Week 3 Results! (doing the happy dance)

Day One: 185.6 lbs
Day Twenty One: 169.8 lbs
Total Weight Loss: 15.8 lbs

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Side View (my favorite ahhh!)

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I am totally blown away with how amazing this is working. I feel really good, can wear my size 12 jeans comfortably and not a lot more muffin top which feels amazing. I plan to do up to 43 days and see how much weight will come off and then take a break. It feels good to finally be reaching my goal and finally getting that "after" picture. Yay!

Week 2 Results!

Day One: 185.6 lbs
Day Fourteen: 172.8 lbs
Total Weight Loss: 12.8 lbs

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Week one results!

Day One: 185.6 lbs
Day Eight: 177 lbs
Total Weight Loss: 6.2 lbs

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So far I see a good amount of results and am really pleased. Here's hoping it keeps up and continues to come off. Love it!

Stats day by day

Just a place to record my stats day to day, I will probably take a new picture either once a week or once every two weeks.

Fat load weight gain: 185.6 lbs
Day 3: 183.2 lbs
Day 4: 181.6 lbs
Day 5: 180 lbs
Day 6: 178.2 lbs
Day 7: 178.2 lbs
Day 8: 177.8 lbs
Day 9: 176.8 lbs
Day 10: 175.6 lbs = 10 lbs in 10 days!!! <3
Day 11: 174.8 lbs
Day 12: 174.8 lbs
Day 13: 173.6 lbs
Day 14: 172.8 lbs
Day 15: 172.8 lbs
Day 16: 172.8 lbs (apple day)
Day 17: 171.6 lbs
Day 18: 172.8 lbs
Day 19: 171.6 lbs
Day 20: 169.8 lbs (Broke the 170 barrier finally!)
Day 21: 169.8 lbs
Lost track of weight . . .
Day 28: 167.9 lbs
Day 29: 166.4 lbs



Measurements

Neck 14.5"

Left arm 12"

Right arm 12"

Chest (above) 39.5"

Bust 40"

Rib cage 34.5"

Waist 37"

Stomach 44"

Hips 45"

Right thigh 24.5"

Left thigh 24.5"

Day 9
Neck 14"
Right Arm 12"
Left Arm 12"
Chest (Above) 35"
Bust 37.5"
Rib Cage 31.5"
Waist 36"
Stomach 41"
Hips 42.5"
Right Thigh 22"
Left Thigh 22"
Total Inches Lost:  26.5"

Day 14
Neck 13.5"
Right Arm 12"
Left Arm 12"
Chest (Above) 34"
Bust 36.5"
Rib Cage 32"
Waist 34.5"
Stomach 40"
Hips 41"
Left Thigh 21"
Right Thigh 21"
Total Inches Lost: 8.5"

Take two, or three, or four

Alright I never made it past day 20, I kind of think I knew it would happen. But I did find something new. I decided that working out too hard and not focusing on nutrition as much wasn't working as the scale stayed the same and I lost a few inches but not enough to help motivate me. So we're going to try something different.

I am not a fan of fad diets because lets face it they just don't work with my broken body. My uncle Bob and Aunt Shan started and completed several cycles of the HcG diet and my Uncle lost almost 80 lbs! Now I had to take a look at it. Its concept is to use HcG to make your Hypothalamus break up fat and put it into the blood stream and then metabolize it. With the HcG you can sustain a 500 calorie diet without feeling hungry or tired because it forces your body to use the fat store you already have.

The first two days though you do what they call a fat load. Eat as much fatty food as you can in the first two days. I thought to myself hey I can do that! Well turns out I haven't really eaten fatty foods in a long time and its REALLY hard! My body just isn't used to it. I ate a cheese omelet with two pieces of toast and an apple pie for breakfast and I got such an upset stomach. I knew this was going to be hard but I will complete it and get to the more strict part easy. I really hope this works and then once I reach my goal then I can work out to maintain it.

Starting weight before Fat Load: 185.6 lbs
Weight Loss Goal: 150 lbs
Total Weight Loss Goal: 35.6 lbs

Before:

 

Can't wait to show my awesome results! Wish me luck! 

Adding in so I don't forget, my weight after Fat Loading is 185.6 lbs. On to the real weight loss!

My First Break Down . . . What I like to call "The 15 Day Give Up"

I have been posting on Facebook but haven't really used this blog in a really long time. Today in particular I really  need to write down how I'm doing to show how far I've come. I am on the third week of Turbo Fire with Chalene Johnson and oh man is it hard but to this point I've been able to follow the schedule without problem. I've lost some inches (nothing super substantial but still good).

Now the reason for the title. I am famous for the 15 day give up. I did the 30 day shred twice or attempted it at least and only made it 15 days both times. I am finding I hit that point and then don't see the huge results I would like and I give up discourage and mentally blocked. I know most of the time it's all mental, my body can physically do it but my brain just gets defeated and therefore I totally give up. And guess what? today I'm creeping up on the 15 day mark.

Today was the first day that I physically just couldn't do what I wanted to with my workout. I was really pushing it, doing the High Intensity Interval Training 15 minute video and they do what is called a "fire drill" and I got through the first and started to almost hyperventilate I was so out of breath. I broke down, stopped the video and started bawling. I am very Type A and when there's something I want to be able to do but can't I get really  mentally blocked. I hit a wall, tried to calm myself down but just needed a good cry. Spencer tried to encourage me which was sweet but for some reason with him its hard to feel it. I know he's trying but when people who are skinny and never have to work a day to stay that way I just feel like they don't know how hard this is. Not his fault of course and I don't want him to stop encouraging me because it helps, it really does but at the moment I just couldn't use it to motivate me, in fact it made me more mad. Again not his fault just my mental state at the time.

I've joined a couple groups as of late on Facebook and so I got on two of them and posted about how I needed help because I am just so defeated and I loved the responses I got. One of them reminded me of a quote that I heard in a talk at church one Sunday. I believe it was from my friend Amy Nelson. It went along the lines of "In life there are going to be big boulders in our way (obstacles) you can either think of them as road blocks or stepping stones up to where you want to be." I may have totally misquoted but it was something along those lines.

Tracey, the woman in my group said this: "It is hard, but totally doable! And you're right, all you can do is try and only you know if you are putting in 100% of your effort. I climbed a waterfall in Jamaica when I was over 300 lbs and after the second slippery rock I wanted to turn back, but that wasn't an option. So I just focused on the next rock I needed to climb, and once I was on that rock I focused on the next. I did that about a billion times, and before I knew it I was at the top of the waterfall. That experience was a good lesson for me on how to take things one step at a time. Just get through today's workout, that is the only slippery rock you need to focus on right now. YOU CAN TOTALLY DO THIS!!! :):):)"

I start bawling when I read it because it helped me get up, brush myself off, wipe away the tears and do it. I did my workout after such a mental block I felt like I just couldn't do it. And I feel AWESOME! All the women are so encouraging in my group and I hope to be able to get past the 15 day mark and finish the full 20 weeks. That in itself would just be a HUGE accomplishment for me. I need to do this and I want that "After" picture once and for all. If you read this far I hope this helps you too. Thanks!

 

Some Tips I am Finding Helpful . . .

A few tips from the Skinny Rules that I am using today that are so awesome, I figured I'd share:

1. Writing everything down. From taking my vitamins, to eating a meal, to the exercise I write down the time I did it. Also helps to remind me to eat snacks and all that.

2. Set an alarm on my phone to remind me to eat meals and snacks. I am the worst about eating snacks especially and letting time lapse on meals so I am eating lunch at like 2:30 or 3:00 in the afternoon.

3. A great tip for making sure you drink enough water: I got a plastic pitcher with a tap on it from Walmart earlier this year (I actually bought two but one was Large and one was small) I used the small one, measured out the 8 1/2 ozs I needed to drink of water put it in, then sliced up a whole lemon into slices and threw those in, put it in the fridge and made a goal of drinking the whole thing by the end of the day. I don't know about you but I hate drinking so much water and unless it's cold it tastes gross to me, a little lemon for flavor and voila! If you are going to be out and about grab an empty water bottle and fill it from the tap and it's nice and cold.

4. Have snacks already made, pre-measure and make up snacks so that they are ready to grab and eat when your alarm goes off. Slice up fruit like strawberries and measure a cup. Ziploc has these fun litttle snack sized baggies that you can pre-measure and bag up those things so you can grab and go.

5. Make working out fun by calling it playtime. After breakfast this morning the boys and Corinne and I went on a walk with the stroller. Gavin rode his bike. We have a loop around a water catchment that is good for a dog park. I had Gavin ride behind me and play "chase" to see how fast he could go and keep me going at a good pace. I went around 3 times and then Gavin didn't want to ride anymore so we went and got my exercise balance ball and the boys rolled and kicked that in the field/catchment and we were out playing for an hour! I didn't even realize we had been outside that long until my alarm for snacktime went off. Making exercise fun helps you forget how long you're going for.

6. Taking prenatal vitamins and Flaxseed Oil capsules: ok so this isn't necessarily from the book but it's a good thing to practice. I have been breastfeeding and haven't taken prenatals despite the fact that my body really needs the extra vitamins to help with what Corinne is taking from me. I also have been researching that flaxseed or flaxseed oil is good for balancing your insulin levels. I have PCOS and insulin resistance so anything that can help with this is great for me. I also read that while breastfeeding taking flaxseed oil can add some much needed fat to your milk supply for your baby so it's a win/win situation with it.