moonpik2334’s BodyBlog

Well, i almost did it.  my goal (revised one) was to get to 180 before i went to Vegas on the 19th.  I weighed in today at 183.4.  I set my goal on April 27, when i had eaten myself up to 200 lbs.  Im so conflicted right now!  i want to go to vegas, and have a good time, which to me is, eat, drink, eat, eat, drink, etc.  But damn, im so close to 180.  My friend says that bodies have memories and my body will remember it weighed 183 so if i gain a couple they’ll go away fast.  If thats the case… then wont my body remember when my fat ass was 200 and let me eat and eat and eat and keep it on??? 

 I have looked forward to vegas for the past month and hae been so good ( just a little cheating ) knowing that Vegas was going to bring me Tony Romas, Cheesecake Factory and BIG Margaritas.  Now, im stressing.  Yesterday, my trainer measured me, and i lost at least an inch in all places from 3 weeks ago.  He also said… BE GOOD.  wtf??  so much pressure!!!  LOL

Oh well, we’ll see tomorrow, what the scale says.  it might determine how i eat this weekend.  it WILL NOT determine how i’ll drink, cuz im GONNA drink! 

 Anyways, just had to vent.  now its back to work for me.  Ciao til next time!

This morning, i weighed in at 185.8!  i am 6 pound away from my goal of 180 by vegas baby!  I am trying to be good, but damn, i WANT some M&M’s soooooooooooo bad.  If i can keep this up for 5 more days, then i’ll be in heaven.  My thinking is, if i can get to 180 before i go, then that gives me a couple pounds to play with, cuz i WILL be EATING AND DRINKING.

Im doing cardio everyday from here until i leave in addition to working out also.  I do weight training, but i think i cheat, cuz i dont do it to fail.

Ok, i just had to get this down, so when during the week, i am trying to cheat, i wont.  Im off to make my (boring) turkey, ff cheese, on wheat sandwich.

Later Days

i have been away for along time.  Last time i was here, i was outta the 90’s.  and i made a big deal outta it.  well hells bells… that lasted a whole day, maybe.  i started on my long slide back to 200.  it SUCKED!  but that was on April 27th.  and now its May 27th and im at 189.2 and have lost MANY inches… all over!!  woo hoo!!

my goal was to get down to 180 by the 17th of June.  i just may do that.  i was so excited. and then what happens?  i fall down the damn stairs and sprain my wrist and jack up my elbow.  OMG!!!  i cant work out for at least a week.  i really really hope this doesnt mess me up.

and i hope that i stick to this clean eating im doing.  but one thing…. it is BORING!!! eating the same foods day after day after day.  do any of you guys have any ideas???  im so picky.  the protein is what kills me.  my only sources that i like are eggs, chicken, tuna, beef jerky, low fat cheese and the body for life advantEdge drinks.  i dont like fish and cant stomach the protein shakes.

well im off for now, i’ll be back by the weekend and hopefully ill be at 187 or so…

But wait, dont dig out those Members Only jackets or the high-top Reeboks yet.  Im talking about the 180’s.  my official weight today is 189.8…  wow.  I never thought i would see that number again.  It’s so hard to do this.  im CONSTANTLY thinking/talking meals nowadays.  i track EVERYTHING.  well almost, i do cheat alot.  but im guessing by my weight that im not cheating THAT bad.

I had another morale boost this week.  My workout buddy has been measuring me.  Now, granted, he doesnt know what the hell he is doing, but i didnt think he was doing bad.  Well, this week when i met with my personal trainer, i had him do my measurements. we usually do it once a month.  So he measured me and i was WAY down from what my buddy had me as.  i was PSYCHED!!!!!!!!!  cuz i knew these were TRUE measurements.   he last measured me at the beginning of february.  im down 8 pounds, 1 1/2" in my chest and hips, and 5" in my waist.  an inch down on my legs and thighs.  AND i bought me a couple of new pair of jeans in size 13 and a couple of tank tops in Medium.  woo hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thats the best part, buying clothes in smaller sizes.  I knew something was going right cuz all my jeans were literally falling off.  Nothing better than going to the bathroom and accidently forgetting to unbutton and they STILL come off.  lol

Well thanks for listening.  Good Luck to all you and me too!!!

i got down to 191.8.  6 more pounds and i am back to where i was in August.  FINALLY

Its good to see that this eating plan is working.  i worked my ass off this weekend in the gym, and have training with Mando tonite so i know i’ll work my ass off.  i just hope i can keep it up when im working on my own.  ive gotten alot of workout ideas, i just have to put them in order. 

Any suggestions on how i should do this?  should i do the same workout for a couple of weeks, a month, 6 weeks or can i alternate them more often.  i tend to get bored, but if i find something i like, i’ll stick to it.

i go to the gym 5-6 days a week and im going to try to do cardio 2-3 times a week.

im psyched up about this weight loss.  it is taking a LONG time, but my frame of mind is different this time, so maybe i’ll get to where i want to be. 

well, its off to eat my eggs and apple

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well, this is the first weekend that i didnt gain any weight.  i made a conscious effort to drink water and did alright on saturday with my eating.

here is my menu for tomorrow

meal 1 - 2 special k waffles with sugarfree syrup and glass of fat free milk  645am

meal 2 - 5 egg whites and an apple  10-1030 am

meal 3 - pouch of tuna, string cheese and a special k bar  1pm

meal 4 - beef jerkey and an orange  345pm

workout 430-5 with trainer

meal 5 - 4 ozs chicken, small potato cut into chips, cookie sheet with pam   6pm
Does this seem alright?  i have been eating like this for about 3 weeks now.  i dont get hungry and this seems to be a pretty balanced meal as far as carbs/protein

All suggestions welcome..

some people have said i dont eat enough.  but im not hungry. what do you think?

Its been a few days since my last blog.

I know ive been slacking off on the gym stuff.  But today i went full speed.  I think i did really well. i used alot more weight than i have before but didnt overdo it (i hope).  i did chest/shoulders and im already feeling it.  I see "to failure" talked about alot, im not real sure what that means.  I do know that my last 2-3 reps of each was freakin hard, to the point that i almost couldnt finish it.  is that "to failure"?

I did way better on the eating today.  and i drank some water, not as much as i usually do, but more than i normally do on the weekends.  weekends are so hard for me, to find the time and space to eat .

I have so much in my head that i want to do, as far as workouts, food lists and stuff like that, i need to make the time to get this done.  I think it will help me out.

oh well, this was a boring blog today…

OH YEA!!!  I’M DOWN TO 192.6…  189, is just around the corner.. i might get to 185 by the end of the month!!!!!!!!

gnite

that 192.4 for a day was all she wrote..  I didnt do too much damage by going to Chili’s. 

Today, two days later, im at 193.2  i know, i know, dont weigh myself so much, but hey, thats just how i do it.

Anyways… the help i need is this:

Anyone have any good workouts that they’d like to share?  Or can someone direct me to a site where i can find some?  I get so bored at the gym.  I have my trainer and he concentrates on legs and cardio workouts.  Ii work my ass off with him, but with 4 kids and life in general, i cant afford to go to him more than once a week.  i have a workout buddy, but he is working out to build muscles and concentrates on upper body.  I love his chest workout and do that but i dont like the arms or shoulders stuff he does. 

Since ive been on here, i havent really felt good after the gym.  I dont feel like i am working hard enough. 

I need variety and if someone out there can help, i’d greatly appreciate it.

As for this weekend…  hopefully i wont gain what i lost this week as i always do.  Im gonna make a conscious effort to drink lots of water and keep to my eating schedule as i do at work. 

Wish me luck!!!

woo hoo!!!!!!!!!!  i am down to 192.4.  Now here is my dilemma…

Im finally at a point where im actually believing that maybe, just maybe, if all the stars are aligned correctly, i will be able to get into the 180’s and now tonite i have to go out to Chili’s for my daughters bday dinner. 

Now i know, you are gonna tell me, just eat good, dont overdo it and blah blah blah… NO NO NO!  I have been visiting  their website, scoping out their menu, and that damn nutritional value thing-a-ma-jig and i am going to eat.  i have just started this weight loss/working out thing again, and i have been sooooo good.  but i knew this was coming up when i started, and promised myself if i did good from then (2/17) then i could cheat this one day.

my problem is, what i want to eat, is like 1500 calories.  WOW!  i dont even think i ever go over 1200 lately.  1500 in one meal??  I just know im going to be sick.  is it going to be worth it???  i guess we’ll find out tomorrow morning, between that damn scale and how my body feels.

wish me luck. 

I RAN FOR 7 MINUTES STRAIGHT, AT 5.2 SPEED, WITHOUT STOPPING….

now, i know, to many of you, this is laughable.  but believe me… for me, its a miracle.  no, i dont have any disabilities or "good" reason for not being able to run, i just dont.  i have always thought… omg… if someone is chasing me to kill me, im a dead duck.  i just never ran.

i have been on the treadmill, walking for a few months now… and lately, i have tried to run 1-2 minutes, walk a couple, run a couple, …  well, today, i decided even before i went to the gym, i told my daughter that i was going to run for 5 minutes.  she laughed.  well, i did too cuz i thought, ye right, u are gonna die out after 2 1/2 minutes.

so, i get to the gym… i walk for about a minute, and then i turn it up to 5.2 and start to go…  it was fine, for the first 2 minutes…  then it got a little harder and harder.  by 440, i was dying… or so i thought.  when 5 hit, i was in heaven…  but i looked and i had a little more than half a lap to go to make it two full laps that i had run.  so i said, wth, im gonna try to do this.  i kept going and going and made it in 7 minutes.  I may have been able to continue, but i was damn happy with myself for that so i slowed down and walked…  at 9 minutes, i sped it up and ran for another minute, then walked and then ran the last minute and a half.  so basically, out of 15 minutes, i ran 9 1/2 of it.

Obviously, this is on the treadmill.  and obviously, i could and should do more cardio, but i HATE it.  i do about 25 minutes 2 -3 times a week.  but this running thing made me feel good and i think i will try to keep it up.

Now, if i can only survive tomorrow… my daughters 15th bday and we are going to Chili’s for dinner.  Ughhhhh

Thanks for listening and wish me luck tomorrow…   gnite!