Thursday, October 13, 2016

Long Yard!

Denise






HEIGHT:: 5’8”
STARTING Weight on 4-25-16 : 208
TODAY’S Weight: ever changing!!
GOALS:  Fit comfy into any size 12, no muffin top and with a tight shirt!
Establish playtime on a daily basis that helps me achieve a strong body. Break old habits!
MOTIVATION and SUPPORT:  My husband, my family, my friends and my Lord.


PANDA LOG 10.13.2016




Long yard!!!

On July 22, my parents arrived from a 2700 drive from Southern California to York, PA. Immediately we started the “long yard” project. Seventy days, day and night, of very hard labor by my husband, father and son, they did the work of a full crew and did a great job. My mom and I had our projects and wedding prep going for my sons big day that all came together and looks gorgeous. I  look around and am blown away with what my family accomplished and can't believe that weeks of a torn up yard, dirt pills and sand turned into an oasis. And I'm blown away by those family members that came by our side, like my brother in law and his wife, Kim and a Pete, insisting that our project needed sod instead of the yard being seeded and going above and beyond to get some sod, Pete prepping the yard and everyone coming together to get it laid. They were right, our lush green grass helped set everything off for the wedding. My mom had the vision and my dad was the engineer and my husband and son were working along with him day and night. Friends came through in such a huge way and with all of this, the wedding was magical! 

Another awesome surprise was that my brother and sister in law showed up at the wedding. They flew in from SoCal and pulled off surprising all of us. My heart is full! My parents headed back home this morning and Kevin and I are having a day of reflecting. What a ride!




Through all of the above I feel like I did well eating healthy and moving my body, up until Sunday. Once the wedding was over I crashed which equaled sugar! I'd been staying away from bad sugars but emotional eating crept it's ugly head up and it was on. I ate cupcakes, well mostly frosting off of them, for three days straight. Today, I only ate a finger full. Lol. Ugh, I wasn't going to! My birthday is Saturday so I'm not going to be all crazy and say I'll be good from today on but, I am committing to a cleanse on Monday the 17th. What I am trying to do is get off the sugar and wheat carbs as much as possible until the 17th.

Through our seventy days of the “long yard”, I had a three week Lymes relapse, broke my toe next to my big toe on my left foot a week before the wedding and got a head cold the day after the wedding. Through everything there were only six days without moving my body. The worst part was not being able to do planks for a week due to my toe. Planks are now back in my life and from this point on I want to go further with my journey then I had before “long yard” and wedding. I'm excited for “life back to normal” but even better.

I have to give a update on my husband, Kevin. To say I'm impressed would not be enough! Through 14 hour work days seven days a week for 11 weeks, he never broke! He is now 204 and wears a size 36. On May 1st, he was 254 and wore a tight 40. Starting Monday I plan on going on the “Kevin” diet for two weeks and see what all the magic is about.

Peace,

Panda

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