I write this post tonight because I want all of you to know how seriously I take my role as a fat loss inspiration. So many of you read my posts for different reasons: inspiration, knowledge, facts, funny stories, food journals, etc. Whatever brings you here just know that I really care about helping you and I certainly don’t do it for the money. LOL! I do it because every single woman deserves a healthy, fit life.
For those of you just starting your journey or are somewhere in between, I want you to know that this lifestyle is so wonderful. It just takes getting started. When I weighed 250lbs I didn’t know that I was going to succeed. I just got started doing something and each day went another step. Somehow deep down I knew there was a better life for me. What kept me going the most had to be that I had goals outside of how much weight I wanted to lose. This time I had goals that revolved around achievements and pictures. Honestly, I wasn’t very focused on the pounds as much as I focused on a race, triathlon, or the next size pants.
Maybe that’s the difference. Maybe just having goals that I could touch and feel made all the difference. I’m sure there are tons of other factors, but I bet that is the foundation to my achievement. For the first time I wanted my fat loss to be more than just my next weigh-in. I wanted to enjoy a lifestyle that naturally caused me to be healthier.
When you read this, take a moment to dream big. Visualize the lifestyle you will live once you reach a happy weight. Try tackling things you never thought possible. Just dream big and NEVER let your weight stand in your way. Start chasing those dreams and you’ll chase away that weight.
Ya’ll feel free to leave a comment and share what your dreams are. You never know when you might inspire the next person to tackle something they haven’t ever dreamed of.
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Today’s Workout: Back
Superset One: 4×8
Deadlifts with barbell
Chest press with DBs
Superset Two: 4×8
Bentover Rows
Decline Med Ball Sit Ups 4×25
Superset Three: 4×8
Assisted Pull Ups
Machine Rows
Superset Four: 4×12
Bentover Rear Delts
Planks with Leg Raises (45 seconds)
Daily Food Journal:
B – Fiber One and Puffs with skim
S – Protein Bar from Publix (left my shake on the counter)
L – chicken breast and pasta noodles
S – Watermelon and Pria Bar
S – PButter with banana and SF Jelly
D – chicken breast with brocolli and cantaloupe
S – Fiber One and Puffs with skim milk (not the best choice before bed…too little protein but I was starving since my dinner got thrown off from a meeting)
I finally feel like I deserve it. I joined the gym and the exercise has come together,the eating,it has its moments.
I feel so empowered with your workouts and your encouragement behind me. I know that even if the scale does not move I am still reaching a goal. I am building muscle. I can see it!!!!
I just want to say “Thank You” for showing me that I “Deserve It” just like everyone else.
Comment by monica — May 31, 2007 @ 11:19 pm
Monica…you are one of the people I think about when I realize there is a reason I do this greater than myself.
The day we talked about you joining the gym took me back to my own place when I got started. I swear that night I told Chris that I knew that I had helped someone that day and that I was meant to be in your life at this moment…even if it was for that one email we shared.
I’m very proud of your committment to yourself. You have a tough road and you drive it well. I love how hard you work on figuring out a lifestyle that will keep you “sane.” Hee hee!
Great post!
Comment by phitnphat — June 1, 2007 @ 8:46 am
Corinne,
I LOVE your blogs & I LOVE you for doing that thang you do so well with us P-N-P-ers! You have helped me so much. I look (at least I think so!) & feel so much better now than even before I had kids.
It’s tough, but it’s completely & totally worth it.
Lorie
Comment by Lorie — June 1, 2007 @ 8:55 am
Corinne, I think you are the inspiration that I need. I love reading your blogs every day. Thank you for what you do.
Comment by Tiffani — June 1, 2007 @ 9:20 am
This post means a lot to me since it has been the way I have been trying to lose weight this time-focusing on what I can do and who I can be rather than how much I weigh. I now run and work out and finally have started to think of food as how will this fuel me and make me feel rather than how many calories/fat etc. If I could have been satisfied and lost weight the old me would have eaten nothing but junkie food.
My dream is to really love the way I look regardless of my weight and teach my daughter that too. The reason it has been different this time is I want to be a good example for her and have her grow up with less hangups about her body and her life
Comment by Jen — June 1, 2007 @ 12:45 pm
Thanks for the inspiration Corinne! I love being fitter and i enjoy eating wonderful nutritious foods that fuel my body! Your posts help me to keep my focus, especially now that the kids are out of school! I also want to be a role model for my son and daughter,who will be out biking and hiking with me this summer!!
Comment by Jennifer (WW-jls1339) — June 1, 2007 @ 12:56 pm
As always, your post is so timely. I have been struggling of late and believe it was the focus on the almightly scale.
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I gain when I lift and the scale was making me not want to. I have decided to make that my personal goal for June… to focus only on the inches and stay off the scale. Wish me luck.
Comment by fitme2006 — June 1, 2007 @ 7:47 pm