FL-The Sexy M.F that Prince sang about...well looking to be..lol

pamgid · February 28th, 2008, 02:08 PM

Hi everyone, thanks Linda for choosing me as one of the participants of the fat loss challenge.

Weight 1 Yr ago: 240 lbs
Current Weight: 190 Lbs
Height: 5ft. 9in

Former athlete who gave up sports but not the eating habits until recently. Got to my current weight by working out 2x a day varying from weight to cardio /running, karate and recently, dance and of course eating right. Just trying to keep mixing things up so that I don't get bored, so far so good.

Goal weight: 160
Goal Weight For Competition: 145

Location: Belize Central America

**Italianangel** · February 28th, 2008, 04:06 PM

great work already with your fat loss!
Linda

courtneylove · February 28th, 2008, 04:37 PM

Welcome!!!

**sleepyles** · February 28th, 2008, 05:29 PM

Your situation sounded like mine a few years back. Keep up the good work, and keep focusing on the positive results you have obtained thus far!

pamgid · February 28th, 2008, 05:52 PM

Thank u for the encouragement... :-)

**Belsicilia** · February 28th, 2008, 06:44 PM

Hey there

thanks for the message! Glad to see you here, and from belize!! viva viva! My dream is to visit south america, and especially your country! all the best!! we'll be in touch for the next 30 days...

Piera

Wen73KYGAL · March 1st, 2008, 06:49 PM

Congrats on your great progress thus far! Excellent work!

MsMarvel · March 2nd, 2008, 08:31 AM

Amazing progress so far!!!! You have already tackled the hardest part, getting started. You have seen the results you can obtain, keep on this track of motivation and you will reach your goals for sure!!!!

Cindy (MsMarvel)

jsnamaste · March 2nd, 2008, 06:40 PM

Hi there,

Wow, thats amazing you have already lost so much. Awesome job, keep up the great work. Just wanted to say hi and good luck.

Jeannette

pamgid · March 4th, 2008, 04:26 PM

Thanks for the support guys, u all are awesome...

Yes the hardest part is getting started...I've been working out pretty much 5 days a week for a little over a year now and have committed to making the right choices where my eating habits are concerned...I'm at the point where working out is a part of my daily routine and I feel like I'm missing something when I miss one of my work days....and yes, that is a good thing to actually want to be at the gym. There are some days when I have to give myself "the talk" to get out of bed to go but who like getting up at 5:00 AM? lol I am trying to keep it as interesting as possible so that I don't get bored, I do a little of everything. I do some martial arts, dance, run and weights. Right now I've increased my work outs to two times a day karate or cardio in the mornings two evenings a week dance and the rest I do weights.

It's starting to become second nature:

pamgid · March 6th, 2008, 03:25 PM

I just had a MAJOR reality check.....a friend of mine asked me to put some photos on her flash drive and she had some old photos of us on there OMG!!!! wish I could post all the photos on here....I know that I've lost weight but when I see the photos side by side it's really starting to hit me exactly where I was.....Has this happened to anyone else?

MsMarvel · March 6th, 2008, 06:46 PM

Looking at the pics and seeing the progress you have made must make you feel wonderful!!!! I on the other hand look at pics a few years ago of me and see how much weight I have put on. Either way, the pics will give us the motivation to get us to our goal weight & conditioning.

You are amazing and your achievements give me positive vibes ~~~ Thanks

Cindy

**Belsicilia** · March 7th, 2008, 05:05 PM

Hey Miss Belize!

Can you send some of your sunshine my way here in snowy Canada?? We sure could use some!

Awesome job with your achievements thus far! WE have alot in common. I too have been training hard and conisistently. Its just been in the past 4 or 5 months where I haven't been on target with eating right. And thats more where my problem lies. I have no problem with my workouts, its more eating right and enough of the right foods. So that is what this challenge is really all about for me. RE-training myself to eat properly, cleanly and at the right times. So lets stick together chica!!

have a great weekend!

~Piera~
xoxo

pamgid · March 7th, 2008, 05:48 PM

I am SO stealing Cindy' weight loss sticker....lol

Ok.....heading to the gym now to work my bum off...lol will start the journal with how this one goes:

Eating today:

meal1: (Eggs/spinach, broccoli,onions,tomatoes)
Meal 2

Protein shake (protein powder with water)
Meal 3: Steamed fish/Brown Rice/Veggie salad (no dressing)
Meal 4: raw broccoli (yum)
Gym: Plan to work legs (details later)

Edit: Leg Work Out

Free Squats:

Warm Up: 50lbs x 15

set1: 90lbs x 15
Set2:100lbs x 12
Set 3:140lbs x 10
Set4: 140lbs x 10

Leg Curls:

Warm Up: 40lbs x 20

Set 1: 50lbs x 20
Set 2: 60lbs x 20
Set 3: 70lbs x 17
Set 4 80lbs x 15

Abs:

Crunches/incline crunches/weighted crunches
hanging leg raises/dumb bell side bend

Cardio:

20 Minutes thread mill

2 Mins Warm up- 4.0 1.5incline

15 Mins : 5.5 2.5incline

2 Mins: 4.5 2.0 incline

1 Min: 3.5 no incline

Meal 5: Post-work out protein drink (cause really it's powder & water...lol)

Meal 6: who knows what I'm gonna find in the kitchen :-( (details later)

Chicken breast/ steamed broccoli

so far a little over a gallon of water-don't ask how many times I pee for the day...

pamgid · March 8th, 2008, 12:49 PM

yesterday was a good day for me with my work out:

Squat weight increase!!!!: (Yeah!!!)

1. I increased from 90lbs to 140lbs (yes I realize that it was only (2) 25lbs plates but, it was
an improvement- I've only been doing squats for 4wks now)

2. It was Friday evening and I still went to the gym- YEAH!

Not such a good day at the gym:

I got distracted and almost caused someone to get hurt:

was replacing the plates for the poor guy to start his squats and someone asked me a question and for some reason I stated talking to her and completely forgot to increase the weight and only replaced the plates that I took off----NOT GOOD

luckily he had someone there to spot him so he didn't get hurt ..too badly, I couldn't even look at him for the next ten minutes, I felt SO bad because I know better.

He was cool about it after a while though...he even spotted me through my last set... my guys r the best!

pamgid · March 8th, 2008, 01:50 PM

8 March:

Protein shake (pre-work out)

Thread Mill (40 minutes )

Incline Press: Dumb Bells

Warm-up: 20lbs x 20

Set 1: 25lbs x 15
Set 2: 30lbs x 15
Set 3: 35lbs x 12
Set 4: 40lbs x 12

( this was a light day- I was working out alone-the guys that I usually work out with only do mon-fri in the evenings)

Skull Crushers:

Warm-up: 30lbs x 10

Set 1: 40lbs x 10
Set 2: 50lbs x 10
Set 3: 50lbs x 10
Set 4: 60lbs x 6

Preacher Curl-EZbar

Warm-up: 30lbs x 15

Set1: 40lbs x 10
Set2: 50lbs x 10
Set3: 50lbs x 8
Set4:50lbs x 5

Since I was working out alone I decided to see how difficult it would be to do a pull up and was actually able to do 3 full pull up!! yeah!

Meal 2:
post work out protein drink
3 egg whites/spinach/onions/tomatoes/ 1 slice-Lowfat cheese (I know...I know )

oatmeal-raisins

Meal 3: 2 hard boiled eggs

Meal 4: (planning to have- brown rice/grilled chicken (throw some salsa on top) and broccoli

Meal 5 & 6: ( not sure yet...too early to think that far into the day, it's
Saturday.....

Meal 5 shake

Meal 6: Stir Fry Veggies-Chicken Breast ( used lemon juice instead of oil)

MsMarvel · March 8th, 2008, 03:16 PM

I will gladly share my ticker with you

but you can go to Trying To Conceive Ticker and create your own. There are lots of different rulers and sliders to choose from!!!

If those are light weights I would like to see what you do on a heavy day

WAY TO GO ON THE PULL UPS, YOU GO GIRL!!!!

cINDY

**Belsicilia** · March 9th, 2008, 11:58 AM

Way to go girl on the workouts!! 3 full pull ups!!! thats awesome, I haven't attempted any without the assisted machine yet, so that is my ultimate goal before the summer comes!

and those squats!!! I love it! You are on the way to amazing changes. Have you felt any already?? For some reason, I kinda feel tighter and stronger, and I know for me the reduction in salt has helped enormously! keep it up! have a great sunday!

**Italianangel** · March 9th, 2008, 07:41 PM

Nice work on the squat increase and the pullups, those pullups suck while you do them but when done you feel so good, like 'wow, I did it'! They go away if you don't keep them up!
You can also get tickers at tickerfactory.com, they have so many choices and I have seen some nice creations from there.
Keep up the great work, I like to be able to be kept right up to date on your progress and undertakings so keep up the great journaling.
Linda

pamgid · March 11th, 2008, 06:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Belsicilia

Way to go girl on the workouts!! 3 full pull ups!!! thats awesome, I haven't attempted any without the assisted machine yet, so that is my ultimate goal before the summer comes!

and those squats!!! I love it! You are on the way to amazing changes. Have you felt any already?? For some reason, I kinda feel tighter and stronger, and I know for me the reduction in salt has helped enormously! keep it up! have a great sunday!

Hey P,

it was awesome finding out that I could do those...I kinda scared myself...after I was like ...."ooookkk"...lol

the squats...put it this way, I wore shorts to take my niece out saturday evening....I haven't worn shorts to go out in 4ever...seriously, at least 5years....