Adios to another 3 lbs!!!!!

I feel like I have so much to tell all of you. Well 1st lets start off by cheering................. I LOST ANOTHER 3 LBS!!!!!! YEAH!!!!! Its feels so good! And again, I lost more inches. I wish the scaled moved as much as the inches did. so my total for the competition is 10 lbs & my total from what I weighed in with Sharon is 15 lbs!!!!

The principal in this contest is ridiculous! He is doing amazing. I dont know what or how he is doing it but hes blowing all of us out of the water! But you know what.... good for him. He had the most weight to lose of all of us so as much as I want to beat him... I say Congratulations to him for being so motivated and doing such an awesome job. I think hes down over 30 lbs!!!! Thats nuts! Just this past week he lost 10 lbs. Crazy huh?

So Sharon has upped the workouts. They are insane now. I thought they were hard before..... Its was a piece of cake compared to now. The only difference now is that I feel good doing it where before I was on the verge of either passing out or throwing up. I did a wall sit last week and sharon stood on my legs and I had to hold her. I yelled at her "GET OFF OF ME!" but she knew I could do it and wouldnt let me quit and guess what..... I did it!!!!! I have been running my mile everyday!!! 6 days a week!!!! Just to be able to say that I can do that now feels good.

Yesterday I did my mile, trained with Sharon for an hour and then she made me run another 1/2 mile when my workout was over. I didnt think I would be able to do it but I turned my IPod up loud, zoned out & got it done. SO I ran a mile & 1/2 last night. Our goal now is 2 miles. It seems like a lot for me but this time I actually think I can do it.

Toms Uncle & cousin are doing a triathalon in July and I told them I want to do it. I know you have to run 3 miles which is a lot for me but I figure if I keep training and keep up with my running... I can do it! How awesome would it be to say I did a triathalon?!?!?!? I told Tom I was scared and what happens if I cant finish and he just said "All you can do is try!" and I think thats true. It would be my 1st one so I really dont know what to expect so at least I can try, give it my all and see what happens. I would really love to do it though. I just think that would be so awesome.

Im looking for a workout buddy when this is all said & done or even now if anyone would like to start joining me. Gina - I know we keep taking about getting together for early morning jogs & walks with the kids. If it would ever get nice out.... lets start. Im telling you.... No more unhealthy me. I really want to keep going with the healthy lifestyle. Its changing me to be such a better person!

Love you all!

OH MY WORD.... MY WORKOUT LAST NIGHT WAS INSANE..... BUT AWESOME!!!

SO Sharon told me we really need to step it up to get back in this game and she wasnt kidding! She killed me yesterday but it was awesome. I felt good throughout the entire workout. I ran my mile, then we boxed and then we did a few other things at the end of the session. The boxing drills are awesome. I wish I knew how to explain it on here. If you ever want to take a boxing class, go to WWW.EBACFIT.COM. Its such a great workout. I was sweating last night like I have never sweat before. It was just pouring off of me. and although I cant stand the feeling of sweating... I was just thinking burn fat burn!!!! I am so sore this morning but again, I just feel good. It still takes me a few minutes to actually get out of bed but once I do...I feel great! And whats funny too is that Im starting to notice my weight loss in small places like my feet! My shoes that I wear ALL the time at work are too big on me now. My glasses fall off my face. I love that!!! Except... hopefully they dont shrink too much. I will be looking pretty fugly if I have a teenie little head & feet with a big body!!! ha ha ha I train again with Sharon tonight & then she will give me a new homework assignment for Friday.

I actually pushed myself harder than I usually do on Tuesday. My home work was:

I did 45 minutes of cardio! I ran for 15 minutes straight. Then the last 10 minutes on the treadmill I ran 15 yeards, walked 15 yards.
Then I did the elliptical for 20 minutes alternating going backwards & forwards.

Lateral Shoulder raises 8lb weights. 20 reps - 3 sets
Upright rows w/ resistant bands 20 reps - 3 sets
Rear Flys 5lb weights 20 reps - 3 sets
Plank hold 3 sets 30 secs each
150 crunches

I busted my ass again this week so I better have a good weigh in. Im getting tired of this 1 lb weight loss! I know its healthy weight loss that I will be able to keep off but its not going to win me this competition. I need like 4 or 5 lbs weight losses!!!!! :) Tonight is my "last chance workout" with Sharon. She is going to kill me again today but I need it so bring it on!
Oh and Im glad to report..... my calves are doing awesome. Getting better by the day. They still hurt but recover so much faster now. Yeah!!!!!

stay tuned..................

ONLY DOWN 1 POUND THIS WEEK.... BOO!!!

Ok so Im only down 1 pound this week. What the heck?!?!?!? The good thing is that Im down more inches. I lost 2 inches off my chest! Thats probably the 1 pound ha ha ha and Im officially down a size!
But you know what..... I cant let myself get discouraged anymore. I came into this wanting to change me for the better & I have. And I think Im doing a damn good job so far. No, my weight loss isnt where I would like it to be & I really need to step up my game a little bit but I have never missed a training session, I work out on my own, I watch what I eat.... I have to remember that this is for me!!!! Its for me to become a healthier better person so I can then teach those around me the same healthy lessions and help make them better too & Im doing that. I have to remember that every minute I spend away from Taylor (although its so hard) is a moment that Taylor will look back on and say "Thats my Mom. Look what she did. Im proud of her!" Every minute I spend crying on he phone to Tom will soon turn in to more laughter and confidence. I have to be proud of me & and really am for everything I have done so far. And as long as I continue to remember why Im really doing this I think the better I will do. I have lost that since I started this competition. Its hard for me cause Im so competitive but in the long run, the prize isnt being named the winner or getting the shopping spree. I will be a winner for making such a big change in my life.

But now to the stepping up my game part....... Now that Im going to set aside the other contestants and just focus on me..... I feel better about it. I dont feel so frusterated and down. Sharon called me today to see how Im doing (I love her!) and to give me the game plan on how to get to gettin. She wants me to WORKOUT 2 HOURS A DAY! I dont know how Im going to fit that in but I will find a way. If theres a will theres a way. I know I can do this!!!! I will keep you updates on what the actual workouts are after I meet with Sharon tonight.
I need everyones support like crazy more now than ever so please keep cheering me on!!!!!

I FINALLY DID IT..... I CAN RUN 1 MILE!!!!!

I RAN 1 MILE WITHOUT STOPPING!!!! YEAH!!! To some that might seem like nothing but when I first started this I couldnt run a 1/2 a mile without stoppping. And I beat my time again.... last night I ran the mile on a 2.0 incline at 5.2 speed & finished in 12:03 minutes. For me that is amazing! That really makes me feel like I can do anything. I just put my IPod in my ear with music blasing, focused on one thing and just kept running. I didnt look at my time distance nothing. I just kept going till I reached it. It seriously feels amazing! I couldnt believe it. I have run the mile Monday, Wednesday & Thursday this week. Im going to do it again today & tomorrow too! My own personal goal is to run 1 mile everyday!!!!! My calves (as always) are on fire but they recover a lot better than they did before so I think they are the point of just getting used to all this crazy exercise. Hopefully with this new goal I made for myself the pounds with literally melt off my body! Im going to be ready to be running miles soon!!!!
I know a lot of people say "THEY CANT RUN" and I was one of those people but you can. And Im the perfect example that you can do it. I mean it is only 1 mile but the more I do it the more miles I will be able to run. Start off slow and just push yourself. You WILL be able to do it. Now I know why people like to run too. You feel so good afterwards. Dont get me wrong Im out of breathe and tired but my body just feels good.
SO Sharon pushed me to a breaking point last night. I was so mad at her for making me do these excersizes that I just didnt feel like I could do that I started to cry. I wanted to walk out so bad but I couldnt do that. I told her that I feel like she makes me do things that are physically possible for me and when I cant do it and Im struggling, she says "Lets go Christie! This is your last workout before your weigh in" It makes me feel like Im a slacker. Like she thinks Im not putting in 100% even though I am trying with all I can. BUt then we had one of our pep talks and she let me know that she knows Im giving this my all. Its like I want her to push me but when your getting pushed so hard and doing things that are so difficult it makes you want to throw in the towel. But I doubt myself sooooooooo much and I have to stop because when Sharon does push me and makes me do all these things that I think are impossible..... I do them!!! And thats another thing about Sharon that I love so much. She knows that I able to do them. I however, dont think I can so I doubt myself. She is not only changing me physically but mentally as well. Shes really helping me realize that I can do anything I put my mind to. Im going to be a skinny, confident woman and I cant wait for that.
But again, she kicked my ass yesterday, crazy style! I can barely type today.
On wednesday she was teaching me about the the muscles and what workouts work those muscles. I love learning all of this. Im going to be able to make my own worout routine and know that Im doing it right. She let me know that the best uppper body workout you can do is: Push Ups. and the best lower body you can do it: Squats

so my homework for tonight is:

1 mile run

Swimming workout: 20 minutes of straight laps
Water Push ups 3 sets @ 25 reps
Flutter kicks 1 minute
Kick backs 4 laps

Then I have to choose 2 muscle groups (Arms, Shoulders, Legs, Glutes, Abs, Chest & Back) and do 3 excersizes that work those muscle groups.

I think Im going to do Legs & Glutes since thats the biggest part of my body so I will do:

Lunges, Squats, Side kicks, Bridges, Leg lifts, and Im not sure what the last one will be.

as far as food goes: same old same old!!!! and still wanting pizza! ha ha ha ha

Oh and how can I forget.... My new motto:

DONT LOSE FOCUS....... LOSE WEIGHT!!!!!

Say Good Bye to 3 pounds!!!!

YEAH!!!! Finally a good week. I lost 3 lbs!!!! I busted my ass this week so Im glad it paid off. The other contestants are still losing but their numbers are starting to slow down so Im hoping that while they slow down Im picking up speed and I will pass them. I was last in place but I think Im ahead of one of the girls now so I have to keep on keeping on!!!! :)
I feel amazing this week. Im back to running as much as I can, I went and swam which felt really good. Sharon (as always) is the best support system. Shes happy & excited for me when I have a week like this where I do great yet shes sad for me and understand me when Im having bad days... SHe is just the best and I seriously couldnt have been blessed with a better person to be helping me change my life. I absolutly love her. And of course I cant forget AAron (her Hubby) hes such a huge support system for Sharon and he wants this for me just as bad as Sharon & I do. They are just amazing people and I will never be able to thank them enough for what they are doing for me!
SO my calves are still bothering me BUT.... They are a lot better. I think Im just scared to push myself cause Im afraid to have to go through that pain again and not be able to workout like I want to. I still run at least 1/2 mile at a time. I just want to get to that mile. I did beat my time on Saturday. I think it was 13:32 or something close to that. I think I may have beat my previous time by a minute?!?!? SO thats pretty awesome. I cant wait till I can run the full mile and then 2 and then 3 and then I will have my nice skinny legs back and good butt that I used to have.
I put on a pair of jeans that I took straight out of the dryer and they were a little baggy in the butt!!!! Thats what I like to see. SHRINK BODY SHRINK! I told Sharon when I can get into a bikini Im going to parade in the gym with it on! ha ha ha I think I will be so excited to be back in one that someone might have to pry it off my body. I might not be bikini ready by the time the competition ends but when Tom & I go to FL at the end of May I want to be able to wear one. We will see... I have a lot to go for that to happen. I will tell you this.... I WILL NEVER LET MYSELF TO GET TO THIS POINT EVER AGAIN IN MY LIFE!!! It is a physically, emotionally grueling process to get back to where I want to be and I dont ever want to have to go through this again. (Except I absolutly LOVE working out with Sharon!)
If anyone ever wants to train.... Go to PUSH FITNESS in Schaumburg. All the trainers are so nice. Im mean I can go there be sweating like a pig feeling like Im going to pass out and be laughing with the trainers. I walk in there and feel good about myself cause you know everyone there is routing for you. Its a great feeling. I hate the days I dont train there. I wish I could do it everyday.

So today is my day off so I dont have any homework but I think Im going to do Slim in 6 in six in a little bit. It a rainy crappy day, Tom is at Johns helping him with stuff at his house, taylor is at Marks.... Im bored so why not?!?!?!?

Cross your fingers I have another 3 pound (or more) week! Competition is on....Watch out cause CHRISTIE IS BACK!!!!!!

I burned almost 700 calories tonight!!!! It feels awesome!

I had yet another amazing workout with Sharon tonight. She kicked my ass again but I feel great. I was able to run again for a little over a 1/2 mile. Slowly but surely we are getting back there. Im afraid to push myself too much on the treadmil cause of my calves but Im working em! As soon as its buring really really bad I get off and foam roll them. I just dont want them to get to the point where it hurts to walk again. Sharon stretched me out after the workout today like nobody's buisness too! I thought she was going to have to pick me up off of the floor cause I was just so relaxed and of course dead from the crazy workout.
Im feel really great again though! I feel like I can do this again! Im excited about it and not frusterated with it. We will see though come Saturday. That damn scale better move! I will be pissed if it doesnt. How could it not though. I had a bad week last week, I turned around and busted my ass this week... It has to move right?!?!?!?

SO my homeowrk tomorrow is:

Double crunches & push ups in the morning when I wake up
50 minutes of swimming laps
plank holds & v-sits
Im going to try and run for as long as I can tomorrow before I swim. I want to keep running to get my calves going again. I need the cardio!

I thinktheres more but I dont have my book right in front of me. I will let you know if theres more.

My meal plan today was:

Breakfast: Protein shake

Snack: Whole grain pita chips with hummus (Yummy!)

Lunch: Turkey burger with whole grain bun & Broccoli

Snack: Carrots

Dinner: Spicy Chicken (It was the chicken I made in the slow cooker...Its delicious!)

After workout: Protein shake


Have a good night & I will talk to you tomorrow!!!!

Sharon kicked my butt tonight!

So i got home from training with Sharon not to long ago. Holy crap she kicked my butt tonight! It was an awesome workout. I ran tonight too which made me very happy. I ran a little over a half mile. I havent been able to do that in years. Its still not a long distance but its 100% more than what I could do before. Plus, when I fisrt started training my heart rate shot up to like 179 after being on the treadmill. Now after running over a 1/2 mile my heart rate was at like 155 or something near that. Thats a pretty good improvement.
We think I lost a few more inches too! Sharon didnt have my sheet today but we took my measurements and I think I might have lost another 1/2 inch off my chest, an inch off my waist, an inch off of each thigh and an inch off of each arm. I think thats what it was. Im hoping so anyway!
so I feel alot better after todays workout. I love that I am starting to run again. It makes a big difference to me. I feel like I accomplished more when I run. But then I get home and my parents orders Rosati's!!!! I know not everyone has to change to be healthy but a little more support from my parents would be really nice. They have never once made something for dinner that was something I can eat. I come home and theres a big pan of cheesy baked pasta, or some taco caserole with cheese and bisquick mix or pizza. It makes me kind of sad when I read the articles & the contestants families area all making an effort to help them out and trying to eat healthy and I come home to nothing but crap I cant eat. It makes it a lot harder. I know this is my thing I guess I just thought they would support me more. But at least I have all of you that read this and give me supportive comments. Courtney has really been a great support system. I just wish she was here and not in AZ! :( (LOVE YOU COURT!!!)
But like Courtney says: I just need to keep trucking on and have failth in myself that I can do this. And I know I can. I just need to work harder and know that all these feelings of doubt are just hurdles that I need to leap over.

Todays meal plan was:

Breakfast: Protein shake made with Soy Milk w/ Glutamine & flax seed oil
1/2 an apple

Snack: 1 grapefruit

Lunch: Turkey burger w/ guacamole on a whole grain bun
Stewed veggies

Snack: 1/2 whole grain english muffin w/ organic peanut butter

Dinner: Protein shake w/ soy milk, glutamine & flax seed oil

Stay tuned for more. Good night!

ITS BEEN FOREVER!!!!

OK so the good new is that our computer is fixed so I should be able to blog daily again! Yeah!!! The bad news is that this is going to be another bitch session. :(

so I got weighed in last Saturday (Feb 28th) and Im only down 1 pound! What the heck is going on??? I have been busting my butt working out, following the diet and Im just not seeing the results. Its so frusterating. I dont want Sharon to think that Im some slacker that isnt committing. Shes taking time out of her life to help me better myself and I feel like such a disappointment. I feel like Im letting not only myself but everyone following this down.

I just dont know what else I can do to step up my game. I dont really have more time to put in to working out. I get up at 6 am and am not home till 9pm. I know somewhere in between this Im supposed to rest but I dont have time for that either. Its go go go everyday all day. Im exhausted. physically, emotionally.... just drained. This is so much harder than I ever thought possible. And its not even the working out part. It trying to fit everything in. I mean Taylor eats dinner in my car on some days! On Saturday I was so upset after my weigh in I balled my eyes out on the phone to Tom and then when I got home to Nicola. I know this is only a competition but I want it so bad! Sharon thinks it might be due to my calves & not being able to do cardio. Im hoping that is the case. I started running again and although my calves still hurt its nothing compared to what they were so hopefully that means I can begin running again. And I want to run. I want to get to the point where I enjoy it and can go for runs in the morning on nice days and run all the charity walks I do. I mean look at runners.... they have fabulous legs & butts!!!

I just need to suck it up and step it up!

I got my Power 90. Its a good workout but its sooooooooooooooo boring! I think it might be going back. I have a million other home workouts I can do so I think I might try those & see what one I like the best. I love Slim in 6 so Im going to start doing that one in the morning. The probelm with that is the waking up earlier than I have to part. Boo!!! But it has to be done if I want to win right????

The good thing too is that I am starting to notice a difference in my body. Not huge differences yet but at least I know the inches are coming off.

Im still in this though. My hopes is that they other contestants will start to slow down on the weight loss and I will catch up! If Im going to lose.... It better be by like only a pound. I want them to know that they need to watch out for me.

Did anyone see the paper this Monday? I look like Im trying to poop! ha ha ha ha Speaking of poop.... has anyone ever done a body cleanse? I want to try it to hopefully shed some pounds that way but Im scared! I dont want to be crapping my brains out all day every day. If its just like a weekend thing I could probably handle it. Sharon wants me to take a probiotic. Im scared of that too? If anything has any feed back on this let me know pretty please!

So I cooked yesterday! I know...dont everyone have a heart attack. It is shocking! I cooked 5 different things. 3 of the 5 turned out really good. I made Turkey Burgers that are delicious! Chicken & salsa in the slow cooker to make chicken tacos and that as well turned out delicious & I made chunky vegtable chili also delicious. Then the bad ones: Cabbage Strata (ground chicken, cabbage, brown rice, onions & tomatos) out of the Biggest Loser cookbook. It has no flavor. It needs major salt but I cant add salt so its not really good. And then also out of the biggest loser cookbook I made chicken meatloaf. Its horrible. It didnt even look good. I dont reccommend those at all. They are bland and blah!!! But at least I tried them. You dont know till you try.

alrighty..... now that I actually have a computer again...... stay tuned for more to come!