I'm Back Bitches!!

So I haven't blogged since July of last year.. I know, I know!
I've have the same excuse each time! "I'm busy"... Busy being lazy!
Well, It's a New Year, and a New Me! So cliché.

 So, what's new you ask? Well maybe you didn't ask but I'm telling y'all anyway!
I've started a NEW Fitness Journey. The last one I was on got derailed by me getting pregnant and gaining 62 pounds. I'm blaming the cheese fries. They just showed up and it was over! Not. My. Fault.

I had Lilly Rae Walenter September 7th 2013. She was 8lbs 5oz and just a sweet little thing! So this means I didn't have a 62 pound baby?!!! What?!!! Cheese Fries.

I was about 180 something after all was said and done. I lost another 35 pounds by my birthday in July of 2014 and was at 145. Finally almost back to my goal weight of 135.

Then the cheese fries came back.  I'm telling you, those fuckers are powerful and will hold you hostage till you give.

Fast forward to now. I'm fat. Please don't take that wrong. To ME, I'm fat. I've never been 159 unless I was pregnant. I started smoking cigarettes again. I got lazy. I loved all the bad foods. Cheese fries.

Not sure if I just needed to get it out of my system. Overdose if you will.

3 weeks before Christmas my husband suggested we quit smoking. What a wonderful idea (insert sarcasm here).

January 3rd was my first day without a cigarette in 8 months. Enter Bitch Mode. Not going to lie. I was/am Evil! Again, Not. My. Fault. Well maybe a little.

January 5th was my first day fighting off those crazy ass cheese fries. I'm telling ya, they are crazy!

Enter today... I am super excited about my progress. No cancer sticks. Eating has been on point. Except for cheat day of course. I workout every day or at least 6 days. I feel great. Still in Bitch Mode though. Most likely that won't change. Sorry Hubby!

So if you follow me on IG, you would have already seen this. This was 1/3/2015. I have lost 2lbs since. Which is amazing. I am excited to see where I can go from here.

Stay Focused. Stay Motived. Stay Strong & Believe You Can.



IG: @nickirae04
Facebook: www.Facebook.com/NickisFitnessJourney

Good Night Lovies <3

The Random-Ness That I am

My friend sent this to me one day and it is so true!
During the day I'm focused on work and the kids I do not have time to think about anything.
Then bedtime comes and I'm up thinking about shit that needs to get done, did I pay the gas bill, did I prepare the coffee for the next day.. blah blah blah!


So my day starts at about 6am when that annoying eh eh eh goes off!
Damn you iPhone alarm! Rise and shine bitches.
I put on my pjs, camo slippers and grab my phone to head downstairs.
The hubby wakes up same time I do, which is annoying! He is a morning person and I clearly am not. I hate everyone and everything in the morning. Do NOT talk to me or I will rip your head off!
Just saying.

So I brush my teeth and wash my face, go to my "office/Makeup" room and put on my face!!
I do not work in a place that requires me to look nice per-say but I do not want to scare anyone so I put the face on!

I have to eat in the morning because I am also a bitch if I don't eat...
So I usually make myself egg whites w/1 whole egg scrambled aka heated up in the microwave for 1 minute and 25 seconds! Then turkey sausage for another minute and 15 seconds.
Topped with Sriracha! Mmmmm.
Obviously I eat, get dressed and wait for my mom to come watch the girls.
I go to work, blah blah blah... leave at 4pm and get home about 4:30-5.

I usually try to workout everyday.
Right now I am doing ChaLean Extreme.
I gained a lot of weight with my second pregnancy and 6 months later I am still trying to take it off.
I have lost 46lbs but still have at least 10-15 pounds to go. Damn you cheese fries. Fuck. 

Before Lilly 142 lbs

9 Months 202lbs

Ok.. Moving on .( I told you my brain was random )
Like I said I'm doing CLX - I love this program, but I do not know what it is - but I feel like I am not losing the weight as fast as I should be / want to be.
If you do the math I'm losing about 7lbs a month which is good but its not the same as last time.
The past 4 weeks have been rough. I haven't lost any weight up until the other day - no inches lost either.

What the hell is going on? I'm pretty desperate at this point.
I have cut out my starch at dinner so now I am just eating a protein and veggie.
I do not eat " a lot" and eat pretty health for the most part

Breakfast: 1/3 egg whites x2 w/ 1 whole egg & 3 turkey sausage w/srirrach
Lunch: Protein, and veggie with carb either brown rice, quinoa or sweet potatoes
Dinner: Protein and Veggie
Snacks: Greek yogurt w/Kind granola and Quest bar

Not sure if I need more or less... So Fuqn Frustrating!
I guess I shouldn't complain tho. At the end of the day I am still losing weight.

Sept 9th 2013 (3 days after my daughter was born) to today March 2014

Well hello biceps!!! Nice to see you again

Things I try to tell myself
One day at time
Don't beat yourself up
Your doing amazing
You're a fuqn rock-star (well I am!)
You have two beautiful children you have made from your body
I earned my stripes aka stretch marks
You're husband tells you he loves you every day and that your beautiful

It's been a while!

I'm sure y'all have wondered where I have been.. or not LOL.  Well I got pregnant again (my 2nd) in December of 2012! I thought that since I was doing so well with my fitness journey while not being pregnant I would continue that same routine into my pregnancy... YA RIGHT!!! The cheese fries got me! They were just so delicious I couldn't help myself.  I swear I did try to eat healthy but that food was just not enough and never satisfied me. I was ALWAYS hungry, so I ate and I ate A LOT!!! I gained 56 L-Bs and didn't care haha ( for the time being )

Damn Cheese Fries

My workouts consisted of walking to and from the fridge! I tried to workout and that lasted the first 5 weeks, I felt tired and week and not like my self - I got pi**ed off so I stopped working out all together - NOT SMART!!  There I am 202lbs - OMG I was a fat! I know, I know, I was "pregnant" not fat but seriously I was fat! All my hard work - down the tubes for some damn cheese fries.

202 lbs 9 months pregnant

  

Well here we are present day 34 lbs down in 5 weeks and I haven't even started working out yet!! I have been watching what I eat and breastfeeding.. seriously ladies breastfeed - Its great for weight loss, Oh and for the baby too LOL. Who knew you could lose 34 lbs in 5 weeks without going on some stupid "don't eat anything but lettuce" diet! So October 21st I should be able to start working out again. I will be starting with TurboFire which will last 90 days - I will update my progress every 30 days.  Then I will probably move on to T25 (another beachbody workout) which is 10 weeks long.  Okay, peeps catch y'all later!!

End Picture 34lb loss (168lbs)