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Ok, one week four pounds down. There is not much of a change, but that will come!

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I lost 4 pounds this past week! That's four of these guys! Motivation.

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Yummmmmm

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Got a smoothie maker today and I'm stoked. Tomorrow is my first weekly weigh in, wish me luck! What is your favorite smoothie recipe?

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Down!

3.5 lbs in 3 days!!!! Watch me work!

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Feeling a little guilty

So a workout didn't happen this morning and now I am feeling a little guilty. I spent the majority of the night trying to tune out my roommate drunkenly having sex with her gross ex and had to sleep a little so I could tackle two classes of first graders today. Tonight, it's double time.

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Let’s Get Fit!

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Speak the truth!

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I want to start out by not setting unrealistic goals for myself. Both of these girls are beautiful, but the first girls body type is not a realistic goal for myself. The second girl is totally within my realm of possibilities and I would give anything to look like her. So now, I’m setting my goal towards the second photo, and I’m giving my time and effort to achieve my goal.

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Mindset

In case you don’t know much about Austin, it is one of the fastest growing cities in the US. Which means, the prices are going up much faster than the income. I work in theatre, which does not pay the bills most of the time. I finally reached a point in my life where I am not scraping for change and don’t have to worry about which bill to pay. I have finally gotten to a stable place in my life and realized there are other things that I need to focus on. I have made it to a place where I can focus on me and it’s about time because how I feel about myself has been on the back burner for far too long. It was easy to not focus on the weight I gained because I was worried about making ends meat, but now it is time I look inward and focus on me for a bit. So, I finally got my mind in the right place to really motivate myself and move towards my goal.

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Incentives

Ok, I know that being healthy and losing weight should be incentive, but I decided to sweeten the deal for myself. Like I said, I don’t know what works and what doesn’t for me at this point, so, I’m trying all of the things. I started to think of incentives for myself and realized my mind started wandering towards dinners or food. I realized the potential danger zone I was entering. Crappy food isn’t a reward, besides its what helped get me here in the first place. And who knows, one shitty cheeseburger may be all it takes to waiver my motivation at this early phase. It certainly has in the past. So, I focused my mind on things that would make me feel better about myself and help me towards my goal of changing my perspective of myself. I settled on certain weight loss keystones and assigned gifts for myself at each one. The go a little something like this: Starting line - I was allowed to purchase anything in the store that would help me start working towards my goal. I settled on the afore mentioned step and Pilates bar, bath salt for sore muscles, hand weights, 2 sports bras and vitamins. 10 lbs - manicure and pedicure 15 lbs - new pair of work out Tennis Shoes 25 lbs- 2 new pairs of jeans 30 lbs- a elliptical machine 40 lbs- 3 new shirts, a black dress and a killer pair of shoes 50 lbs- 3 pairs of jeans and a massage 60 lbs- A new bed, with lots of pillows 70lbs- New Bras 80 lbs- I can go into any store, find things that fit great and make me feel good and I can purchase whatever my budget allows 90 lbs- my goal, a cruise during my next vacation time

So there it is, my incentives. What do you think?

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I used to be a step aerobics instructor and it is something I really enjoy. I decided to start with the things I really like doing to keep myself motivated. I realized quickly that I was no longer the 18 year old aerobics instructor, but a 28 year old teacher that had really let things go. I started out with a 20 minute step routine, it was hard, but I freakin made it through. I am also using a Pilates bar with resistance bands to work out at night. As things get easier, I will start working up to things that I really don’t enjoy doing, but I know are good for me. As a start though, this is going good for me. One of the problems I have had in the past is me channeling the high school athlete mentality and I push myself too hard. I either hurt myself or end up being so sore I start making excuses and slack off. I am much more motivated this time around but starting out slow is going pretty good so far. I have hopes to start Jillian Micheal’s 30 Day Shred in a few weeks.

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Diet Plan

I generally enjoy healthy foods. I live in Austin, so there are tons of options for heathy and natural foods. My problem comes from Chipotle burritos and beer. I love beer, I’m a Small town Texas girl and, well, beer is awesome. Problem is beer is empty calories. So, I am keeping within my calorie count everyday and can only drink beer socially (one or two times a week). I am also cutting out fast food and (sigh) Chipotle entirely. I bought pre made salads for lunches and the better tasting lean cuisines for dinner. I eat a Fiber One brownie for breakfast and eat baby bel cheese, bananas and cutie oranges for snacks. It is working well so far. My worst habit is going all day long and finally realizing I’m starving around 6 pm, so at this point I have destroyed my metabolism. My first week is going to be rough because I am pulling my body out of starvation mode. When you don’t eat very often, your body starts storing everything because it doesn’t know when it will get food again. I may be disappointed after this week, as far as, weight loss, but I hope that I will be rewarded in the weeks to come! My Diet Coach also send me push notifications on my iPad to help remind me to eat during the day.

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My boss and I were talking the other day about how much we work and how it is difficult it is to maintain a healthy diet and find time to work out. I’m not talking your normal 40 hours a week, we are clocking in around 70-80 hours a week. So, we decided to do this together. After we started, a few more people joined in and now we have 5 people in our “club,” for lack of a better word. We weigh in one a week and calculate percentage of body fat lost. This works for me because I am a competitive person by nature and it really makes me push myself knowing all of those people know my weight and are seeing my progress. I download this app, My Diet Coach. It helps me track my calorie intake, weight loss, goals, and calories burned with exercise. There were a lot of time I convinced myself that the things I was eating weren’t that bad, but guess what, they weren’t that good either. So, this app keeps me honest, more so with myself. I understand that some of my club may not be with me on my entire journey, but the beginning is the hardest part for me, until one of those pesky plateaux. So, right now this is my support system.

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Here is me at a size 10 and this is my goal. I am going to explain the different things I am doing in separate posts, in lieu of writing a whole damn novel.