Watch out!!

Finals week is finally here!! Let me tell you, after this semester I am ready to go "workout wild"! Watch out, tiger on the loose! I am so looking forward to having more time to designate to my workouts (and to my kids, husband, hobbies, home...). I have a vacation with my husband to get ready for! So, here's to Summer!

I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you’re a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you’ll win – if you don’t, you won’t. – Bruce Jenner

Bring it to win it!! 


Love you ladies. I am so proud of you all. 


Brandi

We are Famous....again!!!!

Did you know we are famous.....AGAIN????

The Middlefield Post has highlighted Fitopia Gurlz and our success in this months issue!

Check out: www.middlefieldpost.com

250 pounds and counting.....

250 pounds and counting.......

The total amount of weight lost, over the last 3 months, collectively by Fitopia Gurlz was roughly
250 pounds! That is "kindof a big deal"! To help us all see this a little clearer, here is some perspectives:

30 gallons of water =      250 pounds
5 bales of hay=               250 pounds
4 air conditioners=          250 pounds
83 human brains=           250 pounds
21 Bald eagles=              250 pounds
12.5 car tires=                 250 pounds
2.12 fashion models=     250 pounds
2 baby giraffes=             250 pounds
160 dozen eggs=            250 pounds
7.6 cinder blocks=          250 pounds
30 gallons ice cream=     250 pounds
250 guinea pigs=            250 pounds
2000 Krispy Kreams=    250 pounds

I can't wait to see how many human brains we are going to total by July 8th!!! By the end of this journey WE will be the fashion models used for this analogy!

I personally have lost the weight of 5 house cats...I'm feeling quite "purrrrr-fect"! I can't wait until I have I lost the weight of a 2 month old horse.

Love you all!

A Cool Thing!

Just a little cool little bit of info to share. My boss told me yesterday that some of the girls have been talking about starting a "Biggest Loser" type competition at work. They've seen the success I've had with Fitopia and they want to do something also. How neat is that?!?

Apparently they've talked amongst themselves and decided that I have to have some kind of a handicap. I said that I was pretty sure that having been going at it for three months counted.

Nothing very earth shattering or motivational  today. Just a neat thing that happened that I wanted to tell my lovelies about!

Love, T

Cravings!!!

Remember when I said I made it through the last 3 months pretty much without cravings? Felt like I could continue like this forvever if I had to? HA!

This last week has really been a challenge! I have wanted to eat ALL DAY!!! Fortunately, the routines I put in place kept me on track, but man - I had to talk myself down :)

I did some soul searching and read back through my journal to see if I could pinpoint the problem. I wasn't eating refined foods or anything that would cause insulin swings and resulting cravings. Same foods, same water intake, still working out smart.  I think I hit on the major culprit, LACK OF SLEEP.  Don't know if the increase in my thyroid meds caused it or not, but this past week reminded me of these last few menopause years - when sleep evaded me until the wee hours, no matter how tired I was. (By the way, some of you prayed for me when we started this journey and I started sleeping at night again!)
In my laymans terms, when you don't get enough quality sleep your body produces more ghrelin - the hormone that tells you you're hungry - even if you just ate 30 minutes ago...a lot. BAD hormone! (I'm sure it has some good use.)

Lesson learned. Time is precious and some of you Gurlz have seriously crazy schedules...school, work, family, etc. And I know you might not think of sleep = smokin' hot :) Just want to encourage you, sleep is a KEY factor in our goal for fit & healthy...right up there with all the exercise & great nutrition.

And so it continues...

Today is day 4 of the 30 day shred for me (Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred). OHMyGOODNESS!!!!!!!!!! I can stand upright and walk with effort and I can sit down with a lot more effort, LOL! But I got to tell you, even with my muscles in revolt for what I am doing to them, I feel pretty good. Even in the face of NOT being able to do a single girlie push-up, I mean to tell you, NOT 1! I feel pretty good! My goal is to be able to do at least 1 girlie push-up by the end of this first 30 days, I'll keep you posted!. I have heard that muscles have memory. If that's the case then doing the "30 Day Shred "is like standing there with an assault weapon in my hand and demanding my poor muscles to remember what they use to be like.  It is that brutal, but oh so good!!! I was foolishly thinking that I would be able to continue on with my Zumba during my first week of the 30 day shred, high aspirations I tell you! I think I may be able to fit it in on Friday... I hope! I love Zumba so I am really missing it!

All in all life is GOOD! I am just so excited about this journey I am on. I am excited about the people who are on this journey with me... my lovely Fitopia Gurlz. I am so amazed at what we have all accomplished so far. I am so proud of the changes that are taking place in each of our lives... spirit, soul and body! We are some seriously amazing women, a definite force to be reckon with! I can't wait to see the results of round 2.

As I think about the changes I have made personally over the last few months, I have come to some pretty cool conclusions... There is something about choosing to be in control of myself and my choices and getting to make the changes that I want to make. Those changes include being  the BEST  ME I can be. I GET to choose this! Once that really sunk in, I was like... HECK YES! I can do this! It's going to take some time but, I got this. There will be some bumps in the road but, I GOT THIS!!! I will reach my goal weight because I CAN and I WANT TO!!! That's it! Taking it one day at a time, choosing my thoughts, not focusing on what was or even what I don't want to be anymore, over weight and unhealthy. I just keep putting my goals in front of me daily and pressing towards them. Eventually I will see all that I am steadily working towards, isn't that AWESOME! I truly think so! :0)

Happy Losing, everyone!
Own today, it truly is what you make it :0)
Becky

Round Two...ready or not!

Are we set, my lovelies!?! Are you ready to hit it up again? I know you are. I'm reminding myself and all of you that we need to STICK WITH IT!!! We have all lost weight before. The difference is that THIS TIME........ We ARE going to keep it off! We ARE going to reach our goal weights!!! We ARE going to be strong, healthy, ridiculously beautiful women.

Be encouraged, my friends. We have a ways to go, but look how far we've come in the last three months! I'm excited to see what the next three hold.

So I'll see you Thursday night for exercise, right????

T Love