Tiffany Forni.. uh huh

Wow,… going back to the gym today was interesting.  With the new boobs chest and back day have become somewhat of a challenge.  I’m lifting less than a quarter of what I’m used to hauling around and I feel like such a wuss.  One of the managers at my gym had to come out and give me a rough time for "slackin"… if I didn’t know he was joking I may have thrown a 3 pound dumbell at him.  (only kidding)  Ohhh it suuucks.. but it’s getting better. I’m able to open and close car doors now and the fridge isn’t such a challenge. YAY for things gettin better.  I’m just happy to be back in the gym. I feel way better after a good workout.. and quite frankly.. after any workout right now.

 Even with the tiny weights I was using I am sore.  I concentrated on form and doing the movements slowly without pausing.  My boyfriend gave me some trouble when I let him in on what I was listening to on my iphone.. *I Believe In Miracles…. Since You Came Along… You Sexy Thing.. sexy thing you…*  I love that song.  He didn’t think it was as funny as I did.

 Anywho… that’s that.. zzz….

Oh man!  With this whole transformation of the week thing I have been unable to comment back to everyone!  I keep forgetting who I wrote to and who I need to write to.. so if I haven’t written back to you please forgive me.  To everyone that has said I am an inspiration to you that makes me so happy!  It is really all that I could hope for in this whole journey… to help some other people out and show them it can happen without surgery or drugs… just some hard work and dieting.,. oy oy!

Have a great week everyone!  I’m going to get back to real work now… hehe    <3 Tiff

So.. I was invited to be on a tv show with this person who claims to be the way for people to lose weight… yep.. he claims he is the only way.  He also told me that my coach was full of crap and that I was also.  He claimed that being hydrostatically weighed was inaccurate and his method of using those HAND HELD ELECTRONIC PIECES OF CRAP was better!  …. lordy..  I was so disgusted by his lack of professionalism that I left and told him I did not want to be a part of his little 3 minute tv "program"…  he was going to take credit for MY results.. ones that I worked my ass off for… by listening to my coach.. not by listening to that self centered wanna be god.  Ohhhh it drives me nuts!

 So I walk out the door.. and as I’m getting close to my car the man comes running out of the building trying to convince me that he is right and that I should be on his little show…   I told him I didn’t want to talk to him because of the way he treated the women that WORKED for him and because of the way he talked to me.  The man has NO respect for women.  I don’t care who you are.. don’t tell people to stop bitching when you have guests at your business!  I could tell thoes girls were upset by it but they didn’t say anything to him about it.  I guess telling off the person that helped you lose weight doesn’t sound too appealing.. but seriously… if it was legal to smack him… I would have!

So tell me.. what are your thoughts on those electronic bodyfat testers?  I decided to do a little experiment with TWO different ones.. and BOTH of them varied by between 5 and 8 % depending on how much water I had consumed.  Little mister "I know everything blah blah blah" also tried to then validate his arguement to me by saying that my boobs are throwing off the machine.. BIG WHOOPIE!  I don’t care… jeeze.. I was leaving because HE was a jerk.. I don’t give a crap about those machines.. grr.. bah… ok.. well I have vented…  

 If anyone knows who I’m talking about.. go ahead and tell him. I have no doubt he will take a few stabs at me when his show gets recorded… his theories.. are f’d up.  Pardon my french.

 Have a lovley night…

Tiff

If you’re reading this you probably know that I was selected to be this weeks Female Transformation of the Week.  WOO HOO!  I was out of town for the past two days and I come back home only to find about 100 new friend requests and tons more profile comments!  I wanted to stay up all night and respond to each and every friend request and comment but my boyfriend told me I should get some sleep.  Well, it’s just past 5am and can’t sleep.  I’m going to be recorded for a local morning TV show today about my weight loss.  I’m so excited the thought of staying in bed longer doesn’t even appeal to me.  So if I haven’t responded to you yet… just wait for it, I will! 

A few questions people have asked me…

Question 1:  Can I help you lose weight?  Can I make you a diet?  If you follow what I wrote for my diet will you lose weight?

Answer 1:  Well, yes I can help you lose weight but I can’t make everyone who asked for a diet a diet.  I am not certified in anything nutrition related (but I am working on that part.)  As for telling people exactly how much food to eat and what kinds… I think you should seek out professional help in that department.  I would love to try and help everyone but I know I am not qualified to develop diets for people who want to compete.  You really need to have an experienced coach on your side and follow EXACTLY what they say. They will make you a diet that works best for YOUR body and will have the time to follow up with you to ensure that you get the results you are looking for. 

If you follow the general diet that I posted for the transformation of the week thing you probably will lose weight as long as you keep your porportions reasonable and eat often enough.  Just keep the carbs low glycemic, the meat super low fat, and the veggies plentiful.

Question 2:  Did I do any cardio?

Answer 2:  YES!  I hated it with a passion but with enough caffiene and good music in my iPod I did TONS of cardio!  During the first phases of my diet I did around 2 hours or less per day.  I did take a day off from time to time though.  I never did 2 hours all together, I broke up the cardio into one hour or less pieces.  I would wake up in the morning go get my heart rate up for about an hour on a treadmill, eliptical, stair machine, or something else then I would go home, cook, eat, then go back to the gym lift weights and do a half hour of intervals or another hour of regular cardio.  That got my entire workout done early and gave me time to get through the rest of the day.  It also felt great!  In general, the more cardio you do the faster you will lose weight.  Just be careful not to get too intense or do too much because you may sacrifice muscle instead of fat.

Question 3: People have asked me if they could pay me to help train them.  However, most people are on a very strict budget…..

Answer 3:  I hate to be the bearer of bad news but dieting like this is not cheap.  It is possible to do if you’re very creative, a good coupon clipper, or have relatives at foster farms.  I put a significant part of what I earn into buying meat and vegitables along with high quality supplements.  My suggestion to ANYONE starting out looking for someone to help them diet is to go ahead and start reading up on contest diets right here on Bodybuilding.com.  That is how I started out.  I spent hours on my cell phone when I was on flights, in boring classes *shhhhh* and waiting on stuff reading about why things work and what people have done to lose weight.  There are plenty of great diets on here people can follow to a T and have success with.  It’s when you really want to diet down for a competition that I suggest you get yourself a coach.

Question 4:  Speaking of this being spendy… am I looking for sponsorship?

Answer 4:  Oh yes!  Any little bit helps!  My dream is to be sponsored by Foster Farms Chicken Breasts but I have a feeling they’re not going to let that fly. (and you guys bodybuilding.com   I may have to write them a letter just to see.  I eat enough chicken that I would be happy to wear a chicken shirt to the gym EVERY DAY and sing the praises of their delicious fresh chicken for a case of chicken breasts a month.  Oh well.. if you’re not Foster Farms but are interested in sponsoring me please send me an email to me@tiffanyforni.com with what you have in mind and I will respond to you quickly.

Question 5: Saggy Skin and Stretch Marks….

Answer 5:  Nope, I don’t have any extra saggy skin, and a tan hides stretch marks really well.  Fortunatly for me my genetics dictate that I have good skin elasticity so neither of those things are really a problem for me.  I have asked people why this happens and they say that to keep the skin and stretch mark thing under control the main part is having the genetics and skin type but secondly, if you lift heavy and concentrate on gaining some muscle it will help you tighten up and not have to deal with all of the extras that come along with dropping tons of weight.  Also, staying hydrated and eating good food helps a lot.

Question 6:  When is your book coming out?

Answer 6: HOOOOOPEFULLLY by the end of this year.  I’m my own worst critic so I edit and re-edit and re-edit and I need to just stop that and let it be.  My goal is to have it out before christmas though.

Hmmm…. other questions….. I think those are the main questions I have been getting asked.  I will try and respond to all of the emails that I get and at least try to include some advice that I think would be helpful.  It may take me some time to respond to everyone but I will try my best.

Thank you all so much for your kind words and encouragement!  To hear that my story has inspired so many people nearly brought me to tears.  I wish you all the absolute best luck reaching and beating your goals!  It’s hard work and now that you have put your mind to it and made the decision to drop the pounds for good you will succeed!  I hope you all have an amazing week and keep the emails and comments and adds coming!  I am happy to have new friends on a great site like bodybuilding.com

Enjoy your chicken!

Tiffany   

Ok, so I was given the idea to answer questions on my website through monthly hour long tele-seminars.  So if anyone has questions just message me or comment me or email me@tiffanyforni.com with your questions.  I will adress all of them as fast as I can.

Anywho… yay…

Ok, I love the new boobs but the whole no driving for a month thing sUCKS!  OH MAN.. I’m goin Cri-Za-Zy.. yep… yes I am.  I’m on my way up to Seattle to take care of a few things and would just like to say that I found the most awesome way to travel!!  www.shuttleexpress.com  I’m doing their door to door thing.. Dude. this van is AWESOME!  TV’s, music, captains chairs, WIFI…. yes… I’m in a van on I-5 writing a post on my blog through a laptop not my phone this time!    I’m in heaven.  Oh yes.. and they have complimentary coffee too!   Snazzy vip van.. very niiiiice.

 Still… I miss driving.  I bought a car based only on the fact that during the test drive it made me say "Yee Haw!".. and I do miss that car… but I don’t miss the 4 hours of nonstop driving thing so this van is cool.

 YAWWWWN.. oh yeah..  I have tons more new pix coming up. I’ll post those soon ish

Due to the influence of some pain killers my post may be slightly wierder than normall… hehehehehehee… DOOD!  So, last wednesday I got a boob job.  Since then I have been thanking the lord every day that I used to be fat…. this way I don’t have to go off and buy a ton of new tops!  Ha HA!  Time and Money Saver!    All of my sports bras that I wore for a few months while I was slimming down fit my new torpedo boobs perfect now!  (When the swelling goes down maybe I’ll have to get some better ones but for now they work fine..)   Ohhh man… Surgery went really well.  My Dr. was awesome… he answered all my questions and allowed my mother (who was an RN) to completely pelt him with questions for what seemd like hours.. and he answered them all honestly.. and quickly.. and me moma was happi…   So… I went for the big guns.. I don’t want to look like a porn star or anything but I hear that most women who get implants regret not going bigger.. so last minute I decided to up it a few cc’s and we will see how this turns out.   The nurse distracted me with talk of small dogs in sweaters and before I knew it I was waking up in a hospital bed seeing double and giggling about stuff.

At the moment I’m feeling WAYYY better thanI was earlier hunched over like an old lady fearing standing straight up.. but life is good.  I see the doctor this coming wednesday and we shall see what happens with Tiff 2.0   Those pills make me a little sick to my stomach but it’s better than feeling like my chest is going to explode.

 And hey.. to all of you boob haters out there.. if you were me and you completely lost your chest… like.. went from a 40 DD to a 34 not qute A.. you’d consider getting some fake ones too.  With the chest of a 12 year old boy you lose a bit of femaninity… and I like having curves.. so.. got some boobs..  I think this will be my last rant on the boob thing.. just had to get it out there.. oh yeah.. if you see any seriously smoking hot skinny women with six packs out there and perfect boobs.. I’m going to have to break it to you and say they’re FAKE… unless the women is genetically blessed.. . they are not real..  I was told that if you take a flashlight and shine it in the side of your boob it glows .. so next time I go camping I will use my new tata’s as lamps.. goodness me I feel wierd… anywho… YAY FOR BOOBIES!

 Sad part is I can’t really go workout for a few months..so I am lifting vicariously through my friend /  makeup artist Margie.  She’s awesome so I’m helping her lose some weight and she’s going to teach me about doing makeup.  I’m so bad at stage makeup.. but she studied in LA for 3 years and has tons of experience and will also teach me how to break dance when I get the courage to.  Hehehehe… wow.. yeah I should go to sleep and stop typing now… gooodnighty !!  heheheheheehehehehehehe… oh mean.. lakjdf sayeah.. yeah.. freakin giggly right now I tell you what..

YAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWN - ish.

k bye!