The Blueprint: Part I

I'm 44 pounds lighter than I was this time last year. Many people have told me that I have inspired them and have asked me what I have been doing. When I set out on my journey, I never meant to inspire anyone else, just to be a better me. I'm still not done with my journey, I'm at about the halfway point right now.  But I figured that I can share with you what I've been doing/have done so far. Not everything works for everyone, it took me over 10 years to get to this point. I've tried damn near every diet and workout out plan out there. But after doing some research and LEARNING about my body, cause all bodies are different, I figured out what worked for me. 

The Food:  Dr. Abravanel's Body Type Diet and Lifetime Nutrition Plan

This book was a god send for me, before it, I was a sugar crazed caffeine addicted acne covered slob. My desk at one point had a candy drawer and a bowl. I would eat Pillsbury break n bake cookies almost nightly, by the tray. It was ugly. This book helped me break that addiction. It also tells you what types of workouts are good for your bodytype. The ones below were good for me, they may not be right for you if you're not my type.

  

The Workout(s): Insanity, TurboFire

Love, Love LOVE Insanity, but back in October, I couldn't do it to save my life. I was too fat. So to start losing weight and work my way up to it, I started doing TurboFire. It took me 4 mths of doing TF to get into good enough shape even do Insanity, and I'm still not great at it, but I can do it. I can DO it.

The Accountability: My Weight Doctor

Mom pushed this one on me. She wanted me to go. Her thinking was it took drugs for me to get fat to begin with, it was gonna take drugs to help me get the fat off. (Ladies, never, EVER go on Depo!) So after months of being my usual stubborn self, I finally broke down and went, best decision of my life. My normal weightloss yo-yo is do good for a while, plateau, then get discouraged and fall off the wagon. With them, it doesn't happen, they help me to adjust to the plateaus and curves that happen when your body wants to hold on to the fat. They encourage you when you're doing good and scold you when you're not, but keep pressing you to do better. I need that.