This dvd is the devil! If I don't die, I'll be updating super soon. :)
Monday, April 12, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Tonight I had a taco salad...honestly, things like that are not hard for me at all, I'd much rather have my taco stuff on lettuce than in a shell. I reloaded on SmartWater today...I'm really getting into drinking water like I'm supposed to. Yay, me!
I kind of pulled an all nighter last night with the load of homework and studying I had to do...but I feel good about the tests I took, my research paper came our pretty well, and now I'm just exhausted. I only got about 4 hours of sleep last night and I have heard that 4 is the worst number of hours to get. Actually, an ex boyfriend told me that. He read somewhere that even 3 hours is better than 4..there is something about that 4th hour...it's probably the hour where you hit your REM stage, and if you wake up during that, you are completely unsatisfied sleep-wise.
Luckily I have no classes tomorrow until night-time...so I can sleep in an hour later and spend my day cleaning, getting a good workout in and studying for my biology test.
Well, Jillian is calling my name, willing me to come partake in some 30 DS....so here I go. :)
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Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Been pretty good today, had a cup of Special K for breakfast with some skim milk, a BLT for lunch, and my smoothie. And lots of SmartWater...I love that stuff.
I don't have any dinner plans, but I'm thinking of just having a WW meal...my kids want hotdogs, so I suppose they'll have their thing and I'll have mine.
I did the toning tables today after I tanned...there's nothing better than being on a machine that makes you do sit-ups! I always have loved doing them but eventually it just got a little difficult...So I'm really liking the tables. They have some that work your butt too, but I steer clear of those..I have no butt anyways, sadly.
I'm thinking giving Jillian another go tonight, after watching Biggest Loser of course. Talk about motivation to work out! Tuesdays are pretty good workout nights for me, lol.
I won't be able to spend as much time on it as I'd like though... I have a research paper to finish and a test to study for. I love it when my teachers concoct a conspiracy theory and make all this stuff due on the same day. Gotta love it! :)
I'll leave with my newly created mini goal...which is to drop 10 pounds by May 1. Fingers crossed!
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Monday, April 5, 2010
Hello, world!
This is not my first blog, but it is my first weight loss blog. I have been an overweight person since I was a little kid. After I had my kids it really went downhill. Then throw a divorce on top of that...i yi yi.
I've never really been a yo-yo dieter...more like a person who gets really inspired and makes big plans and lasts about a week before eating fried chicken or procrastinating exercise. The only thing I can say I actually spent money on and stuck with was phentermine...yes it did work, and it worked fast. But, side effects were a bit scary, it got kind of expensive, and if you dared to stop taking them you'd better be prepared to gain a large portion of your weight back. So...bummer.
Anyway, I've gotten really tired of making promises to myself, making goals I never reached, etc., only to fail because...well, I basically failed because I got lazy.
But lately I've been toying with it all over and over, thinking long and hard about it all...and a lot of things have been helping me come to the conclusion that I really will do it this time.
1. I've watched Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz, and Oprah dumping buckets of animal fat on tables to show people the amount of excess fat they were carrying around. Gross. But effective.
2. I'm 26. 4 years away from 30. I'm not getting any younger, and I don't want to have all these health problems that come with being overweight. I can't do that to my kids...I'm all they have, and I need to make sure I'm healthy enough to be around as long as possible.
3. I swear I'm a skinny person trapped in a fat person's body. Sometimes I think I feel the skinny me knocking on my insides saying, "hellooooo? Let me out, fat ass!" She's so hateful.
4. When I graduate college, I don't wanna be the overweight girl huffing and puffing around a hospital..always out of breath and junk. That would suck.
So there you have it, my first blog post...yayyy!
Do I have a plan? Not today. I'm meeting with a nutritionist tomorrow to assess the eating portion (no pun intended).
Exercise...well I've been working out for a couple weeks now on toning tables and a horrible monster called the Treadclimber. I swear it's the devil and we may need to perform an exorcism.
And I have Wii Fit Plus which I love, and my kids are very entertained by watching themselves throw hula hoops to me and to see my mii jogging along with a little puppy.
Also, I invested in Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred. Level 1 kicked my butt...she turned my calves into rubber and we haven't been on speaking terms since. I should probably pull her out though...I don't want to be the kind of person that holds grudges. (I forgive you, Jillian.)
That being said, I'm off for a good night's sleep.
Until next time!
xoxo
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