deanna7272’s BodyBlog

Well, I had my bodyfat done… Ummm…  Not exactly where I thought I would be, but it’s a start.  I wish I would have had it done BEFORE the 30 pound loss, but I have pics that remind me…

I am going to have hubby do some progress update pics tomorrow morning.  I will post them later in the day.  I know it’s not going to be pretty, so don’t expect much…lol  I will do my BEFORE shots too, so you can see a change.  Please be kind…lol

With my bodyfat  being done, Rick asked me what I was doing and I told him.  He basically said that I was on the right track, I just needed to up my cardio by 10 minutes…  So now I am up to 60 minutes… I WAS doing 50 because the stairmaster is on 25 minute cycles…lol

I have hit a plateau and I am frustrated.  Monday, IF it doesn’t change, will be the 3rd week at 150…  Frustrating, but I need to look at the bright side… I have lost 31.5 so far… THAT “ain’t” BAD…

Will add more later…  Have a wonderful evening!!

Wrote a blog and it disappeared….  Will write again sometime later… URGH

Okay, so I go to the gym today and I see a coworker that has been training people for several years and I decide that I am going to throw a question at him.  I asked him where I should be "calorie wise"… He told me that if I am concerned with the calories, I am doing it wrong… WRONG????  WRONG????  WHAT???? NOW what do I do???  I was thinking about changing up my program next week (because I have been doing a reconditioning program thus far) and start doing splits and adding calories, etc.  Well, after that comment, I was all intimidated again…  I thought I had a grasp on all this…  He told me that I am looking TOO HARD at all the information and that I need to not look so far into this.  I do appreciate his information, but I was a little discouraged beause I thought "Man, I am going to have to start ALL OVER." 

I was up on the stairmaster reading my Muscle & Fitness and trying to pick up some tips to rearrange my diet.  In the back of my mind, I thought, I really need to rethink my goals for this summer…

A little later my gym owner came in.  This is the man that has "trained" me for years…  He knows me, and MY HEAD (the way one comment can blow my mind…lol) and he asked "Are you still losing" and I told him that I was and he said "Keep doing what your doing, you look great"… Well, I told him about what the other said and he told me not to change anything until I plateau.  He said when I stop losing, we will talk.  He said that evidently what I was doing, is working.

He told me "Dee, I have known you since BEFORE you were in college, and I know what you are thinking… STOP IT"…  I told him that I was discouraged until he told me that…  He said that I look better than he has EVER seen me and that I seen happier than I ever have been.  He is ABSOLUTELY right.. I feel GREAT!!! 

Why is it that one comment can make or break us???  I am just glad that it was Ricky that I talked to SECOND…lol

 ***  I do have to say that I value BOTH opinions, I think I just caught my coworker at the end of a bad day…lol

I had an absolutely awesome time at the Upper O….  I got to meet some super people that competed in the show AND I got to meet Valerie Waugaman.  Ricky had told me that I needed to talk with her, but holy cow, I am super motivated by our conversation.  I have done some research on her and she is amazing.  I can’t wait to learn more…

I made it to the 30 pound mark this weekend and I met that goal.  My next "goal" is to be down 6 more pounds by the end of May.  I know that it’s soon going totbe time to start putting on lean muscle mass, but I have to get my body lean first.  I hope to get some progress pics done this week. I have my beginning, I just want to update with my 4 month pics…

 I am really going through this mental thing right now and see if you can follow.  A teacher that I have known since I was in 6th grade saw me the other day (after not seeing me in a YEAR) and told me that I was skinny, and looking "borderline" sick.  I had my nail tech tell me tonight that my coworkers don’t want me to lose anymore, because my face will "change", then a guy at the gym said to me, "Man, you’re getting really skinny"…  I was like "You  say that like it’s a BAD thing…."  I later apologized, because I felt bad that he took the brunt (not that I jumped all over him, but I regretted the WAY I said it, instead of accepting the compliment and moving on)…

I don’t get it… When I was heavy people tiptoed around the issue of "weightloss" and I would make jokes about my "tush"… Now that I have jumped in with BOTH feet and lost 30 pounds, people are trying to hinder my progress….

It should be MANDATORY that those that lose weight see a psychiatrist…. But then again, it’s the OTHER people that are CRZY, not us….