Hump Day

Well it's HUMP DAY!  Almost made it through the week.  Things have gone ok so far this week.  I have been really slack with eating my five small daily meals.  This past weekend was the  best weekend imaginable!  My daughter was with her Auntie and Mommy and Daddy got to spend some much needed QT together.  With that said though, I didn't do all that great with the eating.  We went to the movies and I ate soooo much popcorn until it was unreal.  But I've been back on track this week.  I have to go back to the doctor next week to see how much weight I've lost.  I'm hoping to have great results so I'm trying to behave as much as possible.  I have noticed that my clothes are getting to be way too big in the waist so thats a great thing.  If I could lose some of these POWER thighs I would really be rating though!!   

What a week!

Sleep Deprived, Nappy Head and PMS.....What a great combination huh?

Well first my daughter has had the worst cold for about a week and a half.  It is really making life miserable for our household.  She has been waking up at least 4 time a night every night since Sunday!!  All I want to do is crawl somewhere and sleep for a DAY!!  It didn't help matters at all when on Tuesday I feel the ever so annoying, initial throbbing pain of the most miserable days of the month.......TOM.   And boy oh boy what fun I'm having!!!  And Then.......................My hairstylist was in the hospital for most of last week.  So on top of all my other miseries, my head feels(and looks)like a brillo pad!!!  Does it get any worse.  Anyway, woe is me, and I'm finished complaining.  I have not weighed in yet.  Hopefully I will get to this weekend.  Things have been a little shady this week but I've been good for the most part.  I'm starting Hip-Hop abs next week also.  I've heard that it's super hard and that's coming from my friend who weighs a buck o five soaking wet.  So I'll see how that goes.  Anyway, it's the weekend Baby! Hope everyone has a great one!

12 lbs down!!!

12 lbs down!!  Woo Hoo!!!  I'm proud of ME!!  I probably would have lost more had I not eaten those 2 bunless hotdogs w/ slaw and chili....lol  Oh well you win some lose some!!  I'm making progress and here's to staying motivated!!!   Yeah ME

In the Right Direction!!!

Hallelujah!!!  The scale is going down!!!  It's so good to see that all my hard work has not been in VAIN!  I have lost 9lbs in about 2 weeks!  I feel so motivated today to continue on this journey.  My goal is to start a CONSISTENT workout plan!  My friend is giving me a copy of the Hip Hop Abs so maybe I will try that for a while.  It has been 100 degrees here for the past few days and I'm not trying to be out in that heat!  So here's to me and to keeping the skill moving in the right direction!!!

Self Esteem

Why is it that people believe that just because you are overweight that you have to have low self esteem?  I was told this past weekend that I had a "spirit of low self esteem".  Obviously, the crazo that said this know's absolutely nothing about ME!  I came to the conclusion that ppl just believe that if you don't look a certain way then you must have a bad self image.............IDK, anyone who can shed light on that, feel free!  So I am making it my goal to let every woman on EP know that...............You are beautiful, no matter what anyone else thinks about you....................You have to know for yourself that you are who God made you to be, accept it and STRUT YO STUFF!!!!  Make the most of everyday!  If there is something about yourself that needs to be changed......determine within yourself that you are gonna change it for YOU and not because of outside influences!  Enjoy the rest of your day!

WOW!!!

OK, so I went to the Doctor yesterday and got on the scale!  WOW is all I can say.  I knew I was still carrying around some baby weight but OMG!!  I can't believe I'm right back to where I started.....OH, AND DON'T FORGET THE .5 PART!  I gotta do it!  This weight is killing me and my Daughter is wearing me out!  So now I'm back in full force and this time is for real.  Had to do the Birth Control thing b/c I refuse to get prego this time!  My mini goal is to be able to wear some of all these nice clothes in my closet without them feeling like they were painted on!!  LOL!  In the end though, hopefully they will be GOODWILL Bound!  

Finally Back!!

OK, I've been gone from EP for way too long!!  I got pregnant last year in July and I fell completely off the wagon.  I was doing great before that time but now I have even further to go to get back on track.  I gained so much weight with my baby girl!!  I am very excited that she is in my life but now I have even more reason to lose the weight.  I look down the road and think about my baby's future.  I can barely keep up with her now and she is just 7 months.  I want to be able to run and play in the yard with her and do all the fun stuff that Mommies should be able to do with thier babies!  So I'm back on track.   This site gives me such great encouragement so I plan to use it as a tool.  My eating habits are worse than ever so it's gonna be a difficult road. However,  I'm motivated and hoping to stay that way. 

Out of the 20's Baby!!!

Hey Hey Hey, just barely but whatever works!!!!  I am officially out of the 20's range!!!  If I breathe hard I will be right back into the 20's but I'm planning to work my butt off to make sure I don't ever see that number again.  These past weeks have been such a struggle for me.  I felt like I had completely fell off the wagon.  I haven't been to walk since about last Wed. and it is making me crazy.  I can't allow myself to slip back into not working out.  Once I'm off a routine, it's so hard for me to get back on track.  So I need to get back to working out right away.  I have even slacked off on drinking my water!!  I don't drink soda still but I haven't been drinking enough water during the day.  My body

Hey Now!!!

I'm down a total of 23 lbs this week.  I'm so excited!!!  I have not been as focused as I should be, and was off track for a few days during the last week.  But I made sure I was doing my exercise no matter what.  I was thinking the other day about how different my body feels just with losing 20 lbs.  I can definitely tell the difference in my body and my energy levels have most definitely improved.  I'm officially giving up the water aerobics.  I went last Tuesday and was sick for the rest of the night!!!  I'll stick to the walking, it suits me better.  To anyone who is not a believer.....Water is your friend.  I have found that when my body is properly hydrated, I do much better in general.  Sometimes my body will feel hungry and I drink water and it cures the hunger pangs.  I read once on a website that your body will sometimes react as if needs food when it really just needs water.  I'm a firm believer in that now that I have seen it first hand.  Well better get back to work.  will post later....have a great day.

I'm still holding on!!

It's been a while since I posted last....I'm still hanging in there!!!  I have begun studying for the Series 7 brokers exam and it is kicking my butt!!!  Somedays I feel like the book is written in French!!  Most of my day consist of studying but I'm making sure that I don't turn to food during this stressful time in my life.  I'm still working out at the YMCA 3 times a week...two days out of the 3 I am doing water aerobics and one day I walk for about 30 mins.  I have lost another 4.5lbs since my last weigh-in and am estatic to say the least!!!  I'm looking forward to meeting my 50lb mini goal by October.  You should see me strutting around all over the place thinking I am Da' Bomb!!!  Hey if I don't think it......who else will(besides my Husband and Mama...haha)!!!  I'm definitely gonna do better with my postings because when I was on this site on a regular basis I was very motivated and encouraged.  So I have to do better.  Well almost 4:30 time to go home.  I will post later since I will weigh in today.