SO...it's been a little while, and I'm sorry. And to the, like, 2 people that read this, I apologise. Thing is, Easter weekend came and when your "competition" eats his brains out AND you have hardly any control over what you eat because you are visiting family and friends....well, things go badly. At least for me they did. SO...I gained...and what I'm really pissed about was that I didn't gain a "couple" of lbs, NO. Quite a few! I guess maybe that's what I needed to get my head in the game, but let me tell you: this has been quite the uphill battle for me. I live with someone that will offer me fun *gifts* if I cheat and eat bad. It's SOOO hard. BUT. One good thing??? I'm done with day 2 of eating perfect AND working out hard. This is the first time in the last few months that I've made it past day 2 still ok. lol. I was annoyed too because on Sunday I weighed in at...wait for it....it's BAD....169, BUT I told myself that I Lose fast and not to worry. Well, Monday I was 165, and so I felt a little better, but still ate bad cuz I still had loads of bad food in my house. (not a good excuse but once 4pm hits, I get all EXCUSE-CRAZY!!)...Then I did GREAT. Tuesday I ate great and burned a kick-@ss 1000 calories. I felt like I was back in it. I weighed in Tuesday morn and was 164.2. Then today I woke up excited to see if I dropped ANYTHING, even just 0.2 and I would have been motivated....NOPE. gained .4, which to me is basically half a pound. So, all day I was frustrated and annoyed, but oh well. Still ate great and hit the gym like a psycho. ALL I'm praying is that tomorrow I drop AT LEAST .4, just so I'm still not "up" from Tuesday. That would be REALLY ANNOYING!!! i usually gain REALLY fast and LOSE REALLY fast. Maybe my body is sick of me bouncing up and down on the scale, and you know what?? I don't blame it. I've been treating it like shit. Sometimes I think I should live on my own because WHENEVER I'm by myself I'm CRAZY healthy and active. It's with "Shane" that I get so tempted by comfort food...don't know what that's about...but I need to control it. So far, I'm 2 days down and many more to go. If anyone has any suggestions on how I can cope with the temptation that comes with eating tasty-ass comfort food with your best friend, please let me know. Cuz this sucks, and I need to learn how to control it.
love ya'll.
Ash

weight: 164.6 (BOO)

Calories Burned: 1000

Calories Eaten: 1450

Weight Left to hit goal: 42.6 lbs...scary

Time left to hit goal: 16 and 1/2 weeks. hmm

I am having a very good day so far!!
Anyone who reads this, have you ever seen "The Biggest Loser" from NBC?
I used to LOVE that show, when it's actually on.
WELL...Shane and I are going to do our own version of it, pitting us against one another.
The BEST part about this is I have so much added motivation because this boy loses weight crazy fast when he ACTUALLY tries, so I HAVE to keep on my game if I want to stand a chance...and I LOVE a challenge.
So...yea!!!
I'll keep you guys updated with our weekly weigh-ins and show you who has the lead and so on and so on.
We created this huge prize package and made it a 12 week long competition. I'll be honest, I geared some of the prizes to things I'd like because I KNOW I'm going to whip his ass!!! hehe.
But anyway...that's been my interesting day so far.
Love ya'll....off to the gym!!!
Ash

Weight: 160.6 lbs (my official 'start' competition weigh-in)
Shane's Weight: 217.2 (his official 'starting' weigh-in)

Calories Burned: (fill in later)

Wish me luck, NOT HIM. hehe.

So....boo.
I ate bad this weekend AND didn't work out.
What a terrible combination.
According to my weigh-in this morning, it appears as though I gained quite a few pounds....not cool...but I'm waiting a couple days because I might have been weighing in with 'water weight' because of all the salty food I had this weekend (can you say movie theater popcorn??? lots of it?)
So, here it is, April 2, Monday. I *feel* back on track and all that good stuff, but it's so discouraging to feel like i KEEP going the wrong way!!! lol
So, here I am. Going at this AGAIN.
boo. lol
Ash

Weight: 161

Calories Burned: (fill in later)

lbs to lose to hit goal: 39

Days left to hit goal: 17 weeks 6 days

So...aside from living with a person who wants to eat bad EVERYDAY, I'm about to face the other BIGGEST temptation!
My best friend in the world, Ms. Nicole (she's in alot of the pics I've posted) is coming out to visit me. I haven't seen her in about a month and a half and *eventhough* I told her to bring her gym clothes, I can't see how I'll get out of this weekend without eating bad. Partially because I have Shane here, so I don't need a sitter, there isn't much stopping me from going out drinking....and although sober Ashley will plan to drink only bacardi-diets or something, when tipsy Ashley comes out, she doesn't care what she drinks!!!
So...hmmm.
Well, if anything, I guess I can view it like this: I will probably eat bad, so each morning I'll just try to hit the gym extra hard. Then on Monday, when she has to go home I'll kick it back to good healthy gear.
Um. I guess that's way more realistic than just *hoping* to not eat bad at all...
Okay, hope everyone else has a good weekend! I know mine will be awesome!!!!
love ya'll
Ash

Weight: 157.6

Know what I'm about to do? Cut out pictures of hotties, AKA girls in cute clothes to tape to my fridge and pantry. I usually do this when I find myself REALLY wanting to eat bad, and it has always helped. Tonight I almost didn't work out, turned on the tv and saw that damn "dallas cowboy cheerleader" tryout show. That damn show made my ass go to the gym!!! lol And guess what I watched? That and "girls next door" on E! while I ran and climbed the 15% incline on the treadmill. Phew...
Now I'm glad I got a good workout in. Eventhough it's midnight fifteen and I'm now too wide awake to hit the sack...I'm still pretty happy.
Besides, I have hotties to cut out.
....it's just more motivation to show me WHY I want to look the way I WANT to look for my B-day. I've never been THAT girl. THAT girl that can wear anything she wants. That can go into a store and see a shirt or jeans and say "I want that!"
That's what I want now. While I'm still young enough to do it!
I'm SO short that I look heavy easily if I wear the wrong thing. I don't want to have that problem anymore.
Everyday, I'm a day closer. :)
Okay, have a good night, love ya'll
Ash

Weight: 157.2

Calories Burned: 700

lbs to lose for goal: 35.2

Days left til goal: 18 and 1/2 weeks.