Day 6.... 106 days to my 1st goal.

I have to admit I was beyond shocked when I stepped on the scale this morning.   I was expecting a increase in my weight, not a decrease.   I caved to the soreness and did not do my workout last night.   I ended up eating out, I had HALF of a veggie burrito, but I did not eat the tortilla I just pulled all the veggies out of it.  I had no sour cream, very minimal cheese, just lots of tomatoes, lettuce, onions, and peppers.     It felt good to be able to make that choice and to avoid adding a lot of cheese and sour cream on top.    I made the decision prior to leaving the house to leave my body bugg on.  So even if I would be out and cheating, I would be tracking the calories I was burning.   And I'm very glad I did that.  I ended up dancing for a couple hours with some of my girl friends, so it was definitely a calorie burning atmosphere. 

Today was Thanksgiving.   I did not eat on plan, and in fact had one snack meal and then my main course.   That was my  biggest downfall, I slept until an hour before needing to leave for my aunts.    I do not think I will like the scale in the morning.  But that is ok!   I enjoyed my day with my family, and will return to my plan first thing tomorrow morning.   Six planned meals, and a great workout. 

Day 5.... 107 days to my 1st goal date

 

Above is my "vision/motivation" board of the day.  I have one made for every day of this journey and look at it everyday to keep myself focused.    Focused on what you might be asking.   Focused on my journey towards a bikini body.   Not just any bikini body, a competitive bikini body.   I don't want to go into "bodybuilding" competitions I want to go into the bikini division of those competitions.  Its a much softer, and healthier look.

Why bikini?   I follow quite a few women on facebook that have competeted in bikini in the past year.  Two in particular Barbie Decker who is a Beachbody Coach, and Nicole Moneer Guerrero who is now my "trainer".   I had signed up for an online "training course" with the same trainer that Barbie had used to get on the stage but didn't feel like the program was right for me.  The program seemed to be designed for girls that were a lot closer to their stage weight, and I'm just not there yet.   I had been follow Nicole's posts and seeing here amazing stage pictures and I just finally decided to bite the bullet two weeks ago and e-mail her to sign up for her plan.   She offers a few different plans, I went with the combination plan of all three.  She designed for me a workout plan that I can do from the comfort of my own home gym (weights and cardio), a meal plan, and a supplement plan.    I am now on Day 3 of following this plan to a T.  No cheating, no skipping(so far).  I completed my first weights workout on Monday which was legs and core, yesterday was my first "boring" cardio and YES it was boring.  Todays workout is upper weights.  I am SOOOOO sore on my lower half, it hurts to get up from chairs, it hurts to sit down on chairs.  

I have my first major temptation tonight..... it's Black Wednesday and one of my friend's band is playing at my local hangout.   I could do what Ive been debating all afternoon and just make today my rest day and head out to see friends.  But that is not the best choice for me in the long run.   What I need to do is go home, get in my workout, eat my next meal and then head up later to my hangout to see my friends.    I feel that if I will still complete my workouts and my meals then I will be far less tempted when I head out because I will know that I don't want to throw away what I worked so hard for all day.

What will I end up doing?  Can I resist the temptation?  Only time will tell.

Journal for Day 1 of 90 Day Challenge Monday August 8, 2011

Food Journal 8/8/11

Breakfast: Vi-Shake with butterscotch non-fat pudding flavoring
Snack: hardboiled egg and hummus
Lunch: Vi-shake with strawberry packet
Snack: Nutra Cookie peanut butter cookie and weight watchers string cheese
Dinner: Flounder with green beans
Lots of water

Workout:

58 mins of boxing on wii active.

I have also been taking pictures of all my meals as extra accountability and uploading them to my facebook page.  If you need the link to my facebook page, please let me know.

Finding what works for you

Less then a month ago I was introduced to an amazing product.  I kept seeing a friend post pictures on Facebook of these shakes she was taking and how they tasted like cake.    I took the risk and ordered the product without even tasting it.   Turns out to be one of the best decisions I've ever made.  The shakes are amazing.  The flavor is just like a cake, there is such a variety of flavors you can achieve with ingredients you already have in your home.




I have great faith in this product after seeing others success with it.  I've been drinking the shake almost daily the last month and saw weight loss even while traveling. 

Tomorrow I start my 90 day challenge with the shake.  I commit to drinking 1 shake a day for the next 90 days.   I will be taking my starting weight and measurements in the morning.  

Keep checking back to see my success, and if you are interested in finding out more about the shake, please let me know.

Setting a new and huge goal to achieve

Sorry everyone, I know its been quite some time since I've last Blogged.  Blah, bad me.   So I've had some slip ups, I went on a fairly long vacation and joined some significant weight while I was on it.  Thats ok though, its life and you will have slip ups.   Whats important is that I've been home for two weeks now and in the week that I have been watching everything that goes in my mouth I have lost over four pounds.   Four pounds is huge!

I've also set myself up with some hefty goals, and was going to hold off for a bit in making these goals public but I think I'm ready to make the announcement.   I have made the decision that I want to train for a bikini competition.   Not a bar bikini competition, a true bikini competition.    I don't necessarily think that I will be to the level that I can enter a competition this summer, but potentially by fall if I keep up with my hard workouts and clean eating.  I have set a short term goal of a swimsuit photo shoot this summer, hopefully 4th of July when I'm down in Florida. 

So here comes the point where I need to ask for the support of my friends and family.  This is going to be a very difficult journey for me, not only the prep for the competition but the actual competition. (Hair, nails, tan, makeup, jewlery, etc)  For those of you that know me well, you know that I'm not the girly girl.  So I will be be asking for your encouragement along the way.   The kind words that you can see the difference, or that you appreciate my dedication.  I will greatly appreciate it. 

Please stay tuned to my blog as I continue to post about my journey in this process to become a bikini competitor.