OUCH!

Started Nerd Fitness yesterday and OUUUUUUUCH!  I am quite, quite sore.  Which is a good sign, because the more it hurts the more I needed to do it!  Not sure if I’ll be able to do it again tomorrow morning, but I’m certainly going to try.

185 calorie smoothie Doing really well today.  I’ve eaten 2 Medifasts and I got a my favorite smoothie, pictured here! It’s delicious!  Raw cacao powder, banana, almond milk, raw agave, raspberries, and bee pollen = amazeballs.  Tonight we’re going to have some steak, egg noodles, and mashed avocado.  I might throw in some asparagus.  I may not be able to sit down, stand up, walk down the stairs, walk up the stairs, or walk period, but I’ll definitely be able to eat well!

I went on a 2 mile walk today to try and get my leg muscles to stop screaming.  Definitely helped, but still feeling achy.  Hoping that tomorrow is better!

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More like 2 weeks

This morning I weighed 155 lbs.  As I did yesterday morning.  Hate when that happens….though the fact that I didn’t lose any weight since yesterday was totally my fault.  Japanese food and cookies, anyone?  Ugh.  I’m just really relieved I didn’t gain anything.  So I’m set back by two weeks.  That’s ok.  How weird is it that I’m ok with that?

This morning, I decided to finally start doing something that I’ve been really afraid to do: strength training.  Huge shout-out to Nerd Fitness and their Beginner Body Weight Workout.  I’m probably going to avoid the actual weight room (with all those people that actually know what they’re doing) for a while, but thankfully these guys design programs you can do at home.  Fun fact I learned this morning: circuit training is a bitch.  Ooooh boy.  I only got through two circuits instead of three, but I was adding in a couple of exercises that they didn’t include, so more like two-and-a-half (what I added in: triceps chair dips, side plank, and crunches)  I’m going to be doing this every other day, in the morning before work.  My legs feel like absolute jello, but that’s where I have the most fat.  I have to remember that it’s hell to do it, but I’m sitting her 10 minutes later and I’m already not in pain anymore.  So I can get through it.  It only took about 20 minutes to do.

I took “before” pictures, officially, so I have something to compare to.  I think I’ll compare in about a month.  On days that I’m not doing the strength training, I have to do cardio.  Apparently, that’s the best way to burn fat.  The final kick in the ass was trying on a bikini for the first time in a million years.  I actually absolutely loved the top, but was repulsed when I saw myself in the bottoms.  I hate my love-handles, thighs, and butt.  It’s cellulite city, and just so jiggly and….well, let’s just say it was hard to look at.  It finally clicked with me that I have to start building up strength and muscle in my body, or I’m going to be “skinny-fat.”  I used to think I was ok with that, but I’m not.  I want to be healthy and strong.  Hopefully, by the time I’m leaving for my wedding, I can post the picture of me in the bikini – jiggly at first, then looking better.  But for now, I’ll just leave the before pictures I took this morning.  Hard to look at, but I know it’ll be worth it (kindly ignore the stupid tattoo on my back.  I’m going to get that sucker covered!):

strength training before pictures

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Official

Ok, this morning the scale read 155 lbs.  I’m ok with that.  I think I can manage to get in the 153.something’s by Sunday, and then I’ll only have lost one week.  After I finish typing this out, I’m going to head to the gym for a workout before my shift starts.

I’ve had crazy wedding brain.  I can’t believe it’s less than 2 months!  While this puts tons of pressure on, it’s also making me really really really excited.  I just can’t wait!

 

….and I’m going to look slender, damnit!  Alright, enough procrastinating, I’m hitting the gym!

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Tentative

I can’t “officially” weigh-in until tomorrow, because I work early in the mornings, but I had a little tentative weigh-in and it’s not bad – lost a pound since yesterday, and that wasn’t at my normal weigh-in time.  I’m really hoping by Sunday, I’m in the 153′s.

On Wednesday I have to fly to Wisconsin to help a family member who’s having surgery, and I’ll be there until Sunday.  I have to focus 100% on not giving into temptation – the next Monday, I need to be 151.  I really need to have only lost one week.  The point where I’ll have to stop losing weight so the wedding dress fits is coming up, and it’s coming up very fast.  I’m not 100% sure when it’ll be, but it’s going to be in June and we’re already coming up on the end of May.  I can’t let another slip up make me fall behind!  I want to be in the 140′s at my wedding.  I would LOVE to be 145 (the highest healthy weight for my height), but at least being close would make me feel so happy and accomplished.

Well, I’ll be checking in tomorrow.  Hopefully it’s good news!

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Not. Happy.

Very unhappy right now, but I have no one to blame but myself.  The past 4 days have been a joke.  The weekend was a joke, so Monday and Tuesday I was overcompensating by not eating enough, and by the end of the day I would be starving and eat a ton of crap.  This past Monday I was supposed to be 153 lbs.  Well guess what the scale said this morning?  156.6 lbs.

Yeah.  NOT GOOD.

That’s over 3 pounds gained from last Wednesday.  Now I’m really hoping that it’s at least partially water weight and bloat, from taking in so much salt and sugar.  I’m hoping that I only set myself back a week, and THIS coming Monday I’ll be 153 lbs.  I think if I can swing that,  I can still get to around 145 with time to have my dress altered.

Very disappointed in myself.  I mean, I know I’m human and all, but I just don’t understand how I can kid myself into thinking stuff like that is ok!  We are now like, 59 days away from the wedding, which means I have 5 or 6 weeks MAXIMUM, and I want to lose 10 more pounds!  Plus, next week I have to go to Wisconsin to help my mom, who is having surgery.  I know it’s going to be a stressful time, I’m going to be away from home (which apparently just always ruins everything), and I’m very nervous about it.  I’ll be coming back on the 25th or 26th, and my wedding dress is due to arrive around then.  I have to force myself to eat right – I want to be at most 150 when I first put on the dress.

Upon weighing myself and seeing that horrible number, I immediately downed an enormous glass of water, which I’m going to do before and after eat medifast meal.  No getting hungry today.  I’ll eat my medifast, eat a modest dinner, and that’s it.  Then I’ll do the same thing tomorrow.  And the next day.  And I’ll exercise.  I’m feeling very under the weather today, but I’m going to walk at least 3 miles after I eat.  No messing around.  I don’t want to be kicking myself on my wedding day when I don’t look the way I’d planned.  I can do this.  I’m in control.  I’m the only one who decides if I succeed or fail.

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WHAT!

I need momentum.  I need positive things to happen to me.  That’s what keeps me motivated, that’s what makes me work as hard as I can.  Trying, and then not seeing many results – that makes me want to give up, it doesn’t make me want to push harder.

Just over 2 weeks ago, I was around 160 pounds.  This morning I’m 153.4 pounds.  It’s official – I’m closer to 150 than 160.  This also puts me…..and I don’t even want to say it and jinx myself…..ahead of schedule.  I’m supposed to be 153 pounds when I weigh in on Monday.  This is a GREAT week to get ahead of schedule, though, because I’m flying home to celebrate my brother’s birthday and I’m afraid it’s going to set me back.  But I think the motivation to see 150 on the scale can keep me on track.  N and I are going to bring our Medifast, we’re going to try to eat only Paleo when we go out for the birthday party (so even if we’re not eating great, we’re not eating carbs), and that’s it!  We’re only there for 2 days – we fly in Saturday morning and leave Sunday evening.  We can have a healthy lunch with the parents before we go and that will be our meal for the day (the rest is Medifast).  Or we can try to go full Paleo again, because it keeps us so full during the day.  Either way, I’m going to be meticulously counting calories, because I don’t want to set myself back.  This is awesome progress.  I will see 150 pounds on that scale, and very soon!

Definitely going to the gym this morning – I want to see that number pushed even further down by tomorrow!

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Anti-gravity pants

Just hopped on the scale at 7:45pm for poops and giggles, I obviously know it’s not an accurate weight, so obviously my jaw dropped when I saw “154.4 lbs.”  I hurried to take off my pants and get back on the scale, incredulous.  What did I see?  156.4 lbs.  What.  I guess my pants make me lighter? 

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PROGRESS PICTURES!!!!

All I can say is: FINALLY!!!!!!!

The last time I took progress pictures, at 165 pounds, was in November.  Geez!  It felt so good to do it this morning.  Normally I dread it, but as you can see, I was smiling my butt off.  Here’s the past 10 pounds (165 – 155):

What 10 pounds looks like I can definitely see a huge difference in how big my hips are, and again all I can say is “Finally!”  It’s funny, I look in the mirror and don’t think my hips have slimmed down at all, but hey, I’m wearing size 8 jeans.  Oh, did I mention I’m wearing the size 8 jeans?!?!

200 - 155 lbs

And that would be 200 to 155 pounds.  I kind of can’t get over it.  I’m definitely proud of myself, and so happy that I broke through the plateau and got my motivation back.  I can’t wait to see the next 5 pounds come off!  And the next!  I’m just going to stick to what works until I’m done.

Peace and love to all you great people <3

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Paleo Day

The fiance and I have been thinking about trying out Paleo – eating high protein and fat, no grains or anything-our-ancient-caveman-ancestors-didn’t-eat-pretty-much.  We’ve been doing a lot of research into it, and while we’re definitely going to be continuing Medifast because a) it works, and b) it was expensive as hell and no way are we throwing away that much money, we decided to make today “Paleo Day” and see how we felt about it.  So far, so good!

Ok, I guess we won’t know if it’s “so far so good” until tomorrow, but we definitely feel good!  Admittedly, we ate “breakfast” around lunch time (11:45), so we would normally eat one more meal than we did today.  We had a delicious, huge breakfast of eggs, veggies, and meat.  Then for dinner we went to the farmer’s market and got some top sirloin and cooked it up with mashed avocado and asparagus, coming it at under 400 calories of pure awesome.  Breakfast was about 400-450 calories, and that’s about it!  We also bought some strawberries, grapes, and apples to munch on.  Zero carbs today and feeling absolutely great!  Also went on a great 3 mile walk and burned about 275 calories.  I really want the scale to make me smile tomorrow!!  Hopefully I’ll (finally) be posting my next round of progress pictures!

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What a difference a few pounds can make

Now I’m only 0.4 lbs away from having lost 45 pounds!  It’s exciting.  This is the momentum I was talking about wanting to regain…now that I can see it’s possible again, I don’t want to stop!

Having hovered around 160 for the past few months, I really didn’t think getting to 155 would make that much of a difference, but it really does!  I’m finally getting to the stage where the paper-towel-theory analogy applies: when you first get a roll of paper towels, you can take 10, even 20 sheets off it and it wouldn’t look any smaller.  But the more sheets you take off, the more noticeable each sheet becomes.  In the beginning, I lost 18 lbs and I feel like it’s the same visual difference as when I now lose 5.  Crazy.

So without further ado, I present to you: SO CLOSE TO WEARING THESE IN PUBLIC, by Goodbye Fatty.  Reminder: this is the same pair of pants, the first photo taken a few weeks ago.  Enjoy.

Size 8 Jeans

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