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I can’t say that I’m surprised though. I haven’t been sticking to a healthy diet or exercise plan for about 2 weeks now. I feel like all I have been eating is pizza and fast food. I think I went so long avoiding those two things that I kinda went crazy eating it all the time. Tomorrow if I go out to eat….salad or fruit must must must be involved. Speaking of fruit I need to eat more of it. I did not work this hard for this long to just slip back into my unhealthy lifestyle. I have noticed that I’m a little more grouchy than normal too. I’m blaming that on my lack of exercise. So the plan for tomorrow is to wake up early and go workout. Then I’m going to come back home and do my homework. After that…I’m going to the Zoo, and it’s a date =@) How cute is that really? He WANTS to take me to the zoo, his suggestion. Anyway I’m going to limit myself on the number of goodies I’ll eat while I’m there. I can’t just go hog wild at every ice cream stand.

Ok guys, I’m going to make the effort to keep my weight off. I know that weighing 124lbs to a lot of people sounds whiny…and I used to weigh 152. I worked really hard to lose those 32 pounds and I don’t want to gain them back. I liked telling people that I weighed 120…. =@/

So this is the first birthday that I have actually made it to my goal. Well I set the goal when I was 20. The goal was to be a size 7 by my 21st birthday. I’m a size 7 now..but I can actually fit into size 5 jeans too. For the record I’m 23. And no I didn’t make it to my goal last year..although I was closer than I was when I turned 21. When I was 21 I was an 11, when I was 22 I was a 9 and now at 23 I am a 7/5. So it was a happy birthday for I always think of that conversation I had with my sister on our birthday. We decided that we wanted to be size 7 by our 21st birthdays, and we were going to go buy new jeans. She is my twin sister btw so our birthday falls on the same day, June 3rd.

In short I am glad to have made it to my goal..so the next one? How about competing in a triathlon by my 24th birthday? Or maybe at least a marathon of some sort.

I hope everyone else enjoyed June 3rd as much as I did! With the exception of those living in the Southwest Ohio, Southeast Indiana, and Northwest Kentucky region who had tornadoes and stormy weather all day. Of Course I was one of those people and it didn’t put too much of a damper on my day. (No Pun Intended). =@)

So, I do kick boxing, running, and step aerobics. I went out bowling with my friends last night, and played a terrible two games. Terrible because I am just a terrible bowler. This morning I woke up so sore it was unreal. Climbing up the stairs to work this morning was incredibly difficult. Everyone at work was like: “what did you run 12 miles or something?” my response was “no, i went bowling last night”.  I can’t believe that bowling kicked my ass. Speaking of which it’s still sore.  lol…oh the madness.

So I have lost another 2 pounds! It feels great, let me tell ya. I can’t believe I used to look at the scale and it would say 150…now it says 121..! I amaze myself to have worked this hard. Who knew that eating right and regular exercise would result in weight loss? Well I guess everyone knows but when you put it to the test the results rock!

Everyone have a fabulous Monday! I’m off to buy jeans that fit!! =@D

Yeah if your a guy and don’t want to hear about ‘female things’ I suggest you skip this post. Otherwise any advise/knowledge from my female friends would be much appreciated.

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The situation:

So I have been working out about 2-3 times a week. It’s usually cardio with some weight training. My job has recently become a little more active. In other words my daily life has up-ed  in used energy alot. I’m constantly running around my store (I work at IKEA, they are kinda big) and I am the ultimate exhausted. I mean while I’m driving home I barley have energy to turn the steering wheel. So when I go to do my workout at the gym or at home I can’t do much. I am still attempting to do my normal exercises but the most I can do sometimes is weight training.

I think that all of this new activity has affected my period. I used to be on the heavier side for about 4 days but now I’m heavy for 2 days and I’m light for the next 5…yeah a week long period is not fun. This is the second month this has happened.

SO I guess what I’m trying to ask is, should I take down my level of exercise? Maybe stop doing so much cardio, I mean 2 times a week is not that much now. Or do we think this is maybe because I am finally at a stable non-varying weight? I haven’t lost a significant amount of weight in a short amount of time. It took me like 2 years to get where I am.  I don’t know…but I am looking for insight.

Thanks ladies!

I don’t have a lot of time to write but I just wanted to post and say that I have lost 1.5 inches off of my gut! Nothing else has changed…just the belly fat.

So I went to my workout class this morning despite the fact I had very little sleep. I’m never doing that again. I mean it too, it was so hard to get through my step aerobics class. I really could have used a good nights sleep, but I didn’t go to bed until 12:30am! (My class is at 6am).  So I went to class and tried to give it my all, then I went to the hot tub, and then I showered. When I got home at 8 I just crashed on the couch until noon. I feel like a bum. I want to get laundry and cleaning done. But I also want to hang out and do St. Patty’s day stuff. BLARG! Okay well nothing is going to get done if I stay on here.

So on a positive note: I have a new haircut and highlights. lol.

So I’ve been going to my exercise classes twice a week and I’ve been walking on my own over the weekends so I get exercise three days a week but the scale hasn’t budged. So I checked my measurements and they haven’t changed at all. Am I doing something wrong? I mean I’m giving it my all in my classes, I’m eating good, I’m the model for good weight loss yet the scale won’t move. I’m forever to be destined to look like this.

I know there is still weight to be lost. If I still jiggle when I walk I can still tone up more. Where I carry my extra weight is right in front of my abs. So it looks like I’m pregnant. Now I don’t look that far along but it’s what it looks like.

So to resolve this problem I’m going back on a super strict diet and exercise plan. (well it’s not that strict). I had lost a good bit of weight/toned up while doing it so I’m going to do it again. I call it the 70 day plan. More details to come later right now I have errands to run and a plan to go into action! *Flies away like superman*

So I’ve decided to not weigh myself for 90 days! ahh! But it’s because I’m starting a more intense workout and the scale is going to go up. My friend Jorie said that it’s going to take about 90 days for my water and muscle weight to settle down. So I don’t want to get on the scale after working out really hard and seeing it say 5 pounds heavier.

I’m only going to measure my progress by inches. I’m thinking that I’m only going to measure once a month. So I have my measurements for this month already and when I look at them they are kinda surprising, like my hips and belly (the ‘pooch’ as some call it) are both 36 inches. I would like to make them both 34.  My only concern is how healthy of a goal is it to loose 2 inches within 3 months?

Well I’m not going to kill myself to reach that goal, I’m just going to go to my step aerobics class, and my kickboxing class and continue with my running/jogging every week and see what happens. What have I got to loose? Well other than weight? =@)

So I was feeling down for not being good with my goals but I am better now. I lost 2 pounds! Now I only need to loose 3 more and I’ll be back where I started. I’m hoping to meet my Mini Goal by mid-March. I think I should be able to loose 5 pounds in about a month. =@) All I need to do is stick with eating healthy foods and keep on track with my walking and weight training.  I think for my final goal I’m still on track. If I get to 120 pounds by March 15, losing 11 more pounds shouldn’t be too difficult within 3.5 months. Even if I don’t make it to 111, if I keep up with the healthy food and exercise I should look damn sexy for bikini weather! Man I would have never thought I would be excited for bikini season. yay!! Well I’m off to eat my Special K Chocolaty Delight! MmMmMmMm…..it is soo good.