Weigh in Day again.

319.0 I have maintained my weight this week and I am okay with that. I am doing a workout daily that says you gain muscle so I'm not going to get discouraged, instead I am going to look at it as a victory because I didn't gain!

Weigh in day!!!!

SUCCESS!!!!
I got under 320lbs.

Drum roll please!


I am 319.0lbs as of this morning! What a feeling. It makes me all the more eager to continue on with my weight loss journey. YAY!

Jillian is trying to kill me.

"I want you to feel like you are dying" - Jillian Michaels

Well Jillian I certainly do after doing level 2 of your 30 day shred. My lord I have never sweat so much in my life! I slacked today though because I danced longer than normal and helped a friend move into my house so I was lifting, twisting and grunting! Tomorrow I get back on track.

In the morning.

While everyone else in my house besides my daughter sleeps in the morning, I am up changing my life. I am having a small but filling breakfast, and spending time working out, after I workout I clean the house to keep my heart pumping and keep the sweat flowing. When the rest of the house awakens I am all done with my morning routine and they are scrambling to start the day. I always feel great after my workout, but if I ever am too tired I just take a nap when my daughter naps. I never thought I would be one of those people to workout as soon as they get up but it really does put a boost in my day and it makes it so that if I want to do more later I can!

Weigh in day.

Today is Wednesday so that means it is weigh in day. I awoke this morning and was greeted by my lovely monthly visitor so I reminded myself that I am bloated when I stepped on the scale. The scale read 324.6, so I am down 1 pound! I actually think this is quite the accomplishment seeing as how I am bloated beyond belief.
I have been keeping up with my workouts and I am quite proud of myself.

The best invention in the world.

This is what my husband shoved in my stocking for Christmas, he was half joking because I kept nagging him about gum the few weeks before Christmas. Well, this my weight loss loving buddies has quickly turned into my best friend. This magical little tin filled with 3 different flavors of gum has helped me curb my appetite and keep my willpower to not go grab some random snack and shove it in my face. Spearmint is my weapon of choice for those desperate moments when I just want to gnaw someone's arm off and water is not doing it for me. Juicy Fruit is the piece Ala resistance when I need something sweet and my mouth wants something in it. I haven't even touched the 3rd flavor yet which is wintergreen I think. Another reason this tin is so great is because I am so bad with packs of gum. I lose them, forget them or can't find them for 3 months so this will help me keep my gum in one place. I have decided to restock it as it dwindles in supply. I will always keep one "sweet gum" and at least one "minty gum" because they really do work. So yes, gum is the best invention in the world and it should become your best friend too.

Cinnamon and Honey=Yucktastic

So that Cinnamon and Honey deal, not so very good. I got through a day and a half, that's it. It made me want to vomit the first night and next morning, but then something with the second batch went terribly wrong, it gave me the worst stomach cramps imaginable followed by a full colon cleansing from hell aka Diarrhea. I know that is probably TMI but I promised myself I would share everything in this blog, good, bad and ugly. It completely threw me off track for everything because I didn't want to workout but after posting a status on my Facebook that read something along the lines of "Not feeling so hot, don't think I'm going to workout today." One of my husband's co-workers (who has a sense of humor) posted "Oh come on we got Redd (my husband's nickname at work) to do push-ups and you're going to bail on your workout. smh (which means shaking my head for anyone that doesn't know that)." So of course this motivated me to do my workout. I told him alright I'll only do 1/2, but 1/2 meant 15 minutes and I just wasn't satisfied with that so I did two 10 minute dance video's instead. Then I did another workout last night with my personal ass kicker Maclynn, you will most likely hear more about her in here.

Once again.

I find myself on the journey through weight loss once again. This time I know I am more serious about it because I find myself pushing through a 20 minute workout just to say you know what, 10 more minutes! Every time I want to quit I look at my daughter. I have been yo-yoing in weight since I was a child, well I am putting a stop to it all. The flab ends here.

I am currently:
22 years of age.
5 foot 2 inches tall.
A whopping 325lbs.

I had gotten down to 305lbs and then put on water weight and I don't know what else. I only had 30lbs to lose until we TTC our next child, but instead I now have 45lbs to lose. The one main thing holding me back is the excruciating pain I am in all the time from the bulging disks/early degeneration in my lower back, and the muscle spasms in my upper and middle back. But I am no longer letting those pull me away from my large goal of weight loss.

Today I did Level 1 Jillean Micheal's 30 Day Shred, it was on Cox on Demand, that is where I get all my exercise video's. Yesterday I did a 20 minute boxing one, 10 minutes of another and then 15 minutes of Just Dance 2 on the Wii.

I am going to be trying different weigh loss aide's along this journey. My first is the Cinnamon-Honey drink.
You need:
1tsp cinnamon
1-2tsp honey (I used 2)
8oz boiling water (you can use the microwave for this)

Add cinnamon to an empty cup, pour boiling water over it, cover and let steep for 30 minutes. Add honey, drink 4oz before bed time. Cover the remaining 4oz and place in the refrigerator. Drink the rest when you wake up in the morning on an empty stomach. Do NOT re-heat.

I am sitting here sipping on it and it tastes a little funky but I think I can manage 4oz of it. Let's see how this goes.

And last but not least the fatty pictures! I am going to try and take a picture in the same outfit on the 5th of every month, hopefully I will remember.