I Must Remember How Far I Have Come

I found these yesterday:

Yup, that was me 4 years ago at Caribana, I can't get over how different I look.  I am so puffy, like a chocolate steam puff marshmellow girl.

Here are a few from this year, my friend has some great ones and when I get those I will post.

I have to admit that this trip put a few things in perpective.  Many more guys were coming to talk/dance with me and I felt really good about myself.  I was getting so many compliments.  I had lunch with a friend I had not seen in 5 years and he could not stop saying how good I looked.   The 10  pounds from the trip are coming off slowing and I am working really hard since my 31st birthday is next Friday!

I tend to be so hard on myself, I have to remember that i have come such a long way!

Happy Friday!

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216.8

 Up 0.6 from last week.  Not happy about that since I was down for most of the week, until cooking school dinner.  I guess I cannot get to mad, there is not point in that and it is less than a pound.  Next week I AM going to be 214!  I am 5 pounds away from the bag and thus reaching a NEW all time low.  Just writing about it makes me giddy.  Almost at 60 pounds bye bye, forever!  I do not foresee any real problems this weekend. This week I do have to go to a volunteer reception on Tuesday, and there will be lots of yummy food, I will just have to make wise choices. 

I am so excited 3 more friends are going to join me in playing mas in Toronto, we are going to look so cute in our costumes! We are going to look just like these sexy ladies:

2 months, 3 weeks and 2 days to whip this body into the sexiest, hottest, most toned, MissHaneefa that it has ever seen! "I'm focused MAN!" (Jay Z voice)

P.S. I think that I have to bring back the star system to get me on track again. For those of you that don't know, YES YOU CAN STARS is a system I got from another blogger.  I can get a star each day for the  following 1) exercise 2) eating within food limits 3) drinking at least 2 L of water; for a possible 3 stars a day.  Each week if I get 19/21 stars I get a small reward ex: a magazine.

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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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