Miss you Babe

I want to announce to the world that I love my husband more than I thought emotional possible. He sets his phone alarm for me too at 4 o'clock AM to make sure I get up. He tells me everyday how proud he is of me and how much he loves me. He looks at me on Tuesday (in between breaths of me telling him what all we are doing) says, " Wow Baby I can really tell that your face is thinning out" I wanted to kiss him right then. He is going to Tx for Spring Break to visit his younger brother- I am going to miss him so much. I feel like I only see him maybe an hour awake- or he sees me -you know. It is going to be hard for him not to be here with me but I just hope that when he comes back in a week he can tell an even bigger difference.

Sit down Boys and leave this to the Ladies!

Our girls are the best! We are pumpin it up and workin it out - at least I think so! I need to know one thing-----Why do people want to be mean when I say "I've lost 5lb since Saturday!" why can't they just say " Great job" when they know that you are trying to lose weight. NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! They just look right through you and reply, " Well, that is just water weight - you can gain that back real quick". They make it sound like I just took my sweater off and Ta Da I lost weight. We're gettin our butts handed to us on a skinny platter! I don't care if it is water weight- You say Hooray! BTW- Antionne pulled his shirt over his head today------The Kracken and I bout fell out-----"Who has some dirty laundry I found the washboard! Just playing- this is gonna cost me another rep of STAIRS! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! It is just a compliment- really! =)

First weigh in

What's up ya'll! I have a few minutes before I need to official start work so I thought I would squeeze this in. The FOOD FIGHTERS weighed in today and some of us did not do as good as we had hoped but that's cool. We did great we all worked so hard and I am proud of them. I lost 5 lbs- 5 lbs in a few days is huge! I am listening to the radio and despite the fact that the other team has lost more at a total- we still have Racheal who lost 11lbs! That is huge! I know our trainers aren't giggling and pat us on the back everytime we do a crunch but that's ok. I need someone to tell me to suck it up and pull through and not to pat me on the hand! Uh excuse me- Busters quite hatin on our team! We didn't come in talkin smack about our trainers, our gym or trying to rub our weight loss in their face! I am not here to compete with you- because when I go to bed at night - I have to sleep in my skin and you don't!

Night Before!

Man there are so many things running through my head before the first final weigh in. I want to get to my goal- I want to be healthy- and happy. My husband is in good shape and loves the beach.....the beach.....me in a swimsuit- not right now. But someday I will. I know this sounds bizzare but I want to be able to do one chin up- just one to lift my own body weight! I want to be able to go try on new jeans and not leave the dressing room frustrated and disgusted. I want to pose in front of a camera and not think ( suck in, stretch your neck to smooth it out, turn to the side or hide behind someone to hide your stomach). I want to wear a skirt to show my knees- I haven't comfortably worn shorts in the summer since 2002. Sad. I was looking at my blog page and saw some comments from my teammates- they are all so cool. These are people that I would have never met before and I am so glad that I have.

Biofreeze is my friend. Go hard or go home - Rest when you die. And to rip off- Just do it
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Shout Out

I thought I would shout out to a few members in the Food fighters- for fun! Ashley came in late today but ended up winning the ab challenge- Go Girl! We ended up staying late together and stretched out while talking. The first day- she didn't talk much and did not let her personality shine. But I was talking to her- poor girl had a blow out at 430 am and still came to have her as* handed to her. She is really nice when you start talking to her. Odessa stepped up today too- she was also real quite yesterday but today she was cheering on everyone and being real supportive! April has also been bubbly (like me) and gives lots of positive reinforcement (like I think I do). Christine made second in the ab challenge- Go girl- I didn't know you had it in you! Niki, Racheal, and Brad was trying so hard- I'll still yell for ya'll! And finally MoNika and I seem to want to same thing- to look good and be on top of our game! Boo-ya!

Second Day

Last night I will admit that I was sore, especially in my shins and calves. Biofreeze is Awesome! I went to my gym and swam in the heated pool to do laps= it really helped. Today I was pumped and ready to go again. I did better about getting everything ready the night before- so I wouldn't go crazy. The stairs were a little better today- only a little. I am suprised that my abs are weak- I used to have strong abs-used to. Keep working at it. We missed someone today- hope she is ok.

First Day

One day down and about 40 to go! We had to do stairs- "Up to the first floor and down, up to the second and down, and so on!" The hardest thing for me was to lie on your back, hands under your L. back and straight leg 6in from the ground for 1 min- That is hard- no touching the ground or that is an extra 10 seconds. I played songs in my head to help me get through up/downs- like "Check on it" and "Walk it out" - The trainers are tough but not mean so far- SO FAR! I woke up boxing and I was dancing in my car and I'll be dancin all the way through. Truth be told- I am a little sore now that I have stopped moving- I'll be alright! If this is a taste of Army bootcamp that much respect to you!

Tomorrow morn - dark and early!