Muscle Recovery!!!! TurboFire update.

So I have been workingout and found that I actually needed to eat foods that would help my muscles recover from the workout the day before. I made a discovery. You need carbs. It is crazy but bread and bagels are highly recommended with some protein but not a whole lot. 1/4 of the food that you are eating after you work out needs to be protein and 3/4 need to be carbs. I know it sounds like you are defeating the purpose of working out but if you do eat properly then you will feel better and get results much faster.

 

When you are giving your body what it needs you will see it make amazing changes. Be sure you arent starving yourself. I eat between 6-8 times a day not huge meals but I snack and eat small meals all day long. If you do not eat you will not be fueled for your workout and you also wont loose any weight.

 

I have traveled down the scary path of working out very hard and not eating. I will just say that if you do not eat and you decide that you are going to push hard you may not have the strength to workout or when you do finally eat you will gain instead of loose. Please do not starve yourself you will get much faster and longer lasting results.

 

TurboFire is amazing. I am almost 8 days in solid working out with only 2 rest days. I am so sore but that is ok I am already noticing changes and I have lost 4 pounds. I work out whenever I get the chance which has been late lately.

 

Happy Workingout,

Smiling Celeste

I am BACK!!!!

OK everyone it has been way to long. I am so sorry we had alot going on with the loss of a sweet baby in our family. I have been working hard to stay eating healthy and not go crazy on Christmas sweets. My family makes peanut patties that are to die for and I will admit I ate ALOT of them. I also tried to make myself jog a mile everyday while I was gone. That actually did work most days when I could get away to do it. My cousin is the one who lost her baby boy he was 15 months old and she is also my best friend. So needless to say she needed me to be with her. I did actually gain 2 pounds but that is OK I am really getting on it. I seem to be slimming a little so maybe that is just muscle. I am trying to eat healthier but dang if those sweets are not tempting.

Holy Little Debbie Snacks

Ok I need to confess that I am a sugar eating fool. I LOVE SUGAR!!!!!! I will literally eat anything that has sugar in it. Over the next few weeks I am going to figure out some alternatives to my little debbies but as for now I am a weak fool. I have eaten 2 in a box of 5 that I said I was getting for my kids. Hahaha yea right. I keep telling myself that I won't loose weight eating all that dang sugar but I CRAVE it. If you have any suggestions I am up for just about anything. I do not believe in depriving myself of something I want cause then I crave it more. I am not going to be buying anymore of that stuff though cause even my kids don't need it really. This dieting stuff may kill me before I loose all of this weight. I stepped on the scale this morning and I did have a slight change of a half of a pound. I am only going to weigh once a week so that I don't go crazy looking at the number on the scale and not the way my body looks. I didn't workout today but that is only because I had homework to do that couldn't wait til later. I will be back at it tomorrow though with my Fire Starter workout from TurboFire.

 

 

Your Sugar Addicted Blogger,

 

Smiling Celeste

Before Pictures



 As I promised here are my before pictures. You will notice that I am not smiling in any of them. I am still the sad that I am fat. So you will notice I have a lot of extra cushion and my stomach is not tight at all. I had 2 c-sections in 2 years so the muscles there are completely shot at this point. So here goes.

Sorry for the flash but I had to use it to get a decent picture.

 

 

Today I weigh 180 pounds and I am 5'7". I carry weight well on my mommy frame so for those of you who may not believe I weigh as much as I say I do no woman would lie for the world to see saying she is bigger than what she is. I will post progress from today this evening.

 

Hello Everyone,

As you can tell my the title of this blog my name is Celeste. I am 24 yrs old and a mother of 2. I have a handsome and wonderful son who is soon to be 3 and a beautiful and talkative daughter that is 1. My children are 18 months apart and my sweet girl what a Christmas surprise. When I found out that I was pregnant with my son I was so excited and nervous because I had just lost 30 pounds and didn't want to gain it back. I did great throughout my pregnancy and delivery gaining 30 pounds and then loosing all but 7 before leaving the hospital. When I was 6 weeks postpartum I got this great thing called an IUD for birth control. I worked out daily and was burning over 1000 calories a day. I wasn't loosing though. I watched my weight climb so high that I couldn't even look in the mirror. I hit 180 in about 5 months after my son was born. I was so embarrassed and I didn't understand how it had happened. I gave up completely. I cried myself to sleep at night because I was loosing and my body was winning in this battle of the "tubby tire". That is what I call all the extra fat on my belly. I then found out I was pregnant with my daughter when my son was 10 months old and I just knew I was gonna be over 200 pounds after I had my daughter. I had horrible morning sickness and couldn't eat anything for almost 7 months and I only gained 17 pounds during my pregnancy. I was actually glad that I was sick because I hated myself. I have made a big decision that I refuse to give up on myself. Being fat runs in my family and I will not just be another fat person. I will lose this weight and I will teach my children that being healthy and fit is the way to be. I will be able to wear sexy clothes again and shorts at some point. I hope you all enjoy my journey cause I know I will. Even though I am sure at some times I will hate this and never want to finish but having y'all reading my journey and backing me is what will push me. I will be posting pictures of my before body tomorrow.

Happy Weightloss
Sliming Celeste