my inspiration

This may sound cliche but my mother is my inspiration. She's a diabetic. Her diabetes is now under control. When she was younger she did not have much knowledge about diabetes and what she can do to avoid the disease. It is when she was diagnosed with diabetes she then learn how to take care of herself and her family. She made sure that the family gets nutritious healthy food. Every morning she would wake up early to go to the community center to do yoga exercises. On certain days she and my dad would go take dance lessons. If she can do all that I can too. I want to live a healthy lifestyle.
When I told my mother about this project and losing weight by the end of the semester she was really encouraging. Even though she would make jokes about me not fitting into my dress or being pudgy at certain areas she still encourage me to exercise. There are times when she exercise with me. We also take walks together with the dog. We are getting closer to each other and I never knew that exercising with my mother would be that fun and encouraging. However, the pudgy jokes can be a little too much to handle sometimes but that's how moms are.
I have been working out for 30 minutes everyday. I have not sipped a can of soda for over one week. I am proud of myself and I am glad that I have my mom and my fiance there to push me.

My motivation for change

The biggest motivation for change is my upcoming wedding. Ever since I've been with my fiance I have gained 20 lbs. My weight would fluctuate but mostly going up. I think the most I ever lost was 5 lbs last summer before returning to California from Oregon. Being back at home all I did was eat with everyone. I gained that 5 lbs quickly and more. My wedding is in 8 months. I haven't made much progress. I have lost 2 lbs since the beginning of this semester. I am not trying hard enough. Since last week I told myself that I will quit soda. I have been one week free of soda. I o get tempted once in awhile during meals. Now I make sure that I have a cup of ice water with me during my meals. It doesn't taste as good as soda but I know it is for the best.

To remind myself that I must try harder I would grab my fat around my belly area. That is not going to go away just by staring at it. After feeling disgusted and more motivated, I pick my butt up and I worked till I sweat. I had two good workouts this past week. Even though I was coughing out phelm (I think that's how you spell it), I still manage to exercise.

I lost another 2 lbs this week. I'm not sure if it's the workout or was it because of being sick. Nonetheless, I'm going to keep that weight off. Maybe stress is attributed to my weight loss also.

Motivation for change: GOOD HEALTH and must look nice for wedding.

exercise in vegas

Last weekend I went to Vegas to celebrate my friend's thirtieth birthday. The first thing that we did in Vegas was drink. I don't know how many calories I consumed from drinking but I did dance for 3 hours the first night. I considered dirty dancing and moving my hips for 3 hours is exercise. We got back to our room really late and we all slept til noon. It took 3 hours for 10 girls to get ready. By the time we were all ready it was 3:30 so we headed over to get lunch/dinner. Who goes to Vegas and not eat at a buffet? We went to the M resort to eat, it was all you can eat seafood and free beer and wine all night!! Thinking that I should get my moneys worth I kept on eating until I couldn't move anymore. That was a mistake. We had 2 hours to digest before another night of dancing. This time I didn't drink that much because I had no space in my stomach for alcohol. I did another 3 hours of dancing before calling it a night. All the partying and sleeping late made me a little weak. I think I've caught a cold. I decided to also quit drinking sodas to help with the weight loss goal. First day I fail on the soda deal. Today I started again and I haven't touch a can of soda yet.

it's hard losing the love weight!

So I have been trying to exercises every other day. Sometimes I'm successful but most of the time I'm just too tired to do anything or even try. Last week was a crazy week and this week does not look like it's getting any better.

Wii Fitness!!

I have been playing with Wii fitness for the past two days for an hour. I was actually sweating and panting. So far so good. The game is actually harder than I thought. For one of their aerobics training, we can choose the hula hoop round so I did. I hula hooped with the game and I also took a real hula hoop to use. That was challenging!

My little brother is also doing this fitness with me. There is a basic run in this game where you just run in place. You're suppose to put the wii control in your pocket or you can hold on to it. He didn't know that so he just stood there and shook his remote control up and down. I was wondering how come I don't hear running sounds. He wasn't running! I showed him how it was supposed to be play. I was literally panting and out of breath by the time I cross the finish line.

I have lost 2 lbs since my baseline measurement!!

dog walking

This week I did one day of P90X. I'm not sure if it's helping me or what not since it is suppose to be an everyday routine. It kicks my butt each time I do it and then I get all tired and sore. I can barely do one hour let alone 90 minutes of it. The only track/cd that I 'm mostly using is the cardio and yoga one. So I did P90X Thursday night. I took a break on Friday and Saturday to relax. Saturday wasn't that relaxing though. I was helping my fiance and his cousin prepare a one year old birthday celebration. The birthday party is like a mini wedding! I did of lot of running around, setting up and then cleaning up; therefore, I considered that as a day of exercise. If it is making me sweat that is exercise to me. I think I'm burning quite a few calories. I have been walking my dog everyday for about 30 minutes. Not sure if I should start counting calories. My motto for the rest of the week, never say LATER because later will never happen. I have to get off my butt and start working.

week 2

So I didn't put my baseline down last week and I think I should this time. My baseline weight is 130lbs. Once again I am trying to lose 15 lbs by the end of the semester by exercising 3 times a week for one hour. This week I only worked out for one day. I decided to go and try P90X again since that kicked my b**t last time. I started with the cardio exercise. Oh my, I am out of shape! I took numerous breaks and I was huffing and puffing by the time that I finished. I know that you should do it daily, but I am just going to do it every other day. Well, tomorrow is another day of abs exercise at work and walking 7 flights of stairs.