Week 5! Can U Believe It!

So, today (Sunday) I went to the cooking class!  It lets me know that there are so many things that we need to know!  My favorite was the Kale Chips!  It was so good! It kind of gives you that feeling like you're eating chips, but it's not.  Shout outs to Dori! Her dish! Everyone tried a little then after one bit, everyone was trying to brag a small handful.  Asuka made Salmon and confirmed by belief in Pesto!  Pesto makes everything taste good! The true giveaway for the day was David's dishes, such they were not made by him, but it is a reality that most people do daily.  Buy a made chicken and heat up some vegi's. It's easy and healthy! One thing I learned from buying made chicken from the store (esp. Harris Teeter) you may have to put the chicken in the oven to cook it a little more.  Some stores will sell a ready made chicken for you bout you have to check and make sure it is fully done te way you likebaked chicken.  Some stores will give you the chicken, make sure its fully cooked, according to done temperatures( 160-180  degrees I think) but according to your preference, you have to make sure that it is cooked all the way.  Anyway, I did not have a chance to complete on goal from last week because of time.  But, I will this week.  Do a workout  with Maia before class.  I hope that I will lose some lbs for weigh in this week. Other than that, I feel stronger, more confident and just a better person!  Sure I may not scream in class and have a smiley face when we are working hard and out, but best believe I am happy on the inside for sticking to the challenge!  So for the few that may read this blog and see me in class, know that I am happy and I am just trying to catch my breath! :)  I really like this and the people involved!  Its so positive...

Goals for this week...
Do all push ups properly!  (My knees can't take it!)
Go to a spin(2nd love next to dancing) class before bootcamp.
Follow a diet plan giving from a bootcamp coach, never really had one since day one.  I was just staying in the calorie range, it was not really doing anything for me, I will miss the carbs.

Have a great week folks!     

Week Four!! Oh yeah!

So last week I did a 12 minute quick workout with Maia and Cindy and that has made my arms so sore!!! Especially my forearms!  Anyways....I do feel great and a lot stronger.  I'm starting to see some changes in my legs and arms.  Some places that were soft are getting firm and I'm happy for that! I may even ask Maia if we can do another 12 minute workout before bootcamp this week.  After next week, I will ask for 2 workouts and by the end of the challenge, hopefully I will do a workout before each class.  I have been doing Zumba (Kazaxe) before each bootcamp class this week, so hopefully by the next weigh in, I will see some big changes on the scale!  My eating is getting better!  Still sticking to 1400cal a day!  Its getting easier, in fact I notice on weekends when we are allowed to have one cheat meal, my stomach tends to get upset. I heard its because our stomachs are shrinking and we can't take all of the same amount of food that were used too.  I just hope that I will see some changes on the scale. 
My goals for this week:

1. Ask and Join Maia for 1 workout before bootcamp class.
2. Continue to improve on my push ups and do more squats.
3. Push myself harder even though sometimes I feel like giving up in Bootcamp class!

Week Three...Getting Stronger

Well, I have to say that last week was better.  I was so proud of myself because I was able to actually do 5 proper push ups, however it was the modified ones!  But I did it!!  Thursday's class was hard but I have come into more realization of how much I miss taking dance classes and just dancing! I love it!  When I was smaller, that was something that I did that kept the weight off, without realizing that that was what I was doing.  I know that this week I will be better at stamina and bootcamp!  I am getting stronger!!  I have to keep telling myself that throughout the workouts at boot camp.  My goal for this week is to get in more cardio before bootcamp.  I will be a sweaty mess, but it's sweat for the greater good.  Monday I will do Kazaxe before bootcamp.  I will have an hour to rest so I should be okay.  Tuesday thru Friday I will fit my spin class in either before BC or after.  By Thursday, I want to do at least five push ups the proper way, not modified in all push up positions.
For nutrition, I will continue with eating between 1400-1700 per day.  Its getting easier.  I can't front, sometimes I miss the pizza, but I'm not craving for cheese like I used to when I make a sandwich.  I am under the weather and I know that if I had some dairy, I would not be in a good position right now because of the mucus. So, no dairy is good! Still haven't found that book yet (see last week's post).  I will continue to search for it.  People have noticed my face has changed so I hope that will reflect on the scale.  I am a little nervous about it because, I will workout before the weigh-in.  When you weigh yourself after you workout, you tend to be a little heavier then when you started because you are retaining water.  I will talk to Maia about it. Even if you don't workout before you weigh in, b/c its at 6:30pm, you have to think about what you ate for the day and how that may effect the scale.  I have had more success when I weigh in on an empty stomach, usually in the morning.  I'll see tomorrow.  But other than that I feel good, I'm starting to have more energy again, and I fell happier in general!

Week Two!!

I have to say that week two has begun I do feel a little difference in my legs and arms!  I am slowly beginning to not really crave the dairy anymore.  Plus my sister in law said that she stopped eating dairy for a month one time and she noticed a difference in her mucus level, muscle definition and her skin cleared as well.  I also heard, (have to find the book) about how we as humans should not eat dairy. Anyway, that is another subject.  I have learned that I need to eat a little more clean.  Stay away from "healthy" snacks, the kind that are supposed to be healthy.  I have noticed that some of my clothes are fitting me differently.  I have been thinking about how to control hunger.  I understand that its easy to eat fruit for a snack, but if you are controlling portions, what do you do if you are still hungry? I think that is the major issue for most dieters.  I guess eventually, the hunger pains just go away or you just get used to it. But what kind of way is that to live?  I know that I need to lose wait for health and other reasons and I know other people are feeling great and all that, however for those who have to lose some real weight, this is a struggle.  Not because of the exercise, but because of the nutrition and portion control.  On another note, I will surpass this, but it will be hard.  That is why I'm happy to have accountability!  I got this!  Week 2 here we come!
 This week:
1. Get in at least a 30 min of cardio before bootcamp.
2. Eat more veggies as a snack
3. Research more recipes for healthier and heartier salads and meals.

I Feel Good!

What a week! Many challenges in Bootcamp this week, but everyday I do feel myself getting stronger! So that is all hat really counts!  All I have to say is that it hurts so bad, but it feels so good!  Have a restful weekend!

Why Am I Doing This???

Well to piggy back off of the thought of the day, Why am I doing this?  I am doing this because ever since i moved out to the Washington DC area, I have been in a funk of homesickness.  Once a person graduates from college, its pretty hard to make new friends.  In this area, so many people move in for a year and leave the next year its pretty hard to really have a group of people around you who may have some of the same interests as you and if you do find acquaintances, its usually from work and we all don't want to talk about work on our days off!! So for me that has been difficult. I have gained so much weight that when I went to my high school reunion a year ago, people did not recognize me! It was sad.  Long sad story short, I tried many diets and programs lost some weight but it all came back.  I have a wedding in June and some health issues that I am too young to have and now is the time to change it!  I see that many coaches and people are very supportive of each other and this program seemed like a positive place to make the change happen for me.  One thing I do have to say is that I believe that if we can get the nutrition part down, then we will be able to keep our fitness goal in tact.  I believe that its 80% nutrition 20% exercise.  Think about it, ask someone whom you know that it older than middle age or middle age and they "still look good".  If you notice, they exercise and they keep a very close eye on what they are putting into their mouths.   So to end this blog today, I hope people read it, I am really starting to like the whole blogging thing and i hope that people will help each other in keeping this their goals.  I really like to see that people in this test group are positive because you never know what a person in the group is going through, it seems like many of us are going through trying times at this moment.  So a little hand clap ( high five), smile, or words of encouragement may do wonders for a single person!  Lets keep the positivity alive!!
My action Plan:

1. Eat between 1400-1700 cal. Daily
2. Stay away from dairy and wine
3. lose at least 3 inches in the waist and hips.