You Know What Time It Is!

It was a long Summer and Fall.  What have I been up to? Nothing.  I started working part time in retail because it is extremely hard to find a job in what I do, for some reason.  Anywho.

All of the life events discouraged me, stressed me, took away my confidence and I have basically been feeling completely out of control.  Two years ago I was began my fitness journey, today, I could have been at goal weight twice, like seriously.
 

I came into Fall super disappointed with myself…I had been basically making excuses for months.  The eating was… out.of.control.  I’m not a binge eater, I’m a eat what-the-f%ck-I-want eater… I became addicted to the sugar, again,  but because it was lightly sweetened Dark Chocolate I told myself it was ok.  And it is… in moderation…smh.

So, as winter approached I began to feel the lack of control.  I began to see how out of control I was… not just with my fitness but in my life as well.  I don’t like being out of control.

So,  I started making list and creating my version of order one check mark at a time.

Here I am. I’m not going to pick up where I left off. I’m pushing the reset button.  I am beginning a new journey…knowing now what I learned then.  So you won’t read about me pissing and moaning about my past journey.  This right here is fresh off the presses…lol

One thing that remains the same is my goal diggin’ whorebag ways.  I love setting goals. Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly…lol I don’t like resolutions they are propaganda…lol…I need things that I can see and measure, and “Smile more” just doesn’t cut it for me… oop!

I have tried many different ways to track my fitness and fitness goals. I have purchase fitness planners…pointless and I have used spiral notebooks.  It’s important to track your journey…see what your goals are, see what you have eaten and braindump how much the day sucked, how you feel, etc.  I need to be able to customize according to my needs. I like the notebooks but I wanted something that I could throw in my purse.

I use a couple of Midori inserts that I purchased on Amazon, decorated the cover with some scrapbook paper and customized the pages for me and I love them. 

I have one that is for my goals; Yearly, monthly and quarterly and one for fitness, tracking my food, my exercise with a little journaling. Ahhh Peace

I have several personal goals and a few fitness goals

I have a nice Fitness “To-Do” List.  I am going to tackle each one this year…but I don’t want to get overwhelmed by trying to accomplish them all at once.

So here they are:

1.   Lose weight – Year

2.   Complete a Whole30 – Month (yup a Whole30)

3.   Write in blog – Week

Each one of these goals comes with tasks…way too much to share…lol Overall you see what I have going on.

I’m excited about this Whole30…it’s like the ultimate!! I’m at the end of day one and I’m STARVING!! However, I’m so into this I must completely this…Its exciting the possibilities…

Downside… my 40^th birthday is next week and that means no alcohol and no cake, or suffer the consequences of having to start over… boooo!

Do I enjoy my birthday or do I press on through the birthday and remain Whole30 compliant?

I'm joining Jill Conyers with her  Living a Life of Fitness Health & Happiness Link Up!

Just D.

Like the Air I breathe...

Today I'm plagiarizing...lol

 * shrug *

In order for me to stay motivated and get going I first need a bit of Inspiration.
Mr Hamilton @ Get In Shape  Athletics sends a wonder email 2, 3 sometimes 4 times a week.
The email I got today was the boost I needed to keep my mind right and my mental together.

"Step One: Get Focused.
The holidays happened. You ate things from your “never eat these” list, you drank more that you should have, but now it’s over. 

Draw a line in the sand. The bad eating stops now. 

Don’t beat yourself up for falling off the fitness wagon this once. Simply get back up, dust yourself off and get re-focused. Leave the past, and your slip-ups, in the past. 

Step Two: Get Hydrated.
While bad eating can take on many forms, the end result is most often dehydration and water retention. The only way to restore balance is to get hydrated. 

Your first priority in getting back on track is to drink plenty of water throughout your day. Start with a tall glass of water in the morning, and carry a water bottle with you. 

Don’t add artificial sweeteners or stimulants to your water – these will work against your hydration efforts. To add flavor, slice fresh fruit, herbs or vegetables to place in your water, just like at the spa. 

Step Three: Get Picky.
For the next few days I need you to be extra picky about what you eat. Stick with only whole, real foods like fruits, vegetables and some lean meat. Whole, real foods will quickly help to restore balance. 

Don’t eat packaged foods for the next few days. This means saying no to snack foods, processed meat slices, dairy, baked goods and alcohol. 


Step Four: Get Moving.
So you've put an end to the eating madness, you've hydrated and you've eaten only whole foods …it’s now time to sweat it out. 

Lace up your athletic shoes and put on your favorite gym clothes. When you start your workout, ease in slowly. Take the time to warm up and stretch your muscles before powering up to a solid 30-minute exercise routine. "

Who doesn't like this kind of motivation to get back on the good foot and move forward.
I'm a believer in consistency and the past 7 or 8 months i have been horrible at it.  That ends.  I have spent many moments thinking about where I could be now with/in my journey and beating myself up about it...that ends. * shrug * I'm human, I get sidetracked and distracted.  I'm imperfect.
I'm not going to continue to dwell on things that I can't change. That is time gone.
I am focusing on today, tomorrow and beyond.  
Being consistent
Staying focused on my 2015 goals &
Mental discipline

YAAAAY!!!

Today's Link - up crew includes!!!
Open Slather – One Mother Hen
Marvelous in My Monday – Healthy Diva Eats
Manic Monday – On The Daily Express
Mingle Monday – Life of Meg

D.  

December Dump...

Welcome December!!!

Love the month because it's one month closer to my BIRTHDAY! However, I’m not a fan of Christmas….I am all about the Reason for the season, but all those other things…nah

Why?

• I hate shopping
• I loathe spending money on anything that is not a necessity
• Ungrateful folks. (my spoil kiddies...lol)

I love Thanksgiving. All the same food and family without the hassle of gift giving!

So keep the annoyance and aggravation down, that Christmas Holidays bring I decided to combat it with a fitness exercise challenge.

Before I get into that

Let me first document my December Goals:

The Holiday are a lazy, grazing time…Its times like this that I’m glad my boss is a scrooge ( not holiday food, treats or fun in office).  It’s very easy to fall off the wagon between Thanksgiving and New Years…sheesh lawd yes it is…

NOT THIS YEAR!!

With that being said,  I decided I needed a little challenge. Just to keep me going during the season of food and shoveling shit in mouth.  Last year in one of my group on MyFitnessPal, we did a challenge called December 24 Challenge. The purpose was to get moving for at least 24 exercise minutes in the month.

I LOVE IT!

It has not only challenged me physically but it has challenged me to schedule my workouts and get my time together. 

Another wonderful thing about it!  I have an opponent, an adversary, a challenger.  HAHAHAHAHA (evil laugh).

What’s a challenge without a little friendly competition and a TROPHY!! Yup a TROPHY!! Bragging rights and a Victory dance!!!

I have been exercise crazy!!!!

Day 1, December 1^st I was on the treadmill for 1 hour 50 mins…. TF!!!??

I hate the treadmill but *singing* “baby, it’s cold outside’ and I know I can get the walking in if I just get on the dreaded treadmill.

I have been getting up at 5am (every other day) to get at least 30mins in then an hour or more in the evening.

Nothing like a trophy to get my ass motivated…LMAO!!

So here is a little photo dump of how  Week 1 (Dec 1-5) went. The weekend...hmmmm I really wanted to exercise and I'm mad that I missed valuable minutes but my niece and nephew were in town and i just wanted to play with them.

Dec 1

Dec 2

Dec 2

 I couldn't get a pic of Dec 3rd, I don't know how to find them in the Polar watch...lol

Dec 4

Dec 5

 Dec 5th I had a Date with my Sister for her birthday and my bff, so I figured instead of no minutes I would at least do a few. * shrug *

Big Sis in middle...XOXO

Feeling great and motivated by this challenge has put me in the mood to do T25 Alpha again.

I love T25.  Doing it made me feel Strong.  I lost mega inches and was powerful as hell.  It definitely built my exercise confidence.

So I decided to start that on the first day of Winter, which I believe is the 21^st or 22^nd…so soon…sheesh. I'm determined, however, to not let the Holidays jack with my goals.

I want to build endurance and kill FAT!!!!

thank you so much for reading my post today.

I'm and working really hard to schedule more writing time...

Pray for me!

Merry Hump Day!

and Happy Blog Hop and Link Up 

Diatta's Workout Wednesday

D.     

The Life...

Things I do when I’m not doing fitness.

1. I Work.  Monday – Friday, 8am – 5pm…blah 
2. Yell at my kids.  They have some smart ass mouths, so I am CONSTANTLY trying to correct my horrible influence. This lasts from the car ride home til about 15mins after we get home. Total about 45 – 50 minutes and only Mon-Fir.  The weekends we either are all locked in our rooms ignoring each other or I’m in the streets and they are with Nana.
3. Study and I use the term loosely.  I study at work and probably spend about 30-45mins studying when I’m home. No bueno…smh. HOWEVER I have a high “B” almost an “A”…Boom!
4. Drive…to bus stops, to work to after school care, to the store to the trail back from the trail, to another county 2 nights a week and some weekends.  I live in Atlanta and anywhere worth going is 20-30 mins AWAY!!! Ugh.
5. Shop. Ha! Ha! Kidding. I hate shopping.  I do however drop things in my Amazon.com cart; it makes me feel a little better.

My weekends I do NOTHING!!!!!!! I don’t have any friends.  I’m on a tight budget because my daughter turns 16 this Summer and wants to go to dam Disney.

 I don’t party anymore unless it’s a special occasion or my “special” friend wants to go.

So I’m boring.  I have no life.  I enjoy exercising, sex and sleep AND IN THAT ORDER!

My kiddies aren’t social butterflies anymore.  They are cute, smart-mouthed,reclusive teenagers. No more ballet, soccer, cheerleading, basketball L They suck.

But they are just so dam cute!

Look at those faces!

I blog about fitness because, like my kids, it’s a part of who I am.  It gives me purpose, since they only need me for food and a ride. HA!

This week they have been giving tough love to get me out on the trail.

Yelling things at me like “You NEED to walk!”  “Thought you didn’t want to be fat anymore!”, “Just GO!” “If you don’t go you’re gonna be fussing all night!” “It keeps you calm!” “Yeh mommy, you need to chill!”

They are a trip.

This weeks Fitness goals have been ON POINT!!!

I have out done myself on the walking this week

I missed Monday,  it rained and a treadmill is a no go.

Tuesday 8.34 miles

Wednesday 7.04 miles

Thursday 5.31 miles

Friday haven’t gotten there yet!

I am so thrilled that I have gotten my mojo back!

I did some strength training as well. 

Not as much as I wanted, but better some than none.

I did leg stuff on Tuesday and arms on Wednesday.

In other news!!!

I have a new show that I am falling in love with.

COMMUNITY

It is about a diverse group of community college students.  A divorcee, a middle-aged man, a disbarred lawyer, injured high school jock, ex rehab girly nerd, a weird Indian guy and a bitchy feminist. And let me not forget Senor Chang! I LAUGHED OUT LOUD!  Makes my tummy feel tight and good.

Check your local listings.

Next weeks Fitness Goals

1. Exercise Daily
2. Follow strength training plan
3. Meal Prep
4. Do T25 Core Speed or Cardio twice
5. Do a yoga stretch 1 day

Feeling Really great this week!

And my hair is awesome…lol…I need to get my eyebrows waxed. * shrug *

Anywho! I’m linking up with my favorite Friday hops!

Fitness Friday and Five ThingsFriday 

Love me

Just D

What a hump it is...

The weekend was not great as far as movement is concerned. I got my miles in on Friday, which is GREAT because I usually miss that good Friday workout. I got in 2.5 miles.
Then my brother and his babies came to town. The family was here to celebrate my son and my brother's birthdays!!!! YEAH!!!
The brother is my mom's favorite sooooo she cooks. 
Saturday she prepared a good ol' SOUL food dinner.  not southern... SOUL.
I ate the veggies because this gal does not like chicken...ew...not a chicken fan...I only eat it when I HAVE to...which is hardly EVER!!! Oh and I had a small piece of Chocolate Ganache cake. :)
anywho...
Saturday exercise...nah...well wait..nope no exercise.
Sunday Family went out to a Hibachi restaurant!! YEAH
Probably the worse thing about that meal was the Garlic Butter...the bad thing was the white rice.

Monday my baby turned 13!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am officially the parent if 2 teenagers!!! OMG!
It's painful.
A little depressing.
Sad.
I wanna cry.
BLAH!
WE had breakfast lunch and dinner and play tons of video games for tickets.
Good times!
No exercise...unless you count me walking around Dave & Busters for 3 hours bouncing from game to game :)

Yesterday I was back at it!! Hit the trail got in 5+ miles!!!
As always it was a great walk and I ran a little. It was nice.
I one day want to run 3.1 miles...HA!

Therapy Session:


She's crying cuz I'm fat.

I'm tired.  I'm disappointed in myself.  I have worked so hard and all i wanna do in give stop and not care anymore.  It's so much easier to eat a pizza and lay in bed than it is to be disappointed by the scale not moving and the measuring tape being the same.  I am not in a plateau.  I am in that " You can't work out a bad diet" place... I not eating good. 

I'm pretty, but No wann be here

Don't wanna be here again.

Last week I had waaaaay too much bread and rationalized it by saying "oh well your eating it before 2".  Bread bloats me and i know thins and I stillllllllll had a sammich everyday last week.
I even had my meal prepped lunches and still went out and spent MONEY!!!!!
I feel like I have lost control and no slogan or motivational pic is going to help me with that.
The break throu kinda happened today or laaaaaate last night.
I started as 273 POUNDS!! That's almost 300lbs.
I can stand be almost 200 but not 300.
I don't want to go back there. I will not go back there.
I was miserable.  Physically incapable and OBESE!!!!
I refuse to go back to that.
I refuse to not have these great climaxes...lol
Must keep going...
Must keep fighting myself to save myself.



I need an accountability partner and a challenge that is interesting. Yup!

Linking up with my favorite, Liz @ Fitness Blondie, Hump Day Blog Hop!!! ( I need a pic for this)


D.

Follow Through Fitness....

I would like to thank the Friday gods for finally gracing us with today. Thank you!
I'm really happy about all the exercise I have done this week.  I'm also quite proud of myself...yup!

Today is F#ck it Friday, but in a good way!
I don't want to do ish!
I don't even want to write.





Today I dedicated this post to beautiful women and their weightlifting asses...

This Bish here is  B-A-D!!!! I would be her surrogate Like for real...She is damn near perfect.  I'm sure she works uber hard and it's working.  Not too much but just enough.  Hard bodied but not Jim Carey as Vera, bodied.  I'm in love with her and her hair!!!  I'm inspired...to one day be the person that wipes the sweat off her brow. I'm inspired not intimidated because I know that If i work as hard as she had to and does that someone will one day write that about me!

Squat. Lunge. Jumping Jack. Donkey Kick.

 Want a great Booty. Do it. Love it.

I just want a flat stomach, a small waist and a fat ass. :)

Is that too much to ask for?

I want to be able to dress like this ALLLLLL the time.  I want to petition the government to take indecent exposure off the table. I actually have something similar to this that I got from Fredrick's 17years ago that I haven't worn in 16years.  Her boobs are great, her abs are awesome! I'm going to continue to eat clean, set goals, stay focused and not give up! I wouldn't say I train but I do do a lil something something! I'm inspired

The Queen mother herself.  I one day hope to have a trainer that will plant her foot in my ass and then yell  "RUN!" and I say with tear streaming down my face, "how fast!" I love this woman.  She's not curvy but she is sexy as all get out and I'm scared just looking at her! I'm motivated.

This is the movement today.  Walking outdoors is soooooooo different than walking indoors.  At home you can stop give up or do just the minimal.  When your out on the trail you can go a little further and a little further knowing that how ever far you go is how far you have to walk back.  Where I walk has hills and mountains and curves (like me) HA!  I go a little further every day.  WHEW!!! Mah feets hurt, my shins may be splint and my booty is sore as the heezy!! I love the booty soreness. Lets me know I put in WERK!!! I have to get a video of me walking...its funny in my head. I walk fast and I have routines to certain songs on my playlist! It's awesome! The 1 walking buddy I have has to jog to keep up with me....LOVE IT! However, I'm sleepy and tired and my muscles need to get back used to walking outside. Boom!

4/3/14

 

Um who's a proud one? ME! ME! I have been walking my tail off!
I'm happy to say that I am catching up with my goal. I was behind nearly 10miles to stay on track for my #100milesin6weeks challenge! Now I'm 1 mile behind! Happy dance!!!


This weekend I'm not going to be lazy.
I'm going to continue the momentum and keep up with the walking and DO the strength training routine that I came up with.
Sunday I'm going grocery shopping for 2 reasons. 1. Meal Prep and 2. My kids will be on Spring Break and I guess I have to feed them. * shrug *


4/2/14

Next week
STRENGTH TRAINING!!!!!!!!!!
More Walking, maybe a little running O__O
Meal Prep Monday!! My favorite! I'm going to try a veggie lasagna!!
I'm going to try to get ahead of of my miles.
 My goal next week is 20miles minimum.







Its Friday and I'm doing my FAVORITE link ups ... Fitness Friday, Five Things Friday and Follow Through Friday

Tell me your favorite Link ups and Blog Hops!
Have an awesome weekend!

D.

Fab 5 Follow Through Friday...lol...

Alrighty!  I have something to share.  I don't want to call it a confession so, I will call it a realization slash admission.

Hi, I'm D and I did not meal prep this week.
I suck
I have spent bookoo money this week on bullish.  No I have been gorging on McDonald fries and whoppers or chicken wings (yack).

What I have spent my hard earn dollars on this week:
Breakfastses:
Monday or Tuesday I had a Spinach Egg Beater omelet that I made at home
Sunrise Subway Melts loaded (with spinach)
Bacon Egg and Cheese Bagel from Dunkin Donuts
oh and those devil Blueberry Donuts (ugh)

Luncheses:
Spicy Chicken Sammich yup with fries and a Caesar side salad
Veggie Lo Mein
Grilled Caesar salad Zaxbys (I only use one pack of dressing) Zaxby's

Dinners:
Shrimp Tacos
Taco Salad
Turnip greens, okra tomatoes, red beans and rice and mashed potatoes (Monday & Tuesday)

Snacks
Dark Chocolate
Peanut Butter cookie
Devil Blueberry Donuts
Total $80 with a standard deviation of $5 (say huh say what!!!!!)
 I coulda mealprepped for 4 with that!

I'm sharing all this because I can get in denial.  A visual is REAL, DEEP accountability for me.  I can log in My Fitness Pal all day but if I can't find it, I won't log it. *shrug*

Meal Prep is my best friend.
What's really mucked up, I BOUGHT ALL THE STUFF TO MEAL PREP!!!
I had my menu TOGETHER!!!


Breakfast:
Egg muffins w/ spinach and low fat cheddar
Lunch:
garlic shrimp w/ Spinach, zucchini, squash and peppers
Dinner:
Baked Tilapia w/ Spinach, Zucchini, Squash and peppers
Snack: Almonds, Dark Chocolate or Peanut butter

THANK GOD I exercised!!! Praises!
I'm probably having a maintenance week that won't show up til next week...damn me.
I have definitely learned that "Failing to Prepare is Preparing to Fail and this week was a #FAIL
Meal Prep makes such a difference in my life. It kills the confusion and temptation.

I read the most beautiful, tearful inspirational post on Wednesday.  This woman had me in tears.  Find it here @ OperationSkinnyJeans . She just laid it all out on the table and I moved my heart.  I'm not a big emotional girl but she got me together. I'm entering my 2nd year of my lifestyle change and I hit a pothole, my tire busted and I in the process and fixing it so I can keep on going.  He post got me to get the tire out of the trunk. Thanks so much.

Today Starts the "Getting My Shit Together" Goal...lol

5 Things are going to happen, going forward.

1. Return to Meal Prep Mondays
I absolutely LOVE chopping up veggies and post them to Instagram on Mondays.  It was fun and gave me something to look forward to.  I also got lots of ideas from #MealPrepMonday post. So, BOOM back at it!

2. Strength Training (at home)
Last Friday or was it Friday before last... *shrug* I came up with a pretty good strength training routine that I have been putting off doing...don't know why.  I enjoy strength training...LOVE THE BURN and the way my body feels, not to mention the inches it dissolves.

3. Increase my mileage.
I'm doing a Miles Challenge and I have been doing the bare minimum.  ugh...just lazy.  Eve's Curse drains the life out of me.  It's done and now I have to get back to the 4-5miles a day. I'm love walking and I know combined with the strength training the calorie burn will be great!

4. Get my Mental Discipline in check
The mind is weak...well mine has been for a couple weeks.  I need to search my brain for the trigger that has set me back...It's more than Eve.  I have had Eve every month for the year I have been in the journey. There is something more going on in my head. (self sabotage)

5. SLEEP
I hate missing my TV shows and I'm usually in the bed 10:30 -11pm.  I'm going to have to get grandma and hit the sack at like 9:30!!!! I am sleepy! It's important and necessary.  I don't like to HAVE to drink coffee...lol

Simply put...I want it like the air I breathe. 
I'm not lost, just confused. Getting that together to match the goals I have set for ME!
Have a Wonderful weekend you guys.

Check out these Link-Ups, Fitness  Friday,  Follow Through Friday and Five on Friday, they have loads of bloggers.  Did I say I LOVE Link ups.lol...

D.   

Battle in the Garden...

So, Eve's curse has invaded my body this week.
It's soooooo hard to just not lay down and go to sleep all week and DO NOTHING!
Alas, I have not, I will not.  I have miles to walk and fat to burn.
ON TOP OF THAT!
Can you say cravings!
I had a delicious Blueberry Donut today, yesterday and Monday.

Devil Donut

I ain't even mad about it. *shrug*
I am a good girl. I eat 4-5 servings of veggies EVERYDAY! I only have carbs before 2pm and  I meal prep (not this week though)
I enjoyed my donuts.  They may have mucked up calorie count for the day/week, but so what!

The other thing I'm have been enjoying, over the last couple weeks, are link ups.
It's a great opportunity to read blogs I would never have come across and make blog friends!!
I absolutely love Liz @Fitness Blondie! She is gorgeous, funny and has some great stuff on her blog.
She does a Hump Day Blog Hop that I like.  From fitness to pumps, the link ups are great!

Adding to my schedule:
I started a Literature class last week.
African American Literature to be a exact.  It's the last class before I finish with my Associates in Business. YIPPIE!
LOTS OF READING! It's an online class so that means LOTS more writing than I would have to do if I was in a classroom. 
Discussion question after discussion question and comment on your classmates discussion.
I have a HARD time commenting on some of my illiterate classmates posts...ugh...1 typo and I exiting. BLAH! I'm not a grammar expert but I FRICKING PROOFREAD before I post in a LITERATURE class...ugh.

Any who, I'm going to finish out the week with walking.
3-4 miles tonight
the same tomorrow and Friday
The weekend I'm heading to Bama (RollTide!) To celebrate my brothers birthday.  He has a cute little home gym so I'm going to f#ck it up...lol

D.

Fitversary FRIDAY!!!!!!...

I'm not going to make a big deal out of it. I'm just merely going to pat myself on the back for a job well done!

IT'S MY FITVERSARY!! (Awsomeness that it falls on Friday!)

I have gone 1 year with regular exercise and developing healthy eating habits!!!!
1 year setting goal and reaching most of them.
1 year working hard on this belly and this bootay!
 

I won't say that I didn't have a piece of cake or a donut or even a box of girl scout cookies, because I absolutely did.

I fell off the wagon, but not long

I got discouraged. I still do.

I have loads of self doubt but I push through it and work harder.

I loose confidence and sometimes I'm not as consistent as I should be, but then I wake up.

 

270 vs 223!

Things I have learned this year.

1. Thou shalt not covet.
• I spent  a lot of time in the beginning of my journey wondering why I didn't look like this person or why couldn't look like the next.  I was loosing my confidence and I was self loathing because  I didn't believe I could do what some one was doing. NOT anymore.  I now have a fuuuuuull understanding that everyone's journey is COMPLETELY different and that my path will not be the same.  I have to Love D and continued to work hard.
2. Time Limit?
• I thought that I had to "Lose 100lbs in a year". I thought that I had to hurry up and get the weight off to accomplish a certain milestone. NOPE! The end game here, is to be healthy and fit.  As I continue learning and leading a healthy lifestyle,  the weight will come off.  I have been a full-figured beauty all my life...I'm not rushing the process.
3. I CAN DO IT!
• I spent A LOT of time sabotaging myself. "what am I thinking?" "I'm never going to loose this weight" Thinking and believing that I didn't deserve to be healthier. Not to mention that every time I would miss 1 workout or have a brownie I would almost give up.  Instagram helped me  a lot.  Every motivational post seemed to speak to me. Telling me not to stop, to keep pushing, a setback is not the end of the world.  The biggest one Mental Discipline, battling my own NEGATIVE thoughts and dispelling them.  Learned to believe I can accomplish my goals and that I am 100% worth it!
4. Eat This And In that order!
• Food WAS a MAJOR obstacle.  I knew Protein/Veggie/Carb,  but SNACK!! WTF man! Eat 5-6 small meals as opposed to 3 big normal sized meals, say huh say what!? After months of failed food decisions I figured out what worked for me. I know what fills me up, what bloats me, what is BORING and what to avoid!  I know there is more to learn but I'm happy with my results so far!

I am in the middle of my journey and very happy with what I have been doing and sooooo looking forward to what the future holds. 

A year from now I would like to be reporting that I'm a runner. (tuh!)

A year from now I would love to have touched someone's heart and have INSPIRED the hell out of them.

A year from now I'm going to be even stronger than I am now, happier than I am now and healthier than I am now.

 

Yeet!!

 

 PS: CHECK MY NEW BLOG DESIGN!!!!!!!! Hubby Jack is the awesomest!!! Thank you!!!

D.

 

 

Yup! Yup!...

Aaaaaah!!! I have missed blogland!

Shortly after my last post, I dropped to 70% and continued dropping. So much so that I ended up in the ER. IMPACTED!! So finally, Sunday,  after evacuating I began to feel SOOOOOOO much better that I'm proud to say that today I'm at 99.5%. The other .5% is because I'm at work and well...blah!

Needless to say I got no workouts in...ho hum.

Take it to the Head Tuesday is in full effect.

I started a cute challenge 100in6.  I found it on Instagram via Naturally Fit & Fab .

It's all about walking /running/bicycling, whatever, how ever, to get in those miles!

100 miles in 6 weeks. Yup I'm excited about it!

Technically, it started yesterday, but so what, and it runs through April 28th...YEET!!

I love walking!  It makes me feel good! I get to think and meditate and I enjoys the burn! It's the one exercise that I'm a pro at...lol...and since Spring is Coming I'm going to be getting it IN!! We have some GREAT trails and hikes around this good city and as soon as Atlanta decides that it wants to have a consistent season I will be hittin' it! Til then it's Leslie, the dreaded treadmill and I!

I even have set some goals this week so I can  have something POSTIVE and worthwhile for Follow Through Friday...lol

Goals this week (should my body choose to accept):

Monday: Last day to veg

Tuesday: 5miles & Arms

Wednesday: 2Miles AM, 3miles PM & Lower Body & Abs strength training

Thursday: 2miles AM, 4miles PM, Arms

Friday: 2miles AM, 3 miles PM Lower body

Saturday: 5miles Arms & Abs

Sunday: definitely Abs  at least 2miles (I means, it's Sunday)

I created myself a nice strength/body weight training routine and I'm excited about it!

I enjoy the weights I have at home and my kettle bell and I LOVE they way my body responds when I do it and walk.

I love T25 however...I love mah walking MORE! Though I was build strength and endurance doing mah T25 I wasn't loosing like I need to...and I was toooooo tired after Shaun T to do anything else...lol

I need to burn LOTS of calories and burn LOTS of fat!

CHEERS!

I'm glad I'm better and back on my ISH!

D.

Get out my belly....

@ about 85%

Yo!
This has been a rough week for me! I have been sick as a dog since Sunday! 
I don't usually get sick and praise God my kiddies don't usually get sick either.
Sunday, something entered my body and turn it into its' little puppet. 
It felt like something was in my stomach swimming laps and was going for a world record.
I was dizzy, light-headed and nauseous with chills.
I passed out in the bathroom, fell off the toilet and then broke out into a cold sweat.
I tried to go to work...nope
Took a laxative Monday...threw it up.
Haven't eaten, haven't WANTED to eat.  NOTHING IS COMING OUT!!!

It was neither...ugh

Today, on this crappy rainy hump day I woke feeling a little better.  My tummy is no longer distended and flatulence has started.  Good signs.  Hope they lead to a movement.

Needless to say exercise has NOT happened. 
Well, I did walk up the stairs in the house 15 times to try and start a movement.  It was a fairly decent sweat.

I have not taken in any calories so, the not exercising things is not hurting my feelings, just yet.
HOWEVER, I was supposed to start my T25 Beta this week BUUUUUUT due to illness, nope.




So, the goal the rest of this week ...

gotta check the scale...lol

• Walk and do calisthenics. 
• Keep my endurance up as I prep for T25 next week

This weekend is supposed to be really pretty so DEFINITELY going to walk outside.
 I may even take my treadmill outside and walk on it out there! HA!

I'm also trying something new, venturing out to meet new blog friends. Today I'm doing
The Hump Day Blog Hop
 and I have read some good stuff and found some new fitness blogs to follow and people to learn from.

Wish me well...lol

D.

#FTF Yall....

FINALLY FRIDAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!! Today is a great day to post a Follow Through Friday!!
It doesn't matter that the weather sucks here in Atlanta.
It's still FRIDAY!

This week has been  awesome! I have been a goal loving whorebag!
Biggest milestone this week is that it was the LAST week of my T25 Alpha!

This week was broke down a lil something like this:

Monday: Total Body Circuit
Tuesday: Ab Intervals
Wednesday: Total Body Circuit
Thursday: Alpha Cardio
Friday: Total Body Circuit & Lower Focus
Saturday: STATurday
Sunday: Stretch

Last Sunday was the most beautiful day all WINTER!! To celebrate I took a 6.5 mile trek at a trail in a nearby city.  It was WONDERFUL and I burned a ton of Calories!! Boom!

Tuesday, I fulfilled one of my March goals and took a Zumba class! Loads of fun! The class I went to wasn't a huge calorie burner BUT I liked it.

Beyond that I'm all about  this being my last week of T25 Alpha
I have done every workout this week.  I won't say it was painless, it hurt like the heezy!
Fridays consist of a double workout.  Meaning, 2 of the 25min T25's back to back,  At the same dam time. (u get it)  WOOSH!

I rose at 5:11am (cuz I was sleepy and trying to find excuses not to get up when my alarm went off at 5am). Made it down stairs to the exercise room around 5:23pm HA!

My shirt is too adorable!

Sidenote:
Let me say a lil something: THE BURNOUT
This is where Shaun T crams a repeat of the previous session all into one quick session. He expects you to go harder, faster, be MORE focused and give it ALLLLLL you got doing, the best YOU can.  So cute.
Painful! Sad! Painful!
I push through it though. I GETS it done!

Moving on
I did the Total Body Circuit first. Yup still hard but so worth the pain. 
Then came the Lower Focus: squats, lunges, lunge pulses, squat pulses, squat jumps, BURNOUTS and one-legged dead lifts... lower body lower body and MORE lower body.
It wasn't a great calorie burn with the heart rate but instead it's one of those burn calories all day for the rest of EVER kinda workouts.

I didn't stop the Polar, so the calories burned are for both workouts...eh

 My booty is sore and the lower abs that I thought were killed during my 1st and 2nd C-section are fricking SORE!!! How the hell O_o ?!

This weekend my goal is to walk.  I will be at my son's basketball tournament all weekend, so walking is the thing.
Monday I begin my T25 Beta!! I anxious and muy scared WHEW!!
My goal is  I'm going to do another Zumba class this week as well, depending on how Day1 of T25 BETA goes.
While continuing getting up in the AM to get those  AWESOME AM workouts in. :-)

Very happy about about the week I had! *toot* *toot*

D.