New Year, New Me

SO I have embarked on this weightloss challenge in '09. The plan was to start on the 1st but I will be starting tomorrow, the 5th. I just got back into town and because my Mac is giving me the blues right now, I didn't have access to a comp or my workout things. Anyway, I plan to take my stats and start p90x then.
I also have an appointment with a Mac "genius" to find out what is going on with my comp. I'm pretty sure that I will need a new hard drive. (fell off the table before it went through the scanner at the airport and yes I fully intend to file a claim with TSA). But anyway, I know that I'm basically screwed since the comp is out of warranty. My main concern is all of my photos which,unfortunately, I never got around to backing up. I fully intended to purchase an external hard drive and move some things to it but figured it could wait until I got back. Little did I know !!!The one saving grace is thati can replace the hard drive myself so thats a few dollars saved.


Back to working out, I intend to WOWY as well if my pc (which I am trying to get used to again) will hold up.

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It's Been a Few Days

Although it has been a few days since I posted, I am proud to say that it hasn't been a few days since I've worked out.  I worked out everyday this week except for Friday well... because I just didn't feel like it.  I've heard that it takes a least 2 weeks for things to become a habit and I have been working out for at least that long and I still get that "I don't want to work out today" feeling.   Case in point, yesterday I was going to do p90x leg day.  I got up,  popped in the video, started doing the initial stretching exercises, logged into WOWY and then my body just refused to co-operate.  I just kept thinking about how I didn't want to do squats, lunges and all the other exercises. I also kept thinking that  the workout lasted 60 minutes and I ended up just turning the video off, canceling my workout on WOWY and doing nothing.  I guess it be's like that sometimes but I literally find that I have to give myself a pep talk to work out because every day its the same thing..I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT!!!!   Now,  I know I need to lose weight and I desire to lose weight but I'm just waiting for my head and body to fall in line with each other.  I'm just waiting for it to become habit where I just get up and don't even think about what I'm doing.

On another note, I have Shaun T's Rockin Body and it is so much fun.  I find myself grinning from ear to ear when I do it especially his Disco workout!   My child came in and saw me and said he was going to video tape me and put it on Youtube.  lol  That's an automatic ass whooping if he does and I find out about it because I am not trying to become the next You Tube Sensation.  One more bit of news I'd like to share.  After days of stepping on the scale and watching it fluctuate between 219 and 220 lbs.  I stepped on today and it read 216.  Not much but hey, I'll take it.  I just need to see some semblance of evidence that the work I've been doing is not in vain.    I did 30 minutes on the Wii fit and to make up for yesterday's missed activity and the Hula Hooping is no joke.  My heart rate got up to 173 bpm trying to beat the high score and I could definitely feel it in my abs.  lol I also did Rockin' Body Disco Groove too

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No I didn't fall off. Well at least I don't consider it falling off

Yes, I'm still on my workout grind. But because I had guests and the kiddies out of school for the holiday, I was hard pressed to find some time to get in a workout. That's right.... from last week Wednesday to Sunday I did nada but I was back in the swing of things yesterday and today. I did my first lower body workout yesterday and you can best believe I am feeling it today. I remember at one point I could do this entire workout and not get winded or tired...Now I had to take breaks. Just think, If I had kept it up when I first started working out, I'd be slim and trim and fit as a fiddle by now. Makes me angry when I think about it but what can I do but keep the momentum going. Normally, I'll wait to the new Year to start working out again and make my New Year's resolution that I'd undoubtedly break within a month or two. This time, by the time New Years rolls around, I'll already have a month and a half in. I have a good 50 lbs that I'd like to lose (maybe more) so I have t get with it and stick with it!

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Day 3 Reflections time to tackle Day 4

I still have my momentum going. I did Turbo Jam cardio Party yesterday and got kind of frustrated since my timer wasn't working correctly. I had to keep stopping and starting and the frustration got the best of me. I only made it through 21 minutes of the 50 minute video. eating was okay, Not as good as my first two days but I'm okay with it. I ate a few small slices of pizza. (2 oz) and yes I did weight them. lol and a few katydids ( I call them turtle candies, don't act like ya'll don't know what turtles are) Anyway, yes I ate them most likely just because they were there, My mom, "grandma" as the ids call her is at it again and sent them over with her sabotaging self. Of course she didn't make e eat them but now they're gone and no more worries. I don't think I veered off track to bad ...as a matter of fact, I don' think that they will even mess up my calories as far as my eating for the day but I'll know for sure once I plug in all the number from my meals.

Anyway, Today is a new day that started off not so good. I weighed myself yesterday and weight 219.4 and again today and the scale said 220.4. That's not supposed to happen. I know with daily weigh ins, the scale tends to fluctuate up and down quite a bit due to a variety of reasons. I also know that taking measurements and the fit of your clothes are much better indicators of how i'm doing in my fitness program but I can't help but feel a bit down about it. Today I have resolved to put my all into my workout today and get back on track with the 100% clean eating. I've already started on the right track by having a bowl of oatmeal. I had to choke it down because I didn't doctor it like I usually dow ith my cream, butter, and splenda. I'm also going to try my hardest to get a second workout in. This has been on my agenda since day 1 bt as of yet, hasn't happened and there really is no excuse.

As always, YES I CAN!

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Day 2

Right now I'm sweating and feeling great. I just finished my workout, level 1 of Jilian Michaels 30 day shred.   Talk about an ass kicking video, this truly kicked my butt.

 This is my first time using this video and I like it because Jillian is just as motivational on the tape as she is on Biggest Loser.  I had a few moments where I had to just stop and walk it out for a moment becuase this tape is a total body workout, alternating upper and lower body strength training with bouts of cardio and abs in between. Oh did I tell you the workout has no breaks!!!!!  It's 20 minutes of non stop weights , carido,  leg work and abs.

You are supposed to do this every day for 30 days but I think I will give it a go every other day anticipating the day when I can complete the entire video.  

Eating has been good so far, in a minute, I'm going to have a snack. I'll have to force myself to eat it because with all of the water I drank during the workout, I'm not hungry.

I'm still in the tweaking phase so I haven't quite gotten a routine down yet, I'm still trying to see what things work for me.. anyway that's it for now,

YES I CAN!!!

Time: 20:50
Calories 305
Avg HR157
Max HR 181.

The time and calories are a little bit inaccurate because I had my tracker paused for a good 10 minutes before I realized it.

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First day Reflections

It felt so great to be back on track with the working out and weightloss.  I felt refreshed and just excited to be working out again.

I can honestly say that I ate clean the entire day, no cheating what so ever except for a pack of Orbit gum and even that's sugarless.  I ate boiled egg whites, broccoli, chicken breasts, turkey breast, and salmon, and an EAS shake.  That's it and  I  can honestly say that I wasn't even hungry.  I tried to spread my meals out every 2 or three hours  in an attempt to get 6 meals in but  I only managed to get in 4 and I suspect that is because I didn't get to eat breakfast until 10 am.  I also managed to get in one workout but the plan was to get in two. One in the morning and one in the evening.  Today was a cardio day so I did HHA (Hip Hop Abs) earlier and I planned to do a walk away the pounds tape in the evening but I couldn't find my tapes so that was a bust.  Today I will be doing weight training. Haven't quite decided whether I'm going to break it up into body parts  or whether I'm going to go for the whole body until I get back into the swing of things.  

Upward and onward to day 2!

YES I CAN!!

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Offically Day 1

Okay well I have a little extra motivation to get it back right and tight.   Something must be in the air because  as of late, I have reconnected with several old boyfriends and needless to say, they all still got it going on while I, on the other hand, look  nothing like I did when we were together.  One is looking particularly fine these days, dayum is he looking fine, arms, chest, abs.  Whew lawd!!!!   Not to get off track but i'll be dayum if I'm gonna let them look better than me (I know it's shallow,  so very shallow) but ladies you know what I'm talking about.  Doesn't matter who broke up  with whom, doesn't matter how long it's been since you've been together, doesn't matter how many men you've been with since said relationship, you always want your exes to see you looking fierce and fabulous.    

Now don't get me wrong, that's notthe only reason why I want to get in shape.  I am just tired of looking like this,  not to mention I had a health scare earlier this year and while I'm fine, I know that my health and my happiness will greatly benefit by getting and staying in shape. I also want to be around for a long time for my children and future grand children,  I want to be one of those MILFs,  lmao!!

Anyway.  I did 30 minutes of Hip hop abs

415 calories burned

151 average heart rate

179 max heart rate.

I plan to do another workout later on this evening and I'm trying ya'll, I really am to eat clean.  

I plan to cook my food for the week so I won't get too hungry and start grabbing at the first thing I can get my hands on.

While my family can  undoybtedly benefit from a healthy lifestyle as well. They'll stone me before they allow me to take the  snacks out of the house.  

I'll just keep repeating my mantra,  

YES I CAN!!!

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The Chick Is Back

Nothing like a few photos to snap a girl back into reality.  Now I, in no way am under the impression that I am not overweight but  viewing my family reunion photos,  lawd, I look big.  

However, I still have no motivation to get myself in shape, nevertheless, I have resolved to get moving today.  I don't even like to post photos of myself because this is not the me that I want to be.  I have truly fallen off big time.  You'd understand if you saw photos of the way I used to look.  It's a sad state of affairs indeed.  On another note, I have created a  facebook account at the request of my cousin.  I have reconnected with a few college buddies  but despite the requests, I refuse to post a photo because I have  changed so much since then . Sad I know!  I figured its time for me to stop talking the talk and to start walking the walk.  I know what I need to do, I know how to do it, I have all the tools that I need to do it so there is nothing left but to GET TO IT!!  

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