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The Christmas Day Jeans
JAQUINA
Mon, Dec. 1st Ok I have set my first small weight loss goal. I have a pair of jeans in my closet that still have the tags on them and on Christmas day I want to wear them. I took into consideration how my weight loss has been slow, so I have made up in my mind that not only will I go to the gym during my lunch hour but I will go in the afternoons as well. I am determined to fit in these pants whether it is pounds or inches, I am getting into these pants on Christmas Day! So with classes ending next week for Winter break, I am going to completely put myself out there! I am even going to name the next 2 weeks, “Operation Pull UP! LOL..I don’t have to be able to button the jeans or anything I just want to be able to pull them up over the hips…and say I got them on…LOL…
Tues, Dec. 2nd I am motivated this morning because “Operation Pull Up” is in full effect! I have 2 pieces of whole wheat toast with natural peanut butter. I’ve told my family about my plans and they are looking at me like, ok and what do you want me to do, so I have to break it down for all of them..no cooking or letting me eat anything that is not on my list! I have printed a list of meals and foods from a low cal web site and its every where! Well my girls were the first to get with the program, I had bought some frozen yogurt for the days where I just needed to have something sweet, well they ate that and when I asked them about it, they said mommy this is not on the list! LOL I am really proud of myself and my workout partner, we are really sweating these days at the gym. I have not been going to all the classes I once did, I am finding it better for me if I do a workout on my own, it makes it more interesting and to me, when I am in a class environment, it seems as though everyone is looking at you, especially in one class because it seemed as if I were the biggest person there, so when they set up some acrobatic station and I had difficulty doing it, it seemed as if everyone was watching me, it was probably just me being paranoid about my weight more than anything else.
Wed, Dec 3rd
I am feeling so good, I am eating good and I am really working out. My workout partner and I are trying to build ourselves up so that we can start jogging on the treadmill. We are not walking for 5 minutes and jog for 1 and so on for about 20 minutes. Hopefully next week, we will walk for 5 minutes jog for 2 minutes and continue building ourselves up because I think that jogging will burn more calories and show more results.
I am finally going to see an endocrinologist to see if there are any underlying problems as to why I am losing weight slowly. So I am hoping that they really have some answers for me!
I have beginning to get tired of eating chicken! I feel like I am turning into a chicken breast. I am really going to see what else is there besides turkey and chicken that is lean and healthy for me. If not I may began to sprout some wings!
Thurs, Dec 4th I haven’t had a one on one with Angela and the others in a long time. It feels like its been forever, well today is the day! We are meeting at 11:30 today, I know Angela is going to show off today because its been a long time since we have been together to work out. So we start out ok and I am feeling pretty good, then she takes us over to the weights area and we have to do arm lifts in push up format and I tell you it was torture, she even made my arm bleed!( POOR ME!) Then we use the stepper/climber machine. This machine is not joke, I feel it working from the back of my legs. At this point in the workout, I have gotten a serious attitude! It seems as though from the beginning to now when we first started the workout that I (the only African American woman, with the only different body shape) have been excluded. I know I am no fitness expert, do I wouldn’t be in the shape I am in now, however, it just don’t seem real that I and the other 2 women have been exercising and eating about the same way thru out and one women has dropped a considerable amount of weight and the other one has dropped a lot to, and poor me just can’t seem to lose anything. I lost another 2 pounds this week, you would think I would be extremely happy, although I am happy because it is a lost however, I know for a fact that I work out hard and it just doesn’t seem like something is right. Has anyone with my characteristics (African American women, large hips, butt and thighs) been thru this and know that with me doing weight lifting and user the stepper and doing push ups, that this is actually burning fat, instead of toning and building muscle. I know, I know that muscle burns more fat, but I still want to know that I am losing weight, I don’t need the stepper to make any booty muscles bigger…So anybody out there please tell me what I am doing is not in vain!
Friday, Dec. 5th Today I am suppose to work with Angela and Shawn again at 11:30 however I don’t know if I want to! We end up having a training class at work from 9-4 and we are only breaking for lunch for 45 minutes and at 12:15, so I didn’t even have to battle with the decision of whether to go or not it worked it self out. I am so greatful for Angela and all that she is doing for me, at this point with weight loss so slow, I am grasping at straws trying to pin point what my issue is, so I can fix it and make “Operation PULL UP” a success! Even though I couldn’t meet Angela and Shawn I do know that I have to work out today. So I head to the gym around 6 with my friend and needless to say that she is not as into weight loss as I am, so its like making a kindergarten student take a nap when the tv is on trying to get 45 minutes to a hour of hard working out. Despite all else I do manage to get a good work out in, with the hard core pain Angela put me thru on Thursday and me thinking about “Operation Pull Up”, I work myself above what I normally do, I head back on the stepper and do the treadmill, the cycle.
I’ve decided that my weekday workout partner will now be my everyday workout partner because she is going thru the same things I am, and we made a promise to ourselves that we will fit into something that was too small for us by Christmas day and we are both enthused about it. That is a key to this getting fit thing, make sure that you are not only focused but you surround yourself with people who are motivating and inspiring as well..they will push you beyond what you ever thought you could do!
Sat, Dec 6th This morning, I am forgetting about my issues with the weight lifting and putting everything aside and I am heading to the gym, I am really score this morning! I guess that is a good thing, maybe my body was getting use to the exercise that I was doing, even though I try to mix it up, and hopefully it will show on Thursday when I weigh in. My new workout partner is there and she has already been in the cycling class! So I have to play catch up, we push ourselves so hard on the treadmill that both of our shirts are soaked when we are done! We do some weight lifting too. We spend about 1 hour and a half straight just working out..I felt really good about this gym visit!! I really hope it pays off!
Sunday, Dec 7th It is a rest day! So when I get up I am so hungry. I go downstairs and have a bottle of water first hoping to curve my hunger a little while I fix breakfast. It does help a little. Keeping “Operation Pull Up” in mind, I fix some turkey sausage and oatmeal for myself and I am completely full after another bottle of water! I think I am going to make sure that I am dead on the head with my water this week, and that I am within my calorie range because I am determined to make “Operation Pull Up” a success!
Comments
By GJW
December 10, 2008 9:16 AM | Link to this
You hang in there “Chicken Breast”. You look great!
By shaniqua
December 11, 2008 12:14 PM | Link to this
hey and yes i read the stuff that you wrote and it was good keep up the good work