Dear HCG....Yes This is a Dear John

Dear HCG,

I'm breaking up with you. Frankly it's not me it's you. I can't work out if I am with you. If I do I become angry, extremely cold, irritable, moody very weak and tired. I can do all that on my own without your help. While I know that you have had many successful relationships with others, men and woman both, we are simply not compatible. 


So on the advice of my husband I have decided to end this before I hurt you or someone else. I will continue to eat better and exercise 5x's a week as I have been. And when he said "You aren't fat anyways hun." I knew that he was right. I am smoking hot and nothing you can do will change his mind or mine. 


Regards,


Bri

Tuesday Post: Boot Camps Over...Now What...HCG and Bri

So it's Tuesday and I really like updating on Tuesdays and so I thought I would put myself out there and let everyone know I am trying HCG. I know several people...I won't name names that did HCG and kept it off. Better yet they did it a year ago and have kept it off. Now with the boot camp I lost about 5lbs, a ton of inches, gained the motivation to get up 5 days a week and workout. However, I need help with my eating habits. On top of that I have a thyroid issue working against me. Instead of going into a whole bunch of crap about my thyroid I'll just say it's huge and malfunctions most of the time. So the HCG diet advertises that it helps stabilize a thyroid as well.

Taking all these things into account I tried HCG back at a very stressful time in my life. I did good the first week and lost 3 lbs. After that the crap hit the fan and food was my bff and I loved it and stroked it and called it George. Ahem back to the rant ... My husband on the other hand kept it up and lost like 20 lbs. Did I mention I hate him sometimes.

Here I am on Day one of my new HCG diet and hopefully I will be held accountable. I will post every Tuesdsay. But the short bursts of rants will be on my twitter and facebook. If you'd like to follow click the badges to the right. I friend everyone and follow back. HCG and Bri...friend of foe?

Last Bootcamp Tuesday: And It's The End....

So this is my last week of bootcamp. Thank you baby Jesus. How am I doing health wise...fabulous. I look at my body and I'm proud. I feel good and I look great. At boot camp there is a couple of things I learned that I want to share. Some myths if you will that I want to set straight.

1.  Jesse the trainer is no where near Major Payne. He's more like major perfect. He has the balance of encouragement, correction and support that I didn't think existed. 
2. You need to work out for at least an hours a day 5 days a week to lose weight. 3 days is just maintenance. 
3. It's not just about exercise it's diet too.
4. If you don't focus on the numbers and more on how you feel you accomplish more. 
5. I can not work out when I am exhausted. Sleep, sleep, sleep is very important to maintain energy levels and mood stability. 
6. I'm a lazy, emotional eater which means that if I don't prepare it before hand or have a plan I will eat whatever is convenient. So I must plan and not purchase the bad stuff.
7. There is no way  I could ever do this for a substantial amount of time. Maybe when I am in much better shape. I do plan on doing another camp with Jesse in September. That one will be out doors. So we shall see what that's like probably something like this ...

 

Second Tuesday Bootcamp Update: My Stomach Fat Now Has Dimples

So it's my first full week of Boot Camp. I missed Friday cause my little germs I mean kids got me sick. So this week of camp is actually Spring Break. Yes I'm still getting up at 5 am on Spring Break. It really is amazing. I get a lot done around the house and the kids sleep it. Well if I can at least make them stay in their rooms. I'm hooking up a TV and DVD player in the little girls room tonight. They are the worst. Let's do a short update on the fitness, food and weight loss. 

• Food: So I emailed my food log to my trainer.  With the amount of exercise I do and being a pretty active person anyway I eat about 2,000 cal a day. Jess, the trainer, looks at my log and says to me, "I want you to eat all the colors of the rainbow pertaining to fruits and vegetables. If you do this you will not need snacks like Goldfish." I responded with..."But Goldfish are the colors of the rainbow." He laughed and then said to follow his suggestions. I being the control freak I am decided to start on Monday. LOL

• Fitness: So the lunges don't hurt anymore and I'm even doing push ups and planks without my knees at times. I've gone beyond that being soar to having more energy phase. I'm so excited it only took 7 days. And 3 I had off! LOL

• Weight loss: So I am pleased to say that I can tell I've lost weight in my arms, legs and my my stomach. Shirts that were tight in the upper arms are comfortable now and those thigh tight jeans I have are comfy too. But the stomach thing that's the funny part. My belly fat now has dimples .Who knew?! So I'm pressing forward and really enjoying boot camp. I have to say if it wasn't for my partner Rochelle I'd bailed by now. She's such a motivator. 

So anyone out there getting ready for summer with some exercise?

First Tuesday of Boot Camp...Have I Quit Yet?

So this is the first Tuesday of the boot camp series. This is also only day two of 4 weeks. How am I doing? Do I feel so hungry I may knaw one of my arms off? (Honestly that does serve two purposes I would lose weight and take care of my hunger.) Do we secretly curse our instructor as he sits in his chair and yells at us and blows his little whistle and eats a donut? (utoh...I used the d word. I hope my trainer doesn't make me do push ups cause I technically didn't say it I typed it.)



No! None of those things are true. Jesse Judd from Aventura Fitness the trainer we have for Adventure Boot Camp. (I know that's a lot of plugs. I'm hoping if I get him some business I'll get a discount for another round.That's right I already want to go another 4 weeks.) is totally hands on and motivating. He keeps a good relaxed but challenging pace. If you need water or a bathroom break you take it. All the women there are supportive and none of them rub in they are more fit than you cause at one point I didn't know if I was rocking or rolling. I really was impressed at how Jesse made it a point to walk around and make sure he knew everyones name. Can't wait to do more.

Let's hear it...anyone ever done a fitness boot camp? Considering it?


Bri