P90X!!

Well we started P90X on Saturday, October 1, 2011 we are doing P90X lean schedule and replacing Cardio X with Plyometrics. I listed the schedule below:

Phase 1 Lean - Weeks 1, 2, and 3 

Day 1 – Core Synergistics

Day 2 – Cardio X

Day 3 – Shoulders and Arms, Ab Ripper X

Day 4 – Yoga X

Day 5 – Legs and Back, Ab Ripper X

Day 6 – Kenpo X

Day 7 – Rest or X Stretch

 

Phase 1 Lean - P90x Workout Week 4 Recovery

Day 1 – Yoga X

Day 2 – Core Synergistics

Day 3 – Kenpo X

Day 4 – X Stretch

Day 5 – Cardio X

Day 6 – Yoga X

Day 7 – Rest or X Stretch

 

 

P90X Lean Workout Schedule Weeks 5, 6, 7

Day 1 – Core Synergistics

Day 2 – Cardio X

Day 3 – Chest, Shoulders & Triceps, Ab Ripper X

Day 4 – Yoga X

Day 5 – Legs and Back, Ab Ripper X

Day 6 – Kenpo X

Day 7 – Rest or X Stretch

 

P90x Lean - Week 8 Recovery

 

Day 1 – Yoga X

Day 2 – Core Synergistics

Day 3 – Kenpo X

Day 4 – X Stretch

Day 5 – Core Synergistics

Day 6 – Yoga X

Day 7 – Rest or X Stretch  

 

P90x Lean Workout Schedule Weeks 9 and 11

 

Day 1 – Chest and Back, Ab Ripper X

Day 2 –Cardio X

Day 3 – Shoulders and Arms, Ab Ripper X

Day 4 – Yoga X

Day 5 –Core Synergistics

Day 6 – Kenpo X

Day 7 Rest or X Stretch

 

P90X Lean Workout Schedule for Weeks 10 and 12

 

Day 1 – Chest, Shoulders and Triceps, Ab Ripper X

Day 2- Cardio X

Day 3 – Back and Biceps, Ab Ripper X

Day 4 – Yoga X

Day 5 –Core Synergistics

Day 6 – Kenpo X

Day 7 – Rest or X Stretch

 

P90X Lean Workout Schedule Week 13

 

Day 1 – Yoga X

Day 2 – Core Synergistics

Day 3 – Kenpo X

Day 4 – X Stretch

Day 5 – Cardio X

Day 6 – Yoga X

Day 7 – Rest or X Stretch

Been awhile......

Hey peeps!

I know it has been awhile but I just want to fill you all in and let you know I will be updating every few days or weekly depending on my busy life.

First off I have gotten no where! Still in the 190's ughh!

Secondly my beachbody coach Kati has kick my butt into gear. She had selected 5 people to join this fitness challenge where she will be on us like white on rice. We have to report daily and have assignments and must be drinking shakeology( which is an awesome, amazing, fantastical, helpful supplement to learn more click here) We are staring our lovely challenge on Oct.1st ...tomorrow!!.... We are Mission Bombshell which consists of me and new besties Kati, Sara, Erica, Fran, and Stacy. Together we will be AWESOME!! We are doing P90X lean and for the next 90days I will be busting my butt!!

Thirdly I have started drinking shakeology which is Amazing all the details are here. We kick started our 90 challenge with a Shakeology cleanse which can be described here... I LOVE IT!! It is only 3 days and day 1 is hard but today, day 3, is a breeze!!! Cant wait to fill you all in on my awesome transformation!!!!  I will post all my updated measurements soon!!

Well well well...

Well first off all....I got my blood work back and I do not have a thyroid problem YAY...Second I got my x-ray results back and I do not have stress fractures YAY.. However my ankle still hurts to move certain directions BOO!!!

Today I posted my day 30 pictures for the summer slim down challenge and looking at them got me sad. I got hardly no where in 30 days...stupid dumb ankle and stupid shins aghh...I still cant push hard and do much with my ankle this way the doctor said it should be fine... 100% fine by June 5th but I want a full 30days to push hard and now I cant have that.

I also feel a bit gun shy about jumping and doing things that could make me roll my ankle again. That is also gonna slow me down...

I am going to start my 3 week cleanse starting June 5th or 6th. I should not say cleanse it isn't a cleanse its more of a jump start into eating clean, it is unrelated to the eat clean diet but same idea. I have done this cleanse once before and I lost 20lbs in 2 months sooo hopefully I can help jump start myself...I hate this cleanse however with a passion!! Its not bad but I just hate been limited to things but I will make it work!! I HAVE TO!!..

I have posted some more progress photos for you to see..and I will update my measurements soon too.

I am Doomed Forever

I had this great talk with my Beachbody coach the other day when I was feeling a bit down and very sad about whats going on with my body and how I have not been seeing any changes these last few weeks for unexplained reasons and I told her I felt like I was doomed to be fat forever and she talked me into my senses and I decided to be a bit more determined and do things a bit differently little changes can make a big difference. So I started that. Sat was great I did my P90X workout and then Insanity I sweated buckets and felt great! My motivation was kicked into high gear......until.....Yesterday.....

....I was starting my workout I started with Insanity then was going to do P90X. I started off great BUT within 8mins of Insanity I was doing High knees and when I was transitioning from left to right leg I landed awful on my left foot and then rolled it outward! I fell to the ground in pain. I thought I broke my ankle but I was able to stand and put weight on it no problem, but walking and certain movements hurt so bad!

I think I may have sprained it...so... I got up determined not to quit I kept thinking if football players can do it I can I wrapped my ankle really tight to restrict movement and got back to my workout. I tried really hard to make it through modifying move so my ankle wouldn't tweak but I couldn't do it. So I was going to switch to P90X but realized it was Plyo day, that was not going to happen with my ankle. So I started to do kenpo instead but the kicks started to hurt. I got sooo discouraged I quit my ankle hurt so bad and I just didn't know what to do. So I googled sprained ankle and read about what to do with it and if I should go to the doctors for it. I am afraid I torn some stuff but it is hardly swollen so I am going to wait till tomorrow to see my physical therapist and see what he thinks.

My husband wants me to start boxing so I am going to do some shadow boxing with him to keep my cardio up. But I really feel right now that something is tyring to stop me from working out and bettering myself. Every time something gets in the way or makes it extremely hard to do what I want to do.....By the way I didn't loss any weight this week but I didn't gain any either. So I guess that is a plus

Was excited now I am Sad....

Well this week was Great!! I worked out didn't miss a beat I did have a cheat meal to celebrate my friends graduation from college. But I ran my race 3.23 miles and was ok. I had volleyball the night before so Sat. I woke up to my leg pain again yay of course it would hurt the day of my race so I couldn't run like I wanted to because the pain was to great!! But considering I ran and walked and ran and walked the whole race I finished in 48 mins and 11 sec. Had I not stopped running I probably could have finished in 35mins ish. So a little disappointed but what could i do I tried my best with what was wrong.

So here are some pictures from the race!

I know they meant music but I kept thinking "Yay I do rock"

Our remembrance of the 9-11 very cool

Me all happy

My very first ever but not last BIB number!!!!

Lining up 3mins to go (that's my daddy fixing his hat)

Me and my mom before we started I cut off half of her
while taking it not very good picture taker when rushed

Finish Line(well they had not set it up yet)

Me before the race

Me after the race in pain!

After feeling to accomplished from my race I felt like crap Sun my legs hurt so bad i could barley move! I Still cant!! So today I weighed in and to my surprise I gained 1.2lbs WTF!!?!?!?!
After all my hard work this week and everything I have done I still gained I wanted to cry, I still do I just do not get it!!

My dad thinks maybe I have a thyroid problem because I gained it so quickly so I am going to the doctors on Thurs yay blood work here I come!

Good/Bad Week!!

Well everyone this week has been strange to say the least. I started a new work schedule at work and it really messed with my workout schedule I workout only 4 times last week. So I have decided to start over my Insanity program and just start over the week I lost on P90X. So I will finish my programs while I am on vacation. Not sure how I am going to swing that but Ill take the dvds with me!

BUT even with my lack of exercise and my semi bad eating habits I still managed to loose 1.8lbs. And 2 inches total all over...I officially do not understand weight loss. But I am back on track as of today. I am starting Insanity tomorrow!! Kinda crazy!!

OHH and my first 5k is this sat. yay me!! My leg pain is doing better with the awesome work of my physical therapy. So hopefully I can make it through the run without to much pain. I also had my first Volleyball game of the season and we won 1 out of the 3 games we played but we lost only by a point or two so they were really close games!! Pretty good for our first games and for not playing together and no practice!!

Well the time has come!!

May 1st has come and gone and the summer slim down has begun!! haha that rhymed! Well I have started doing P90X 31 days ago and I am going to post my results sooo far!! So yeah here they are! In 30 days of P90X I have accomplished this:(see below)

P90X  Round 1 Transformation
	Day 1	Day 15	Day 30	Day 45
Measurements	04/02/11	04/16/11	05/01/11	05/16/11
Weight	192.6	192	192.4
Shoulders	47	46	45
Chest	42	40	39
R. Arm	14.5	14	14
L. Arm	14.5	14	13.5
Waist	34	33.75	33.5
Belly	41	40	39.5
Hips	41.5	39	39
Butt	43.5	42	42
R. Thigh	25	23.5	23
L. Thigh	25	23.5	23
R. Calve	17.5	17	17
L. Calve	17.5	17	17

I have come to far in the weight dept but the measurments are where it counts right now!!

And for my overall transformation since I started my journey is as follows:(click the picture to make bigger)

My problem really isnt a problem!!!

So just to keep everyone updated... I had a second Physical Therapy appt. yesterday and my horrible shin/leg pain turns out to be caused from...are you ready...drum roll....MY CALVE MUSCLE!! My amazing bestest PT guy ever in the world Troy told me that the pain I am having is because my calf muscle is so tight and knotted up that when I run I can get a full range of motion in the heel to toe sense so my leg was compensating for the lack of motion by rolling the arch of my foot downward and causing me to utilize a different muscle that should be used during running HENCE the PAIN!!! SOO he did some Myofasical massage to work out the muscle and holy crap it was amazing how much range I got back once the muscle was loose...

So he should be some stretches to help keep it loose and some to do before I run and after I am done running to hopefully avoid the pain.. Which is great because my race is only 15 days away!! I do have to keep going to see him so that he can keep the muscle loose to help my leg heal and prevent further injury!!

Back in Action

Hideeho!! I know all of you have probably been wondering how my leg is doing well its..ok..ya just ok. I went to my PT and they examined me did all these tests and determined that they think I have a tendinitis of the calf muscle...yeah SUCK!! Well they told me to take it easy and not doing anything that would aggravate it..blah blah blah.. well I am in the beginning stages of P90X and I was not about to "take it easy" I started this challenge and I am going to do it no matter what!

Well as you would guess, it hurt like crazy all last week but this week is my recovery week so the workouts aren't as intense and my leg feels good. It isn't hurting to much and I can make it through my work outs!! My dad bought me a shin protector compressor thingy. It supposed to give some support to the muscle and generate some heat to keep the muscle loose. It seems to be helping a bit so that's cool.

Now the true test is to go running again. I haven't ran since that Thursday. I still did all my P90X workouts but left off the running. So we will see how that goes. If it will stop raining for 5 mins for me to get outside to run that would be great but that's a hit or miss it has down poured for the last week straight and I only have 17 more days till my first 5k.

SO ANYWAY!! New news is that starting May 1st I will be insane! ...yep that right insane! I start insanity wish me luck on that OHH BOY!!
Also on May 1st starts my coach Kati and her fellow Creators of the Bombshell Dynasty Support Group will be doing a SUMMER SLIM DOWN CHALLENGE!! If you click the summer slim down link it gives all the details of the challenge. I can not wait they will be giving away prizes to the best transformations!! I hope I can make it happen!!!

Life kinda sucks!!

Well peeps....Today is DAY 17 of P90X for me! LOVIN IT BTW!! But Life strikes again, I have a 5k coming up for anyone who didn't know. It is May 14th and I am so excited for it!! I went running on Thursday last week the first time I have ran since the beginning of Feb. and I ran 1.2 miles in 20 mins not bad for just getting back into it. AND here is where tragedy hits. I warmed up and stretched for about 10 mins and then went and ran 1.2 miles (well run/walk) and I came back and did KenpoX (it was kenpo day) and was great everything was awesome but Friday night I started having a pain in my leg in the shin area but kinda of to the side so I rested it.

Then Sat. I worked out and did Chest and Back (which I did all my push ups without being on my knees!!) and I noticed my left leg was swollen and hurt So I iced it that night and went to bed I felt amazing Sun. Until I tried to do Plyometrics. I got 20mins into it and I could barley put weight on my leg it hurt so bad so I had to stop I was BAD! SO I Iced it some more and after a while it was ok and then I put heat on it at night....

AND it still hurts!!!!!!! So I called and made an appt. with my PT guy hoping he can help a bit, but I have to get back into it I have to train for my run and I don't want to stop P90X so I did my workout today which was shoulders and arms and was fine(not much leg working here) but I have legs and back coming up so will see I guess! I cant give up!

Part of me wants to push through the pain but part of me is saying bad idea bad idea! So I don't know what to do. I decided since I couldn't finish Plyo yesterday on Friday I will do plyo and not to stretch X. And just bust it out this week before the recovery week. Wish me luck!

So many new things going on!

I know I said I was going to post my measurements and weight Monday and I just have been so busy I forgot. Well I did change my little weight ticker at the top of the page but just to actually write it out my first official week of P90X I lost 1.6 lbs. YAY ME! I am hoping this will be a regular trend because if I can lose around 1-2 lbs a week I will be down between 12-24 lbs and that will put me at a weight between 167-179 which I would be ok with I be sooo happy with 167 but I will do my best and forget the rest and be the end of summer I should be 160 for sure!!

Also I order the Shakeology Cleanse from my wonderful awesome Beachbody coach Kati Henifner. The shakeology cleanse is all described here. I'm so excited to try it and see how it works for my I have the rest of this week and next week before I can start it because I want to do the cleanse during the recovery week of P90X. I also got a sample of the chocolate shakeology and OMG it was amazing!!

 Another thing going on is that my first ever 5K race is coming up fast I have 30days till I have to be ready oh geez!! I have been training hard with P90X I forgot about the race so I have to combine my race training with my P90X YEAH DOUBLE WHAMY!!! Also I joined a Summer Volleyball team and our first game is the first week of May so I have to practice for that as well!! OH GEEZ!! I am swamped!!

I weigh in again on Sat. so I will post my result of the second week of P90X then!! Let see a big loss yeah for big loss!!!

I really need to tighten up a bit more...

Well today is Day 6 of my P90X journey and I feel like I am doing ok. The work outs are hard but fun. I did the Kenpo X DVD today and I found it really really really hard. I couldn't get the moves down I am not coordinated enough but I tried my best I don't feel like I got enough out of it so When I get home I will do something else that I know I can do until I get better.

Other then that I just need to tighten up some areas and make more of a effort to do certain things. I made all my food and have been eating well I just need to really mark down my calories because some times I may not eat all the food I have. For example yesterday I had a tuna salad and lettuce and soup but I could finish the lettuce I ate 1c. when I was supposed to eat 2c. I know that sounds silly but those calories matter and I really need to record it so I know that I am getting the right amount of calories a day.

I need to tighten up on my workouts also for example yesterday was legs and back and AB ripper X. Well I got up early and did legs and back and was going to do AB ripper when I got home but I had a eye doctor appt. and had to buy new shoes to workout in and make my food for the next two days. When I finished everything it was 9pm I was sooo tired I went to bed. I didn't do ab ripper sooo I am slightly disappointed, but I need to smooth out these rough edges and make it work!!

I will post this weeks results weight and measurements on Monday as normal pray there is change!!! I really need the boost of motivation after these last 3 messed up weeks. I am also going to be doing the Cleanse again a bit modified to make sure I can fuel the P90X workouts but for real this time either this week or next not sure yet but I think it will help jump start and reformulate my metabolism. Then I will start right back up with the phase one plan right where I left off.

Times are a changing!

Today I feel....great...energized...excited...and determined!! Sorry its a few days late but I wanted to post on Sat. to let you know what all is going on with my P90X. But I will start today instead sooo... Sat. April 2, 2011 was my official start day of the P90X.

It was good, I was really surprised how good the food was!! Every diet or plan I have been on had nasty somewhat ok food, the kind that when you eating it all you can think about is how you rather have this or rather have that, then you are still hungry after your done because it wasn't appetizing and you want some thing good, well this food which in reality is the same as the "diet food" but prepare and combined in the right way is amazing!!!!

For example P90X has a Red Pepper Soup that you can eat certain days and I hate peppers HATE them. There are only a few veggies I don't like and that is one of them any kind of pepper=nasty. But the Red Pepper Soup is roasted red peppers, onion, celery, tomato's and other spices it is amazing, maybe because it is pureed and not a chunky soup where I can see it all or maybe the combo of flavors are just right..idk..but it was great, I think I am going to make it and use it as a pasta sauce for my husband and he wont know what he is eating and he will get more veggies YEAHHH MEE and THANK YOU TONY!! Also I had made the shrimp stir fry it was great I would have never thought of combining the ingredients they way they do the ginger and garlic (I love to cook but Suck and making my own things I don't have the knowledge of how to combine things or what to combine or what things taste like I had never used ginger before this. But I got some ideas now!!)

So I tried to make all my food in advance so I wouldn't get caught in a situation where I wouldn't have time or something to cook, and then end up eating the wrong things. So I made my Chicken Salad, Red Pepper Soup, Vegetable Soup, Homemade Protein bars (courtesy of my Beach body coach Kati) Cooked Chicken for all the different recipes and tomorrow I plan on making my Tuna salad, and miso soup in advance of the end of the week!! SOOO excited to try those!!

As for the workouts...all I have to say is HOLY CRAPOLIE!!! They are crazy!! I started on Sat. with the chest and back which was great I didn't have a chin up bar but I used the bands which still worked( my dad bought me a chin up bar for my birthday which isn't till tomorrow but he gave it to me yesterday so I could use it next time along with 8 and 10lbs weights !! awesome!! So I was sooo hyper after the chest and back workout it was amazing I wasn't sore till the next day but it is a good sore!!
     Sunday I had plyometrics which was INTENSE. I did my best and forgot the rest lol but next time I will try to do better!! It was very hard for me so I modified some of the moves they way they showed to modify them and and some points I had to stop a few seconds early not much 2-5 secs at the most. The only one I changed myself was this one where you stand on one leg and hop in a hot cross patter front,back,side, side. I get easily hurt in my shins and I hopped once and had to change it to both feet on the ground because it hurt so bad! BUT it was great!!! I was so beat I had to skip the bonus round but next time I will try it and i will BRING IT!!
      Today I woke up early at 6 and did my shoulders and Arms DVD OH BOY it was intense soo glad I got the 8 and 10lb weights yesterday because I used them depending on the exercise I use either a 5lb, 8lb or 10lb. The only exercise I had to change completely was the last one the Side Tri Raises this one you lay on your left side and put you right hand right by your body next to your peck and then you left arm on your shoulder and raise on the planted arms and work the triceps then switch to the other side, I failed at this couldn't do it with out wiggling and wasn't using my triceps soo I did a triceps extension behind the head instead to still workout with them. Here is a pic so the position makes sense.
You can see what I mean to keep your feet from not moving and only isolating the triceps it was hard. I don't have enough strength in my core to stay still.

Finally on Sat and with today's workout I am also supposed to combine AB Ripper X I did on Sat. and it was HARD I couldn't do some of the exercises to the standard 25 reps but I did my best and will try harder today. I didn't have time this morning to fit it in but I will do it tonight When I get off work!!
I feel I have had a great start to the program and cant wait to see some results!!

My Tip of the week Is STAY ORGANIZED it really helps make things easier and prevents failure.

i just dont get it....

Well people I am utterly depressed officially.  First of all my knee is killing me today I don't know why but it keeps feeling like a stabbing pain every few mins. I have had this before its nothing bad just a pain nut it HURTS...

Second I gained another 1.4lbs, I just don't get it I ate right all week stayed focused worked out 4-5 times this week and only fell off the wagon once and ate 3 girl scout cookies but its not like I ate the whole box or had 3 cookies a day I had three cookies one time...and I still managed to gain 1.4 lbs I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY?!?!?!?!? I did however loose some inches not many a bit in my legs and that was it but still its something. I'm just so frustrated and upset and discouraged.

Why does the number have to go up why cant it at least stay the same I was soo excited when I first started I lost 7 lbs and was all pumped and then BAM gain back a total of 4.6lbs of the 7 lbs it just sucks. I really sad.. :(

I was going to start P90X on April 1 but I think I might just pull that date in a few days to Wed. March 30 I know its only a few days but it will maybe give me the motivation I need to push harder to get the results I want and the results I have seen people get using this system.

Proud to not be lazy!!

As you all know from my last post I managed to gain 3.2 lbs I have no idea how or why, I thought maybe I was retaining water or something so I weighed myself yesterday and today and my body didn't fool me it still says 192.4 BLAHHHH!!! So Last night I was so discouraged I did not want to work out. AT ALL!

I'm also starting P90X on April 1 so I kept saying to myself I don't need to work out I am starting P90X in a few days it wont kill me to not work out today. No I don't need to work out. But then I was getting more upset with myself and depressed, and I realized I'm doing the same thing I always do. "Oh I can wait I can wait I'm do it hardcore in a few days" But I realized more and more that I am WASTING time. I only have 109 days till my two vacations and I want to look good for them I really do. So I got up got dressed and worked out to the 30 day shred with Jillian. I burned almost 500 calories in 30 mins yeahhhhh me!!!

I felt so much better about myself and I am not going to let it stop me any more! I start P90X in a few days and I will not fail this time. I tried it once before but I don't think I was organized enough that time. I don't care what anyone says you need to be organized to lose weight or you will easily fall of the horse!!..

My prep for P90X is as follows I am watching all the videos before I start so I can make sure that I know what all the moves are and if I need to modify them I don't have to sit and figure out the best way during the actual work out and waste time I will have an Idea first and also I created a excel workbook to have all the information I need to succeed charts and schedules and goals and all the above also I am writing out all the food and stocking my fridge with only the food from the nutrition plan so I never get lost or confused.

I am really looking forward to seeing what P90X can do for me. I have to take pictures of my body before, there are 6-7 different poses so I will post all those and my results of the fit test the day before I start. I am soooo Excited!!!

Gained 3.2 lbs...FML

3.2lbs How did I gain 3.2 lbs. These are the things I hate about weight loss you do soo good all week and bust your butt in workouts to come to the scale and see these blue numbers flashing at you, the whole thing is stupid and sucks!!!!!!!

I have been working out a lot and I have been doing the Jillian Michael's 30 day Shred and her No More Trouble Zone workouts and was burning 500 calories in 30 mins...(oh yeah I got a awesome new gadget! I got a heart rate and calorie monitor watch yeah mee!) I didn't eat anything bad but I wasn't eating as often and as much as I should have been. So I think that a few things came into play here:
FIRST:: I think that I am gaining muscle (Jillian is all about training with a combo of weight lifting and cardio moves) by not doing just cardio to burn fat but gain muscle to burn more fat! And as we all know muscle weighs more then fat so yeah reason one
SECOND:: I think that since I wasn't eating this week during my regular intervals of 3 hours and was eating smaller portions of the food I normally do that my body went into like a starvation mode even though I wasn't hungry!

I know in my mind that even if you aren't hungry you still need to eat every 2-3 hours to keep your body fueled and I Know this so why did I not do it!! Agghh its so frustrating!!

EVEN though I gained 3.2lbs this week I did manage to still lose some inches! Not many and not all over just here and there!! And I didn't gain any inches anywhere so that is a good sign!!

Today is the start of a new week and new goals and this week my goal is to follow my eating schedule to a T!! No missing meals/snacks no excuses just like what I gave up for lent. There was no excuse for not following my schedule last week but I didn't realize I was doing it ya know...IDK ..it just screws with your mind!! Now I will be more aware. I set a alarm on my phone to go off every 3 hours so when it goes off no matter what I am doing or if I am hungry or not I am eating!!

I also am having my work schedule changed to help me feel not so overwhelmed. Right now I Work 9am-5pm a normal day but I work 30mins from where I live so I have to leave at 8:30am and not get home till 5:30 or 6pm depending on the traffic. It is hard for me because when I get home I have to find time to work out cook dinner walk my dogs and still find time to relax with my husband who normally goes to bed at 9pm every night because he has to be up at 4:30am for work so I don't have a lot of time to do anything. But it I work 8-4pm I will get home at 430 and be able to work out and start dinner before I would even walk through the door working 9-5pm so it will give me an hour to have to do whatever... kinda excited about it!!

OHH I also added this months progress photos I can see some changes cant wait to see what another month will do!!

.6 lbs loss ..not bad..

I know that I said in my last post I was going to work out no matter what well...that didn't happen I just felt so drained from my cold. So I slept. I don't consider this laziness only because I was sick but Sat. I started back into full gear!! I worked out for 1 hour on sat. and sun. Yesterday I had appts. after work and by the time I got home it was 930 so no time yesterday but today will be another hour workout.

But I still managed to lose .6lbs which isn't terrible considering I didn't work out... so yeah me!!! I also managed to lose a total of 7 inches all over. Check out my measurement tab to see where I am at.

I also have been considering keeping a Vegan diet for 5-6 times out of the week, I don't know if I can give up fish and my beloved sushi. But I haven't had red meat in 1 year due to my IBS my body cant process it, I haven't had chicken in a month since I started this adventure. Haven't had any cheese and as for other dairy my dad is lactose and tolerant so I grew up on silk and don't buy regular milk. So I basically keep a Vegan diet now, with just some added fish (and i know that doesn't mean I will be a Vegan but pretty damn close and same fundamentals) But I haven't felt better I think my body functions better with out all the gross crap they are putting in our food and not having any meat or meat by product. So I am looking into it and seeing what it would take to make sure I am getting the right amount of nutrition that my body needs. So I might be changing my life completely we will see.....

I am just amazed how much energy I have and not being tired (minus my sickness) but just overall being able to wake up early and not feeling tired after I eat. I have also heard everyone talking about "eating clean" I'm going to go to the bookstore and see what I can find out about this too.

Funny Random Updates

Just a few things today. ( If you read any part of this make sure to watch the video at the end it will make you smile)

First off as you all know from my last post I was sick and still am... I tried to work out on Mon Tues and Wed but i was soooo drained from work I just went home and passed out. Soo The plan is to work out today FOR SURE this time. I feel kinda hyper and the feeling that I got my strength back not 100% but like 80% enough that I need to push myself to workout.

Second::::  Since yesterday was Ash Wed. I had to give up something for lent. This time around Im not gonna do something stupid like "I give up candy ...or Beer...or Bad food..." these always never get accomplished so I have decided in my pursuit to be healthy to give up laziness and excuses. So what that means is no more excuses as to why I can't work out or Why I can eat something bad just this one time. DONE OVER no more. And as for laziness no more only working out 30 mins and being lazy and stopping cuz I am tried DONE TOO.... I think that this will help me push a bit farther. I know your supposed to give up something you love and something that will help others, but I also am going to be donating at least half of my clothes that are big I don't want to have them in my closet I need to work to fit into my new smaller clothes..SO I am doing both something I love and to help others and I think it will be great!!

Third and final thing for today's post. My friend turned me on to this vloger and made me watch her video called "How to trick people into thinking your good looking" it was sooo funny this girl is awesome and my new envy. So after watching it I went to her YouTube channel which is JennaMarbles and watched this video called "People who Piss me off at the gym." And it made me cry I was laughing so hard because for me this is what happens to me a million times maybe not in the sense she is talking about Cuz she is referring more towards age but I feel people look at me and think the same thing about me cuz I am overweight "like why is she here, I doing better then the fat girl, blah blah anyway it will make more sense when you watch it but its just soo true and funny!!!!

***I will advise you that this video does contain some foul language so if you are easily offended by it I wouldn't watch this video***

I'm cursed I swear!! ...down 3lbs

I lost 3 lbs!!!! YEAHH ME!! I know I should be so excited I lost 3 lbs and I am but I swear I have to be cursed or something. Every time I try to start a workout routine or get into a routine something screws it up this whole year it has been getting sick..well guess what.... IM SICK AGAIN... go figure right! I have a massive head cold and a sore throat. I can't breathe and I am so tired. Just walking up the few stairs at work I get winded. I hate this I didn't get to work out Sat. or Sun. because I just laid in bed I did eat normally though (well normal diet food) so don't think my 3 lbs drop was cuz I wasn't eating I was. So Today I feel even worse then the past two days so again tonight is a lay around sleepy day. My goal is to be ready to work out tomorrow and have the 3 days of rest. I hope it will get better from here. Its sushi Monday so I hope I can still make it to that but it will depend how I feel tonight after work. I just am so disappointed that I lost 3 days of working out! Someone was like still work out sweat out the cold I laughed I can even walk up a flight of stairs without being out of breath I wouldn't be able to do anything in the workout department. I want to get better faster not make myself worse!

Anyhow on a more happy note. As you know I have my first ever 5k coming up in May and I have started training for it well I want to show you guys my improvement so far!! Now remember I couldn't/never have ran before EVER!

Feb. 22, 2011
I ran 4 mins straight did a 25 min mile with walking/running
Feb. 25, 2011
I ran 6 mins straight did a 22 min mile with walking/running
March 1, 2011
I ran 7 mins straight did a 18 min mile with walking/running
March 3, 2011
I ran 8 mins straight did a 16 min mile with walking/running

Then I got sick!! Haven't ran in a few days BOO!  But I think I am doing good and slowly adding time and getting better I have 67 days left to run a whole 3 miles. I really want to run the whole thing without walking and finish in 30 mins but no more then 40mins(just in case I'm dying) for my 1st race I think a 10 min mile should be a good goal! The only problem I face is the pain I get in my shins and in my right foot when I run. My dad said he has some tricks so once I am better I see how they work!!

I know I shouldn't but I can't help it!!

I know what you are all going to say...no no no its bad to weight in constantly you should only weigh in weekly... Well I can't help myself!! Yesterday I weighed in at 193.0 YEAHHHHH that's another 1.4lbs lost yeah me!!. Now let hope I can maintain that or lose more before my Monday weigh in!!

I had a conversation with my best friend yesterday I told her I lost 3.2lbs, She was so excited from me! Then I dropped the big question I asked her if she thought that it would be possible for me to lose at least 40lbs by my deadline which as of today is 129 days left. She is my most honest and trustworthy friend and she said and I quote "You know I will always be honest....40lbs seems like a lot in 4 months, only because you are smaller to begin with, but don't let me discourage you!!" After reading this I did get discouraged because 40lbs in 4 months is a lot but I told myself I had to work that much harder to get there. My husband broke it down and said I would need to lose 2.5lbs a week to meet my goal. Which doesn't seem like a lot but kinda is. So I got a little upset that I wouldn't make my goal before my vacation and I'd just have to be a fat slob in Cancun and Put in Bay ...again ...

Then my motivation peaked, after I was done working out I sat and was watching TV I turned on the show I used to be fat and there was this girl named Kelly who started her weight loss journey at 186.6lbs and in 72 days she lost 30lbs and was down to 156lbs welllllllll I got so excited I thought if she could lose 30 lbs in 72days I could lose 40 in 129days. It will be hard because she had a trainer and probably worked out for 8 hours a day but I can try my hardest to get there, I WANT TO BE SEXY ON THE BEACH!!! Bikini is all I have to tell myself and it is on!!!

My husband and our friend R.J. are supposed to sign up at the gym I go to today so that we can all set up a routine together and make it happen together, work out after work and stuff and help each other. My husband started what he calls a diet and work out routine already, that consists of running in the treadmill for 12 mins to do a mile then eating less food not better food but just not as much and in 1 week he lost 9lbs I HATE GUYS why can they lose it so easily! Not Fair!! He started at 251 and is now down to 242 WTF!! Aghhh anyway, That's all I have for today so yeah have a great day!!

One week finally down and 1.8lbs GONE!!!

Well as you all know my countdown calendar has begun it has been 7 full days and I'm doing ok. I have lost a total of 1.8 lbs and a total of 10 inches off my body. I updated my measurements page so you can see where I have improved so far. I do feel that I could be doing a lot better however it is a major improvement and a great start. I worked out 3x this week (Should have been more) and eat pretty well I did have Chinese General Tso chicken with white rice on Friday night but I did seem to hinder me, That was my bad meal of the week. I feel that it is good to not limit yourself from things you love or else you will go into a crave/binge mood on that food. NOT GOOD. I see the numbers on my calendar dropping and I hate/love it I love it because I'm getting closer but hate it because I don't have a lot of time left so serious time has begun. The calendar keeps my mind right and keeps me aware of what I'm doing.

My husband has even been inspired a little bit. He mentioned to me..that right he mentioned it... He said we should join Nutrisystem for a bit to see how it works...he did a little research which I have to look at and see if he was right but he said that it was around 260 dollars for a month of food per person...so that's 520 for both of us to do it and we spend about 120-130 dollars a week on food at the store...soo It would be similar if we try that! I was excited to hear him try to help...but I don't know about Nutrisystem I have to do My own research to see how it would work for me but yeah kinda exciting!

Today is Sushi Monday for us. I place we love does Half price sushi on Monday so we tend to go and eat a lot so today will be a test not to eat as much I normally eat like 5 rolls (bad rolls with fried stuff) so today I am determined to get my other favorite rolls the Boston and California rolls really good for you no fried anything just rice seaweed and avocado/cucumber and shrimp and crab. I will only get 3 rolls(they are a lot smaller them the other rolls. I just have to keep my mind in the right place!

The countdown has begun

Well as you know I mentioned I was going to Put in Bay this summer!!!! well... I made a countdown calendar for the event I got the idea from 2 places. First place was from the MTV show I used to be fat but theirs are so boring and lame but useful and effective but I saw a countdown calendar made by Robin, I follow her blog, and she has the cutest countdown book LOVE IT!! Her book made me want to make one!! So I did and today is the first day! I added some countdown widgets to he right so you can see how long I have to meet certain goals. But my main goal is to be 145-150 lbs by July 11th 2011 which is what my book in counting down to in my book. Here is page 1. It isn't nearly as cool as Robin's but it is still cool!!




My Cover Page

 



Pretty much explains it all lol

 

I feel that today was a good start to my countdown. I ate really well today and I worked out. I ran... that's right I Ran. I ran longer then I ever have before. I ran for 4 mins straight.. haha sounds kinda lame but for me that's awesome I have never ran that long before. I have a 5k coming up in 80 days on May 14th and I will have to run 3miles so I have a lot of work to do!!!

Warm weather WHAT?!?!?

IT'S SOOOO WARM OUTSIDE!!! I know that some of you probably live in warmer states but I live in Ohio and it hasn't been over 35 degrees since November. So to have this nice warm weather which is topping out at a whopping 59 degrees YEAHHHH!! This warmer weather already makes me wanna get up and go outside and do stuff. Yesterday it was like 57 degrees and Tuesday it was 55 and I took my dogs for a long walk(which I will do again today) my one dog hasn't been walked outside since it started snowing she hates the snow! My other dog is still a puppy only 20 weeks old and she is to little to take outside in the cold for to long yet. These are my puppy BTW

This is Aayla(the jedi)

This is Yoshi(the dino)

(BTW for anyone who wants to yell at me for keeping my dogs inside and not taking them for walks or whatever needs to understand that I have two Miniature Pinschers and they are short haired dogs who don't weigh more then 10lbs. Plus the one time I did tried to take my older dog for a walk when it was cold and snowy she refused to even walk outside once I got her outside we walked 5 feet and she stopped in her tracks and would not move and shivered the whole time. We tried this on 3 separate occasions and all resulted in the same thing. But yesterday all the snow was melted it was warm and she pranced down the street like she owned it hahah anyway this is why they don't get walked in the winter.)

Now that I ranted and got off topic, I wanted to tell everyone that it was warmer and as I was walking my doggies I saw a guy and girl running and thought of a truly inspiring blog I follow called *Bitch Cakes* She is always running climbing anything and everything but I got so inspired to sign up for a local race this summer.(give myself time to train.) So I found four of them hahahah!! Gotta over achieve I always say.

The first race is May 14th it is the Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon for me it will be the Rite Aid Cleveland 5k there are a total of 5 different race including a full Marathon, half marathon, 10k, 5k, and kids race.

My second race will be June 5 this is the Lake Health Distance Classic 5k run/walk.

Third will be June 18th and this one is for Captains Charities( Captains are a city baseball team right by me.

And there may be a fourth not sure yet depends on if I go on vacation I might miss it cuz it lands on the one of the days I have my vacation on we will see but that on is July 10th and it is the Painesville Sunrise Run!

I'm so super excited to start training to run. It will be a struggle but a fun one.

Always has to happen to me!!

Well everyone Guess what...A few weeks ago our weight scale was acting funny and I told my husband to change the batteries(which I thought he did) the scale them seemed to working fine until I got on it this morning. I weighed myself and it said 182.8 lbs I was like excited at first then it sunk in that, that couldn't be possible considering yesterday I weighed 190.0 lbs How could I have lost 7.8 lbs in a day not possible. So I changed the batteries and weighed in again this time at 192.8 which is where I was on Thursday so whn I thought I lost 5.2lbs I didn't I'm Still at only 2-3lbs. WHYYY DOES THIS ALWAYS HAPPEN TO ME!!! I was soo excited I was down 5lbs now I'm back to where I was a few days ago soooo Depressing.

This kinda stuff gets me so discouraged. I know I shouldn't let it get to me but its hard not to so today I went shopping got some ingredients for some new recipes I am going to try but I'm still not feeling to great about the scale well tomorrow is a new day and maybe I will feel better about it!!

One good week down, 5lbs lost!!

Well this week has been ok I have been eating right 100% but haven't been exercising like I should be but I have to work myself into it. I had the best meal for dinner ever last night. A recipe that I found from my new blogging friends Recipe blog called Kitchen Adventures it is the 3rd recipe down, called baked Salmon. YUMO!! I face obstacles everyday in the Dinner eating department, My husband loves to eat anything and everything and he is such a picky eater he wont eat anything...for example he will not eat any vegetable that has been cooked/steamed. And he will only eat Peppers(green, red, yellow) Broccoli, Green onions and Red onions Raw THAT'S IT! Nothing else. I try to hid stuff in his food but finds it and picks it out.

So dinner I have to make him what he wants or something I know he will eat which is always something bad wings, pizza, pasta, hamburgers. And he loves to but those Encore dinners and eat them for lunch. BLEAH... so last night was a true test He had a Friend over and they had pizza and fries, While I had my Baked Salmon it was so hard not to take a bite of that gooey cheese but I DIDN'T yeah me.



My YUMO dinner

 


My husband Dinner







I'm trying to see if my girlie's will go out with me tonight because I really need to just get away from everything right now and just be with friends and talk. All my life I have been told of things I cant do and now with all this change going on I feel like I can do whatever I want AND I WILL!!