Patients for progress?

I was thinking today about progress and the way i perceive progress seems to hinder my ability to obtain it sometimes. I want results lots of them, I'm not very patient with some things and then absurdly patient with others. Up till now, I've been loosing about 4 pounds a week and now i am fairing at about 1 pound this week which is half way over. Progress is progress still the same. And i ponder sometimes what i might change to achieve more of the weight loss i am looking for or if that would skew the whole process making me miserable and less likely to stick to my regimen. So i asked my self if i really expected to loose 4 ponds a week until i breezed through my goal? And the answer perhaps is yes because i have some serious faith in my good efforts this time and happen to believe i am certainly on the right track. The speed of things maybe is not something i can control?

A can of spinach and my butt muscles!

I worked hard with my trainer Laura this week and learned some great new core exercises! There was this one in particular that was like a one legged ball wall squat. It burned when i did it but thats kinda the result your going for. Then the morning came and as the day wore on i noticed more and more soreness, so by the time i went to work for the swing shift every step was a sore painful stretch of my butt muscles. I can feel the burn now i can only hope results will follow this new torturous exercise. Who knows maybe I'll be able to open a can of spinach soon:) Only time and diligence will tell!

July 25,2008

Ive been seeing a personal trainer! And it seems my progress is jumping by leaps!! I'm 26 pounds down since the beginning of this whole crazy journey of health! My blood pressure and resting pulse have gone down and I've built quite the stock of lean muscle. Mia and i have changed to the eat clean diet lifestyle! I know what to eat for the first time ever i know what should fuel my body, and it's good natural unprocessed food!! (Check it out at www.eatcleandiet.com) Its a whole new more natural way of life for us and the results couldn't be better. I am dropping about 4 pounds a week and building strong muscle while also giving my daughter the tools to lead a healthy long life! The benefits are endless. I am down to 217 (pictures of me at 220) fast approaches the under 200 mark. Wish me luck!

I've recently been inspired to keep a blog of my progress of health and weight loss goals. So ta da here is the beginning of it. You'll find pictures of me along the way hopefully showing changes the one on the lest was taken of me 2two months before i started going to the gym. Perhaps i should bring you a bit up to speed, its a sad story but with a bit of determination the right guidance and some important encouragement it should fair to be a happy ending.

I never really knew what to eat perhaps i never asked, and for that matter how much exercise is enough? I was a chunky kid in middle school a little extra around the middle but it wasn't too bad about 150 but only 5'1 maybe. Lots of walking and a bit of sports evened me out. At 16 i was a size 9 comfortable resting at about 145 and 5'5. Healthy active...poor diet, but i didn't know.

I had my little mia at 18. I was admitted to the hospital the day i had her at 210 and 5'6ish...my heaviest yet. Things evend out a bit after i had my daughter i stayed at about 200 for a while. And then came the gain a few sneaky pound at a time. So you notice when your pants stop fitting and such i would loose a pound or two here and there trying to maintain...still didn't know how to eat.

Fast forward a little bit...i am 21 and its January. i am at the doctors office and i walk back with the nurse she asks me to step on the scale. It reads 243 pounds, i gasp shocked. "oh no she says it weighs heavy" My shoulders drop and i am relieved...for a minute until she says "by 2 pounds. I see my doctor these are the results:

Your overweight
Your blood pressure is very high, have you considered medication
Smoking causes elevated blood pressure, mostly it seems your extra weight is the cause given medical history
Your Hypoglycemic...this is a precursor to diabetes

I cried in the car.

And then i said i wouldnt smoke anymore even a little. A month later I started working out a 7 times a week. The rest follows.


February 10, 2008
In an effort to better who i am inside and out I've been looking to make some changes to my lifestyle and my mom being my mom along with my step dad brought me a gym membership to 24 hr fitness. So in addition to trying to make good fresh choices in my family and my diet a relative rigorous cardio routine has become a part of my evening life. And although now only at 5 lbs of weight loss ( to which i am confidant muscle development plays a part) i feel a great hope for change. Its not about being thin ( although thin is very nice) it is about a new life and a healthy happy body. Wish me luck my fellow bloggers wish

Feb 17, 2008

Feelin like the "biggest looser" :) lost another 7 lbs this week. Hoping to cruise through 7 more!

April 4, 2008

So my quest continues. I got some dental work done and the doc put me on steroids, this didn't fair to well with my weight loss. I gained a few pounds in spite of being faithful to my diet and exercise. Its been a few weeks since I've taken them and I'm right back on track! I also invested in a body bugg that monitors my calories and i log my food and it tallies the difference. Weight loss is simple, move more than you eat and eventually something will happen. I have lost only 11.6 lbs since i started, however a whopping loss of 18.5 inches keeps me soldiering on. Thanks for being my loudest cheerleader mom

Me wearing my new body bugg at 230 lbs