Well Hello Tuesday Morning Spin Instructor!

Nothing is more motivating than a very pretty spin instructor at 6am!

I laugh because I am normally not the type to push myself too hard but this Tuesday morning class has me sweating my butt off! I told my husband I try and spin faster to get closer to the instructor but my bike wont move :)

Eye candy apparently motivates me.... Heres to hoping hes there Thursday and Saturday mornings too!

A Bad Start To My Monday

Ive never been a happy camper on Monday mornings to begin with and this morning made it even worse.

I woke up before 5 to get to the gym no later than 5:15. Planned my workout and was excited to try kickboxing this morning. I get to the gym only to see people waiting outside the door. The gym normally opens at 5am. I sat around for a few to see if anyone would be there . I used to work the early morning shift at a gym and know what its like to just hit snooze "one more time". No one showed by 5:30. This basically pushes my whole workout schedule back a day so now I will be working out on Sunday.

I started monitoring my calories and am well prepared by cooking enough chicken for my lunches for the week and I brought a blender for my protein shake snacks during the day.

NO EXCUSES!!!

Sponsorship

As a requirement for the pageant we have to obtain sponsors who help alleviate the cost of the pageant. Sponsorship amount is $550 total and anyone who helps me achieve that goal is listed as a sponsor under my profile in the program at the pageant. Sponsorship money helps pay for pageant expenses we well as allows the winner to participate in the Mrs America Pageant at no cost to her!

I plan on heading to local businesses to hopefully raise all my sponsorship money!

To sponsor me click the sponsor me link on the side of my blog!

Any money over my sponsorship amount will be donated to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation. A charity where proceeds go to send children of special ops men and women who have given their lives to college. A great cause!

http://www.specialops.org/

Before Pics

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Ahhh My moment of truth. As my husband took these he warned I wouldn't like them but that they were definitely going to be my motivation. Everyone has a starting point and here is mine. Weighing in at a whopping 155.2 lbs

Setting Up A Plan

Ive struggled so many times to lose the weight but never thought it through or had a solid plan for my workouts or meals. My husband introduced me to "The Body Sculpting Bible For Women" It's a very helpful and informative book. I like that it spells everything out for you. From the food to the workouts. So here is my plan:

2 pounds a week to lose approx 30 pounds before Christmas.

I am not an after work kind of workout girl so I have been getting up at 5AM.....Yes thats right 5AM!!!!!

I purchased a little pink notebook to record what my daily workouts are and also to make sure I have a few meal plans.

There are 3 workouts that I do over 6 days. So day 1 is also day 4.

I have tons of options for food and its really clean eating ( nothing processed)

I will be doing at least 45 min of cardio 6 days a week. I LOVE spinning and plan on taking the class at least twice a week. I get bored just walking on a treadmill so I plan on mixing it up with intervals on a machine 3 days a week and classes the other 3.

Wish me luck!

The Beginning!

So I am sure most of you are probably curious why a chubby chick is looking to turn pageant ready. Here is your answer!

I was once told by an already gorgeous pageant ready woman that I should consider pageants... ME?! Did she not see I was about 30lbs overweight and was far from girly with my hair pulled back, plain clothes and no makeup everyday. I thought long and hard about it and then decided that what did I have to lose?! ( Other than 30lbs )

I chose not to tell anyone and signed myself up for the Mrs Rhode Island America Pageant.

I now hold the title of Mrs Warren and will be competing February 2011 for Mrs Rhode Island.