You Have GOT to Hear This....

Today, I go to the optometrist to pick up a pair of glasses.  I have been going to this optometrist since I was 10 years old. I walk in today and give the secretary my name.  She looks at me weird and then says, "Oh my, you have lost so much weight. I did not recognize you!" I smile.  She then pulls me aside and says,"  Did you loss the weight on purpose??"  WHAT!?  I replied,"Yes"  I am so confused?  Do I look sick?  I don't understand? Can anyone help me out here?  I have heard some weird things while on this weight loss journey but this one takes the cake.

Tomorrow is weigh in,  I predict that I will be the same as last week around 216.  There is nothing I can do, but vow to work harder this week. It is funny how ONE meal can throw you off track, c'est la vie! I said yesterday that I would work my ass off at the gym and I did.  One hour cardio (stairmaster and stepmill/escalator aka suicide) and about 30 mins weights.

Have a great night, and stayed tuned for tomorrow!

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A Night Out At The Cooking School

There is a cooking school in the area and every once in awhile, they host a night to showcase their dishes at a very reasonable price.  A few co-workers were going ,so I decided to join them, delicious is the only thing I could say.  The entree was a stemless martini class served with cut up tomatoes, onions and avocado, with a piece of smoked salmon on the side. Refreshing.  Soup was chicken with shaving if rutabaga.  I must admit that usually when you get a soup with chicken, the chicken pieces are few and far between.  This soup was loaded with chicken, each spoonful was full, I was very impressed.  For the main meal, I had the beef in a mustard sauce.I must admit that the mustard sauce was missing something, I am not sure what but it needed a little kick. The beef came with a side of zucchini and a few sticks of potatoes and what would a great meal be without desserts. I had two!  I know, I know, but they were so little (and I got one for free!), I had a warm chocolate cake with mango and raspberry coulis on the side and a rice pudding with raspberries on top. All for the price of 21$!

     Now I am drinking all the water that I can stomach, so that any salt in the meal does not effect the good work that I did this week.  I am going to eat super clean tomorrow, hit the gym for 2 hours (1 hours cardio and 1 hour weights).  I went to the gym today but once again had to rush.  Drink a ton of water and hopefully, Saturday will be 214!

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Sunchips

Felt sick so I cut my workout in half.  Came home and ate way too many Sunchips and now I feel sicker than I felt before!  Blahhhhkk.....

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3 months and counting

I decided that I am going to play mas in Toronto this summer during Caribana.  Caribana is a West Indian, street festival, that showcases, music, costumes and food from the island of Trinidad and Tobago. The main even is a street parade that has costumes with scantily clad women and men and great music!  If you are in Toronto the weekend of July 30, you should check out the parade on Saturday.  This is the costume that I will be wearing. I have turned in my deposit, so I have 3 months to get in the best shape possible, this all leads up to next March when I do the real thing in Trinidad.  Obviously, I am not going to look like this chick in the picture, but I am aiming to look the best I can.  If I can keep up this 9.4 a month weigh loss, I can be 190 by the parade and looking sexy in the costume.  I will keep you posted and I will definitely put up a pic or two when the day comes! You only live once right? Carpe Diem! Wish me luck!

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Forgetful Jones

Got to the gym, no running shoes.  Went home, got back to the gym, left the running shoes on the table.  Went BACK home to get them.  Wow, what is wrong with me? Can I just say that now that the classes are cancelled, I have to deal with the after work gym rush and I DO NOT like it!

Have a great week!

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216.2

This is good. This is very good. I feel a new momentum coming on, I can do this!  I am down 2.8 from last week, even with my slip ups.  I have to stay focused and keep this up.  I can be at 211 in 2 or 3 week.  I was aiming for May 22th.  You can see the bag that I want at the side.  On a non healthy not eI tried this Hersey's Coconut and Almond chocolate bar (I shared it with my Mom).  It was delicious! Tomorrow is the last day of classes at the gym, boooo! Zumba and spinning here I come! Goal for next weigh in is 214! I THINK I CAN, I THINK I CAN!

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I Can Now Go Back To My Normal Life...I Think

I saw a parent of a student that I used to teach.  She has not seen me in a few years.  She commented on how much weight I had lost and asked if I was planning on running a marathon.   Never thought about it, maybe one day....  Anyone that knows me, knows that I don't mind attention,  I am outgoing and shy is not a word that would be used to describe me.  But, when it comes to weight loss, I am very humble and sheepish about what I have accomplished, hence why I haven't told any of my friends about this blog.  It happens that one of them found it, I was a bit surprised, but then again, this IS the Internet. I felt bad because I really felt as if I was hiding something from them, but I wasn't.  How do you email your friends and say, " Hey, read this blog about me."  That is not my style and I apologize for "living a secret blog life". Now you know and are here to join me, welcome! Don't get me wrong, if anyone asks me about what I have done, I am more than happy to share any info with them, it's just that I like to keep that aspect of my life to myself.

      A few people at work could not stop talking about how much weight I had lost (maybe it was because I was wearing all black today). It really made me feel uncomfortable, what do you say to that?  It is not that I am ashamed or anything, it is just that still have a long way to go...I know that it is all about the journey, but I cannot wait to get there, I was thinking today that I have never really been any size smaller than a 14. Just thinking about it makes me excited.  I am going to be broke from all the clothes that I am going to buy. Oh well!  I really feel like I can do it.  This summer I am goin to work my ass off, so that when I go back to school in September, I will be the hottest MissHaneefa ever! 

     These last few days have been busy and I have not been eating well, skipping meals, eating alot of carbs (damn you yummy bagels *shaking fist to the sky*).  Friday, I had a fantastic weigh in for the Beach Challenge and it set a new low of 216.4!  But, because I have been so busy with work and tonight was the production that I have been working on, I ate ALOT of crap, a Snicker's bar was my dinner.  I have a feeling that I am going to pay for it in the morning.  The only good thing is I was I drank about 6 bottles of water today.  There is no use crying over spilt milk.  Tomorrow is another day and all I can do is try my best this week.  There are no real challenges that I can forsee until Mother`s day weekend.  I am going to hit gym really hard and maybe even do two workouts this weekend.   My prediction for tomorrow's weight in is 218, 217 would be really nice and would give a 2 pound loss, but I will take what I can get.

I cannot believe that it is ready May, Monday is the monthly weigh in and I am down since last month and that is a fantastic thing.

Talk to you in a few hours!

Thank you readers for being there for me and for reading, I know not everyone who reads writes a comment, so iIjust want to say I really appreciate you coming by and taking the time to read my ramblings.

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