Damnit.

I was supposed to be a good girl and post my progress through this whole thing. More so for myself than anything else, but I failed miserably. I dont know why I can't stay consistant with this kind of thing. So, Im going to give a WAY TOO LATE update on how my Challenge went.

It was awesome.

I was awesome.

I lost 34 pounds which put me at a grand total of 100 pounds lost (EXACTLY) since I started losing weight. I had then lost another 20 afterwards. But... I got married (thank you, thank you) and went on a Honeymoon. So I gained 10 lbs back. Eh... Im working on that now :) I know I can get back to where I was. I felt perfect at that weight!

I fit nicely into a 6 (A 6!!!!!) which is something I never thought I'd get to after being a size 20-22 for so very long. I like myself at a 6. I might get to a 4 just because I am working on getting lower abs :) I have upper abs! (ABS!!!! ME!) so if I can get rid of that mush around the hips and FUPA (as my BFF Shae would call it) then I think that'll put me about where I ultimately want to be.

I am a happy girl!

Almost CA Time!

I'm SOOOO excited! I get to see my besties tomorrow! One lives in CA and the other in NY and we are meeting in CA tomorrow for a brief girls weekend. Itll be nice to see them plus have a little getaway where I dont have to worry about chores or any responsibilities for a couple days.

That said, my lovely CA friend was going to make sure she had some veggies and eggs and healthy stuff for me to eat so that I dont fall off the wagon while I am there. I'll allow myself a couple of glasses of wine one night but other than that I really am going to stick to this as best I can. I'm still trying to figure out how I am going to get a little workout in on Saturday...

Im making the Fiance hide the scale from me so that I dont keep checking. I havent checked since my last melt down but I've been tempted, and the scale needs to go! I've still been working out twice a day during the week and eating well. My trainer kicked my ass this week so I am still really sore from it but its a hurt so good sorta thing. Alright, back to work... weeee.

WTF

Feeling a little discouraged today. I KNOW I wasnt supposed to get on the scale for this exact reason. How is it... that I've worked out twice a day for a week and ate really healthy and under 1400 calories EVERYDAY... and I dont loose a pound. How is that?! GOD. DAMNIT. WHY do I have such a hard time with this!? Not even a pound... *sigh*... I dont want to talk about it anymore, but I thought I'd at least blog this extreme feeling of defeat right now.

End of Week 2!

Damn, I really need to get onto this blog more often! Of course I repeat that to myself and forget about 36.4 seconds later.... what was I talking about?

OK seriously... this week I did AMAZING. I went down to the little dirty ass gym we have in our office building every...single...day for lunch and worked out on the bike for a half a hour. Then to the gym after work to either do more cardio or maybe some weights. I did work out with my personal trainer on Wed and Fri this week as well (who completely kicked my ass by the way) and did cardio after her. So, all in all I've gotten in at least 1 1/2 hours minimum of exercise everyday! That's awesome, thank you. This morning I went to Hot Yoga for a change of pace and to stretch my poor sore muscles. Later the fiancee and I are going to the dog park with another couple to let our pups run around, so that may be a tad more activity but other than that, I am taking the rest of the weekend off as far as working out. The trainer says I need to let me body recover and I am ALL for that! Still dieting though and doing great at that. I'm just proud of myself :)

My trainer and I decided not to let me know how much I have lost (or not lost) so that I don't get myself discouraged. Its just an "improvement" or "no improvement." I think that way I don't weigh myself constantly and obsess over it. The only unfortunate thing is that I cant tell you how much I've lost, but I can tell you how I feel! How was YOUR week?

Week One is Over

Well that was crap. I didnt do so well in week one. We had a snow storm, ice storm, power outages and it made it extremely difficult to  eat well and exercise. Im pissed. Our gym was closed and it was so damn cold in my house I couldnt workout there or take a shower. So a blob I was for most of the first challenge week. Im disappointed but not defeated! This is a new week and I actually start my training this afternoon. We booked our honeymoon last night so it is even more of a motivation to get in shape so I can look decent laying by the pool come this summer! Not to mention look sexy in my wedding dress :)

Day... umm... 4!

Yeah, I had planned on posting daily but I can tell you right now that it wont happen. I've been doing great on my diet so far though! I worked out Monday, twice Tuesday, and unfortunatley with this weather we've been having, I didnt workout much at all yesterday. I will try and get some sort of activity in today :) Ive lost most of the 12 lbs I put on already, just in a few days by drinking alot of water and sweating out. I feel less gross and puffy which is great. My diet has been the same as I listed the other day and it hasnt gotten too boring yet... Im sure I'll have to change it up soon. That's it for now... nothing too exciting and Im not in the mood to write alot to be honest. Cheers!

It begins!

Ok, say we are on day 1 of the challenge... thank...god. I went and got my weighed and measured on Thursday and I feel gross. I gained 12 lbs over the holidays and vacation and several inches on my waist. Gross gross gross... My only saving grace is that I tend to hold a ton of water and so now that I'll be drinking alot of water again, most of the should come off within a week or two. I have my meal all planned out today which includes: Breakfast-protein shake, snack-apple and string cheese, lunch-hard boiled eggs and cucumbers, snack-cottage cheese and carrots, dinner-chicken breast and peppers/onions. Walla! Sounds healthy right? I also made a workout plan with my trainer... its going to be tough but I know I can do it. I have to workout 6 days a week but 2 of those are personal training sessions, and 1 is a hot yoga session a week on the weekend. I get Sundays off :) I have to do cardio pretty much everyday, but only 30 minutes for now. Thats not so bad. Im really excited about this! Talley Ho!

2012!

Happy New Years everyone! Hooray!

I had a great time at our friends house. Low key and fun as hell, just the way I like it! Now I am back at work and I have a feeling that these next three days are going to be soooo looooong. I am heading to the East Coast Thursday night to visit my fiance's folks for a week and I am so looking forward to the vacation. I am actually really starting to look forward to this challenge upon my return as well. Not only because I feel like a gross blob right now with the holiday weight I put on, but because Its a goal I know that I can achieve and will be so happy with when I am through. It also puts me closer to getting into "wedding shape."

Does anyone have any New Years resolutions?? One of mine is obvious I hope... but there are others. I want to be less lazy and do more hobbies and projects that I enjoy. I want to spend more time doing fun and sweet things for my amazing finance. I wan to be more healthy in general. I want to have most of my wedding stuff DONE by the beginning of July so that setup is easy peasy. I want to make sure I do a few things at a time for the wedding so that I am not rushing at any point in time. I want to really reach out to people and build my passion party business. I want to learn to can, dehydrate more and make more of my own stuff at home rather than store bought. I want to waste less.

I think that's a pretty good start!