Slacking slackers we are!

So very sorry folks!! We have been a tad incognito here lately... life has decided to give us a giant bitch slap in the face and well, blogging went on the back bunner. And when I say back burner, i mean the one in the left corner that you never use unless the other 3 are taken.

But I digress.. we have been running. Now I am not saying on a treadmill or like a 5 minute jog down the road. I am talking at least 3 miles when we jog. My junkie is pushing 10 miles now because she is a monster. I have done a little over 7 miles, and that is my max.

We are still eating healthy and doing a little bit of ab work everyday but mostly it is the running. Here is my update for you guys... and we promise we will post at least once a day from now on!!!

Until then,
Stay healthy my friends!


June 29, 2012                                                                                                October 23, 2012

Learning To More Then Like It...

I wouldn't say I love it. But I wouldnt say I hate it, running that is. I found myself looking forward to doing it and accomplishing my goals. I focus mostly on my time a distance.

Yesterday I did 4 miles in 44 minutes and I was pretty proud of myself. I want to do better and go further. Just like a month or so ago I wasn't even getting the 5k, and now finding that I enjoy going further! It's crazy to think Im starting to more then like running. Plus 44 mins of cardio does a body good! I am 22.5 lbs down and counting. I decided here recently that I am goin to stop obsessing over calorie counting an just make good dessions. Oh an stop eating bad foods. Even though I steady was on my app counting calories I would save my calories for bad stuff like nachoes or ice cream, an well...thats still not good. Healthy choices and pushing myself harder and I have to get at least 10 more lbs off!

I still got to work these abs!!! Why is it so hard to get rid of the pouch!!!
I feel like its taking forever for this to happen I have been working out for almost 4 months now. But I wont stop once Ive reached my goal, I just want to get there. Gaining this baby weight has made me change my life in so many ways. Not only am I blessed with an AMAZINGLY cute son, but I want to be healthy an challenge myself while setting a good example for my son.


I hope to be running a marothon with my son one day old or young. :)

Food For Thought...

If only it were my mind that was hungry...

 Since the last few times I posted about my weight I lost a pound the next day I figured maybe I'll get lucky and lose another since Im writing about it. :)
So 20 lbs down.... Id like to do 10-12 more. It will be hard seeing that lately it has been hard to eat right. I have had wayyyyy to many sweets and fatty crap here lately its terrible. And I plan on being in a bathing suit on the beach in two days..FML!

On a lighter note I have been frequently running 3.22 miles. Im proud to say my time is improving! It seems that you get NOWHERE by not challenging yourself and cutting corners. That 3 miles wont run istelf and walking it wont help you any! For those of you that like to fudge it, your not doing yourself any favors! We didnt get anywhere by faking it.

But don't you hate when you work so hard an you slip up an have bad foods an you have you'r ,"I feel fat" days. I know it was my fault but fuuuuck! I hate that feeling. I was deffently having that yesterday. It blows! So today nothing but good food and small portions today. Gotta look good in the bakini Sunday :)

Suck it in slackers!

Gym Membership Not Included

To all of you that think you need a fancy gym membership to get in shape...
   Add that to your list of excusses.
I don't belong to a gym and I dont always have an hour to dedicate to just myslef. I am a full time worker and a wife and mother. All you need is motivation. Crap like its too hot to run or I have to take care of my kids blah blah.. get a jogger, circuit train in the house while the kids are napping, buy old used equipment from a secong habd sports store or craigslist.

This is what I use almost daily, and Im pretty sure you can find a newer one on craigslist for 50-100.00$  it get the job done when I cant make it outside for a workout. Also a bike is a good workout. I use mine outside or in.

I run while my little trooper plays in his jumparoo. or plays in his chair. Hes right there with me and he enjoys watching mommys joofy ass run.

I didn't get where I am today with reasons not to workout and wishing I could be like others that can just run or workout. I became one! I was never athletic I am the artistic clumsy type. Now I am artistic, clumsy, and in shape!

This morning after my 5:00am run. That was before a 12.5 hour shift...So shut up and workout!

So Close,Yet So Far Away!!

  This morning I ran 5K before 6am, and before my 12.5 hour shift!
I feel proud and accomplished. I never thought I would say I ran over 3 miles. If you would have asked me last year to even run a mile I would have took a puff of my newport and laughed. (before I was pregnant of course) Yes I was a smoker, once a heavy drinker, and I never once atempted to run for the sake of running. I have come a long way and its sad it took having a baby and getting fat to realize that I wasnt healthy.
 
I am 19 lbs down and trying to go for another 12 lbs. I feel that I have come a long way in these 3 months but I also feel like these last lbs will be a bitch! Im still counting calories, well for the most part. I have been bad more times then a few, but hey I feel you need to sometimes so you dont lose your freakin mind! I feel good about where I am at but I still think about where I need to be. It has gotten a lot easier to wear close and look in the mirror, but I want to feel awesome! I want to look as good as I feel when Im done accomplishing a goal like my 5K.  I will get there people! I am determind and drivin.

I do have to say it is still hard to find time sometimes with long shifts and a fmaily to take care of. I try though, I feel guilty about my 2 break days I had. But i think about when I had my days off and I was doing more then one workout in a day. I found time in the morning to run and do other cardio for about 30 to 40 mins, then ride road bikes with my husband in the evening for about 40 mins. I am trying to get to that 20 lbs lost. the Junkie gals decided that we were going to treat ourselves to a cupcake for that celebration. I don't mean just an old cupcake either. I mean the fancy melting your mouth, so sweet your teeth will fall out cupcake :) I loooove me some cupcakes!

So the fight continues and we still push on. We will be happy with ourselves and we will be proud no matter what because we worked hard for it! I am determind to make next summer my bitch!! Watch out! :)

Trina's Circuit!

  This is the circuit I created and Its to be done fast and twice to get best results. Some of the past such as lung or leg lifts are to be done slower and with concentration on the muscle for best results.


20 count High knees ( runing in place with knees to chest)
20 lunges alternating legs
High knees
12 lunges (legs fay apart and dropping your butt low)
High knees
1 minute side reaches ( this is when u stand only moving you upper body and reach as far as u can to each side, this works your love handles)
High knees
Standing leg lifts 20 each leg (standing lift right leg back and at an angle slowly pinching the muscle at the top of your butt)
High knees
Donkey kicks 12 each leg ( thats where you are on all fours an life a leg at a 90 degree angle to the ceilling)
High knees
**ab. the next is all floor an to be done fast***
20 sissors
20 bicycle kicks
25 heel ups( laying on back legs up heels to the ceilling, lift butt off the floor)
25 crunches with knees at 90 degrees
High knees
5 Burpees
High knees
**Repeate all!

It works legs, butt, and abs all in one also getting cardio. I love circuit training beacuse it's an all in one workout and I dot get bored doing it.


Try it out and let me know what you think!!!

Rest is a 4 Letter Word to a Mother.

  In my previous post I wrote about a Day of rest. Well we have taken that advice and researched a little an a day or so of rest should do us some good.

Also in a previous post I wrote I was losing about a pound a week, well I might have plateaued for the time being at 16 lbs lost. I refuse to let this happen but my body has its own plan. So my retaliation is to take the advice of my husband an have a day or two of rest to let my muscles breath, recuperate, and rebuild.

I plan on working out pretty hard on my day I do workout with my usual 2 mile run and double circuit.
As well as that I promised a up-to-date photo of myself.

That's me the last night before dinner with my lovely husband and beautiful son.




Also this is a 2 week comparisson photo. Obviously I havent lost weight I just toned up. which is why I am trying this day of rest to hope to jump start more weight loss. I still have a good 15 lbs to go.

Just a hair slimmer in the right picture. I am trying to to get frustrated an I will not give up! I just have to keep trying an hope for the best.
 
 But on a good note the change up in my workouts ( meaning the intense mountian bikibg attemps) has really helped. I find it a lot easier to run my 2 miles. Yesterday morning I ran 2 miles on the treadmill while baking strawberry muffins and shaving off 3 minutes from my normal time! I was proud :)

But I still gotta work on those abs if I plan on looking hot in a bikini in like 3 weeks! 3 weeks seems far away, but if your trying to slim down when your not seeing results fast enough it feels like tomorrow.

No abs yet. Key word, YET!
     


                See you on the other side, and remember you can't give in or give up!

No sleep!

Again,
It has been a few days and AGAIN, I am slacking on my posting duties.
MY BAD!!! :)
This is my night number 2 and I am burning the midnight oil... I got 2 hours TOPS of sleep yesterday because my wonderful husband had flag football practice, and my angel of a daughter didn't feel the need to nap... not once!!
Ok, rant finished.

I have been doing my normal 300 abs, working on my butt and thighs and everything. The way I have been and nothing really changed.
UNTIL....
I hopped on pinterest once again and low-and-behold!!! A new thing for me and my junkie to try out. Holy Balls!!! I don't know if you have had the pleasure of meeting said new discovery, but it is very tough. Do you remember when we started Insanity? Well this...(oh yea it is called BodyRock) is very similar to Insanity but instead of the 40 minutes of feeling like you're in the Devils butthole in the middle the Sahara during a heat wave, it is 12 minutes at the most. 12 minutes is because you are doing circuits!
I forgot what video I did but it involved a magazine and bringing your legs to your chest and then back to the plank position, all using your abs.
With the short amount of time, you can really do this one! Remember we are not fitness experts, just sick of living in these damn sumo suits!!!

We both have 17 pounds to a happy weight and about 22 til our goal!!! 17 down!!!

Don't give up!!

Sincerely,
Sleep writer

Still Truckin...

Its been awhile....
Lets just say motherhood and career have gotten the best of me.
 I still find a way to workout daily. I believe in the whole 3 months of working out I might have just skipped a handful of days here and there. I'd say thats pretty good seeing before baby I never had to my whole life!
So this week I have bumped my running to 2 miles... when at the begining I would be lucky to run for 2 minutes. ( wish I was joking)
But I am determind to lose weight and do the 5K in October.
I have lost a total of 16 lbs and 15 lbs away from the pre baby weight. I believe I can do that in a month... well maybe a month and 2 weeks. Hopefully....
I would like to lose 20 lbs an be at where I was when I met my husband. Why is it that men make us gain weight? FML
The pic I am posting is from when I starting working out to about a few weeks ago. Its a big difference.
 I will soon post a up-to-date picture of myself.
Stay Strong Bitches.
Remember...  It doesnt get easier, you get better.

Being a girl sucks sometimes!!!

Ok so now that Aunt Flow has left, here is my new update. This is my 10 day difference. I'm at 156 pounds today... Only 22 more to go!!!

Killing 2 birds with 1 stone

So I absolutley fucking hate squats!! They are the stupidest invention to the exercise world... but they work. So when my legs are getting their workout on I am using my sentence enhancers through the squat portion.

Did you know there are different types of squats??? Pinterest said, "Guess what fat ass, you can's avoid squats!!!"

So no matter what I do they always sneak themselves in there!!!
Apologies, the entire point to this rant is that I have found a new excercise that I really liked. It is a prisoner squat to opposite knee raise.

Prisoner squat is exactly what you picture. Put your arms on your head like you have just been caught with a gun or something.
Then you squat (stupid shit), then when you come up bring your left knee up to touch your right elbow. Repeat alternating your legs.

Your working your abs and legs at the same time. 2 birds with one stone. I did 25 each leg, and let me tell you, that shit burns. But I like it. Try to incorporate it in your workout at somepoint.

Another that really works but it is for your abs and those evil love handles is a hip drop. Get in the plank position but keep yourself up with your forearms not your hands. Twist to But the right and lower your right hip to the ground and hold for a few seconds. Try to keep your back straight. Return to the plank position and repeat on the left. Do 12 times on each side.

I was really surprised at how bad that one hurt.  Well anywho... I think that is all for now. Keep up the hard work!!!
 I'm gonna go do some damn squats now. *rolls eyes*

Sincerely,
Professional Sentence Enhancer

Circuit...circuit...circuit

Ok so here is the post with what we do...

The first thing that my fellow junkie wanted to do was the 300 Abs and Core workout... It is tough but it really works.. and for stuff we don't do because of back issues and whatnot we just substitute with crunches. So you can do the same. This isn't ether of us in the pictures. Sorry but we would not have the best faces with these pictures... We hae no idea who this chick is...

The 300 Ultimate Ab and Core Challenge Workout Guide With Pictures

Taken from: http://2012lastfatyear.blogspot.ca/2012/01/300-challenge-ab-core-workout.html She has not updated though... so I am going to keep posting my results! It's all very similar to P90X Ab Ripper, with some variations. In later posts I will adjust things to work better for me. Feel free to try them. *EDIT* I just had someone send me a link to another blog, it seems to be the girl in the photos (which aren't me, since I pulled this from the blog above). I can't find this workout anywhere on it, but the pictures look like her so here is her blog: http://petiteathleat.blogspot.com/p/about-me.html. *End Edit*

You can do this routine anytime, before or after your workout. I would recommend before, when you’re fresh before your cardio or the rest of your routine. If you’re working on really getting results, why would you save these muscle groups for last when you’re tired already from working out?

Do 25 repetitions of each move. Keep the pace comfortable but brisk, you want to feel the burn. It should take 15 minutes. Your abdominals, unlike other muscle groups, need higher reps before they start responding.

Let’s get started.

In-N-Outs. Just like it sounds. Sit on the floor with your hands at your sides. Raise feet off the ground and bring knees to your chest. (See above.)

Straighten legs out (see above), hold for a beat, and bring your knees back into your chest. This is one repetition. Repeat 25 times. For a bit more challenge, raise your hands above your head.

Bicycles. Sitting in the same position as the In-N-Out, move legs in a wide, circular motion as if pedaling a bike. 1 revolution counts as one rep. Repeat 25 times.

Reverse Bicycles. Same as above, but instead of pedaling forward, petal backward. 1 revolution counts as one rep. Repeat 25 times. To increase difficulty on the Bicycle, raise arms straight overhead.

Crunchy Frog. Same position and movement as In-N-Out, only your hands are OFF the floor and wrap around your knees (without grabbing or touching your knees) when your knees are at your chest. (See above.) When you extend your legs back out, arms should be stretch out as sides, parallel to ground. (See below.)

This counts as one rep. Repeat 25 times. (Sorry for the blurry photo.)

Cross-Leg/Wide Leg Sit-Ups. Lie flat on your back with legs wide, in a V.(See Above)

Place one hand behind your head and bring your torso up to perform a standard sit-up movement (see above.) Try to keep your legs on the floor.With one arm straight, (see above) try to go straight UP, instead of just over your legs. Sit-Up straight, and then cross your straight arm over to touch your opposite leg. (See below.)

And slowly lay back down. That’s one repetition. On the next repetition, switch arms and cross over to the other side. Repeat these 25 times, alternating sides. If you’re unable to keep your legs anchored, use dumbbells to help anchor your lower body.

Scissors. Life flat on your back, extending one leg towards the ceiling, and lifting the opposite leg off the floor just a few inches. Flex your feet.

Alternate legs in a scissor motion, hold each switch for three seconds. Keep your skyward leg as straight as you can! Repeat these 25 times.

Hip Butt Ups. Lie on your back, open your hips and bend your legs so that the bottom of your feet are touching. (see below.)

I have no idea why my eyes are closed. In pure abdominal bliss, apparently.

With your arms at your sides, rock your hips, lift your pelvis and drive your feet directly up towards the ceiling. When lowering back down, do not let your legs touch the ground. Repeat 25 times.

Heels to the Heavens. Lying on your back, extend legs straight up, with arms at your sides. Lift your butt off the floor (see below.) When raising feet, imagine touching the ceiling with the balls of your feet. Keep your feet very flexed. Be sure to lift the legs straight up at 90 degrees, and not towards your head. Focus on maintaining straight legs.

Repeat this motion 25 times.

Roll-Up V-Ups. Lie flat on your back with legs straight out, and arms extended overhead. (see below.)

Bring your body up as if doing a standard sit-up, touching hands to toes. (see below.)

Slowly, lower your torso towards the floor, simutaneously bringing your legs up off the ground at about 45 degrees. (below)

Now, bring your torso back up and reach for your toes while your legs are in the air! (below) Imagine creating a jackknife position with your body. Your legs and hands should actually get closer then the below photo.

Lower your entire body to the floor and repeat 25 times.

Leg Climbers. Lie on your back with one leg bent, foot flat on the floor. The other leg should be out about 45 degrees.

You want to climb this extended leg, by first grabbing your thigh, then your knee, (see above) then your calf, then your toe. That’s the easy version. I do a two-touch. I just grab onto the inside of my knee, and then continue using my abs to pull me up. (below) You don’t want that extended leg to move around too much, keep it on the same plane the whole time. It will want to move as you crunch up. Fight it!

Repeat 12 times on one side, then switch and repeat 12 on the opposite side.

Kayakers. You’re almost done! Seated, clasp your hands together and raise your feet out, 4-6 inches off the floor. You may need to bend them to make this easier. Twist your upper torso from side to side, touching your knuckles on each side. Do these fast, like your kayaking a fast river. Do 50. If you can’t do 50, do 40. If you can’t do 40, do 30. You will be able to do 50 one day!

Ahhh! You just completed (if you did 50 kayakers) 300 abdominal exercises! You’re on your way to a strong and svelte core!

Now, stretch it out!

Cobra Stretch. Lie flat on your stomach and raise your upper body off the floor, supported by your arms. Your thighs should be resting on the floor.

Childs Pose. Sitting in your knees, fold you body over your legs and relax head and arms on the floor.

 

 

 

Ok so there is the main ab workout we do... We have been designing our circuits too. We will add those later.

 

Try this out though. You will feel it in the morning.

 

Let it burn

KD take 2. Just Let It Happen.

 
 


  In a previous postI talked about the fit I threw about going to KD one Saturday and how i didnt want to wear any type of bathing suit in public.

  Well, this past weekend I sucked it up an did. I did it bikini and all! Mind you, I am 16 lbs smaller so It wasn't a freak out like last time! I bought a breast flattering top to show off what I did like about my body and then bottoms that fit and didn't show to much.
I told myself " you have been working hard and its not terrible there are plently other out there that are bigger so just do it."
So KD went well I had fun with my hubby even though it was cloudy an sprinkling. We got to ride the bike there so that was fun to.. ;)

  I plan to be extra hot in a bikini in a few weeks at Va Beach. I'll post a pic then. my goal is to be down another 5-7 lbs an a to have toned up my stomach more.

               Wish me luck people!


                                                

A Day of Rest, Pay For it Later

 

Okay, In my last post I bragged about not having very many days off from my workouts.   
Well, my husband convinced me to rest the other day and told me that your body needs at least one day of rest. So I did. But let me tell you, I made up for it yesterday! Yesterday I did 2 miles, an 12 minute circuit training, and then went on a 2 hour bike ride with my husband. Now today I feel like a door mat.  See heres the thing...

My husband likes to ride his bikes and hes good at it. I on the other hand can ride road bikes an do okay. We decided to go on a 12 mile off road climb I would say in the woods on a bike. I cannot ride over fallin trees, climb mountians and rocks with a bike! I just dont have that down, yet. Haha. So to put it in the only way I can, the bike ride to me was like playing on the devils playground. It was hard! I had to get off an push it up hills filled with busted ass tree roots and slippery rocks. I honestly believe pushing was more work. If I could justlearn to stay on the bike it might be a little easier. Practice make perfect I guess....

But yes, I am sore as hell but proud that I did make up for my lack of motivation the day before. It will pay off and I love the pain! Skinny bitch here I come. Gotta get in photo ready shape here quickly!

            
                                        Pedaling On.

Mother Nature is a Bitch!!

So today is the start of the 2nd workout week. Which for us means instead of jogging 1 mile we jog a mile and a half.
Needless to say, I felt like an asthmatic by the time I was done. The last stretch we always sprint. Do we do that bc we want to give it all that we've got? Hell no!!! We just want to hurry up and finish it!!!!! I finished it in 14 minutes which is pretty damn good for me!!
We have been doing 300 abs, and I definitely recommend it. It isn't your standard ab workout. It is hard! And it will kick your ass if you follow it. But there is a difference. We have been doing this work out plan since Wednesday and we have already gotten results. I will post my picture but I will have to do a repost because mother nature is a bitch and I am bloated. So it isn't my true self, it is my chocolate craving, tired, bitchy self.
Today was also arms. I have no upper body strength whatsoever, but I am actually seeing a difference. I am able to hold myself longer and do more pushups than before. Apparently there is some truth to what those so called "experts" say.
Once we finish a full 7 days we will post our Day 1 and day 7 pictures. Along with that we will post what we did exactly.
We did start on a Wednesday, so if you decide to start on a Monday keep your jogging at 1 mile until Saturday. On Sunday add 1/2 a mile to it. There are results after 5 days. So don't give up!!!

Slackers

Our apologies for not posting in a while. We had been slacking horribly. But...
We have refocused and started a new workout plan. Designed by your Junkies!! We focus on jogging as before and jog a mile everyday and every week we increase the distance. 5k here we come.... Hopefully.
We are on day 4, well just finished day 4.
We were supposed to do a circuit, arm and butt. Instead we substituted that for the NFL Cheerleader workout. It is tough but worth it. No damn wonder those bitches are toned!!!!
Well I'm off for now. I have to go bake a cake... Oh and I am officially in a size 9 now!!! Woo hoo!!!!!

Keep sweating!

9 week difference

The best feeling in the world is looking at the picture you took when you decided to lose weight and then taking a picture about 2 and a half months later of the progress. No it isn't the way you want to look but the progress is the best feeling ever.

Looking at my previous pictures make me utterly disgusted in myself. I can't believe I was ever that big. Bleh!!!!!!!

So here is my most recent pictures. From the day I started to today. Keep it up!!!!

Insanity or just insane?!?!

Ok so Insanity. This is a bitch. Period. Actually is a bitch on her period. This is serious. It will END YOU!!! Well atleast your former self. This is no joke. Hard work at its finest.
Needless to say our insanity workouts are littered with... Uh colorful language. But we push through whether we do what they do or substitute it for another exercise(usually crunches or some type of ab workout at a ridiculously high rate of speed and impact).
Some of the most difficult moves I have ever done. But you will feel it. We recommend it! We have taken our before pictures. We will show the progression picture soon enough.

Sincerely,
Psycho female

Time to ponder...

I'm lying her in bed, just thinking. I do it almost every night. Unless it's night 3 after workin the 2 previous nights then there is no thinking whatsoever, that's straight, head hits pillow, eyes touch lids, mouth drops open kind of action. But I digress. So I am laying her thinking about the past few days and what has gone on.

Friday, got up met my junkie at target!! We love that damn place. Can't remember what we got! Then we went to goodwill!!! We love that place too!! Got a few things there. Then went home dinner sleep.

Saturday... My husband jogs with me. Little background on my man. He played football, ran track, participated in baseball conditioning just for the workout. He didn't even want to be on the team!!! He hasn't done any form of athletic anything for about 8 months now. So I figured what the hell lets go.
I got my ass handed to me!!
I pushed to hard, I wanted to impress him but that didn't happen. Tsk Tsk.

COLDSTONE DATE!!!!!
Glorious glorious day this was!!! We got our Coldstone!!! And let me tell you it was delicious!!! We had a friends baby shower to go to so we had Coldstone first!!! So good. I am thinking about it now and I kid you not, my mouth is watering.

Today not too much happened. I had a little cookout nothing too exciting. But back to the hard work and training. Paying for our registration for Run for Your Lives and the Color Run next paycheck. I need to be ready for it!

Stay strong

Update....

Ok sorry it took so long but I have finally figured out how to add pictures!!!!

Ok so here is me in high school...2005 to be exact

And then I got a little older 

2009

So then I got married.....2010

hehehehe with my junkie...

As you can see I have not been the skinny girl. That is why I want to show these pictures. I have tried and tried and always struggled. Then, I got married and what my husband thought was me just getting fat... was actually my little Livy. She is the most amazing gift and she is part of the reason I am working so hard. I need to be able to chase her and I want to. The other reasons are 1, so I can feel good about myself, and 2, so my husband will be proud to point out his wife. Alright, back on track now... So at my heaviest during pregnancy I weighed... a shit ton. Plain and simple. Gave birth, lost about 25 pounds and then put every bit back on. 200+!!!!!!!!!!! 

This is horrible... I cannot believe that I ever let myself get this big...

So I am never EVER going to be that big again!!! I am working hard and I am down 11 pounds right now. I am feeling much better about myself and I have more energy!!! I am ready to get down to my goal weight and stay there!!!! 

Keep pushing 

The Little Engine That Could.

I think I can I think I can. I will get there.

Today we started insanity, wish us luck. It is no joke!

Today I took my first day picture for insanity 9 lbs down from my first picture in the last blog I wrote.

I have already been sore from circuit training we found out pintrest. Which btw is my new obsession!
There you will find insrirational photos, workouts,diddys and blogs. Its pretty much amazing.
I actually found great recipies for fruit an veggie smoothies, which inspired the one I am drinking now.

Bananna
frozen magnos
oj
apple
spinach

It is actually really good and great for you.

Keepin it fresh.

Constant Battle

I have never ever been the skinny girl. I have constantly had to watch what I ate, how much of it I ate, and how often I ate it. The shit gets old! I always would give up. What can I say, this girl loves her some food!!

The smallest I was, which I am sad to say, was in high school. That glorius place where I met my fellow junkie. Who would have thought we would have our own weight loss blog?!?!?!? LOL!!

If I can actually figure out how to post pictures again I will show you my high school picture but for now I will explain it.

I wore a size 11 in high school. I have an ass, PERIOD. There is absolutely no way around it. It sticks out but isn't wide. And boobs, yep I have those too. At this very moment they are smaller than they were in high school, kinda sucks but shit happens.

I have always had the belly, it was never horrible but I have never had the flat stomach. Always the pudge and a little muffin top.

I started dating my husband the summer before our junior year started and I was at my smallest. No cellulite on my legs, no spider veins, and no damn stretch marks!!! Even then I wouldn't wear a bikini in public without having my arms crossed to hide it. Now I want that body!!

As all relationships go, you get comfortable with each other and you gain weight. That's exactly what I did folks. Not a huge amount but there was more weight. So here we go with the battle with losing weight. For some reason, the term DIET means eat everything you possibly can, to my brain!! Looking through my pictures from 2009 and 2010 I needed to lose a few pounds, but it wasn't like "bitch, when is that baby due?" type of weight loss.

Then, I see my wedding pictures. May 2010, needless to say I was a month pregnant in those (I had no idea I swear), I looked awful. The sad thing is that I had actually lost 5 pounds!!! The double chin was there and it honestly bums me out seeing those pictures, I look happy but I don't look my best. My wedding dress was a size 14 and I am curious to put it on again.

So the pregnancy happens, let me tell you I was a biggun. A week before my Livy's delivery, I was 207 pounds!! But whatever right? I was eating for 2. Give birth, blah blah blah, lose some weight, blah blah blah. Jump on the scale I am 215 pounds!!! WTF?!?!?! Holy balls batman we have a HUGE problem here!!!

I only found one picture from that time period (again, will post these later) and holy cow, literally!!! I felt so unattractive that I am sure my husband didn't want me. I know I know, "it's not true."  I needed the confidence and I just didn't have it anymore and I know that men find self-loathing and complaining about your own appearance as such a turn-on... *rolling eyes.*

I lost some weight, and then I quit. I got down to 180 doing everything by myself, and then lost my motivation. Then we make it to the present... my junkie and I are reunited and we are kicking ass and dropping pounds!!

The only difference is that there is someone here to push me to do it. I couldn't thank her enough. She is a bitch and I love it. She has to yell at me because I apparently wouldn't listen to myself yelling to get my lazy ass up. I cannot stress this enough, if you can find someone that will be dedicated with you and work hard and motivate you, that person will become the biggest weight loss tool you have.

The difference in these 7 weeks isn't "flab to fab" by any means, but we are smaller and we are lighter and we are healthier. The battle isnt over but we are getting farther in this skirmish. Hahahahaha I like that word.


'Til next time, find your person

Step Into My Shoes.

      To better know me an my position I thought I'd show you where I am coming from.

This was me about a year ago before I got pregnant and I was probably under 110lbs.

I started modeling a few months before these pictures were taken,so I was just starting to get the hang of being comfterable infront of a stranger and half naked in the streets of Richmond city.


 I have always been a smaller framed girl and I never had to work out. I was gifted with a fast metabolism. If i gained weight and knew it I would stop eating fast food and eat real food an drop the weight without a single workout. Now that I look back on it I would love to kick my own ass. Although I was small I was also self conscious, and what girl isn't. But at the time and when i was modeling I felt accomplished, I felt like the pictures made me feel pretty. I felt like when I was behind the camera I could be whatever I wanted at that moment.
Shortly after, and I mean like a month or so after, I found out I was pregnant. I wasn't upset about it, I knew things would change. They did more then I thought they would. I lead a active pregnacy, I biked, I went target shooting every weekend, I walked ( which untimatly helped pull a back muscle) I didn't just sit on my ass an get fat. I was active and got fat!
I ate cupcakes my the dozen and icecream daily. I always ate whatever I wanted but I never wanted sweets all the time, I would rarly go for icecream or eat desert.
So pregnacy was unpleasent painful and gross. Don't get me wrong I loved knowing I was carrying a child both my husband and I created out of the amazing love an pasion we have for eachother, but it wasnt glamerous anymore. Shit got real! I was probably 65 lbs maybe more over the weight I started at. I was 113 lbs when I found out I was pregnant at 6 weeks.
So after my beautiful baby was here....

(Kingston at 2 months)

This was it....

I was looking in the mirror thinking "OMG get me out of this fat suit!!"

I was never over the weight of 120. I had no idea what to do how to dress this body I was not forced to look at everyday and obsesse over every second. I felt hopeless, they say breast feeding will help you drop the weight. Thats bullshit! I gained it. Not much, but still!
After week 5 of breast feeding for several reasons I stopped. By then I knew it was time to work out hard an get my act and body into gear. I started working out with my fellow Junkie for motivation and support. Her being a mom and wife she understood.
When I first started working out, I was sore all the time I thought I must be doing something right if I feel the muscles growing. But I seemed to be gaining still. I felt hopless, discuraged, and still fat!
It has been very hard for me. I felt like I was looking my best before all this,comfortable in my skin for the most part. And now that I wasn't losing I was so far from what I use to be. I thought,"how will my husband find me atractive?"  "I am discusting!!" Stretch marks and tears and thoughts of my pre pregnacy body hunted my thoughts daily.

It has been 7 weeks since I started working out and 12 weeks since baby, just in the past 3 weeks I have been seeing the most results. I am most certian that stressing about it wasn't doing me any good. When I started counting calories and finding a goal to off set my " just lose weight" mentality I finally saw changes.

I try my best to work out everyday, mostly its 6 times a week.  In the past 3 weeks I have lost 9 lbs and seen a big difference to what I was. My skin is slowly tightening up and my stretch marks are becoming less visable.
 No where near where I want to be or where I will be,I am determined to stay working out to hopefully be better looking and more toned then I ever was. I want to set a good life example for my son.
I want to live a long happy healthy life. And my husband and I enjoy our workouts together too. Its nice to know that he too is sharing goals with me to be more healthy and try new things. I cant wait till out little buddy can join us on a bike ride or run.


              
                                     Keeping my head up and my tummy sucked in. ;)

Push it. Push it real good!!!

Another night shift almost done. Excuse my ranting please, I get a little random at this time of night/ morning.

So day 2 of jogging in a row. This time I didn't have my junkie by my side pushing me to do it. I was pushing my little sister to keep going. In my recent jogs, especially with this hotter than the devil's balls weather, I have notice that if u pick out small distances to make it to, you will push yourself farther. At least my dimwitted brain doesn't realize it is the same damn distance in the end. But if it works, it works!!
Apparently, my happy ass was feeling so good about herself that after this jog I would mow the grass. I did that for 30 minutes. The reason for this being that I wanted to fill my daughters kiddie pool so we could go for a dip later on, but the grass was too tall so I didn't want to be walking through that damn jungle.

Soooooooooooo, I did the mowing and started filling up the pool, made lunch did laundry, hung the laundry, put the princess down for her nap, and decided on another body wrap. Now as was mentioned before u have to sweat when u wrap. So what better way to sweat like a whore in church, than to go outside in the middle of the day during the summer.

Wrapped up like a damn leftover sandwich I was outside mowing the grass once more!!! Then it hit me... I have to work tonight!!!! I am crazy!!! Literally crazy.

By the way, we never got in the pool because it started raining. :( blah blah blah.

Running up hill sucks, I forgot to mention that one. We had to do up hill 2 times both ways.
Apparently it did something, I am down another pound.

Let's see how it goes for me tomorrow, well today.

Keep it up!!!

Sincerely,
Focused

PAC MAN! .............*.......



                  Well we all know what its like to be in a marriage or relationship and to eat like your partner. Possibly like pac man an eat everything in site!

 This past weekend I found my self on a food-venture in Richmond with my husband. And note to reader, my husband loves his food! So we both decided not to watch what we eat and try new things. Well I tried some mexican inspired bean burger thingy (not my wisest choice) and him a luthern burger... for those of you that dont know... that is the best thing to ever touch your mouth! It is a burger with two patties, bacon and a krispy cream doughnut as the bun!!!! YES a fucking doughnut! it was awesome! I only had a bite but OMFG!               Anywho.. im suppose to be on a diet.

                 Needless to say i mess up sometimes and go over in calories but I am steady working out, atleast 5 days a week and watching what I eat more times then none. With my obsession with my calories counter apps and my focus on the 5K in October I have manager to trim down a lot. Not where near where I want to be but I am pround to say the numbers on the scale have finally stayed moving after weeks of working hard. Trying to lose weight after having a baby is not fucking vacation! 

        These days I jog at least a mile everyday if not add walking to that miles after or a few abs here an there. The focus on the running part as kept my mind strong and my focus not so much on beating myself up about the weight I have to lose. I would say that goal I set for myself was the best decision yet.

 

             Even though I have moments of weakness... like we all do, im gettign there slowly and learning to make healthier choices.

Feelin It

I am really feeling good about myself now. My clothes are fitting better. Some of the shorts I had before I got married (2 years ago) is hanging really lose. My man pants as my junkie buddy would call them. It legitimately looks like I took a shit in my shorts that is how baggy they are now.

Today I did 10 minutes focusing on my abs... 1 minute crunches, then 1 minute each crunches focusing on each oblique, bicycle crunches, vertical leg crunches, reverse crunches, opposite leg crunches, and a 1 minute plank.
Then 10 minutes focusing on my leg.
And 2 10 minute Tiffany Rothe videos. YouTube her, she is really good. I did the boxer babe and the waist slimming or something like that.
It may not hurt today but stick to it you will be sore tomorrow I promise.

Anywhore, I feel the need to boast about how I feel. I feel lighter I feel smaller, of I am I have no fucking clue. I will weigh myself next Tuesday. Unless I happen to buy a scale. Which would be really smart.... So yea I am just going to go buy one.

Well my weight watchers Taco Soup is calling my name (only 209 calories for 1 1/2 cups). It's delicious and gives you the farts like none other. Still oh so yummy. Google the recipe if you want. But my husband (the worlds pickiest eater) likes it. He adds cheese and sour cream, and he uses tostitos scoops to eat it. Many more calories, I know.

Sincerely,
Finally feelin it