Day 1 of the New Year

Today is Tuesday- January 3, 2012.

Body Composition:
Weight: 184.2
Waist: 38"
B.B: 42½ (Belly Bulge)
Hips: 41½

Exercise: Walked 35 minutes on the treadmill (2 miles) I know it was slow, but I that is how I roll. I need to start out slow and take baby steps to success.

Here is a note from December 26th- the day after Christmas. "I'm tired of punishing my body. I have an addiction to food. If I want to be an example to my children I need to take better care of myself. Stop eating when I'm full. Choose healthy snacks. Choose better food for my spirit. Drink only water!!!! No juice, no pop, no sugar drinks. My waist is size 41" and my ponch is 43" and I know I have water retention, but still I'm obese. My weight is 188.2 lbs. A few weeks ago I was 175-180 lbs. It's time to pay the price and get fit!"

Affirmations:

I see me- Energetic
I see myself lean and fit
I see myself being an example of health
I see myself helping others overcome addictions
I see myself healthy
I see my and my husband happy
I see my boys addiction free
I see my girls being modest and virtuous
I see me- full of live, happy, healthy and strong

Goals to accomplish my affirmations:

1) Get rid of all junk food in home
2) have fresh fruit and veggies available and ready to eat
3) Exercise daily for 30-60 minutes
4) Strength train 3 times a week
5) Plan meals each week
6) Prepare meals- fruit in a.m. and veggies in p.m.
7) No food after 7-8 p.m.

Need the Endurance

Good Morning and Welcome to a new week and a new month. It is very vital that if you are exercising that it is so important to fuel your body. I found out the hard way this morning when I was trying to strength train- I had no energy and felt very sluggish. Guess why? Not enough eating and not getting enough sleep.

A new week with new goals. Plan out my daily food journal of what I will be eating and what I actually did eat. I should be eating every 2-3 hours upon waking and my last snack should be 2 hours before bedtime.

I need to make sure I am taking my much needed supplements. I use ones from a company called http://www.quietminds.net/ - they are really the best of the best. I have tried ones from melaleuca which are good so if you want to give them a try at http://www.melaleuca.com/ I use alot of Melaleuca's household cleaning products and I love them.

Well I did my monthly measurements and here they are:
Body Composition:
Upper Arm: 11½
Chest: 37" (43" in Sept.)
Waist: 36" (37 1/4 in Sept)(34½ in Nov)
Hips: 40" (40 3/4 in Sept)
Thigh: 22 ½" (23½ in Sept)
Calf: 15½" (16 in Sept)

So as you can see I have lost some inches since September. I did gain a few inches since November on my waist- which isn't good. Time to re-focus and commit to doing better this month.

Weight: 176.4 (182.8 Sep.) (174.8 Nov.) as you can see I have gained almost two pounds since November, which isn't a good sign. Once again- time to re-commit and really watch the extra calories going in my body.

I am Vegan for the month of February, so it will be nice to see how I feel and look at the end of February. My goal weight for February 28 is 170.

Today's Workout: Arms Day
5 minute warmup- treadmill x5 minutes
Stretchesx 5 minutes
Arms: Pushups x10, Pullups x10 repeat 3 times
Cardio- 2 minutes
Tri-ceps: Dips, plank, Bi-cep Curls x10 repeat 3 times
Shoulders: Shoulder raise, Squat Row, Shoulder Ups, Chest Flyx10 repeat 3 times
Pushups till failure
Alphabet Abs
Stretches X 5 minutes.

It's a New Year w/ new goals and progress

Well as you can see I crashed after November. I continued working with my trainer till Decmember 17th and then I did absolutely nothing. After my big loss in November I didn't follow any eating plan and I gained all my weight back and then some. Yikes. I am a true believer now that a healthy lifestyle is 90% diet and 10% exercise. So, here I go again. I do feel more energized since starting an exercise progam in September and I am stronger. I just need to be more disciplined in the eating area. No more eating cookie dough, pastries, chocolate, cookies, breads and all the other processed stuff out there in which I poison my body with.

Well here it is the actual evidence that I did nothing the last few weeks and that I did nothing in regards to my eating.

Chest - 40 3/8"
Waist - 37 1/2"
Hips - 40 1/2"
Thigh - 23 1/2"
Calve - 15 1/2"
weight- 180.8 (gain of 6 lbs since November 2010)

Exercise- Tae Bo Cardio- 44 minutes

March is here- time to get busy

Body Composition:
Hips- 39 1/2" (41 1/2" Feb.2)
Waist- 36 1/2" (40" Feb 2.)

Weight- 176 (182 Feb. 2)

Exercise:
Walking- 60 min.

Didn't do so well this past week-

Body Composition

Waist - 37"
Hips - 40 1/4"

Weight 177 (January 23- 186 lbs)

I haven't been doing my stretching or my strength training and cheated a few times over the weekend with foods that do more harm than good.

It's a new day and so I commit myself again to follow a good eating plan, and to walk at least 30 min. everyday along with stretching every day and strength train 3X this week. Plus got to get my intake in water up.

Took pictures today, and you can tell my stomach isn't as big as a month ago- Still have a long ways to go. Just got to take one day at a time.

Weigh Day and Body Measurements

Weight- 175 (182 on Feb. 2)

Body Composition:
Waist- 36 1/2" (40" on Feb. 2)
Hips- 39 1/2" (41 1/4" on Feb. 2)

Weigh day and Body Composition update

Weight- 175.6 (182.2 on Feb 2)

Body Composition:
Waist- 37 1/2" (waist-40"on Feb 2)
Hips- 41 1/4" (Hips- 41 1/2" Feb 2)

Exercise:
2 hour walk at a pretty good pace
stretching- 10 min.

It's a new month- February

I have been out of the loop lately in keeping this updated, so here are my new measurements and new goals. I have gained back all my lost weight plus extra. Yikes! My husband says I lack determination, so maybe this time around will be different. I know it will be. I don't have much time left, so I better kick it into high gear.

Body Composition Log
weight- 182.2
height- 68"

Hips- 41 1/2"
Waist- 40"
Chest(across)- 41 1/2"
Neck- 13 1/2"

Body Fat- 42.6%- Obese

Body Composition- Ugh

Today I measured certain body parts and it wasn't pretty. If you have a faint heart I probably wouldn't read this part.

Weight: 180 lbs
Height: 5'8"
BF: 39.3%
Hips: 40"
Waist: 39"
Chest: 41" across
Chest: 36" under
Neck: 13"
Thigh: 23"
Calve: 16"(flexed)