A day of temptation!

Today was the first day of the Clean Eating Bootcamp and it was funny because today was full of temptation for me. Everyone has a kryptonite. A kid's kryptonite is often candy. A woman's kryptonite is often shopping. A man's kryptonite is often a beautiful woman. You get my point. MY kryptonite is FOOD! I love it...I do...and I fully embrace that yes this is my weakness.

I was full of cravings today. From fish & grits to brownies & ice cream....if I craved it, I ate it. I didn't have any will power so my food journal consists of potato wedges, homemade macaroni & cheese and orange juice. All things that are no-nos when you're trying to lose weight. *rolls eyes* It wasn't the best of days but as I end it I find solace in knowing that I was only 63 calories over my goal intake. That's not bad right?


That being said I'm glad that the only rule that I'm focusing on with this bootcamp so far is drinking water. I was able to do that successfully. I took down 48 ounces which is equivalent to 6 cups. Pretty good. They recommend 8 cups so I was two cups off. Not bad. Hopefully by the time the second rule comes out I will be back at my job. I tend to do better with eating and exercising when I'm not lounging around the house in pajamas all day.

Day 2 of the bootcamp is tomorrow and I'm scheduled to go out of town. Yikes! We shall see how this goes.

BootCamp.....Rule #1

There are several publications that I enjoy reading. Some make me vomit because I simply cannot handle the information that is given but others are quite informative. Recently my favorite site, A Black Girl's Guide to Weight Loss,  decided to bring in the new year with a bootcamp. I misunderstood her AFTER I had decided I would do it. I was excited until I read its a HEALTHY EATING boot camp. I thought it would only be about exercise. Lord help me. lol I have a group of people of Facebook who have said they are going to do it with me. May God be with all of us lol. That being said....here's rule number 1. Good luck ladies :)


That being said, here’s the first rule for the boot camp: before you go to drink any juice or soft drink, vow to drink two cups – that’s 16 ounces – of water first. If, after 16oz. of water, you still want the sugary drink, then go for it. But you must always drink the two cups of water, first.

Got it? Who’s in?

(Excerpted from What Time Is It? Clean Eating Boot Camp Time! | A Black Girl's Guide To Weight Loss)

7 lbs later

It seems like ages ago I was bragging about leaving the 80's behind and welcoming the 70's. It wasn't ages but it was two months ago and now I find myself back in my 80's and waving at the 70's. I've had a lot to happen in the past two months. Let's see. I turned 30! Woo hoo! I'm officially in the 30 and above club and I love it. The week leading up to and following me turning 30 consisted of alcohol, alcohol and well.....more alcohol. I really celebrated and well we all know that fitness, weight loss and alcohol do not go together.

My birthday happens to be a few days before Thanksgiving. I went all out for Thanksgiving. We had a FEAST and everything was delicious. Every cook put their foot down and well anything related to fitness or eating right went right out of the window. It's the holidays....you're suppose to eat good right? *shrugs* Well I did and I just vowed that I would get it together after the holidays.

Well Thanksgiving is followed by Christmas and between holiday parties at my job, going out of town on vacation and Christmas dinner..... well lets just say I won't be making any more excuses. I'm pretty sure you see how this all went down. Just know that today when I weighed in, I was 7 lbs heavier :(  It hurt my heart to have to type in 184 on myfitnesspal but I know that I will take it off.  The most important thing to me is that I enjoyed myself, I had a fantastic holiday break, I'm HAPPY and I'm even more focused on taking it all off.

So I'm back on my grind. The holidays are over and I'm ready to give it all that I have. My son received a Kinect for Christmas and me and my girlfriends worked out on it today. 60 minutes, 563 calories burned, and TONS of fun. I see I'm going to enjoy this :) I also start the Black Girl's Guide to Weight Loss' Bootcamp tomorrow. I will be posting it on here. I'm excited. I've never done a boot camp before. It sounds fun but we shall see.

I've had a lot of people to contact me about weight loss, my blog and my journey. I had no idea so many people were interested :) So now I AM BACK! Lets get it!

1Luv
KL

I'm back with Shaun

Me and Shaun T are like Nettie and Celie ...... we may take a break but ultimately we find each other again. Me and him us never part lol. My last workout with Shaun was August 28th. Thats when I had my unfortunate knee injury. Other than walking around and "working" I have not worked out since. At first it was pretty cool but last week I noticed that while walking my students back up the stairs I was breathing heavy. No BUENO! I quickly got back on my exercise program. I started out by walking. After getting 2 miles under my belt with NO heavy breathing I decided to go back to Sean.

I cant lie. I didnt want to. When I've been away from Sean for a long period of time, going back scares me. I didnt know how my body was going to react. Chilllldddd I did 45 minutes NONSTOP. I was going just as hard as Sean was and I LOVED IT! My abs hurt sooo much. Everything hurts and right about now all I want is a hot shower and a nice comfy bed...bump a dinner. I really hope that I'm able to roll with Shaun again in the morning. We shall see *fingers crossed*

Bye 80's ....... HELLO 70's

So I've been bummed out all week because I hurt my knee and was unable to work out. I've been eating like crazy ..... fyi the fajita rollup at Applebees is delicious ..... and wasnt really expecting anything major when I hit the scale. Boy was I wrong. I woke up this morning and stepped on the scale. The scale said 178.2 lbs. I instantly thought my scale was broken. There was no way in hell that I was in the 170's. So I stepped off and stepped on again .... again the scale said 178.2. I kicked the scale and went to find my tape measure. I measured my waist and found that I am now at a 34 inch waist. I screamed so loud. I'm sure my neighbors wondered what in the hell was wrong with me.

I've done it! I reached the 70s. I'm 3 lbs away from my goal. I'm 3 lbs away from losing 20 lbs! I'm 2 inches away from having a 32 inch waist! I'm so proud of me. What I'm proud of the most is that I did it the RIGHT way. I didnt diet. I didnt pay any outrageous gym fees. I didnt contribute to the billion dollar industry that is the weight-loss industry. That industry fails people every year. I worked hard but I also ate foods that I enjoyed eating. I didnt starve myself and I didnt deprive myself of rice, pasta or restaurants.

I'm really thankful for myfitnesspal. I should be a paid spokeswoman or something lol. Many people ask me how I am losing the weight. I guess they want some miraculous answer but my answer is always simple ... myfitnesspal. I eat 1200 calories a day and I am very conscience about how many calories I am eating, etc. I also like the fact that so many people on there cheer me on. Losing weight can be a struggle. A good support system is needed and that is what I have. By the way, if you sign up ... befriend me :) @ScorpioDiva81 ;)

Anyhoo my initial goal was to be 175 lbs. Now that I am 3 lbs away from meeting that goal I am anxious to set another one. I always said that I did not want to be skinny-skinny but now that I'm losing the weight I feel great. My second goal is 165. Hello 70's ...... 60's I'm coming for you :)

35 inches ............... 5 down, 3 more to go :)

I now have a 35 inch waist. I know I know .... I cant believe it either. I started this journey with a 40 inch waist. I was at risk for high blood pressure, heart disease & diabetes ....I had people asking me if I was pregnant when I wasnt ...... but most of all I was not healthy at all and not happy either. I mean really .... do you know how frustrating it is to have to explain that you are NOT pregnant O_o

As I've said before health professionals suggest a waist of 32 inches. I was 8 inches over and while the number 8 seems minimal it actually was anything but that. I measured yesterday and again today to make sure everything was correct and it was ... I currently have a 35 inch waist. \o/ It has taken me two months and hard work to lose the 5 inches and I give lots of credit to Shaun T's Hip Hop Abs workout series.

While I am 3 inches away from meeting the goal that was set for me I am aiming for something more. Why stop at 32? Why not go for a 28 or a 26? My goal is to be out of the 30's period! I'm sure that I can do it. I didnt think a 35 inch waist was possible and look at me now. So 28 I'm coming for you baby. Look out world!

Karma is a snitch!

So I had the opportunity to wake up this morning and have a nice long date with Shaun T and I did not take it. At the time I kept saying "do it, get it over with, dont put off what you can do right now" and I still did not do it. I figured hey I'll lay around and get a good workout in this evening. Right? Wrong.

I had a little accident and in the process I ended up facedown, on the floor, on my knees and in pain. All of my weight as I fell landed on my knees and I now have a new level of  respect for athletes who deal with knee injuries. They are no joke. I was in a lot of pain for a minute and then slowly it faded. Or so I thought it did. Me being hard headed me, I got up and started walking ... .washed a few dishes ... yada yada yada. I even convinced myself that I could sneak a little walking in. WRONG! As soon as I went to get dressed in my exercise gear I noticed that my left knee was hella swollen. Bending it is out of the question. The bad thing is that last year I was in a car accident and it was my left knee that was affected. I dont want to aggravate it so that means no exercise for me tonight.

Normally I wouldnt be so bummed about not exercising but today is different. Had I known that I wouldnt be physically able to exercise, I wouldnt have laid up on my couch snacking on snickerdoodles. Yes they were yummy but they were also 300-400 calories that I now can not burn off :/ *kicks a table* It all sucks right now. I've learned my lesson though. When you have the time to exercise ... USE IT!

I just hope I'm ready for my 5:30 date with Shaun T tomorrow. *fingers crossed* Knee, PLEASE get better.

Another moral .... I should've taken my azz to church this morning :/