Day 49 - I wanna celebrate and live my life

This is my song of the day

Today I did 5 sets of 20 jumping jacks and 2 sets of 7 push ups! In January I couldn't do any of that!! In 4 short months I am seeing such a change in my attitude, my endurance and my clothes! Its really so hard for me to believe it's this simple.

You just have to push yourself a little bit at a time, THERE'S NO EXCUSE. Just get your ass up and do something for 30 minutes a day, WALK, jog in place, jumping jacks. I started out "sweatin to the oldies" because that's all I could do. Now I'm keeping up with that evil b!tch Jillian Michaels... is it just me? or does her voice get on your nerves too?? I have to mute the b!tch and put on music.

I did my work out before Anthony was even awake




I swear I just sweat buckets!!! Maybe this is how the fat is leaving my body...LOL 





I took a shower, got Anthony up, fed Alex, got Anthony ready for school then off I went for my weight in with my #1 fan Alexander. I was hoping for a good number, not an AMAZING ONE!!!! down 4.5 pounds in one week!!!!!!!! This is my best EVER! I thought 4.5 in two weeks was good.

Now I can't get too cocky, because that will just make me screw up. Plus I know I have weeks where nothing changes. But as along as I drink my water with my 3 lemon limit, work out every day, I will see my body change. Sometimes it won't be about the number on the scale but how much I can do physically.

I'm making a list of things I want to be able to do

• push ups - getting there
• sit ups
• climb a rock wall
• hang from the monkey bars
• move hand over hand from bar to bar on the monkey bars
• RUN - started running a little while walking with Twiggy
• do the crazy sparta race with Cheryl-  in 2014 sister not next year!
• and I want to hike in Zion National Park and see The Subway
  

I am hearing the Rocky Theme in my head a lot as I push to reach these physical goals. As far as the number on the scale goes, I can't believe how much it's moving down. I think I'm going to reach the goal I wanted for the YEAR by the end of July.

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Day 17 - Cheryl is crazy!

I've mentioned Cheryl several times in my blog because she's the only one I know who lost a lot of weight without having a gastric bypass or lap band. There is nothing wrong with taking that path, but I knew it wasn't for me.

Two acquaintances I know had the surgery. One of them would go to Mc Donald's drive thru and get his normal 3 or 4 cheeseburgers eat them, then be so sick he would have to pull over and get sick. I saw him about a year after his surgery and he looked GREAT, I saw him 2 years ago and was shocked that he was bigger than what he was before he had the surgery! Guess those Mc Donald's got to him!

The other had the surgery I think within the last year.. because I don't really know this one very well. And every time I hear about her, she's sick OR I'm hearing where she went to dinner. WTF? really? This is how you treat your body after his surgery? Then I heard she said she's been having problems since the surgery... OF COURSE SHE IS!! Put down the donut and get your @$$ and work out!!!!

There are several more people I know who had it done. They continue to watch what they eat. I guess the point is it's all about changing your life!

When I read what you have to do BEFORE the surgery and how you have to maintain your life AFTER the surgery, I wondered to myself, if I did all that and followed the diet and worked out every day, why did I need the surgery???

I guess the answer is what works for you. The Center for Medical Weight Loss is not for everyone. Most people are surprised by the price. Others don't want to be on a liquid diet. You have to find what food plan works for you. THIS WORKS FOR ME!!

I will stick with this plan and work on learning how to eat the correct foods that give my body fluid and not just eat to eat. I will learn that I CAN have chocolate cake in moderation. And exercise needs to be a part of daily life!

Now back to Cheryl....that CRAZY B!T(H IS DOING THIS:

If that doesn't work for you view it here

Now she's planted the seed in my head and I must kill her! All I wanted to do was be able to run and the two of us go run in Philly and up the stairs of the museum like in Rocky.. but NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO She wants to push my fat @$$ to do this crazy thing!!

It does have me thinking, so we'll see. Last year I started out doing Richard Simmons and this year I'm working out to that evil woman Jillian Micheals almost every day.. but not today!! I'm doing Debbie Sieber's Slim in 6 today.

So here I am.. game face on. I got a late start because I was visiting my friend Denise but if you thought I would miss a day YOU ARE CRAZY!


Here's my #1 fan


Done with my workout and I'm WHAT? - Sweating like a pig! How come those people on the videos don't look like pigs???


I wanted to do level 2 of Debbie Sieber's Slim in 6 but I couldn't find my resistance bands, so I did level one holding my weights the whole time. Hopefully I can locate them tonight and do level 2 tomorrow.

Time to do something fun, like fold laundry. If I'm lucky I'll do some scrapping, our big Amazing Digital Scrap Race at ndisb.com is coming up...which still sounds a whole lot better than Cheryl's spartan race

If you're following me, I hope you start to make your own plans and get up off your fat @$$ and work out

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Day 16 - Something's Happening

I noticed muscles and some definition starting in my arms. Can you see that little bump?... don't laugh at my little muscle either! One day SOON I'll be strong enough to knock your lights out for laughing :-P


Weekend are normally harder to work out because the family demands a lot from me. But my new attitude is GET THE H-E- DOUBLE HOCKEY STICKS out of my way! This change I'm doing is a lifestyle, not just a diet and work out plan. I have to do this ALWAYS so the sooner everyone gets used to mommy working out the better off everyone will be.

My 4 year old is currently watching Star Wars - my favorite movie of all times And YES it's Star Wars... I went to the movies to see STAR WARS not A New Hope when I was a kid!...wait, where was I? oh yeah.... currently my 4 year old is in the living room on the big TV, little does he know I will be stopping the movie shortly to do my work out. May the force be with me, when I tell him.

Cheryl seemed to like my Rocky video yesterday. Running is a big goal of mine. I think it would be amazing to do that run. Here it is again Cheryl.


Today after my workout we need to go food shopping and tonight we will take Anthony to the Chinese Buffet where I will eat salad and peel n eat shrimp. Those baby shrimp are only 5 calories each. Of course I'll only have my 3 lemon limit ..(I told you before it's an inside joke)

Time to get started with that evil witch Jillian. Here I am before


After ... sweating like a - say it with me - PIG


I am not going to lie to you. This is HARD!! VERY HARD. My muscles are screaming, I feel tired after. And since I've been pushing myself every day I am not getting that burst of energy I was getting when I worked out only 3 times a week. I have to get past this point of my body being sore from all the different muscles being used and I bet that energy comes back.

I AM thinking a lot clearer! My mind isn't racing like it used to, it's sticking to one topic staying focused doing a task and moving on. PLUS I am getting to sleep at night.. well as long as Alexander's heart and lung monitor doesn't go off.

I need a break from Ms. Michaels tomorrow I'll be working out with Ms. Siebers. I have to keep mixing up the work outs so I work out different muscle groups and give the ones that are burning a break... there's that word again burn, BURN = SUNBURN = SUMMER = CONVENTION

Tomorrow's another day... see you right back here
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Day 15 - You just gotta ignite the light and let it shine

I am feeling on great, thrilled, confident and strong!!!!!!! Down 3.5 this week!!!


I am 2.5 pounds away from right where I was last year at my lowest weight before I went to the doctor for blood work to confirm I was pregnant.

For those of you in the cheap seats, I started this diet with The Center for Medical Weight Loss on June 22, 2010. It took me 9 months to lose 40lbs! My last weigh in was Friday April 1. On April 6 my blood work came came confirming what I already knew, I was in fact pregnant again and had to stop the diet.

My pregnancy with Alexander is another story, but the whole time I was dying to get back on the diet. I HATED seeing the scale go up and Up and UP! I gave birth to him on Nov 3, 2011 and was 67 pounds from my weigh in on April 1, 2011

I came home from the hospital about 15 pounds less and continued to drop the water weight (I was super swollen)and had off 37.5 pounds by Christmas! Leaving my big fat ass up 29.5 when I started this diet again on Dec 30, 2011!

Look at what I am accomplishing with my new THIS IS FOR ME attitude!! In 3 months I have almost all the weight back off!!! This week I need to PUSH! I need a bigger cheering section! So lets here it for my big fat ass!!

I don't need the saboteur to be proud of me. I am proud of me. These two beautiful boys of mine hopefully will never remember mommy was fat! And all of us will have a healthy lifestyle.


I drove home listening to my theme song with a smile on my face and signing at the top of my lungs!


Came in the door and CELEBRATED by doing Jillian Michaels 30 day Shred


and after my work out, I'm what?? sweating like a pig!!! oink oink

One day SOON I am going to grab Cheryl and anyone else who wants to join us and we are going to do this.. right Cheryl??

Tomorrow I will be right back here working out on Day 16. So all of you saying "I have to start working out and dieting" GET UP!!!!!!!!! GET UP! GET UP! GET UP! Stop giving yourself excuses and just do it!!!!

My biggest problem right now is... I don't have a THING to wear :-) and it's not because everything is tight!

See you tomorrow
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Day 11 - 5 years ago today...

Five years ago today I put down my pack of cigarettes, walked out the door, went to work determined never to smoke again as if my life depended on it. - no gum, no patch, no drugs, just cold turkey and lots of water!

Here I am 5 years later with that same determination as if my life depended on it..pushing myself, working out, eating better and lots of water!



I have to keep pushing myself and reminding myself all the reasons I'm doing this.

For my girlfriend Cheryl, who's been an inspiration to me, who's getting ready for a race...move it girlfriend you can do it.

I found this picture on Cheryl's FB page shared from Tiger Schulmann's Mma Middletown. - Body scan of 250 pound woman and 120 pound woman.



Here I am ready to work out today to Jillian Micheals No More Trouble Zones



here I am sweating like a pig again...do pigs sweat? can someone answer that?



and now all showered and looking nice, too bad I don't have a date :-)

I took my boys to the mall to see the Easter Bunny. My older one ran out the door when we were leaving, my mom can't run because of her knees but I took off pushing the stroller and nearly ran over my mom because she didn't get out of the way.. and GUESS WHAT?? I wasn't out of breath!! The brat finally stopped running.

I am hoping to get to the Clifton Lane Bryant tonight to buy my dress in a size 20 and 18, but since I can't take Alex on the highway with his heart monitor I have to wait until someone can watch him. So if I don't get there tonight, I'll go tomorrow.

I'm feeling really good and believe I'll get into that 18 BECAUSE today when I put on my favorite jeans they were falling off me.



They are too big around the waste and legs. I don't know if you can really tell from the above picture, but trust me. Last month they fit me perfectly, today not at all.

I am so happy, but since they were my first jeans in years with a button and zipper I will not just give them away. I think I'll cut them and make a scrap page out of them.

Day 12 here I come!

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