A physical challenge to see if two experienced personal trainers/body builders can take two chunky, dumpy, saggy, dimply average American women from Fat to Phat in 6 months using only diet and exercise. At the end of the 6 months, the two women will have to slip into a two piece swimsuit. The challenge has been taken up by Misty Lowe and Christina Strait. Its time to work their butts off- literally!
Not much to report. I am still struggling with the scale. I have to weigh in, fat comp test & inches taken & photos taken on Wednesday. I am hoping since I feel my clothes fitting differently that maybe I have lost more inches & fat. The scale has moved slightly but from 1 day to the next I cannot be sure the scale won't go back up. I swear the 160s are trying to keep me down. Never you mind, I keep chugging ahead.
We kick box now too. John yells a lot but he is no Fred. HA HA! I went to class Saturday and there were no gloves that fit. I punched the bag gloveless. Bad idea on my part- real bad idea!! My hands are tore up.
Jen is well again so this week I will get to lift 4 days this week. M, Tues, Wed & Friday. John is offering kick boxing on Thanksgiving. I will need to go to get through Turkey day without keeling over. Hopefully, I will be ahead on cooking then. That would be good. We shall see.
I wanted to harp on one thing before I am out- that's the fact that this IS NOT EASY. It is hard. It is a choice. It is hard work. It is a lifestyle change. Don't take it on unless you are ready to make the commitment. If you are not then do something walking, cycling- whatever until you are. Get motivated. Get ready, make a plan that works for you and get going. Set yourself up for success!!!
Well, I am struggling to lose weight right now. I have hit a plateau and can't get around it. I am fighting with the damn scale to get out of the 160s.
I feel great and look better but I have a long way to go. Seriously, something has got to give. I am still very committed but am tired of the slowed results.
Anyway, it gets frustrating and people keep saying hang in there or oh, I bet your really dropping the weight since you are always working out. NOPE!!! Can you believe it? Is what I would love to scream back. But I don't.
You know me- I am keeping it real. So I am going to tell you. All this roughage and protein- I have the worst gas. I mean bean-o, shmeno- nothing gets rid of it. Well, I think you ought to know what you are in for if you decide to jump in and get it done.
Well, pray for me ladies. I am struggling. I am tired and I am frustrated. Something has got to give eventually. Right?
Looking at that number- 112- I can't believe it. But believe it or not- I am closer to the end than I am the beginning.
How the time has flown. How much my life and my body have changed. It is amazing. I still have a way to go but oh how wonderful it is to be making progress & feeling better about my body.
I had forgotten what it was like to have confidence about my body and the way I look.
Yeah, believe it or not! I am down the 30 lbs, 15% body fat and 30 inches.
The pounds have really slowed way down. I have kicked it up a notch & started pumping weight two extra days a week. I got in all my workouts & ate well this week.
Anyway, I thought it would get easier, but quite honestly it has only gotten harder. This is because earlier what we did helped us lose the pounds quickly, but now we have to work 2x as hard to get some pounds off.
A friend asked me the other day if I minded that my body was splayed out on this blog and west county health & fitness website too. I told her that I thought it was good for other women- real women to see that it could be done. No photo shop, no nip tuck, no touch ups- the real deal. We all know what our bodies look like underneath- the extra skin, the stretch marks, the dimples and flab. Well, this definitely shows how I have changed, that it can be done and we all need to be very realistic on our expectations.
To be honest- after I lose the weight and get to were I want to be muscle tone wise- I plan on saving for a tummy tuck. Doriana said that extra sagging skin will get a little better but it is not going to go away. I want it to but first I am going to do everything I can to be healthy before I go have a surgeon fix something. To be honest, if I go without having learned how to eat and take care of myself first, I will be right back here- fat and unhappy.
