Weigh Day 10/1/12

190.6

I set a loss goal of 2.6 for last week, I didn't hit it, I actually gained .4 ounces. I only worked out one day last week because "New New" aka my new boo insisted that I rest since I kept coughing up all sorts of nastiness! Although I wanted to resist his request, I knew he was right.

I knew for sure I wouldn't hit the 2.6 loss without workouts once my cycle started...ugh! I feel bloated of course! All I can aim to do is conquer this week successfully since I have a goal to reach!

I okay last week, I did end up having three cheat meals instead of one. I also ate three treats instead of one on different days of course thanks to PMS cravings. That ish is real!! The cravings, the cramping...it truly sucks ass.

This week meal planning/prep was pretty easy, I had a lot of leftovers in the freezer from the past two weeks for dinners this week.

On the menu this week:
*Lean turkey meat loaf
*Whole wheat spaghetti w/ meat sauce
*Slow cooked turkey chili
*Baked potatoes with broccoli & grated cheeses
*White bean & chicken soup
*Skinny Enchiladas



Last nights dinner...Santa Fe stuffed peppers

I haven't planned my workouts for the week yet, and I still have to take progress pics for the start of the month. Will post those tomorrow!!

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Return of the weekly update!!

Where I'm at..



Basic Stats:

Bust: 36
Waist: 33
Hips: 45
Thighs: 26 (each)

It's been a minute since I faithfully posted weekly about my journey. I'm proud to say that I'm B-A-C-K!!! Like for real back! Last week was awesome! I set a weight loss goal for the week, a food goal and workout goal!

My weight loss goal for last week was 6 pounds, I lost 4.4 pounds. I'm okay with that :)) This week my goal is a 2.6 loss.

I'm proud to say that I stuck to my menu the food I prepared last Sunday for lunches, dinners and snacks Mon-Friday! I also consumed no less than 64 oz of water per day! I tracked what I ate, this was fairly easy since my meals were prepped.

I completed five of my six workouts. Main reason why I didn't do them all?? I got sick (insert sad face here)! I started to not feel so great late Wednesday night and by Friday I was a total mess. Started to feel better Saturday but rested on Sunday instead of completing my missed day. I'm still congested this morning...I'll workout this evening once I make it home.

One cheat meal which was Thursday, a Thai dinner with a certain someone that brought me these...


Accompanied by a Twix bar which was my one treat allowed for the week! I ate it on Friday as I was too full to eat it after dinner...piggy!

I am allowing myself one cheat meal per week...not day AND one treat per week my choice.

I find this helps me to stay on track. I'm going to be brutally honest about the 30 pounds I've gained since this time last year. It's not pretty but it's honest and it's real, something I've always been. I'm addressing it and I've already lost 5 of it!

I'm working to get back to my goal weight of 165 by my 2 year maintaining date which is January 15, 2013. I'll take progress pics on October 1, then continually the 1st of each month. My weekly weigh day is Monday, I'll report in each week.

This is a long post but here is some of my food prepped for this week!

Roasted squash & zucchini, clean turkey muffins, honey mustard tilapia & salmon, brown rice casserole



Roasted tomato & pepper soup



Roasted veggies for the soup above



Last weekend dinners...

Grilled chicken, mushroom & spinach wrap



Stir fry chicken


Yesterday's breakfast plate..




Have an awesome week!!

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Weigh Day 8/6/12

Let's get right down to business! I am up .6 lbs from last Monday. No complaints, my eating was off (calorie busting) over the weekend I'll talk about that in another post.

I still didn't buy a measuring tape, when I went to Joann's AND Michaels I forgot both times lol! But I did have the girls snap my pics after my Saturday workout. I had to have them do it while I was thinking about it...please excuse the hot sweaty mess!









I'm not feeling the mini muffin at all, I'm working on it! Last weeks workouts were Turbo Fire and Jillian Michaels' Ripped In 30. Five workout sessions, here's my last weeks totals:




I've got 5 workout sessions scheduled for this week, plus another potential calorie busting weekend with my family reunion (sigh). I'll get my workouts done, guaranteed!

Today is the first day of the rest of your life!

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August progress post!

I wanted to post this yesterday but was up early (4:30 am) completing a shadow box that needed to be mailed yesterday! Thank goodness I met my deadline but I was SLEEPY when I made it home!

Here's my scale pic from this morning pre workout:




Then I got ready to take my measurements and guess what? I can't find my damn measuring tape? I asked peat and repeat aka Julianni and Mimi and of course they haven't seen it hmmmmm okay O_o! So what I'll do this evening is take a couple body pics, and jot down my stats then post that tomorrow!

By my calculations I am up a whopping 21.8 pounds since this time last year. It was more...I've been chipping away at it.

I'm no longer stressed, irritated, frustrated or sad. Actually I'm finally getting back to my happy place! Let me tell you it feels really great! I've got my journal in my bag, still working on my new goals and rewards list. This time I think I'll be putting away $5 per pound to go towards shopping when I get back to #165.

23 weeks left in this year to lose 21.8 pounds, totally doable for me!

Oh yeah and in even happier news, my mom, gram, sister's, brother, nephews & nieces will ALL be here next week for our family reunion!!! This is just the pick me up I need! I miss them all SO MUCH :)

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Yes I know...

Yes I said I had stuff on my mind that I wanted to blog about last week but I just didn't feel like doing it *shrugs*

I did check my weight this morning and I am at 178.6. That's down almost 2 pounds from last week. I was in New Orleans over the weekend with my sweetheart and we ate out a few times.



His plate: seafood platter with fried shrimp, oysters, fish and fries

* we also shared an order of voodoo rolls, that's a crawfish stuff egg roll


My plate: fried eggplant stuffed with crab, shrimp and angel hair pasta with cream sauce

This was Saturday night date night food! I've never been to this spot, some of THE BEST food I've ever had! We had a very nice time together, it's always good when it's just us..minus all of the running around with the kids.

Ironically when we were eating dinner we both received text messages at the same time about Whitney Houston passing away. I was a HUGE Whitney Houston fan growing up, probably like most girls my age. I had my hopes high for a comeback success so hearing this really saddened me.

I will say that I truly believe in my heart that our paths are predestined. Choices and decisions along the way will aide in our failures and successes. I believe in God and I believe that God makes no mistakes, whether or not we agree is personal.

I pray that Whitney Houston has some peace and comfort now.

For those of you that commented on my last blog post, I appreciate it! I wasn't sad or upset about the weight gain, my body really looks good from the strength training! As a matter of fact, my boyfriend told me when he saw me, "You done got finer than a MF!" So we're straight and I'm not trippin :-)

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Weigh day 2/6/12

*I wrote this yesterday and tried to post but BlogPress was acting janky! Happy to report I weighed this morning @ #178.8...read on...

 

Monday....sigh.

 

These are my workout totals for last week. Five sessions..Monday through Friday ..weights only except warm ups:

 

4 hours, 43 min, 58 seconds

2047 calories burned

 

This is a #399 calorie burn increase from the week prior! So here's where things got sketchy. 

 

My weight this morning, a whopping #180.4!! This is a 5.4 gain from last Monday. You won't see a scale pic but I'm being straight up honest lol! This is THE heaviest I've been in over a year! 

 

I didn't cry, pass out or get angry about the gain, let me tell you why. I have never consistently lifted weights primarily minus cardio. I've been lifting heavier than I ever have and I'm getting stronger. I haven't been eating as well as I should so the weight gain was inevitable. 

 

Also last week was one of THE MOST DIFFICULT weeks I've had in a long time pertaining to workouts. I was in constant pain from soreness Tuesday through Saturday! Thursday being the worst of all! I wanted to quit this whole program and go back to what I've been doing. But something inside me keeps saying, finish the program! So I will finish it!

 

Here's my workout log for today:

 

 

 

I went shopping this weekend (again) I'll have to do a haul vlog, I bought a pair of white jeans that are FIRE! My size 10 still fits great despite the gain! Since I started this program on the 16th of January I'll share progress pics next week! 

 

I was in so much pain last week I realize now that I only posted one 

blog, I've got to do better! I've got a few things that I want to talk about this week anyway! 

 

 

 

Checking in :-)

I had a nice weekend...I hope you all did as well! Here are my totals from last week, 4 sessions:








Weight is #175, that's a 1.4 pound loss from last Monday! I'm happy with that because I've been gaining with the strength training.



Scale pic 1/30/12

Workout log for today:




I'm starting week 3 on this program and I'm already lifting heavier..yay! I didn't feel like I was forcing it either which is a good thing. When I'm in the gym working I am totally focused, it takes me to my happy place at 5 in the morning :-)

As I mentioned in my last post I was on the hunt for cute lingerie. Not only for Valentines Day but in general, pretty much everything I own is too big now! I took a trip to the mall, went to Fredrick's of Hollywood. Well low and behold they were having a MASSIVE sale!! My $320 tab ended up only costing $79 and some change! I won't show it all but these corsets were a STEAL!






Both came with detachable garters and a matching thong...hello!





This was just too cute to leave at the store!

I'm looking forward to a great week! Be easy!

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Weigh Day 1/23/12

Let me start this by sharing a couple "fat girl" pics that were sent to me over the weekend. These were taken in December 2002, before my girls were born!







I cringed when I saw these! I don't really know how much I weighed, I'm guessing about 220?? For everyone struggling with continuing or finding the motivation to keep going, these are for you!

No scale pic today (again) but I weighed this morning at 176.4. That's a 2.6 gain from last Monday. Truth be told I was expecting a gain since I eliminated cardio last week. I probably ate clean 60/40 of the week. That's not going to work!

I'm realizing as much as I'd like to follow this plan to the "T"...my reality is that I like to eat lol! I like what I like in moderation. Therefore cardio is a MUST to burn off my excess calories. I know..I know...this goes against this particular plan within the first 4 weeks but I'm not going cardio queen!

This morning I ran a little over a mile and I'll probably do spinning Tuesday and Thursday Turbo Fire or Ultimate Tae Bo for an hour each...that's all!!

Here's my workout log for today:



My soreness is gone as of this morning after my scheduled 3 days of rest thank goodness! I'm expecting a little bit this week but not nearly as much as last week!

Everyone have a great week!!

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Monday (via Tuesday) weigh day 1/16/12

Damn it I forgot to take a scale pic this morning! Well I did manage to get a few shots of my HRM totals last week :-)

Scale this morning read 173.8. I know I'm losing again, pounds and inches which is good...great! I've been hitting the weights and it sure makes a huge difference!

 

 

Here my workout log sheet for Monday!

I don't want to create clutter so once I snap the pic of my logs for reference, they are history! I'll try to jot a few notes everyday but will only weigh in on Monday. 

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

January 2012 Weigh Day, Stats, Progress Pics!

Here we go again! It's that time of the month! Weigh in, stats AND progress pics! I wish I could say that I didn't gain over the holiday's...well I can't and I did lol! I'm up 1.2 pounds since December 1, 2011. The only reason why this number isn't higher is because I worked out 4 times last week. When I tell you I ate like a complete ass on Christmas and New Year day...I'm dead damn serious! But you best believe I enjoyed every single second of it! Time well spent with my family :-)...

 Scale pic 1/1/12

Stats:

Bust: 34 1/2

Chest: 31 1/2

Waist: 30

Hips: 43 1/2

Thighs: (R) 24, (L) 23 3/4

I don't remember the last time I posted my stats so this will be a clean slate! I'm looking forward to my strength training removing inches!

I also wrote in a previous post that I would only post progress pics quarterly, well I've changed my mind! In order for me to keep myself accountable I will be posting full body progress pics at the start of each month...here they are! 

On New Year Day!

Progress Pic Front 1/3/12

Progress Pic Back 1/3/12

Well that's all as far as progress goes! I've got a HUGE anniversary coming up!!! 1 year at 100+ pounds down! I've decided to get a tattoo to represent this major accomplishment, just not sure what it will be?? Your ideas are welcomed! I'm also thinking about doing a fun vlog...not going to give details just yet but it will be comedy!

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Weigh day...0_o #POW

Scale pic 12/1/11

There was a 0.6 gain in my weight from 11/1/11 to now! Okay I'm happy because I was able to pretty much maintain through the Thanksgiving holiday! Woot! Woot!

I do weigh myself weekly and I had gained but I stuck to my workouts and watched my portions.

I've got a little confession to make. Typically after my weigh day I've allowed myself to slack a bit. This is not happening anymore. I will continue to live and enjoy my weight loss success in moderation.

Next month marks 1 year of maintaining my 100+ pound loss! I want to do something special to celebrate but I'm not sure what? Any ideas from my peeps??

If you're in the Houston area, come join myself and the other ladies on a healthy lifestyle journey Skating~ ROLL BOUNCE!

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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Weigh day..and a lil something fun!

It's that time again, weigh day! One way I hold myself accountable is to be completely honest with my journey.



Scale pic 11/1/11

I believe that's up a little over five pounds since the beginning of last month? It could be worse...trust me! Losing 100+ pounds wasn't as difficult for me as maintaining my loss. I haven't been tracking my eating but I have been working out. I know that planning and tracking is even more important than working out. Today I am committing to tracking everything I eat for the next 30 days. Good, bad or ugly I'm writing it down!

This just came to me but I now understand that reaching my goal weight was like chasing a high (I've never done drugs but I can imagine)! I have to be straight up honest with you when I say, that high of chasing my goal weight is gone because once I reached it, the high was gone!

I've flip-flopped a few times about what my next goal will be, I still don't really know? I like the way my body looks between 160-165. I like the sexiness of lean muscle too! When I really know...y'all will be the first to know!

I could talk about my workouts and food but I'd much rather share my girls' Halloween pictures now! They are growing up SO fast! I think they were calling themselves Diva Fairy Princesses lol!


















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Houston Healthy Lifestyle Meet Up! RSVP by 11/5/11 if you haven't already done so!

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