today

back to it!

I admit, I have slacked off. To the point that I just haven't been doing anything at all.

I started drinking soda again :-(

Starting over. right now.

I didn't gain any weight, which is good. I can tell the difference in my body's health though when I eat well and exercise compared to when I don't.

Weight loss takes a long time if you are doing it the right, healthy way. Your bound to mess up, or give up a couple times. The good thing is, when you give up and go back to your old ways, its not too long before you realize why you wanted to lose weight and be healthy in the first place.

So today I have done well, had my Kashi cereal, lots of water, a nice banana. Doing well. Exercising seems to be the hard part. The weather is nice and there is no reason I shouldn't be doing my cardio. So my goal is to do cardio 4 times a week and strength training 3 times a week.

I am so close to my goal I can taste it!

weekly workout

Inner thighs ladies. Inner things are an area that in exercise that seems to get overlooked, the reason is that men do not have issues with their inner thighs so its not as common of an exercise. The fact is that almost every woman wants to work on her inner thighs.

There are tons of thigh workouts out there, but be careful to not be fooled on what it for your inner thighs and what is for your OUTER thighs. Here are two exercises you can do at home.

This picture I used for the bottom exercise. It is absolutely my favorite exercise for inner thighs. When I lift my bottom leg, I lift it 3 times, so I go up, then a little higher, then a little higher. I do it 20 times.

This one is great. With the ball it is recommened that you go up and down along with the wall, but if you don't have a ball at home, just do it against the wall and hold the position as long as you can.

I hope this helps ya'll. Good Luck with swimsuit season everyone!!!

IT happened.

:-(

IT happened.

I knew IT would come.

I don't like IT, not one little tiny bit.

I want IT to stop and just go away.

Ladies, I am talking about, my boobs. YES. my boobs.

When women lose weight, USUALLY the first place they lose it, is in their boobs. This can explain why at the beggining of weight loss, you may lose a little bit of weight, but your pants are still as tight as ever! Because it is most common for it to come from your boobs first.

For me however, I have been extremely fortunate. I am on Yasmin birth control, which for most women, takes them up a cup size. For me, since I was starting to lose weight, it kept my boobs right where they were, a full plump C. I lost 33 lbs and not a single one came from my beloved chest.

Until now.

I noticed last night, they just weren't the same. They have lost some of their plumpness. Also, my bra is a bit bigger on me than it used to be. Now, I am on my period also, so I don't know it that has anything to do with IT, but I don't like IT. luckily I only have 19 more lbs to go and I hope it comes from my legs, not my chest.

Cross your fingers, pretty please?

When this happens, there isn't really a whole lot you can do. Fat is fat, and your boobs are made of fat tissue. When you do cardio, which is the only way to burn fat, IT just starts burning fat, you can't control where the fat comes from. You can do chest strength training, which might help a smidge, but not a lot.

So for now, I am on to a smaller me, which includes a smaller rack. Oh well.

tip of the week

I know most of you have told me that your greatest downfall is the snacking. You know that time when you are home and slightly bored so you try to fil the void with a snack, or when you are so super busy that you don't have time to make a good snack so you grab a snickers or what have you. This is not just you, it is truly everyone. Maybe you are just craving sugar, something sweet. Want to know what is a GREAT cure for this?!
OTTERPOPS!!!

Seriously, I know what you are thinking, I am crazy to tell you that a Popsicle is good for you to snack on, let me tell you why. You know as well as I do that when you have that intense sugar craving, only sugar will satisfy it. Well guess what otterpops are made out of? SUGAR! The great thing is they only have 4 grams of sugar, and only 15 calories per otterpop. It is just frozen water and sugar, but its only an ounce, and since it takes longer to eat it, your body thinks your totally snacking on sugar but in reality, its just an ounce of frozen water with a little bit of sugar.

It is like you are tricking your body into thinking that your succumbing to the snack urge, its all about tricks lol. Kidding, sorta.

Go to your local sams club, buy a box of 300 for 5$, freeze em, and any time you feel the urge to snack, grab an otterpop! Sometimes I even have 2!!

Want some help?

I am on a temporary boycott from my own blog.

So here is some more attention to this blog. :-)

I have lost 33 lbs. I am still going strong and loving it.

I was researching some different exercises I could do for my triceps( flabby back arm) and I realized that not every woman knows about the simplest ones she can do to rectify the flabbly relief society arm. So for your needs, here are 2 simple exercises that can be done at your home to help tone that flabby arm. I do both all the time, and love them.



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UPDATE

oh the joys and struggles of weight loss. I have realized that weight loss is not a destination you reach, it is a way of living, a life change. Its a constant decision you make each day to do the right thing. Its not like once you reach your goal, you're all done and don't have to worry about it anymore, that is when people fail and gain it all back. It truely is a lifestyle change. It seems to have been a long journey so far, 6 months, 31 lbs and 3 dress sizes. I am over half way to my goal of 145 lbs. I have lost 31 and have 21 more to lose. There isn't is a single store where I am bigger then a size 12, and in some I am a size 10. my goal is an 8. almost there I keep telling myself! I am a Medium in all tops and can even fit into juniors tops. This is my progress so far, I am hoping to be at my goal in 2 months, August 10th I want to be a size 8.

My advice for now- Stop telling yourself you CAN'T have certain foods. You know with children, when you tell them they can't have a popsicle, even if they didn't really want it before, all of a sudden they do now. When you keep saying to yourself,' Oh I can't have this and I can't have that" It will make you want it that much more. And be honest, you CAN have if you want, you choose for yourself, but realize how it will make you feel after, and hopefully that will make you realize that you don't really want it. It was a hard thing for me to learn that food was a completely temporary fix to feeling badly about myself, and a harmful one at that.

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!! HAPPY SUMMER!

come so far....

Just another picture I found to document my fatness lol. This picture was taken almost a year ago. I think this was probably when I started gaining weight and not really caring. I look back on all these pictures and it makes me sad that I actually thought that was ok. It is not okay to be overweight, its unhealthy. I wish someone would have told me then how horrible I looked. I look forward to a healthier happier future for myself and my husband. I will never let myself get that way and I am already studying and learning how to stay in shape during pregnancy so I won't have any excuses. I am hopefully going to go to school to become a personal trainer and I want to put an emphasis on helping post-pregnancy women get back in shape. I will take some more after pictures later but for now, here is what I look like!
I have lost almost 30 lbs and now its time to start working on toning and definition. I have a ton of different circuit workouts I am going to do and on different levels of difficulty. We moved apartments and the new apartment actually has a BETTER gym then the last one, although the last one was good. Also Westminster college is 2 blocks away and they should have a nice gym that is only 20$ for Jason and I since he went to school there. ALSO across the street from our complex is Bikrams Yoga. Don't know what that is? It is awesome. It is a yoga studio just like any other, BUT the room is kept at 115 degrees! It helps warm your muscles for better stretching and flexibility. it helps you lose immediate weight, but obviously thats just water weight. It is still way awesome though! Anyway, my weight loss is still going, still being successful. I have entered a different chapter in the weight loss and I am excited.