Day 3 -- Curse you T. O. M. and your dirty bag of tricks!

Well shit... that's up point 4 pounds from yesterday.... Oh wait for it.....

TOM (Time Of the Month) has decided to send his water before his anticipated monthly visit. He should be here tomorrow or Friday... I really wish he would ask me before he decides to send water... I've got plenty of water at the house. Anywayz....

Day 2 was more difficult than Day 1... I'm having withdrawals from.... meats, carbs, sugars... hell just FOOD in general... I'm coming down off the high of doing something new and getting settled into the plan. I had a bit of a headache yesterday too, but that could be my hormones...

Hormones are a bitch when it comes to a woman's weight loss. We have these cravings and uncontrollable urges to tip the fridge over our mouth and smack it a couple times on the back to make sure we ate everything inside... well at least I do.... DON'T JUDGE ME.... lol!

The water weight gain is depressing because you feel fat as all outside... your clothes don't fit and you  feel all bloated... Ugh.

Well, not this time baby. I'm not going to let TOM's monthly visit destroy me and my plan... I'm ready for you TOM and your dirty bag of tricks.

No fridge tipping
No binge on chocolate or sugar
No depression

I've got a plan of attack... Meditation and drinking my water... When I feel my spirit become unsettled and an urge to do something off plan... I'm going to meditate. When I get the urge to eat something off schedule, I will drink some water...

So bring it TOM... I'm kicking yo bitch ass this month. You will not conquer me this month and derail my diet and exercise plan. Nope. I won't let that happen. Not now...

I know I CAN do this... I just have to EXECUTE it!

♥ Shaundra

The Fat Smash Diet - Day 2

Well, Day 1 is done and gone. I'm down from 223.6lbs to 221.2lbs in one day. I plan on taking a picture of my weight each day of the detox. Just for shits and giggles.. The book says I should only weigh myself again on Day 10... Bump that... I'm doing this my way... So I shall weigh everyday.

I didn't exercise yesterday, but I'll make that up this week. I want to exercise 5 to 6 days per week. So no rest for me today. I bought a cheap jump rope and will jump rope for 15 minutes in the morning... Today, I plan on getting deeper into the detox and doing some meditation everyday to stay grounded. I can't allow myself to get overly stressed because I KNOW that will derail my whole plan.

I'm trying to find a hobby to take my mind off of things. I'm currently learning the guitar, but I have issues with my hands so I think I might try to find something else... something creative like drawing, painting, jewelry making or something. I love music and the arts... I think I need to raid eBay for some great deals on art stuff...

Anywho... I'm still feeling good about myself and my goals.

I'm still fired up and ready to go!

♥ Shaundra

The Fat Smash Diet -- Day 1

Well, today is a new day for me. I'm marking this date, 03/29/2010 on my calendar as a reminder of when I finally decided that failure is not an option for me. I am turning over a new leaf....it's a dawn of a new day... (Insert another overly dramatic phrase here.)

Okay... basically... I'm getting my shit together... I've been trudging along faking like I'm dieting and exercising when in reality... I ain't... I've been going at this completely half-ass and that stops TODAY!

My intermediate goal on my weight loss journey was to get under 200lbs (ultimate goal of reaching about 150lbs) I was close at one point, (209.8lbs) but I let myself go... I self-sabatoged as I normally do and have ballooned back up to 223.6lbs...

Ain't that be about a bitch....

But, I'm not going to waste time beating myself up for being such dumb ass... That takes up energy that could be spent getting my shit together... I'm focusing on the future and how to finally lose this weight once and for all!!!

Today, I am starting The Fat Smash Diet by Dr. Ian Smith and Jillian Michaels 30-Day Shred... That's it... Nothing else.... I'm keeping this shit simple and easy... So there's no excuses.

The Fat Smash Diet is awesome because it's about eating healthy. Building a good and sturdy foundation to build on. It's more than a diet... It's something to live the rest of my life by...

30-Day shred is a short but extremely intense workout that includes cardio, abs, and strength training... All the things I need to reach my short term goal of getting under 200lbs...

I don't wanna think about the ultimate goal because right now because that seems so far away and unattainable. But losing another 23.7lbs when I've already lost 39.4lbs seems like attainable... Well at least now it does because I'm in the right frame of mind.

I'm ready... I'm determined...

I'm fired up and ready to go!!

♥ Shaundra