First briefly for those new to my blog a little bit of background.
I am a single mother of three beautiful girls (27, 26, 16) and a grandmother of two (2 yr old girl and 10 yr old boy). I can’t say that I have ever had a problem with my weight. When I was younger I had a hard time gaining weight but as far as I am concerned that is not a problem unless you come from a Cuban/Spanish/Italian family. Then it’s a huge problem - lol.
As a kid I was always active, always either playing American football, soccer, gymnastics, etc. (of course after my chores - lol). As I got older I competed a little bit in kickboxing (unfortunately under an assumed name - my husband at the time disapproved and basically said I was forbidden because that is not for women - BIG mistake on his part) and some bellydancing, again hidden for basically the same reason with a twist - lol. So I have pretty much been able to maintain my weight between 120 to 126 lbs even after I had my girls so you can’t blame pregnancy on my weight gain. Between training for all of that, my dancing, hiking with my girls, and walking no problem.
Then in 1 week about 16 years ago my world fell apart. I find out my hubby was cheating on me, my mom has contracted the AIDS virus and I had to run and hide from my ex’s family who were trying to take my girls from me. Long story short, I ended up taking care of my terminally ill mom and step-father at the same time, and boyfriend’s mom came along a couple of years later. All relatively within the same time frame of each other for about 13-14 years.
I was so focused on caring for everyone else and always soo busy with caring for others, worrying about chasing another possible cure or delay at least for the onset of some horrible disease for those under my care and working 2 full time jobs to cover expenses for us and making ends meet, that I neglected the ones that really needed my attention, my poor daughters and most of all myself. My daughters thank God understood and never once complained, have forgiven me for my inattention and we are now more closer than ever.
It has now been between 4 to 8 years since all three (3) have passed away. About 3-4 years ago though I found this wonderful man by the name of Dax Moy who has been helping me with my journey back to myself with all of his wonderful programs, support and kicks in the butt. I have lost a total of 60 lbs now but until I actually did what he calls peeling the onion and really did it for myself down to the last layer I wasn’t really successful.
As a matter of fact, peeling the onion is so powerful that once I was honest with myself and got down to the nitty gritty, the last 30 lbs that I have burned off have been in a little less than 1 ½ months. Subconsciously, I have been getting in my own way and dooming myself because of all the guilt I felt at not having paid attention to my daughters, in some way feeling as if I had failed my mom because she is dead at the age of 56 (give me a break as if I had the cure or was a doctor), and blaming myself for my failed marriage and putting up with crap from this current relationship. I have made quite a few changes in my life and attitude to where a lot of people’s heads are still spinning in disbelief and my daughter’s cheering on.
A lot of things now have been falling into place on their own and I am a much happier and more positive person with myself.
I really recommend anyone needing any kind of fat loss, strength training, whole health and nutritional revamp/transformation should go check out my wonderful DAX MOY.
Now having said that, I still have at least 40 to 60 lbs more to burn. Ultimately I will be entering myself in a figure contest or bikini contest and really push my limits but first things first.
My stats are as follows:
Weight - 226 lbs
Rt. Arm - 17.25
Lt. Arm - 17
Chest - 42.5
Waist - 42.75
Hips - 53.25
Rt Thigh at 4": 22.25
Rt Thigh at 8": 27
Lt Thigh at 4": 22
Rt Thigh at 8": 28
Rt Calf: 18.75
Lt Calf: 18.75
Here is to a great and wonderful journey to burning off 20 lbs of fat! Will you join me?
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