RED WHORE!!!!

Well it is unfortunately that time of the month for me...you know the time when the red menace comes to visit and makes me irritable and GAIN WEIGHT!!! I weighed myself this week and gained 1.8 pounds (.82 KG)...I am really pissed because even though I can most likely attribute this gain to my period, it still takes 1 week away from me! I have to reach my goal in 17 weeks!!!! The last few weeks have been tough for me and I am trying to figure out exactly what the reason is...So this week I am going back to basics..high protein, and exercise! Beyond that I do not know what else to do!I do have a huge success to report..I did my boot camp class last night and I was able to do 16 incline push ups WITHOUT STOPPING!!!! Granted, i was on my knees, but still, that is HUGE for me!!! I was super excited...One of my goals is to do a regular push up some day, not on my knees and preferably on an incline..I am still running, although I am still at 11 minutes straight..I do not feel ready to add time yet as I am virtually dead by 11 minutes! Anyway, got to get to work, thanks for reading..

And Back Again..

I weighed myself today and I lost a pound (.45 kg) and I learned ONCE AGAIN that this JOURNEY is really a long windy road of decisions, consequences, realities, Life, sweat, tears, and hormones! The weeks that I think I did great, I don't and vice versa...At each weigh in, I am reminded to just KEEP GOING! If I continue on, I will get there..."Carry on my wayward son, they'll be peace when you are done!!!" I am sooooo close to where I want to be that I just get very frustrated when there is a bump in the road, because I am just sooo done, and I want to be THERE already! I know it will happen and I just have to buckle down and never ever give up! I had great workouts this week and I even shocked myself by being at the gym on my day off at 9am! Yep me! I really want to run a 5K this spring and am hoping that will happen soon, currently I am running 11 minutes without stopping...when I started, I could only run for 30 seconds! So that is HUGE  for me....Anyway, thanks for reading, until next time...

UGHHHHHH

I weighed myself today and unfortunately, I had a GAIN! I gained 2 pounds, (.91 kg) I was very upset and annoyed but after much self reflection, I think it might have something to do with the sex I had with all that chocolate I ate this week! I tell you, chocolate is definitely my WEAKNESS! I seriously cannot resist that ooey gooey delicious chocolate..doesn't matter if its milk, dark, with peanuts, coconut, almonds, caramel, cookie...ALL OF IT!!! I LOVE IT!!! It is sad but most definitely explainable...So I have to just dust myself off and keep taking those steps towards my goal...after all it would not be my life journey without an occasional bump in the road...I am back on track as of now and I will be tying to step it up in the gym this week to regain some footing...Hopefully next week the scale will be in my favor! Well thanks for reading!

Could be better but it could be worse

I weighed myself this week and I lost 1 pound (.45 kg) this week. I have to say I was disappointed as my diet was on point. The red menace did make an unscheduled visit and I am blaming that bitch! I have been really pushing myself at the gym and I am really soooo excited to be in "arms reach" of my final goal. Under 40 pounds is just so amazing to me, considering where I began this journey...I have fought for every ounce and will continue to fight and those weeks that I get knocked down, I will muster every ounce of strength to stand and take another step forward! I have been also on a personal quest for emotional freedom lately as well... There is obviously a lot of baggage that I have carried for long...a person doesn't just gain 200 pounds for the heck of it....I'm digging and trying to find those ugly roots and RIP them out, till that soil and by doing so discover the true me, the Keli that God intended me to be....that is where I want to be when I look back....to me getti g to my goal weight is only half the battle, getting in we healing is the victory I need...thanks for reading!

2013

Well today was my first weigh in of 2013 and I am happy to announce that I have lost 2.2 lbs (1Kg).  Frank and I were away in Orlando, visiting his grandma but we were able to double down and share some time with my family from Venezuela who also happened to be vacationing in Orlando.  I am working on posting some pics on Facebook as I type....New Year's Day is always an interesting one for soooo many, as many are inspired to change but my New year's actually presented itself before today as I am really doing a lot of introspective work trying to balance myself emotionally.   I think I focused sooo much on taking care of my Physical and I did not pay as much attention to my inner transformation...To me that is the most important thing, and thankfully I was given the opportunity to address this.  I am now diligently working on both so that I can be the best Keli in 2013 as possible.  I have been speaking with some plastic surgeons in the states and I trying to decide if I want to have my skin removal done in Venezuela or here....I will let you know what I decide.  I have 20 more weigh in's to get to my final goal before surgery.  I am confident that I will make it as I made my Christmas goal and felt AMAZING! On some other notes, I have 3 close people to me dealing with terminal cancer and all of this on top of my mom's anniversary and birthday and the holiday's really threw me for a loop...Even now, when presented with the trials of other's similar to my mom's, the pain that resurfaces is ALWAYS surprising...please say a prayer for all those dealing with Cancer right now, that they have the strength for this battle, that they are comforted...That's all I have for now...