bonecutter

Hey everyone!! Time for this country to wake up!!  We are killing ourselves and our children with overeating.  The subject of childhood obesity has been seriously weighing on my mind lately.  I live in the south now but I am a transplant from northern California.  I am overwelmed everyday by the amount of obesity in this country and especially our children.  We are headed for a HUGE health care crisis if we do not change.  I was watching my 6 year old sons baseball game and there is one child who could not run the bases because he was so fat, in fact another kid behind him past him by (I love little kids sports!).  I then noticed the rest of his siblings the oldest 14–all morbidly obese.  They were playing around a little then one boy had an asthma attack.  If we dont help our kids they are doomed to type II diabetes, degenerative joint disease, peripheral vascular disease, heart disease etc etc.  The ecomonic and social ramifications will be astronomical.  This is part of the reason I am taking this fitness journey, because I love my kids.  I want to be a good example for them and I want them to be healthy and live long productive lives.  We can not become complacent on this issue.

 Ok, sorry about the ranting but I had to get that out there!  I am staying focused on exercise and nutrition–the rest will come!  Time for some new pictures on my website–just have to get the courage up to take them!  Hope everyone “stays strong”

I am thankful to God for all the blessings in my life-my wonderful family, a great job, good friends and good health.  But I am thanking “sprint 8″ for my “transforming” body.  This 3 1/2 month journey has been tough, but I think I am starting to really see the results.  Sprint 8 (basically a really intense interval workout) has been key for me. I have never worked out so hard and so consistently in my whole life and I LOVE it.  I kick my own butt everyday!  I am starting to see some muscles I haven’t seen before!  Dont get me wrong I have a good 20-25 pounds to go, but I think I looked pretty smokin’ in my size 6 jeans this weekend!  A lot of people hadn’t seen me in along time and they definitely noticed.  Some people said “you’re losing weight AGAIN”  I hate that.  This is the last time.  I am determined not to gain this weight back again.  I figure in my life I have lost and gained at least 500lbs–that cant be good for you!!  I am commited to good health and fitness-screw the scale, the pounds will follow eventually.

I cant believe it, but multiple sources now have told me I need to eat more calories.  My mind is having a hard time accepting this.  I understand the theory but I am terrified of actually instituting it.  Many of you who have read my blogs know I have been whinning for about 6 weeks now about how I can not seem to lose weight despite a rigorous workout and healthy eating plan.  I now have had 3 trainers and many other tell me I need to eat MORE!??  I have increased my calories from 900-1100 to about1300 but they are telling me to eat about 2300!!  I feel certain I will gain weight eating that much but I am going to give it a try.  I am way behind today.  I just entered my food (I still have dinner to go) and I only have 483 calories in.  This is CRAZY!!  Well I had better go, I have lots of eating to do!!LOL

I just got these MBT shoes (maasai barefoot technology) for a birthday present and they are amazing and weird.  I wore them all day today at work and my buns are killing me!!  I think you could bounce a quarter off these things LOL!!!  I decided to keep them on for my workout and man am I dying right now.  I feel muscles I didnt know I had.  My friends always call me pancake butt–not for long sisters!  I would love to hear from anyone else who has tried them and tell me what you think!!

This is a whole new diet to me.  I am wondering if anyone has any tricks on how to make it through the first phase.  I am half way there, but find myself just not eating because it seems so difficult to follow it when I am not at home.  I scarf down a yogurt before work and then dont really eat during the day and come home starving.  I really feel myself getting somewhat bitchy too. 

I just feel stress–normally I comfort myself with some good food and a cold beer.  Now I don’t even have that.  Part of my stress is work.  My father is also my partner.  He is leaving for a month long vacation in Antartica.  That means I am “on-call” for our already busy practice EVERY day.  It just makes me crabby!!  My will power is going to be put to a major test!!  I am also afraid I wont find time to work out.  He leaves in 4 days..tick-tock..tick-tock.