The 240 Day Update!!

Good Afternoon Everyone and a Wonderful Saturday to you! It snowing here in NC! Which is so strange. Yesterday it was at least 70 degrees.


WooHoo!! It has been 240 days/8 Months since I have started this weight-loss journey. February has been the best month to date. I have been doing Turbo Fire and 30 Day Shred and I still love them! I am officially on day 25 of Turbo Fire. I have really seen so much progress in the last 30 days.

I have been prepping all of my meals and I really love the effects of doing so.

Not only does it keep my calories in check, it helps with saving money and I don't have to figure out what I am eating for the day. My Shakeology keeps my cravings to a minimal. I am still doing a semi-paleo eating program. I do have a cheat day or two on the weekend with eating some starches and sweets.

Things that I have learned/Progress in the last 30 Days:
1. I STILL LOVE TURBO FIRE!! I think I have found my Cardio soul mate! LOL!
2. I am stronger than I ever knew I could be.

3. Food Prepping is AWESOME!
4. I can bounce back even from a horrible couple of weeks! I had to learn that one or 5 bad days does not have to result in continuously eating badly!
5. 30 Day Shred is THE TRUTH!!!
6. Instagram has really become so helpful. I love sharing my progress and having so many new people cheer me on.
7. I love how I feel after doing Turbo Fire, especially the stretching.

Things that I have been doing consistently to lose the weight:

•Drinking a Shakeology Shake every morning (Including flax seeds, some fruits (A Banana every morning and any other fruit that I may have), and my Green pops (Made with Cucumbers, Spinach, Kale and Celery).

•Drinking on average 16 cups of water (equivalent to 128oz)

•Working out at least 6-7 times a week  (Turbo Fire, and 30 Day Shred)

•Eating what I have prepped for the week and using Myfitnesspal.com to track my calories

· Eating less of fruits and more veggies

· Eating Protein with my meals

· Drinking a Protein shake after most of my workouts

•Staying within or under my 1400 daily calories (Averaging 1200 calories). I currently do not eat back my calories from working out. This has changed from 1500 calories that I eating last month.

•Use the general rule to only eat half of my meal when going out to restaurants to eat.
•I keep moving by parking a little farther from where I am going and using stairs.

My new main numbers:

Waist: 37 inches-Down from 51 inches

Lower Stomach: 42inches - Down from 55.34 Inches

Weight: 277lbs- Down from 360lbs

Shirt Size: 14/16 or XL in some shirts- Down from Size 26-28 or 3x
Jeans: Size 18 in most- Down from Size 26.

I am Officially Down 83 lbs.!!! YAY!!!

I have notice big changes in my overall body in 240 days!

Now for the pictures comparing Day 1 and Day 240!

 

 

Make sure you check out and like my fitness page on facebook! www.facebook.com/TheGirlyEngineerGettingFit

If you would like to find out more about the Shakes that I drink or the workouts (Turbo Fire, Insanity, P90X and more) that I do, check out my beach body websites:

For just info on the shakes:

http://myshakeology.com/YasJas2011

For info on the shakes and workouts combinations:

http://beachbodycoach.com/esuite/home/YasJas2011

The Girly Engineer

The 210 Day Update!!!

Good Afternoon Everyone and a Happy Saturday!


YAY!!! It has been 210 days/7 Months since I have started this journey. January has been a pretty great month so far. I have started Turbo Fire and 30 Day Shred and I absolutely love them! I have seen such a great change in my body in just a short period of time. I will be doing both for a least 90 days. I started school this past Monday and was thrown off of my Turbo Fire Schedule. So because I really want to complete the program in its entirety as it is scheduled, I will be starting week 1 over this Monday.

This past week I had the chance to prep all my foods (Breakfast, Lunch, Snacks and Dinner) and I managed to lose 7 lbs. this past week! I will continue to do this. Not only does it keep my calories in check, it helps with saving money and I don't have to figure out what I am eating for the day. My Shakeology keeps my cravings to a minimal. I have also decided to do a semi-paleo eating program. I will not be eating starches or processed foods.

Things that I have learned/Progress in the last 30 Days:
1. I LOVE TURBO FIRE!! I think I have found my Cardio soul mate! LOL!
2. I am stronger than I ever knew I could be.

3. Food Prepping is AWESOME!
4. I can bounce back even from a horrible couple of weeks! I had to learn that one or 5 bad days does not have to result in continuously eating badly!

Things that I have been doing consistently to lose the weight:

•Drinking a Shakeology Shake every morning (Including flax seeds, some fruits (A Banana every morning and any other fruit that I may have), and my Green pops (Made with Cucumbers, Spinach, Kale and Celery).

•Drinking on average 16 cups of water (equivalent to 128oz)

•Working out at least 6-7 times a week (Walking, Turbo Fire, and 30 Day Shred)

•Eating what I have prepped for the week and using Myfitnesspal.com to track my calories

· Eating less of fruits and more veggies

· Eating Protein with my meals

          · Drinking a Protein shake after my workouts

•Staying within or under my 1500 daily calories (Averaging 1200 calories). I currently do not eat back my calories from working out.

•Use the general rule to only eat half of my meal when going out to restaurants to eat.
•I keep moving by parking a little farther from where I am going.

My new main numbers:

Waist: 39 inches- Down from 51 inches

Lower Stomach: 44 inches - Down from 55.34 Inches

Weight: 286.2lbs - Down from 360lbs

Shirt Size 16 or XL in some shirts- Down from Size 26-28 or 3x

I am Officially Down 73 lbs.!!! YAY!!!

I have notice big changes in my overall body in 210 days!

 

 

 

 

Now for the pictures comparing Day 1 and Day 210!

 

Make sure you check out and like my fitness page on facebook! www.facebook.com/TheGirlyEngineerGettingFit

 

If you would like to find out more about the Shakes that I drink or the workouts (Turbo Fire) that I do, check out my beach body websites:

For just info on the shakes:

http://myshakeology.com/YasJas2011

For info on the shakes and workouts combinations:

http://beachbodycoach.com/esuite/home/YasJas2011
 

The Girly Engineer



A New Year Brings on New Fitness Goals :-)

Two post in a DAY! I can dig it.

I really need to update y'all on my weight-loss journey. I am officially down 63 pounds!! YAY!! I am so excited about that. I have been at it for 6 months. I now have new goals and new workouts to do. I just started on Jillian Michaels - 30 Day Shred DVD and I am really enjoying it so far (It reminds me of Boot camp). It is only my second day so I will update you all after the first 30 days. I will be doing it 6 days a week.

I will also be doing TurboFire! I am very excited about this program. It is 90 days long and I have seen so many people get great results from it. I am leading a TurboFire Group on Facebook that starts Monday 1.7.13: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheTurboFireChallengeTGEGF/

Please join us if you have TurboFire or TurboJam.

I had a lot of people that wanted to do a challenge but didn't have TurboFire. So I started a 15 miles walking or 225 minutes working out a week Challenge Group that is open to everyone! https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheWalkChallengeGroup/

So join us if you want to have some accountability buddies and some encouragement.

Goals for Jan. 2013:

• Complete 30 Day Shred (First Round)
• Get through my first month of TurboFire
• Drink my Shakeology Daily
• Make a Green Protein Shake for after workouts
• To keep my Challenge Groups Motivated by leading by example
• Get at least 500 Squats a week!
• Plank for 5 minutes per week
• Log in What foods I am eating into Myfitnesspal.com Daily!

Of course I have pictures!

Before Pictures for my Challenges:

The Girly Engineer

The 150 Day Update!!

Good Morning Everyone and a Happy Saturday!

YAY!!! It has been 150 days/5 Months since I have started this journey. November has been a pretty decent month. I have still been doing boot camp and I still love it! I am kind of sad that next week is the last week. I have also been doing Taebo and Walking using my Walk-Away-The-Pounds DVDs.



Things that I have learned/Progress in the last 30 Days:

1. I am actually making progress and now I can do things that I never thought my body could do; like running most mornings.
2. Even when I REALLY don't want to workout, my FB friends and family Continues to motivate me with their encouraging words.

Things that I have been doing consistently to lose the weight:

•Drinking one of my Shakeology Shakes every morning (Including Extra Virgin Coconut Oil, some fruits (A Banana every morning and sometimes Strawberries), and Spinach). I will begin to add Flax Seeds in my Shakes starting today.

•Drinking on average 16 cups of water (equivalent to 128oz)

•Working out at least 6-7 times a week (Boot camp, Taebo, Strength Training, WATP DVDs)

•Eating what I want but using Myfitnesspal.com to track my calories

• Eating a lot of fruit and veggies
• Eating Protein with my meals

•Staying within or under my 1500 daily calories (Averaging 1400 calories). I currently do not eat back my calories from working out.

•Use the general rule to only eat half of my meal when going out to restaurants to eat

•I keep moving by parking a little farther from where I am going.

My new main numbers:
Waist: 39 inches- Down from 51 inches
Lower Stomach: 48 inches - Down from 55.34 Inches
Weight: 306lbs - Down from 360lbs
Shirt Size 18 or XL in some shirts- Down from Size 26-28 or 3x


I am Officially Down 54 lbs!!! YAY!!!
I have notice big changes in my overall body in 150 days!





Now for the pictures comparing Day 1 and Day 150!

Please let me know if you would like to know more about Shakeology or any Beach body products/workouts.

Thanks for all of the SUPPORT!!!!

The Girly Engineer

The End of September's Challenge Update: Rockin' Body!

Hello everyone!

September's challenge went really great! My main workout was taking the Shaun T's Rockin' Body Challenge. I worked out most days making sure that I rest one day a week (mostly Sundays) and got in over 45 miles of walking (Walk-The-Pounds DVDS) along with Rockin’ Body. I really enjoyed Rockin' Body. I love to dance so it was "right up my alley". He even work you out with weights and Lower and Upper body workouts. I got it for only $20. Money well spent because I hardly have time to make it to a gym and it would just be money wasted. I will be doing another cycle of the workouts next month.

This month I also got a chance to get in 4 swimming lessons and did pretty decent with my food. I had a Shakeology shake everyday. The last couple of days I have been experimenting with drinking 2 shakes a day and I really liked the results. I am considering getting some protein powder so I can make extra shakes/smoothies for after my workouts daily. I changed my calories goal back to 1500 daily calories after not liking the 1600 calories goal results.

I took pictures once we got back from the cruise and after taking the pictures, I realized that maybe I had not chosen the best clothes to show my results. Therefore this morning, I had no desire to take a picture. :-( I felt that I would not see any changes. My husband encouraged me to take the pictures anyway and I am so glad that I did!



Here are my numbers:

09.03.12
Waist: 44
Around Belly: 52
Weight: 334lbs (I gained a couple of pounds on the cruise :-( )
Hips: 56

09.30.12
Waist: 41.8
Around Belly: 49.8
Weight: 323.5lbs


DOWN 9.5 lbs for September!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!


I am very proud of myself! I will continue to keep pushing. I have a different fitness and food challenge for the rest of the year. I will update you all in the next post.


Oh yes.....



The pictures...

I put the wrong date. It was taken today 9.30.12

The Girly Engineer

Shaun T's Rockin' Body: WEEK 1!

Hello Everyone!!! I am really proud to say that Week 1 went really great! I got in all of my workouts plus some! Anything that is in Red is something that I decided to do extra. Here is the run down:

Week 1:

Day 1 (Today)~ Mark, Move and Groove DVD + 3 mile Walk-Away-The-Pounds DVD with weights

Day 2 ~ Mark, Move and Groove DVD + Party Express + 1 mile WATP with 3 pound weights

Day 3 ~ Disco Groove + Hard Core Abs

Day 4 ~ Party Express + Booty Time + 60 mins of Water Aerobics!

Day 5 ~ Shaun T's Dance Party + Hard Core Abs

Day 6 ~ Party Express + Disco Groove + Hard Core Abs + Swimming 55 mins. + Cleaning for 50 mins

Day 7 ~ Rest + 3 mile WATP DVD with Weights



Next Week's Run Down:

Week 2:

Day 8 ~ Party Express + Hard Core Abs

Day 9 ~ Rock It Out+ Hard Core Abs

Day 10 ~ Shaun T's Dance Party + Hard Core Abs

Day 11 ~ Party Express +  Disco Groove

Day 12 ~ Shaun T's Dance Party + Hard Core Abs

Day 13 ~ Rock It Out + Booty Time

Day 14 ~ Rest

I haven't been able to weigh myself because my scale has just gone crazy! I will see if I can send it back because it hasn't even been 3 months that I have had the scale. :-( Hopefully my new scale will be here Monday or Tuesday so I can give an update. I am pretty sure I am still losing because my clothes are fitting pretty good.

 

 

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!!

The Girly Engineer

 

September's Challenge Has Begun

August 's Challenge of getting in 60 miles went really well. I have now started on the Rockin' Body Challenge. I also will be starting a new set of swimming lessons this coming Saturday. I would like to try and get in some water aerobics as well for the month of September. Here is the run down for the week.

Week 1:

Day 1 (Today)~ Mark, Move and Groove DVD + 3 mile Walk-Away-The-Pounds DVD with weights

Day 2 ~ Mark, Move and Groove DVD + Party Express

Day 3 ~ Disco Groove + Hard Core Abs

Day 4 ~ Party Express + Booty Time

Day 5 ~ Shaun T's Dance Party + Hard Core Abs

Day 6 ~ Party Express + Disco Groove

Day 7 ~ Rest

 

 

I will also get in at least 10 miles of walking every week.  Updates will come weekly on my progress. My measurements, weight and photo has been taken today. Wish me luck!

 

 

 

The Girly Engineer

Cruise Day and End of August Update!!

Hello Everyone!! Today is cruise day!!! I am so excited. We made it to Florida early this morning.

I wanted to give my end of August Fitness Challenge and weight loss update. Since August 1^st, I have been doing only Walk-Away-Pounds DVD workouts and vowed to get in 60 miles before the month ended. Well I am happy to report that I got in a 5 mile workout this morning! YES, In the hotel room! HA HA!! First time ever working out on vacation. So in total I have completed:

 

 

72/60 Miles!!!

WOOHOO!!!!

Here is my picture comparison from August 1^st – August 30^th : Down 12 pounds this month!!!!! Tootsie Rolling all the way down the Coco Beach strip!

 

Here are my current body numbers!!!

 

Walk-Away-The-Pounds in Coco Beach!!! All you need is a laptop and instant workout!

I will be working out while on the cruise because my goal is to still lose weight for once while on vacation.

I will be sure to take plenty of pictures and share our experience with you.

September Challenge:
Rockin’ Body with Shaun T!

 

 The Girly Engineer

Shaun's T Rockin' Body is September's Challenge and the DVDS are on sale for $20!!

Good Morning everyone! Since I have been doing so great on my August's Fitness Challenge, I am getting prepared for September's Challenge which is Shaun T's Rockin Body!! I started on the workouts in July in combination with other things and absolutely loved it!! Manly because I love to dance! Ha Ha!! But now I am going to do this program exclusively for the month of September. I got these babies for $20 because a sista couldn't quite afford his Insanity workouts yet.
Now you can also get Rockin Body on my beachbody website for    Only $20.

Yes!! You get all of this for $20!! Make sure that you get yours so you can join in my September Challenge!

This is how you can get yours:

1. Go to the site (Just click -->): http://beachbodycoach.com/esuite/home/YasJas2011
2. Scroll down until you see "Shop" Or "Shop Team Beachbody"
3. Click on the link
4. Look under "Shop By" and click on "Fitness Programs"
5. Scroll down until you see "Rockin Body" and you should be able to see the DVDs that are on sale! (You may be able to just click on the words here --> Rockin Body to go directly to it. If not follow the steps)
6. Contact me if you have any issues or questions!

August's Fitness Challenge Update:
36/60 miles DONE!!!



The Girly Engineer