Motivation

Can I please be this hot?? I'm going to the beach in 40 days and I want to be confident in my bikini. I have 40 days to lose more weight and find an awesome bikini. For now, the beach is my motivation! After that, the wedding of my cousin wherein I'll be a bridesmaid is my motivation. All her friends are skinny and sexy, I don't want to be the only chubby bridesmaid there!

It's a bit frustrating that when I weighed myself in last Wednesday, I was still 136lbs... My measurements were pretty much the same as well. I really have to become consistent and dedicated in exercising as often as I can. I need to lose weight. I want to be happy in my body and feel good in my clothes. Gosh, I still have so far to go.

WHAAAAT??

I took a peak at the weighing scale and I GAINED WEIGHT!! WTH??? Well, it was after I had breakfast but still.... :(( I thought this week would be better... Now I'm scared for tomorrow's official weigh in :(

oops.

I slipped pretty bad last week. Drank a lot during my friend's party last Saturday and I wasn't able to exercise as much... so I gained a pound. Boo. :( I still added it on my sidebar as a reminder that I need to work hard to get to my goal.

I'll be better this week. Just watch me.

PS- I'm cleaning out my closet for stuff to give my tita (aunt) so she can sell on her site for 2nd hand clothes and i'm getting depressed. I was so skinny before. Skirts that were loose on me before are tight now :( It can get really hard keeping up a happy disposition yet feeling fat at the same time. I wish I could fast forward to being sexy and easily fitting in to size 6 jeans. How I wish it was that easy. This isn't an easy journey at all... I have to do this.

Mid-Week Weigh In

I got on the scale this morning to a pleasant surprise... I lost weight! Yey!! :)

weight: 135lbs
waist: 33.25"
hips: 38" (apparently i've been measuring my butt, not my hips)
butt: 39.5"
chest: 38.75"
arms: 10.75"
thighs: 22.75"

I wasn't able to exercise over the weekend but that's because the boyfie and I went on a day tour that involved a lot of walking, so that's considered exercise too right?

I HAVE to keep this up!! 5 lbs to go before I reach the 120s!!!!!

I CAN DO THIS!

Day 3: 30 day shred

Day 3 done and done! I'm excited to get all sexy and healthy once the 30 days are up. Of course, I shouldn't stop exercising. I know I'm not going to be stick-thin skinny, besides, that's not what I want. I'm a curvy girl and always will be. I would love to be as sexy as Salma Hayek and Kim Kardashian. They're both petite, curvy girls just like me. I WILL BE THIS SEXY!!

Kim Kardashian (photo source: instyle.com)

Salma Hayek (photo source: instyle.com)

Day 2: 30 day shred

Day 2 was actually harder than the first... maybe it was coz my body was a bit sore. I still did the yoga video after the shred. I'm thinking of downloading more yoga videos so I can alternate when I get bored with one. I actually find yoga harder than the circuit. I keep forgetting all the breathing and stuff.

I'm going to allow myself to weigh in only once a week so must resist scale watching! I have to admit though, seeing that I lost 5 pounds from my first weigh in inspired me. I don't want to be fat anymore. I want to love how I look in my clothes and I'm excited to lose weight. Must keep this attitude up.

So far so good... I can do this!

Day 1: 30 day shred

So today I moved my lazy butt and started the 30 day shred. It wasn't as horrible as I was expecting. Don't get me wrong it is TOUGH but its definitely not impossible. I also kinda liked Jillian's encouragement of telling me that I'm going to have to work at getting those abs I want. She also mentions that she has had 400-pound people do jumping jacks so I can do it too.

Last night I downloaded Yoga Zone - Weight Loss for Beginners which I also ended up doing after the 30 minute killer circuit training. I've always been wanting to get in to yoga but I couldn't afford it so downloading a video and doing it at home should suffice for now. I like the combination of the circuit training and the yoga so I hope I can keep it up!

Hopefully I'll be beach ready for Boracay in October. I CAN DO THIS!

weight: 139 lbs

waist: 33.5in

hips: 40.25in

chest: 39in

I decided not to measure thighs and arms coz I don't think I'm measuring the same place hehe.