The Beginning of 30 Day Shred!

Well today I did my 1st whole workout on the 30 day shred! The part of my body that hurts the worst are my legs! It hurts to stand, walk, bend, ALLL of it. Eric has a wedding that he is going to be in September 18. Wedding=dress! I have to wear a dress for the wedding, so this is what inspired me to start the 30 day shred! Some of the goals I have for the next 30 days: Lose 15 lbs, Fit into a size 18, less back fat, tighter belly!! We will see what happens!!! But I'm good for it, the best thing about the program is that its only a 20 minute workout, SO I really have no excuse for not working out. :)

Watched Joel Osteen

Well, Eric just went to sleep after we finished watching The Goonies. It was my first time seeing it. And this Joel Osteen dude came on next, it was a ministry, the kind of stuff I usually immediately change from. I started to sort of pay attention to him & it felt like he was speaking to me. He was preaching about running your own race. Talking about how a race car & an suv are both vehicles, but they can't compete with each other. Meaning...a race car is very cool out on the track or even to look at, but you can't take your kids to school in an suv and you can't race an SUV on the track and expect to win... Everyone has their own life and purpose. No one can be a better you than you. So basically what he is saying is that you have to accept you for what you are and what you are meant to be. You should not try to compete with anyone else and you have no one to impress, but yourself. He even said that once he saw a woman who usually wouldn't stand out, she wasn't beautiful, but she was so CONFIDENT and happy with who she was that she had it going. If you are a size 14, be the best size 14 you ever could be. Accept who you are and love who you are! Everyone has always told me to love myself and I have to accept myself, but this Joel guy...he really spoke to me. I even prayed to God to be my lord and savior. When we move, I'm going to start going to church on Sundays if I can. I'm going to accept myself for who I am and stop trying to be someone else, stop trying to compare myself to everyone else, because I'm NOT everyone else.

My Day Today

Well...today wasn't the greatest day as far as diet goes. I had a hot dog, hamburger, 1/4 cup macaroni salad, 1/4 cup potato salad, 1/4 cup baked beans, cake & ice cream at my friends baby shower &&& then I came home and had taco salad, which isn't really UNhealthy, but still. Its okay- tomorrow I start my detoxing. One day no eating, should be fun.
Today I had a pretty great day!! My friend Ryan and his wife Alisha had their little baby girl, we went to see them, went for a walk at the mall && then we went to Brandy's baby shower- FUN! Then BabyGirl & I went to pick Daddy up from work & he surprised me with some pretty flowers, see picture! AWWWE! Gotta love him.
Tomorrow's plans include going to the doctor for my 6 week check up & going to walk & only drinking water & not eating food &&& doing my exercise video!!!!!!!! Burn baby burn. Alright, well I just wanted to catch up.

Crazy article about LeBron James.

 LeBron James mural taken down in downtown Cleveland - USATODAY.com 

I say: Everyone wants to win, let the man be, just because that's his hometown team does not mean he was never going to play on a different team! Do your thing LBJ.

Anyway good morning!! I still have about an hours sleep & I'm not crazy, so Im not wasting it.

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Here is one picture of my current size @ 252; size 20.

1st Blog- What's UPPity!!

Welllllllcome to my blog. Aren't you so very excited? Ha ha- I know I am.
This blog is really going to be about everything...from being a new mom, which so far is AWESOME, to my weight loss journey, being a BABY MOMMA...lol, school, & the struggle of a white girl- I'm kidding, but anyway, just about a mix of things.
Well anyway, today was super uneventful- I stayed home most of the day... BabyGirl & I went to drop Daddy off at work & then went to buy a couple friends gifts for their baby showers. I've been watching my calorie intake and trying to walk a couple miles a day for the last 9 days or so- I'm doing alright. I did not go walking today or yesterday :-/ I would have, but yesterday was the BBQ & today I was reading a book and cleaning. Its good to have a plan though- tomorrow the plan is to go walking after dropping Eric aka Daddy/BF off at work, then come home & clean & do some strength training exercises.
So...I know a lot of people don't believe in this, but I'm going to do a detox diet for 7 days- first day is a fast, which is tomorrow. Then after tomorrow things change, but after the 7 days are said and done I plan to stick to a strict 1200 calorie diet EVERY day & I'm going to keep a food journal, via this blog. My goal is to HOPEFULLY lose like 2-3 pounds a week. Right now I'm tipping the scale at a massive 252. Ultimate goal being: 150ish. Ideally- I'd like to be at my goal by the end of the year...ha ha ha ha ha...unlikely. So- I'd be VERY happy to be under 200 by the end of the year...under 190 to be exact. I'll be working on it, and you will be reading about it if you want to. [also] I am a size 20 now, I'd be happy at a size 8-10. Well, that is where I am for now. Follow me on Twitter if you want :) & follow my blog!