Week 25 Results

WOW was this last week hard or what?! I only got in three workouts in and I ate off plan for our in-law's Thanksgiving dinner, BUT I still  lost a pound! Yay! Another not so good thing, I started feeling really light headed again last night, I ate some extra food to see if that would help. It didn't and actually made me sick. My stomach is so not use to having too much extra food too often and I threw up quite a bit. :-( I felt better later but gosh man! This is another reason why they have you only add in certain foods and amounts every week when you are in transition mode. I totally get it!
I started this week off good and hard. I got a GREAT workout in this morning. I cut down my rep time from 8 seconds a rep to 4 seconds a rep, but I added 4  more reps to each set and shortened my wait time between exercises. So I was able to get more reps in each exercise in less time, which really boosts fat loss. I also increased my running speed on the treadmill again. I felt great through the workout and nice and wore out after ;-) I am going to workout tomorrow and Wednesday before we leave to Montana for Thanksgiving, and I am going to bring my weights so I can work out there as well. There's no reason to let the Holidays throw you off your game ;-)
I am feeling so good since I started my workouts. I get to go to the gym and get out of the house, I am really toning up, I have received so many compliments that really help me to keep working hard, and I have 19 pounds to my ultimate and final goal!!! Life is good, even with all it's up's and down's, life is GOOD!
I just realized I need to put up my week 24 pictures, hmmmm where's my camera again???

Just Around The Corner

I have decided to start transitioning with  my next order of Medifast. I have three weeks till I start my new order and I am so excited. I am nervous but still very excited. This starts a whole new ball game for me. Transitioning will be a great test in a way. To see if I can add foods and not cave in and keep up a healthy diet is going to be a big step. My trainer is really excited to have me back once I start my transition and from then on out I will be working out hard and eating a normal balanced diet to finish this fat loss and hit my goal.
I am so close to being in a size 8 and that really makes me feel accomplished. I am going for a lean size 4, but hitting a size 8 is so so SO exciting to me! This is the smallest and healthiest I have been in my adult life, and after having 4 kids! lol I am blessed to have found Medifast, and I owe that all to my mom :-) She introduced it to me after she found the add in the back of a magazine and the rest is history.
I do have concerns for myself though. I have always had  low energy and unbalanced hormones and Meidfast has always helped me be more normal in those areas. Will I be able to feel as good as I do now once I cut my Medifast down to just two snacks a day? Will I be able to keep a healthy balanced diet? Will I be able to have little treats here and there and not over indulge? Can I keep up my workouts? CAN I BALANCE MY LIFE AND NOT RETURN TO BAD HABITS??? I am scared, really scared. I don't ever want to be what I was before and I do not want to constantly be stressed about keeping my new life style up. I want it to come naturally. I am willing to do what ever it takes to be the healthy woman I deserve to be and I will battle any problems no matter what though. I hope and pray for the keys, knowledge, and blessings to keep myself strong and healthy, I want a full happy life. No more judging or judgments. No more sadness or pain. No more missing out on anything!
I choose I FULL life!

Week 24

Well I can sure tell you that this last week was insane! I worked out really hard and ate really hard ! lol I did very good most days and a few days I had some little pig outs. I would get so hungry bc of the work outs and didn't have any food with me, so I had to eat whatever I had around with me. I had my kids treats with me bc I packed things for them when I went out, I didn't have my stuff bc I ate right before we would go out on our errands. I didn't think I would need anything so soon after but the workouts seriously made me hungry and of course my kiddos treats were not at all what I needed and were bottom less calories. SO I just ate and ate and ate. BUT I did still lose a pound LOL. I however have learned from my mistakes and will  be prepared from now on.
I feel great and can I just say wow?! My body, especially my legs, are feeling so much stronger! M-W-F I do 20 minutes of cardio and about an hour of weights. When you do a good 20-30 mins of cardio before weights you are in for a much better work out. The cardio burns through the sugar and the weights can get right in there and attack the fat. I started out doing 5 mins of normal walking, then 5 mins of fast walking, then 5 mins of jogging, 2 mins of fast walking, 2 more mins of jogging, ending with 5 mins walking for a cool down. Then I do squats. 3 sets of 8 with each rep lasting 8 seconds (4 sec. up 4 sec down). All my exercises were exactly like this. With doing exercises for hamstrings, back, chest, shoulders, biceps, triceps, and ball abs. Talk about killer! Then T-Th-S I do 30-40 mins of cardio. I start out on the treadmill doing what I do before my weights, then I go to the Stairmaster, and end either on the eliptical or treadmill for my cool down. Today I actually started on the treadmill and jogged for 10 mins with out stopping and that is really good for me! I hate to run lol. This week I will do exactly what I did last week just upping my time and weights if I feel I can and nest week my routine will change.
I am so glad I finally went and got a gym membership, it helps me keep my goals, and that is more than worth it! I am hoping that this next order of Medifast will be my first order in transition. We're all getting there and it is so worth it! Stay on plan and kick some fat!

My Week 20 Pictures

I realized that all my previous picts I was in dark colors so this time I wanted to do it in a white shirt, show all the imperfections ;-) I am in a medium shirt and my pants are a size 10. By looking at all my pictures on here, I think I look so much bigger than I am. I think " those don't look like 10's, I look like I'm bigger than that." But then I realize what everyone says about the camera and I think it really is a valid point. But I am feeling good and plugging along.

Week 22 and 23

WOW, I have been on a roller coaster lately!  The week before this last I had a one pound loss and this week a 2 pounder but ugh I felt so out of wack. I had a cheat day 2 Thursdays ago but sadly it went through that Saturday. This was right before my cycle started, just so you know, I have always been someone who eats a ton and is starving constantly the week before my cycle. I need to stock up on calories and retain lots of water just to get me through my t.o.m. So I know that the extreme hunger, cravings and blacking out was due to t.o.m. So I understand it when I had a one pound loss but most of all, I felt so tired and hungry. Then this last week with t.o.m going I have had the cravings but not the hunger.
This is the main reason I do Medifast, with doing other programs or just simply working out and cutting my calories I can't stick with it. When my cycle comes it throws me off so bad it completely ruins all the progress I made in the weeks before it started. I would eat healthy and work out 6 days a week and do wonderfully but as soon as my cycle gears up my body goes into 'hoard' mode. I get SO hungry and so tired, I feel like I'm pregnant all over again. On Medifast, my cycle is  more calm and lighter. I don't have the cravings or hunger that I normally do. I think it's the soy, it helps regulate my hormones (which have always been way off) which is worth more than you can imagine for me. But I don't know what's going on with me the last 3 weeks, I felt like my old icky self again and that scares me. I am going to look into getting my hormones and thyroid checked by a specialist as soon as I can.
NOW I think a 3 pound loss in 2 weeks with having 3 cheat days and my cycle is very good results ;-) I am still working hard to get into that size 8 that I need to be in for my husband's company Christmas party, I WILL do it! I hope every one STAYS on plan, stick with it, keep going! A slip up is just that, a SLIP up. It doesn't mean it's who you are or what you are! We are what we make of ourselves, so KEEP GOING and be the better person! I know we can do what we want and what we need regardless of our imperfections! Have a great on plan week you all and stay in touch with what really means the most to you ;-)

Another Friendly and Inspiring Personal Journey

A very good friend of mine just posted this on her blog, I wanted to share it with you all. She has an amazing spirit and is letting that spirit shine. Here is her journey thus far.

"To whomever still reads this blog, I wanted to say that I have finally been taking charge over my weight. 

It has been a hard and long battle {or at least it has felt that way}. I was never overweight until about 

2 1/2 years ago before we had our baby boy. I couldn't get pregnant and the weight started to mount on...then the miracle happened, had a beautiful baby boy...but it left mommy looking not so beautiful, even worse, FEELING not so beautiful. This was hard, because it is not like I was having a bad hair day {which happens to me oh so often} when you can just improve on the next day, but it was something "permanent". I wasn't happy with my looks, how I felt, and it was going to be the same thing the next morning, and the morning after that, and the morning after that. Unless I did something about it. Which I have done for a couple of months now...and I have to tell you that I am finally starting to feel like the old me. 

I have felt in the past couple of years that I am not in my own body, I never looked like this before, when I used to exercise I used to be able to do so much more...and this body that I am in {slowing getting rid off} was just not mine. 

This time though I am so committed...this time it is not coming back. I will feel like me again. 

I have lost 27 pounds and I am so proud of myself. It has been lots of hard work {not to mention sweat!} and I still have SO much more to go...but I really know that I can do it...! 

There are many reasons to why I am losing weight. I know that you may be having your own to do it ...but I will tell you the main 3 reasons for me

1. To be healthy: Heavenly Father has giving me this body, and I have abused it. I must take control of it before it takes control of me...as simple as that.

2. To look and feel beautiful: and you see, it is not to feel and look beautiful to the world, but FOR me! My most wonderful hubby has always been loving and caring...and has found me beautiful no matter what. But I refuse to live my life being heavy, I have never been like this in my life, and I will not keep on being like this. {these can later on be called my "dark ages"}

and the last one...

3. I want to live life now!: I don't want to be 40 something and finally do something about my weight {not that 40 is sooo old or something...but it is lots of years away, for me}...I don't want to be older and finally be able to do athletic things with my already grown up children. I refuse...

For these reasons I am doing it now and I am NEVER going back!

I hope that if you have plans to lose weight and take back your life...you GO and get them...get up and do something with the body that God gave you and make yourself proud!!

Thank you, To whomever is listening!" =)