Train like a Warrior- Just don't eat like one.

I got to Fit Body Boot Camp tonight and Emeka says We are going to do 60 minutes tonight instead of 30. You have 12 seconds to call some to pick up your child. I may need a Motrin when I get home But this 46 year old was beside a gal that was in her 20's and I wiped the floor with her.

I want talk about my family a little.We are a close family and my husband is my best friend. I have 2 boys, Dylan 19 and  Vincent 9, 2- dogs, Dexter and Sally, 2- cats, Binti and Pickles and 1- husband Tom. I don't have pictures of my cats, they're shy. My family has stuck it out with me through thick and thin, eat this not that.
It was funny the other night I showed Vincent the picture of me and Bear and he said that person  kinda looked like me in the face and hair but it wasn't me. I said why not? He was afraid to answer so I said is it because lady in this picture is bigger? He said  yeah but he did not want

to say the word. What a great kid.

I have done some pretty weird things on my roller coaster ride of weight loss with many different diets, strange foods, and exercise rampages, which I will get to in due time. They have endured it all with me and put up with all my stupid notions

Before I get to all this bliss that I have now I will back up to when I was first married being a newly wed at 35. Life was good but I was I was exercising a  whole lot. Tom and I spent hours at the gym We worked out with each other to push each other harder and harder, we ate clean, we read, lived fitness and nutrition.  We even went to the Arnold Classic in 2001- 2003 to see what the industry was doing. I felt great, we looked good  and we hung out with like minded people with fitness and nutrition in mind. My weight was creeping up a little and it was getting harder and harder to take off so I would work out more and more.

We decided to add to our family in 2003. I was 3 months pregnant when we went to the Arnold Classic. I entered a bicep contest and I did pretty good but I got tired really fast and lost the contest. That was our last year  it fun while it lasted. I met personalities like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lou Ferrigno and lots of fitness pros. Awesome time.

When I was Pregnant all bets were off. The last thing that I wanted was a vegetable, egg white or chicken breast. I had put so much pressure on myself over the years and denied myself most enjoyable foods. I felt like vomiting if you showed me anything "healthy".  And exercise? No way, not in the cards. I had beaten myself up so bad working out so hard that I wanted nothing to do with exercise. We are not a fast food family still to this day, but the day in 2003 I called my husband  and told him I wanted a Whopper he knew we were in trouble. I gained 60 lbs on my pregnancy and he gained 20. My diet was meat and hot sauce. It was like a free for all. I was happy and I could eat what I wanted (it was all for the baby of course).  I didn't see myself get fat, I saw myself as a healthy happy glowing mom to be. It was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life and if  I was younger I would do it again. I even asked my doctor should I be concerned that I had gained to much weight, she said no it all about the baby keep up the good work. This was too good to be true. I struggled with weight my whole life. I remember being 120 lbs in 5th grade. Sports was the only thing that kept me from weighing 500 lbs by now. Being pregnant was amazing and I ate whatever I wanted. Everything turned out fine throughout the pregnancy and I had a beautiful baby boy. Now, the real story begins with a huge reality check and me weighing in at 250 lbs after baby.