Losin' the weight....Leigh Peele Style!

[tkinsley]

Sexy dress, lady!

You look great.

[MuscleMom23]

Hubba Hubba LOL!! I am checking up on you!! Nice dress and way to stick to it!

[foodfromafar]

Glad you had a great time! You look fantastic!

[Bytsi]

Gorgeous dress! (Gorgeous woman in the dress!)

[LWilson212]

Stephanie you look beautiful! I love your dress.

[dillytl]

You look FANTASTIC!!!!!!!! So glad you had a great time!!!!

[stephanie932]

Thanks, everyone. You all are being too kind.

I'm having one of those "funky" days (probably due to PMS) but in sending Leigh some Gala pictures and my Check-In photos I realized that I really haven't changed as much as I "think" I have. I've sort of been stuck the last few weeks ..... not sure if it's laziness or just dealing with the crap of allergies and what not, but I'm frustrated. Yes, I did talk to Leigh and I'm working through this with a goal of having a spot on week.

I just wanted to put it in my log because the struggling comes out of nowhere for me (maybe for others, too). One minute, I'm on cloud-nine because I'm counting the number of compliments that I've gotten in a day and not even a week later, I'm thinking that I'm not making any progress and how pitiful my pictures are. Maybe it's just hormones, but regardless, the feelings can be so detrimental to a program. And without someone like Leigh telling me that everyone goes through this and how I have to push myself through this week......I know I would go back to the same old habits and would have given up. I've just got to work through this week and make sure my menus and exercise are as good as they can be so that I can prove to myself that I can work through this.




I took today and tomorrow as personal days from school. I had to use them before the year was up and even though it isn't the prettiest day, today.......I needed it! I've been keeping plenty busy by defrosting the freezer (obviously not automatic defrost) and cleaning like a mad woman.

Tomorrow, DH and I are going to go furniture shopping and then his dad turns 85 tomorrow.......so, we are having him over for a grilled pork tenderloin. It probably won't be warm enough to eat outside, but at least DH can grill it.



Today's workout:

55 mins. on Treadmill @ 3.5% incline
2 mins. jogging/2 mins. walking aiming for 70%-80%

5 min. warm-up @ 3.0mph @ 3.5% incline
45 min. workout w/ HR 151 (~ 80%) burning 459 calories!!!
5 min. cool-down @ 2.0mph @ 3.5% incline

Followed by some standing IT Band Stretches, calf stretches and quad stretches.


I have some $$$ on my Amazon account and it's burning a whole in my pocket so, I'm going to go look for more music to download tonight.

[tkinsley]

Originally Posted by stephanie932

Thanks, everyone. You all are being too kind.

I'm having one of those "funky" days (probably due to PMS) but in sending Leigh some Gala pictures and my Check-In photos I realized that I really haven't changed as much as I "think" I have. I've sort of been stuck the last few weeks ..... not sure if it's laziness or just dealing with the crap of allergies and what not, but I'm frustrated. Yes, I did talk to Leigh and I'm working through this with a goal of having a spot on week.

I just wanted to put it in my log because the struggling comes out of nowhere for me (maybe for others, too). One minute, I'm on cloud-nine because I'm counting the number of compliments that I've gotten in a day and not even a week later, I'm thinking that I'm not making any progress and how pitiful my pictures are. Maybe it's just hormones, but regardless, the feelings can be so detrimental to a program. And without someone like Leigh telling me that everyone goes through this and how I have to push myself through this week......I know I would go back to the same old habits and would have given up. I've just got to work through this week and make sure my menus and exercise are as good as they can be so that I can prove to myself that I can work through this.




I took today and tomorrow as personal days from school. I had to use them before the year was up and even though it isn't the prettiest day, today.......I needed it! I've been keeping plenty busy by defrosting the freezer (obviously not automatic defrost) and cleaning like a mad woman.

Tomorrow, DH and I are going to go furniture shopping and then his dad turns 85 tomorrow.......so, we are having him over for a grilled pork tenderloin. It probably won't be warm enough to eat outside, but at least DH can grill it.



Today's workout:

55 mins. on Treadmill @ 3.5% incline
2 mins. jogging/2 mins. walking aiming for 70%-80%

5 min. warm-up @ 3.0mph @ 3.5% incline
45 min. workout w/ HR 151 (~ 80%) burning 459 calories!!!
5 min. cool-down @ 2.0mph @ 3.5% incline

Followed by some standing IT Band Stretches, calf stretches and quad stretches.


I have some $$$ on my Amazon account and it's burning a whole in my pocket so, I'm going to go look for more music to download tonight.

See bold.

That's it, lady. Hormones suck. Between PMS and Aunt Flo, you get all of about 2 "good" weeks/month. Don't sweat it, Leigh is the shizz on this. You have tons of support here as well. Hang in there (and kudos for posting this).

Tina

[Silly Sally]

WOW, you are so pretty, love the dress, love the color, LOVE the hair!

[realcdn]

Originally Posted by stephanie932

One minute, I'm on cloud-nine because I'm counting the number of compliments that I've gotten in a day and not even a week later, I'm thinking that I'm not making any progress and how pitiful my pictures are. Maybe it's just hormones, but regardless, the feelings can be so detrimental to a program.

Sounds like you need to take your own advice.

Hopefully a spot on week will put you in a better space.

[stephanie932]

Originally Posted by tkinsley

See bold.

That's it, lady. Hormones suck. Between PMS and Aunt Flo, you get all of about 2 "good" weeks/month. Don't sweat it, Leigh is the shizz on this. You have tons of support here as well. Hang in there (and kudos for posting this).

Tina

Thanks, Tina. I never thought about having only 2 "good" weeks, but you are right. The only thing we can do is work through it. Thanks for the support.

Originally Posted by Silly Sally

WOW, you are so pretty, love the dress, love the color, LOVE the hair!

Thanks, Sally. I actually was so upset about my hair.....lol





In order to keep myself accountable and on track this week........I'm going to post my calories and macros in the evenings. If anyone doesn't see me posting them this week......you have my full permission to hunt me down and beat them out of me.....lol Well, maybe not beat them out of me, but pester the shit out of me for them!!!!


Today's Goal:
1,500 calories; 40p/40c/20f

Today's Actual:
1,510 calories; 42p/31c/26f (Darned 23g of cashews!)

[stephanie932]

Originally Posted by realcdn

Sounds like you need to take your own advice.

[penguinchik]

Hi Stephanie! My name is Jennifer and YOU are the reason I have signed on with Leigh!! Last month (or earlier this month) I saw your post on YaYa's and everything you said about still losing despite injuries and your progress convinced me to sign up with Leigh!! Thank you so much!

We are still in the bugg phase, but soon (feel like I'm waiting for Christmas day to come) she will be sending me everything I need to start this journey. Everything I have read about Leigh has been positive! I am so excited and ready for this.

A couple things I wanted to mention to you are in reference to your one day seeing the progress and the next day not. I lost close to 50lb a few years ago. I was in the best shape of my life, definition, very small size in clothes, etc. YET, I still thought I was fat. To make a super long story short, I never made peace with the new me. The transformation was just so bizarre. While I loved feeling thin and cut, I still had the old tapes playing in my head that told me I was fat or not worthy, blah, blah, blah.

Well, as I upped the intensity of my workouts over time, I could not get it in my thick head that I needed to eat more. So began the horrible cycle of not eating enough (and I'm not talking anorexia here--I was eating probably 1,800--2,000 cals a day, but doing major calorie burning (1,200 cals on my heartrate monitor some times (for a super long workout), so it simply wasn't enough) and bingeing. This worked for a while until the injuries started. Again, in a nutshell, I've had plantar fasciitis for a year and a half and then a year ago was diagnosed with a bulging disc in my neck. I was still able to weight train with the PF, but once the disc happened, I had to pretty much stop.

So, you can imagine the level of stress I had knowing full well what was going to happen if I had to stop using weights. It took some time, but sure enough, I lost almost all my definition and then due to stress eating gained probably 12 lb. Such anger, sadness, anxiety I felt (still feel)...

I did manage to heal my neck pain with the use of an amazing book by Dr. John Sarno (but that's a whole post unto itself), and am back to my full-on upper body Cathe videos again. Woohoo!! I'm also kind of at the point where I'm just dealing with the PF versus fearing it and have been doing Cathe (and other) kickboxing videos again for the past 2 months. Oh how wonderful it feels! Now of course my feet are still hurting me, but they're not getting worse. Compared to the neck pain I had, I can deal with this.

Sorry this is long-winded, but I really do have a point. That being that I really think it takes a long time for our brains to catch up with the weight loss. I remember seeing pictures of myself at my son's birthday and at the time thinking I still had fat to lose. Now when I see those pics, I would KILL to be back there. It's all perception. I realize now that I had internal struggle with the thin me versus the me that always my whole life was over weight. I was always called a "big girl". It's so hard to get over those things that have been ingrained in us.

Your progress is wonderful and you look wonderful. You honestly looked beautiful in your dress pictures. I know how hard it is to see that. And like you mentioned PMS, that just sucks no matter what.

Please know that you inspired someone (probably dozens others too) with your posts on YaYas. I feel like I finally now am going to have the support I really needed all along. I cannot tell you how wonderful and comforting that is. I'm ready to get my body back to where it was (maybe even better?!), but this time ENJOY it.

Thanks again for inspiring me. I'll definitely keep you posted on my progress. Remember, you look great and you're doing an amazing job!!
--Jennifer

[LWilson212]

Hey Stephanie-

Sorry you are feeling crappy. I think we've all been there, questioning our progress and feeling like nothing is changing.

Shawn's mom is into energy healing and other "new age" stuff and she gave me this book on cd that I've been listening to in the car. The part I was listening to yesterday said that when you fall into negative thinking its because it serves some purpose for you. I was trying to decide what my purpose is. I think if I start to tell myself nothing is working, it gives me an excuse to fall back into my old habits and patterns, which are comfortable, but obviously do not help me meet my goals.

You are doing very well and you look fantastic! Hang in there.

[stephanie932]

Originally Posted by penguinchik

Hi Stephanie! My name is Jennifer and YOU are the reason I have signed on with Leigh!! Last month (or earlier this month) I saw your post on YaYa's and everything you said about still losing despite injuries and your progress convinced me to sign up with Leigh!! Thank you so much!

We are still in the bugg phase, but soon (feel like I'm waiting for Christmas day to come) she will be sending me everything I need to start this journey. Everything I have read about Leigh has been positive! I am so excited and ready for this.

A couple things I wanted to mention to you are in reference to your one day seeing the progress and the next day not. I lost close to 50lb a few years ago. I was in the best shape of my life, definition, very small size in clothes, etc. YET, I still thought I was fat. To make a super long story short, I never made peace with the new me. The transformation was just so bizarre. While I loved feeling thin and cut, I still had the old tapes playing in my head that told me I was fat or not worthy, blah, blah, blah.

Well, as I upped the intensity of my workouts over time, I could not get it in my thick head that I needed to eat more. So began the horrible cycle of not eating enough (and I'm not talking anorexia here--I was eating probably 1,800--2,000 cals a day, but doing major calorie burning (1,200 cals on my heartrate monitor some times (for a super long workout), so it simply wasn't enough) and bingeing. This worked for a while until the injuries started. Again, in a nutshell, I've had plantar fasciitis for a year and a half and then a year ago was diagnosed with a bulging disc in my neck. I was still able to weight train with the PF, but once the disc happened, I had to pretty much stop.

So, you can imagine the level of stress I had knowing full well what was going to happen if I had to stop using weights. It took some time, but sure enough, I lost almost all my definition and then due to stress eating gained probably 12 lb. Such anger, sadness, anxiety I felt (still feel)...

I did manage to heal my neck pain with the use of an amazing book by Dr. John Sarno (but that's a whole post unto itself), and am back to my full-on upper body Cathe videos again. Woohoo!! I'm also kind of at the point where I'm just dealing with the PF versus fearing it and have been doing Cathe (and other) kickboxing videos again for the past 2 months. Oh how wonderful it feels! Now of course my feet are still hurting me, but they're not getting worse. Compared to the neck pain I had, I can deal with this.

Sorry this is long-winded, but I really do have a point. That being that I really think it takes a long time for our brains to catch up with the weight loss. I remember seeing pictures of myself at my son's birthday and at the time thinking I still had fat to lose. Now when I see those pics, I would KILL to be back there. It's all perception. I realize now that I had internal struggle with the thin me versus the me that always my whole life was over weight. I was always called a "big girl". It's so hard to get over those things that have been ingrained in us.

Your progress is wonderful and you look wonderful. You honestly looked beautiful in your dress pictures. I know how hard it is to see that. And like you mentioned PMS, that just sucks no matter what.

Please know that you inspired someone (probably dozens others too) with your posts on YaYas. I feel like I finally now am going to have the support I really needed all along. I cannot tell you how wonderful and comforting that is. I'm ready to get my body back to where it was (maybe even better?!), but this time ENJOY it. <