Back in the saddle

Yes, it is beyond time for me to get back in the saddle again.  I've been going to the casino and we all know that the food at casinos is no joke. All you can eat pastries, meats, salads, soups, chinese food, pizza, veggies,pancakes, blintzes... you name it they have it!  On my first trip there(firs,t meaning the first out of many last week) I damn near ate myself into oblivion and I felt it.  I mean, I have never felt so miserable  in my life.  My stomach was literally protruding.  Needless to say I looked at myself in the mirror and I was not pleased AT ALL!  My plan was to work out everyday until I go out of town which will be on the 27th of this month but being that the 1st fell on a Saturday, I decided to start today.  I don't care how much I don't feel like working out, I am going to do something.  I am also thinking about letting go my Bally's membership because when I bought it my monthly fees were $8.00, now they keep raising them and now I am up to about $13 and I want to know how long they can do this. Will I end up paying $20, $30, $40 a month?  Anyway, I haven't even set foot in the gym in about 6 or 7 months anyway, so it really is a waste.    Not even when I lost the weight back in August did I need the gym to do it.  I stepped on the scale on Saturday I think and was up to 213.8 lbs. which is an all time high for me.  Hopefully it was water weight or something. Anyway, I plan to do both cardio and weights, alternating between the two (sort of a BFL style thing).

I will be taking measurements, if I can find my tape measurer and possibly photos which I will have to think long and hard about possibly posting.  I've seen people wayyyyy bigger then me be successful at losing weight and keeping it off and I know that I can definitely do this.  I just need to get up off of my lazy ass and get moving.  I tend to use others weight loss successes as  motivation for my own journey and am highly pissed that I missed Oprah's recent show about people losing significant amounts of weight.  Wouldn't you know it, I was at the casino  stuffing my face and losing my money all in one fail swoop.

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Time to get back on it!

Nothing like a reality check to get one back on track. I was doing some end of the summer cleaning and was moving a full length mirror from one part of the house to another. Just so happened to catch of glimpse of myself and , well let's just say that I was not a happy camper. Yeah, I know that I need to get myself back into shape and yes, I have seen myself plenty of times but it was just something about that day that meant a little bit more to me. Now I don't know if it was the angle at which I was carrying the mirror or because it was "that time of the month" or what have you but I was looking particularly pudgy that day. So this day October 29, 2007, I have resolved, not only to get with the program, but also to STICK with the program. I did workout a bit last week but not enough to actually write about. I'm still sticking with the baby steps until I'm well into the routine of doing it the way that I know it needs to be done.

My goals this week are:

Keep track of everything I eat for at least 5 days
Drink at least 64 Oz. of water per day
Workout at least 5 days this week (alternating strength training and cardio)
Eat Veggies with at least 2 of my daily meals.


I want to get back into the gym. Shoot, I'm paying for this membership which hasn't been used in about 8 months. I'm just lazy and with the weather getting a bit colder, I know I don't want to get up and go to the gym which is a good distance away from where I live. I also need to find my membership card. (i think my aunt lost it this weekend)I keep it in the visor of my car and when my aunt pulled it down , it must've fallen out. I did check underneath the seats but Ill give it one more go before I buckle down and pay another $10 for a new card.

Anyway, that's about it me. I'll try to be more diligent about updating when I actually have something to update!

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I know I've been slacking but I am going to commit to working out at least 4 days this week. (no less but anything more will be a bonus) I have to start off small. I had a big slap in the face this morning when I stepped on the scale. I'm back to 209lbs. which isn't so lovely. I was down to 203 (from 212) before my little hiatus. The extra weight gain may be attributed to it being "that time of the month" but nevertheless I don't like seeing those numbers on the scale. I am giving myself until August 1, of next year to have made it to my goal weight and to April 16 of next year to have made some visible progress. I have to remember to drink my water ( at least 64 oz.) and to get my eating in check. Yeah ,yeah, I had a McDonald's breakfast sandwich this morning but I will just press on from here. The sandwich wasn't meant for me but I ending up eating it because someone had a smart mouth and talked himself out of getting it and I wasn't about to let it go to waste. lol

I've always known that I was a morning person and if I don't get my workout in in the morning, I know there is a 99.% chance that I won't do it at all. I can honestly say that I have every intention of working out but as the days change and along with it my mood, My motivation wanes. I as worried about some things this morning, extremely anxious and had that feeling of not wanting to do anything. Anyway, I prayed on it and prayed again and Thank GOD it worked out for me. I felt a great weight lifted and now I feel like working out again.


I will update on the workout I did later!

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Well......um what had happened was

Okay, I will be honest and just let it be known that I didn't do a dang thing today from eating right to working out! Booo! When I woke up this morning I had every intention of working out but somewhere along the way , I allowed my mind to talk my body out of moving. I just can't get my mojo back. I think the main reason that I was able to stick with it before my vacation was because I had a deadline to beat. I wanted to look good for my vacation and now that it has come and gone, I don't really have any major events that I absolutely, positively need to attend. I need to find a way to get motivated and stick with it. Reading other fitness blogs will certainly help me out, at least I hope so! Ya''ll wish me luck!

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Back on Track

Okay, I decided to get up off of my butt and get moving. I was doing so well before my little trip and although it pains me to admit it, I haven't done anything since I've been back and that had been well over a month now. Needless to say, all the little progress that I made has been null and void! I'm so mad at myself because I had made noticeable strides. People were asking if I had lost weight and my grandparents even called to tell me that I looked cute, "almost like I used to look". Now I know that was a backhanded compliment and a little stretch of the truth seeing that I need to lose at least 60 lbs ( and I was a size 7 back then)but nevertheless, in the infamous word of Like Dat from Flavor of Love "They sure do know how to make a girl feel good" haha! I did Turbo Jam today and am still planing on making up my own schedule. I haven't decided if I am going to do a BFl type rotation or follow the one that came with the program. I am also thinking about adding SI6 into my routine as well but lawd, that workout is uber boring. I can make it through a few days but I'm not sure if I can go the entire 6 weeks. I'm determined to ...ah well, you know the spiel as I've said it year after year but this time..I will succeed. Before my little vacay I've had a taste of success and dare I say, slimness and I want it Back! It's way past time for my sexy to come back and once it gets here , it will definitely be here to stay. As P diddy says, gotta preserve the sexy!

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Yes, I'm still here

I am continuing to workout using Turbo Jam and HHA mainly. I haven't really been doing much weight training but when I return from my vacation I will most definitely get back to weight training. As of this morning (according to my scale) I weighed in at 203.8 lbs. down from 212(my heaviest) I tend to fluctuate between 206 and 203lbs. (Yes, I'm a daily weigher due to the program that I use to log my foods. It asks for your weight daily) Anyway. I just wanted to update. No new pics yet but I did get a new digicam. Whoohoo. I LOVE it! It takes awesome photos and videos and I can see us having a relationship for a very long time! lol

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I'm still working out.....

although last weekend was sporadic at best, I'm still hanging in there. I didn't get around to doing any of my p90X last week and this week I can surely tell the difference. I decided that I would start a little small and do p90 instead and it just wan't the same. Wasn't feeling it for some reason. I just can't wait until I can see some visible progress because I don't know whether or not I can trust my scale. I have all the incentive in the world. My ex called me and wants to see me...NOT! I am so not going to see him looking like this. Mind you, we haven't seen eachother in at least 9 or 10 years although we talk from time to time. Everytime the conversation is the same, "I want to see you". To add on to that one of my girlfriends whom I also haven't spoken to in eons called me and wanted to invite me down to her grand opening of her boutique. Now I do have a legitimate reason for not attending and I told her before she issued the invite but I'm sort of relieved because the last time that I saw any of these folks ,I was a skinny minny. Now my ex did see me after I had my first child as did said girlfriend, but that was okay because I was able to lose all of the baby weight and I was actually smaller after than I was before I even became pregnant. Now second child is a whole 'nother story. Boy did that child do a number on my body and no one besides family (which cannot be helped) will be seeing me until this weight is gone and forgotten. Shallow I know, but so be it!

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Week 2 Day 1

Still at it, Yes I am! I decided to follow my workout by the book although I am doing other workouts in addition to it. We'll see how I do for the entire 6 weeks before I create my on workout rotation. So technically it is week 1 day one for my SI6 workout. I worked out for 6 days last week( Monday through Saturday) with sunday being my much needed rest day. Today I did my chest and back workout as well as HHA and RIU!. I am tired but I feel great! Working out does make you feel really good.

I'm still working on my diet. Today I have resolved to track my meals for at least 6 days, Everything that goes in my mouth. So far I have done pretty well with the eating but my sodium intake is through the roof. Who knew foods had so much sodium in them and they are supposed to be natural foods. (well I had a hoagie from a hoagie shop and it has 1585 MG of sodium. WOW! I have no idea what a normal daily allotment of sodium should be but I will be researching that soon. I just can't wait until I lose some inches in my waist and abdomen and then, I will most definitely be good to go!

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