Showing posts with label 30/40/50 Challenge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 30/40/50 Challenge. Show all posts
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Pretty Girl('s Do Indeed) Rock
Yesterday I posted something on Longevity , "
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By the time high school came around, I had the girly thing down pact, although the pig tails and the hair barrettes were gone I was still wearing the girdle and would roll my hair every night before school so that my hair would be curled perfection... no one could tell you that I wasn't girly. But with high school came the cruel reality that I could be girly but could I be pretty.? There were a lot of pretty girls at my high school and I was friends with a lot of them, but I never felt like anything other than the fat, funny sidekick... this feeling stayed with me for years.
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3 college degrees, 2 liver transplants, boyfriends I dare not count, and friends near and far, and lesson's that have served me well through life, I still have yet to learned how to be pretty. My mother on the other had always had the motto that she was "As Fine As Wine" and no one could tell her different, my motto was, "Fake It Till You Make It" Over the years, I've allowed myself to be cute, maybe even attractive, but it wasn't until yesterday that I looked in the mirror and really looked at myself. I looked at my freckles, my eyes, even my pointy ears, and the rest of my imperfections and thought to myself, "Tyra you're pretty". Why did it take me so long to find my pretty?
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I don't think the answer has anything to do with looks. I think more than anything it's about acceptance. At the age of 34 I learned a lesson my mother has spent her entire life teaching her children, "Love yourself first, and others will follow", all this time I was trying to be pretty... when I was beautiful all along.
Now for those of you who were wondering. I stopped wearing a girdle when I graduated high school... as I got older it felt like my girly bits were being strangled and I longed to be free... I do wear Spankx on special occasions...my mother, well she still wears a griddle daily. And she swears if I wore one daily this would have been a lesson I would have learned years ago.
Thanks to everyone at Longevity, Inc. who shared this AHA! moment with me and to Stacey, Michelle and Davette for the encouraging words
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Now on to the fun part.... This weekend I have been good!
Saturday
| Totals | 1324 | 165 | 55 | 52 |
| Your Daily Goal | 1626 | 223 | 54 | 61 |
| Remaining | 302 | 58 | -1 | 9 |
| Calories | Carbs | Fat | Protein |
Sunday
| Totals | 1656 | 193 | 61 | 90 |
| Your Daily Goal | 1833 | 252 | 61 | 68 |
| Remaining | 177 | 59 | 0 | -22 |
| Calories | Carbs | Fat | Protein |
I actually had more protien that I am allowed....this is a first!!
Did you know that DO is the first part of DONE?? As always, when you know better you do better!
Friday, September 30, 2011
My "Secret" Shame
Frequently I talk to Donnie Wahlberg, okay my imaginary version of Donnie Wahlberg (I'm not crazy....okay I'm not THAT crazy) Usually he doesn't get me into trouble but today he did... take a look at the excerpt of our conversation below
IDW: Stay and watch Blue Bloods with me
T: But I need to do my 30/40/50 today..
IDW: Tomorrow, you can do them tomorrow
T: I guess, you're right Donnie, I did dance like a stripper today
IDW: A stripper...do tell......
****Which leads me to secret shame... POLE DANCING!*****
This is what I think I'm doing
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I find the exercise to be fun, and funny (I laugh through most of the moves), and my cat Elmo seems to wonder what the hell I'm doing dancing against the shiny scratching pole. But it's movement and it get's my heart rate up, and one day I'm gonna get some courage and take a proper class so that I can dance for my boyfriend... but for now, I'm just trying not to break my arm, foot , or pride...lol
Thanks to ThaPriSSyViXXXen and TheWhiteTrashNetwork for the use of their wonderful videos. To check out more of their videos follow the links
Oh and I forgot the BEST part, I got on the scale today which I do every Friday without fail... and I was down 12.8 pounds!!! Okay, Okay 10 of those pounds I gained during the time I was sick (and on my blogging hiatus) but the number is different (and lower than it was the week before and that's all that counts. So Tyra now weighs 254.6!! And that makes me happy. I got some snazzy fall pants I want to rock once there weather gets a little colder...
As always when you know better, you do better ....until next time!
IDW: Stay and watch Blue Bloods with me
T: But I need to do my 30/40/50 today..
IDW: Tomorrow, you can do them tomorrow
T: I guess, you're right Donnie, I did dance like a stripper today
IDW: A stripper...do tell......
****Which leads me to secret shame... POLE DANCING!*****
This is what I think I'm doing
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I find the exercise to be fun, and funny (I laugh through most of the moves), and my cat Elmo seems to wonder what the hell I'm doing dancing against the shiny scratching pole. But it's movement and it get's my heart rate up, and one day I'm gonna get some courage and take a proper class so that I can dance for my boyfriend... but for now, I'm just trying not to break my arm, foot , or pride...lol
This is probably what I'm doing
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So yesterday I didn't blog, I was being lazy and Vampire Dairies was on. But in ordiance with being accountable I am posting my values for yesterday.| Totals | 1080 | 88 | 55 | 63 |
| Your Daily Goal | 1410 | 194 | 47 | 53 |
| Remaining | 330 | 106 | -8 | -10 |
| Calories | Carbs | Fat | Protein |
- So I went a little over on the fat and the protein .. can you believe it... I actually met my protein requirement for the day!
- Still under my recommended caloric intake for the day
| Totals | 1284 | 117 | 42 | 48 |
| Your Daily Goal | 2013 | 276 | 67 | 75 |
| Remaining | 729 | 159 | 25 | 27 |
| Calories | Carbs | Fat | Protein |
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Rain, rain go away!
It's been raining for four days here in Chicago, and I would like to go outside and have a walk. Hopefully the weather will cooperate and allow me to do that . This morning I got on the Alpine Stair Master for 30 minutes... let's just say my booty is tight!!! I also did my 30/40/50 Challenge... YAY!
I tried to make better choices in the food that I ate, I stayed within my point range, and I think I did better than yesterday
As always tomorrow is another day to DO better, and to BE better. Until then........
I tried to make better choices in the food that I ate, I stayed within my point range, and I think I did better than yesterday
| Totals | 1905 | 236 | 79 | 73 |
| Your Daily Goal | 2282 | 313 | 76 | 85 |
| Remaining | 377 | 77 | -3 | 12 |
| Calories | Carbs | Fat | Protein |
As always tomorrow is another day to DO better, and to BE better. Until then........
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
How deciding a life of yes turned into a challenge part 2
So I weighed in on a whim... GOOD NEWS!!! Second of all let me say that I'm hurting and in desperate nee of a massage, even the nail on my pinkie toe is crying out in agony. But nothing a banana, two Tylenol and a bottle of water can't fix (I hope).
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I have an issue that is counteracting my weight loss... most days I don't eat enough. Having two transplants and several abdominal surgeries has made me a very picky eater, so a lot of time it takes a lot of effort to eat 3 meals and 2 snacks a day. My eating style has always been a grazer, eat a little here... eat a little there, and a few hours later I'm full.. The reason I bring this up is because I logged in my food and exercise info MyFitnessPal and out came this bit of info.
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Now back to this 30/40/50 challenge, If Sweat is my Fat Crying, My fat is severely depressed cause I was sweating like a pig in a sauna...it was not pretty!
to Go!!!
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I have an issue that is counteracting my weight loss... most days I don't eat enough. Having two transplants and several abdominal surgeries has made me a very picky eater, so a lot of time it takes a lot of effort to eat 3 meals and 2 snacks a day. My eating style has always been a grazer, eat a little here... eat a little there, and a few hours later I'm full.. The reason I bring this up is because I logged in my food and exercise info MyFitnessPal and out came this bit of info.
| Totals | 990 | 160 | 31 | 23 | 20 | 3000 |
| Your Daily Goal | 1991 | 273 | 66 | 74 | 40 | 2500 |
| Remaining | 1001 | 113 | 35 | 51 | 20 | -500 |
| Calories | Carbs | Fat | Protein | Sugar | Sodium |
*You've earned 581 extra calories from exercise today
**Based on your total calories consumed for today, you are eating too few calories. Not only is it difficult to receive adequate nutrition at these calorie levels, but you could also be putting your body into starvation mode. Starvation mode lowers your metabolism and makes weight loss more difficult. We suggest increasing your calorie consumption to 1,200 calories per day minimum.
I was using SparksPeople, and I had no problem with them expect I couldn't sync information if I put it into my phone... and that was a plain in the but...who wants to enter information more than once? But otherwise it was a great program.
Now back to this 30/40/50 challenge, If Sweat is my Fat Crying, My fat is severely depressed cause I was sweating like a pig in a sauna...it was not pretty!
Already I can see that I may need to modify these exercises to fit my needs (that's not cheating is it) maybe I should say my knees....those squats are not knee friendly at all and considering my knees are yelling at me, "WHY!!????!!" I'm gonna have to do something about that or no more challenge or walking for me.
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| That was so me tonight, except with a lot more sweat, and lots of crying and gasping for breath.... and don't forget the cursing! |
And finally I got a new motto, from the newest member of the BLUE TEAM Jenny. "If I BITE it, I WRITE it!"... talk about accountability... Way
to Go!!!How deciding a life of yes turned into a challenge part 1
Yesterday the Blue Team ... well several members committed to Sunshine's 30/40/50 Challenge. What is the 30/40/50 Challenge you ask. Well the NO TYRA would say, "PAIN!!!" but the YES TYRA would say Awesomeness, that are tight abs, tight ass, and toned thighs...but Sunshine's would define it as 30 push ups, 40 squats, and 50 sit- ups, I'm not gonna lie, this scares me a lot. A LOT! I don't want to fail at this, but I won't know unless I try!
I'm pretty sure that I'm gonna look like this when I'm finished today -->
But that's okay, because I tried, and I'll try again tomorrow and the the day after and the day after that! I'm committed and I know it's not easy, but I've survived worst than this and came out the other side... Sit ups, and push ups will not be my downfall! Wish my luck and send me your prayers.... cause I already here the complaining happening ....
When things do work out the way that you plan....RECOGNIZE, REGROUP and REDO!
Laterz,