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?!?!?

One YEAR Anniversary!!

It is official. Today marks the one-year milestone on my transformation! I am so proud of myself. I have worked out everyday for the last 365 days. Yes, that means holidays and days where I felt under the weather. I wonder how many people can say that?

I just can’t stop writing how proud I am of myself. I know it sounds egocentric and narcissistic. Okay, I will stop now with the self-love.

Yesterday, I went to Busch Gardens for the first time. I don’t like roller coasters and they don’t like me. I NEVER could fit in the seats. Also, I was terrorized that I was going to die. I also never been on a roller coaster that went upside down.

Well.. until today! I put on my big-boy pants and just went for it. I have a fear of rejection. Whether it comes from people or my butt not fitting in seats. This fear causes great anxiety in my life. When I sat my tush in the seat and it fitted… MAGIC! I was like “I have this.”

Are rides worth it? Does 30 seconds make up for an hour in line? I don’t know! I am glad I rode rides but it wasn’t like the best thing ever. Glad to experience it but I rather do other things with my time.

Speaking about long lines. I was in line for a haunted house attraction. The wait was over an hour long. After waiting 10 mins in line, I saw people step out of line to leave. I turned around to two girls behind me and told them that this shows our character. Are we the type of people in face of tribulation to quit and walk away? or are we the type of people to endure and persevere under harsh circumstance. I think that is why I have been successful this year because I have the ability to dig deep and bring myself out of darkness into the light.

Tomorrow, I start my week long diet. I bought 20 dollars worth of fresh fruits and vegetables to hopefully last me 2 days. I know for certain that I will be eating a ton of apples everyday and I won’t mindlessly snack after work. I most likely won’t even stay up after work. I will probably get the most amount of sleep this week because I don’t want to feel hunger pains.

This colon cleanse work best when you are not starving. I predict that I will most likely have that feeling all day. Ugh, I am nervous but excited at the same time. just like riding a roller coaster.

~LaRell

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