KICKED THE SCALES ASS! And how I do it:)

I totally kicked the scales ass this week!!! I am at 217.4 from 222.8, that is 5.4 pounds this week! And I ate supper out two times and subway for luch once or twice!!! See my previous posts to see what I have eaten and how I exercised. I posted all of it. I did not starve. I did not spend hours a day working out and I did not take a single supplement or pill. What I want more than anything in the world is to help someone see the big picture and find the faith in themself to know that they can do it! It is often hard to face your inner thoughts and demons that have caused your poor lifestyle, bad eating habits and self destruction. I understand that. One thing that I appreciate more than anything on a gym floor is when someone breaks. No I am not crude and I don't like making people feel pain. I want you to face your pain. A good hard cry in the middle of a workout makes magnificent strides for a persons inner self. I have not even broke the ice in my blogs about my history and what got me to being a morbidly obese person. But you name it, I've been there. You imagine it, it's happened. Harmful things that people say and do, its been said and done. I get it. I understand anything your feeling and I do know how hard it is to get through, but a little faith can go a long ways!

I have a really heavy heart tonight. I have been talking the last hour with someone who was once a personal trainer of mine and is now mentor in my own personal training development. I owe you sooo much Denise. Yes she will be reading this:)

I've seen a lot of fad diets come and go. I've tried some. Without success. Let me tell you this everything works for someone but one thing does not work for everyone. I take no supplements. Zero. Absolutley nothing. I eat food. I take no pills. I drink no shakes. I do no cleanses. I will be the first to admit I am easily swayed into buying anything and trying it. But always turns out to be a waste of my money. The one thing I have tried that works and CAN work for everyone is eating healthy foods. I eat nothing processed. The closest it comes to processed is canned veggies and cheese. If it is not going to rot sitting on the counter for a few days, imagine all of the chemical presorvation it has gone through to have a shelf life! Do you really want to put that in your body??? I have lost as of this very day 129 pounds with nothing but a healthy lower calorie diet and regular exercise. We all get wrapped up in the number on the scale. Yes I want it to go down just as bad as the next person. Will I suffer only eating one meal a day to get it? No. Will I fill my body with processed horrible for your body shit food to get it? No. Will I kill myself hours in the gym like they do on hit tv shows to get it?? No. I may not lose 10 pounds a week but what I will do is follow a diet that I can maintain the rest of my life. I will not restrict myself so much that I can not do this forever. Can I eat healthy foods? Yes. Can I get 30-60 minutes of exercise 4-6 days a week? Yes. Will I meet my goals? You can bet your ass I will!

All it takes is a little planning, a little courage and a little belief in yourself.





I'll end on this note...I once was 346 pounds and could not hardly get on the floor to change my sons diaper. I am currently starting my training for my FOURTH half marathon. Stop living for everyone else. Take control of your life and live it! Stop watching it pass by out the window. There is SOOOOO much more to life! Don't regret the things you never did. Start doing them!

That is me in the middle in the green shirt before the 20k race I did in June, 2012.

Set a goal. Stop "working out" and start training! You'll meet your goal! I promise!