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Body pics coming soon i hit my goal yesterday now its toningtime to bieeveal 6/19/2010

Update sort of...

An update, I have started my weightloss journey and so far I know I've lost a little over 10 lbs. by half way following the liquid diet and mostly not. On the days that I have not followed the diet I still watched what I ate (this included counting/estimating calories, but you have to be honest if your going to estimate) and a few of those days I did exercise.

SO, its being going okay, but this is in the 5-6 weeks that I've been trying to watch my weight. Its time to get serious. I am preparing my mind to commit to 21 days of straight liquid diet and exercise. Hopefully this will work out like I plan for it to. I hope that the next time I'm on here I'm celebrating or talking about how far along I'm going and how successful I have been. I'm tired of coming on here and not really having any results to show. I know 10lbs is a lot of weight to lose, but its not showing in my clothes. During my 21 day diet I plan to take pictures every three days to document my progress.

Maybe I don't really see a big change because I haven't really been taking pictures so I don't realize how much weight I've lost. I know my pants are fitting loser, but these skinny jeans that are only a size down I still can't completely fit into. I can pull them up a lot more than I could when I first started so that is a plus, but I want to fit them, button them up, and look good in them. I'm starting to think that its either me or the way the pants are made and thats why I can't fit them. But honestly not being able to fit those has deterred me from trying to see if I can fit some clothes that are two sizes smaller.

My goal is to go from the size 16 I'm in into a size 12, hopefully by this summer. This would make me happy. I like how I look at a size 12 its perfect for me and looks good. I found some pictures of me back then and have decided that I really want to get back to that. That was a little over 4 years ago. To undo 4 years worth of damage I have to commit. I can do it and I will watch me.

Let's Start this Weight Loss Journey

SO today starts the first day of a 30 day liquid diet. Well I'll call it a half a day. I am so excited. The medsourcehealth.net shakes I bought are absolutely delicious and I get to have them all day. I think I should be very prosperous on this diet considering I get to eat all day. YAY!!!! What overweight person wouldn't want to go on a diet that allows them to eat all the time. Anyways the plan is practically the exact same as TheImpatientDieter on youtube.com and as listed on theeasywayshow.com. Same exercises, same shakes, probably different meals, but primarily the same.

I've only made a few modifications. One for example is the walking portion of the exercise. Yes I am still going to walk, but I have invested in a heart rate monitor to make sure that when I walk whether it is outside, at the gym, or at home walking with Leslie Sansome I am in the target heart rate zone that ensures that I am losing the maximum amount of weight while exercising. There's more about this on theeasywayshow.com and thewalkingsite.com. The other modifications that I will be making is to increase the amount of exercise I do as the diet progresses I'll explain more about this when the time comes.

I am so excited to start this diet not to mention that the shakes contain a lot of protein so I can only imagine what that and the water intake will do not only for my body, but also for my hair. (Double Bonus)

Starting pictures will probably come at the end of this challenge. I'm not quite ready to show what I am now until I can show that I have made some progress. This morning I did my weigh in. I officially weighed 238 lbs. The idea is really to get back down to 175 which means that I have over 50 lbs total to lose. But to start me off I am doing this 30 day liquid diet. If I must continue another 30 days to lose the total 50+ lbs. then hopefully I will be able to do that.

I'm so happy that I'm really about to lose weight you all really don't understand. This is just a journal of how I'm losing the weight. I just wanted to share that today January 19, 2010 I have started my weight loss journey officially. In ten days I will share how much weight I have lost and how things have been on my journey and hopefully I will be ready to share progression pics.

Things I Need For My Journey

The first thing I know I need is a weight scale. I think not having one has been one of the major contributing factors of my continuous weight gain without checking myself or weight. For the longest I was thinking that I only had a little stomach fat and extra weight in my breast. But when I finally took a long hard look in the mirror I finally realized that the fat is all over and I even have rolls in my back like I'm starting a bakery. My bras are bruising my back and sides now because I have gained so much wight. It is definitely time for a change.

For my journey I am going to invest in a heart rate monitor. Which to me will be good for several reasons. I have a family history of heart problems and diabetes which are factors that also push me to lose this weight fast and get healthy. The heart rate monitor will help me during my walks to stay at the right intensity where I will burn most fat calories and not over or under exert myself. I found this information on both thewalkingsite.com and polarusa.com.

Also to keep me motivated I am in search of the sexiest freakum dress that only my ideal body will look good in. I also have a pair of jeans that I would love to fit into again. I got this and the next idea for my journey from the easywayshow.com.

The next thing I will need is a slideshow for my workout or just needed inspiration. My slideshow will include several body inspirations, as well as poem by my favorite poets. ( I really like this idea thanks Impatient Dieter)

That's all I need. The ideal is for the journey to be easy, so I'm gonna keep it simple. Just as I do my hair regimen. That's also how I wish to plan my maintenance which I will start planning when I hit day 30 of my weight loss journey.

Readings

The first book I am reading is "The Power of Your Subconcious Mind". With this book I am changing my way of thinking, but I'll talk more about that on another day. Once I finish this book I will move on to another old, but good book titled, "Live Your Dreams" by Les Brown. My next book will be, "The Type Z Guide To Success" by Marc Allen, and then "What's your red rubber ball?" by Kevin Carroll. Now I'm excited to read the books because I know that not only are they going to motivate me in my weight loss, but also in my life journey. Of course there will be more motivational books, but they may be audio books instead of actual literature. This is the choice because as a senior in college I already have a lot of literature to read on a daily basis.

Preparation and Planning for Weightloss Journey

For several days now I've been researching a specific weight loss plan. I've decided that this weight loss plan will work and that I should be able to attain my goal body in just 60 days and that it will be easy. I'm very excited about starting this journey. I plan to officially start in January of 2010 which is only one short month away. During the month of December I will prepare for my adventure.

As of right now what I am deciding to do to get to my goal body in 60 days is changing my diet and exercising twice daily. As long as I plan to succeed there will be no room for failure. So these are the specs so far. Honestly my specs are almost the exact same as the Impatient Dieter, to get info on the original diet that I'm getting my info from please go to www.easywayshow.com. She has a lot of research on her page as well as a lot of info about dieting, staying motivated, and many other things.:

Diet

Meal Replacement Shakes

Women's One a Day Vitamin

Kelp Vitamin

Two Regular Meals

1 Gallon of Water

Exercise

First 30 days

2 times a day:

Leslie Sansone's 4 or 5 mile walk or 1 hour brisk walk by treadmill or outside

Crunches: 25 basic, 25 reversal, 25 obliques for each side

Arm Callanetics

Inner Thigh Exercise 25 or until fatigue

Next 15 days

2 times a day:

Leslie Sansone's 4 or 5 mile walk for 1.5 hours or 1.5 hour brisk walk by treadmill or outside

Crunches: 35 basic, 35 reversal, 35 obliques for each side

Arm Callanetics

Inner Thigh Exercise 35 or until fatigue

Last 15 days

2 times a day:

Leslie Sansone's 4 or 5 mile walk for 2 hours or 2 hour brisk walk by treadmill or outside

Crunches: 50 basic, 50 reversal, 50 obliques for each side

Arm Callanetics

Inner Thigh Exercise 50 or until fatigue

As you can see I do want to increase my exercise activity during my last days to ensure that I meet my goal. In this journey my main focus is not really to worry about the lbs, but more so about the inches. During my journey I do not plan to weigh in daily, but weekly. However, I may decide to take pictures and measurements daily. All pictures and journal entries will be posted on my blog to share my story.

To get and keep myself motivated during my journey I will be reading several books daily or listening to audio books. Three authors I personally will be looking into reading are Marc Allen, Les Brown, and Kevin Carroll. These authors will keep me motivated and pushing towards my goals.

My plans for now are to document my Preparation Daily for my journey so that I can get into the habit of writing in my journal daily/every morning and transferring it to this blog. This is my project. Maybe I'll start a maintenance Journey Journal.

Today's journal entries will be long I have a lot of plans to share. Feel free to skip this days entries

2010 Plans

Happy Holidays!!! Being MIA I have constantly thought of losing weight and trying small things every once in a blue moon to try to lose weight. I refuse to quit going after my goals. I have the motivation I need to get started and I refuse to quit until I attain my ideal and goal body. So just to give a quick preview of what I'm looking into doing starting January 2010. I'm not done with my research, but I believe that this will work. I'm gonna take a que from ImpatientDieter from youtube.com (click her name to check her out, she also has a show here). She is very inspirational. I'm going to do a liquid diet in the beginning of the year, but first I'm gonna visit with my doctor next month to make sure that the way in which I wish to change the liquid diet for me will be safe and aid in my weight loss journey. My plan for now is to do the liquid diet for approximately 90 days or less while working out with Power 90. After accomplishing this goal I will reward myself with something really really nice, maybe a new tool or product for my hair. Then I plan to slowly pull myself off of the liquid diet and on to several solid meals during the day while I work out with P90X. The big reward for successfully completing this weight loss journey, because I do believe that I will be at my goal body by June 2010 by doing this starting January 2010, will be a shopping spree. I haven't had a shopping spree in several years and lets face it I will need new clothes. That is the plan. I am so excited I know its gonna work and its gonna be soooooooooooooooooooo easy!!!!!

Body Inspirations

I know these ladies are selling sex, but to aspire to have a body similar to theirs in my opinion is not a bad thing. I think every female has a sexy vixen inside them including my self. Well anyways I just wanted to post some body inspirations for myself of females that are fit with my similar body type. I'm still searching for more inspirations, but to start me off are the ladies Esther Baxter, Meagan Good, Vida Guerra, and Melyssa Ford.

Melyssa Ford

Vida Guerra

Esther Baxter

Meagan Good-> click here (pic was too big to upload into blog)

ZZZzzzzz

Okay so I've been slacking on my posts, but I have been watching what I eat and how much of it. One of the things I haven't incorporated into my eating habit is exercise. Each time I go into this journey I always have no problem with changing my eating habits, but its the exercise to me thats most essential. However, yesterday I got in enough exercise for today as well. I'm sure I walked well over three miles. Which is a lot for someone who doesn't exercise on a regular basis. It made me feel good about myself. An additional plus was that I didn't wake up in the middle of the night like I always do. For the past few months I've been waking up in the middle of the night so it was quite refreshing to wake up feeling well rested.

I had often read that exercise will help you sleep better, but I guess I just didn't know how true that was until last night. My schedule has been crazy with school and work and my SO. Trying to schedule me time around all that is hard, but it has to be done. I still haven't figured everything out and how I want to schedule my exercising, but i have to figure it out soon so that I can get more of the kind of sleep I had last night.

Sugar Feign/ Day Two

So its the second day and I woke up extremely late. Which meant there was no time for exercise which I will most certainly have to do when I get home. So here we go with the daily roll call.

Food Journal
Yesterday's meals:
Lunch - salad - 1 cup romaine lettuce
5 blueberries
6 large croutons
2 tbs feta cheese
2 tbs italian dressing
1 extremely delicious :)

Snack - m&m's - 1/2 a regular size pack

Dinner - shake - 48 grams of gnc chocolate lean shake (delicious)
3 grams of chlorella (it made my shake nasty so i wont do that again)
1 kelp vitamin

yogurt- 1 serving of activia strawberry yogurt

(and this is where I got greedy because I wasn't feeling full and ended up feeling stuffed later)

fish - 1 filet of fried fish
1 tbs of hot sauce

tacos - 2 white corn tortillas
4 oz ground pork
1 packet of taco bell taco sauce
2 tbs sour cream

(Ok I was super stuffed after this and was finished for the rest of the night. I may have had two or three additional cups of water afterwards)

Today's meals thus far:
Breakfast - Orange Juice - 16 oz. (delicious :P)

Snack - Juice - 8 oz. Odwalla Superfood Original ( so far delicious :P)
Chewy protein and fiber bar - 1 whole Kashi Go Lean cookies 'n cream bar

Lunch - Juice - 8 oz. Odwalla Superfood Original (Drinking this juice lets me see why most people mix their Chlorella with apple sauce or some type of juice. I'll get some applesauce today and try eating it that way )
Indian Vegetarian Food - Vegetable Medley, Soup, Rice



Exercise
Yesterday I did get in an additional mile of walking so that was good. I just need to make sure I exercise today.

Sugar Feign
Today I have a super craving for sugar hence the m&m's from yesterday, but I plan to resist those things today. I will let u know how it turns out.