Moniquesworld

To all my Buddies out there I want to apologize for being MIA for so long. But alas I have not fallen off the wagon more like the wagon is falling off of me. Yes peeps I have been doing my fitness thang do you here me. I am up to working out 6 days a week to include weight training on Friday evening. Can you believe that? I mean seriously who trains on a friday night? Well I do and let me tell you I look forward to that class more than I do with all my other classes. Of course the fact that my trainer looks like he has been dipped and hershey’s chocolate and then finely chisled out his body…does help a lot. So I am at 54 pounds down since Jan 09 and I am in just shock. But the funny thing is I am still trying to get used to this new body. I dont think I have been this fit in 20 years. And the fact that I love hitting gym is freaking me out too. Yes you see I have become the front row chick in all my classes and know as the woman that never misses a class and when I do…my instructor thinks that there must be something wrong with me. LOL So to all my buddies who have been supporting me through this journey I want to say thank you and I wish you nothing but much success.

 TC…Mo

Hey Family,

Okay I know I have been MIA for about a month. But my dad died unexpectedly and you know how that is. But the great thing is that although I have been away from here I have still be on the right track to a healthy lifestyle.

Some of you all know I am a zumba nut. And my dream was to be asked to be on the frontline in class. You know the front line are the people that are really working it out and can help motivate others in the class. Well guess what…for the last two weeks in three different classes I have been the front line chick. Yep me..the thick sister in the true sense. I tell you I love doing Zumba and being on the front line made me want to work harder.

So my question to my family is…what is your favorite type of excercise?

Love…Peace..and Blessing Mo

P.S. I have lost close to 40 lbs in three months just counting calories and taking Zumba. 

Hey Family,

I am back on the grind of working out. And some of you already know that I do Zumba on my lunch but what you may not know is that I also take Turbo Kick boxing. So today I am in my TK class and I notice that I am the only real sized woman. Well after the class a lady comes up and compliments me on how well I was doing and told me that I was her motivation. I told her thanks and asked her why and she said well basically for a female my size I could move. Now mind you I was not offended because just because I am over 100 pounds over my weight that I should be I am still medically healthy. Meaning that I have no over weight issues YET!

So what I am telling you family…dont ever be embarassed to workout in a fitness class that has only size 2 anorexic fitness coaches and attendees.  I definitely feel that Big Girls and Boys…do it big. So get out there and show them how you do your thing. 

Okay family I know that you all can see that I have been out of commission for about a week. My son was in ICU and obviuously that made life a tad bit challenging. But hey I am back with a vegenance and I have a simple sorry that will knock your socks off.

So a week ago this past Friday Daniel (my 12 year old who is a diabetic) was rushed to the hospital becuase he was in crisis. He had contracted a stomach virus which lead him into having DKA (Diabetic ketoacidosis) and this landed him in ICU. Well if you know anything about hospitals they are not known for the most healthy food and add the stress of having a sick child well let me just say that it was not looking good for the home team. So the first thing I did was call my buddy Amber (who is also my accountability partner) and told her that we probably would not make it to the Zumba class on saturday. The next call I get is from the hospital lobby asking me what was Daniel’s room number. Let me tell you within an hour this lovely woman had brought me sugar free coca, granola snack bars, bottled water and sugar free drink packs to put in the water, fresh cut fruit and veggies and a plethora of healthy snacks to eat. You see she wanted me to stay focused on Daniel without loosing site of my goal. I tell you it has been a week since his hospitalization and he is home and back to being his normal preteen self. But I still get emotional when I think about it.

So family think about getting and being an accountability buddy viturally and in real life to someone. I am telling you it will help you as well.

TC…Mo

Hey Family…I hope that you all had a wonderful weekend. And I want to say to everyone that has sent me support and read my blogs…Thank You Thank You …Thank You.

This weekend was tough as most weekends are. I was trying to balance my life with the real world and it almost crashed. First on Friday I spent a whopping 4.5 hours in in the hair salon getting my hair cut and styled. Which made it 10 pm before I could get dinner and cooking or even microwaving something was not an option. So I stopped and got chicken wings (yes fried) and a small salad. But the difference this time was that I only ate three which was the proper servings amount and I was actually full when I finished. Surprise Surprise…

 Then Saturday started off with a bang becuase my little one had a basketball game at 9 am in a city 35 mins away from me. Joy joy trying to get him up and get him there in time and feeding both of us some breakfast and still get to the game on time. Well when we pulled up at McDonalds I was torn but I did the right thing. I had a Fruit and yogurt parfait and it was actually filling (well I had a protein water with it too).

So we are rolling along swell and that evening I had a chance to have a few hours without him on a saturday night so yes you guessed it my friend and I went to dinner. Again …I did not find it hard to make proper portioned controlled choices and I got full.

Well then Sunday gets here and although I had made most of my dinner early that day …I got back really late from our outing and decided that I would get Daniel my little one a pizza from Donatos. SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Yep…that was my trigger. I got on line before I ate to find out what the proper portion was and checked to see if I had enough calories left for the day to eat one serving and low and behold I did. So I ate my serving and did some laundry and yes you guessed it …HUNGER got ahold of me. Now I know that this was not real hunger but more of the cravings you get when you eat something that you really like. I did everything not to eat another pieces. But I have to admit hunger cravings won out and although I did not really go overboard I knew then and there that until I get to my goal weight that is something that has to be removed from my life becuase I cannot control myself when I eat that.

TC…Monique

Hey My Family,

I went out with the girls last night…yes and that is right…you know that meant bad eating habits, giggling like we were in junior high and lots of drinking. But alas I am proud of myself because I was on a mission. We went to a local Thai restruant here where the food is simply fabulous. Well I already knew that the portions were too large to eat and not consume 9000 calories. So when the server brought my meal I took my plate and portioned off onto a separate plate what I thought was a healthy portion. Amazing how that was only about 1/3 of the meal. Then I immediately asked the server to box up my leftovers and I put them out of site. The server looked at me crooked out of his right eye but I did not care. I knew that if I kept the food away from my eye sight I would not be tempted to eat more than I had alloted myself to eat. For my drink I had water with lemon (my zero calorie margarita). And I have to admit that I for once focused on my good time that I was having and not how much food I was shoveling down my throat. And I was full (not the over stuffed sleepy feeling) but a manageable full. Later on we went to have drinks at a local mexican restruant (notice a theme here…we socialize around food) and guess what I had a few chips with salsa and another zero calorie margarita. And I have to say…it was a wonderful night with the girls.

 Wow I guess I am fighting this battle one day at a time and one pound at at time.

Food Log

Exercise Log

Well family…yesterday I was on a quest to place some low carb and sugar free snacks in my life that don’t taste like wood or saw dust. LOL And while shopping at my local food store I was blantly shocked at the price difference in the Sugar Free and Low Carb items. For example I wanted some Weight Watcher’s ice cream and low and behold two individul servings cost 2.50 (or somewhere in that ball park). Now mind you I could have purchased an entire half gallon chucked full of everything that I did not need for about 1.00 more.

Then it was on to the pudding (are you noticing a common theme here folks..LOL) well the pudding that was 60 calories was a whopping .75 cents more than the one that was 150 calories. I tell you it is an conspiracy for sure.

But you know what as I pull on my pants that I could not get over my hips three weeks ago…I say this…it is well worth the expense.

Press on my brothers and sisters…and keep fighting this battle by knocking out one pound at a time.

TC…Mo 

Hey all my slim buddies…I have been ill this weekend. But you know what the difference was this time from any other 24 hour bug. I really tried to reach for good things to eat. Although the only thing that I had in my house that seemed to stay down was a cup of vanilla bean ice cream I still tried all of the healthy things first. Funny thing I was swearing off of sugar for 90 days because I know it is my trigger to over eat. But hey I figured 300 calories out of the 1800 I am allowing myself is not bad. But I tell you tomorrow’s workout will be rough with not food in me. So I am going to buy some sugar free ice cream and some cream of chicken soup and some vitamin water drinks. Hey I can still watch what I eat as I recover.

Stay motivated my family…loosing one pound at at time. 

Okay so I am really trying to get this workout thing down pat. So today my coworker and I had the brite idea that we would go to the gym on our lunch time instead of going to our normal friday spot Pizza Hut. Well I will say it was a challenge but it was fun. I have never rushed so much in my life. We were only able to stay for 45 mins because there was going to be a monthly meeting held at one. When I came back to work I was sore and sweaty but it felt good. So I guess I will try it again.