Friday, January 4th was my first time meeting Aaron. Leann and I went together and to say that I was scared would be an understatement.
One of the first things Aaron did was weigh me- you have no idea how hard it was to see 250 lbs. on that scale. I'm 25... that shouldn't be happening.
After talking with Aaron for a while and being able to open up a little to him I was able to realize his motivation here is to help people. He is sincere in his desire to make others feel better about themselves and get healthy.
The first workout with Aaron was doing some box steps- we did 200 of them.. Leann and I both.
Then he got out a smaller box and told us we were doing BOX JUMPS! OMG I wanted to crawl under my box. That's the exercise I've seen on tv that makes me cry just watching others do it. Saying I was intimidated by the box is not even close. It's just a wooden box and looking back- what was I so scared of? And I DID IT! 50 of them! Amazing feel that night!
Aaron also gave me an eating plan tonight-
Breakfast- 3 eggs (no butter, oil, etc.)
1 c. mixed fruit
Snack- 2 apples
Lunch- grilled chicken salad w/ spinach and any veggies w/ vinegarette dressing
Snack- handful of unsalted almonds
Dinner- grilled chicken, salmon or tilapia or turkey burger patty w/ 2 steamed veggies
Snack- 1 can of tuna (2 if hungry)
I've now learned I can also have milk (skim of course) and grilled veggies too!
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Introduction-- This is me...
Fighting weight loss has been a problem in my life for pretty much all of my life. I can remember always fighting the battle during middle school especially and through high school and college. All of my friends were average size and even small. I just never understood why I couldn't be like that.
My family gathers around the dinner table..... whether it be someone's birthday, family dinner, church lunches, parties, etc. it seemed to be always centered around food. Even in college when I moved away from home these traditions continued and stayed the same when I returned home for my job.
In 2009, after graduating from Winthrop I had become more active because of some of my time at Winthrop, but never fully stayed with any program. Not many people around me at school needed to be working out regularly in order to stay thin so it was hard to stay motivated that way.
After I graduated, I moved home and got a teaching job at home. Living at home with my parents was nice, I always had food to eat and someone to watch out for me. Around Christmas time of that year I started to become friends with an Ingles worker- Timmy Towe who motivated me to work hard to lose some weight. He made some simple "rules" for me that I always kept in my wallet. I wrote down everything I ate and turned it in to him and he even would go with me the the Y. I was devoted, and determined to get the weight off. I worked extremely hard for about 5 months. The end of the school year came, things go a little crazy and I had managed to lose about 40-50 pounds and maintained that weight through many ups and downs. However, within the past year or so I could feel myself slipping back into bad habits- drinking sodas, fast food, junk food, candy, etc.
I've been going to Zumba for about 2 years now. Leann has done wonders for me! She keeps me motivated and lets me vent when I need it. I used a few diet plans from her througout this time of weight loss struggle. However, what I found is that I never stuck with much or didn't have any motivation to do so. Or, I wouldn't see any results so I would just quit. She started seeing Aaron Cullip, of Advanced Body Design and was seeing some great results. After thinking about it for a while I knew this was something that I had to get involved in.
This blog tells of my journey of weight loss. Although just getting started I know the journey will be well worth it and I can't wait!
My family gathers around the dinner table..... whether it be someone's birthday, family dinner, church lunches, parties, etc. it seemed to be always centered around food. Even in college when I moved away from home these traditions continued and stayed the same when I returned home for my job.
In 2009, after graduating from Winthrop I had become more active because of some of my time at Winthrop, but never fully stayed with any program. Not many people around me at school needed to be working out regularly in order to stay thin so it was hard to stay motivated that way.
After I graduated, I moved home and got a teaching job at home. Living at home with my parents was nice, I always had food to eat and someone to watch out for me. Around Christmas time of that year I started to become friends with an Ingles worker- Timmy Towe who motivated me to work hard to lose some weight. He made some simple "rules" for me that I always kept in my wallet. I wrote down everything I ate and turned it in to him and he even would go with me the the Y. I was devoted, and determined to get the weight off. I worked extremely hard for about 5 months. The end of the school year came, things go a little crazy and I had managed to lose about 40-50 pounds and maintained that weight through many ups and downs. However, within the past year or so I could feel myself slipping back into bad habits- drinking sodas, fast food, junk food, candy, etc.
I've been going to Zumba for about 2 years now. Leann has done wonders for me! She keeps me motivated and lets me vent when I need it. I used a few diet plans from her througout this time of weight loss struggle. However, what I found is that I never stuck with much or didn't have any motivation to do so. Or, I wouldn't see any results so I would just quit. She started seeing Aaron Cullip, of Advanced Body Design and was seeing some great results. After thinking about it for a while I knew this was something that I had to get involved in.
This blog tells of my journey of weight loss. Although just getting started I know the journey will be well worth it and I can't wait!
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