At it again

I know this is the worst possible time in the world to try dieting, but I'm doing it. I've been holding strong since Monday and have already lost 6 pounds this week. That will have to be my motivation through Christmas. I don't know how I'll ever make it but I've got to try. I've set up a rewards list for my goals. My first reward.......a big screen HDTV.

199.9- HDTV
179.9- massage
159.9- Coach purse
139.9- a fantastic trip somewhere where I can wear a bikini!!

I should be at goal weight by July 4.

WOW! What a long time!

Its apparently been a long time since I blogged on here. I swear its not my fault! My computer got a virus and I have extremely limited internet access. So.....as far as a quick update......things are going well. I have a workout buddy at work. We go to the gym on lunch breaks. We've been every day last week and plan to keep it up. We've been doing about 15 to 20 mins of cardio, 15 to 20 mins of weights and 5 minutes for a little abs and stretching. Its not much but its a start for sure. I'm also going strong on Atkins. At this beginning of the week, I was at 209, I'm already down to 205. I can't quite seem to break that 200 barrier but I'll get there. I really want to hit that first goal by my birthday. That only gives me a few weeks so I need to stay focused.

I've been going back and forth about what to do about my diet for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Giving up all the wonderful cakes and pies and cookies is going to be sooo hard, not to mention giving up mashed potatoes. I'm trying to stay focused to work my way through it. I keep remembering about this spring when I was doing so well, and I had lost about 30 or 35 pounds. I decided to go off of my diet for a camping trip and I wanted to be able to have s'mores. Well...the thing about Atkins is that its super easy to stay on but its hard as hell to get started. After that, I never really was able to get started again. So now I've spent all summer fat....and for what??? A s'more???? It was not worth it!

Sick

I've been sick the last few days and haven't been able to work out. Luckily, I did my yoga workout on Thursday with Kyra....too cute, but since then, I can barely breathe much less work out. I guess I'll just have to work double hard once I'm feeling better again.

Day I'm Not Sure Anymore

Lost a few days there on my P90X but I've been sticking to my diet. Finding time to work out an hour a day is harder than I thought. I did my shoulders and arms today followed by the ab ripper workout. It was really good. I can totally tell that my triceps are going to be worthless tomorrow.

I had hardly any carbs today at all which isn't necessarily good. I had a sugar free rockstar and the meat and cheese portion of a lunchable with a string cheese for lunch. The I had fajita meat with onions, cheese and guacamole for dinner.

Day 3

OMG!!!!!! Today's workout was really really really really intense. Today was plyometrics. I was warned that I may throw up from this one and I wasn't far from it. Plyometrics is jump-training. A lot of squating and jumping in all kinds of directions. My legs feel like jello but now that my heart rate is slowing again, I already feel healthier. My lungs are taking in more air and my heart feels stronger. Not to mention, I'm sure if I keep this up, I'll have a great butt!! I'm not sure how I made it through an hour of this as I felt like I was going to die after about 20 minutes, but I did. According to the trainer, that's the toughest one, and I did it. Now I know I can handle this.

I ate well today. Still under my 20 grams of carbs each day. I had an Atkins granola bar for breakfast and a protein shake as a snack. I was so busy today at work, I couldn't get away for lunch. A friend brought me a chicken salad from Chick-fil-A around 5. I saw District 9 which made me pretty nauseous so doing this plyometrics right afterwards was probably not the best idea.

Day 2

I had a sugar free Amp and a chicken salad for lunch. Dinner was a protein shake and 2 double cheeseburgers with no bun. Lots of water today.

I wasn't able to do my workout which sucked. Its not my fault, I promise. I got home and the electricity was off. Had to spend the night in a hotel and they didn't have a DVD player. I did a few ab exercises but nothing intense. I'll have to double up this weekend or something to catch up.

Day 1 - August 17, 2009

I missed breakfast this morning. For lunch, 2 double cheeseburgers from McDonald's with no bun plus a side salad with a little ranch dressing. I had 1 carb free rockstar and 1 Diet Coke at work. For dinner, a small cheap steak with a Worcestershire sauce. Drank all my water today.

I bought P90X today after work on Craig's list and I'm excited to start seeing results with that. Today was my first workout, Chest/Back. Unfortunately, I can't do any real pushups. I did the best I could and I can already feel sore in my shoulders.

My purpose

I've been doing Atkins for several months and I've lost around 30 pounds but I haven't been sticking with it for the last month or two, so my weight has stayed about the same. I'm going to start blogging about it every day to keep myself accountable. I'll list everything I eat here as well as my workouts. I'll also list triggers and mood changes that seem to affect my eating habits as well as challenges I'm facing along the way.

Here are my current measurements:
Bust 43
Waist 39.5
Hips 48
Upper Thigh 30
Lower Thigh 21.5
Calf 16.5
Arm 14.75

Here are my goals:
Bust 38
Waist 28
Hips 38
Upper Thigh 22
Weight 135

I'm not going to post my weight until it is something that I'm more comfortable with, but I will be posting +/- along the way.