30 day shred!!

I'm Back! 

I have officially started Jillian Michael's 30 day shred! It claims I can lose up to 20 lbs in 30 days! 

We will see how that goes... 

:-)  I'M SUPER EXCITED. 

I DID THE WORK OUT and it was hard and exhausting and it kicked my ass...

But now I'm so excited I want to do it again 

;-) 

hehehe

i just have to do it EVERYDAY!!

Wish me luck :-)

Horrible me.  

I have not posted in a while because I went on a little camping trip... then I had the state fair... Then I started my new job last week and all weekend I have been helping a friend with wedding preparations for her wedding on Saturday!  

Ugh!  I have not been working out :-(  and I haven't been eating as healthy as I would like to be.  

I'm pretty miserable with myself but, tomorrow is a new day and I start graduate school so it seems like a good time to get back into the swing of daily workout and eating veggies!  

Current weight: 235.7 :-/  

Goal to be 230 by end of week!  Must get back on track!! Its been so hard to work out since I started working 40+ hr a week.  Its a whole new exhaustion on my body.  

Goal #2: work my arms out like crazy this week so they are more toned for the dress I want to wear for the Saturday Wedding!

New Job. New School. Whole new me.  

WORKING OUT...

This is me after my work out. I'm sweating literally from head to toe.  

I'm so sweaty I can't even squeeze my arm... it was just slips through my fingers

I almost gave up... I was exhausted... Sides hurting... sweat dripping...

But I kept saying 10 more minutes..  8 more minutes.. 3 more minutes... And I was done!

I hate exercising but I guess it feels pretty damn good. 

What is your favorite exercise?

Day 4.

Yesterday was miserable.  Well, it wasn't totally miserable, but I struggled. 

I started the morning with my Detox, waited 30 minutes and then had a PB & J on whole wheat toast for breakfast along with my energy/metabolism boosting pill.  While I was at work, I ate a NutriGrain bar, realized my energy was starting to dip, and took another dose of the pills. 

The only positive I noticed was that I the Nutrigrain bar seemed to hold off hunger just fine while I was at work since I didn't want to take a lunch break.  When I got home at 3 though, my stomach was being very needy.  I realize it was 3pm but I knew I would be up late with friends and I had nothing else available to be. So I ate another PB &J.  Don't worry, it is organic, good for me Jelly and Low Fat PB. It did the trick for a few hours...

On a side note, I realize how diet pills work now.  They price them so fucking expensively that you can't afford food, which makes you not eat.  UGH.  Hopefully things will get easier when I actually have health food to eat around home.  My Aunt and Uncle are going to Costco today so I made them a list of things to pick up for me...

So we had plans with friends at 730 last night, on the way there my stomach started rumbling and Justin hadn't eaten either so he stops at McDonalds.  Thanks husband. So supportive. 

You will be happy to know that I had a grilled chicken sandwich with no mayo on a whole wheat bun and a side of apple slices that were 35 calories (said so right on the package).  Yes, I ate Carbs again, but its not like I ate a ton and ugghhh.. I'm feeling guilty now.  :-(  Thanks conscience.

I've decided I'm going to spend the morning working out, cleaning, and getting prepped for my interview at 3:30.  Yes, I have an interview for a new job at a bank, full time position, but the most amazing thing is the bank is throwing distance, practically, from my house.  We'll see.  I have no idea how many they are interviewing but I am pretty damn qualified and smart for this small town.

Oh I forgot to tell you the horrible part.  Last night around 10pm I wanted to eat everything in sight.  I didn't. But I wanted to. A friend was even going up to the store to pick up snacks, which made it even harder... But I opted for a few of these little sticks from Costco that are actually made out of veggies.  Surprisingly good and they curbed my appetite.  Thank you, Mimi, for having such delicious, yet healthy snacks at my disposal.

God damn, this is making me hungry.  Oh well, time for breakfast and a workout.  I wish I had eggs... Maybe the roommates upstairs do.. Doubtful, but we will see.  Neighbors have a chicken coop-maybe I'll steal some haha

No, I won't. 

I should probably update my weight, but I've decided its more dramatic when I do that weekly.  

Okay, talk more later.  Goodbye world.

Trial email blog

Does this work? I'm blogging on my phone.

I have a headache and my protein shake is not as tastey anymore.

Ugh. I'm miserable. Hopefully losing weight though.

I hate seeing skinny people. Fuck you.

I want to be hated and skinny.

Okay. Test email over.

Day 2... and no, this wont be an everyday thing.

Hello World.
Well, it is the end of Day 2 and I think about every temptation possible came in front of me.
First it was just something small... a twix.  I happily passed.  Then, I went boating and it was freshly made scotch-er-roo bars.. I sadly passed.  I think a part of me died, but then a strange sense of happiness came over me saying "Yes Danielle, you can do this!" But then, my worst fear.  Everyone in my family wanted Culvers for dinner.  Ugh... I had done so well!...

Well, I am so, so, so, thankful to say I just looked at every single thing on the menu and found one item I could eat.  Plain, "flame broiled chicken sandwich". Absolutely nothing but the chicken. I even passed on french fries when everyone else was eating them.

Go Me.  :-)

As for todays work out, I woke up this morning extremely sore, but I did a 15 minute abdominal routine on my dance video (since that was all I had time for) and tonight I finished with the 30 minute cardio-freestyle. Damn, I was sweating buckets.  There were moments where I wanted to give up but I finished. And it feels so damn good.

I'm not gonna lie, today was a struggle.  But, at least I am not starving like I was last night.

I am hoping to go to costco on Wednesday to stock up on veggies and lean protein.

Time for bed.  I can feel my nighttime metabolic sleep aid kicking in...  keep burning fat, even while sleeping!

Lord, please give me strength and courage to keep going.  It's my first day back to work tomorrow and it will be a whole different world.

 D.

Day 1.

For the past few weeks I have been trying to get the courage to start my weight loss. Today is the day.  I woke up with morning with a new workout dvd in hand, motivation, support... everything I needed to really get my weight under control.  I hate the fact knowing I can only shop at 2 stores I like that carry my size in jeans.  Only two fricken stores. And I want to be able to dance and jump around without jiggling from head to know.  I just want my body to reflect how I feel inside.

So I am losing the weight.  According to a BMI chart, with my height I should be between 164 and 122 lbs to be in the normal weight range. Holy fucking shit. Apparently I have a person hanging on my dragging me down.  Well, now that I know that, my goal weight is 145. It will be a miracle and take a drastic life change, but I can do it.  I think the last time I was 145, I was 15.  By them time I was 18, I was 180 but super strong and active.  Now, at a whopping 22 years of age.... ugh.. here it is. The scale says 139.4. Jesus Christ, give me strength.

Well so I did my new workout video this morning, dancing with the stars, total body tone, and it really was awesome.... 6 hours later and I can feel my abs and back all tight and sore.  Feels good :-)

After my work out I was more motivated so I grabbed the broken tire off my bicycle, went to the store and got it fixed, and then went to NutriShop... left 45 minutes later with an empty wallet but a bag of protein, and 3 things of pills: a detox cleanse, a daytime metabolism boost+energy+fat burn pill, and a nighttime metabolism booster that helps you sleep.

They also have me a meal plan of what to eat, how much, when, and what NOT to eat.  Goodbye french fries :-( Goodbye Carbs after 2pm.  Hello vegetables, its been a long time.

Its going to be a long week.  Pray for me.

First goal: By next Sunday, be down to 230.  (I figure since I'm bigger I might lose weight faster at first... we'll see how that goes)



Here are pics from Day 1.