I Made It!!! Let's Review My Journey

Whew!  I made it to the end... And I am still here... While I don't blog as often as I would like about my journey (primarily because I have 4 kids, hubby and a job) Anyone following me on facebook knows my it's been long!!  I've learned A LOT about how to be healthier and making wiser choices going forward.  I have fallen in love with becoming healthier and helping others.  I'm going to be a beachbody coach and I am going to do a veggie/fruit cleanse for the next 7 days and then I'll start Chalean Extreme.  If it's not giving me anything close to what I know insanity does.. then I'll do a hybrid of the two.  I really am happy with my results... but more so with my conviction and there isn't a physical picture I can take to display that... one would have to see it in my smile.  Many people could not believe that I put my pics out on the internet... I did this as insurance... so that I would hold to my part of the commitment. Because the insecure part of me know that ALL the people who love and hate me seen those pics... so I would have to post some better ones!!   Well drummmmmmm rolllllll.... It's time to post.  I now weigh 163... I forgot to do my measurements and have eaten so I will do those in the morning... If you followed my blog you will know that the weight loss I've obtained is GREAT considering it's been under 80 days.  Let's repost how I look when I started... Sorry I had to make you guys read all of this... I will only post pics for the next two post...  

Here I am on 10/15/11 at day zero... approximately 30 days after having my fourth child

Im changing

This journey is amazing I finding a whole new me. A person I've been estranged from for years. I feel better internally and externally. At first I was not happy with my minimal weight loss. I've only lost 5 pounds but I've come to
The realization that it took me years to pack it on, so giving myself 1 year to peel the weight off is very generous. I am going to weigh 140 by the time I turn 40. This is a goal and a commitment that is at the top of my list!

Working out this hard is very taxing on my body. I just had a baby less than 3 months ago. I was on bed rest the last 3 months of my pregnancy which meant no action for my hubby! Now
he is often waiting and filled with a
Few drinks. Just keeping it real in most cases... I'm just too damn tired! PERIOD!! I really need to gain my sexual appetite back Seeing a positive change in my body will want me to get busy even more and fill up my secret picture app on my iPhone :-) and of course i need to get my damn tubes tied!! (will happen onJanuary 5th). I am Not trying to make a five man team!!! So done with kids!! Ready to focus on me Once these things happen.... It's on like a dog with a chicken bone and I hope my hubby will be able to bring it!!!

Over The Tday Hump; but not bowling fun

I really thought Thanksgiving would be the death of my diet. It was not. I did well and did not eat myself out of house and home. I did however have more than my one glass of wine, burger and ate a slice of pizza. I only ate half of the burger and not the top bun. I have to make sure that I have my water bottle everywhere I go!!! It's the only thing that can save me from stuffing my face!!! I also have to maintain my alcoholic intake while at the bowling ally as well as eating yucky junk food. I have committed to eating only a grilled chicken salad on Sundays that I will always share with someone. I am not sure what I will do on Saturday. The snack bar person is dirty and I refuse to buy anything from a cook with dirty ass fingers. Whatever I need to do I must implement fast! I do bowl and will be around all of this garbage ALL the time!!!

Working on Month 2 "Max Workouts"

Oh boy I made it to month 2. The max workouts are tough! I am sweating buckets before the warmup is over my first workout was hell I could barely complete it. I did not want to complete it and by the time I got 30 minutes into the workout I was a fish tank! I had swallowed 32 ounces of water and did not even realize it. Hell I was tired!! There are crazy rapid moves during the max workout and I can see why most people do 2 rounds. I'll b doing two rounds for sure! Below are my day 36 measurements:

My bust is a 40
Waist is a 35 1/4
My hips are a 41 1/4
thighs are 26 1/4.
Arms- 13 1/2

Shawn T.... Your Killing Me.

Wow... I've never been this committed to any physical activity since I hiked the Appalachia!!! That commitment was fierce and my ass was in the middle of no damn where!!! Yes me a skinny little black girl whose only outdoor experience was paddle boating around Belle Isle!! I am determined to find that skinny chick again. Shawn T is killing me!! And I'm starting to think that my husband is enjoying watching/waiting for my workout to end if you know what I mean!!! So now I have to take another killing!! With no chocolate or no wine!!! Sheesh!! I have lost inches.... And while everyone says don't worry about the weight.., shit I can't help but to curse that damn scale!! I need it to get out of the damn 160s!!! I pulled a muscle and had to skip a few days and will add those workouts in the back end.

2nd Fit Test Complete!!!

2nd Fit Test complete!!! Yay me!! I improved on everything but push up jacks :-( I am Not able to push this damn frame up once!! I am not going to beat myself up about it either. I will simply continue to do girly push ups until I can do them the regular way. It would b ideal that my big ass should be able to push up with a certain amount of strength.,, but that is far from the truth. Of course I could fake and half ass do a pushup, but I would only b cheating myself and those horrible ass embarrassing pics I have posted to the free world. Today is such a great milestone day. I have out tons of chocolate and my kids came back with loads of candy and I did not eat a single bite!!! Not even one sniff!! I ate my 90 calorie fiber one brownie and focused on that skinny bitch somewhere deep down in me!! Cheers to her... (but it would b nice if she would hurry up n show herself!). Cheers

Day 14 Measurements at in!!

My 2nd Measurements are in!! This is a really big challenge for me and I am proud to say at 14days, I have tackled it an survived.... Pics will be taken later (oh my!) I am happy to say that I have had positive results!! Yiiipppppeee

My body Measurements

Day 0
My bust is a 41
Waist is a 38
My hips are a 42
thighs are 26.
Arms- 13
Weight- 169

Day 14
My bust is a 39 1/2
Waist is a 36 1/4
My hips are a 42 3/4
thighs are 26 1/4
Arms- 13
Weight 168 (was 170 at day 9)