Got my armour

I have to admit that I fell off....but I didn't fall down. Normally when I stop working out and I allow everything and it's mother to get to me I get defeated and I would gain weight and inches. Not this time. I only gained 2 pounds and when I tell you I was eating like there was no tomorrow that is exactly what I mean. It started off as me being upset that I was unemployed again but I really thought that I wasn't allowing it to get to me. I realized that obviously I was seeing as though I wasn't doing what I was doing while employed.Then the issue with my knee came into play and that threw me off completely because I refuse to workout if I feel like I am injured in any shape form or fashion.So during that time I was getting all my information together and I feel like I got my armour. Nothing in my situation has changed except my knee feels okay but tomorrow will be the way that I know if I am fine (kickboxing) and if I am not I will try MSM as I was told (never too young to get arthritis and I never knew that).I feel confident and I feel good. I believe that I am equipped with enough armour to get through this. Wish me luck!

Colon Cleansing anyone? Part 3

So last night was the last time I popped those Colon Clenz pill (bottle is finished) and I came to the understanding that pills are not for me. It took until this Friday to get an effect from those pills. That is not good. That is too long. By then I already felt like those pills are a waste. Especially when I know I got immediate effect with the tea version of the pill (it taste disgusting). So what I am going to do is something that I read on the loving http://www.blackhairmedia.com/ forums. I am going to take psyllium powder and the tea. I will do this for the remaining 15 days of my 30 day cleanse and see what effect that has on me. I figure if I can get that to do the job it is a cheaper alternative in the end because I can get a tea just like that at the health store and my fiber to last me a whole month and only spend twenty dollars where those pills (if I would have used them at the consistency that it took to see results) would have cost me $30 because I would have needed 3 bottles. It's only $10 but I won't have to beg for an effect. LOL.
BTW the tea that I am drinking now, comes with the Colonix system (I used that a while ago didn't do nothing for me). THIS TEA IS SUPER EFFECTIVE. The fiber they offer and the tea with the probiotic pills are all you need from that cleanse yet they charge an arm and a leg. To me personally everything else is a waste of money. I think they know that as well. But the reality is you can get the same things somewhere else for way less money. Think about it people. I will keep everyone posted about what is going on with me and my cleansing program.

Weekend Accountability

I learned something these past two weekends that I believe will do me great justice on this weight loss journey.
I learned that the only way I can maintain accountability for my eating and weight loss is not tracking it.
On the weekends I don't log anything anymore because I make a mental note to judge everything I am eating based on what is in it, how big it is, and the reality of what I can eat for the rest of the day after putting that in my mouth. I eat on the low end of my allowance during the week, so that on the weekend when out with my family I can do everything on the high end.
This has helped me immensely because when I come home and do a mock food log I still don't go over anything. Maybe my calories but nothing else. Which amazes me because these are lessons that I am learning. I never quite understood this concept but I get it now.
I can't log on the weekends because I dedicate them to my family. Granted I do have the first meal in house because no one can make a more sensible breakfast but me. If I eat breakfast at a restaurant it won't be a good look for the rest of the day.
So I'm practicing mental weekend accountability instead of logging my food intake. This way even as the weight comes off and the fat melts away I knew that in there I enjoyed myself in the progress, by not making every food moment a task. I'm learning to enjoy the weight loss journey fully.

Colon Cleansing anyone? Part 2

Well I am still doing the colon cleanse but I noticed something that I didn't like. Fiber is a staple in my life and I take a supplement to make sure that I am in the 30g a day zone. I can't take this supplement with the colon clenz product. Or maybe I can't take them together. I wonder if that is the issue? I don't like taking fiber in the morning unless I am eating it, or drinking it in a smoothie. So for now, as in until the pills finish, I will not use the fiber.
I never felt like that before. I couldn't even focus. I was in a fog and I didn't know why. It wore me down and I could hardly keep my eyes open they felt so heavy. It was the toxins in my body trying to get out and because I wasn't BM'ing sufficiently enough to remove them they were trapped and moved to wherever they could. NO BUENO!
I learned this last night and this morning when I forgot to take the fiber. Next update will be when the pills finish. Since I was in a fog this week and hardly did any cardio, any weight I lose I can contribute to the cleanse.

I'm entitled to get gassed

Since starting this journey I have lost 6 pounds and 1.5 inches off my waist. (GASSED) I am measuring other places but it's irrelevant right now. I was going to wait until the end of the month to make notations but I figured that now is a better time than never. Especially since I am in a funk. I feel like I literally have no energy and if I even think about working out I might fracture myself. I have one more week (after I finish this one well technically 12 more days) to conclude my month one fitness challenge. I am not really seeing what I want to be seeing but the difference this time is that I don't care about that.
Oddly enough with all the weight loss and what not, the biggest difference is in my waist line. If I was to fully push my stomach out, I looked like I was about to drop a load, now I look like I'm bout 3 months pregnant and slightly bloated (LOL) it's a good feeling, because I know I burned fat. I still got a ways to go but its better than being at starting point. This is the first time that I am losing inches with the weight. I always lose weight and hardly any inches.
I don't know what changed from all the other times that I have done this to now but I know that whatever it is makes me grateful for not giving up.
Even though I am in a funk I still workout. This morning I didn't because I really believed it would be more beneficial to get more sleep (it was) than to workout besides, I can workout this evening when I get home.
This new found belief in me, makes me want to shed light on other areas of my life. It's just hard for me to focus on better multiple things in my life when I know that everything can't get the same attention. I'll figure it out but on my own time. I'm not super woman.
If I didn't mention what I was doing, I am doing Cathe Friedrich Butts and Guts, Gym Style Chest and Triceps and loads of cardio. I was doing the Back Shoulders and Biceps as well but I stopped because it wasn't doing it for me and any workout I couldn't get into, I wasn't going to waste my time doing. My cardio is STEP AEROBICS. Oh how I love it. There is nothing like it as far as I am concerned. But you know what they say? Fitness programs must be changed every so often. I'm doing that change monthly. Next month I get a new program lifting heavier weights and I do kickboxing. They say it's good for the waistline. WE SHALL SEE.

Colon Cleansing anyone?

Ok! I joined this forum called blackhairmedia.com and they have some really great advice on there about stuff that people may not even know about or even think about and one of the topics that I came across was colon cleansing but more specifically a particular product for colon cleansing. Here's the link http://forum.blackhairmedia.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=185002
I mention that because I bough it today and I am going to use it starting tonight. I feel like I need a cleanse (it's been quite a while) to further jump start my progress. I only intend on doing it for a month. See what the results are as far as absorption of my vitamins and see if I can be regular. If the inch and weight loss come with it then hey. Two birds one stone. But I'm not counting on it. I'm just wondering if anyone else has cleansed and if so what did you use. I tried Dr. Natura before and it just didn't do anything for me. So the way I look at is if I'm willing to come out my pocket heavy for that product that didn't work, I'm willing to come out my pocket light for a product that might work and if it doesn't OH WELL. Actually I'm going to take back the comment about only giving it 1 month. I think I might give it three because all lengthy cleanses recommend 3 months. It depends on how I feel after it is said and done. I will keep those who check in posted.

Fat skinny Girl

So I'm gonna just say it and be honest no backsies (LOL). I'm classifying myself as fat skinny girl. It looks like I'm slim body and good to go but I know that is not the truth. I am out of shape and I need to work it out. I'm holding myself accountable for losing this weight by letting others know that it got to get done. So where do I begin?

I always start stuff on Monday's because I can fit it in with my routine. So beginning Monday until the first week of August I got to fit into a size 7 but with more tone and definition. I would give a weight but I realized that I am not going to weigh the same at size 7 now as I did before having my son. So I will just say to fit into those jeans I want my stats to be 34-26 or 27-41 or 42. As of now I am starting with 35-32-43. The skinny fat girl part comes in at the stomach area. It got ridiculous. Married life makes people comfortable. Snap out of it.

Making it known makes me accountable because I'm a woman that stands by my word. FYI:There's no face because my hair was a hot mess that day.