Days 60-80 A Revelation

As I come to the end of this journey I've made many discoveries! One-- most of the foods I had to stop eating are bad for me anyway. Two working out and losing weight is not a project it is a lifestyle change. I would love to tell you this was easier than I thought BUT this was harder than I ever imagined.

I have always been relatively small , with little or no discipline in my eating habits. I tried to motivate my self with work out  routines.

I tried mapping a diet out for myself. I thought if I planned  my meals it would be helpful. That worked for about  a week or two. I tried becoming a Herbalife Distributor , that would help me lose weight and become rich! RIGHT?? I tried doing work out classes that were fun. However pole fitness was lot harder than I expected and getting there was just not as easy as a anticpated.

 

I tried talking about it ! That's the solution I will TALK THE WEIGHT OFF !! I tried putting up pictures of what I thought I wanted to look like ! I tried banning myself from shopping till I got to my goal weight...well at least I saved money on shopping this summer!!! Nothing seemed to work. Even the self accountability and knowing the world would KNOW my failure through this blog.

 

I am proud to say our fast food intake in the Adams household has decreased dramatically. I feel better cause I eat better, but I am still at the 160 pounds I was when I started this. A little less bloated, stomach a little flatter due to the decrease in pop intake, but the scale still says 160!

 

I came to day 80 completely frustrated. I did not know the work out's to do on my own. I only wanted to lose 30 pounds , but had lost nothing! I looked at my pictures completely overwhelmed to how I got here and how I would get back on track. There were two things I wanted to focus on in 2012. Health and Finances and here 2012 is ALMOST over.

 

Well day 80 may be the light at the end of the tunnel! My husband called and said hey I know we are trying to reach our goals, but maybe we need to do something different. AND that was how I came to know of Orange Theory Fitness!



 

So apparently how it works is you go to the gym and it is set up as group fitness! So NO MORE standing at the treadmill pretending I know what to do! Everyone works out in a group almost like an everyday boot camp AND you can bring the kid SO NO EXCUSES!!!

 

So why will this work when nothing else has? Well one it's something that we can get excited about as an entire family. I also work well in group settings such as this. What's even better is it is walking distance from home. I have gotten kind of excited about the whole thing! So we shall see ! My husband and I thought we would both see what it is about. I am going to take advantage of the one week FREE pass first, but it's awesome to see my husband excited about getting healthy with me. Here is to a journey coming to an end and although I didn't reach my anticpated goals I am excited  to see what happens on my next journey! After all life is a journey gotta keep it exciting!

 

Days 52-63 I'M ALLERGIC TO WHAT!!!!

This journey has been one heck of a ride. I have gone through depression, caffeine withdrawals and weird food cravings. I am proud to say I have been more active than I had discussed in my last post. The craziest part of this journey is I have started developing allergies !!! I was already allergic to tomatoes, but over the past couple of months I have apparently developed an allergy to ALL things citrus and CHOCOLATE!!!!

It was almost as if the diet Gods were like if she can't stop eating the things she loves we will make her allergic to them. I am hoping this is temporary, but apparently when making major changes in your diet your body can develop and intolerance to certain foods. At first the limitations were incredibly depressing, however I have decided to have fun with the possibilities. Instead of looking at the negative.......no pizza, spaghetti, lemonade, chocolate, etc.... I have decided to find creative recipes to make food fun again.

As a result of my new restrictions I have lost 5 pounds!!!! GO FIGURE!!! I am already starting to feel less bloated, and less tired throughout the day. Leads me to wonder if all that crap is good for you anyway. I will admit the chocolate has been the hardest adjustment AFTER ALL I love my midday thin mint fix.  Good news is with all the foods I am not supposed to have removed from my system I have been hive free for about a week now!!!

Well I am going to keep it short this time around !!! I think a suitable award when I reach my goal weight is a new wardrobe . I would have gone with a nice piece of chocolate cake, but we can't have me getting sick now can we!!!