September 26, 2012 - What a successful week!

Whoo Hoo we’ve made it to Hump Day!! Hope all my followers out there are doing well J So this past week was very productive for The Dish. Let me share with you….

This past Thursday Kelly almost killed me, ok maybe not for real but she did for the first time make me cry and I couldn’t breathe. She pushed me to my limits. She kept chanting there’s the athlete in you I see her she’s coming out, keep pushing yourself. As I’m standing there crying saying I can’t breathe she says to go stand in front of the fan then she says there it is, that’s what I was wanting to see. I’m standing there thinking she wanted me to cry?! I’m sure she can read the expression on my face; she replies I wanted to push you to your breaking point so you know how far you can go. Well let me tell you I reached it and it was very instance getting there. Kelly informs me that we will be working out this hard three days a week. Can I tell you I wanted to slap her at that point thinking she’s insane! Ok maybe not really insane or slap her for that matter, but in that moment working out that hard was the farthest thing from my mind. Kelly kept telling me the rest of the day and the next morning that I kicked ass in that workout. That she was very proud of me!

Bicep Curls

Bicep Raises

I’ve been keeping up with the two a days. SR and I worked out twice on Saturday. I even made sure I got my workout in before the ‘Noles 8pm kick off against Clemson. Boy what a game that was to watch and to not be able to drink anything was very hard. Kelly suggested that I have water with lemon, I reply that I need something stronger she says ice tea with lemon, I tell her oh sure I’ll have Dragonfly Ice Tea with Lemon no problem. You see Kelly didn’t know what Dragonfly Ice Tea is. (For those of you wondering just the same it’s a brand of Sweet Tea Vodka) I tell her not to worry I’ll just stick to the water instead. Needlessly to say I ended up going to bed by 10:30pm when Clemson scored on us again, so when I woke up and saw that we won I was glad my Mom had DVR the game so I could to watch us kick Clemson’s butt! The next day on Sunday SR and I went shopping. I had tried on some old pair of pants in my closet the day before and I fit into some slacks that I use to wear in college. I was soo happy one for fitting into the pants and two for not having to buy any work slacks right now. All of my old jeans where too big so I knew going shopping on Sunday with SR I would have to buy some jeans. SR and I make our way into Lane Bryant; we head straight to the jeans. I go ahead and grab a 20. I was wearing a 22 before and I knew that I could put my arm down the inside of my pants like I do to my work slacks. SR and I go back to the changing rooms. I am able to slide the pants on with no problem, I walk out of the dressing room and SR says that those look great! I say yes they do but look, and I show her that I’m still able to put my arm down the inside of my pants. The clerk is standing there asking how everything fits and she says those look ok but I should try a smaller size, I nervously ask her to pull an 18 for me. She brings me back the 18 and I’m able to pull them up and over my butt (which many of you know is very large) and button them with no problem. I check to see if I can fit my arm inside my pants and no go. I step out for SR to see and her mouth drops! SR’s like those look so good on you, even your butt looks smaller! I’m jumping for joy I’m so happy to fit into the size 18 pants. I have to give a very proud shot out to SR who tried on pants with me; she was able to get into a size 16!!!!!!!!!! :D Way to go SR!! We’re doing it one step at a time ;)

Trying on and then buying my size 18 jeans :)

On Monday after my workout with Kelly I tell her that I need to take my measurements to add to the Isabody challenge. She says let’s take pictures since you have on the same outfit from the first set. Kelly takes the front side to side and back. I couldn’t believe the difference from the first pictures we took until now. It’s hard for me to see the 44 pounds that I lost until I look at pictures like these. I see myself every day and I still see my rolls, but after seeing the difference it just motivates me more to continue to reach my goals! Here are some side by side pictures to see the difference.

Front

Back

Right Side

Left Side

Well I hope everyone has a great rest of the week. And remember to stay focused and stay motivated!

-The Dish

September 20, 2012 - Gaining Momentum

Hi everyone! We are over the hump and have made it half way through the week. It started out a little rough but its shaping up nicely now. J Ok so I’m sure you all want to know what I did on the scales last week…

Drum roll please! I lost another 5 pounds for a total of 42 pounds! I am down from 331 to 289! I cannot believe that I am under the 290 mark! I am 5 pounds closer to my goal of 250 by December 2^nd.  I know I can make it as long as I stay focused and keep my eye on the prize. For those of you that are friends with me on Facebook, thanks for all the love on Friday for my post about losing the 5 pounds. J Its nice to know I have so many people supporting me on this journey!

This past weekend I hosted a nutritional cleanse tasting party. Thank you for those of you that attended. It was nice to see Kelly outside of the gym dressed up with her hair and makeup done. We usually see each other at 6:00am looking like we both rolled out of bed.  I know it’s not usually my best look ;) I think everyone had a nice time and learned a lot of the program that I have been on since Memorial Day. If you have questions about it please let me know J

Like my friends and I say it’s not a diet it’s a life style change. I have changed the way I eat and look at food. I know on Sunday for dinner we had Carolina BBQ and some fried chicken strips from KFC. I had the BBQ and just one small strip from KFC. Halfway through my stomach was hurting and I was thinking why did I eat that?! One it didn’t taste good and two now I don’t feel good. Today for instance at work my coworker offers me a cheese Danish. I look at her like are you serious, and she says no I can’t let you have any. I say thank you, now can you please hide those before I come up here. She says yes no problem. I come to her desk and what is out, the cheese Danish. I go are you trying to kill me. She says no and puts them in the cabinet. I tell her I saw where you put them, but its ok I’ll sit here and enjoy my dark chocolate and 6 organic almonds. She laughs, but says she’s proud of me for sticking to my program. Let me just say that the chocolate and almonds tasted so good ;)

So my girl SR got on me yesterday about my pants. I was wearing jeans that I can fit my whole arm down the side like my work slacks. She said you look like you have a well I won’t say it but you know what I mean between your legs. I go I know all my pants do that. “/ SR said girl its time, you need to buy at least one pair of pants. So I made her a deal, I said if you go shopping with me this weekend I’ll buy one pair of jeans and one pair of slacks. So I’ll let you know how the shopping experience goes next week. I also saw that I have smaller jeans in my closet. I’ll have to get up my nerves to try them on and let you know how they fit. Maybe I will only have to buy one pair of slacks. ;)



Pre-workout picture! This is before we did Cardio and left glistening. ;)

How we looked after our workout.

Kelly has been kicking my workouts up a notch, doing intense circuit training. I also am trying to do 45 minutes of power walking at night, even on the weekends. I know from the squats, lunges, and sumo squats we did this morning I’m aching. But I know in the end it will all pay off. I will look and feel fantastic! I can’t be overwhelmed by the big picture of reaching 180 pounds, I have to focus on the small goals and take one step at a time. I know I will reach 180 and eventually get down to 150. It is hard for me though to picture myself at that weight but I know I can do it. :D

Taken this morning before Kelly pushed me to my limits.
I'm all smiles now but afterwards I wanted to die.

So until next time stay focused and stay motivated.

- The Dish

September 12, 2012 - 90 Day Challenge going Strong!

Hi Everyone! Hope everyone’s week is going good. I’ve been going strong with the 90 Day Challenge. I was able to get two 2 a days in last week.  J The other nights SR has boot camp so I can’t workout with her at her gym and it was thunder storming when I tried to get a workout done outside.

So Kelly and I are back on the schedule of weighting in on Fridays. I was a little nervous to see if there was any change since she had just weighted me on Tuesday. Well I’m glad she did. From Tuesday I was down 1 pound! J  I was good on Saturday and didn’t cheat. But on Sunday that was another story. It was my one cheat day and I made the most of it. It also was my Dad’s birthday so we went out to celebrate. I won’t bore you with what all I ate ;)

This week I’ve been going strong with my workouts in the morning. I’ve been too tired to try and workout in the evening, but tonight I will work out with SR at her gym J I’ve been sticking with the cleansing and watching what I eat. This morning Kelly asked how I’ve been doing so far this week and I’ve said well. She got the bright idea that she wanted to weight me. She told me not to worry that she wouldn’t tell me the number to just look forward and step on the scale.  So I did, 4 times! When I got off she had a look on her face that I couldn’t read. I asked her what that face was for, was it good or bad? She said it was good, VERY GOOD! She said she won’t tell me but she can’t wait for me to get on the scale on Friday. That she was surprised at the number! She didn’t tell me what my number was so I can’t wait to see what it is on Friday. Not to worry I will let you know what it is ;) Fingers crossed that it will be good news, but at the same time I don’t want to get my hopes up too much.

Sorry no photos or videos this week. I will try to take some and post them next time. Hope everyone had a great rest of the week.

So until next time remember to stay focused and stay motivated.

-The Dish

September 5, 2012 - 90 Day Challenge

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a fun and safe Labor Day Holiday. I sure know I did ;) On Saturday for TD birthday party I felt like a college kid again, playing beer pong and doing jello shots. No worries I walked/jogged a mile that morning so I could enjoy myself during the party.  I was able to complete a mile in less than 30 minutes. I felt really proud of myself. I was going to go longer but the heat was really bad. I found out later that where I was staying was under a heat advisory of 105 degrees. No wonder I was dying out in the sun.

For my trip this past weekend while I was packing I was deciding on what FSU shirt to bring for Game Day on Saturday. I went to get my TRUE Seminole Shirt and saw my old Alumni shirt that I haven’t been able to fit into since I moved in January 2011. I thought hum I’ve lost over 30 pounds let me see if it will fit. So I tried it on and I was able to get back into it, it’s an XL! I was so happy! I packed the shirt and wore it with pride on Saturday! J

Here is a picture of me in my Alumni shirt. Go 'Noles!

 

Even with all of my drinking on Saturday I still managed to lose weight! I got on the scale on Tuesday with Kelly and I had lost 3 pounds! That’s a total of 36 pounds now. My current weight is 295. I felt so good after she told me that! I was jumping up and down so excited to have lost weight and not gain after the shenanigans on Saturday. 

Starting yesterday (Tuesday 9/4/2012) I am on a 90 Day Challenge to lose weight! I know you’re thinking what do you mean, isn’t that what you’ve been doing all along? Well for the past two months I’ve been lax with the diet. Not being as strict as I could be. So starting yesterday Kelly and I gave myself a 90 Day Challenge to get down to 250 by the holidays. That’s 45 pounds. 90 Days from yesterday takes me to December 2^nd.  I’m going to work hard and stay focused and keep my eye on the prize as they say. I’m planning on doing two a days during the week. I will work out with Kelly in the morning and do cardio in the evening with SR on the days that she doesn’t have boot camp. The rest of the week I will walk/jog in my neighborhood weather permitting. I’m going to stick with the nutritional cleanse and follow the program strictly.

Quick shot out to SR for signing up for boot camp! I’m so proud of you! Keep up the good work! J

Sorry no videos this post. I will try and film some and put them up next week.

Hope everyone has a fabulous week! So until next time, stay focused and stay motivated!

-The Dish