1 Month update

Here we are a month into this amazing journey of getting rid of the old, shedding the fat suite and allowing the new me to shine on through. So I figured it would be nice to give a little update.

Here I go again breaking the “rules” and admitting my weight….So drum roll please……..I have lost 15 pounds my new weight is now 265.  “Go me!  Go me kicking fats ass!   Go me!  Sorry had to do a little song and dance. I’m going to be honest I can’t really remember the last time I have seen that weight on a scale and been so happy. Before when I would try and diet and work out yeah I would lose the weight but something would trigger and I would stop trying it’s like I would hit my own self-destruct button and put whatever weight I lost back on and then some. This time feels a lot different I want to keep going keep pushing forward because well lets face it I Kick ASS!!!.  

  What I looked like when I started this adventure.

Now 15 pounds lighter and I have a chin again.

The stairs, those damn stairs are still like climbing Everest, I’m still sucking air by the time I reach the top but I can say that I no longer want to pass out on the floor wanting a coke and cinnamon bun. Now its more like don’t talk to me for 5 minutes because I can’t breath and I can’t say Hi to anyone, what little bit of oxygen that I do have I need to keep so I don’t pass out. As for the burn in my legs oh yeah its still there those last 20 steps up to the top just flat out suck, and I love the little song “just 20 more steps to go and your there” like really let me tell you what you can do with your effing 20 steps. Then when you make it to the top and there’s this saying “if you came up from P2 you just walked 77 steps…Congratulations” and really all I notice is 77 steps because my vision is blurred due to lack of oxygen. Yet I keep taking the stairs no elevator just taking the stairs all the time. I figure that at some point I’m going to make those damn stairs my bitch yupp that’s right still trying to shit talk stairs that kick my ass every time I go into work.

As for the working out its going good, I have also decided to add Zumba into my workout so its is like a Zumba Insanity, and really all this is showing me is that I have  no rhythm at all, which makes sense because I’m a white girl and yes I still yell at the people on Insanity but no matter what in the end I’m feeling good and its nice to add a little change up  and helps the whole working out process because to be honest I don’t really like to workout.  I get board doing the same thing over and over. Now I get to do a little dance as I’m rendering the fat away. Now I smell more like a bacon with a little Latin flare to it.

Food sweet delicious food how I love you so, I have gotten a lot better deciding what to eat and what to stay away from and how much I want to eat. The biggest thing I have noticed is how I feel after eating something very good and nutritious vs something really fatty and bad needless to say I like the way I feel when I eat the right thing vs the wrong things. I know it totally sounds like common sense, but think about how many times we will choose something that is quick and easy and not all that good vs something healthy that takes an extra 15 minutes to cook up or to go to a restaurant where you have to get out of your car and go in to get the food. I have also found that I’m now willing to try more foods that before I would have looked at and said no way in hell am I going to eat that. Now I’m all for the new healthy things, why the hell not go big or go home. I can also say that so far so good with the no fast food, don’t get me wrong I have wanted it like the other night when I drove by BK and the amazing smell of that flame broiled fat smelled oh so good and oh so fatty but mmmmmm fast food… but I was good, I fought back the urge, found something a lot better to eat, and I know that may not seem like much but it felt really good to be able to have the self control not to stop and get something.  Now I will admit that I have had some fries when I’m at a restaurant with my hamburger although I have noticed that I don’t really care for them its not all that good to the point where I could really do with out them. These changes are crazy but I’m loving them.

The new job is going good, I really enjoy the people I work with they are fun and we spend a lot of time laughing.  It’s nice to be able to enjoy working with people again and meeting a new group of people. I sill feel like a giant ball of light in my awesome yellow shirt but even that is getting better each day as I lose the weight and work out. The other nice thing about my job is I’m on my feet a lot more, I’m always moving around picking things up, squatting, bending moving pallets and carts lots of walking around so even now when I’m at work I do what I can to try and keep my core muscles engaged so its like I’m getting a little work out while I’m at work. I have also noticed that I drink a lot more water while I’m at work too. Over all this new job is truly is a great change.

I feel like I have made some great steps in a very positive direction this month. I’m starting to see and feel the changes and for once I can say that I don’t want to go back to the old me.  There is no need to hide behind the fat any more. I know that there are still a lot of changes to come, but I know that I have a strong center and a strong support system to help me get through.  I think that once your ready to make the change everything seems to fall into place. I try to have a little saying for the year to keep me focused.  A motto for the year… this year it is Provehito in Altum which means Reach for the heights/launch forward into the deep. I think that I’m on the right track for my motto.

For those of you who are on board and losing weight keep it up and lets keep burning the fat and getting in shape and for those of you who are making some major life changes this year stay positive keep thinking about your end goal and don’t let anything stop you from reaching your goals.

Provehito In Altum

15 pounds lighter girl out.