Rock n Roll Las Vegas this Weekend!!!

I'm a little sick but I'm committed to try and complete it.

5k in 67 min 600 calorie burn. Jogged about two laps of it. Proud of myself. Now for a swim. <Elvia>

4 miles in 1.5 hours on treadmill. At a range of 2.6 to 2.8. 3.1 at the end. It hurt but felt good at the end. <Elvia> <Elvia>

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82 more days until Rock in Roll Las Vegas half marathon. I walked 4 miles last night and feel good. My calfs are sore but all around I am feeling good. I weighed in this morning and I am down to 357.something. :)

5202 steps <Elvia>

ohh my---90 days from half marathon

Yikes. I need to get crackin'!!! This week i aim to really work the ww program and walking at least an hour a day.

(2/3) I belonged to my self completly did I become capable of giving myself to another, of fing joy in desire, pleasure in our

(3/3) love, power in this body no one else owns." - Dorothy Allison, from Two or three things i know for sure <Elvia>

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"women lose their lives not knowing tghey can do something different...I claimed myself and remade my life. Oonly when I knew

(2/2) JPH overland park, ks <Elvia>

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Why I run "My motto is, 'Be the Turtle. It's not about how fast you go- you're training for life. JUST KEEP MOVING FORWARD!'"

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Cobble creek and twin creek and citrus providence ranch harrison chandler to archibald <Elvia>

3.3 miles with sylvia and yvonne at Riverwalk Park. Good walk but i need to be consistant.

358.8 Woo Hoo

I had a great weigh in. I have lost a total of 30 pounds so far!!!!!! I feel great.

Mar v. Tay

I weighed in for the Martinez v. Taylor weight loss challenge I came in at 358.4 which would be great but Im going to wait to celebrate until my ww mtg.

River Walk Park this morning Solita – 3 mi / 01:00 20:00 pace

I walked it alone this morning and pushed myself a little harder than usual. My time was 10 minutes faster and I felt a lot better afterwards, not so winded. I could walk around my neighborhood but I just love the trail in Norco. There are so many butterflies, bunnies, and little lizards running around and the view is amazing. In the distance I can see the Norconian where Enrique and I had our wedding reception, so its an extra bonus view. :)

364.6: .2 weight loss

My weight loss was very low, really non-existent but its something. I feel good any how. After the meeting I took off to the River Walk Trail and walked. Afterwards I went to a WW meeting since we only weighed in this morning. I'm glad I went it helps to stay at the meetings and get a little more extra motivation who are struggling like you.

Tomorrow- 3rd week back on WW

I wonder how I did. I feel good. But I know I can do better. I have kept up with my water aerobics and I walked twice on the trail this week. I'm trying to find a balance between sitting on my duff twiddling my fingers to obsessing how many times I hit the gym in one day. Until tomorrow morning. :) el

Falling, Fall, Fell

It was a beautiful cool night but my clumsy self fell at the half way point. I scared my nephew to death but I survived and finished the walk. It was a 3 mile walk today. It was lovely. i say you need to fall a couple a times a year to keep you grounded. haha so i say. we'll see what my body tells me tomorrow

Water Aerobics- 1 HR

The instructor kicked my butt, I still feel sore. The class is getting really popular, I need to remember to get there early so I can score some weights. It was good to go it alone because I focused more on my balance.

Elvia posted a swim on dailymile.

Elvia swam for 1 hour and felt great.

Trail Blazer Sisters

I meet up with my sister this morning to walk the trail after my WW meeting. We walked it in 71 mins. It used to take me 90 mins because we strolled it most of the time but today I pushed myself and it was so hot. It was harder because of lack of sleep, water, and food but I got it done. 71 mins counting a five minute bathroom break, not bad elvia...not bad.

I like walking with Sylvia we play catch up on each others lives. Well, mostly her life since I'm trying to catch my breath keeping up. We saw loads of yellow and black butterflies, bunnies, and dragonflies. I love walking that trail. It also got me to focus on the long road ahead for training for this half-marathon in Vegas. At one point during the walk I was thinking I was crazy to think I could do it by December. But when we got to the end and I realized we got it done faster, I know it's just that ugly demon that likes to spit out spew and not the truth. That I am amazing and strong and I can do anything. :)

364.8- WooHoo WI

So for the past two months I spent it going up and down the scale from 375 all the way down to 360. But the last two weeks I made a commitment to stick it through and re-join ww and actually use the gym I pay for every month. It worked, my initial weigh-in was 371.6 and today I weighed in at 364.8. Woop Woop! :) Very proud. I need to stop half-assing the program and just get it done. 

Bravo Elvita, Bravo!!

1st weigh tomorrow since my first week back to WW

I had a really good work out at the gym today. I did an hour of aqua aerobics on top of an hour of swimming. It was very relaxing. i hit the jacuzzi and the sauna as well and loved every minute of it except for the smell of chlorine that lingered all morning, even after two showers. ugh. 

But than a double ugh or not resisting temptation and adding the small frosty to my light lunch. I could have had another subway 6 inch cold cut for 6 points, but no I had the 7 point frosty. tss tss. But I am over it and I stayed within my points. I can't weight for tomorrow. I had some questionable decisions through the week but overall I think I did pretty good. I really want to fight of the 360s this month and maybe even a little of the 350s. Even Ruby is out of the 350s. Need to really work the program and continue to move forward. :)

love you elvia susana

Martinez/Taylor Weight Loss Challenge

Weigh-In tomorrow! We'll see how we did. I have been walking again with Sylvia. I need to keep it up. 

63 mins 2.60 miles trendmill at 24hr in corona <Elvia>

Need another jump start

I have been out of it for the past couple of weeks. I should have kept up WW or Boot Camp. But money is tight..but that doesn't stop drive-thrus and daily iced coffees in the morning. So you can make sacrifices if you want too. I have not hit the gym in two weeks and I missed the last 5k I signed up for. I promised myself I would train for the RnR 1.2 marathon and I'm left with 150 or so days left to train. So I need to focus and go back to baby steps to adult steps. So snap out of it Elvia and get to it. 

p.s. I was weak and allowed Enrique to buy a chocolate cake and bring it home. ugh. 

363----but waiting until Sunday to Post

I had a bad food day but a good workout day. I was only able to get some walking done not the full 3 miles I was hoping for but half. I did not want to push myself to much. I do love walking outside much more than inside. :)

Rock N Roll Las Vegas- December 6th

I am going to start training for two marathons. The first will be on my birthday weekend in Las Vegas, a half marathon. 13.1 miles!!! And the second and the one Hector is helping me train for is a full marathon (26.2 miles) at Rock n Roll San Diego, which is a year from now. I have a 5k I am walking this coming weekend in Corona. It's for Sylvia's work and she is planning it. I convinced Yvonne and her family to join me. I am hoping to convince my hubby to trek it as well. I walked 3 miles tonight with Prissy and the baby. I want that to be my regular workout. A 5k at least every other day. Hector has me on a plan. Eventually moving up to 4+miles on some weekends. I really want to decrease my pace time. I'm at 18-20 minutes a mile. I need to get under 18 minutes a mile if I want to keep under the time limit for the 1/2 marathon. 

I also worked out at home. Made my self a little area in the living room. I have my yoga mat, step, and weights...as well as my own body. 

Ruby walk across America--- a must do

Los Angeles
Saturday, July 11
Oceanfront, adjacent to Santa Monica Pier
Santa Monica, CA 90401

365

Get Fit Corona Bootcamp- Final Week and Weigh-In

After four weeks of huffing and puffing every MWF from 6:15 am to 7:15 am, and on top of other workouts I have lost:

2 inches from my waist and chest each

1 1/2 inches from my thighs and arms each

I am down 11 pounds from starting the boot camp and down 15 percent body fat!!!!! I started at 59% and am now at 44%. I could not believe it. I am REALLY proud of myself. All the hard work is paying off. I'm going to sign up for the next set of classes. 

Run with the Panthers 5K

 BIB #:246  TIME: 57:07 32 PACE: 18:23 

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It was a fun 5K, I would do it again. In fact I'm going to use the 5Ks to measure my performance in my weight loss and making my body stronger and healthier. I am very proud of my accomplishment. O'm just disappointed with my eating over the weekend. So I am going to up my workouts. This is my last week of bootcamp. I am going to do another round. It has helped me and I look forward to the morning workouts..

369

I completed my first 5k this morning! <Elvia>

I'm a Fish

I joined 24 Hour FItness last week and have been taking advantage of the water aerobics classes. After my boot camp class in the morning. I stopped by the house had a light breakfast and headed to a one hour class and topped it off with another hour of swimming. I was really proud of myself.  I'm also proud that tomorrow will be the day I walk my first 5k. One day I will run it and perhaps a marathon in the future. But for tomorrow, it's a start and I am looking forward to it. :)

1 hr boot camp 1 hr water aerobics 1 hr swimming laps <Elvia>

Biggest Loser tonight--- so many tears

I could not stand Tara and Ron from the beginning of the show but they were so inspiring tonight. I think Tara would be a great role model and BL Winner. So I am rooting for her or Mike. But Ron just got me tonight. My dad has been battling his weight for years and now his diabetes and weight is crushing his bones and wreaking his organs. And here I am still overweight and overeating still today. I have been doing so great but the food is so hard. I was like Tara I went from one compulsion to the next. I starting working out two three hours a day. And now I am at a point where I am just tired and not seeing the weight loss I want. But I have to keep trucking.

I feel accomplished and good. Working out is trully my morning coffee. 

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240 cal 1.13 miles 30 mins at 2.4 to 2.5 plus 20 mins of strength training with John. My arms are jello but I feel

Woo Hoo

370

I lost another 4.4 pounds. I was bad and got weighed on Saturday at a WW meeting instead of waiting until today my usual weigh in day. On Saturday I weighed 372.2. But I am going to stick to my Monday morning weigh-ins. I bought a new scale on Sunday with YM. I had taken my old scale to work for the Walking Club but my lovely students broke it within a few days. I like this new one, its digital. I really need to work on not being obsessed with weighing in every day. It's a lot of fun and very supportive to have YM to work and talk out with. She has been an amazing rock. JB and SC have also been great supporters. I worked out with JB on Friday night. It was fun because I was telling her about my great adventures as a Chubby Go Lucky she was surprised all the BS I have to deal with. The topic came up because two stupid people said the typical FAT comments to me at 24 hour fitness. 1. The trainer showing us around the gym asked if I was Samoan or Hawiian. I'm sure a loads of Chubby Mexicans get this or anyone Fat and Brown. I said "nope, Mexican. My friend over there grew up in Hawaii", pointing to JB on the elliptical machine. 2. At the steam room, I got a mouth fulls of free advice from a man with a big pot belly himself. He blurted out every few minutes random bits "Only do swimming. Don't do elliptical..you don't want to have a heart attack. Have you talked to your doctor. Take it easy. You should be careful, people with high blood pressure should not be in here." I said, "I don't she does though" pointing to JB next to me.  I finally poked JB for us to take off. On our way home JB told me I should right about this stuff. I told her I have. Blogging has been another great support and outlet. So thanks blog. :) Until next time. 

"You are what you do....first do good, then feel good" <Elvia>

623 2.78 65mins 2 percent incline <Elvia>

Get Fit Elvia!

374.4

Last night I spent it waking up every half hour worried that I slept in and did not make my 6:15am Bootcamp class. Alas it was 5:45am and I got my body up and rushed to the park where fit and chubbies got their asses kicked. I was worried if my body was able to handle what ever was tossed to me, but it was a good class. Everyone was supportive, including the gang at my WW meeting a half an hour later. 

I was really aiming for a high weight loss since I flatlined last week. I should be happy that I lost another 1.6 pounds off this body but it still irked me a bit....well a lot. I know that it will happen slowly but surely but I would have hoped with all the extra on top of extra activity would have shown on that damn flat square.

I'm meeting my sis tonight to work out as we have planned to do every night this week. I am also going to change up my diet by eating 6 smaller meals instead of 3 big ones. I have been sticking to my WW points (ok except for one day) but even than I only used half my extra 35 I get for the week. 

So I did some research last night at the bookstore and since I'm pre-diabetic anyway, I'm going to start eating like one. WW is great but I think I need something more detailed and specific to me. I really love livestrong.com it has a lot more tools to help you see your intake of food and your outtake of calories, by tracking all of my exercising. 

There are two other things that could have stunted my weight loss: 1. I waited too long between meals sometimes. 2. Some days I don't think I ate enough. With all the exercising and activities I have been doing I think my body held on to gordura instead of burning it. So here goes nothing. I'm not jumping ship. I was successful before and back than I did not have perfect weeks. I just need to continue to push through and see what works for me. 

Daily Affirmation: You kicked ass in class and did not complain. Keep up the good work. 

I think im a closeted runner. There was a point i started jogging and it felt so good. <Elvia>

538cal burned 2.64 miles 60mins on treadmill at 2.8 <Elvia>

Let it go...Let it Flow

I'll make it short and sweet. I feel good tonight like I usually do from a good workout. My goal for next week is to get my self into a routine that my body can adjust to. I think I need to have my workouts be in the morning since it acts as my coffee. Which I have not had in weeks. I also cut red meat. Not forever but I just prefer fish, turkey, and chicken. Veggies have been a great replacement as well. I made a delicious pasta with red pepper sauce and loaded veggies. Broccoli, Asparagus, Cabbage, Tomato, Zucchini.... it was so yummy and it kept me full. For dinner Enrique and I split a Subway Club. So far so good this week. I have not used my extra 35 points and I have kept it to or under my WW points. The weekends are hard for me. So I want to keep myself very busy. So much for short and sweet. :)

p.s. I joined Fitness19 today and worked out tonight with YM and PM, it was just what I needed after my topsy turvy day. 

I heart my family

Yo adoro mi familia. From the oldest to the youngest.. have really helped motivate me and keep me on track with my health journey. I got my butt kicked tonight. I had a ho hum day but Yvonne called and we decided to meet to work out tonight alongside her daughter, Prissy. They really pushed me and inspired me to work out hard tonight. The kids that my siblings have made are amazing. They are honest to goodness good people and I am so honored to be a part of their lives. 

Prissy really stepped it up and became my "trainer" tonight. She walked me through different exercises that she is grilled on at PE. I huffed and puffed but she got me through it. It hit me at that moment tonight how even the youngest members of my family can help, if I just ask.  It's not that I just discovered I was fat but becoming comfortable to talk openly with my family about our gordura and specifically about mine has really lit a fire in all of us. 

Today I let my no weight loss get to me. I know I shouldn't have focused on it but I could not help it. I stayed within in my WW points and I met with my new trainer to evaluate me for the upcoming Bootcamp I'm starting on Monday. Although I was doing something incredible for myself I could not help but feel so defeated when I walked into the door and meet Frances.  And went through my workout and health (or lack there of) history. So tonight really helped flip that around. This journey is not going to be easy but I know each day will bring me closer to the life I really am meant to live. Sometimes it feels like I have to battle each hour but it so damn good to know I have a support system behind me that will love and guide me through my ho hum and dark days. :) 

The Tortoise Go Lucky

376

I stayed the same this week, and I'm okay with it. I have been walking a lot and eating right but I think too much of a change in my diet has made my system feel very bloated. My brother let me borrow his Vitamix and I love using it. I have been making green smoothies galore and also cooking at home more again with a lot of veggies. I just need to keep on trucking and know that some weeks I'll see it on the scale and other times I won't. But overall I feel really good. I went for an hour walk this morning before my WW meeting. Corona has small hills every where so I even when I walk around the neighborhood I definitely feel the burn. Tomorrow I have my evaluation with my new trainer. I'll be starting a Boot Camp next week. I think it will be a great jump start. Wish me luck!

Daily Affirmation: I am so proud of my small accomplishments this week and I love the healthy woman I am becoming. 

Ho Hum

Today was an unfocused day. It was a series of spurts I needed to get done. I think I made the mistake of waiting to long to eat my lunch. It was healthy but I could have cut back. My dinner was Chinese take out, and yes I did not order what I would have loved to order (bbq pork and orange chicken) but I could have had a lighter dinner. Today I was just over my points by 1.5. This week I really want to stay within my point range. I need to stay focused everyday and not let myself get into the self-distraction/destruction mind set. I also did not get my activity in. So I really need to push myself tomorrow.

I spoke to my dad this afternoon and the reason why I need to do this for myself became so clear. Sometime I want to block it out, but my family medical history is very ugly and I really need to wake up and see the reality.  I think it would break my dad's  heart if I developed the same medical problems he has been battling all these years.  I also really need to step up and support him in his loss as well. Wake up, Elvia! 

Walking the Talking

I lost 3.2 this week. I just need to have confidence of the work that I am doing between WW meetings. I am very happy but I know some weeks are not going to reflect that much weight loss. I just need to keep working the program with all the tools. I texted my family because we all need to work on our health and support one another. We did it before, right before my wedding. We had a family version of the biggest loser. My husband and I lost but not that much. I have the time and energy now to focus on myself. Before I add any little ones to the picture, I really want to work on myself and the areas in my life that I have been ignoring.

Daily Affirmation:
I rocked. I am proud of this week's success and that I pushed myself. I need to go further. I am proud that I went walking to my WW Monday morning meeting when our car was having trouble to start. I need to keep that attitude. When hurdles comes up, tackle it straight on and come up with other options. love- el

Weigh In Worries

Tomorrow morning I will wake up do the usual morning ritual, looking for clothes light as a feather in order to not get those extra ounces on the WW scale. I have been on and off WW for over 4 or 5 years maybe more and have been up and down the damn scale. I have left and came back. I started up again last April when other co-workers were also joining. A year later I was at the same weight. 

Since visiting my OBGYN again over a year ago and being told that I must lose 80+ pounds before he could help me conceive, I am still here. I am still here when I have a father with severe diabetes and a grand father with clogged arteries. A grandmother who passed away to young from the same diseases. I have aches and pains. I don't like the way I feel emotionally or physically. So why I am still here in the very high 300s. Why am I playing with life and those around me. 

A few things finally got me moving to the right direction again. The biggest slap in the face was my 5 year old nephew Robby, who on a normal night just hanging out in the yard turned and looked at me and said, "Why don't you want to have a baby?" Not why don't you have one. In just a few seconds my little nephew got me, GOT ME GOOD. A good dose of what the hell are you doing and if a child is what you really want than why are you headed in the wrong direction. 

I am not a little girl anymore, I am a woman. I have been through a lot of hurdles and pain in life but luckily I have had more joy and love. But the kicker is how am I loving me? How am I appreciating my life that God has given me? How do nourish? How often do I embrace myself in all the support, kindness, and love I show others. Not very much, and it needs to stop. 

I maybe chubby, you can even call me fat to my face because that is my reality. But I am lucky in love and joy, I bring to my life everyday by opening my eyes and praising God for this new day. To live it out, OUT LOUD and in the NOW. As I used to proclaim in college all over on walls and to friends as a reminder. But again the messenger sometimes misses the message. But here I am on the eve of another weigh in, at my WW meetings. I should not enter it with fear but with the hunger of seeing my hard work and the awakening of new knowledge and how to better take care of my body completely. 

Daily Affirmation:

I am beautiful, from the roundness of my ass to my dark skin, to my beautiful almond eyes. I am a good person with rivers and valleys in my soul ready for my journey.