Starting from the begining.. Need your advice!!

evansproudmama

It is with major mixed emotions that I write this post, my original plan back when I started this whole thing in Jan. was to be at my goal weight by my bday (May 21st) however I managed to screw around and yo yo my way to two weeks before my bday and I’m still 30lbs shy of my goal weight :-( I am so mad at myself for waiting all the time, falling for gimmicks that I couldn’t stick to and just plain being lazy and unhealthy (to much alcohol and fast food!!) however I don’t want to keep going this way.. My cousin who started at the same time as me is posting about her 41lb weight loss and how she is now a size 4! I could die but instead of crawling under a rock and remaining fat I decided to look at the bright side.. I still have several important dates coming up my anniversary, hubbies bday and my sons bday and I still have some time before summer is in full swing so let’s get going bri!!

This is what I was thinking, let me know if you think it’s possible, I don’t want to be too hard on myself:

*1st goal= 9 weeks until my anniversary= I would like to be down 18lbs

*2nd goal= 15 weeks until my hubbies bday= I would like to be 25lbs down

*3rd goal= 21 weeks until my sons bday= I would like to be 30-35 lbs down and at my goal (My goal is 135-140 depending on how I look, leaning more towards 140 since I am tall 5'7 and big boned lol)

My plan is to start JMs 30day shred tomorrow with my fellow MFP msmith2020 ;-) and do that 6x a week along with my normal 2-3 miles a day walks that I do while on my 15min breaks and lunch time at work. I don’t have money for the gym so Jms strength training is going to have to be enough along with walking and hiking during the week.

Before I was focusing on low carb but I realize now that is just not sustainable for me and I feel to restricted which leads to binge eating therefore I'm looking at the big picture, Calories where set at 1500 but since I wasn’t consistent with my exercise it screwed me in the end so new plan is as follows:

Calories a day: 1200-1400 depending on activity level
Carb a day: 70-85
Fat a day: Under 70
Protein: 90+ depending on activity level
Fiber: 20+
Water: 10+ 8 ounce cups based on activity

And to help kick my butt back into the swing of things I'm putting a bar on the following for the next 30days-
1. No Fast Food
2. No Soda (even though all I drink is diet)
3. No alcohol except on Friday and Saturdays
4. No candy/donuts/pastries (This won’t be to hard I'm not a sweet tooth person I just want to cleanse my system completely to give myself the best start.

It kills me to have to say it but after losing 50lbs than gaining 20 back I think its best I get back to the basics, starts from the bottom once again therefore I'm clearing my ticker to start at the weight I am now which means 0 lbs lost. I gotta do this!!

What do you think? Any advice/tips? My food journal and exercise log are open feel free to take a look but remember I starting fresh today!!

msmith2020

We can do this!! lol

I dont know about the numbers being realistic (idk how quickly you lost the original 50), but I DO think that you will meet A goal before each of these events!!! What is that goal you ask?! Completing the list you have made and sticking to this workout plan we have made!! by doing this I know you will lose somethng before these date come and you should be proud about whatever that number is!!

My 23rd birthday is June 20th- so a little over a month away. From what I have accomplished so far I really dont think anything is realistic for me to plan to lose before then.. since its been 2 months and I have only lost 5IB, see what I mean? lol

But I have a goal as well.. Something to hit before my 23rd birthday! (Other than my long term goal of losing 30 pounds by June 2013 (the month before I go to... LONDON ENGLAND!! LOL ) I want to have stuck with this workout plan every day.. every second no matter how tired I am or how much I want to quit!

So I hope that I am honest with you along the way, that I dont pretend to do a workout and really be sitting on the couch. I want to have to report to you every day after every workout.. Can you handle that? lol I need to turn my life around and I know that after a month of being this active (by our cardio/workout schedule) that we will want to jump into the next workout and then the next. I have many plans after this first initial challenge.. but I have to start this one before completing and starting another one!!

But like I said... We can do this!!

evansproudmama

We can do this!! lol

I dont know about the numbers being realistic (idk how quickly you lost the original 50), but I DO think that you will meet A goal before each of these events!!! What is that goal you ask?! Completing the list you have made and sticking to this workout plan we have made!! by doing this I know you will lose somethng before these date come and you should be proud about whatever that number is!!

My 23rd birthday is June 20th- so a little over a month away. From what I have accomplished so far I really dont think anything is realistic for me to plan to lose before then.. since its been 2 months and I have only lost 5IB, see what I mean? lol

But I have a goal as well.. Something to hit before my 23rd birthday! (Other than my long term goal of losing 30 pounds by June 2013 (the month before I go to... LONDON ENGLAND!! LOL ) I want to have stuck with this workout plan every day.. every second no matter how tired I am or how much I want to quit!

So I hope that I am honest with you along the way, that I dont pretend to do a workout and really be sitting on the couch. I want to have to report to you every day after every workout.. Can you handle that? lol I need to turn my life around and I know that after a month of being this active (by our cardio/workout schedule) that we will want to jump into the next workout and then the next. I have many plans after this first initial challenge.. but I have to start this one before completing and starting another one!!

But like I said... We can do this!!

I am sooo down to be the one you report to every day only If you make me do the same with you lol.. the one thing you can count on me for is honesty.. if i dont workout ill let you know and if i slip food wise i always log it anyways i figure im only cheating myself my lying not anyone else...