So I am a little over a week into my weight loss challenge at work. I haven't weighed myself yet but I would hope to have at least lost one pound. I have been eating VERY well. Eating my 3 meals a day and two snacks which consist of either veggies or fruits & protein. However, I did go out of town last weekend and ate horribly! I have small will power when it comes to eating at a restaurant. What can I say, I LOVE food. My dream job would be a food critic. Hopefully I made up for it this week with working out. I officially started turbofire and I love it! When I was going to the gym sometimes the only thing that would get me going was the turbo kick classes. It is so much fun! I am on day 3 and let me tell you...my body is SORE! But it feels good! Weird huh? As I was reading through the materials that come with turbofire I saw that it is a 20 week class!!! That seems like forever! So if I started on Monday I will be done by JULY 11! Gosh, I can't fathom working out 6 days a week until July 11. But can you imagine what I will look like if I do??? SEXY! I am really going to commit to do the 20 weeks, even if I miss a few days here or there I am going to finish! Let me know if you want to join me in my journey and I will tell you how you can purchase it & I will help you along the way.
So, any who, I have a 3 day weekend ahead of me and my second weigh in is on Tuesday so we'll see how well I have been doing then. Thanks for taking the time to read and if you haven't already, please connect with me on my facebook page. Take Care.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Day 3-Weight Loss Challenge
Well, this morning was way better than yesterday. I went to bed earlier and I had no problem waking up at my normal time. In fact my body woke up without my alarm even going off. I have another busy day today. Work for 8 hours, grocery shopping with my mom and then a friend has a shopping parting at her home on the other side of town. I am really hoping I can start my turbofire tonight. Since that's what's winning in the poll down below.
So I figured, losing weight is a lot of math. Easily said it's more calories out than are put in, right? Well, I found out an estimate of what my metabolic resting rate was and it says if I were to do nothing at all I would use 1,465 calories a day just to live. So, if I'm eating 1,200 calories a day then I should lose weight, right? Correct. But I want to lose 2 lbs per week and THAT is going to take more work. 1 lb. =3,500 calories so 2 lbs. =7,000 calories a week. WHAT? I need to burn 1,000 calories a DAY!!!??? Um yeah, pretty much. However, I already have a deficit because I'm only eating 1,200 cal./day so I only have to burn 738/day. Is all this confusing? I bet so, but bottom line, I need to eat RIGHT and get my butt in the gym EVERYDAY! The reward is going to be so worth it though.
Here is a good video to help you figure out how to lose weight:
So I figured, losing weight is a lot of math. Easily said it's more calories out than are put in, right? Well, I found out an estimate of what my metabolic resting rate was and it says if I were to do nothing at all I would use 1,465 calories a day just to live. So, if I'm eating 1,200 calories a day then I should lose weight, right? Correct. But I want to lose 2 lbs per week and THAT is going to take more work. 1 lb. =3,500 calories so 2 lbs. =7,000 calories a week. WHAT? I need to burn 1,000 calories a DAY!!!??? Um yeah, pretty much. However, I already have a deficit because I'm only eating 1,200 cal./day so I only have to burn 738/day. Is all this confusing? I bet so, but bottom line, I need to eat RIGHT and get my butt in the gym EVERYDAY! The reward is going to be so worth it though.
Here is a good video to help you figure out how to lose weight:
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Weight Loss Challenge-Day 2
I worked out for the first time in months yesterday. Okay, I did the elliptical for 35 minutes....I wouldn't exactly call that a work out, but my legs do feel a bit sore today. When my alarm went off this morning I could NOT open my eyes! I was exhausted! I forgot how it feels to use to work your body. It is so important to get enough sleep. I went to bed at 12am and "tried" to wake up at 6. Any other normal day that would have been fine. I am def going to need my 8 hours.
I am doing well with keeping track of my calories. That seems like the easy part for now, as long as I continue to prepare my meals the night before. I'll let you know how my workout today goes. Wednesdays are busy for me so hopefully it doesn't effect my body.
Don't forget to vote on my poll of which workout video I should do and follow my progress & my facebook page here. Thanks so much.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Weight Loss Challenge-Day 1
Well, I weighed in today. Everybody else weighs in tomorrow but I won't be there so I get a day head start. Which wasn't a head start really because I ate a breakfast sandwich this morning so I could weigh more, lol.
It's all in the strategy! I created a facebook page so you can all follow me on my journey. You can search for Elissa Villatoro and click the "Like" button at the top or click the link here. Also, it would help me if you would read my last post & vote on which workout video you think I should do. Thanks so much. Welcome aboard!
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Weight Loss Challenge
Alright peeps, this is my first post of my weight loss challenge. Tomorrow at my work we are starting a weight loss challenge and I am joining about 7 others in a journey to lose weight!
Here are the guidelines:
*The challenge will last 2 months
*First we will all weigh in
*We all add $10 to "the pot"
*Every other Tuesday we will weigh in and for every pound we lost we will add that amount off money to "the pot". For example, if I lose 3 lbs., I add $3.00.
*At the end of the challenge I will...I mean the winner will get the whole pot of money :)
I am SUPER excited about this. I have been wanting to lose weight for a while now and I always say I am going to but haven't quite gotten the motivation. So here it is! If you know me, nothing motivates me more than money or winning something for FREE :)
This blog is going to be quite vulnerable for me since I will be putting out there into "internet world" my statistics. But hopefully it will help keep me accountable to reaching my goal. My goal being to lose 10 pounds the first month and 10 pounds the second month. It sure is going to take a lot of hard work but I am determined.
I am thinking of starting a work-out video, which one do you think I should do? Insanity or TurboFire? Please vote to your RIGHT. Thank you.
Here are the guidelines:
*The challenge will last 2 months
*First we will all weigh in
*We all add $10 to "the pot"
*Every other Tuesday we will weigh in and for every pound we lost we will add that amount off money to "the pot". For example, if I lose 3 lbs., I add $3.00.
*At the end of the challenge I will...I mean the winner will get the whole pot of money :)
I am SUPER excited about this. I have been wanting to lose weight for a while now and I always say I am going to but haven't quite gotten the motivation. So here it is! If you know me, nothing motivates me more than money or winning something for FREE :)
This blog is going to be quite vulnerable for me since I will be putting out there into "internet world" my statistics. But hopefully it will help keep me accountable to reaching my goal. My goal being to lose 10 pounds the first month and 10 pounds the second month. It sure is going to take a lot of hard work but I am determined.
I am thinking of starting a work-out video, which one do you think I should do? Insanity or TurboFire? Please vote to your RIGHT. Thank you.
INSANITY!
TURBOFIRE!
Thursday, April 22, 2010
APRIL!
Well, I guess I am getting in the habit of only updating this twice a month. April went by even faster than March for me. Not too much happened, except....MY BIRTHDAY!
I turned 26 on April 17. Eh, nothing TOO exciting about turning 26. To celebrate, I had a lia sophia party at my house and hung out with my girls afterwards just catching up and laughing.
On my birthday Barry and I went to dinner with my parents and walked around city center. It was a good weekend.
I turned 26 on April 17. Eh, nothing TOO exciting about turning 26. To celebrate, I had a lia sophia party at my house and hung out with my girls afterwards just catching up and laughing.
On my birthday Barry and I went to dinner with my parents and walked around city center. It was a good weekend.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
MARCH!
I can't believe how fast time is flying by. March was a very busy month for Barry & I and we had a lot of ups and downs this month. We also celebrated our 6 month anniversary on March 19! It's amazing to think we're half way to 1 year and it feels like we just got married. I can't wait for the rest of our lives together!
Here's some of the things that we did in March:
Barry's birthday was March 5 and to celebrate we used our FREE Disneyland vouchers we got for volunteering for the "Give a day, Get a Disney day" program. Here are some pics:
This trip was a BLAST! We love Disneyland so much and would like to go every other year if possible.
ACCIDENT!
Not a week later back from our trip I was involved in an accident on my way to work on Town Center and Banburry Cross. As I was entering the round-a-about and continuing to go straight the van in front of me was trying to go left (which he is not allowed to do in the lane we were in.) So as he was trying to turn left, the car next to us was trying to go straight and this almost created a collision between the two cars so the van in front of me STOPPED! I then hit him in the back :( I was a bit shaken up but more upset because if the van in front of me knew how to drive on the round-a-bout this wouldn't have happened.
Anyway, long story short, I was ticketed for driving too close to the van and my car was towed to a repair center.
The insurance counted my 1999 Nissan Pathfinder as a total loss and I was devastated. They gave me $3,800 for it, but that wasn't enough to compensate for my emotional loss of course.
ICYBLUE(the name of my car)was my first car I bought on my own. Paid off and I owned the title. I had the car for 6 years and 5 months and it never treated me bad. The thought of getting a new car made me sad because to this day I never had any dislikes about my car. Anyways, I can't quite describe the attachment I had to my car but it was strong.
So, we were forced to find another car, but something inexpensive because we couldn't afford another car payment.
NEW CAR!
My WONDERFUL parents let me borrow their car for a week while I was without a vehicle which I was SO grateful for. During that time we looked on Craiglists for Nissan's because I am partial to the Nissan now. We found someone who was selling a 2001 Nissan Xterra for $7,900 with 69,000 miles so Barry gave the guy a call and a day later the whole family went to take a look. The SUV was in good condition mith some minor dents and scrapes on the outside, but other than that it had great mileage and ran good. We came to an agreement and we paid $7,000. We put the money from the insurance down and financed the rest through our bank so we will have the car paid off in 2 years! Here is a picture:
The funny thing is there is a "Keep abortion legal" sticker on the back so it's a sign that I was supposed to have this car...so it can be redeemed!
That's about it for March. Hope you enjoyed my little bloggity blog on my drama filled life. More to come later.
Here's some of the things that we did in March:
Barry's birthday was March 5 and to celebrate we used our FREE Disneyland vouchers we got for volunteering for the "Give a day, Get a Disney day" program. Here are some pics:
This trip was a BLAST! We love Disneyland so much and would like to go every other year if possible.
ACCIDENT!
Not a week later back from our trip I was involved in an accident on my way to work on Town Center and Banburry Cross. As I was entering the round-a-about and continuing to go straight the van in front of me was trying to go left (which he is not allowed to do in the lane we were in.) So as he was trying to turn left, the car next to us was trying to go straight and this almost created a collision between the two cars so the van in front of me STOPPED! I then hit him in the back :( I was a bit shaken up but more upset because if the van in front of me knew how to drive on the round-a-bout this wouldn't have happened.
Anyway, long story short, I was ticketed for driving too close to the van and my car was towed to a repair center.
The insurance counted my 1999 Nissan Pathfinder as a total loss and I was devastated. They gave me $3,800 for it, but that wasn't enough to compensate for my emotional loss of course.
ICYBLUE(the name of my car)was my first car I bought on my own. Paid off and I owned the title. I had the car for 6 years and 5 months and it never treated me bad. The thought of getting a new car made me sad because to this day I never had any dislikes about my car. Anyways, I can't quite describe the attachment I had to my car but it was strong.
So, we were forced to find another car, but something inexpensive because we couldn't afford another car payment.
NEW CAR!
My WONDERFUL parents let me borrow their car for a week while I was without a vehicle which I was SO grateful for. During that time we looked on Craiglists for Nissan's because I am partial to the Nissan now. We found someone who was selling a 2001 Nissan Xterra for $7,900 with 69,000 miles so Barry gave the guy a call and a day later the whole family went to take a look. The SUV was in good condition mith some minor dents and scrapes on the outside, but other than that it had great mileage and ran good. We came to an agreement and we paid $7,000. We put the money from the insurance down and financed the rest through our bank so we will have the car paid off in 2 years! Here is a picture:
The funny thing is there is a "Keep abortion legal" sticker on the back so it's a sign that I was supposed to have this car...so it can be redeemed!
That's about it for March. Hope you enjoyed my little bloggity blog on my drama filled life. More to come later.
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