Week 3

September 15 - 21, 2014

What is the key?

Do you have some "keys" you think are good for someones journey?
Please comment below..

First couple of week on Atkins

Week 2

September 8 -14, 2014

The weekend, 1 week down!

Friday- Today was easy.. no headache no complaints.. BUT I did eat a naked cupcake. If you didn't know.. I have a cupcake business. I have to try the cake every once in a while to see if its good. 

Don't yell at me.. I felt bad though.. at least I did put frosting on it!! 

Tomorrow will be ONE week!!!

Breakfast: 2 eggs cheese and sausage

Lunch: Cheese stick, celery sticks and pork rinds

Dinner: 2 pieces of flounder and broccoli 

Saturday- 1 week!!! This has been a long week, OMG! But I did pull through. I lost 4.4lbs!!!! (round of applause) Feeling great and accomplished. All the headaches I had.. I'm so glad I stuck it out. On to week 2!

Tonight I have a birthday party to attend and temptation will definitely show its face tonight. #STRESS!

Breakfast: 2 eggs scrambled with cheese and leftover broccoli and 3 pieces of bacon

Lunch: A large bowl of salad

Dinner: 2 bacon McDoubles w/o the bread and bacon. They forgot my bacon after I paid $2 more for it!!

Attending a birthday party... 

Sunday- Soooo... I had a good time at the party last night.. BUT.. yup, there is a but! I ATE!!!! They had chicken wings (good) meatballs (somewhat good) tuna pasta salad (BAD) beans and meat (BAD) chips n dip (BAD) liquor (BAD). The ONLY thing that was good for me was the chicken wings and I only had 3 of them.. everything else I ATE.. and it was sooo good but sooo bad!! :( 

I guess I was so happy with -4.4lbs lost I treated myself.. Not good.

I decided that Atkins is HARD and from the week that I just had (headaches).. I dont think it is right for me.. as in being STRICTLY atkins.. so what I will do is add Black Girls Workout Too into my journey. This adds fruits and the other veggies to my list of allowed foods. Still no white carbs which I am fine with... let's see how this works.

I will also be adding exercise. I've been doing squats at night using my bed pole and I feel it a little. That's good!!

Breakfast: 2 eggs cheese and salmon

Lunch: 2 Deviled eggs :(

Dinner: I dont know what I was thinking when I made this.. but I'm glad my mind was 2 steps ahead!!! It was delicious. I sauteed some brussel sprouts and added some breakfast sausage, chicken and a egg with onions.

Hello again..

I need to start by saying... Yes, I am back at it.. Oh! and Happy New Years!

I will try to make this short and sweet...

Obvious you know why I am writing this... so no need to go into that. Just some key points to mention:

• Atkins
• 100 day challenge (1/18/2014 - 4/28/2014)
• Clean eating
• Working out

See wasn't that short!

Now you can continue to read.. that's totally up to you. 

I will now go into detail...

• I will be doing the Atkins again.. I was so proud of myself back in 2011 when I had went to Vegas.. I was 30lbs lighter. I know I can do it.. its just basically a mental game!
• I decided to challenge myself to a 100 day challenge.. 100 is a general milestone and I will be going to Vegas again during the third week of May.. Hopefully this time I will reach 30lbs lost and exceed!! Also I will be going a few other places and it doesn't hurt to look sexy in a bathing suit. Did I mention it will start getting warmer by then?? Why wait until its warm to get fit and workout.. by then you would have wished you did it during the winter months. So this leads to clean eating and working out...
• I went food shopping today to start off this 100 day challenge RIGHT! I actually had a bacon McDouble for Micky D's and threw away the bread... It's the Atkins way!!! Why pay 3/4 dollars for a sandwich that you wont be even eating the bread??? Dollar menu!! I had to grab something before I went shopping cause I would of bought the whole store if I didn't.
• Working out.... who really enjoys it... especially during the winter? I have to get back in my habits. I have workout videos and I also have winter clothes... I have to do either or!!!

Instead of the items.. Ill show the receipt. 

Breakfast:

2 eggs scrambled with chicken and cheese

Lunch:

McDonald's- Bacon McDouble w/o bread

Dinner:

Salad & chicken with broccoli

look at those grill marks!

See you tomorrow!

The first week..

I would have to say the first week on the Atkins Diet was great.. and I think one of the main reasons was because I had the proper food in my kitchen.. I didn't eat no BREADS, PASTA, RICE or FRUIT the whole time.

Now energy wise.. I don't think I gained a boost of energy, but it was the first week.

As for headaches.. HELL YES! I got a real light one on Sunday.. but then Tuesday and Wednesday came and OMG.. I suffer from migraines and this wasn't nothing like it.. but it was a really bad headache for those two days. I took all kinds of headache meds/relievers and NOTHING helped. Even today I feel a slight one but not as bad as yesterday and the day before. I'm glad I got my orders baked and shipped before the headache came or else I would of been doomed.

The pounds!!! I went down 8lbs in a week which is awesome!!! Just from eating what the plan said.. no exercising involved. I am thrilled and cant wait to see what next Wed brings.. The book said loose up to 15lbs in the first two weeks.. I believe I am on that track and even better!!

Where is it?

One of the many benefits of exercising is ENERGY!!!
Soo.. where is mine??

Even before I started working out, I was soo tired.. drained.. & lazy a couple of day before I begun. I find myself napping a lot through out the day.. Which is unusual for me. I need to purchase some kind of vitamin/energy boost! ASAP. I still wake up in the mornings and go walking and then at night, go to the gym.. but in between that i'm TIRED! What gives?? IDK but im gonna keep working out!

Just a update from my last post:
I gained some lbs..
My period is late. #Stress
I've been eating bad foods, such as PASTA!
I've been really tired, as I stated above
A lot has been on my mind
I haven't been working out, until yesterday.

Now about working out. I started yesterday morning. Went for a walk around my neighborhood, which is about a 1.75mile walk and it felt GOOD.. besides it started raining and I wanted to get out the rain.. Only way I could was to continue my walk back home! I also go to the gym late night and spend a total of about a hour 1/2 to 2 hours there. As for the other issues.. bad food, late period, a lot on my mind.. I might discuss those in a later post. Especially whats on my mind (health issues) its a subject that I don't know if I feel led to open up about. No, its not a disease.

Anyway my intentions are to be truthful to you through this journey, I am not gonna lie to you.. I am only human. We all make mistakes!

Last Monday's weigh in (8/27): 288lbs 45.29BMI
This mornings walk

Until next time!

Cold Turkey!

Today I am officially starting my diet.. I am going 'Cold Turkey" hence the title!!

That means I am cutting all the bad things out my life today!! Except social drinking... Come on guys, just a little sip here and there! I'm not a LUSH!

As I said the other day, I went food shopping and I just made a very simple chart on what to eat and when..

I am super amped for this time around!! If I could do 30lbs without even really trying and thinking too much about it.. imagine what else I can do.

I would love for yall to follow me on this journey and respond to my post and tell me how your journey is going.. we got this!!

Today's weigh in (Mon): 283lbs 44.46BMI

Back at it!

So I'm sitting in the doctors office as I type this.. and I have decide I want to go back to my diet/regimen! I want to do this once and for all. I plan to be comfortable in the 100's and not satisfied in the 200's. Back when I did it last year, I lost 30lbs and that was great, mind blowing.. this time around I plan on losing a total of ATLEAST 100LBS! I know for sure I can achieving my goals. I have so much faith in myself and the choices I have made recently in my life overall! I will be back on my NON/LOW CARBS regimen (no pasta, rice, bagels etc.) aka the BAD ones.. and I will have plenty of chicken, fish, turkey, fruits, veggies & WATER!! This past wkend I went back home to NYC and saw family and friends.. some that lost weight, and I was in such awe! Especially for my cousin. She was never really a big person, but when I saw her for the first time in about 3years.. I was amazed and couldn't stop looking and telling her how THIN she looked! I want to be that person! And I will be! I have some trips coming up towards the end if this year & the beginning of next, so I want to show off some progress & by the time summer 2013 comes.. I will have reached or be very close to my goal. I am doing this for more reasons than 1. As I quote, "You can have nothing.. but if you have health... You are RICHER than you think!" -Viccoria

Please share your stories & comments below... Thank you!

The Set up

It took me two weeks from my last post to get myself ready.. I went food shopping, because that is a MAIN step into my journey. FOOD.. getting all the bad out and the goods in. I think I went a little crazy on price wise, but it will be well worth it in the end.

I've decided to only post on Thursdays.. I will post everything that has happened during that week in one post. Whether its what I:

• Cooked
• Ate
• How long I worked out for
• Where did I go
• Weigh-ins
• etc...

There was a chart I posted earlier this year. I will be following that with a few minor food changes. I have new recipes and cooking videos that I will be making and sharing :D I'm so excited!!

A few other things I have learned and will be incorporating into my journey

• More Chicken & Fish
• Cheese!!!
• 30g of Protein within 30mins of waking up
• Drink 3 ice drinks a day! Ice Cold
• Excercise in burst/ intervals
• Eat every 3 hours
• Hot Sauce! 

Welcome back Cory!!!

Hey guys.. Cory.. coming back at you once again!! I have been MIA for a min, but I am BACK!!! A quick update since the last post:

• Summer came and went, I gained a few pounds back from what I lost :( 
• I went to the doctor last week and since my last visit in Jan I lost 15lbs (stated on my chart) so I know I lost more but gain some back during the summer.
• When I first started this blog I believe I was not ready... I had a friend who also started one and I felt like I should of too.. Big mistake!
• Now I feel ready

Hopefully my followers who left will join me on my journey once again.. I feel this is going to be very interesting, exciting... YET! challenging!!

Finally

As you can see in the title... FINALLY I have my blog up and running. I am so excited for this journey. Like I stated in my "about me" page, I'm well overdue. I started my change Jan. 6, 2011 and lost about 24lbs since (which means my a$$ was 304lbs!!! yup.. I never been higher than that and don't plan on EVER!) just working out.. still eating what I wanted, I saw little results. (24lbs in 3months) That maybe good for some.. but not for me. I know I can do way better! Therefore I am changing my eating habits. LESS breads, pasta, rice etc and MORE fruits and veggies.

My goal is -120lbs which would put me at 160lbs.

My ideal clothing size would be a comfortable Large. Squeeze into a Medium now & then.

The reason why I say a comfy Lg is because I am scared of my head. Yes my HEAD!! I have seen some people lose a lot of weight and their head is still big. I already have a BIG head!! When I get to my comfy Lg and my head is not big.. then I will set another goal.. reinvent myself like Diddy.