End of Jocktober

Jocktober was a success and a failure. However, I look on the bright side, therefore, through the fails, I see improvements. Lets talk about the WINS.

1. Roller coaster

I finally fit in the roller coaster seat without feeling embarrassed. I conquered a fear of mine.

2. Gym Challenge

I pushed myself harder than ever in the gym. One week I ran for a total of 21 miles. I wanted to puke after some runs but I still accomplished something I thought I never could do.

Fails!

1. my diet

haha, I wanted to do a week eating solely fruits and veggies. #Fail… BUT, my takeaway is that I need to eat more fruits and vegetables on a daily basis. Lately, for my snack at work, I eat apples. I brought in carrots and dip for a snack today. I am taking a right step, away from processed food.

2. I am still plateauing!

Yup, no weight loss. Probably weight gain because my diet was off due to a whole cheat week.

To help with the plateau, I ordered Green Coffee beans off of Groupon. These beans have helped clinical trial patients lose 15% of their body fat without diet or exercise. I heard about this on The View and it was also on Dr. Oz. I am not relying on the green coffee beans to lose weight but just jump start the fat burning process.

I will have more on the miracle workers once I start using them.

~NOVEMBER CHALLENGE~

I thought of this in the shower today. Yes, I had to tell you this :)

Anyways, This month starts the holiday period when we binge on sweets and carbs. Well, we can’t always say no. SOOO.. I came up with a plan to fulfill our sweets and still be on a diet. It is a 50 / 50 plan. Every time sweets are in front of you, you will eat or not eat. It will go back and forth. Therefore, if I passed on the cake yesterday, then I can have a thin slice of apple pie today. Get it? it is better to alternate your yes then to binge by saying ‘YES’ all the time. Try it! I bet you will notice how little weight you will gain over the fat gaining season.

Love you all,

LaRell

Last week, I wanted to do a strictly fruits and vegetable diet. Well, that lasted a day. So, I decided that this week I will try something new at the gym. In all spirits of jocktober, it is time to hit the treadmill.

The mission is to run 3 miles everyday for a week; that is over 20 miles! Yikes.. help?!?!?

I’m Allergic To Healthy Food

I am literally allergic to healthy food. It sucks sooo BAD! I have Food oral allergy Syndrome. So, October is coming up which marks my weight loss journey to ONE YEAR! CRAZINESS!!! I can’t believe I stuck this out for a year. Granted, the goal is 2 years but considering how poorly my previous diet attempts were, I am ecstatic. Also, I have worked out for a year, every day. Actually, I have a few more weeks to go to reach that milestone but when I do, I will be proud.

Okay, going back to my main point. It is going to be October and I have been on a plateau for a while. I didn’t mind it because he helped (allegedly) my skin catch up. But, I’m sick of not losing weight so I want to do a crash-esque diet. You know the ones that celebrity do to lose 20 pounds for a role. Basically, I am doing this diet for A. a colon cleanse and B. to revive my metabolism.

The past few weeks I looked at different diets. Most diets I had to turn down because I can’t eat raw fruits and vegetables. For instance I can’t do the smoothie diet or juicer diets. They make my mouth itch. My lips, tongue, and other body parts swell. I heavily considered doing the lemonade cleanse, again. I did this “diet” in college. I lasted 16 hours. Granted, I had ZERO support from my friends. I kid you not that they forced me to go to Waffle House. How was I suppose to watch butter soaked biscuits or biscuits soaked butter in front of my mouth without getting hunger pains??? Also that salt-water flush every night was a joke- It made me throw up.

I am planning on eating fruits and vegetables that I can eat without swelling like a balloon. I will avoid all meat, carbs, and processed food for a week. I will have a daily blog on here for you to track my progress. I will start this diet on October 15th. I am hoping that this will last more than 7 days but I won’t be sad if it ends on the 7th night.

Okay I have some exciting and SCARY news to share. As October begins, I will start (hopefully) to VLOG (video blog). I am saying this by making it a commitment which means I have to do it. Crossing my fingers that my first vlog will be up on Oct 1st. I have a special name for October and you will have to find out what it is on my vlog.

until then

~keep on dieting and losing that weight… LaRell