The meal of oats,poopy butts, and a bendy straw.

Since I'm crazy enough to let strangers (& friends/fam)  know what I'm doing in my weight loss journey. I might as well share with you what I will be eating on my meal plan. Here is basically what I will be eating today! Everyone has their own type of diet that they stick to and everyone has their own opinions. Every human body is different! This is the diet that will be working for me, so if you have a problem with it you can just take your own meal plan and stick it up your opinionated poopy butt.  I don't care! This journey is about ME! Write your own blog about your own meal plan if its that important. Here ya go...

Breakfast
Oatmeal
3 Egg Whites

Snack
1 Larabar

Lunch
 Salad w/ chicken

Snack
1 Apple

Dinner
Small Chicken Breast
Whole Wheat Pasta

Snack
1 Orange

It's kinda sad to say but I have a hard time drinking enough water. I do like drinking water out of bendy straws though. I don't know if its my weird psychological regression back to childhood, but I just love my bendy straws!! Try it sometime, bendy straws make drinking water more fun!  If you ever want to make me really happy, buy me one of these bad boys and we'll have a bendy straw extravaganza!

I need to drink a minimum of 8 glasses of water a day.  I could get into the biological mumbojumbo about why water is important, but why even go there? We all know that we need to do it, so thats what I'm going to do. Boom.

I haven't narrowed down a specific workout plan yet. But it will be around 1.5-2 hours daily! Today I am focusing on weight training. This will be the main focus throughout this journey. Tomorrow, I will update you with my training schedule and how my workout went today! To be continued my sweets....

My new love affair with acupuncture and a Lynx?

I have found my new love, Acupuncture. If you don't already know, acupuncture comes from ancient traditions, especially in oriental medicine that specializes in the treatment of several different health conditions. This is like your Grandma's old remedies on steroids. It's incredible.

Yesterday, I went into my first appointment to help treat some problems that I have been having with stress and female health issues. I went to The Oregon College of Oriental Medicine. It's pretty awesome because it is a teaching clinic. My clinician was an intern supervised by a trained acupuncturist. Why is it that whenever you go get a massage, or some type of natural treatment the clinicians always sound so peaceful and their voices are so quiet, airy and calming. In Portland, the town of free spirits and granolas I guess it is expected. I mean my intern's name was Lynx.... nuff said.

Anyway, my clinican (Lynx)  asked me about 35 million questions about my health history. They were so thorough that for some of the questions I didn't have answers! For example, she asked me which side of my head do I normally get headaches on? I don't really think about it, all I know is that it hurts and my go to OTCM (Over the counter medicine) will make it go away.

After the 35 million questions, she asked me to lay down and she said she was going to put some needles in me! Those were her exact words. Ha ha Lynx, we're not quite friends yet. Maybe at the 2nd session, but until then just keep the quiet, airy voice thing goin.

During the treatment she put 3 needles in each of my feet, 3 needles in each of my arms, 3 needles on my stomach, and 2 needles on my right thumb. I felt like I had just fallen into a cactus patch (the softest cactus patch ever). It didn't hurt at all, but it was difficult for me to relax at first knowing that I had all these pins in my body. After about 5 minutes I was able to relax a little bit. My body started to tingle and eventually  I was fully relaxed. Maybe this ancient treatment will really work??

Lynx prescribed me some herbs. She didn't say what they were or what they were for and that I was supposed to take 12 pills twice a day.  Yes 12!!!! But they're no bigger than a nerd candy. My treatment plan says to see her once a week for 8 weeks.  So, I believe I am  on my way to health perfection, one needle at a time. Thanks Lynx!

First day

Hello beautiful people! Welcome to Fitarazzi. This blog is my attempt to convince myself that its time to get in shape and get famous. HA! Well, not really but I want to get in serious shape. The best shape I have ever been in. I want to try to become a fitness model. I am inspired by what they have achieved and I want to compete with the best of the best. Please don't get it confused, I don't want to be a female bodybuilder, just a female fitness competitor/model. This blog will track my progress and have some great tips along the way. I am just your everyday girl and I want to prove that anyone, even myself is capable of incredible things.

2005

2012

2013 (Fitness Model Look, I love Pilar Sanders)

In the past I had done some modeling and I looked good, but I have never looked GREAT! My entire family stuggles with diabetes and obesity and I want to break the chain and prove something positive. Here is what I looked like back in 2005 and here is what I look like now ( geez, my tits are ENORMOUS!)... and here is what I WANT to look like. So as you can see, I have had my stuggles with weight. Its difficult to admit these things, but that's how you move forward.

I have recently had a lot of health issues come up due to my fast weight gain.  There really aren't any excuses for not being healthier, however, in the past 9 months I got married, got a boxer puppy,  quit my job, got 2 new jobs (one being my dream job), got accepted to nursing school, decided to not go to nursing school, my husband's grandfather passed away, my favorite aunt passed away, and to top it off my husband and I are getting a house. WHEW! That's a lot, and yes I attribute some of my weight gain due to my stress. When I get stressed all I want to do is sit and watch TV and eat my favorite snacks. Somehow, this removes me to a place of calm. Instead of heading to the gym, I have become stagnant. BAD BAD BAD.   

My doctors have diagnosed me as being pre-diabetic. You would think that getting this diagnosis that I would be on board with whipping myself into shape as quickly as possible, but no, the french fries and milkshakes are so much more fun than getting into shape. Pethetic, I know. But the good thing about fitness, is that its never really too late as long as you're still on this planet.

Today, I am heading to my first acupuncture treatment. Acupuncture is used to treat many different problems. I will keep you all updated with my status. Hopfully posting every day!