The 17-Day Diet Works! Down 10 lbs!

So, I'm officially down 10 lbs since I started the 17-Day Diet last Thursday night.  I weighed in this morning at 164.8.  That is 10 lbs in 8 full days!  I'm so proud of myself for sticking to the diet!  The first phase is difficult, especially since I'm not a fish fan.  It basically leaves me with lean poultry and veggies, and occasional fat-free cheese.  It's not easy to cut out starches cold-turkey like that, I won't begin to tell you that it is, but if you can just commit to 17 days, not even a full 3 weeks, you will see the weight come off, and it will motivate you to keep going.  Plus, it's only 17 days, and then you get to add some foods back.  Then in another 17 days, you get to add even more.  And then you just maintain.  It's the easiest diet in the world.  My Aunt lost 36 lbs doing it, and my friend's mom (who was basically my 2nd mom growing up) lost 40lbs!  The only exercise they added as the foods were added back was walking.  I need to start Jillian!  It was my plan to start on Monday, but having this puppy is making things very difficult.  I've got to plan it just right, so as soon as he falls asleep, I get started and hope to God he doesn't wake up.

I finally feel like I'm getting on track here.  Time to keep it up, and keep going and add some real exercise besides an occasional walk with the dogs, which doesn't really constitute as a walk because Frankie doesn't quite know how to walk on a leash just yet.

10 lbs down!  Woo-hoo!

Added Weight Loss Tracker + Dinner Recipe

Ok, so I'm back on the diet, and when I weighed in today, I'm at 167.2.  That's down 6 pounds since I started the diet!  Now, I know that most of that is water weight, but the important thing is that I'm seeing some results on the scale, and that is going to keep me VERY motivated to continue on the diet.  Two more weeks, and I get to start adding some starches back in to the diet.  So far, it's been salads, roasted cauliflower, and leftover turkey meatloaf, and TONS of water.  Honestly, it's not that bad.  I'm enjoying everything that I'm eating, but I'm ready for some chickpeas...god, I love hummus.  Anyway, the point of this post was to include that since I've been tracking all my calories on MyFitnessPal, I wanted to include a weight loss tracker here.  I know I'm down 6 pounds, but I believe when I signed up for MyFitnessPal I was at 158, and I can't figure out if there is a way to change that...  Guess I'll just have to lose 10 more pounds and start seeing the numbers add up on my tracker!

Healthy Dinner Recipe 3/10/13:

Spicy Chicken Sausage Tomato Sauce over Roasted Cauliflower
- This is super filling, but super low in calories, which is PERFECT for dinner since it should be your smallest meal of the day.

Ingredients:
1 Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
12 oz can of Hunt's 100% Natural Tomato Paste
12 oz Smart Balance Heart Smart Fat-Free Milk
5 oz water
3 tsp Tone's Spicy Spaghetti Seasoning
Garlic Powder
3 Foster Farms Spicy Italian Chicken Sausage
^---This should make about 10 servings

1/4 head of Cauliflower - per serving

15 g of Athenos Reduced Fat Feta Cheese - per serving


Directions:
Throw EVOO, tomato paste, milk, water, seasoning, and garlic powder into a pot, and let simmer for 30 minutes.

While sauce is simmering, cut up cauliflower, place in over at 375 for 20 minutes (may need more time, just keep an eye on it).

With about 10 minutes left of simmering, brown chicken sausage over medium heat.  When no longer pink, add to sauce and let simmer for the rest of the original 30 minutes (of course, you can let this simmer as long as you like)

Spoon 3 oz of sauce over cauliflower, top with feta, and enjoy!


Nutrition:
1 serving

Calories - 144
Fat - 6g
Carbs - 11g
Protein - 13g
Sodium - 439mg

Stress and a bout of depression = Pretty major weight gain =/

Well, it's been a rough year so far...and it's only March!  During the Holidays, I found out that my boyfriend's brother no longer wanted his 10 year old pitbull, Tarus.  How anyone can decide they no longer want a dog after 10 freaking years is beyond me!  Needless to say, I no longer have a relationship with Stephen.  I can't deal with that kind of asshole.  Anyway, James and I took the Tarus in (even though we knew it was not a great idea because he and our cancer doggy Zeus did not get along), and started the hunt for a safe place for Tarus to go.  On the 3rd day, we noticed blood in the urine, so we had to get him to the vet.  There was a possible mass in his bladder, but we didn't have the money to do the tests, so I started a Chip-In.  I was absolutely amazed and humbled by the outpouring of love and donations for this sweet boy.  Before we could get him back in to the vet, I got the most wonderful email!  Heather, the director of Rifle Animal Shelter, said she had room!  So, my sister and I loaded up and drove pretty much the entire length of the state to drop off Tarus and his over $300 in donations.  Sadly, a little more than a week after we took Tarus to this wonderful place, it was found that the mass was cancer, and the recommendation was to let him go.  Very heartbreaking, for sure.  To add to it, just 2 days prior, my sister had to let her Ripley go after 11 years of loving that crazy, crazy animal.  AND then, just 2 1/2 weeks after that, our cancer doggy Zeus lost his battle.  One of his tumors ruptured, and despite our best efforts to keep him happy and comfortable, he gave up, and we had to let him go.  Very hard for me, who had loved this gentle giant for almost 3 years...nearly impossible for my boyfriend, who had loved him for over 11 years.  So...that was a rough couple of weeks, but then to top it all off, just 4 days after I let go of a best friend, I received news that another best (human) friend had taken his own life.  This one is still weighing very heavily on my heart.  Jordan was such an important person, and such a constant in my life from the time I was 16 years old.  How many people can say that someone they met when they were 16 was still important after 13 years?  I'm completely heartbroken about it, and I'm not sure I'll ever be able to fully, fully recover from it.  He was very important, and we had a relationship unlike any I've ever had before.  Just two people that had mutual respect for one another, and despite hard times and immature moments, that respect never dwindled.  I will miss him forever.

And, while it is as big of a deal considering all of ^---------that!  James' truck died on the Friday after Zeus and before Jordan.  So, we've been sharing one vehicle for the past 2 1/2 weeks, and it is awful.

A little bit of good news (but also stressful) is that we got a new puppy!  We named him Frankenstein, and he is precious.  It wouldn't be so bad if James would stop spoiling him, and making him sleep in his crate instead of cuddled up on the couch.  We can cuddle after he's house trained and Fallynn (our sweet baby that rather preferred being the only dog in the house) trusts him.  We've only had him for 5 days, so obviously, it's going to take more time.

So, onto the issue at hand...Stress = Weight gain.  Duh, we all knew that, right?  Well, in the last month and a week, I have gained 10 pounds!  My current weight is at 173, and I have OFFICIALLY hit my heaviest.  Unacceptable.  I looked in the mirror the other day, and stopped.  I said to myself, "Ok.  I'm fat.  There is just no other way around it.  Not chubby.  Not chunky.  Not heavy.  Nope.  Fat.  I am fat."  The moment that I was this brutally honest with myself, I felt a sense of relief.  Yesterday, I went grocery shopping, and only bought things on the first phase food list for the 17-Day Diet.  I'm fully committing to this.  Last time, I committed myself, I lost 10 pounds in the first 17 days.  Excellent.  I would love nothing more than to be back down to where I was at the beginning of the year in a little over 2 weeks.  I have already explained to James that I need him to stay away from my food.  When I cook, I will cook for both of us, but the leftovers are mine.  He is free to bring into the house whatever he would like, but he is not free to eat the food on my diet since it is crucial that I have my foods available to me.  This first 17 days, there are no substitutes.  This is detox time.  I will be living on poultry (since I don't like fish, unfortunately), veggies, and a few servings of fruit and a few glasses of heart healthy milk...that's it!  I need to cleanse my system, so I can feel better.  I need to get over the hump this weekend, so other than walking the dogs a few times a  day, I won't be including much exercise time.  I know, I know.  If you've ever done this diet, the first couple of days suck the most.  Especially if you're addicted to diet coke like me.  Quitting that cold turkey brings on migraine like headaches.  I plan to get over that, and then start Jillian Michael's Body Revolution all over AGAIN, on Monday!  No excuses this time!  All I need to do is look in the mirror, and I have my motivation.  Right now, this is not about about how I want to look...it's about how I DON'T want to look.  I feel disgusting, flabby, like a blob of wasted space right now.  Time to make some changes, and knock out this bout of depression brought on by some really crappy events.

2013 has really started out to be a crap year.  I hope that I can turn that around and make 2013 the year that I can say, "I hit my goal weight!"  And hopefully, 2014 will be the year I get to say, "I hit and STAYED at my ideal weight!"

I have also decided that I will be posting my healthy, 1st Phase acceptable recipes.  It should be assumed that if I don't post a recipe...I had a salad (romaine/spinach mixture) with fat free cheddar cheese, some sliced deli turkey, a few hard chow mein noodles for some crunch, a sliced hardboiled egg white, and a dressing of red or white wine vinegar with a tbsp of Ranch.

Here is the healthy meatloaf that I made last night.  I made a few changes.  I used ALL lean turkey instead of half turkey, half beef...no red meat this first 17 days.  And I used a few extra bread crumbs (not much at all, just a heaping instead of perfectly leveled cup) since I forgot the buy parsley.  I thought it was really good, and I think I'll like it even more as leftovers because it was just a touch more moist than I prefer.  That may have not happened had I had a darker beer than Blue Moon, and if I had remembered to pick up parsley.

Blue Ribbon Meatloaf

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons canola or light olive oil
• 1 medium sweet onion, chopped
• 12 ounces dark or amber beer
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 teaspoon dry mustard
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• black ground pepper, to taste
• 1 1/4 pounds organic lean ground beef
• 1 1/4 pounds organic lean ground turkey
• 1 cup soft whole-wheat bread crumbs
• 1/4 cups fresh parsley, chopped
• 1 large egg, lightly beaten
• 1 large egg, whites only, lightly beaten

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 375°F. Coat an 8 1/2 x 4 1/2-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.

2. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and cook, stirring often, until translucent and starting to brown, about 5 minutes.

3. Pour in beer and increase heat to high. Bring to a vigorous boil; cook until the liquid is quite thick and the mixture reduces to about 3/4 cup, 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl.

4. Stir in thyme, dry mustard, salt and pepper. Let cool for 10 minutes.

5. Add beef, turkey, breadcrumbs, parsley, egg and egg white to the onion mixture.

6. With clean hands, mix thoroughly and transfer to the prepared pan.

7. Bake the meatloaf until an instant-read thermometer registers 160°F when inserted into the center, about 1 hour 20 minutes. Let rest for 5 minutes; drain accumulated liquid from the pan and slice.

Makes 8 servings.

Nutrition Facts
Calories: 259                           Saturated Fat: 2 g                   Dietary Fiber: 2 g
Total Fat: 9 g                           Sodium: 339 mg                      Protein: 31 g
Cholesterol: 105 mg                Total Carbohydrate: 11 g

Buffalo Cauliflower "Wings"

Buffalo sauce.  Good.  Cauliflower.  Good.  Buffalo Cauliflower "Wings".  Good!
Spicy Buffalo Cauliflower ‘Wings’
-1 cup water or soy milk
-1 cup flour (any kind will work—even gluten-free!)
-2 tsp. garlic powder
-1 head of cauliflower,chopped into pieces
-1 cup buffalo or hot sauce
-1 Tbsp. olive oil or melted vegan margarine
Preheat the oven to 450°F.
Combine the water or soy milk, flour,and garlic powder in a bowl and stir until well combined.
Coat the cauliflower pieces with the flour mixture and place in a shallow baking dish.
Bake for 18 minutes.
While the cauliflower is baking, combine your buffalo sauce and olive oil or margarine in a small bowl.
Pour the hot sauce mixture over the baked cauliflower and continue baking for an additional 5 to 8 minutes.
Serve alongside vegan blue cheese dressing and celery sticks. - I will be doing yogurt ranch and carrot sticks.

I'm with Maddie, Time to Get Serious!

OK.
The beginning of a new year means new chances. Chances to make our bodies what we want them to be (or close to it). I got on the scale this morning and after seeing the number (it wasnt pretty) I have given myself a goal of at least 20 lbs.
Tyler and I have made a motivational bet. We are going to set a date, probably around 3 months from now, and we are going to try to reach our goal by then.
This could be tricky, especially for me having clinicals 40 hours a week plus 16-20 hours of work after I get done at clinicals each day. However, I'm determined that if I stick to my plan, it can be done.
I exercised with Tyler on NYE sort of as a motivational jump start, now I am sore and am getting ready to hit the gym with Tyler and my brother as we speak.
I'm ready to do this.
ps. maddie. myfitnesspal.com- do you use it? i have an account and you can add friends through it. join, its a great tool to keep track of exercise, calorie intake, and weight.

This was my first blog ever! WAHOOO! :)
Stay Strong!

Bring it on 2013!

Well, I weighed in at 162.8.  How about that?!  Holiday meals and cookies and alcohol, and I lost weight?!  Great way to start the New Year!  So, my New Year's resolution is one we've all heard before: lose weight and quit smoking.  I know, right?  So cliche!  But it is so necessary.  I'm going to be 30 in less than a year and a half.  I envisioned my 30th birthday being spent in Vegas with my amazing boyfriend and all my besties.  I see myself wearing a flowy button up with sequined hot pants (it's going to be hot in Vegas in May).  If I were to wear this now...I'd be showing off more cellulite than even Kim Kardashian could be proud of.  I've got all the tools I need to make this happen.  I have Pinterest and it's endless supply of workouts, motivation, and healthful recipes, own Jillian's Body Revolution, a cable, free weights, etc, I have a supportive boyfriend, and I have this blog.

Best motivation over the holidays (besides losing 2 pounds), looking through my Christmas present from my Aunt.  She compiled pictures of every year of our lives and made these really great photo albums for us.  It was amazing to look back  and remember what an amazing (ly chubby) childhood I had.  It made me miss the days when I ran around in a bathing suit every single day (ages 2-5), the house I grew up in, the dogs of my past, my friends, high school, my grandparents, etc.  It was also a nice reminder that, DAMN, I wasn't just thinking I was a heavy kid...I really was.  It was pretty sad turning page after page, and seeing double chin after double chin.  It was a nice motivating factor.  Man, wouldn't it be nice to look back and think, I was a chubby kid, but look how far I have come?!  And you know, I may have been chubby, but I was always active between swimming, playing tennis and softball practically year-round, so it's not like I was all that unhealthy...I was just a big kid.  And it's time to turn it all around.  I refuse to be heavy from age 6 until I die.  Time to get serious about this.

Vegas, baby, Vegas! 5/19/2014

Holy Ab Workout, Batman!

The Petite Athleat: The "300"

This would be perfect core training to add to my arms and legs challenges.  I'm going to try this out after work and see just how out of shape my core is.  I'll be sure to update you later.  =)

Workout Addition

Going to add this one to the #ChristmasBooty and Pushups Challenge workout.  Not reason that my arms and back can't be more sore than they already are!  =)

Current Workout

I've been doing these two in conjunction right now.  My back, my arms, my quads, my inner thighs, and my hamstrings have been sore for days, and I'm LOVING it!  Jump in on the corresponding date, and join me!

New fave balance ball move

This might just be my new favorite move.  Seriously...I'd do this all day if I had an office to hide out in.

Broccoli Parmesan Fritters

These sound awesome.  I may have to make these for dinner tonight.  I'll be sure to post the outcome.  =)
http://smittenkitchen.com/2012/06/broccoli-parmesan-fritters/

All I want for Christmas...

...are these legs!  Holy balls!  This girl is straight motivation!

I've been pinning the heck out of quickie workouts and monthly challenges.  I wish I had my own private office.  I could workout ALL day without looking like a weirdo.


Side note: The BF graduated on Friday!!!   He'll be working again, and soon will be in a career that pays LOTS more!  That means, goodbye stress hello fun and happiness!  Hopefully, that also means we'll be eating healthy dinners together every night, and hitting the gym or hiking and exploring our beautiful state of Colorado on the weekends!  =D

Finally!

Ok, so since my WV friend wasn't feelin' it apparently, my OTHER friend back in So Ill decided she's in.  Time to get on the diet, motivate one another, share healthy recipes, workout tips (things we're loving and things we're hating, things that are giving us results and things that aren't), weighing in together, and, again, MOST IMPORTANTLY, holding each other accountable! 

I actually just weighed in this morning at 165.  My "happy" weight goal is 125, and my ideal weight goal is 115. 

Time to make this happen, b*tches!  =)

This website has provided me with some real women as motivation.  http://www.mybodygallery.com/  I'm loving it!  Here is my ideal body!  This girl is 5'4" and weighs 117 lbs.  This would be perfection.  Time to strive for it!

Lame Sauce...

So, by my lack of a post last night, you all know that I did NOT workout.  =(  I got home, finished up some work that desperately needed to be done, so that was good.  Then I started on dinner; ground turkey/black bean/quinoa stuffed green peppers and steamed cauliflower.  As it was in the oven, I got a call from my mom, "I've got 30% off at Kohl's...want to go?!"  Well, who says no to a free wardrobe update??  Not me.  Told the BF that when the timer goes off, enjoy dinner!  I didn't get home until almost 10, had a huge glass of ice water and went to bed.  So, now, here I am sitting at work, upset that I didn't get in a workout (or dinner) last night, and starving.  Going to grab a bottle of water and an apple out of the fridge, and at least start my morning off right.  I'll be having one of those peppers for lunch, then straight home for a workout before going to see "Batman: Live!" with my whole family...the nephews are going to LOVE this one.  My dad said something about going to dinner, but I'm going to skip and make a salad at home instead.  Time to get back on my diet, time to get back on my workout regimen.  I am finally feeling motivated, though.  The fact that I'm upset that I didn't get that workout in last night is definitely pushing me, and I'm going to allow that happen/work until I need to find a new source of motivation.

Seriously........motivation. Where are you???

Why-oh-Why can I not find my motivation?  I want to be thin.  I do.  I want to be healthy.  I want to be happy.  I want to be comfortable in my skin.  I do NOT want to rely on my boyfriend complimenting me in order to feel good about myself.  It's a ridiculous notion, and I'm completely aware it, yet...I do not thing to fix the problem.  Instead I continue to drop a few measly pounds just to put them right back on.  How do I do this?  How do I lose the weight?  Why can't I hold myself accountable?  I weighed myself this morning (quickly becasuse I was running late...as usual) wearing a pair of jeans, a tshirt, and a hoodie.  I came in at 166.6.  Ugh.  I'm sure that naked, it would be closer to 163, but that means that I put back on the 5 pounds that I just lost that put me down to 158.  My double chin is showing up in pictures again, and my arms look SO gross that I'm not sure I'll ever be in a tank top ever (and I mean ever, other than the 2 times I wore a tank top in my WHOLE life).  I feel disgusting...you would think that would be enough to push me to make the change!  I'm not really sure what the problem is, and I can't seem to gain any control here, and I can't seem to take responsiblity to fix it!  I mean, obviously, I'm not eating healthfully, and I'm not working out; so I guess I DO know WHAT the problem is.  Today is Monday, today I start Jillian again.  I'm going to knock it out, and then I'm going to write a blog about it, so that I'm held accountable!  If there isn't a blog post tonight, then you know I failed, and I suck at life.  Let's Do This!!!!!  This girl and this outfit are my current inspiration.  Let's see if the thought that I COULD actually pull off this look (if I'd just put in the f-ing work) motivates me to lose the weight!

 

 

To those of you reading this...I mean, there must be at least one person, right??  Please feel free to comment with any ideas for motivation that worked for you (or are currently working for you).  I could really use it right now.

Where is my mind?!

I don't know what my deal/problem is, but I cannot seem to stay on my diet!  Tulo and Giambi were playing down with the Sky Sox this week, so that meant two nights at the ballpark...which meant 2 terrible dinners at the bar, and last night 2 beers.  Ugh.  I don't know why, but I have absolutely no willpower.  It should have been easy to grab a salad on the way to the game, eat it in the parking lot, and drink a bottle of water at the game, but nope, I opted for fried chicken tenders, french fries and a very large diet coke the first night, and the overloaded nachos and 2 beers the second.  I will be in Vegas and then off to a wedding in ONE WEEK!  I'm nowhere closer to my goal of 150.  I weighed myself this morning and was at 161.5.  Ugh!!!  I'm so annoyed with myself.  Today, I get back on the diet and stop screwing around.  No carbs, no sugar, and NO ALCOHOL!  Obviously, this is all going to go out the window when we're in Vegas (who doesn't drink free beer when they're gambling??), so I've GOT to get on the ball NOW!!  I'll weigh in on Wednesday, the day before we leave, and if you don't hear from me before then, that's a GOOD thing!  It means I stuck to it, and stayed on my diet!

Have a fabulous Labor Day Weekend!

Weigh-In Wednesday 1

Sooooo....I weighed myself yesterday morning.  162.  Thumbs down!  I'm hoping it's because it's about to be that time of the month, so I'm bloated, and not because I've actually put the 2.2 lbs back on!  That leaves me with 12 lbs to lose in 15 days!  Ah!  Ok, time to get down to business then.  I didn't realize that I was looking at basically a 1 lb/day weightloss to do this!  Ok, that means, NO carbs, NO sugar, NO alcohol, and extra long walks with Fallynn each night!

Ugh, and, of course, my dad just told me that he has Suite tickets to the Broncos game on Sunday!  Who goes to a football game and eats healthfully???  Well.....apparently me!  =(

Ok, let's do this!

Tag Team

Ok, so apparently, since I suck at holding myself accountable, my friend, Rachel is joining the blog!  Yay!  She just moved to West Virginia, so we're going to do this tag team blog from many, many, many miles apart.  We'll be doing the 17 Day Diet together, blogging about our workouts, sharing recipes, and weighing in on Wednesdays.  Finally!  Someone to hold me accountable...and who doesn't love a little friendly competition?  =)

I'm very excited about this, and think that I've finally found something that is really going to work for me...that is, as long as we both keep it up.  I'm SO looking forward to this!  125 (or, if I'm lucky 115), here I come!!!  =D

Whoa...time to get down to business

Alright, so it has been more than 90 days since I posted that I was start Jillian.  Unfortunately, I fell off the wagon...twice...so I'm no where NEAR my goal!  =/  I was sticking with it because I wanted to look good for the family reunion, BUT then the family reunion came, and we were drinking and eating pizza, etc.  THEN 2 days after the reunion was over it was back to Illinois and Indiana for a wedding.  That just added the El Ranch, Pagliai's, Steak 'n' Shake (twice), and NO working out the entire time.  I hit my all time heaviest fluctuating between 167 and 170, and I kind of wanted to die.  SO as soon as I got back from Illinois, I got back on The 17 Day Diet and started eating right again. I lost 8 pounds in 2 1/2 weeks.  Then, a few friends came to visit from Illinois, and went back off the diet.  Happily (and luckily), I only put back on 1 pound, and I'm holding steady at 160 (162 during that "totm").  As soon as we go grocery shopping, I'll be able to get fully back on the diet (cutting out all the carbs and sugar, again), and hopefully losing some more weight. 

The big thing for me is all the crappy snack food taunting me at work.  I HATE working with a 40 yr old and a 60 yr old that don't give a shit about their health because it makes it SO hard for me to turn down the individual bags of chips and cookies that they're always snacking on.  I have asked Sam to buy me carrots and always make sure there is plenty of water, but it still gets really hard when a craving kicks in, and I know there are some cookies calling my name!

It is also time to quit smoking.  Working out might actually be fun if my lungs didn't feel like they were on fire with in the first 15 minutes.  I really don't smoke that much, but really any cigarette is too much, so that is my new goal cut back enough to enjoy working out, and eventually quit completely.  I'm not a cold turkey kind of girl, so baby steps is what will make it happen.

I really want to be at 150 when we go to California next month for the BF's best friend's wedding.  We fly out on September 6th, so it's time to kick this butt in gear and get going!  I've got 21 days, 3 weeks.  I know I can do this.  If I can lose 8 lbs in 2 1/2 weeks, there's not reason I can't hit 10 in 3.  It's time to step up my game, eat healthful food, and get exercising!  I've got Jillian to push me, and I've got dogs that want to go on walks.  I have to stop making excuses for myself.  I have to stop justifying bad decisions.  It's time to get down to business, and lose the weight.  I'll be sure to check in a few days before we leave and give a weight update.


Until then, have a good day and eat healthfully!

Time to get started!

Alright, so, here I am, 40 pounds heavier than I'd like to be.  Time to make a change.  Time to kick the bad habits, time to start fresh.  I just purchased Jillian Michaels' Body Revolution.  I started it on April 30th.  As much as I hate to post my weight for all to see, I have to hold myself accountable.  165.  That's it, I said it.  Heart broken.  Ok, moving on.

I am now on my second week.  I lost 3 pounds after the first week, buuuuuut stupidly made cookies for the boyfriend and put it all back on.  SO, weight is still at 165.  My ideal is 125, but my IDEAL ideal is 115.  I'll be comfortable at 140, I'll be happy at 130, I'll feel great at 125, and I'll feel untouchable at 115.  We'll see how far I can push myself.  Goals are set, and the wonderful thing about this program is that when the 90 days are up...I can start it all over again and up the game.  I  can give myself more resistance or add more weight, and get even better results.  I'm also planning on joining her website when I hit a wall.  It will give me a little more inspiration to keep pushing it.

This will happen.  I will achieve success, and I WILL MEET MY GOALS!!  Now, if anyone reading this wants to help me, inspire me, push me or vice versa, PLEASE comment.  We can do this together if you want!  =)

Good luck to me and good luck to you!