Oh Boy!!

Well, I am in my fourth week of eating clean and exercising and this week is going to prove to be challenging. It is "that time" and I can tell you how I am use to handling "that time." It is usually handled with lots of chocolate, being extremely lazy and lots of fast food. OMG! Taco Bell is my cure! What am I going to do?? This week is going to be extremely difficult, but I can get through it.

Normally during this time I am usually retaining a lot of water and weigh a few more pounds, so I wasn't hoping for much when I stepped on the scale. I was actually expecting a few pounds heavier. I was pleasantly surprised when I stepped on the scale and saw 162!! That is a few pounds less than last weigh in!! Wow!! So, that is my motivation!! I am expecting that once this week is gone and the bloated water weight it gone I might be down to 160!! That would be awesome! Needless to say I am excited for this week to be over and done with.

3 WEEKS

Oh, how things are looking so much brighter! I have not had junk food in 3 weeks now and I am feeling great. I have consistently made it to the gym 4-5 times a week! At this point it is getting a little easier. I feel as though I am not progressing as fast as I would like, but I guess that comes with territory of setting huge goals. At this point I am down one pant size and that pant size is actually starting to get lose, so inches have been lost. I am only down 5 pounds though. I have been at 165 for the past 4-5 days. 5 pounds in 3 weeks is not exactly how I imaged it, but it is in line with my goals. At this rate I have lost about 2 pounds a week and if I keep that up I will be down 56 pounds by the time of the show! I want/ need to be down at least 50 pounds to be able to compete so that is right in line with my goal! I am happy with the progress and I am not craving as bad as I was a couple weeks ago. That alone is a great thing. I am proud that I have been able to turn down donuts, candy, and cookies within that past week with minimum effort. I am not going to say with no effort because the temptation was there, but I overcame it!

New Year- Update

The holidays are OVER!! No more excuses to eat that final piece of pie!

Just a little update on how things have been going. As far as making it to the gym daily, that has been going really well. I have only missed a couple days in the week since I started this blog. The whole "eating healthy" thing has been good for the past few days. There was a birthday at work and we all know with birthdays comes cake. I had one small piece of cake, I couldn't resist. I guess I need to work on my self control.

I have noticed that I am going through what can only be described as sugar withdraws! I have had headaches and everything, it is super weird. I find myself thinking about cake and cookies and getting angry because I cannot have them. I honestly think I am addicted to "sweets!" I have heard that it just takes a few weeks to kick an addiction and hopefully this is true in my case as well. I know that one day I will be able to have "cheat meals" and desserts, but as of right now cold turkey is the what I need to do to drop this habit.

This week not much has changed physically. I am weighing 169, which that pound could have been water weight loss so I am not to super excited about it. My cloths still feel the same way as well. I feel better though, I feel good about what I am doing and my goals, so I guess that is all that really matters.

Hopefully next week there will be more progress made :)

Ready, Set, GO!

Okay here I am at the beginning of my journey. I am motivated and ready to start. I am married to a very fit, ex-personal trainer. He has competed in multiple bodybuilding shows and eats healthy everyday. He has been trying to help me with my goals since, well since forever. I always lacked the motivation to get up and go to the gym. I always had something better to do or I was too tired. My weight has been a roller coaster since I can remember; I would go from 110 to 180 to 150. I never attained my goals through "healthy" habits. Sadly there were attained through no eating for weeks at a time. This is probably the reason that the weight did not stay off.

I am not sure exactly what has snapped with me in the past weeks, but I am done. I am done with not being happy with what I see in the mirror. I am done with buying the next bigger pant size. I am done with not feeling well. I am do with it all.

I will attempt to blog my progress each week. Here is what I have to work with and what my goals are.

Beginning Stats:

Height: 5'4"
Weight: 170
Pant Size: 12/14
Body Fat: 25%



Cancun June 2011- I actually was at about 155 for this trip



Christmas 2011- Saw these pictures and felt horrible

I found a transformation story on bodybuilding.com and the woman in the story had beginning stats a lot like mine. I know it is unrealistic for me to compare myself to someone who is inches taller or shorter than I am so I feel as though setting my goal from her end result is something I can acomplish!!
Goal End Results:
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 130 lbs
Body Fat: 13%