✿: 2015

I am the world’s worst blogger. Being a clinical counselor I’m require to spend most of my day in session and all I do is document. When I come home and rest and on my day off I don’t want to see the computer screen let alone wright a post. Did my amazing justification pardon my absence?

Life has changed so much for me this year so many amazing things have come to pass. I think the biggest one has me continuing to learn about my weight loss journey. Let’s see since my last post I was at 208 well I am an amazing 225 . I say this because life happened and so does muscle. I retired weight watchers because all I knew was Points Plus and that isn’t really learning about nutrition as a whole. I went on to My fitness pal i was also at a plateau and I wanted to switch it up. I focused on Macros and learning how to maintain my weight I continued to stay active I work out 5 days a week. I still very much weight lift and bust my ass with Cardio. Although a learning process I can say all my gain wasn’t just muscle, vacations and life happen and I’m really okay with it. I’m still the same size I was in January 12/14 and I weight more. I’ve also learned an extremely important lessons. The scale has no power over my emotions unless I give it power. That took a lot of inner self work. I’m glad I went through the ups and downs of my journey in the last 10 months. I’ve learned nutrition, self-love and body image love because it boils down to how you feel on the inside and what demons you are facing you can get to goal weight but if you are facing issues inwards you will never be satisfied and when you look in the mirror you won’t feel good. I’ve also learned to trust the process you see I left weight watchers just because I wasn’t getting the results fast enough I thought for sure it wasn’t working for me anymore , (DUH) I was gaining muscle is what was the problem never the less I had to learn what I had to learn and I’m thankful for it nothing is every by chance.

So moving forward what’s my plan of attack well my goal is to lose 35 more pounds and maintain my weight so I have once again started back on weight watchers and I am down 3.5 pound BOOM !!

Here is a picture of myself now J I will attempt to be a better blogger I am a great instagramer lol so go on to the side of this page and click follow

January Versus Now October

January versus October

Talk to ya soon

Xoxo

Crystal

Outfit

Blazer - Sears
Top- The Limited
Skirt - Sears

Hey, Guys.

It’s been a few months since my last weight loss update. H Well Im here to tell you it’s stronger than ever I have hit losing a total of 68 pounds in 1 year. The holidays where such a struggle actually since November 3^rd my birthday weekend to Vegas is where it all started. Did I gain yes I gained 4 pound from November till New Year’s Eve. I did however take no break at the gym I ate and worked my ass off. I gained from eating all the sweets (To many brownies).

What where some of the highlights of last year for me.

I have gained so much endurance. I have gained muscle. I discovered my passion for strength training and Weight training. I get an amazing adrenaline when I feel my muscle sore and burn from the workouts. It’s even more amazing to see my muscles form and to feel them.I workout 4- 5 times a week. I am so dedicated and really have falling in love with the gym. I have tried new machines and workouts that I never thought I would engage in. I walk in the gym with more confidence than I ever had.No more walking with my head down. My clothing size is so much easier to shop for and so much cheaper (wohoo) I went from a Size 24 to now a XL which is a size 14 I do fit in some L depeding on fabric . That is another (Victory)

The biggest highlight is to wrap my brain around not letting the scale have so much power on how I feel about myself. I had to learn this when I started to build muscle , because muscle weight less than fat and as you started to turn fat into muscle you start to look smaller rather than have that number reflect the scale. That was so true and remains so true in my case. I have noticed me looking smaller but the scale not budging much.

Overall I have really come a long way in my first year. Now it’s on to another great year. This year I will be participating in my first Spartan sprint race in September I am extremely excited about it. I will continue to update you on my journey.

Here are some pictures, of my progress..