:56","modified_gmt":"2016-06-23T18:48:56","slug":"working-on-my-fitness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livinna.com\/working-on-my-fitness\/","title":{"rendered":"Working on my Fitness"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-496 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/livinna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1459190290.png\" alt=\"1459190290\" width=\"463\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livinna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1459190290.png 463w, https:\/\/livinna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1459190290-300x81.png 300w, https:\/\/livinna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1459190290-20x5.png 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><\/h5>\n<h5>I&#8217;ve almost always been chubby.<\/h5>\n<p>In my twenties, I got <strong>REALLY<\/strong> chubby. \u00a0After trying a ton of different things, I began using My Fitness Pal and used it to keep my calories under a certain about.<\/p>\n<p>It worked, and I lost 65 lbs! \u00a0But since then, I haven&#8217;t been able to keep more weight off.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, I&#8217;ve kept working out at the gym consistently but it was very much at a maintenance level.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past two years, however, I&#8217;ve started to get into Crossfit, and I love it.<\/p>\n<p>I know, that&#8217;s what all Crossfitters seem to say, but I do, and here&#8217;s why.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">I am an amputee. \u00a0A below knee amputee with extensive other damage, to be exact. \u00a0I never thought that I would be able to do the things that I am capable of today. \u00a0Doing Crossfit has pushed my boundaries, made me very uncomfortable, but has helped me attain levels of physical fitness that I really didn&#8217;t think were possible.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">I didn&#8217;t think that, as an amputee, I could get better at balancing on a 2 x 4 while carrying heavy objects, but I have, and it helps me in my daily life.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">I did&#8217;t think I could get better at squatting and lunging, but I have, and it&#8217;s also helped me.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">It has all helped me, both physically and emotionally.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">so here is where the problem arises.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">I&#8217;ve always had a big appetite and now, because I work out harder and more often, my appetite can be much larger than the amount of calories I&#8217;m consuming.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">I&#8217;m making great gains in the gym and in my physical well-being, but I am still chubby&#8230;in fact, I&#8217;ve been gradually gaining weight.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, I&#8217;m signing up for a program at my gym called Transformers. \u00a0It&#8217;s a 12 week program designed to, in short, help you adjust your lifestyle, learn, and reach your goals.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m extremely nervous. \u00a0I hate feeling deprived. \u00a0I hate being told I&#8217;m not doing enough. \u00a0I hate feeling envious of other people who seem to not work out and eat what they want and still be skinnier than me, but I have to do something.<\/p>\n<p>This is my only life, probably, and it is worth the investment of time and money to try better myself.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not necessarily about looking a certain way, it&#8217;s about being the best me I can be.<\/p>\n<p>It starts Monday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve almost always been chubby. In my twenties, I got REALLY chubby. \u00a0After trying a ton of different things, I began using My Fitness Pal and used it to keep my calories under a certain about. It worked, and I lost 65 lbs! \u00a0But since then, I haven&#8217;t been able to keep more weight off. 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