Okay... So... I hated the Jillian Michael's DVD. HATED it. I definitely think you could get results from it, but... I like feeling the burn after a workout. That good kind of sore where your muscles are just working away. With that DVD, I didn't feel the burn. I would sweat and ache. It made my body just hurt. I actually stuck to it for a little while and wasn't seeing any results, other than losing 2 pounds. To me, it was just hell. Not fun, and just painful.
So I decided to give Pilates a try. Oh my god, you guys, Pilates is AMAZING. You feel the burn, and it's so soothing. 40 minutes of Pilates and it feels like it's only be 10. I enjoy it, I look forward to it, and I am actually a little sad when it's over. I do it every single day. The BEST workouts I have ever done. I never understood how people could tone up and lose weight with "slow" workouts like Yoga and Pilates. But after that first session, I knew it was more than possible.. it was inevitable. I started Pilates 10 days ago, and have done it 9 out of those 10 days.
I'm still doing the shakes, and eating healthier at home. I make a lot of veggies and chicken (Haha) and I'm very obsessed with cashews and FiberOne anything. Those FiberOne granola bars are the best and their brownies are perfect for when I'm just craving some chocolate. And with them only being 90 calories, you can't go wrong.
My favorite foods this month:
Snacks:
FiberOne Bars
FiberOne Brownies
Bananas
Cuties Oranges
Cashews
SunChips
Meals:
Home-made Asian Stir Fry (Steak, Chicken, Rice, White Corn, Carrots, Squash, Zuccini)
Grilled Chicken with Salad and Corn on the Cob
Grilled Steak with Baked Potatoes and Broccoli
YUM YUM YUM :)
I actually gained back 4 pounds of the 9 I had lost, then lost 2 .. and now I've lost the other 2. So I'm still at only 9 lost. But I've lost 2" around my waist, 2.25" around my hips and 1.5" around my chest. Yay! AND... goodbye sizes 14-16! I bought a pair of ridiculously cobalt blue jeans in a 12! That's not anywhere near the size I want to be but hey.. we all start somewhere! ;)
60 more by December!! Let's do this! :)
Erin
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Weight/Diet Update!!
The Visalus shakes are still delicious. I'm actually shocked I have been sticking to it so well. Now if only I could stick to my exercise as well. I have lost 9lbs, and lost 2" around my waist! YAY!!!!!
I got bored with the eliptical and with walks and jogs in our neighborhood so... I'm starting Jillian Michael's Extreme Shred & Shed DVD. We'll see how that goes. I've never used any of her workout DVD's before and my first attempt at it I only made it 15 minutes in. It's a 45 min workout. Kind of a fail, but that sh!t is hard!!!
I find that it's harder to stick with a workout that bores your or that you just absolutely hate so I'm hoping this doesn't become one of those workouts. We'll see. I'm working my way up to finishing the entire 45 minutes and then I will tackle the second and harder workout on the DVD.
50-60lbs to go by December!
Erin
I got bored with the eliptical and with walks and jogs in our neighborhood so... I'm starting Jillian Michael's Extreme Shred & Shed DVD. We'll see how that goes. I've never used any of her workout DVD's before and my first attempt at it I only made it 15 minutes in. It's a 45 min workout. Kind of a fail, but that sh!t is hard!!!
I find that it's harder to stick with a workout that bores your or that you just absolutely hate so I'm hoping this doesn't become one of those workouts. We'll see. I'm working my way up to finishing the entire 45 minutes and then I will tackle the second and harder workout on the DVD.
50-60lbs to go by December!
Erin
Monday, March 12, 2012
Getting in Shape!
So.. in the complete randomness that is my blog... I have decided to start posting about getting into shape. It's not going to be easy but, I will make it happen! I have already decided that 2012 will be my year for changes, so... it's time to start changing.
A little background... I've never been "skinny". I've always had curves, and the smallest I have ever been (in my teen/adult years) was a size 3/4. At 5'0", that's not really "skinny". The biggest I have ever been was a size 15/16. That's a pretty big difference on anyone but especially someone so short. More often than not, I'm around 6-9 in pants and dresses. Which was fine with me, I knew that most of it was my huge hips and Kardashian style body. HAHA! I've always had a big butt and boobs ever since I hit puberty, but my waist was always small and my arms and legs were small to average. My senior year, I graduated high school wearing 8's and 9's. By that Christmas, I was wearing 6's and 7's, and got down to a 5 without even doing anything different. After a few years, I was back around a size 8, wearing mediums and smalls on shirts and pants. Still no biggie to me. Then right before my wedding, I gained 10 pounds. From stress I guess. 10lbs on someone this short, looks like 20! After our wedding, the weight started coming off no problem. By that summer, I was down to a 6 again. I was so happy. But of course, over time with random eating and exercise habits... I got back up to 9 and stayed there until late summer/early fall of 2010. In September I was a size 12. The biggest I had been in YEARS. With Halloween coming up, I did NOT want to buy a bigger costume.
That October, I started the QuickTrim 14 Day Cleanse. I will be completely honest here, the first 2 days.. you will mostly be on the toliet and it will make you feel raw. BUT, after that the other 12 are not so bad. I had an odd experience with that cleanse. I lost two pants sizes, but gained two cup sizes in my bra. Which, to be honest, was pretty freakin' cool. I was back down to an 8/9 and I kept eating healthier and working out for two weeks after that and was down to a 6/7 again. I yoyo a lot I guess. On Christmas, I was wearing size 6 black skinnies and felt sooooooo sexy. I was curvy, but healthy. I actually had an entire bloodwork and all physical check up that month and was in the perfect range on every single thing. They said I had some of the best results they had ever seen. So.. that was awesome.
2011-Well, after the holidays.. and the eating, drinking and laziness--I was back to a 9. Ugh. Then my bestest friend in the entire world moved away, and things were getting stressful at home and with my family... and at work.. and before I knew it, I was in a 14 by June! I was mortified and digusted with myself. I know that sounds petty and vain, but I just couldn't believe that 6 months prior, I was the healthiest and most confident in my life and I was angry I had let myself go to that point. My neighbor (Amanda) and I decided to start working out and drinking way more water. We started out doing 1 hour of the eliptical, and alternating either weight lifting or core exercises and ab stuff about 3-4 times a week. Before long we were doing 30 min eliptical, 30 minutes weight, 30 min eliptical, 30 minutes abs ..2 hour workouts EVERY night. We MIGHT have taken 1 day off a week. But we were both seeing such good results. From June to August, I lost 20 lbs. Yay me right? Well, it didn't last long.
In November, my kitchen decided to die on me. Our stove top and the oven quit working properly, the dishwasher stopped working and the microwave died as well. We rent, so ...it's not our responsibility to pick up the bill on that. Well... those were not replaced until the end of February. So not only did I gain the "holiday weight", but I also gained tons of weight from having to eat out constantly. Brandon and I both gained. By February I was at my heaviest and biggest size of my life. 16. I was so mad, and for the first time in my life, I had a belly. I have never felt so bad about myself and my self esteem was just shattered. When none of my pants fit and I had to wear sweats and go shopping... and 10s, 12s, and 14s wouldn't fit--I just burst into tears. When I put on the 16s, I was miserable. Not even happy to have pants that fit because I couldn't get past the size. then ...probably the lowest point in my self image EVER: a stretchmark on my stomach. WHAT THE #@$%!?!?!? I have had to deal with stretchmarks on my hips, my boobs, thighs... but NEVER on my stomach. I went beyond disliking or hating myself into pure loathing.
Well, in February I decided to change that. I have started the Body by Vi 90 Day Challenge. It's from the company Visalus and it's shakes. You replace two meals a day with shakes. OMG are they yummy! They smell like cake batter and taste kind of like it. My favorite way to have shakes is with no sugar hot chocolate mix and/or bananas. I've started doing the eliptical again, but it's harder without my workout buddy. I'm hoping I can get back to where I was and with dieting and exercise get down to a 4. I want to get down to wearing my old clothes and stay a size 4 for an entire year and then stay that size for as long as I possibly can. That's my goal. Let's hope these shakes help. They're super healthy and really amazing for your body, so even just that alone will make me healthier.
Don't get me wrong, I want to be "skinny", but I want to be healthy more. Also, I want to be sexy for my husband. I mean, I know he'll love me no matter what, but I know he's happier when I'm happy with myself and that he's more attracted to me when I'm feeling confident.
The goal... lose 60-70lbs by December. Can I do it? Hell yes.
A little background... I've never been "skinny". I've always had curves, and the smallest I have ever been (in my teen/adult years) was a size 3/4. At 5'0", that's not really "skinny". The biggest I have ever been was a size 15/16. That's a pretty big difference on anyone but especially someone so short. More often than not, I'm around 6-9 in pants and dresses. Which was fine with me, I knew that most of it was my huge hips and Kardashian style body. HAHA! I've always had a big butt and boobs ever since I hit puberty, but my waist was always small and my arms and legs were small to average. My senior year, I graduated high school wearing 8's and 9's. By that Christmas, I was wearing 6's and 7's, and got down to a 5 without even doing anything different. After a few years, I was back around a size 8, wearing mediums and smalls on shirts and pants. Still no biggie to me. Then right before my wedding, I gained 10 pounds. From stress I guess. 10lbs on someone this short, looks like 20! After our wedding, the weight started coming off no problem. By that summer, I was down to a 6 again. I was so happy. But of course, over time with random eating and exercise habits... I got back up to 9 and stayed there until late summer/early fall of 2010. In September I was a size 12. The biggest I had been in YEARS. With Halloween coming up, I did NOT want to buy a bigger costume.
That October, I started the QuickTrim 14 Day Cleanse. I will be completely honest here, the first 2 days.. you will mostly be on the toliet and it will make you feel raw. BUT, after that the other 12 are not so bad. I had an odd experience with that cleanse. I lost two pants sizes, but gained two cup sizes in my bra. Which, to be honest, was pretty freakin' cool. I was back down to an 8/9 and I kept eating healthier and working out for two weeks after that and was down to a 6/7 again. I yoyo a lot I guess. On Christmas, I was wearing size 6 black skinnies and felt sooooooo sexy. I was curvy, but healthy. I actually had an entire bloodwork and all physical check up that month and was in the perfect range on every single thing. They said I had some of the best results they had ever seen. So.. that was awesome.
2011-Well, after the holidays.. and the eating, drinking and laziness--I was back to a 9. Ugh. Then my bestest friend in the entire world moved away, and things were getting stressful at home and with my family... and at work.. and before I knew it, I was in a 14 by June! I was mortified and digusted with myself. I know that sounds petty and vain, but I just couldn't believe that 6 months prior, I was the healthiest and most confident in my life and I was angry I had let myself go to that point. My neighbor (Amanda) and I decided to start working out and drinking way more water. We started out doing 1 hour of the eliptical, and alternating either weight lifting or core exercises and ab stuff about 3-4 times a week. Before long we were doing 30 min eliptical, 30 minutes weight, 30 min eliptical, 30 minutes abs ..2 hour workouts EVERY night. We MIGHT have taken 1 day off a week. But we were both seeing such good results. From June to August, I lost 20 lbs. Yay me right? Well, it didn't last long.
In November, my kitchen decided to die on me. Our stove top and the oven quit working properly, the dishwasher stopped working and the microwave died as well. We rent, so ...it's not our responsibility to pick up the bill on that. Well... those were not replaced until the end of February. So not only did I gain the "holiday weight", but I also gained tons of weight from having to eat out constantly. Brandon and I both gained. By February I was at my heaviest and biggest size of my life. 16. I was so mad, and for the first time in my life, I had a belly. I have never felt so bad about myself and my self esteem was just shattered. When none of my pants fit and I had to wear sweats and go shopping... and 10s, 12s, and 14s wouldn't fit--I just burst into tears. When I put on the 16s, I was miserable. Not even happy to have pants that fit because I couldn't get past the size. then ...probably the lowest point in my self image EVER: a stretchmark on my stomach. WHAT THE #@$%!?!?!? I have had to deal with stretchmarks on my hips, my boobs, thighs... but NEVER on my stomach. I went beyond disliking or hating myself into pure loathing.
Well, in February I decided to change that. I have started the Body by Vi 90 Day Challenge. It's from the company Visalus and it's shakes. You replace two meals a day with shakes. OMG are they yummy! They smell like cake batter and taste kind of like it. My favorite way to have shakes is with no sugar hot chocolate mix and/or bananas. I've started doing the eliptical again, but it's harder without my workout buddy. I'm hoping I can get back to where I was and with dieting and exercise get down to a 4. I want to get down to wearing my old clothes and stay a size 4 for an entire year and then stay that size for as long as I possibly can. That's my goal. Let's hope these shakes help. They're super healthy and really amazing for your body, so even just that alone will make me healthier.
Don't get me wrong, I want to be "skinny", but I want to be healthy more. Also, I want to be sexy for my husband. I mean, I know he'll love me no matter what, but I know he's happier when I'm happy with myself and that he's more attracted to me when I'm feeling confident.
The goal... lose 60-70lbs by December. Can I do it? Hell yes.
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