so, for tomorrow

““What positive things have you said to yourself today? Acknowledge your greatness.””

- Chalene Johnson

I need to have a game plan for this week!

Oatmeal & bananas for breakfast every day!
Veggies & chicken for lunch every day!
10+ glasses of water every day!
Start & end the day with green tea.

Exercise (next two weeks):
Gym in morning, pool at lunch, walk in evening - Mon
Gym in morning, walk or pool at lunch - Tues
Gym in morning, walk to carnival at night - Weds
Walk -Thurs
Walk - Fri
Hardcore gym session (2-3 hours) - Sat
Longggg walk - Sun
Workout vid - Mon
Walk - Tues
Rest - Weds
Gym in morning, pool at lunch, walk in evening - Thurs
Gym & walk - Fri
Hardcore gym session - Sat
Rest - Sun

I miss being in the 170s. I will get there this week. And I’ll be under 175 by July 10th’s weigh-in. :) 

I think the universal answer to this is yes. Regardless of your size, girls make weight comments at all times. I do not think this is  an issue exclusively reserved to girls who are overweight.

I myself have dealt with the cruel onslaught of negative comments; I’ve been told I’m fat by people who I knew well, and by strangers on the street. One is not worse than the other, really.

I just hope that people realize this problem exists for all girls of all sizes. I’ve known gorgeous and impossibly thin girls who are self conscious of themselves because people make comments assuming they have eating disorders, when they don’t.

People should really stop using weight as the end-all for insults. If you really don’t like a person, making a comment about their lack of intelligence is a lot more damaging than making one about their appearance. I mean, newsflash - fat people know they are fat. So pointing it out doesn’t really do anything for you. 

Our society has a sick obsession with appearances and I for one am done with it. I will, to the best of my ability, try to tune out any negative comments, and try and stay in the positive, always.

I’m here for anyone who needs a reminder that no one has the right to make you feel inferior.

xoxo

I barely ate a thing. About 180 calories. Why do I feel so proud?

“HAVE YOU GAINED WEIGHT?”

- i want to die whenever i hear this question. it seems i’ve heard it so often lately. starve starve starve.Just spent all night reading the nutrition information on this website. AMAZING!

Today, ladies and gentlemen, makes a year on my Natural Hair journey. Time went by quickly. I’m gonna give ya’ll pics and lessons learned, but right now it is a crunchy dry mess from a late night, all day at work schedule.

Also, I weighed in today… I’m down to 192 point something pounds! woot woot! That’s down 9 point something pounds from where I began! #TeamFineinaMinute

Things I realized today:

• Every Sunday with my family reminds me why I came home.
• Sometimes people with start to not like you suddenly, all because they want something you have that you don’t even understand why they want it.
• For all of my moments of self-esteem weakness, my skin is indeed getting tougher. It does hurts to be rejected/denied, but I’m realizing that I’m not a “one-size-fits-all” type of girl. And I’m becoming okay with that.
• I love Kevin Hart
• Zumba is my workout utopia!

I’ll be back tomorrow ya’ll!

i drank two of these today. :)

i train bi’s, tri’s, chest, & abs. it will be my heavy weight day. ill be using weights around 15-20 pounds, as well as 20-35 pounds - it all depends on the move im doing. ill also complete 4 sets (one warm up set, and three hard sets). here is what im going to do:

curls 
push ups
v-ups
kickbacks
cable crossovers
side to sides
barbell curls
bench press
plank
dips
side to sides
cable curls
cable crossovers
tricep pulldowns

also, i will be doing slow & steady cardio. probably jogging or stair stepping for half an hour to 45 minutes.  

ill let you know how it goes.

Day Sixteen- When did you first decide to lose weight?

The Shake Cleanse uses Shakeology® in creating multiple day cleanses to jump start you in your fitness, break a plateau or shred pounds fast & effectively in a healthy way.

The basics are as follows:

3 Shakeology® Shakes a day 2 Cups of Green Tea a Day 1-2 piece(s) of fruit a day 1 Salad for dinner- You can load up on greens and vegetables. Only Low Fat DressingsOnly white grilled protein in salad - Poultry or Fish!

NO: DAIRY or EXTRA SUGARS, diet soda, Almond, Soy, or Rice milk

You can put your 2 snacks before/after any of the MAJOR MEALS - Breakfast Lunch & Dinner

The 2nd piece of fruit is optional. Some of you will need the calories where others will not. Power workout participants (Super Conditioned- not the weight challenged) are recommended the greater calories.

REPEAT all 3 Days

BREAKFAST:

Shakeology® 140 calories, 1 scoop

add ice and mix in blender

10-12 oz of water

SNACK (85 calories):

1 piece of fruit

1 cup of green tea (I used Lipton mixed berry or cranberry pomegranate green tea)

LUNCH:

Shakeology® (140 calories), 1 scoop

Add ice and mix in a blender

10-12 oz of water

SNACK:

Shakeology® 140 calories, 1 scoop

add ice and mix in a blender

10-12 oz of water

DINNER:

Salad Grilled white fish or poultry (~340 calories)

2 T low calorie/low fat dressing (I used plain red wine vinegar and extra virgin olive oil)

1 cup of green tea (I used Lipton mixed berry or cranberry pomegranate green tea)

Workouts should be LIGHT during the cleanse: moderate walking and/or light weights

Participants have reported weight loss between 3 lbs and 9 lbs!

What does the Medical Community think of Shakeology? Just watch:

Goal: Stop eating things after dinner just because I still have calories left on MFP. If I’m not hungry, don’t eat!

This is easy enough to say, but let’s see if I can accomplish it all week. For some reason, when I see that I have calories left in the day, I automatically assume that I must still be hungry. I need to remember that it’s okay to stop eating when I am full even if I’m under calories.

seeing real live people’s progress and struggles with fitness and healthy eating.  It’s so much more real to me to be able to read about someone’s journey than simply seeing a before/after. 

Lifestyle changes are not easy, and I know I’ll make mistakes, hit plateaus, and get frustrated…but with the support and encouragement of this community, I will reach my goals.

Keep up the good work, everyone!

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Your workout routine

Whatever that Insanity calendar dishes out at me for the day.

And I just looked at the calendar for the first time to see what I’m doing today and had my heart skipped. This week is RECOVERY WEEK!!!! I do Core Cardio and Balance every day for 6 days. Not exactly sure what that workout entails, but at least I’m not going to kill myself with Pure Cardio or Cardio Power and Resistance! WOOOO!!

Off to do some Insanity!

Hey S1C (Square One Challenge) Posters,

I have some good news and some bad news.  The good news is I am back and going to start posting and updating this week. Bad news is, I’m still at Square One.  My neck, shoulder and back got messed up again putting me on the side line.  I just woke up last week and it was all messed up.  I’m really paying the price for this injury last October and it’s starting to frustrate me.  I did have a realization this weekend that I am just not ready for P90X.  It is putting to much strain on my physically and mentally.  When I do P90X I remember where I was before my injury, what I could do, and now that I am back to the beginning and I keep straining an old injury it is frustrating to me so I’m switching to a program that I know works, that doesn’t put excessive strain on my neck, back or shoulder, but I have yet to complete.  That program is RevAbs. 

I have started it about 3 times and every time I get to day 30 I catch the P90X bug, doubt WHY am I doing RevAbs when I should be doing P90X, I make the switch then a few weeks later, I’m sidelined.  My goal is to complete a full 90 days of RevAbs starting today.  I’m going to post a video today about this too.  Thanks for being there for me and thank you Jillian for texting me this weekend and calling me out.  I appreciate the support.  Talk to you all soon,

Joey

I lost 4.9 pounds this week.

4.9!

SW: 247.6

PW: 219.4

CW: 214.5

I wish I knew exactly what made the difference this week. I’ve actually been a little bit looser with my calories- going over by 100 or so some days. But, I’ve also been trying out different kinds of exercise. I did a ton of dancing this week, and I’ve been adding in short workouts during the day when I have a spare 10 minutes or so. Whatever it is, I hope to keep it up (sans the crying during workouts. That’s not fun)!

Green Tea: It also helps in weight loss by preventing bloating.

Dairy Products: Just choose the low-fat variant though.

Oatmeal: The high fiber and low-fat oatmeal is a good choice.

Hot Peppers: The capsaicin chemical found in chili is known to give metabolism quite a kick.

Protein: When going for protein, lean turkey meat and chicken breast are fine choices.

Broccoli: The broccoli is a great choice with its 20-calorie per cup rating. Also, it is rich in calcium which has been linked by numerous studies to weight loss. It is also rich in vitamin C which aids better calcium absorption.

Grapefruit: Chemicals found in grapefruit actually helps lower insulin levels which are helpful in facilitating weight loss.

Mangosteen: This fruit is known to improve the function of the excretory system and thus rid the body of toxins.

Coffee: Drinking about two cups of coffee everyday can jumpstart your metabolism. Any more than three cups though is not advisable.

do i wake up at 6 and go.

it opens at 7am and i like being early as possible because then there won’t be people there (the odd one maybe) and im really really self concious

and i have a big scar across my leg from my burn

so its all very difficult hm i really want to go though its so good for your muscles and things

I first decided to lose weight years ago.

And I tried. I’d start working out, and eating smaller portions. But I’d always end up going all out, then taking a day off. A day would turn into 2, then a week, and before I knew it a few months would have passed, and I wouldn’t have had a single workout.

Then last year something just clicked. I did what I could, and didn’t feel guilty when I had to take breaks. If I needed a day off, I’d make sure I took one, then start right back up the next day. And eventually I just learned to love working out. And now I’ve reached a level of fitness that I will not give up. I want to keep getting better. I’ve worked way too hard to let all I’ve achieved slip away.

I’ve also learned so much about how the food I eat affects everything from my skin, to my workout intensity, to how I feel throughout the day that I could never go back to just eating junk.

I’ve gone off on a bit of a tangent here, haven’t I? lol All in all, I’ve been trying for years to lose weight, but I didn’t succeed at it until about the last year and a half or so. And now there is no going back. :)