Day 42 of CLX Push Circuit 3

Here I am guys almost halfway done with this program and I'm thinking what to do after this. I was talking it over with my boyfriend and at first I wanted to get the Showcase pack which is 200 bucks but I need to get brakes for the car. He says, "You can stop eating for one day, but one day your car isn't going to break when you need them." He's right. I also need to save money for propane cause this is going to be a cold winter. I need to pay bills and buy food. I also need to find a job so anyone in Connecticut hiring come over my way. I'll do whatever is legal and ethical. Anyways I'm thinking maybe I should get the CLX upgrade and also start implementing Turbo Jam. I know I was going to do that this round but I can't get my big lazy butt up in the morning to get some cardio. I always end up doing CLX at night, the important part tho is that I'm doing it. So maybe that will be my next investment instead of P90x. Plus I don't know I've I'm quite ready yet for P90X and I love that Chalean is just 30-50 mins. I wonder in the long run would I get the same results doing CLX as doing P90X. Anyone know? Well yea the upgrade for CLX is like about 50 bucks with the coach discount. I think that is more reasonable than $200 bucks.

I''m taking a unscheduled day off from Chalean extreme- UGH MY BACK!!!!

Ugh my back hurts and hurts BAD. I stand up it hurts, sit down it hurts, lay down and it still hurts. I don'tknow if it is the workout or the bed or a collection of abuse I've laid on my back, but it hurts like a *expletive*. I will push it up to tomorrow I don't care if it puts me one day behind my goal. This hurts its a dull achyness that won't go away. I'm afraid of taking advil cause I might make it a habit. Thats how bad it is. I'm taking a break.

Week two, push phase, burn intervals

So how have I been doing so far Chalean wise? Great I moved up from 5-8 lbs weights, to 10-12lbs weights. I am really enjoying this Push Phase and love all the moves cause they are challenging and tough. I find I have more energy in my workouts and I'm loving it. I'm halfway done with my workout program but I'm going to do the optional last month called the "Lean-for-Life month which incorporates all the workouts in one month. Talk about breaking a fitness plateau I guess that is why there is no getting tired here. I feel great though cause my arms are looking better and better. I'm constantly checking myself. I've also been taking my Shakeology and I think that is helping a lot to cause I feel like I have more energy for my workouts and I don't wake up sore the next day. As far as eating goes I've been debating the fact of increasing my calories cause I'm a bit more hungry this phase. On the team beachbody club site it tells me I should be eating more than I'm currently, but by quite a bit. I'd hate to increase my intake and then gain weight. You know honestly I want to save up money for that Showcase pack cause it comes with P90X and I've been seriously thinking of doing it. I see the results people have gotten with it and I'm like WOW!!! I don't think I'm going to consider getting the upcoming Brazil Butt Lift workout until I slim down more. That and if I get the Showcase pack it comes with Yoga Booty Ballet and I can lift my butt with that program too saving me money.

Week two of push - The price of having a gym membership

I haven't been blogging in a while and I'm sorry. I've been trying to get people interested in Beachbody. It's been difficult as much as there is a high rate of obesity there is also the fact that people have tight pockets. Some of these people are not looking to spend money on a workout program no matter how great it is. I understand that cause I'm in the same situation currently unemployed. It's sad how we have to choose between our pockets and our health. That's the modern American way perhaps.

The thing is a lot of people end up wanting to do something about their weight, but don't know where to begin. They join a gym and get on a contract that is $10-$39 a month.

• At $10 a month for one year they have spent a total of $120 dollars at the gym
• At $39 a month for one year they have spent a total of $468 dollars at the gym.

Did you know that 60% of new gym members don't go back to the gym after the initial 3 months.

The American Council on Exercise (ACE) asked 1,500 people why they don't go to the gym

• 46 percent of Web site visitors say they don’t go to the gym because it’s too crowded
• 21 percent say they don’t go because they don’t know what they’re doing
• 19 percent feel they’ll be the only one who isn’t “buff” or already in good shape
• 11 percent say rude gym etiquette keeps them from going (i.e., not wiping off a machine after a cardio workout or not letting others work in on a weight machine)
• 3 percent said they’re afraid to ask questions

Did you know that the ACE actually recommended doing Strength Training in your own home or a home workout video?

The average Beachbody workout program (excluding the kids, teen, and older adult videos) starts from about $39-$200 and they are guaranteed results as long as you stick to them. Also if you are a Team Beachbody Club member you save 10% and a Beachbody Coach 25%.

And guess what? NO ONE IS WATCHING YOU, you have online support, and mostly all the workouts come with a guide to guide you in correctly performing your workouts. You get your own personalized coach and you could even be a coach, start your own business, and make yourself some money with your hardwork and dedication.

I started losing weight in July 2009 and I've lost almost 17 lbs so far. There is a great community out there on Team Beachbody and even if you don't want to spend money you can sign up for free and as long as you workout (any workout even running) and enter it on the site you can win $300-$1000 dollars. You even still get your own coach and I can be your coach.

My first blog from my Team Beachbody Site...small bio.

Well this is all nice and fancy! Another place to put my thoughts and opinions about life. I guess I have to watch what I say huh? So if you read my profile you might know a bit about me, but if not I'll talk. So I'm 24 years old and although you might think I'm young I sure don't feel it. Right when I graduated from high school I joined the US Army and was off stationed in Korea. Even though I was in the Army I hated working out. Wait I hated RUNNING and I still don't like running and haven't really tried it since. Maybe that should be a future goal. I sure did like Muscle Strength training otherwise known as M.S. It was way preferred over running. We did it all...squats, lunges, crunches, push ups, sit ups and I got really great at it, except for the running of course. I went to my duty station, got pregnant, and ended up getting out and had my daughter. Right after I had my daughter I was 168 lbs, not bad considering that 160 was my Army weight. But I was swollen and heavy. I knew that if I kept it up and not do anything after that, that I would have surpassed 170 lbs. I was not happy with myself so I joined Weight Watchers with the help of my mother and I got all the way down to 133lbs. I was all happy and confident and felt GREAT. There was a problem though. I got comfortable and stopped going to my meetings, stopped measuring my food, and stopped tracking my workouts. Also while on WW I didn't really workout either. After leaving the military I never wanted to workout again. So I got on it again and started losing again and got down to 148 cause my weight went back up to pregnancy. Then I met the man of my life and I maintained it did well and then we started living together. Lets just say we don't eat healthy and everything he eats looks tasty and delicious and I want it. So I weighed at 165 in January 2009 and June 2009 I was 170 lbs. OMG I LET MYSELF GO and everyday my poor boyfriend would hear is "I hate myself, I'm so fat, how can you love me, will you love me when i'm 200lbs" and yes he loves me but I didn't love myself. He told me to do something about it and he was tired of hearing me. I felt bad cause I was being selfish and he was right I needed to do something about it instead of ranting and downing myself. So I joined a website (not beachbody, if you're interested message me and I'll tell you the site) and started tracking my meals again. Then I bought some walking DVDs and lost about 12 lbs on those. I was talking to a few girls on the website I track my food on and they were talking about the importance of Strength Training and told me about Chalean Extreme. So here I am on Chalean in the 2nd month and so far I have lost about 5 pounds and about 4-5inchs all over. I feel great about the changes currently and the ones I'm going to see with all the effort I'm putting into this. I'm also doing shakeology which helps with the nutrients and getting my eating in line.

Week one of Push phase so far...

Well I have been doing okay so far I'm really enjoying push phase. I don't think I'm lifting heavy enough but I won't increase the weight until next week. I don't want to rush it cause I don't want to injure myself. So far I started a little heavier than what I did on Burn phase but now I think I'm going to move up to 10 and 12 pounds. As far as eating goes I had my first shakeology today after 2-3 days of not drinking it. I was a bit busy so I didn't have time to make it. I didn't do so bad though with my eating. I have to still do Burn It Off and I'm happy cause I get to see my favorite workout buddies which are Mike Saure and Leili. I love working out with them cause Skip annoys me with his overexaggeration and his side comments. I've stop doing the Recharge my workout cause everytime I do it I feel lightheaded. I know stretching is important but passing on the floor is not something I want to do. I know I haven't blogged in a while and I am sorry.

Day 28 of Chalean Extreme my rest day

Today is my rest day I'm suppose to do my measurements on day 30 and tomorrow is suppose to be another burn it off day. I'm going to track my measurements today and take pictures.

These Following Pictures where taken on August 19th, so it's a little bit More than 30 Days in these pictures. I took these pictures the first time I did Chalean Extreme but then I injured myself so took a week off and restarted my program.

My Measurements were

Waist: 33.5

Hips: 39.2

Abductors: 37.1

Thight: 22.5

Chest: 36

Right arm: 12

Left arm: 12

Weight:152.8

Body Fat: approx. 20%

Todays Measurements are:
Waist: 32

Hips: 37.5

Abductors: 35.75

Thigh: 21 3/8

Chest: 37

Right arm:11 5/8

Left arm: 12 1/8

Body fat 19 %

Why I do what I do to lose weight

I remember there was a girl on sparkpeople.com that used to motivate me a lot she lost like about 100 lbs I think. Then she wrote a blog entry about how happier she was when she was 100lbs heavier because she fretted less, had to worry about calories less, and wasn't as obsessed as she was with it. And then I never saw her again on sparkpeople. She was gone I think she deleted her profile.

She INSPIRED me and I thought to myself if She could do it so could I.

While driving in my car it I was thinking why am I doing this and this is why...

It's my new obsession but in a good way. I used to come home and all I would do is play World of Warcraft for hours on end. Now I blog, go on sparkpeople, and facebook. Yes it's still an internet addiction but I still find ways to better myself and better others. I mean today *Courtneydey* told me that I inspire her. I inspired someone today. Do you know how that feels? That feels great you know what a confidence booster. When I hear people say that and when I try to help someone that feels down about their weigh gains, setbacks, problems what ever it feels good. You know I've had setbacks and people are there for me and I know how hard it gets to lose weight. It adds a bit of responsibility for me. Not only do I have to do it for myself, but for other people so I can inspire or motivate them to change their lives. So they can tell me if Jenn can do it so can I.

I have more confidence in myself then I ever had before when I'm taking care of myself. I feel prettier and my self esteem is lifted. I don't think it's so much because of the weight loss, it helps but it's knowing that I am taking care of myself. I'm trying to dress better, be more positive with positive thinking and self talk, and I even try to be more sexy for my boyfriend lol. I feel great naked. I can say that and you know what I have my belly fat, I have my stretch marks and I have bumps and lumps BUT I FEEL GOOD. Cause I see the changes in my body and I know I'm making the effort and even though I could never wear a bikini cause of my stretch marks I will be able to wear the sexiest looking one piece out there.

I do it because my father has diabetes, his father has diabetes, his mother died from diabetes and breast cancer, his grandmother died from diabetes, and some of my brothers have diabetes. It DOESN'T SKIP GENERATIONS. Last time I had blood work I had HIGH cholesterol and I was 23 and 169 lbs. NO NO NO NO NO I will not have that crap, be result of my lifestyle. If I get diabetes let it be genetics NOT because I didn't try to prevent it. If I have a heart disease let it be genetic and NOT because I didn't make an effort of caring for myself. I am 24 years old I do NOT need to have high cholesterol. I have control and I need to learn to use it and utilize it.

I am setting an example not just for my daughter but for my step daughter who sees me workout EVERYTIME she comes over. EVERYTIME she sees me exercising and she asks questions and wants to know why I'm doing it. Or why I'm eating this or not eating that. I have to set the example for our kids at least so if they don't learn it all they can learn some of it.

I want to grow old and live a long life with my boyfriend and my kids. I know it's not hard and I might fail, but I might not. I have to stick with it and this is why I write this. So when I feel like that girl I can go back to this and tell myself WHY I AM DOING THIS. DON'T GIVE UP JENNIFER DELGADO!!!! DON'T YOU GIVE UP EITHER WHOEVER READS THIS!!! And I don't care if your goal is not weight loss and it's something else...DON'T GIVE UP!!! It's okay to have setbacks and *eff* up but don't let it get the best of you. If you fall get your *** back up and keep walking!!! Every setback is a lesson that will make you stronger. Setbacks are just scars and toughen up your skin to help you keep on going and to remind you of how you got there and what to do the next time you reach that point. I don't want this to be temporary and am glad of all the support I have to keep me going.

Thank you,

Jennifer Delgado

Day 23 - I had my first Shakeology

Day 23 of my 90 day Chalean Extreme Program. So far I'm doing well with my workouts and I think with knowing that I'm moving to a new phase next week I'm working out with more momentum. I'm still using 5-8 lbs cause don't want to buy new weights. Now I know I have my dumbbell set that I can make either 8 lbs or 12, but if I wanted to use them together I'd need another bar. Bummer. I've been spending a lot of money and I hate to have to spend more money on dumbbells. I might look on craigslist.

I tried my first Shakeology today and man is it CHOCOLATEY. Like not like milk chocolate either. It's like a DARK chocolate straight from the cocoa leaf itself. It's chocolatey. So I have gotten various Shakeology recipes. If you have any or can suggest some please let me know. I'm going to try some tomorrow. I chugged it down real fast though cause I didn't want to waste it. It has some good stuff in it and I love how it has 17grams of protein in it without milk added to it. That appeals to me cause I really want to work at upping my proteins.

So I am glad that I have finally gotten my food in check *knock on wood*. I got this neat little thing at CVS for like 8 bucks. It's a container that is as big as one of those Dunkin Donut coffee mugs and it holds your veggies/fruits in it and any dip you want to dip it in. I figure it would be a great way to get me to eat healthy on the go cause it also has a little ice pack in it. So it would keep your food cold for like 2-3 hours.


So that is pretty cool I think. Now I don't have an excuse. Also I've bought miniature raisin boxes to eat in my car. I figure they are a good car food cause they don't spoil and don't need to be refrigerated.

So that is my update I'm doing okay so far this Saturday is Weigh in and pictures I don't know if their would be much change but at least I feel great!!!

Day 19 of Chalean Extreme and 71 days more to go

Well so far my goal has been getting myself on track. I've been doing okay and thinking of what I should be eating first before putting it in my mouth. I've been focusing on staying within my calorie ranges and working with my protein/fat/carb ratio. It's getting there, my boyfriend is trying to watch his eating too. I think I'll ask him if he's serious enough to try tracking his calories on sparkpeople to start off with. I don't want to shove him into this, because I know it's a step one has to make for themselves and not so much for others.

One way I'm going to try to improve is to focus more on getting sparkpoints so that way I can read the health articles, track my fitness, goals, and put myself in the game again.

I wasn't tracking my CLX fitness cause I wasn't sure what to track it as. I am going to place the strength workouts individually under my favorites on sparkpeople so it is easier to track. I'm also going to track Chalene's Cardio like the Burn it off and Burn Intervals as High Impact aerobics. Honestly I'm just tracking it for the points so that way I can have a record of me actually doing physical fitness.

I also noticed I have to be a better sparkfriend. I've been busy and I apologize. I really need to check up on how they are doing, cause so many of them are awesome and help me when I'm doing crappy. I know that as much as I love people being there for me I need to be their for them. I'll try as much as I can to see how you are doing, but if I get busy stop by my page and say hi I love to know how your progress is going.

I ordered my chocolate shakeology as well which I am happy. It's going to act as a meal replacement but it's a lot more than that. It has many essential vitamins and minerals and lots of very healthy stuff. If you haven't checked it out...




So yea it's not JUST a meal replacement it's a lot more. So I'm excited not only is it going to improve my help but replacing my meal is going to help me balance my nutrition tracking.

I'm frickin EXCITED!!!

Oh yea I have to burn a copy of Chalene's Extreme motivation CD to listen to in the car. I think it's very important so that I can keep my mindframe right. Anyways I'll see you later.