Showing posts with label Blue Team. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blue Team. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Finding Inspiration ....
I LOVE THIS! And I found this at the right time... no matter how badly I want to quit, I can't because tomorrow is another break-through, another chance for greatness, another day closer to my goal.
I made lots of copies of this. There is one in my bathroom, one in my closet, one of the fridge... anyplace in my house where I feel discouraged or temptation.
So last month I moved my elliptical machine and it's now facing a wall, and let's me honest no one wants to stare at a wall even if they are wearing an iPod. So I decided that every month I would add a little inspiration to my wall. I'm a calorie burning woman on a mission to lose the pounds and an attractive (slightly nude) man was exactly what I need to stay on that machine. So this month my inspiration is non other than super studly, Olympic swimmer Anthony Ervin:
I'm always to say that weight has been a life-long issue for me. There has never been a time when I haven't been fat. Okay that's not true, there were a few years when I was normal weight as referenced in this picture (I was so ahead of my time fashion wise... how many little kids do you know that can rock a periwinkle swing trench-coat?)
I always remembered high school fondly, and I guess I sugar coated it by "remembering" myself with an athletic build..I don't even think I look the same, in all fairness I have been through a life-time of medical issues since then (numerous illnesses, hospitalizations, and two liver transplants). And in my lifetime I have been anywhere from 160 to 300 pounds... strangely enough before I decided to actively lose weight I was larger than I was in that picture (I estimate I was 250 lbs in that photo)
So why is this so inspiring? It reminds me that I've come s long way...and still have a long way to go!
Let me tell you how awesome and inspiring he is
- his tats are and glasses giving me hipster realness
- he wears pretty
pantiesswim trunks - he's a Cal alum/swimmer ...what's in that water at Cal Berkeley they have an awesome swim program that but do they also require their males to be completely gorgeous (have you seen Nathan Adrian??)
- his hair (wow do I sound like a fan girl???)
- this is the kind of cat that I can see myself sitting down with a cup of tea having a deep, meaningful conversation with
- he swims the 50 Meter
- his story is completely inspiring
I'm always to say that weight has been a life-long issue for me. There has never been a time when I haven't been fat. Okay that's not true, there were a few years when I was normal weight as referenced in this picture (I was so ahead of my time fashion wise... how many little kids do you know that can rock a periwinkle swing trench-coat?)
I always remembered high school fondly, and I guess I sugar coated it by "remembering" myself with an athletic build..I don't even think I look the same, in all fairness I have been through a life-time of medical issues since then (numerous illnesses, hospitalizations, and two liver transplants). And in my lifetime I have been anywhere from 160 to 300 pounds... strangely enough before I decided to actively lose weight I was larger than I was in that picture (I estimate I was 250 lbs in that photo)
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| Tyra @ 17 Tyra @ 35 |
So why is this so inspiring? It reminds me that I've come s long way...and still have a long way to go!
About a week ago Sunshine proposed a challenge to her teams to create a collage as part of a contest. I've used this silhouette before in a collage that was in this post and thought that it would be perfect for the contest. The theme: Different Women, One Goal. I think at the end of the day that sums up the Blue Team. I love them, they inspire me EVERY day. We share our challenges and our successes and it makes this journey so much easier to travel. I can say 100% that if I didn't have the support I would have gotten this far, and would have quiet a long time ago.
Inspiration is Everywhere, even online.
"Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement."
Brian Tracy, Eat that Frog
Brian Tracy, Eat that Frog
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
In:
5 things....
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Blue Team
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Food
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Learning along the way
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Mom's Wisdom
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My Fitness Pal
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Snark
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Transplant
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Wisdom
Expect the Unexpected
Last week Tuesday I went into the hospital to
have an ERCP and have a stint placed in my bile
duct. By all accounts I knew this was gonna block out an entire day for me and
probably the day after. Who knew that an hour long procedure was gonna land me
in the hospital with severe pancreatitis. I always
tell people if there is a side effect, Tyra will get it... no
exceptions.
Fast forward to a week later, I'm out of the hospital but still
suffering from pancreatitis. Tramadol and Hydrocodone have become my very
best friends. Needless to say, exercise has been the very last thing
that I want to do. I have been trying to walk... but I can only do .5 mile
before my stomach starts to hurt (and that really wears me out).
5 Things I Realized While in the Hospital
1.
Nurses love me - Seriously they do, and I'll tell you why. After
having two transplant and various other transplant related problems,
I consider myself to be a seasoned patient... a professional if you
will I don't call them, I don't bother them, and most
importantly I remember that they are human, who have flaws and who work a very
difficult job and the last thing they want to deal with is a patient who is
annoying and crabby. As a patient I only want to do one thing... take my pain
meds and go to sleep, okay so that was two; now if only the person that I
shared the room gotten that memo. (This was the first time that I've ever had a
hospital room mate so it was an adjustment for me too) My last hospital stay
would have been much more pleasant. Not only did she annoy her nurses, she
annoyed the nurse techs, the front desk people, the dietary folks, me
I think she might have even annoyed my mother. Let me give you an example: if
she need the nurse she would press the call button and ask for the nurse if she
didn't come in two minutes she would call again... then again if she didn't
show up... finally she would get up and go the nurses’ station and make a stink
about it... she did this several times a day... thank goodness I had my iPod.
2.
I
love my family - My mom
came and say me every day after work and we would have dinner together... okay
I wasn't allowed to eat, so she would eat and I would sip water..AND she
brought me panties...I don't know about you all but this was not a
planned hospitalization, so I had nothing but what I came in with, so I
was ever so grateful when she came with a brand new package of panties. My
(sort-of) step-dad was awesome as well, he threatened to come and break
me out of the hospital..when I started complaining about missing my cat.
3.
They
have some premo drugs at the hospital - Self explanatory!!
4.
I
missed the inter webs - Since my phone was dead and I didn't get my
charger until the day I was discharged I wasn't about to get online.
Which meant that I wasn't able to log into MyfitnessPal and
after my streak of logging into for over 350 days in a row, I had to start
over. Also I missed all of the awesomeness that was going on over at the Blue
Team. Sunshine made me this for me... I love it!
5.
Clearly
I am hilarious when I'm high on pain medication - Apparently I told my doctor right when they
gave me medication before my procedure that I needed more knock-out drugs than
the average person cause I'm a ninja.... You heard it here first peeps..I'm a
bloody ninja! I took this picture while on some heavy duty medication... so
clearly my wicked sense of humor is still here
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
In:
Accountability
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Blue Team
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Flabby Arms
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Learning along the way
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Longevity
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motivation
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My Fitness Pal
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NSV
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Ondeland
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Walking
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Weigh In
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Wisdom
Up, Down....Half way to Onederland
Maybe I should say more than half way...
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| a collage of me |
This morning I notice that I am more than half way through my weight loss journey. My goal has always been to lose 100 pounds... although my mother thinks that way too much, she can actually thinks I should lose 10 more pounds and be done...psst not gonna happen.
GOALS, GOALS, GOALS....
When I first starting losing weight I only wanted to look better in my clothes... and I wanted my stomach to not be so fat and I so happy to say that I've accomplished both of those goals
My next goal is Toning.... I need to get rid of the flab.. I swear when I lay down I feel it just plop on me..so that is defiantly the next to go along with the weight.
Do I have a goal weight... not really (despite to goal of 100 pounds) but I for sure want to out of the two's.
My "Ditch the Bitch" vacation is over. This week the Blue Team weighed in after a six week vacation. This was our last official weekly weigh in.. and I couldn't be happier about it. In the past I have been so focused on the scale and not the overall transformation,
So starting next week we begin out monthly weigh in...which I personally feel is better indicator of weight loss than the weekly, and I think it will change the atmosphere of the team.
With the heat and not being able to sleep it's making my ability to exercise down to nil, I have been walking in the wee hours of the morning to get some sort of exercise as well as to try to tire myself out...what ever this is I'm hoping that it passes soon so that I can get back to normal
So what's the deal with the candy? It's an activity for the kids at the banquet. I had to count each and everyone of those pebbles of sugary goodness..and I didn't eat one... that in it's self is a victory!
Here's a little ditty for ya... until next time!
Monday, July 9, 2012
1 month, 300 miles, flabby arms and a NSV!!
I've been participating in the Forrest Gump Invitational over at SJT199 and today I hit my personal best as far as miles walked in a month... 300 miles. And to be honest... I felt every single freakin' mile. I have never been shy about telling anyone that I hate exercising. I don't like to sweat... and at the end of the day I am super duper lazy! Sweating is not attractive, breathing hard is not attractive.... but I do it because I made to commitment *sigh*
Holy heat wave batman...
So I've come to the conclusion that heat is not my friend... I was miserable, I didn't have the energy to do anything, exercising outside was dangerous and to add insult to injury I swelled up like a water balloon ready to burst.. So far this summer has been brutal and I have a feeling that we are gonna experience more extreme heat before the summer is up, I think that might be the perfect time for me to check out Netflix (for their assortment of exercise tapes) or do some yoga
I've decided to stop complaining... and finally do something about my flabby "flags" arms. So first let me show you the hot mess that my arms have become (brace yourself peeps... this ain't pretty).. YUCK!!!!!!
There is clear line of demarcation of where the muscle is and where in "empty" flab begin...or as I like the say, "the line where the doctor is gonna cut it off" (Plastic surgery is not on my radar... but it may be once I marry my 89 year old fiancee...I kid...I kid!!!), So I do what I always do...I complained until someone told me what to do... and boy did I hate the answer I got ..PUSH-UPS...
So let me share with you a secret, push-ups scare me, I have visuals of basic training and some man yelling at my while I'm crying...plus I honestly don't think my arms are strong enough to hold all my body weight just yet... and I really like my wrists and don't want to break them... So I did a search for a modified version until I strong enough to do the real thing... I think I can do this...
I also found some other awesome tips on the Livestrong website that I'm going to try.
So on to something a little bit less depressing during the heat wave I had my another NSV...I wore shorts!!! ..okay so let me clarify that I did in fact wear shorts last year at a water park... but let's me honest... it was either walking around in a swimsuit or wear some shorts...I will choose shorts every single time...
So I've had this pair of shorts for years and putting them on last summer was a no-no... I couldn't even get them over my hips and they were super tight on the thighs..so with the heat index reaching 110 degrees I was of the mind the less amount of clothing the better...
Let's back up for a minute... something happened after I turned 30 I decided that I was too old for shorts... so I stopped wearing any shorts that hit above the knee..so when i put these on and didn't feel like a big fat blob I was elated. There is room for improvement... but I'm totally digging the fact that I can fit and feel confident enough to wear these shorts (YAY ME!!)... Enough about the shorts time to work on my arms!!
As always, when you know better you do better!
Holy heat wave batman...
So I've come to the conclusion that heat is not my friend... I was miserable, I didn't have the energy to do anything, exercising outside was dangerous and to add insult to injury I swelled up like a water balloon ready to burst.. So far this summer has been brutal and I have a feeling that we are gonna experience more extreme heat before the summer is up, I think that might be the perfect time for me to check out Netflix (for their assortment of exercise tapes) or do some yoga
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| ugh!!! |
There is clear line of demarcation of where the muscle is and where in "empty" flab begin...or as I like the say, "the line where the doctor is gonna cut it off" (Plastic surgery is not on my radar... but it may be once I marry my 89 year old fiancee...I kid...I kid!!!), So I do what I always do...I complained until someone told me what to do... and boy did I hate the answer I got ..PUSH-UPS...
So let me share with you a secret, push-ups scare me, I have visuals of basic training and some man yelling at my while I'm crying...plus I honestly don't think my arms are strong enough to hold all my body weight just yet... and I really like my wrists and don't want to break them... So I did a search for a modified version until I strong enough to do the real thing... I think I can do this...
So on to something a little bit less depressing during the heat wave I had my another NSV...I wore shorts!!! ..okay so let me clarify that I did in fact wear shorts last year at a water park... but let's me honest... it was either walking around in a swimsuit or wear some shorts...I will choose shorts every single time...
So I've had this pair of shorts for years and putting them on last summer was a no-no... I couldn't even get them over my hips and they were super tight on the thighs..so with the heat index reaching 110 degrees I was of the mind the less amount of clothing the better...
Let's back up for a minute... something happened after I turned 30 I decided that I was too old for shorts... so I stopped wearing any shorts that hit above the knee..so when i put these on and didn't feel like a big fat blob I was elated. There is room for improvement... but I'm totally digging the fact that I can fit and feel confident enough to wear these shorts (YAY ME!!)... Enough about the shorts time to work on my arms!!
As always, when you know better you do better!
