2 week Challenge!!!

In an effort to save money and start eating healthy so I can lose some weight before my beach trip in April. I have decided to not eat out for 2 weeks and to drink 3 L of water everday. I will also be training for my marathon so I hope to see some major results after just 2 weeks. All together I have 62 days until I am suppose to be on the beach in a bikini and of course I am no where ready but I know I can do it. So Sunday I will weigh in and in 2 weeks I will update you all on if I have been consistent with my training and my challenge to not eat out for 2 whole weeks.

I'm going to run a Marathon

Yes...you read that correctly I am going to run a marathon. I joined this program called Marathon Makeover and it is a 44 week program that trains you to run a marathon. You may check out their website here . I decided to do this because running a marathon in my opinion means one is in the best shape they possibly can be and is really healthy and those are things I want for myself. Right now I am struggling with the training sessions during the week because I have never been consistent with working out and to get in top marathon shape I must train 6 times a week. The first 10 weeks they have us just walking so now is the time to "get with the program". I will be checking in with you all hopefully once a week to update you on how well I followed my training program for that week my ultimate goal is by week 4 to not miss any training sessions. As far as food goes I am just watching what i eat and trying to drink 3L of water a day. I figured once I get working out consistently down then I can move onto food. If you are wondering about an update on my weight I am 169. I would love to post a by ??/??/???? I want to weigh ??? but it has never happened so I will save myself the trouble but I do need to lose quite a bit by April 1st I am going to the beach and I wanna look good.

Goals!!!

• Consistently work out for 2 weeks at least 3-4 times a week
• Consistently work out for a month 3-4 times a week
• Run at a speed of 5.0 on the tredmil for 30 min without stopping
• Reach 165
  
• Finally reach the 150's
• Go three days without starches such as: pasta, breads, potatoes, white rice, fried food etc.
• Limit my intake of starches such as pastas, breads, potatoes, white rice, and fried food to 1 serving 3 times a week consistently for 2 weeks
• Limit my intake of starches such as pastas, breads, potatoes, white rice, and fried food etc. to 1 serving 3 times a week for a month.

I think these are enough goals to get me restarted. I currently weigh 172.

Quick Update!!!

174.0...I am still too ashamed to take pictures!!!

Quick update!!!

I now weigh 176.0 that is 5 pounds for my first week of my challenge...I will upload some pictures sometime this week!!!

Before Pictures

How humiliating are these pictures I can't believe this is me...at least I'm doing something about it!!! These were taking today after my 50 min walk/ run. I am weighing in at 179 which is just water weight I know but it is a little improvement from 181 where I was at yesterday. So here goes my self esteem:
So lets hope next week there is some improvement and after looking at these pictures I just found the will power to stay on for another week!!!

6-Week Challenge

Okay I am doing a challenge to motivate myself. I will finish the challenge right before my birthday and I am hoping to lose 20-30 pounds. So exactly what will I be doing for 6 weeks...
1.) Working out 4 days a week: 2 days a week I will walk/run for 3040 min do squats, lunges, bicep curls, triceps, and crunches. For the 2 other days I will walk/ run for an hour.
2.) Eat no starches: no bread, pasta, potatoes, rice, etc.
3.) Only drink water
4.) eat a fresh fruit and vegetable with every meal
This is what I will be doing for the next 6 weeks so stay tuned for a weight loss update I plan on posting pictures so I can see my success. So I am officially starting this challenge at 181. Yeah I know I gained those 4.7 pounds back again!!! Se you next week...