for members fasting ramadan -start august 1 st

I would love to do that

do what ?

Yes i think HRM is the best purchase i had.. ( after my rug doctor machine hheh )

Sisters - use the " break from fasting time /TOM " - wisely.. speed up your cardio .. increase it.. sweat , burn
My goal for this month is to stay focused not to get destructed bc it's ramadan.. keep working out no matter how, log my food without interruption , make healthy choices- if possible lose weight usually i gain a little bit. My trainer wants me to lose 15 lbs .. i never lost that much in one month.. but she says you lost 8 lbs in one week andyou never thought you could do THAT .. so start believing ! She is right... there's moments when i 'm thankfull to her and moments when i don't like her

dexter- that's called dedication- control, discipline WTG

we have a mosque here and all people from my country go there- they have daily iftar in that mosque and they order the food from a local restaurant.. .meaning- fresh made bread - still warm when ariving- , fresh made cakes, fresh made - everything ! and the choices are .. never ending.. about 200-300 ppl come every night.. and each night diff. families pay for the food , so almost nobody eats at home here.. why would they go through the trouble of cooking etc - when there they get food better than home- it's all food from our country.
Well my family went last night . I stayed home- all alone. Eating my tilapia and tomatoes, whole wheat tortila. For dessert Watermelon. It was sad, almost depressing. There were moments where i tought you are stupid you should have went with them .. but now after it has passed and my kids that usually have to be chased to eat something- even while fasting- came home last night with tummy aches " ooooh we ate so much.. the foood was sooooo good " so if that's the case for my kids that i have to spank to make them eat .. ( not really but i feel like doing it almost every day ) .. what w ould have happened if i went. ? Most of the food i grew up on .. i love it , it reminds of home and parents.. and i didn't have it probably in a year ( since last ramadan ) .. So i made the sacrifice and stayed home. It all depends " how bad do you want this " .. i have a goal. I have a plan. Two months ago i have decided after ramadan - i will sign up for the personal training school. I want to be a muslim personal trainer . We don't have any in my area- and so many sisters can't afford training sessions, or don't know where to start, so many can't go to the gym bc they have 3-5 small kids etc.. So my goal is to " pay it forward " i want to be a personal trainer first - because i have to workout fo r the rest of my life, it's just the way it is.. and second i want to make it my job as well. I love doing it. All women at the gym kept telling me that i'm great at it .. ( even now without a certifiate i train women here and there ) my trainers told me that i'm " born for it " .. yes i'm 250 lbs .. and that was the reason why i never expressed this wish out loud, not even to my h usband , i was even to embarassed to go to a school and ask for information- i thought people would laugh at me .. a personal trainer ? look at yourself ! .. But my trainers- told me that they all started with too much weight, they even showed me pictures. And that's when it made a click.

I'm a medical assistant -but i haven't worked more than 2 1/2 years. I told my husand i don't want to go back to work until i know " what i want to do " i don't want to work 8-5 just for a pay chek and not be happy with what i'm doing. I want to know what is my mission, why am i here. What am i really supposed to do. I want to work but not feel like i'm workig. Until i find " what that is i'm not going back to work. It took me 2 years .. and all my life ( including those 2 years )i have been reading every book that was on the market .. about training, nutrition , obesety, self help etc.. it was right there in my face.. but i was to scared even to think about it. For years i have been motivating others.. ( on other web site ) i just loved doing it .. but like i said i was not brave enough to even think something like that. It was som ething " i might want to do when i'm at perfect weight " so my life was on hold .. all this time.. i was waiting to live my life till i get to my goal. All this y ears .. i was " on hold "
Than a very educated friend of mine sat down with me and said.. " what would you do if you were at - whatever you call perfect weight ?
That' was when i first time said it out loud. I would be a peronal trainer, I would help others with my life long struggle experience, i would be affordable for people just like myself.. i know how hard it is to be struggling with weight and not beeing able to afford help. I want to change that. I'm not in it for money- i don't care how much i would make.. i want to make other women feel supported , not allone- like i was myself- - for many years.
Than she said.
What is holding you from living your life now ? Why don't you live it now ' as if you were at that weight ? " Why can't you do all that NOW ?
NOW ? do you see me ?
yes. but you would be a proof to them.. you are doing it.. it can be don e.. you would be losing weight while helping others.
it took me few days to " digest it "
but than i started believing in it..and talked to my husband , all he said is- go for it. I know you love that exercise-diet stuff that's all you talk about since i have known you .. do it.
So - my eid gift .. to myself - is the school payment. It's not cheap but i have saved the money and put it on the side .

I'm scared, anxious, ..excited, confused, sometimes i doubt myself.. will i go through this and not have any clients, what if i pay all this money and still don 't manage to lose the weight.. what good is the certificate than ? ..
but .. i don't want to keep living a life doubting and " if" and what would be " if .. no..i will do WHAT is in MY power, the success i will leave up to HIM.

phew.. i never planed to shar this with you all .. don't know how i even started it.. but .. it 's out now.. hope i didn't kill you all with my life story

Dexters may Allah make it easy for you and may He bless you with what is best for you.

Why do I feel it's hard to control my self in eating different kinds of food ?? ..
I feel full quickly .. positive point .. but I couldn't control my self to avoid fried bites some days !!

The result: I'm losing weight very very slow !! 105 days with onlt 4 kgs lost !

Any1 heard abt British Slimming Clinic???:bigsmile:

can anybody believe tht when all my family members were eating pizza, subway made with fried hotdogs and white bread sandwiches with steaks leftovers, i was eating brown bread sandwich with eggplant slices and lettuce with 1/2 tsp of feta

3 dates
2 eggplant brown bread sandwiches
1 samosa
3/4 cup of fruit cocktail
1 cup of tea