Where have you been young lady.........

Helllllllllllllllllllllllloooooo!!!! 


Yes, I've been distracted and away from the blog!!!! But let's carry on. Where were we last??? oh yes, my dress...well...it arrived and it's sitting in my folks' closet waiting to be tried on....waiting because it's a big motivation for me. Waiting because I still have to go down a bit to fit in it well...snug is an understatement. I NEED to lose 3" from my booty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes 3! 


Am I crazy, perhaps...but will I make it!  have no doubt. So, I did, admittedly, stray from carb cycling...ate well but not structured again...something has to give. I can help others, but helping myself is such a challenge...so I turned to a fellow trainer for guidance. Confused, she did ask why I would need the help? and I simply said motivation. I know what to do, yes, but I guess i'm too used to structure and a push that that's what I'm in need of now. 


ANYWAYS, so I'm on a pretty tight plan. Competition style...for another 4 wks...then we'll see. In the last week I had lost about 4 lbs after a few wks of stand still...so some of that might be excess water. Either way, my intention is to go down 10 lbs in 5 weeks...and then focus for more....essentially, I'll still have another 10 I'd like to lose. But let's start with this. 

The wedding is just over 3 months away and yes I want to look great in my dress but even more, I want to get back into my fav pair of jeans and feel good in my skin again.I feel great...don't get me wrong but it's a different feeling. Not sure if you get what I mean? 

Motivation...I think that's got to be one of the bigget challenges for people everywhere regardless what their goals are...what keeps you motivated?

Rowaida

Happy Mother's Day to all the Mamma's of the world!

It's May 8th, 2011... Mother's Day! What are you doing to celebrate your mamma? This morning, my family went for breakfast and later today, we're meeting up again at home.

Well, if this isn't the biggest motivator yet, I don't know what is...I've been carb-cylcing, as I previously wrote about...I like it. I've been careful all week, and weekend less with one event after another...but still maintaining a steady small loss (lb)...now, I've been easy on the 'diet' on weekends, but I've decided that apart from those meals we do have at events, the remainder of the weekend will be as disciplined as it is in-week. 1) I want to see a difference faster. I know I could get a good 2 lbs a week if I 'clean up' my weekend eating and 2) A BOUGHT MY WEDDING DRESS...catch is, although I'm totally safe in my bust and waist area (where I may have to take it in a bit), at this moment, it will be a tight squeeze for my booty...yes booty. I won't show the pic of the dress I bought, but it is a mermaid silhouette and that means there is no hiding under the pouff of a ballgown/princess style dress. 

I love it and I want to be able to easily slip into this dress and dance the night away.

There's nothing uglier than a dress that's too tight and keeps riding up with every move. That will not be me, I can tell you that. Let's properly accentuate the assets and looking as beautiful for my hubbby-to-be as possible :)

Have a great week! 

Rowaida

Status Update

After Easter weekend, I weighed in on Monday morning and was down half a pound. I expected to finish flat to the week before...watching the eating and planning all my meals and snacks to the T, then the Easter feasts...feasts with an 's' at the end. I guess the hard work of the week prior paid off. Same goes for last week...not as precise on the planning but still careful. This weekend I had 2 events to celebrate....my dad's birthday dinner, which we had today. Earlier this weekend, my boyfriend and I were celebrating our 1 year anniversary by going up north.The 1 year celebration turned into a beautiful proposal. My amazing boyfriend proposed :) 

Jason moments before he popped the question :)

The bridge where I said 'Yes'.

Us! xxoxx

 Monday...back to business. My snacks and meals are already packed for tomorrow. Didn't have my meat defrosted today, so tomorrow I will cook a bunch of meat for the week so it's easy to prep my meals.

Have a great week!

Rowaida 

Easter Weekend...uh oh..........

Easter weekend...that normally means lots of food, more food, and just in case there isn't enough, even more food. Not so bad this year, but it is more than the everyday. I decided that I would enjoy the weekend...and the food. Without any exaggeration, of course. Needless to say, because of this 'moment of enjoyment', I am realistic...Although I don't expect to gain a single pound, I don't expect to have lost any this week, either...I will weigh-in on Monday to check, of course.

Monday, the carb-cycling continues. Let's see the result next week.

Rowaida

18 days until Jamaica

How excited am I? Very...very excited! Departure for Jamaica in 18 days with my best friend.
Now that I am on my 3rd week of cookie diet, I feel great, I weight now 211 lbs and I want to keep on going down until Jamaica. I would love to be at 199lbs, but we will have to see.

Are you moving your body? Start walking at lunch time or at night. Thursday I am starting a walking team at work and so far we are a big group.

I WILL start training soon, I am so lazy it's incredible but I do spent All of my energy at work, as my team, I the battery bunny non stop.
Two days of work to go and then it's Easter week-end!

Have a great night!
Agnieszka

Down down down down....

It's working. As you've read in my previous 2 posts, I'm carb-cycling...for those who don't know what that is, check out 2 posts ago from me..I wrote last weekend of the 9th/10th...Tons of planning, portion sizing and prepping but it's paying off and fast. 1st, I'll be quite honest. It was my week, so just with that I retain a few pounds...but check this...on Monday I weighed-in @ 149 lbs...Today...pls see image below...lol

TADAAAAA!!!!! Yup...I couldn't believe my eyes...but you know what!!!???!!! I feel fantastic. The fact I'm feeling so good and now knowing the results are there and coming still, keeps me super motivated...I see the light!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Finally! I'll keep you in the loop later this week on how things are progressing. I don't expect the same drop as last week, but I would sooooooooooooo love to break into the 130's again....woot woot!!!

Rowaida

I am still alive and doing fantastic!

Hello followers,
I hope you are all doing well! Of course I took a vacation off training since the New Years but with the position I have now and school, I have no energy for anything else. Why am I in a fantastic mood? Well it's ok to take a break, as long as you get back out there and keep on going. I am leaving on vacation in 3 weeks to Jamaica with my fantastic best friend Dannie and we just can't wait to enjoy the beauties of the Caribbeans. I started Zumba last week, once a week and it feels good to move, my body is ready to restart. Since I wanted to get back slowly, before my trip, I decided to try the cookie diet Smart for Life and with my lifestyle, it's perfect. I must admit the first day was horrible: eat 6 cookies a day and one meal at dinner: protein and vegetables but by the 2nd day I was alright. Now two weeks have passed and I feel great, my last day is tomorrow, I will update you on the weight loss.  I bought another box for 14 days and see how it goes.

Keep it up, Summer is around the corner!

Agnieszka