Embarrassing picture time!!

This blog is supposed to be tracking my weight loss journey from here on out, as well as my journey to becoming a CPT and beyond. In honor of that I'm going to put up a very private picture collage on a very public forum for everyone to view. This is my 'transformation' over the past year-ish. This is one and a half rounds of Insanity as well as lots of running, weights and eating cleaner and gluten free for medical reasons. Right now I'm gearing up to start month 2 of Insanity on Monday so I'm hoping that a month from now I'll be posting an even better before/after but for now... enjoy! 

Also you probably can tell that my stomach looks rather poofy in the now picture, I had gluten yesterday. That is what gluten does to me. Makes me poofy and sick!! 

Mini-cleanse Day 3 continued....

I felt the side effects of only having liquids all day while doing Insanity Cardio Core and Balance. Wow! I am tired! I think that protein shake is needed now!

Mini-Cleanse days 2 & 3

Today is day 3 of my mini cleanse and I have to say that I am loving it! I was skeptical at first but I feel great so far. I haven't had any issues with energy levels and I haven't been hungry at all. I've been having a shake for breakfast and one for lunch. Both days I had a handful of peanuts at some point during the day and for dinner I've just been making large salads. I'm supposed to have 3 shakes a day but I haven't found a good time to sneak in the third shake. Maybe today I will make a protein shake after I workout, I need to do that anyway. If I could find a way to eat this way everyday and get an adequate number of calories I probably would! But tomorrow I will go back to eating my lunch instead of drinking it. With a little luck (or willpower) I will continue to avoid snacking on terrible things and keep eating clean. I want to be at around 90/10 for eating clean to processed foods ideally.

I also went to the gym for the first time, pretty close to ever, yesterday. I'm looking forward to going a lot more. I love the energy and the commotion of being in a busy gym, and I love having that many activity options available to me. I think in honor of concentrating on the shoulder and arm muscles this week I'm going to test out some of the machines that help target those specific muscles tonight. I am enjoying studying for the certification test, I love biology and anatomy. Learning what makes the body tick is fascinating.

Mini-cleanse day 1

I've always been intrigued by the idea of a cleanse. The theory behind it makes sense to me. I at one point even tried the Clean Program, making it through the first week and a half was tough but I felt amazing, other than the starvation that is. In hindsight that may have been more because it was the first time in my life I wasn't consuming gluten and my body was repairing and functioning correctly for once than anything else the cleanse is supposed to be doing. Either way as my rest week of Insanity approached the idea of  doing a mini cleanse got more and more appealing. So today, my first day of recovery week, is also my first day of mini cleansing.


Today I am starting my shakeology cleanse, just without the shakeology. I didn't have the time or the money to get shakeology so I'm doing it with slim fast chocolate royal powder. The idea of the cleanse is to flush out the bad stuff while taking in as much nutrients as possible. You drink 3 shakes a salad with fish or chicken at dinner. You make the shakes with water instead of any kind of milk (I usually use unflavored almond milk so this is a change for me) and have 2 cups of green tea a day. Supposedly doing this will help 'reset' your system and re-energize you. 


Today I am also re-dedicating myself to logging food. I NEED to get my eating under control if I want to lose the last 10-20 pounds I would like to lose before I get my certification. I would like to not have such a flabby booty when I start trying to find a job as a CPT!