It’s gonna happen.

So I’ve been eating better overall and working out (when I can). In the past week or so I’ve only been able to do a full workout 3 times. I’ve been really busy car shopping!! The car I drive right now is nice but it’s a company car that I lease with my sister courtesy of my father. Unfortunately he is no longer with that company so by May we need to return the car. So we’ve been out everyday looking at cars which has left me hardly any time to workout much less do a 30 minute shred. But on days when I don’t have the time I just make sure to do a few crunches or something. And I will admit I have made some bad food choices, but nothing too drastic I’m pleased to say. Normally when this would happen I would just give in and give up. But not this time. I won’t worry about this because it’s hardly a minor setback if even that.

That is my new way of approaching this. I will not get too worried about slip ups because hey, we’re only human. And I am a big fan of the reward system. I use it in many aspects of my life and in weight loss I think it is one of the most important things. So if I can go the entire week drinking my water and making healthy food choices then I say I deserve some Taco Bell (admittedly one of my biggest weaknesses). I think by allowing myself a day once in a while to just responsibly enjoy one of my favorite things to eat it will make this process a lot easier to deal with. I’m not really one for giving out advice, but I say if you’re going to give in, give in. You’ve gone a long time eating healthy and guzzling water that you just need to indulge. There is no shame in that. If you don’t give in every once in a while it is only going to make the process harder. I’m not saying to make that choice everyday, but you know what I’m talking about.

By the way I absolutely LOOOVEE the Jillian Michaels Shred video. I haven’t moved past the first workout yet but it is great. The first level is hard enough already I’m almost worried that the next levels are going to ruin me haha. I was a little sore after the first time I did it but I quickly recovered. I hope that means that I have retained some endurance from my athletic days. I’m definitely going with the latter

So today I thought I would get into gear and work out. I got Jillian Michaels’ 30 Day Shred and lemme tell you, it is a WORKOUT. Unfortunately for me I didn’t get the time to actually do one of the workouts in one sitting since my sister insisted that I take a trip to Shop-Rite with her. But oh well, I figured at least I would still be moving. When we got back I was determined to finish the workout and I did Obviously it was a little easier than it should’ve been given the long break I had half way through. But I feel great!!! Not only because I finally got off my ass and started working out, but because I made it through and realized I still have some of that strength and endurance from my days as an athlete (yes I know it was high school, but I was an athlete nonetheless haha). With this workout Jillian has 2 girls behind her. One is doing an easier version of the moves and the other a harder. Most of the time I found myself doing the harder moves! Not to mention I have been eating well today. My breakfast could have been better since all I had was a bowl of cereal, but for lunch I had a Lean Cuisine panini and now for dinner we are having pork chops and corn. Not to mention I’ve drank nothing but water today. This feels good.

I’ll keep you all posted on my work and tell you how this Jillian workout goes! I think I’m going to be very successful with it.

I haven’t been here since August and you don’t wanna see what I look like. I had to alter my weight tracker…I seriously gained. How can I have fallen this much? Well no more. I’ve decided to pick up again and reach my goal. But that is obviously easier said than done. But shame on me for not turning to you BuddySlimmers for help. I figured I could get that kind of support from my family seeing as my father and sister and looking to lose some weight. But they’re all talk and no action which sucks cause they have more to lose than myself. And my mother is the exact same. They like talking about better meal choices and what sounds like something good to eat, but it never gets put into action. They’ll say ‘let’s try the no-fat version of whatever’, but when we actually get to the store we’ll buy what we always have. And my sister is always talking about so many healthy recipes  she would love to make but she never will. It’s like they’re waiting for someone to come along and beat it into them and it seems that I too have fallen into that mentality.

Well no more. I’m going to make better food choices and go back to working out. I am however restricted to indoor workouts because it’s freezing outside plus my area of NJ is under winter weather advisory for ice storms. So, short term goals all over again. I am currently on winter break from school and I go back on January 20th. By then I would like to at least have better eating habits that I can continue even while at school. Right now I don’t want to set any number goals for myself…I want a nice place to jump off from.

P.S. has anyone ever gone on a Slim-fast diet? I’m not thinking of the doing a full-blown one, but I may want to incorporate it into my diet.

Hopefully you will be hearing from me very soon.

Ever since I started with BuddySlim I really have found myself living a better lifestyle. I was eating less and more healthy choices, I got up every morning and worked out and for about the past month I’ve been in my pool every single day (weather permitting). But this week I just went straight downhill. On Tuesday I was out running errands with my sister and my mother decided she wanted Wendy’s for lunch. I thought ‘oh shit how am I gonna dodge this’. I hadn’t eaten anything yet for lunch and we had nothing, literally NOTHING in the house to eat. So I gave in but made good choices about it. Plus I told myself ‘I’ve been doing so well I can afford just one bad day every once in a while’. And lemme say, IT WAS GOOOOOOOOOOD. haha I haven’t had fast food in a while. Then that night my dinner was sensible and I had a lot of water. But guess what? The story doesn’t end there. Wednesday my sis and I went to school to check out our books for the fall semester. When presented with where to get lunch, we ended up at Chili’s. I don’t think I need to elaborate on how bad that was…. Then to make matter worse, I now had this taste for bad food and soda for the next 2 days!

It’s like I can actually felt myself gaining so many inches and pounds just from those days. I’m way too scared to even think about getting on the scale or measuring, but that plays into my new philosophy of only checking in when I know I will like the number. And so I realized that I don’t need numbers to tell me I’ve messed up. When you mess up, you feel it. Physically, emotionally, spiritually, what have you. So now I’m on the rebound. My goal for the week is to get in the pool everyday and if weather stops me, find an alternate route. I need to drink more water and make better eating choices. I go back to school in 11 days and I haven’t even come close to my goal. I have come to accept that and this just means that I will need to continue working.

A happy Monday to you all!

I wish I had something positive to write about. I did lose half an inch in my waist and another pound, but I was expecting a bigger difference than that with the way I’ve been busting my ass. I’ve moved my workout to the pool because I figured I’d get a better and harder workout that will be good for me. But I don’t feel any different, any better and it obviously isn’t showing. I’m just very frustrated about this. I mean I’m working so hard and doing well with my eating but still the inches and pounds just won’t budge. I do 120 laps in my pool every day for God’s sake and nothing! Don’t get me wrong, I;m not expecting to drop 20 pounds and 10 inches in a day or anything….I just wish I knew what I was doing wrong.

slipping away from the healthy lifestyle I so desperately seek. I was doing well with food, then my family had a BBQ. I had a little extra that day since I had been doing so well in general, but I feel like I haven’t been able to recover and they wanna have another BBQ tomorrow! Ugh….but that’s the least of my worries. I don’t have too much will to get out and exercise even though I know I should. I think my biggest problem is that I’m not sure what to do. All through high school I had practice of some kind every day after school with a coach telling me what to do and how to work out. Now, there’s no one encouraging me, no one telling me and without that I feel lost. I’ve never had to work out on my own. When I do get out I just walk for about an hour and feel like I haven’t done anything.

I need to find a sound workout plan (and maybe contact a coach or two..)

So I told myself I’d only get on the scale if I thought I would like what I saw. Last time I weighed in i was down 2 pounds to 151. I just checked myself and guess what?? I’M STILL 151!! I know it sounds weird that I’m excited even though I didn’t drop any weight, but I’m thrilled! It means that I’ve found my happy medium of food and exercise that I should constantly be at so I at least don’t gain anything. Now I know that by kicking it up and continuing with my current eating habits I should start seeing some serious results! Well all depending on how hard I work but that’s a given

Just wanted to get in here and update. Now I gotta try and be good tonight for the 4th haha.

I’ve just been so busy doing things around the house, helping my mom, looking for a job, etc. But anyways, I’ve decided I need to take my journey in a different direction. I’m choosing to only look at the scale if I feel that I’ll like the number I see. If I know I’ve slipped looking at a bad number won’t make me any happier. And I know the goal of weight loss is to ultimately drop pounds, but I’m more interested in losing inches and toning up. So I would rather check the mirror and the tape measure everyday rather than the scale. But I will keep my weight loss counter anyway.

So I’ve come up with a better way to make sure I get some exercise everyday. See we’ve had a nasty bout of storms in Jersey so that means I can’t get outside and unfortunately my family did away with our old treadmill. So now first thing in the morning I do this workout called “The World’s Fastest Workout” along with conditioning or stationary bike if I have the time. This quick workout is no miracle and you can’t lose 100 pounds in 10 minutes or whatever gimmicks are out there today, but it’s designed so you can get your blood really pumping and it’s only 4 minutes long! You might be reading this saying “It’s not possible to get a workout in 4 minutes” and that’s true if you don’t do it properly. It’s 4 minutes of some of the hardest conditioning moves that you need to do at your top speed. Check it out here since they explain it better than I do. I’ve tried it and I must say it really does give you a nice workout! It felt the burn half way through! It’s the perfect thing to end your workout routine or simply on its own if you don’t have the time for a full workout. I think I’m gonna need to replace some of the exercises in it though. I broke my wrist a few months ago and when I tried to do the push ups in this exercise it hurt too much. So I’ll probably replace that with reverse crunches or something like that until I can put pressure back on my wrist. But this is definitely my favorite workout to date!

And I have set a tiny goal for myself. The reason I say tiny is because the end date is a night out on July 9th. So, this is actually a pretty steep goal haha. I have this dress that I LOVE hanging in my closet. I wore it to my 8th grade graduation…and now I’m a rising junior in college. I know that sounds crazy, but this dress is one of those large petite sizes so when I wore it in 8th grade it looked like a potato sack. Meaning it is currently about 2 sizes smaller than what I usually wear so please don’t think I’m insane! I used to fill it out nicely but never got a chance to wear it out. So, by July 9th, I want to be able to wear that dress out and not only look good in it but feel good in it. I’m not expecting a flat stomach or anything by then, but just to be comfortable and feel so great that I will just look great.

So here goes nothing

Oh and btw, I’m getting better with my eating. It’s really hard for someone who loves food so much haha.

First I want to thank everyone who left me a comment on my first post. I couldn’t believe the response! It’s nice to find people who are so supportive in one place. I know we all have different goals and lifestyles, but I feel like we are all in the same boat and it’s nice to know you have people watching out for you. Thank you

So today officially marked the first day of my new exercise regimen. I would’ve started yesterday like I planned, but it was raining I plan on walking every single morning at least 5 miles. Or I should say 5ish since I’m just going around my neighborhood and don’t know the exact mileage. I Google mapped it kinda haha. So I walked this morning and ended up being out for an hour! I was the genius who didn’t take a watch with me, but it really didn’t feel like an hour so only God knows how far I walked. Anyway it’s a pretty sweet deal since my sister is also trying to lose weight and get healthy and it’s much better to walk and talk rather than be alone. So the exercise portion of my new lifestyle is off and running….well, I will be running soon.

But I gotta say, the diet part is what’s killing me here. Yesterday I thought I did alright. Didn’t eat too much and nothing bad, but today I feel like I fell apart. Maybe it’s because I walked this morning that my brain told me it was alright to eat everything. I’ve never been one to choose healthy choices. I’m a big fast food/soda/candy girl. I hope this is just something I will adjust to soon. But for now, the walking will continue/ Soon I plan to incorporate conditioning exercises (abs, arms, etc) and want to be running soon. Oh and I just cleaned out the garage and found my old tennis racket so I plan on hitting the court this summer as well.

I go back to school on August 16 for band camp. Yep, BAND CAMP! It sounds dorky, but trust me it’s all kind of awesome..not to mention a nice workout So that’s when I would like to have reached my goal. And I think this site is definitely going to help me achieve it.

Now its time for a change.
No I can’t waste another day.

I was looking for a good form of weight loss support online when I came across this site. I think it’s really gonna help me out. I like blogging rather than just signing into a site where I can read everyone’s opinions. This way I can write about my experience and read others as well. Hopefully by writing everything I’ll be motivated to do more and maybe I’ll learn a thing or two from other bloggers. Well, I plan on simply trying to eat healthier this week and hopefully start moving.

I want to be in the shape I was in high school. I played soccer and threw on the track team. That was 2 years ago and college and it’s food has definitely kicked my ass. So I want to be able to run a mile again, sprint like I used to and have the endurance I had. And I would REALLY like to go back to school and turn a few heads and make some people jealous haha. I know that sounds kinda horrible, but that’s how I want to feel.