Ok Sorry I am not totally familiar with all this just yet so bare with me, heck I am just now getting used to the inside of a gym! lol! Anyway so I am about 3 weeks into eating clean and have had one cheat meal. I have been doing cardio 6 days a week. I had my first full workout with Marzia yesterday and let me tell you I am sooo out of shape. I am so weak it is pathetic. I could only do 3 "girl" push ups. No that was not a typo that is a 3!!!!! so if that goes to show my fitness level there you go! Then on the leg press machine the first set I did "ok" and then on the next round we upped it a bit and I couldn’t even lift it off so we put it back to where it was, I think 45lbs and then I could do it but my legs were shaking like crazy! You guys will get to see this in the video series Me and Marzia are doing called "Marzia’s Makeover" which is… you guessed it.. making over my body! Again I am so ready. If I havn’t already bored you to tears I wanted to tell you a little about me. I am 31 and have 3 kids. I am what you call skinny fat, I can hide it well in clothes and I know I am not obese but nor am I fit or healthy. I am using the word "used to" and know that this means 3 weeks ago… I used to wake up to a loaded up triple shot 6 pump cinamon dolce latte at starbucks about 9 am then come lunch time of course I am starving so I get whatever is handy, mcdonalds qtr. pounder or a to go lunch from the mexican restuaraunt across the street which usually was sourcream cheese enchilladas. Then for dinner when my husband and kids and I got together we would go out for dinner which again was either mexican or a steak house or a local bar and grill. I drank a margarita practically every night. (no I’m not an alocolholic nor am i in denial!) so now that you know a little about my previous eating habits. Also not only would I eat this stuff but I would eat it all, not so much b/c I was hungry but b/c it was yummy so I would just keep on going. Now about my lifestyle.. Well like I said I have 3 children, so that means I was pregnant 3 times. With my first child I was 19 years old so I only gained 18 lbs and of course bounced right back after I had her, Then my next child I was 25 I gained almost 50lbs with her and same thing bounced back, Then at 28 with my 3rd child my son I gained almost 85lbs with him and lost my weight with him fairly quickly as well. Also I wanted to point out that I have had 3 c-sections so not only has my stomach expanded to the size of a beach ball but my muscles have also been cut 3 times so I have like no strength there either…. just lots of leftover mexican food! lol! So I will have to say considering my lifestyle and the pregnancies I must have a high metabolism and can’t wait to see the results when having a clean diet along with an exercise routine. Which leaves me to explain that I was not an active person.. not to say I didn’t enjoy doing things b/c I am such an outdoors person but my body wouldn’t do what my energetic mind wanted to (if that makes sense) I was tired all the time and actually pretty much got really lazy over the past years. I help my husband with his business so I don’t have a set time to be at work and can miss a day or two so I got in the habit and became pretty lazy, house always a mess and with running kids all over the place to friends house, soccer practice, cheer practice, different schools and whatever else they had going on that was pretty much it and every chance I had I would sit on the couch in front of the tv and just veg… Oh yeah and I should tell you that really and truly I probably only drank 1 bottle of water a day, I would have a coke with lunch and then of course an alcolholic beverage with dinner, sometimes a soda but mostly alcolhol.. so that was my 3 a day beverage consumption.. I used to joke that I must have a huge bladder b/c I only peed like twice a day! But let me tell you since I have changed my diet and it includes all and only water and lots of it and no alcolhol.. I am peeing all the time. It’s a wonder I havn’t just shrivled up from dehydration. Ok so I am going to wrap it up now I think I have got you caught up to speed on me, like I said I have been doing cardio and this morning with Marzia I rode 14.80 miles in an hour at level 5 on the bike. That is so insane to me! So I am super excited about the changes I have made and will continue to make and can’t wait to see the results. I have changed my diet, I am taking a supplement called cytolean which is great b/c it totally curbs my appitite and I have THE BEST TRAINER IN THE WORLD who totally keeps me going! What more could I ask for?
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