Bye Felicia

Today was the last day with personal training. And I'm so glad to be done with him. The workouts were ok. I definitely feel it the next day. But when ask was said and done, i said goodbye and thanked him... he says nothing. You're welcome. Maybe.  But no good luck. No keep it up. No you can do this. Nothing. Not even a question about how i feel. Our even if I'm able to do this on my own. Aaaaahhhhh. So glad that's over!

Tomorrow i start the 21day fix. It's only 30 mins a day,  but it's everyday!  That's a huge commitment! There may be some days i double up on workouts, but we'll see.
I'm confident in the meal plan. It's not much different than what I've been doing. This just insures I'm portioning correctly.
9 days in i start the shake as a substitute. And the best part of this program is it helps teach you how to count if you're eating out at a restaurant. Or how to count if you're drinking alcohol. It'll be easier to just not drink!

Hubby is doing it with me so we'll see how that goes. It'll help motivate me but i don't know how to motivate him.

Wtf?

The beginning of this weight started about 2005. I was going through a break up. His mom taught me to enjoy "fat week" which is also known as our period.  Well,  i learned to love food. And i worked in pizza! Naturally pizza is my weakness.

I stopped caring about what i looked like & didn't immediately see what my weight was doing to me.  I was 180 lbs before i started to care. The largest i had ever been...and life happened. And i ate my feelings more than ever. Stressed =food.  Happinesss = celebrate with food. Depression definitely  = food.

Now up to over 200lbs, i decided to make losing weight a resolution. Needed to lose weight by July 1. & i did! I had lost 20lbs!

I started 10years ago at 140. That is my goal weight. If i don't meet it,  my muscles are a little too big. Or not enough fat is gone.  I wanna look cut but not crazy. I wanna be able to run instead of walk/run. I wanna be able to wear a size 9 again.

Still pushing through

So the number on the scale went up a little. The loss of a great trainer was hard. I hustle when I'm on my own, but it hasn't been enough to push the scale. The new trainer works a lot more weights than the last and its almost as if I'm gaining too much muscle. My workouts on my own have just been elliptical. This past week I stepped it up with more cardio circuit training and am finally seeing the scale move in the right direction. My goal is to be 190 by August 7th...which is the last day with the trainer.

Its the husband's turn to focus on weight loss. But in order to get ahead financially we can't do any more personal training. We just bought a 21 day workout program that also comes with portion control containers. This should help him a lot. Since living on the go is hard to eat right, I think this program is going to help a lot. I don't know what kind of workouts they are yet, but I know what works for me and I can help him push through when he hits a wall (especially since I'm also most over my wall).

This program comes with a lifeline if we are struggling! I think its going to be a great push for him to get to his weight goal.