20 before 29

Project 20 lbs down before 29 has officially been reached! Now tomorrow when I eat cake I'm going to eat with out feeling guilty... or so I say, I'm sure I will a little but a girl has to have cake on her birthday! Gym time for the week is starting a little later than planned due to the hangover from the weekend but it makes me realize why I, myself, can't drink like that anymore. Drinking for me means, no rest, crappy eating the next day, and little motivation to run/exercise. So, I need to make sure that I limit that crap and move forward with my diet & exercise, it's fun, but to me it's not worth it like it used to be. Anyway, last week I posted some before & after photos to help keep myself motivated in looking my best by the time I was 29 now I'll start doing the same in hopes to look my VERY BEST by the time I'm 30! I've only got one year left starting now!

Was able to wear a bikini without feeling too self conscious this year!

Last day of 28, feeling better in this skin!

Results

Finally to do an update on my progress. I guess because I have to be seen in a swimming suit this weekend! Diet & exercise pay off, I have worked my ass off  for the last three months! I'm down a total 22 lbs,, I feel good about my results, but the hard work isn't even close to over. Those were just 22 lbs I needed to get rid of, I am in the process of building lean muscle these days I want to be in legit shape when I start training for Chicago, which starts the last two weeks of June. My main focus is weight training, cardio and most importantly diet! The diet part is so hard for me, I'm a girl who likes her cold blue moon, wings and most of all cake! You can bet your ass I'm still planning on devouring my birthday cake in a week though! Anyway, here's my updated yet not finished body!

I have not fallen off the weight loss wagon, I've just been super busy at work and unable to update diet and exercise. I have been doing my part. This morning I did skip breakfast and not on purpose. I am going to the gym tonight and cannot wait to sweat out all the weekend drinks and unhealthy food. I got some compliments, so that's always rewarding. I'm still hesistant about putting on a swimming suit this weekend eeee... Oh well!

Progress Report

I'm about a month & a half into this whole lose 30 before I turn 29. So far I'm halfway there. I have 4 weeks to lose 15 more. Talk about pressure. haha. Just kidding! I'm not really putting too much stress on myself, I am just locking down on the diet and exercising. It's crazy how much your diet has to do with the progress. I am finally seeing where I was an idiot with my food choices in the past and correcting them with eating better. I am starting a 12 day cleanse today (again) should be fun... "fun". These cleanses do make me feel better and keep me on track. I am also starting the 30 day shred today. Big things going down! I was going to post progress pictures, but maybe later!

4/29-5/4

Monday
Breakfast - Oatmeal
Snack - gummy bears leftover from my race haha
Lunch- Cane's Chicken ( i needed some, my belly got whatever she wanted today)
No snack
Dinner- Blueberry whole wheat eggo waffles
No exercise, recover mode

Tuesday
Breakfast- Oatmeal w/chia see & all natural syrup
No snack
Lunch- Shake & Tea
Snack- no snack
Dinner- Chicken & rice bowl made w/2 oz chicken, brown rice, lettuce, 1/2c black beans and hot sauce
Exercise- 45 min bike


Wednesday
Breakfast- Oatmeal w/chia see & all natural syrup
No snack
Lunch- Shake & Tea
No Snack
Dinner- 2 turkey burger patties w/mustard
Exercise- 60 min bike a.m., 3 mile run, triceps/biceps free weights (it's GO time for me, clearly haha)

Thursday
Breakfast- Shake & Tea
No snack
Lunch- Shake & Tea
No Snack
Dinner - Chicken kabobs, brown rice, salad no dressing
Exercise- 50 min a.m. stationary bike, 3 mile run pm

Friday
Breakfast- Oatmeal
No snack
Lunch- Tuna, 1/2 protein bar, 1/2 grapefruit
No Snack
Dinner- chicken breast, 1c green beans, 1c of bell pepper, 1 small apple and 1c of peach Greek yogurt
Exercise- leg day, 25 min bike

Saturday
Breakfast- Oatmeal w/banana & flax seed, 1 banana, 3tbsp egg whites
No snack
Lunch- 1 cup of cottage cheese, 1 small apple
No snack
Dinner- turkey hotdogs, bell pepper, 1 cup of strawberries
Exercise- no workout

Sunday
Breakfast- 1 grapefruit, 1 protein bar
No snack
Lunch- no lunch
No Snack
Dinner- 2 vodka water w/limes, 2 fireball shots- apparently I chose to drink my calories
Exercise- 4 mile run

I had originally planned on beginning the 30 day shred program, however, apparently asking your roommate to set up a dvd player is like asking them jump off a bridge, it's just asking a lot. It still wasn't set up until Friday. I will be starting that on Tuesday, May 6th, as well as starting another 12 day cleanse. Recovery from the 1/2 is cake compared to a full marathon recovery. I have a time window to kind of do whatever until I go back into training mode. I plan on doing a 5k on May 17th and then by June beginning to work myself up to higher mileage on the weekends. In the meantime I will continue to run 4 times a week with a little of a longer run on the weekend, I don't want to get out of that habit. I do need to lift a couple of times a week just to build lean muscle. I am starting another cleanse on Monday too so I'm busy being healthy apparently. It's about time I get healthy I am almost 29 and honestly I just feel better when I'm taking care of myself.