I took the first steps today in changing me, my habits, and finally reaching my goals!
My bootcamp class is doing a 28 day challenge starting 02 January. I am SO excited, and I'm not 100% sure what it's about, because it is a special designed challenge for those who are up for the hard journey! I'm not gonna lie, I don't know ALL the details yet, but that's half the fun!
Well, to get in the right spirit, I cleaned out EVERYTHING I know I won't be able to eat on this thing. I realized with this venture, that my habits may have not been the best. I have never seen my fridge and cabinets SO empty! It's refreshing in a way. It's like, not only is the year going to be new, but I'm going to have new food, and another new outlook!
My theory is, why not, right? 2011 brings me an excuse to be able to start all over, and I'm quite pumped! Let's hope 2 weeks into this thing, when I am in MAJOR sugar withdrawal, I still have a positive attitude! :)
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
12 Days of Fitness...
While bored at work, I thought I would put a special spin on the 12 Days of Christmas...maybe we can give this a shot together! Merry Christmas Everyone!!!
On the first day of Christmas my trainer gave to me a pair of blue 10 pound dumbbells.
On the second day of Christmas my trainer gave to me two jump ropes jumping and a pair of blue 10 pound dumbbells
On the third day of Christmas my trainer gave to me three sets of lunges, two jump ropes jumping and a pair of blue 10 pound dumbbells
On the fourth day of Christmas my trainer gave to me four sore muscles hurting, three sets of lunges, two jump ropes jumping and a pair of blue 10 pound dumbbells
On the fifth day of Christmas my trainer gave to me 5 pounds of PROTEIN, four sore muscles hurting, three sets of lunges, two jump ropes jumping and a pair of blue 10 pound dumbbells
On the sixth day of Christmas my trainer gave to me six tight abs showing, 5 pounds of PROTEIN, four sore muscles hurting, three sets of lunges, two jump ropes jumping and a pair of blue 10 pound dumbbells
On the seventh day of Christmas my trainer gave to me seven killer circuits, six tight abs showing, 5 pounds of PROTEIN, four sore muscles hurting, three sets of lunges, two jump ropes jumping and a pair of blue 10 pound dumbbells.
On the eight day of Christmas my trainer gave to me eight minutes resting, seven killer circuits, six tight abs showing, 5 pounds of PROTEIN, four sore muscles hurting, three sets of lunges, two jump ropes jumping and a pair of blue 10 pound dumbbells.
On the ninth day of Christmas my trainer gave to me 9 sprints a sprinting, eight minutes resting, seven killer circuits, six tight abs showing, 5 pounds of PROTEIN, four sore muscles hurting, three sets of lunges, two jump ropes jumping and a pair of blue 10 pound dumbbells.
On the tenth day of Christmas my trainer gave to me ten loads for lifting, 9 sprints a sprinting, eight minutes resting, seven killer circuits, six tight abs showing, 5 pounds of PROTEIN, four sore muscles hurting, three sets of lunges, two jump ropes jumping and a pair of blue 10 pound dumbbells.
On the eleventh day of Christmas my trainer gave to me eleven sizes smaller, ten loads for lifting, 9 sprints a sprinting, eight minutes resting, seven killer circuits, six tight abs showing, 5 pounds of PROTEIN, four sore muscles hurting, three sets of lunges, two jump ropes jumping and a pair of blue 10 pound dumbbells.
On the twelfth day of Christmas my trainer gave to me twelve drinks of water, eleven sizes smaller, ten loads for lifting, 9 sprints a sprinting, eight minutes resting, seven killer circuits, six tight abs showing, 5 pounds of PROTEIN, four sore muscles hurting, three sets of lunges, two jump ropes jumping AND A PAIR OF BLUE 10 POUND DUUUUUMMMMMBBELLLLLLLLLLSSSS!!!!!
On the first day of Christmas my trainer gave to me a pair of blue 10 pound dumbbells.
On the second day of Christmas my trainer gave to me two jump ropes jumping and a pair of blue 10 pound dumbbells
On the third day of Christmas my trainer gave to me three sets of lunges, two jump ropes jumping and a pair of blue 10 pound dumbbells
On the fourth day of Christmas my trainer gave to me four sore muscles hurting, three sets of lunges, two jump ropes jumping and a pair of blue 10 pound dumbbells
On the fifth day of Christmas my trainer gave to me 5 pounds of PROTEIN, four sore muscles hurting, three sets of lunges, two jump ropes jumping and a pair of blue 10 pound dumbbells
On the sixth day of Christmas my trainer gave to me six tight abs showing, 5 pounds of PROTEIN, four sore muscles hurting, three sets of lunges, two jump ropes jumping and a pair of blue 10 pound dumbbells
On the seventh day of Christmas my trainer gave to me seven killer circuits, six tight abs showing, 5 pounds of PROTEIN, four sore muscles hurting, three sets of lunges, two jump ropes jumping and a pair of blue 10 pound dumbbells.
On the eight day of Christmas my trainer gave to me eight minutes resting, seven killer circuits, six tight abs showing, 5 pounds of PROTEIN, four sore muscles hurting, three sets of lunges, two jump ropes jumping and a pair of blue 10 pound dumbbells.
On the ninth day of Christmas my trainer gave to me 9 sprints a sprinting, eight minutes resting, seven killer circuits, six tight abs showing, 5 pounds of PROTEIN, four sore muscles hurting, three sets of lunges, two jump ropes jumping and a pair of blue 10 pound dumbbells.
On the tenth day of Christmas my trainer gave to me ten loads for lifting, 9 sprints a sprinting, eight minutes resting, seven killer circuits, six tight abs showing, 5 pounds of PROTEIN, four sore muscles hurting, three sets of lunges, two jump ropes jumping and a pair of blue 10 pound dumbbells.
On the eleventh day of Christmas my trainer gave to me eleven sizes smaller, ten loads for lifting, 9 sprints a sprinting, eight minutes resting, seven killer circuits, six tight abs showing, 5 pounds of PROTEIN, four sore muscles hurting, three sets of lunges, two jump ropes jumping and a pair of blue 10 pound dumbbells.
On the twelfth day of Christmas my trainer gave to me twelve drinks of water, eleven sizes smaller, ten loads for lifting, 9 sprints a sprinting, eight minutes resting, seven killer circuits, six tight abs showing, 5 pounds of PROTEIN, four sore muscles hurting, three sets of lunges, two jump ropes jumping AND A PAIR OF BLUE 10 POUND DUUUUUMMMMMBBELLLLLLLLLLSSSS!!!!!
Friday, December 10, 2010
Support
I finally figured it out!! For the last month, I've been picking my brain trying to figure out, why am I struggling SO much now, versus when Colin was gone??
Well, I FINALLY figured it out! When Colin was gone, I was at Golds Gym every single day!! It was wonderful! I got to see the people that really knew what I was going through, and kept me on track starting every morning!
When Golds closed, I didn't really have anyone keeping me honest. I did the workouts, but I didn't have someone saying once a week "let's step on the scale and really see how you're doing!"
When I did Weight Watchers the first time, that's also what kept me honest! Every week someone was like "umm, Cara, did we fall off the bandwagon this week?" "Why yes scary Weight Watchers lady, I did indulge in that chocolate lava cake...BUT I SHARED IT!!"
Well, you remember that boot camp class I told you about? Well I am SOOOO excited, because I get to weigh in now, and I have that someone reminding me every week that I need to be watching every bite! It sucks to have to be SO dang picky, but it works my friends, and if I want to reach that goal, I know what I have to do!
Well, starting January 3rd, Colin and I are cracking down and going HARD CORE diet!! I don't have all the details yet, but with Colin in ROTC, and my goal of OCS, I tell ya, we're going to have Army plastered all over this dang apartment. We have to remind ourselves EVERY day!!
This is a brand new year coming up, and it's going to be a whole new start! Ya just gotta love the New Year, eh?
"Do not dismantle the house, but look at each brick, and replace those which appear to be broken, which no longer support the structure." Neale Donald Walsch
Well, I FINALLY figured it out! When Colin was gone, I was at Golds Gym every single day!! It was wonderful! I got to see the people that really knew what I was going through, and kept me on track starting every morning!
When Golds closed, I didn't really have anyone keeping me honest. I did the workouts, but I didn't have someone saying once a week "let's step on the scale and really see how you're doing!"
When I did Weight Watchers the first time, that's also what kept me honest! Every week someone was like "umm, Cara, did we fall off the bandwagon this week?" "Why yes scary Weight Watchers lady, I did indulge in that chocolate lava cake...BUT I SHARED IT!!"
Well, you remember that boot camp class I told you about? Well I am SOOOO excited, because I get to weigh in now, and I have that someone reminding me every week that I need to be watching every bite! It sucks to have to be SO dang picky, but it works my friends, and if I want to reach that goal, I know what I have to do!
Well, starting January 3rd, Colin and I are cracking down and going HARD CORE diet!! I don't have all the details yet, but with Colin in ROTC, and my goal of OCS, I tell ya, we're going to have Army plastered all over this dang apartment. We have to remind ourselves EVERY day!!
This is a brand new year coming up, and it's going to be a whole new start! Ya just gotta love the New Year, eh?
"Do not dismantle the house, but look at each brick, and replace those which appear to be broken, which no longer support the structure." Neale Donald Walsch
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Turkey, cranberries, pie...and sweat pants!!
Holy buckets people, Thanksgiving is TOMORROW! Tomorrow is a day where we sit with friends and family and realize how dang lucky we are! How lucky we are to have a roof over our heads, a little cash in the bank, family to love, friends who care so much, and how THANKFUL we are...for sweat pants!!
Yes folks, while we all love the shopping and beautiful snow, the twinkling lights, our diets HATE this time of year. Every week is another holiday party which means Christmas cookies and all the buttery glory of desserts and appetizers!
So my personal goal this holiday season, is not only to lose weight but really practice restraint!! I've been challenged my doughnuts three times in one week (Yeah, that's just mean, I know!) so one month shouldn't be that hard, right??!! So this holiday season, I am not going to give into my yuletide cravings, and I will say "No thank you!"
Try it this year! I'm not saying not to eat your holiday favorites, but practice some restraint. YOU CAN DO IT!
Happy Holidays my friends!! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and be thankful for everything you have, and the opportunities we have all laying in front of us!!
Yes folks, while we all love the shopping and beautiful snow, the twinkling lights, our diets HATE this time of year. Every week is another holiday party which means Christmas cookies and all the buttery glory of desserts and appetizers!
So my personal goal this holiday season, is not only to lose weight but really practice restraint!! I've been challenged my doughnuts three times in one week (Yeah, that's just mean, I know!) so one month shouldn't be that hard, right??!! So this holiday season, I am not going to give into my yuletide cravings, and I will say "No thank you!"
Try it this year! I'm not saying not to eat your holiday favorites, but practice some restraint. YOU CAN DO IT!
Happy Holidays my friends!! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and be thankful for everything you have, and the opportunities we have all laying in front of us!!
Monday, November 22, 2010
Everyday is an uphill battle
I know this is a common trend, but when it's something that is constantly on your mind, you can't help but blog about it! :)
In my year and 9 months of doing this diet thing, I think one of the biggest things I haven't learned is that all good things take time!! When I try something new I'm SO good for a week or two then if I don't see what I want I just want to quit!! I think everything is going to be the next miracle thing! It's going to make it go away over night!
Mentally I know it takes time, but tell my body that!! There is just something so dang frustrating. Every day I have to tell myself "this is just another day!" Easier said than done, yes, but at this point really, what choice do I have?
My goal is to get into the U.S. Army, and to do so, I have to lose inches and/or weight. There's no candy coating (Mm, candy coating!! NO CARA, NO!!) I have the most amazing people in my corner, and I have the tools I need to get to this! Okay, yes it's taking a little longer than I thought, but I'm not giving it up!! Keep on truckin'!!
Thanks for letting me ramble! :)
In my year and 9 months of doing this diet thing, I think one of the biggest things I haven't learned is that all good things take time!! When I try something new I'm SO good for a week or two then if I don't see what I want I just want to quit!! I think everything is going to be the next miracle thing! It's going to make it go away over night!
Mentally I know it takes time, but tell my body that!! There is just something so dang frustrating. Every day I have to tell myself "this is just another day!" Easier said than done, yes, but at this point really, what choice do I have?
My goal is to get into the U.S. Army, and to do so, I have to lose inches and/or weight. There's no candy coating (Mm, candy coating!! NO CARA, NO!!) I have the most amazing people in my corner, and I have the tools I need to get to this! Okay, yes it's taking a little longer than I thought, but I'm not giving it up!! Keep on truckin'!!
Thanks for letting me ramble! :)
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Update central, back on track 9!
Well, I got yelled at today by a certain someong (eh hem..mother!) to update my blog, because well, obviously it has been a since!
Well where do I begin? I got the job I was aiming for and I started this week! Working 3 jobs for one week I realized, hey, two jobs is plenty for now, so I'm taking a break from Huntington! I'll miss the kids, but Colin and I need SOME time together! I know, over rated, right? Pa-shaw!
As for the diet, you guys caught me on a great day! I am started a new diet plan! Now I'm sure you're saying "Cara...AGAIN!?" Well, to you I say, yes, again, another one!!
Before you go all diet hatin' crazy on me, let me give you the back story! You remember the week from Hell, right? (If not, why not? You should be reading my blog...*sigh!*) Anyway, so one of my bad week turn arounds, was the discovery of this boot camp class I've been going to for 2 weeks now. I must say folks, I'm being pushed harder now than I have in a long, LONG time!! Probably since I started working with Norman the first time, is how it feels. I mean heck, I wake up, and I hurt...it's AWESOME! Anywho, when you sign up for this amazing boot camp, you also get help with your diet. I think, it's not said, but I think, doing the two together will get great results!!
This new diet is a lot of protein, A LOT of protein! What makes it different though, is it incorporates everything you need to lose! It's gonna be hard at first, 'cus I freakin' love my Lucky Charms, but then again, when has anything great ever been easy??
On the Colin home front, he's officially joining ROTC next month, so because of that, he's non-deployable for at least 2 years!! How awesome is that?! I know, right? I did the math, and 6 years ago yesterday, Colin and I went on our first date. Then doing more math, I figured out, that out of the 6 years we've been together, physically we've only spent about 3 together. But, we've made it this far, and I think there's no turning back! :)
So, as you can see folks, at this point, things are really starting to get back on track! Life is spiffy and I'm feeling good about it all!
P.S. If you're wondering about the "back on track 9" thing in my title, well, Ihave no idea...it just sounded more catchy than "Update Central!" :)
Well where do I begin? I got the job I was aiming for and I started this week! Working 3 jobs for one week I realized, hey, two jobs is plenty for now, so I'm taking a break from Huntington! I'll miss the kids, but Colin and I need SOME time together! I know, over rated, right? Pa-shaw!
As for the diet, you guys caught me on a great day! I am started a new diet plan! Now I'm sure you're saying "Cara...AGAIN!?" Well, to you I say, yes, again, another one!!
Before you go all diet hatin' crazy on me, let me give you the back story! You remember the week from Hell, right? (If not, why not? You should be reading my blog...*sigh!*) Anyway, so one of my bad week turn arounds, was the discovery of this boot camp class I've been going to for 2 weeks now. I must say folks, I'm being pushed harder now than I have in a long, LONG time!! Probably since I started working with Norman the first time, is how it feels. I mean heck, I wake up, and I hurt...it's AWESOME! Anywho, when you sign up for this amazing boot camp, you also get help with your diet. I think, it's not said, but I think, doing the two together will get great results!!
This new diet is a lot of protein, A LOT of protein! What makes it different though, is it incorporates everything you need to lose! It's gonna be hard at first, 'cus I freakin' love my Lucky Charms, but then again, when has anything great ever been easy??
On the Colin home front, he's officially joining ROTC next month, so because of that, he's non-deployable for at least 2 years!! How awesome is that?! I know, right? I did the math, and 6 years ago yesterday, Colin and I went on our first date. Then doing more math, I figured out, that out of the 6 years we've been together, physically we've only spent about 3 together. But, we've made it this far, and I think there's no turning back! :)
So, as you can see folks, at this point, things are really starting to get back on track! Life is spiffy and I'm feeling good about it all!
P.S. If you're wondering about the "back on track 9" thing in my title, well, Ihave no idea...it just sounded more catchy than "Update Central!" :)
Friday, November 5, 2010
"Never Never Never Give Up"
I think you could classify THIS week, as a pure week from Hell. Monday, my student canceled, so I was supposed to have a 3 hour shift, I got one. I went to the dentist to fix my wisdom teeth instead of getting them pulled, and found out I had to get them pulled anyway! This of course was AFTER they drilled all four of them! I got scammed out of $1800 (and the bank won't help out AT ALL!) My little lizard, Tiny, passed away. And best yet, I went to the recruiter to find out, I lost weight, I lost inches in my hips, neck AND waste, but according to their system I GAINED BODY FAT!! Why? Simply because I lost weight in my neck! UGH!!
So as you can see, just...bad! Well, of course on Facebook we all share everything! Life has no secrets. As I posted my Army results I had one person leave a message simply saying "That sucks, I guess it's not meant to be." Well, that got me thinking....a lot! Why haven't I quit? If people quit everytime things got hard, where would the world be? And is it really that easy for people to quit on things?
I don't know about you, but my parents always taught me to not quit, and when things got hard to keep pressing on. I think there's something to the saying, what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger. The odds feel like they're constantly building up against me, but who cares!? The sun came up today and odds are, it will tomorrow too. If I let one thing keep me down, 10 years from now, what am I going to tell my children? "Well kids, mom had a dream, but because things got hard, she quit!" Umm, no.
Since I've been young, I've prided myself on getting back on the horse and very quickly. So, I had my 10 minutes of feeling sorry for myself, but now I've turned it all around again!
On a strict VERY LOW carb diet, doing a hard core bootcamp 3 days a week at 5:45 am on top of an hour of cardio 6 days a week. I now might have another job, making it 3, to help make up some lost funds that were stolen and taken away at Huntington. And as for my Tiny, well he's up chasing cricketts with Willy and Lilly! So yeah, things got hard, but if you sit and mope around, nothing is gonna happen!
My advice to anyone out there who is going through a hard time, just get over it! What good is it to sit and feel sorry? Well, it's no good!
So onto the next chapter my friends! It's too early to quit...it's always too early to quit!
So as you can see, just...bad! Well, of course on Facebook we all share everything! Life has no secrets. As I posted my Army results I had one person leave a message simply saying "That sucks, I guess it's not meant to be." Well, that got me thinking....a lot! Why haven't I quit? If people quit everytime things got hard, where would the world be? And is it really that easy for people to quit on things?
I don't know about you, but my parents always taught me to not quit, and when things got hard to keep pressing on. I think there's something to the saying, what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger. The odds feel like they're constantly building up against me, but who cares!? The sun came up today and odds are, it will tomorrow too. If I let one thing keep me down, 10 years from now, what am I going to tell my children? "Well kids, mom had a dream, but because things got hard, she quit!" Umm, no.
Since I've been young, I've prided myself on getting back on the horse and very quickly. So, I had my 10 minutes of feeling sorry for myself, but now I've turned it all around again!
On a strict VERY LOW carb diet, doing a hard core bootcamp 3 days a week at 5:45 am on top of an hour of cardio 6 days a week. I now might have another job, making it 3, to help make up some lost funds that were stolen and taken away at Huntington. And as for my Tiny, well he's up chasing cricketts with Willy and Lilly! So yeah, things got hard, but if you sit and mope around, nothing is gonna happen!
My advice to anyone out there who is going through a hard time, just get over it! What good is it to sit and feel sorry? Well, it's no good!
So onto the next chapter my friends! It's too early to quit...it's always too early to quit!
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