Progress

I have been keeping my weight between 199-200lbs. I go up then back down to those numbers. I am still with LA fitness and now 24hr fitness teaching cycle and water. I really love it. I have a personal trainer to help with doing weights since I suck at doing them by my self.

here is my new picture at 199lbs

I lost 125lbs and wearing size 10 pants.

Healthy Habits

I been working on my food. Making sure I log into my fitness pal every day. Logging in all my food no matter what.  I found if I eat my biggest meal at lunch and then around dinner eat a light snack I do better then when I eat a light lunch and a heavy dinner.  I am also making sure I get in enough water, drinking water is the most important thing I can do. I have a bottle that holds a 1L and well that is 33.8 fl oz and I fill it up about 5-8 times a day.

I am also making sure I dont slack off on my workouts. Working out is very important. I am still teaching at LA Fitness and I LOVE IT.

My weight is 207 right now. SO VERY CLOSE TO MY 199lb GOAL. I just cant wait to see that number. I think I might cry when I do.  I weigh less then my husband now Yeaa. I make jokes with him about it.

I just keep reminding myself this is going to be my new life , I need to remember in life we have good days and bad and I cant let these bad days effect me. I am learning how to move past them. If I want to stay healthy and stay at a healthy weight I have to always live my life like this, always tracking food, always pushing myself to keep going.

I been wanting to buy a bike, I told myself once I hit that 199lbs I am buying myself a bike. The LA Fitness I  work at is really only 5 mins away, I been walking to it when I go to work but I really want to start riding a bike to work and I think my 18 month old son would really enjoy that too. He gets excited when I tell him we are going for our walk, he climbs right into the stroller and loves it.

This is all about learning healthy habits and teaching them to my boys. As I learn them they will learn them.

New Challenges

I have been working at LA Fitness teaching cycle. Well I asked my boss about getting certified to teach water aerobics and she said yes I need instructors. So she trained me. I will be getting my certification for it this month as with my boot camp /group fitness certification and step aerobics. At around Feb/March I will be getting my personal training certification.

So I am teaching cycle 2 days week, boot camp 1 day a week , water 2 times a week and step once a week. plus if they need a sub I take those classes as well. I will be really busy but the best thing is I get to help others lose weight and get healthy and that is something I really want to do. It is a long hard road and I understand how hard it is to lose weight and I understand what others go though being obese. It is not easy to fight the binge eating, the bored eating etc. Understanding it cause I have over come it is the first process in helping others.

my weight went all the way to 208 (the same weight as my husband) but then went back up to 211 cause well I have not been watching what I eat and was just eating anything and everything. I was not even hungry just felt like eating and would just eat. It is a working process. Emotion is a hard battle and when your emotion is out of control you just have the erge to eat. Trying to learn to over come it is the new battle.

I will get back down to 208 and I will get to my end of the year goal of 199lbs. It will happen.

120lbs are GONE!

Yep I woke up and did my normal morning weigh in. The number I saw on that scale was just too good. I almost started crying. 210lbs. Finally after weeks and weeks of working my butt off, I finally see 210.

So I have lost 120lbs in 17 months. It has been a long road but I am almost there. Just 2 more pounds and I will weigh less then my husband. And my end of the yr goal is 199lbs.

I think teaching the cycle class at LA fitness every Tuesday and Thursday morning plus subbing 1-2 classes a week it really helping me keep this weight off.

Time to get to my goal weight.

Muslim bathing suit

I finally got my muslim bathing suit in the mail. Now I am ready to start the swimming part of my triathlon training.

Me at 330 lbs.

End of the year weightloss challenge

Today is marked as the end of the year weightloss challenge this challenge will end December 31st.

The goal is to lose 10-15lbs.

My goal is to weigh 199lbs. I need to lose 15lbs. I know it can be done and I will lose this weight. I don't want to bring in the new year weighing in the 200s. I am over with weighing 200lbs. It is time to bring on the new journey of weightloss and that is get the last of the weight off so I can work on maintance.

So come on and let's all work together and instead of waiting until the new year to lose weight let's start now, why wait and gain an extra 15lbs cause of holidays? When you can start early and be 15lbs lighter.

I did it!

I am now certified to teach spin. It was a great class. A lot of book work, there is a lot that goes into teaching a indoor cycle class. I am excited and can't wait to get hired and start helping others lose weight.

spin instrutor

This sunday is a big day. I am taking the spin certification class. It is from 8am-6pm. Nervous about the class but excited about what doors this will open up for me. I really want to help people who are struggling with weight.

I think after i do this I will be really focusing on just helping others who have been 300lbs and just need the help to lose the weight. I know for me the last thing I wanted to hear was how easy it is to lose weight from a person who has never even been over weight or know what it is like.  So now the chance comes to really try to help others and I am excited about it. I will be looking into getting certified to teach a biggest loser program that targets and helps obese people too.

And in between all of this , I have to find the time to train for my triathlon I am doing may 2013. long hours at the gym and hopefully I can find a job as a spin teacher ASAP.

Come join the 100lb club

It feels great to be 100lbs lighter. Join the club get moving eat right and just be over all healthier.

Great blog

I been following this new great blog. Make fat cry. It made by a really great friend April, she has lost 100lbs and is really just a amazing. Love her.  When I work out with her she keeps me going and makes me want to push my self so much more. She is a great person to motivate you and to keep you going.

Follow her on my fitness pal. Screen name. Makefatcry.

Just push though....

I find my self always saying just push though it.  Doing a boot camp class on Monday I was tired and we were back on box jumps and the instrutor came by and said if you are tired just do toe taps, I said that is not a choice I need to just push though it.

My body will be in pain from all the working out and I tell my self just push though it, you are almost done, just one more day.

Always remember just push though it. You will feel better finishing it then giving up.

size 12 pants

size 12 pants. 215lbs.

Size 28 to a 12

I went pants shopping the other day and brought a size 16. My husband said they are big and I said well give me a few weeks and I can fit into a 14.

Well yesterday I go pants shopping for a 14 just to have goal pants. I try them on and sure enough they fit. They were a little lose but they fit.

So I return my 16s today for some 12s. I was thinking goal pants right. Wrong they fit even better then the 14s lol.

So now back to the store to return the 14s for a size 10. I need goal pants. I have a size 11 but they are still to small right now. Here in a few weeks those 10s and 11s will be fitting me great.

Never thought I would ever get to a size 12 weighing at 215lbs.

Happy birthday to me

I weighed in on my 29th birthday and got to see 219lbs oh yea baby. That is the second best birthday gift ever.

My wonderful husband surprised me with telling me in November I can take the spin certification class. Woot woot all my weight loss goals and dreams are coming true. So hopefully after I finish this 8hr class I will be able to find a good spin job at one of the gyms around my house. I am super excited.

Next goal is 15lbs before November. I want to be 205 before the spin class. I know I can do this. I have done so much in a year that this will be easy.

Ramadan is almost over.

I set a goal for the month of Ramadan to either stay at my current weight or to lose 5lbs. The past ramadan's I have always gained 10lbs. The food is just too good and really heavy. The sweets are just good and you don't sop at one.

So this Ramadan I lost 10lbs. How? I didn't eat the traditional food. I ate what I cooked, I ate meat and a veggie. I watched every single thing that entered my mouth. I did eat a few sweets but not to many and I made sure to toss out any extra's.

So next week Ramadan is over and I am happy to say my new weight is 220lbs. Now moving on to my next goal.

vacation pics

Vacation

I went on vacation for 3 weeks. The whole time I am gone I think of ways to stay strong on my diet. Thankfully my cousin is all about low carb and healthy eating, she made some yummy food while I was with her. By the second week I am at my aunts house and I start to think of no this will not be good. I made sure to start walking every night. Then it turned into running. I was running a little over a mile 3 nights a week. once back at my cousins house I started running in the morning and stayed at the mile long runs. I was really nice.

Sad to say I did gain 7lbs back, but after being home 1 week I lost all that 7lbs and I am back to low carb/ calorie counting and the gym.  It was a nice brake but just so glad to be back into my normal weight loss mode.

I did see my uncle who does natural medince, well my liver in enlarged, my kidneyes are not working right and well that effects your thyroid. So I am working hard to detox my body and get everything back to working order.

you lose 100lbs and it seems like when  you're body is no longer fighting obesity then other problems come up. but thankfully I am still way better off now then I was at 330lbs.

I look forward to my next 10lb weight loss.

100lbs lost