So I know what you are all thinking…wait didn’t you just have surgery last week? And the answer is YES! I pretty much had an upper back lift and my surgeon, Dr Beck, removed a good amount of excess skin from…well my upper back. I had that surgery last Wednesday June 21 and it was done under local anesthesia. So yes I was awake for it. I did feel a little pain and discomfort, however I was a little shocked at how calm I was. I had my check up with him yesterday (June 26) and will briefly share wth you how that went before we get into what I will be having done tomorrow!So to begin, it would not be a post surgery check up without me almost passing out. I don’t know what happens to me, or why this always happens. Every time I go in after surgery and he is checking out the incisions, I begin to get really hot and I feel my eyes rolling to the back of my head and begin really sweating. So he will lay me in the chair, lay the chair all the way back and we will all wait for me to
So lately I have been getting a lot of questions about good workout routines and what I would recommend or what I do or did. I am working on getting together some of my favorite at home workouts and videos I like following. I know going to the gym or paying a membership fee is expensive and we cannot all afford it. Trust me I know. I wish I could get a membership everywhere haha BUT that does not mean that you cannot still get a killer wokout from the comfort of your own home! So in the meantime while I round up all of my favorite at home workout as well as get together my current workout routine, I thought that I would share with you a GREAT at home workout that my trainer Bo came up with a few weeks ago for one of our group Saturday classes. Do not worry about if you cannot do all of the reps, just do as many as you can. For us, class was one hour long and we got through as much as we could. I think I was close to finishing, but had a few left that I did not
“The distance between your dreams and reality is called action.” – Unknown I get asked all the time what my secret is, what I did to stay motivated, how did I manage to keep going…to be honest I just wanted it bad enough. It took hard work. Taking it one day at a time. Staying true to my path and my goal. It took action. The reality is it takes hard work, Sacrifice, Discipline and taking it one day at a time. For me, that was key. Taking it one day at a time. One of my trainers told me something on the first day I started working out at my gym. This was true for me when he told me, and still is to this day, I use it as my own motivation everyday. He said “take it one day at a time. Focus on winning that day. If you eat clean, and get your workout in thats all that matters, you win that day. Dont worry about losing 5, 10, 500 pounds. Focus on winning each day.”That could not be more true. For me, needing to lose over 300 pounds was very overwhelming. When I looked at the big picture of needing to lose that much weight, I felt
Where does the time go? Seriously how can it be 6 months already since my second skin removal surgery and 10 months since my first surgery!?!? I feel like I blinked and here we are. Although I have to admit, while I was going through the healing, time definitely did not fly by…time actually stood still haha. There is a lot of talk and debate regarding the whole skin removal surgery process. Some people are all for it, while for others they choose not to have their excess skin removed. There are also those who think its not right and not needed and consider it a “cosmetic procedure”. Don’t get me started on that one…I will save that for another day and another blog. Whether you choose to have your excess skin removed, or not is a very personal decision and it is completely up to the person going through it. For me, after losing over 300 pounds, It was very much needed, my skin caused me a lot of physical and mental pain. So whatever your decision is on it, or wherever you stand its ok. I am just sharing with you my experience and my journey of going through the process