This picture was taken in March of '09
In this pic I am 4'11''
I weigh 188
size 15/16
hips 44"
waist 41.5"
After this picture I yo- yo'd between 195 and 188. So I decided I would have to force myself to lose weight. The only way I could do this was to treat excercising like it was my second job. I must mention here that I have no discipline and can become quite lazy in the excersice department.
Since then I have lost 40lbs and would like to lose another 20.
People ask me what I've done to lose so much weight. Nothing spectacular really. I just watch my calories and excersice every day , or almost everyday, but the excercise is minimal since like I mentioned before I am lazy but I know I need to go work out. I also eat what I want because if I start restricting myself I know that I am going to binge and thats never good.
I also stumbled upon a link to Robert Cheeke and got motivated to start lifting. He is a vegan bodybuilder. I used to make fun of bodybuilders when I was younger and I never wanted to look like any of them. But as I start lifting weights I find I like it and I love feeling the muscles growing stronger inside my body. Now I know why bodybuilders have a tendency to "feel themselves up" in a sense.
I love being able to move in ways I couldn't before and I have so much more stamina. For those that know me they must think I have become the energizer bunny because before all of this I had an insane amount of stamina so just multiply that by 10! It's crazy.
Really my only crutch has been food. I love to eat. I'm a carbohydrate addict!
I'm writing this blog at this point in my life to really keep tabs for myself on how I am doing in my slow progression to possibly becoming a bodybuilder and for your possible curiosity. For now I just like seeing where my body is taking me on this journey.
Here are some pictures that I took about a month ago. Don't mind the armpits. It's not hair. I have some kind of wierd skin thing where all the places that rub together on my body get dark. I can't stand it. If anyone knows how to get rid of it please let me know!!!
Stats:
165.5 lbs
hips 42
waist 391/4
I also thought I should probably share some of the food that I am eating since this is a food blog :p
I made some coconut soup today.
Very easy to make.
4 cloves of garlic minced
1 lg onion sliced
2-3 cups of chopped veggies
( i generally use water chestnuts, brocolli, cubed tofu thats been previously pan fried, tomatoes, carrots and celery but you can use whatever you want)
saute in 2tbsp of olive oil or canola oil
then add
3 c of veggie broth or water
1 13.5oz can of coconut milk
1 tsp of ground cumin
1 tsp of ground coriander
1/2 tsp of cayenne pepper
1 tsp of ground black pepper
4 soaked stalks of dried lemongrass or if you
use essential oil
2 drops of organic lemongrass oil
cook on med-low for 1 hour.
I'll take a current picture soon since I did say I lost 40lbs I should probably show it.
by the way, if you are reading this vegan sugar I can't post on your blog for some reason. Maybe the commentary settings are set wierd???
