I feel like I had a great day today. I'm really proud that I was able to turn the last 2 days around and not let them get to me even if I did gain. :) I was able to regain focus and push forward.
After taking Ava to gymnastics tonight I hit the gym. I was a sweaty mess afterwards and it felt good. I did 4.32 miles again. I hope to up that to 4.35 soon maybe even tomorrow. Tomorrow is upper body and cardio. I have to mention a mistake that I made in one of my entries. On day 268 and 269 I wrote that I was at 2.27 and 2.32 miles it should have been 4.27 and 4.32 miles. I have since made the correction to that entry.
I've done good about eating healthy today. I've had a piece of string cheese, 2 pickles, 2 hard boiled eggs, 3 turkey and cheese roll ups, a small spoonful of peanut butter, some asparagus and broccoli, an apple, a handful of almonds and some cheddar cheese. I've also had 4 liters of water. I just hope that I can keep this up tomorrow but that will all depend of what my mother-in-law makes for dinner.
One cool thing that I forgot to post yesterday is that I think it is time to move onto size 6 jeans. I can pull my size 8 ones off without unbuttoning them. :) I don't know how this is possible since I haven't lost any weight since I got the 8s but maybe I'm changing fat into muscle so my body shape is changing. Who knows.
I've gotten some kind and inspiring words from my inspiration Tiffany Forni in the last few days that I wanted to share with all of you. I first heard of Tiffany through Bodybuilding.com when she was one of their transformation stories. She was the same weight and height as me and she lost the same amount of weight that I was trying to lose... plus she had a really funny personality. Anyways I sat back and admired her and her transformation. I then found out that she would be at the Bodybuilding.com Boise Fitness Expo. My husband and brother-in-law both work for Bodybuilding.com and had VIP access to the event so I decided to tag along in hopes of maybe just getting to get my picture taken with Tiffany. I know this is kind of starting to sound a bit stalkerish and maybe it was but I was just looking for inspiration and motivation to get started on my journey. It turns out that Tiffany was hanging out with the IT group which so happens to be the dept Ben and James work in. I was really nervous to meet her... more nervous then I thought I would be. Well when I finally got up the courage to talk to her I was surprised with how nice and welcoming she was. The night continued on with drinking and an epic spoon quest around Boise... we finally found one at the Pie Hole... you would think bars would have one but no such luck. After meeting her and spending time with her I decided that transforming myself was something that I really wanted to do but where to start. I was stumped yeah there were articles on the website but what was right for me... things just kind of stopped. Then I found out that Tiffany was going to be doing personal training so I talked to Ben about being able to do that and we agreed that I could. I started being trained by Tiffany and was doing pretty good losing 35 lbs. Then I started gaining it back because I just wasn't motivated anymore... this is too hard and it will never happen kept crossing my mind. I then got pregnant and all training stopped. When I was finally ready to being this journey again I once again looked at Tiffany as inspiration. I however decided to go at the journey solo this time and take things at my own pace. I recently posted the picture that I took of me at my heaviest and me now to her Facebook page with the message "Thanks for inspiring me to keep pushing forward! 30 more lbs to go!" Her response means a lot to me and definitely keeps me going. "OMG CHRISTY YOU LOOK AMAZING!~!~!!!!!! I AM SOOOO PROUD OF YOU!!!!! I remember when we first started talking, you are awesome! I'm jumping around my little Bat Cave doing a happy dance in your honor! Keep going woman! You're amazing!!! :D" I also posted something on Twitter telling people that they should follow her and 2 other people. "#FF For fitness and nutrition tips, inspiration and evena laugh or 2. @JohnHardesty @J_O_Connell and @tiffanyforni" She once again responded with some very kind words "@cculmen @johnharesty @j_o_connell Christy you rock!!! Keep it up!!!! You'll have an Oxygen cover" I'm not so sure if that will ever happen but you never know... maybe that is one more thing I should shoot for! :) Thank you Tiffany for being such and inspiration and for all the kind words!
Let the lbs melt!!!
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