INSPIRATION???

WOWWWWWW....seriously that is all i can say right now is wow...

well i'll say more now LOL but yesterday and today have been very, hmmmm, what's the word i'm looking for????

heartwarming??? motivating??? enlightening???

when i began this journey in jan 2008 when my daughter was just 4 months old it was for ME.....

when i began my yahoo biggest loser group it was again for ME but also to get some others motivated in order to help me stay on track....

when i began the 2nd session of the biggest loser it was just to keep going and so on and so forth....

well now in june 2010 i'm still on my journey and NOW i'm inspiring, i'm motivating, i'm making other people want to change their lives????

seriously, i knew that i was rubbing off on others in the past especially with the biggest loser groups, BUT after all the amazingly supportive comments and thoughts from my GOALS blog here, facebook and email i am in awe of how wonderful the people i have chosen to surround myself with are....

not joking, i have heard from no less than a dozen people in the last 24 hrs about how my goals are making them want to better themselves..

that i'm "inspiring ", that i'm doing "fantastic", how they "need to get motivated", that i'm "kicking ass and should be proud", that i make people "want to stay on track"...

this was never my intent but by goodness if that is what is happening than so be it...it is my responsibility to my "fans" LOL to do well and continue on this journey until i reach the "finish" line wherever that may be and stay there to party until the end of time....

i seriously am soooooo excited to have ALL these people behind me or better yet, right beside me on this journey....please come on over and stay awhile, cause i ain't going anywhere unless it is DOWN DOWN DOWN baby...you are all welcome to hop on board, there's plenty of room (cause i'm getting skinnier LOL)

denise

Goals....Reflection...

REFLECTION...
so i posted about goals this morning on my exercise/food tracker website and then i started thinking about looking at pictures and decided today to update the pics on my "weightloss" blog as well as add my goals here....seriously, i was HUGE at 260 in september 2005 and now even at 217.6 in june 2010 i feel amazing...i'm going to take some "body" shots and post them in order for me to SEEEEEE the progress......i know it's there i just can't see it, silly me....

GOALS....
I just set 2lb weekly goals in my calendar – actually marked off the first Saturday of each month on the calendar to show 2lbs lost per week thru the end of this year….by January 1st if I can maintain 2lbs a week, I will be down another…..drumroll please…………..56lbs….160 – seriously?? Shut up?????? Is that even possible??? Right now that is my goal and as I lose or maintain I’ll adjust but I’m feeling good about 2lbs a week as long as I continue on the path of 5-6 days of working out, 1200 calories plus eating ½ to all of the workout calories I earn to put me right around 1500-1800 calories a day….i can do this right????

Tell me I can and then push my ass to do it….i’m serious….160 by 1/1/11….that would be amazing…..more than I ever dreamed of….even being 180 which is about 23lbs away and 1lb a week would be awesome….

Push me push me push me please…..i need the support and motivation to keep going….anyone want to jump in and get busy, let me know…I’m all about sharing the motivation.....

a friend suggested small goals since january is soooo far away, i have those too....
2lbs a week for now.
@ 215 2 new pairs of flip-flops.
@ 205 a new purse.
@ 199 a massage. (that is a huge milestone for me)
190 by labor day (challenge goal - may or may not make it but I'm part of a group trying to lose 30lbs by labor day so I'm really gonna kick it to get there)
185 by my 38th birthday 10/13
160 by 1/1/11 is a very long off goal that I will adjust accordingly as the weeks pass. As long as I stay the course and consistently lose and don't yoyo I'm fine with that. This is how I want to be for the rest of my life. I love the way I feel but honestly I don't SEE the changes in my body. I need to get out pics and really looook at myself now. I know I'm smaller cause I'm finally able to wear my 14-16s and have soooo many more clothes to wear which is very exciting.
I just don't SEE the change.

Power baby power...

so i did it, i got up at 535 this morning and made it to the group power class at my gym at 6am....after lifting, sweating and moving for 60 mins i headed home to start my day with my family and get out the door in plenty of time....my goal is to get to tues and fri 6am group power class each week in addition to the thurs night, friday afternoon, saturday morning and sunday morning workouts, i'll have 5-6 in each week for sure....
might try hitting a spin class on mon or thurs at 6am once a week too, but we'll see how i do getting the 2 early morning power classes done...
it felt great to get there on time and get that work out DONE for the day...i am not a morning person but i still felt awesome and still do....just gotta keep it up...

TADA, i'm out of the 220s....

woohooooo, i broke out of the 220s at this past saturday's weigh in with 219.8...im officially in the 210s....it feels good overall but mostly because i feel like i'm really not going back into the 220s even though i am at 219.8....even though i'm only .2 out of the 220s i'm feeling soooo good about my progress and my goals for this week, i know success is around the corner....i'm about 5lbs away from my wedding weight over 6 1/2 years ago and when i hit the 200s i'll be on cloud nine and then watch out people, i'll be in the 100s :) well 190s and then 180s and so on BUT no longer the 200s....