Hello folks! It has been awhile since I have posted on here. Life has been happening. Between work, family, friends and responsibilities I have had a busy month. I kind of slacked a little bit just after my birthday. But got back on gear, but finally getting back into the routine I had prior to my birthday. I had a goal for my husbands birthday ( which is today). My goal was to lose at least 30lbs by his 30th birthday and hopefully get into the 170s by his birthday. I weighed in this afternoon, goal one of 30+ lbs loss - check! ...... be in the 170s - not check. I weighed in at 180.2lbs. I was so close! So close I did lunges, squats, shaved my legs( lol) trying to lose that last .3lbs I needed to lose to make my goal! I am not using it as an excuse, but mother nature was not my friend this week, nor eve. I know that had a tiny bit to play with my weight loss. But I should have just worked harder to counter act the bloating. (this picture is from me before my lunges, squats etc... So I did shave off a little bit of weight last minute lol)
I have to catch up on my new foods tried. I have this video from the week of July 9 of me trying catfish!
I need 4 new foods to try to catch up. Suggestions please! Here are some up to date comparison pictures. You can definitely see the toning that is happening as well as the weight loss and muscle gain. I have 25lb more to go to my goal! I can't believe this is actually happening. I am changing my life, and I couldn't be happier. This is the happiest I have been in life .... probably ever. Happy, Healthy, In love... what more could you ask for?!
Before my 25th birthday I was wishing that I could lose 25 lbs by my 25th birthday. That dream never came true. With this new journey in life, I set my goal to lose 26 lbs by my 26th birthday. Today is that day. I weighed in this morning, since that is the best time to weigh in! And the results are in.
When I started this journey I started out at 215 lbs.
I weighed in this morning at:
In case you can't read that, that reads 188.6lbs!
If you can't do that math instantly in your head... that means I lost
Happy Monday! I meant to write this post over the weekend, but you know life happens! Between going to Medieval Times on friday to celebrate my birthday (that is tomorrow) and work.. it was a busy weekend! So , Friday we headed down to Arundel Mills Mall to Medieval Times to have dinner and watch the show. I have been working so hard, so I caved in a little on Friday and treated myself to a strawberry margarita and apple turnover. I know, such a rebel! I also bought myself a new outfit for the event, which consisted of a new skirt... that was size 10! It was a little snug around the thighs, but I am getting so far from where I was and so close to where I want to be. With my birthday approaching I knew I needed to give in to something to celebrate my birthday, and I figured an apple turnover was a better choice than birthday cake. I have been doing so well, and thought I deserved this! However I did end up working out on Saturday, because I felt so guilty from my indulges the night prior. Not to mention I created this goal of wanting to lose 26 lbs by 26... which is tomorrow! So I wanted to get some extra workouts in.
Saturday's workout consisted of some gym time, and then headed to the park to workout with a friend. My friend Sarah and I went to the Windsor Park to play some tennis and walk. While playing tennis I was getting so hot wearing my tshirt. I struggled with the idea of taking my shirt off and playing in just my sports bra. Ask Sarah, I fought with the idea for about 5minutes. I ended up giving in and taking my shirt off, mind you there were people on the other two tennis courts, and people down at the basketball court. I played the rest of the game and walked a mile with my shirt off in just my sports bra. I know it doesn't sound like much. But two months ago I would never even considered the idea. If you haven't seen any of the other posts or seen pictures, I am a heavy chested girl. So that along with the being a size 16/18 previously would have held me back from wearing just a sports bra and shorts. But I did it, and I felt good. I felt like the athlete I was turning into.
I will have a new post on either tuesday ( my birthday =)) ) or wednesday! Look out for that one to see if I made my goal! Until then check out the pictures and new food video!
front view - proof of wearing just the sports bra and shorts!
I was going through some old photos on my computer, and came across this video. You see when I was 22 years old, I was struggling with my self image. I was depressed and felt helpless. To the point that I created a video entry for The Biggest Loser. I am not going to lie it is a rather long video (10minutes) . I open up about my life, family and relationships. You see old pictures and how heavy I was.. then. What is shocking is I let myself get even larger than that after that video.
I watched this video and couldn't hold back my emotions. I was so depressed, workout illiterate and so close minded to other options. I thought what I needed was a tv show to help me. Now I realize I needed to know that I could do it. I needed something to aspire for. I needed to believe and inspire myself, before I could do anything, let alone try inspire others.
I cannot deny my reluctance to posting this video, I look and act ridiculous. I was trying way to hard to get on this show. I didn't see that then, but I see that now. I also see a girl that was struggling with self esteem, confidence and had only been put down by so many people. I show this to you not for you to laugh ( except at the stupid funny parts) but to show you that it is inside of you. You have what you need to succeed. I had that desire 4 years ago. I just didn't realize it till recently. I urge you to do some true soul searching. Whether you are longing for weight loss, love, confidence, children, or what have you. If there is even a morsel of desire that you can bring to the surface, I guarantee there is more inside of you that you can pull out to show you can succeed now. Don't wait as long as I did to discover this. Change your life now.
Hey guys! I know it has been awhile since I have written on here. Things have been a little crazy in my life, which I have had to zero in on the things to focus on. One of which is continuously eating healthy and working out; so the blog got put on the side. I figured it made more sense to workout then write about working out.
In the past month I have been dealing with finding a full time job, family stuff, planning something special for someone special, fathers day/wedding celebration, oh yeah my sister and her three (3) beautiful little girls moved in temporarily with Kevin and me. The latter one has made my journey much harder than I could have imagined. My sister is a single mother, of a 9, 5 1/2 and 3 yr old girls. So as you can imagine there is a lot of "junk" food in my house. From doughnuts to cereal to cake. I try to make healthy dinners for everyone, but that doesn't always happen. Not every journey can be as easy, and I wouldn't trade them staying with us for anything. The memories we are making are all the sweetness I need [cheesy i know!].
I'd be lying if I told you the only reason I haven't written anything is because of life being busy. I am terrified that something I may write will be analyzed, criticized and most importantly taken out of context. Due to recent history I have all the right to fear that. This is all I am going to say about this, and then I will move on to me and whats truly important, a healthy lifestyle. I write on here to vent my feelings, fears, successes, and my journey. I do not write them on facebook to be openly public announcements, I do however post the link to the blog on facebook so that those that care about me and my journey can follow me. If you do not care about me, my journey, my feelings or anything to do with my life and are just reading this to be nosy, shame on you. You can not blame me for writing my feelings down in my blog, and you taking them out of context and manipulating them to say what you think they say or mean. So I ask you nicely now, to click that little X in the top right corner, and please leave me page. This page is about me... not you.
Workouts are going well, I am getting to the point where I am increasing my weights. Which feels great! I pushing myself harder on the Arc Trainer at Planet Fitness, and can definitely feel the difference.. I am covered in sweat by the end of my 30 minute workout.
Oh yeah! At the wedding I had chicken with some mushroom sauce (didnt eat much of the sauce and none of the mushrooms .. yuck!) but I did enjoy the green beans! I ate all my green beans! So I enjoy them in a steam formed, just not the form they were in at Texas Roadhouse!
I am officially in a size 12! I started this journey as a size 16... some things were a size 18... I can def feel the difference, and I think I have dropped from a 38 bra to a 36. It is pretty loose around my bra band =) Check out my videos, I tried 5 new foods, to make up for the last couple of weeks, and check out my updated pictures of before and now ( as of 6/6)
Thanks for following me and my journey. I encourage you to leave comments on suggestions for life, food, workouts, things to help the girls eat healthier without them knowing! I enjoy reading the comments. I know a ton of people read this, I see the stats!
My posts have been scarce lately, with many reasons. My workout schedule got all sorts of messed up when I lost my day time job. So most of my days are spent sitting on my computer and going out to find a new one. This is just another obstacle in my new weight loss journey. With this being the one month mark (well Friday) since I started my new lifestyle, I am excited to announce my results thus far!
At the beginning of this journey I weighed in at 215, and as of yesterday I am happy to report that I weighed in at 200lbs! I have lost 15lbs in the first month. It wasn't easy, and the rest won't be easy. I am still reaping the pain from friday's leg day. On Friday the trainer at Planet Fitness, Shannon, pushed me as hard as I could go. Overhead lunges with 25lbs of weight, squats and so many more workouts. I couldn't be happier with the choice to join Planet Fitness. Having been a member in Golds Gym, and visited/heard about others. I am glad I didn't just give up on the gym route. I encourage you, that if you haven't found the gym for you yet, keep looking.
With every new journey there is someone that wants to bring you down. Things start looking up, and they see that happiness, and they want to destroy it. My journey hasn't been easy. This past week has been full of stressful situations, depression and despair. Over a month ago in a situation like this I would have indulged myself in cake, cookies, bacon cheese fries and so many other bad foods that taste oh soo good at the time. This time I went to the gym, spent a hour and a half, pushed myself farther than I thought I could, and surrounded myself with my true friends and loved ones. The words spoken by those trying to destroy me and everything I have worked for, still hurt. They still pushed my buttons, but self control and perseverance helped me make it through the day. I am trying to repair the damage I caused to the best of my ability. But there will come a point where I can't repair what needs repaired. That is something that I needed to learn. It isn't my responsibility to repair everything, but only the things that I have control over. I want to thank everyone that helped me through these situations this past weekend, you know who you are. I love you guys and am thankful to have you in my life everyday.
Ok so, here are the videos of the two new foods I tried! Since I failed to have a video last week, I did two this week. Enjoy!
Don't forget to suggest a new food for me, for next weeks new food! I have had a few things suggested, but will have to wait till I have the opportunity to try it. If you have something simple to purchase, cook, or try please suggest it!
Thank you for continuing to support me in this journey.
