Hi all, I can not believe how time flies. It is already October and where am I today?  Well, since my last post I have lost a few pounds, but not quite back into the 160’s yet, but I am not stressing about it. It seems to me when I don’t stress about the weight loss I lose the weight. Today my scale reads 175 which means I lost 4 pounds since September 3 so I am very happy with that and I will continue until I am back to my comfortable weight of 160. My goal is to be there before December 15th. So there I said it.

I am so excited to say that in a fews day my family and I will be heading to Walt Disney World!!! YEY!!!

I can not wait. Our son is like, how many more days?? I told him 6 more and just gets this big excited expression on his face and I love it! So, next week you will not see a post from me, but when I return I will be post lost of pics so brace yourself. hee hee

Well, I am off for now. I got a lot of cleaning to do before we fly out this weekend so.

TTFN

tags: weight loss, nutrisystem, fitness, exercise, bodybuilding

Remember in my previous post I was talking about starting this 8 week slimdown program I found on bodybuilding.com. Well, I officially started it on Sunday 7/6/08!! I was just so excited to get started because I had a bit of fun eating on the 4th of July. Burgers, hotdogs, and I will not name any more. Saturday evening I ventured out to the grocery store and picked up my goods for this week. I am not kidding. Check out my stash below:

My list of goods consisted of:

• turkey bacon
• turkey deli meat
• chicken breast
• tuna
• steak
• salmon
• Almonds
• eggs & egg whites
• salad
• low fat mayo
• low fat yogurt
• non fat cottage cheese
• instead of cream of rice I did instant grits
• fruits, veggies
• low fat dressing
• natural peanut butter
• diet soda
• green tea

Phew!! Long list. So far I have been working this plan and I am seeing results already like 3lbs!! My exercise plan for myself so far is:

• 20-30 minute walk/jog in the morning or elliptical
• afternoon either cardio (interval training) or weight training the upper or lower body on alternate days.

I have to say the food is not bad at all and I now I will be able to make it through the eight weeks and then on to maintaining. I just finished my last workout today which was my lower body (leg extensions, hamstring curls, dead lift, lunges, and abs! So i am happy! I swear I am ready to get down so that I can model my skinny jeans and be ready for our trip to Disney World in September!! Well, I am out for the evening.

Chat later-

Natasha

Has anyone ever felt the way I did last night? Well, here is my story. . I truly made a commitment to eat clean to myself and to my hubby on Sunday night. I asked my husband to help this food addict (me) to not eat and over eat late at night which is usually my downfall of the day.

So Monday was my first day and man what I feeling like a food addict last night after work. You know how you start your plan/diet which is usually a reduction of calories and carbs and as a result you start to feel HUNGRY? I was so tempted to eat, but my hubby said, Natasha! You are night hungry. Right? Hell yes I was hungry and having a headache too. All I could think about is food like hamburgers, cookies, chips and queso, geesh!!!

Then he told me my own words which was not to eat late at night anymore. So, I did that and I was going crazy all evening until we decided to play his Wii “Guitar hero”. He purchased the Guitar Hero III Bundle w/ Guitar Controller Wii for his early birthday gift along with the Nintendo Wii Console. Let me tell you that was my life saver last night!! It took my mind of of food and I went to bed without eating when I shouldn’t. Plus it was so much fun!! I felt like a rockstar, lol. Hey if this is the addition key to weight loss that I need i will do. Guys, it is so much fun and you can work up a workout just playing some of the games too. I think I wan my hubby to buy the Pelican Wii Fit Starter Kit (Wii)

So if guitar hero has to be my saving graces this summer to have a hot Beyonce looking body then, let’s rock! Well I am out for now and will chat later!

Natasha

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