prettyface’s BodyBlog

I followed my diet STRICTLY for the previous five or six days. Unfortunately, this weekend sent me into an emotional eating binge like nobody’s business. What IS that? Food makes nothing better - actually makes them worse. But for some reason when I cry I reach for a bag of cheese puffs instead of a box of puffs.

I didn’t gain, I just didn’t lose.

I’m just way bummed out in general. I won’t even go into all of it - but I don’t think my meds or my mind are quite strong enough lately!

I’m still trying to stay motivated but, ugh.

I called my husband to see what time we’re working out. He’s had a bad day and isn’t going to work out with me. So wish me luck. I’m going ….. that’s pretty much the whole plan.

I dunno…….   If anyone’s reading, thanks for listening.

Okay, this is just an odd little observation that I decided to write down.

Before I was around any bodybuilders I sort of expected the men to be pretty pig-headed. (I’m sorry but I just kinda did.) In all fairness, I’ve always been intimidate by female bodybuilders, and expected them to judge my rotund self as well.

I’ve been shocked at how horribly wrong I was about those things. The girls and guys are both sooo much more supportive than I would have thought. The men especially.

The male owner at the gym I go to usually comments when I have lost weight. So do some of the other guys. They also seem to pass out more support and compliments to all of the girls there than your average guy would. The people on this website are the same.

Most of the bodybuilders I have talked to in person and on-line give me a lot of support and credit for trying to get the fat off.

Whether you have given me support or other "big girls" who are trying to get it off, I wanna say thanks.

Okay I am starting a new diet today. Following an exact meal plan every single day except for dinner. I wrote it up, then asked the owner of my gym to check it out. She only had to tweak it a little (Yay!) She just added a banana and suggest a few more carbs. I’m sooo excited. I think that not leaving anything up to interpretation will keep me from messing up so much.  (i.e. "A burger wouldn’t be too bad - I DO need the protein - I won’t get ketchup. hahaha)
Seriously, though I am so very excited about this.
Without dinner (because that will change from day to day) I will have six meals totaling 81 Carbs, 128 protein, 29 fat (i think i need to cut that) 1 sugar and 1035 calories.
I went to the store last night and felt like a goob buying 5 dozen eggs, 20 cans of tuna, etc. I’ve done great today. I just hope this works!

The hubby and I did legs and chest last night - along with cardio.
I hate doing chest - it kills! I guess that probably means that I should keep working on it.
Fortunately, I LOVE the legs exercises. Also, my legs seem to show improvement quickly. I may be crazy but I already think my legs are a little firmer than they were last week.
The only thing I am worried about is that my legs are going to be huge. I guess I’ll worry about that later in when I try to detail and for now, just enjoy the fact that you can actually see muscle somewhere on my body!
Haha

If anyone is reading… how much can you control how your proportions work out? I hope I’m not ALL legs when I get through????

Happy day to everyone!

Two girls I work with and I organized a weight loss challenge through the newspaper we work for. Last year, we had 40 participants and the winner received $400 and a gym membership.
Yesterday and today are the weigh-ins. We had 33 people yesterday. I was psyched. We are here for four hours today, one down, three to go. Off the clock, too. And guess what? It’s coming a flippin’ flash flood. We haven’t weighed in the first person today!
I sure wish the rain would go away.
We charge everyone $10, but then the winner gets all of the money in the pool. I was hoping that we’d have at least more people than last year. I really am blaming the rain. I had to give myself a pep talk to drive in this stuff.
Anyway, maybe we can help keep the 33 people motivated. As long as we help one person, it’s been worth the effort!
It helps keep me motivated too. We run spreads in the paper with all kinds of information and recipes. The three of us girls blog and it runs in the paper with progress photos. There is some motivation for ya! You aren’t going to go buy a Big Mac when the girl behind the counter is gonna ask "Aren’t you on a diet?"

….. Hey, after I pouted I actually got to stop and weigh in some entries. WooHoo!