Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Lunch walk....
So on lunch today knowing I wasn't gonna have a lot of time to workout today I walked a mile! Paved a little walking trail and if I do it twice I've done a mile! Yipee!!! Tonight came home after the visitation for my Aunt Paula and got on the treadmill and put it on hills and walked an hour! I think I'm getting a blister! I don't even meet with "Bob The Trainer" ( that's my knew name for him and I haven't even met him yet :-) ) til tomorrow! This isn't starting good guys! Blister be gone! Fought with boring food today! Day 1 and I'm already bored..another not good thing on my first official day but alas, I have a goal to reach! My legs feel like bricks so I'm gonna a shower, soak my feet and call it a night! Super excited for tomorrow!!! Sleep good my blessed little blog followers! Smooches!
Weigh-In #1 Aug 31st, 2010
Ok so today was the OFFICIAL weigh-in day! That was fun I suppose lol I have to drive clear to Ottawa, KS to weigh in. I actually made it in 45 min which was very surprising! Had to do a video, weigh in and she took pictures. Have I mentioned I love having my picture taken…but I have a feeling it wasn’t just waist up nor was she angled correctly and she didn’t even ask what my best side was!! UGH
My trainer sent me a food list last night so off to Wal-Mart I went to stock up. Can I just say that healthy food is FAR MORE expensive then the fun, fast, fattening food that I just adore!!! Oh and can I also say that I didn’t realize how much I despised cucumbers without them being covered, almost undiscoverably found in Ranch dressing! My affair with Ranch dressing and diet coke is gonna be the hardest to part with. I hope they will understand that my love hasn’t changed for them, I just have to lay them down for a bit…ok..for a long while!! I’m also not a water drinker. I hate water unless I can add flavoring (which don’t do that…it has sodium in it..I say don’t..b/c I have tried this trick). I’m not a drinker period. There was one point that I could count 3 WHOLE DAYS that I hadn’t taken one sip of ANYTHING unless you count my spit when I brush my teeth. I never get thirsty and if I do I pop a mint in. I know I’m odd but I just don’t get thirsty. So drinking water like this might kill me and I might have to change my address to Bathroom Rd. Apt # 1 b/c I’ve been in there all morning!!! Oh Lord and how could I forget Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream!!! Ahhh..can we please have a moment of silence for this death …1…2…3…4…..5…ok silence is over!
But in the loss of all this horribly bad stuff…I have so much to be excited for!!!!
Let’s make a Top 5 things to be extremely excited for. I have a “Top 5 worst things I’ve ever done”…so why not have the Top 5 things to be so excited about list!!! Ok here we go…
1. To be able to sit down at work in my scrubs and they not cut my circulation off. So super excited for this one.
2. To not be swollen. I swell like a pregnant lady who is in her last 2 week stretch. You could poke a hole in my leg because the edema is so bad on most days.
3. To not have to worry about back fat. Do you realize all the things women have to worry about? We have your stomach rolls, arm flab, thigh jiggles, wrinkly knees and on top of ALL that we have to worry about something we can’t even see. We worry about back fat b/c the people behind us have to see what we can’t tuck under our bra! Seriously…like we don’t have enough to tuck, suck in and push out!!!
4. To not be the “biggest girl” in the room. I have always been that girl. In a workout class, in a school classroom, at my job, even in this competition..I am the biggest girl. Can’t wait to not be “that” girl.
5. Just to say I did it. You guys believed in me, I had faith in myself and I pushed myself hard enough and I did it. I walked away from this fulfilling my goal. I have a certain weight I want to get down to at the final weigh in and I want to reach it. I want to say I did it.
So kids…this is enough to be super excited about! Today it begins. I meet with my trainer Bob Rogers tomorrow at 7am. Murder me, abuse me, make me sweat, make me want to say wordy dirds (but not say them) and help me fulfill my goal. Assist me in my dream coming true! To be me, only cuter and healthier!
P.S. there are gonna be plenty of words in here that are “Mandisms.” They aren’t in the dictionary, they may not fit in the sentence..etc. I ain’t got no grammar skills so don’t be checkin for em. Lol
I will write later about the workout tonight! Smooches
My trainer sent me a food list last night so off to Wal-Mart I went to stock up. Can I just say that healthy food is FAR MORE expensive then the fun, fast, fattening food that I just adore!!! Oh and can I also say that I didn’t realize how much I despised cucumbers without them being covered, almost undiscoverably found in Ranch dressing! My affair with Ranch dressing and diet coke is gonna be the hardest to part with. I hope they will understand that my love hasn’t changed for them, I just have to lay them down for a bit…ok..for a long while!! I’m also not a water drinker. I hate water unless I can add flavoring (which don’t do that…it has sodium in it..I say don’t..b/c I have tried this trick). I’m not a drinker period. There was one point that I could count 3 WHOLE DAYS that I hadn’t taken one sip of ANYTHING unless you count my spit when I brush my teeth. I never get thirsty and if I do I pop a mint in. I know I’m odd but I just don’t get thirsty. So drinking water like this might kill me and I might have to change my address to Bathroom Rd. Apt # 1 b/c I’ve been in there all morning!!! Oh Lord and how could I forget Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream!!! Ahhh..can we please have a moment of silence for this death …1…2…3…4…..5…ok silence is over!
But in the loss of all this horribly bad stuff…I have so much to be excited for!!!!
Let’s make a Top 5 things to be extremely excited for. I have a “Top 5 worst things I’ve ever done”…so why not have the Top 5 things to be so excited about list!!! Ok here we go…
1. To be able to sit down at work in my scrubs and they not cut my circulation off. So super excited for this one.
2. To not be swollen. I swell like a pregnant lady who is in her last 2 week stretch. You could poke a hole in my leg because the edema is so bad on most days.
3. To not have to worry about back fat. Do you realize all the things women have to worry about? We have your stomach rolls, arm flab, thigh jiggles, wrinkly knees and on top of ALL that we have to worry about something we can’t even see. We worry about back fat b/c the people behind us have to see what we can’t tuck under our bra! Seriously…like we don’t have enough to tuck, suck in and push out!!!
4. To not be the “biggest girl” in the room. I have always been that girl. In a workout class, in a school classroom, at my job, even in this competition..I am the biggest girl. Can’t wait to not be “that” girl.
5. Just to say I did it. You guys believed in me, I had faith in myself and I pushed myself hard enough and I did it. I walked away from this fulfilling my goal. I have a certain weight I want to get down to at the final weigh in and I want to reach it. I want to say I did it.
So kids…this is enough to be super excited about! Today it begins. I meet with my trainer Bob Rogers tomorrow at 7am. Murder me, abuse me, make me sweat, make me want to say wordy dirds (but not say them) and help me fulfill my goal. Assist me in my dream coming true! To be me, only cuter and healthier!
P.S. there are gonna be plenty of words in here that are “Mandisms.” They aren’t in the dictionary, they may not fit in the sentence..etc. I ain’t got no grammar skills so don’t be checkin for em. Lol
I will write later about the workout tonight! Smooches
Monday, August 30, 2010
and so it begins.....
The first 9 weeks…it all began with entering Kansas City Fitness Magazine Weight Loss Challenge. I had to round up enough votes to be in the top 12 out of 41 wonderful people and with the help of all my friends and family I got first place in the votes and so the story begins! I had to show a full body picture (which isn’t in my “life plan” and my weight!! Who does that? Who places the thing that you are most insecure with on the internet and literally BEG people to go look at my picture and see all 289 lbs of themselves?? Normal people don’t do that. Desperate people do that. Desperate people who feel like they have come to the end of their rope. People who don’t like looking in the mirror. People who takes pictures of themselves but knows just what angle to take to leave the double chin out. I know how to place my arms so my flab ain’t jiggling for everyone to see. I DID THAT. I am the desperate girl that begged people to come look at her FULL SIZE WEIGHT BEARING PICTURE and “like” my photo. I did all that just so I could begin a 9 week journey of HELP ME PLEASE!! Tomorrow starts the FIRST day of the 9 weeks. I get a trainer, a gym and a lot less sleep and I couldn’t be more excited for anything in my whole life!!!
I wanted to start this blog so I could share with you the details of these next 9 weeks. The most exciting 9 weeks of my life. The scariest 9 weeks of my life. The most rewarding 9 weeks of my life. This is a blessing. This is a dream come true. If I’m gonna wave my big self on the internet, then I’m gonna lose my big self on the internet also!! So stay tuned…The weigh-in is tomorrow at 7am sharp. I weighed 289.6 on the initial weigh in for the dreaded picture…but tomorrow is the beginning weight to start the competition. I’ve saw a lot of the people in the contest have already started working out before the weigh in. The way my mind thinks has been..I have so many days til Tuesday…so I’ve been Blue Belling it up…still working out but enjoying my ice cream until the day it’s gone..tomorrow!!
SO EXCITED!!
Love to all that has surrounded me with their love, support, friendship, laughter, encouragement and “LIKES!!!” LOL!!!! Smooches!!!
Sincerely,
Mandi… Team Mandi…The Thinionares!!!!
I wanted to start this blog so I could share with you the details of these next 9 weeks. The most exciting 9 weeks of my life. The scariest 9 weeks of my life. The most rewarding 9 weeks of my life. This is a blessing. This is a dream come true. If I’m gonna wave my big self on the internet, then I’m gonna lose my big self on the internet also!! So stay tuned…The weigh-in is tomorrow at 7am sharp. I weighed 289.6 on the initial weigh in for the dreaded picture…but tomorrow is the beginning weight to start the competition. I’ve saw a lot of the people in the contest have already started working out before the weigh in. The way my mind thinks has been..I have so many days til Tuesday…so I’ve been Blue Belling it up…still working out but enjoying my ice cream until the day it’s gone..tomorrow!!
SO EXCITED!!
Love to all that has surrounded me with their love, support, friendship, laughter, encouragement and “LIKES!!!” LOL!!!! Smooches!!!
Sincerely,
Mandi… Team Mandi…The Thinionares!!!!
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