Turbo Fire day 11

Hello dolls!
I know it hasn't been long since I started Turbo fire, but I wanted to take some comparison photo's from Day 1 to day 11 (today) so I could show you guys!! I woke up stoked this morning, did Turbo fire 55 burning 800 calories. I was feeling awesome, then weigh in at 11:30.. dom dom dom!! A gain, went from 147.2 to 148.2, but I remember what everyone always preaches to me. Muscle weighs more than fat, fat burns calories faster. I am at the stage of gaining muscle, becoming stronger and toning. So, I was bummed until I took my photo's. Now, granted it's not a magical change, but I can see some slight changes in my body and I can't wait to see what day 20 or even 30 looks like. I will keep up with this and I will strong, just like super women :) Hey, we can dream right? I can't believe I'm going to post these, but negative 57 lb. I'm proud of this body battle wounds or not. It's mine and it's come a long way!!

Here's my side view. I know I should have worn the same clothing, but I can't find those shorts now?!!! I think my house eats clothing :/ *eeeek!! I can see a slight difference here. My stomach isn't poofing out as much and my back seems to have toned a bit.

Here's the dreaded back fat view! *lol* I can see a difference here in my lower back where the love handles wrap around. Defiantly looking a little bit better with each day!  I feel on Fii-yahhh!!

I totally hate my stomach. When I was 16 my stomach was so flat, not toned though. Then came my wonderful blessing of a son, gahh I love him so. These battle wounds don't bother me because I created life. I think that's amazing that my body brought and carried a child into this world. Sorry for the view for you guys though. eek! Again, slight changes here again. Left side doesn't seem to be "saggy" down as much before and by the ribcage my stomach seems to be tucking in more.

Last, but defiantly not least. These jeans are a size 9. When I first bought them they were too tight and I had extreme muffin top so they went in the dresser because I wouldn't dare wear them not even around the house. Today these slide on no problem. They are a little snug in the waist more so then I like, but they don't look half bad right? Although I'm showing a gain this week I lost 1 whole inch of my stomach and gain half an inch in my arms! ( I want that muscle tone_ so that's good for me!_) Over all I'm happy with this week so far!!

Tonight I'm off with my hubby and our friend Andrew with his girlfriend to watch Jack ass 3d!! I deserve a double date with some laughter involved!! Tomorrow's workout is core 20 class + stretch 40 :) See ya later!!

Stay beautiful!!

       xxoBrittany kay*

Turbo Fire week 1......

Hello dolls,
This is going to be a short post because I am very tired! I just took my night time bath and I'm ready to lay down and relax, but I wanted to tune you guys in on my first week of Turbo Fire!! I'm so excited. I'm here to report that so far so good, I'm in love with it. I will not lie though it is VERY hard!

Day 1- Did good, Got a way with just a cramp burning 560 calories.
Day 2-was my first HIIT class, HIIT 15 and I felt like I was going to throw up, but I burned 370 calories. Day 3-went well, no problems
Day 4-Fire 55 EZ class, not it was NOT EZ, get it easy? Burned 866 calories!!
Day 5-I needed a rest day to let my body recover
Day 6-I took another rest day, body was sore!
Tomorrow is day 7 so technically my week 1 isn't over yet, but I was too excited so I had to post.

On Friday which is my official weigh in day I lost 1.1 lb. I was so ecstatic! I haven't had a good lost like that in weeks, except for the lost of water weight. Usually it's 0. something. So, I was very glad that I hung tight and finished through the workouts even when I felt like giving in. So, with that lost it put me at a total loss of 56.8 almost negative 57 pounds! It's unbelievable to me, but I am so very proud!

Tomorrow starts up a new week. This week will be a good week without having the days messed up. Since I didn't get to start on Monday which was my start day, I started on Tuesday and had to skip the Wednesday "rest day" so it kind of messed up the week, but tomorrow I am starting the week off right!!

Tomorrow's class is Turbo Fire-Fire 45 class+Stretch 10. I am pretty excited and am hoping to make a good burn. My body isn't too sore right now. I found an amazing bath salt that cost me 20 bucks, but it was well worth it. It's for sore muscles and it actually worked. So, my whole body is relaxed and I am ready to push play tomorrow afternoon.

I didn't have the best eating day yesterday and I made some poor food choices, but I know I will make up for that tomorrow and today's eating wasn't too terrible. I seem to be worse when my hubby is home. I love him being home, but for some reason he makes me feel like it's ok to splurge.

I hope everyone has had an amazing weekend and I hope your week starts off great tomorrow!!!

Stay beautiful,
   xxBrittany kayy :)

Week 1 day 1 Turbo FIRE!

Hello dolls!!
Okay, I'll start with yesterday was my 21st birthday. It was okay and could have been better, but I don't really have a lot of people in my life who care about me so the ones that do are 22 hours away and couldn't celebrate with me. Ah, well won't get into detail about people not caring because I refuse to let it get me down and I keep doing. It is what it is. I had an okay time as it became dark. My husband and I went out to Apple bee's and I got the red apple sangria. It was y u m m y!!
Anyways,
Today was week 1 day 1 of Turbo Fire and can I say I am so happy with my purchase. I watched the first dvd to learn a little bit more about the program, what it does and why. Then, I jumped into it. WOW. 44 minutes and I was beat, but I felt awesome at the same time. I was able to turn 564 calories in 44 minutes. I was hoping for 600, but I came close. I'm happy. It usually takes me using the elliptical and the treadmill to burn that. It also helped me start my water intake. Working on 6 glass right now. This program is defiantly for those who love to move around and have fun, while making changes in your body.
I can't wait to do it again tomorrow. I'm pumped!!!!!  I have all my meals for the day planned and I'm feeling like this going to be an awesome day leading into a awesome week! Since I didn't start on Monday like I had hoped I had to do Monday's workout today on Tuesday and tomorrow is Wednesday I'll do Tuesday's workout. Next week it won't be confusing because I'll just start with what they want on Monday.
The scale this morning was my friend although I was OVER calories yesterday to do the drinks, supper and birthday cake. HEY, it was my birthday and you only turn 21 one time!! I enjoyed myself with my husband and I didn't care.. well I did. I hated seeing that number that I was over. My heart sunk, but then I came back to reality. 1. I haven't been over my calories like that in a year!! 2. I don't do it everyday 3. It was my birthday 4. IT could have been worse 5. Tomorrow was a new day 6. We all have slip ups once in a while and I chose for it to be my birthday!!
The scale says 147.9 which means I've lost! Woohoo, I'm not logging it until Friday though which is my official weigh in day.
This post is going to be short, sorry people. I'm exhausted and still have cleaning to do :) I hope you all have an amazing day and remember to tell yourself " I HAVE MORE, DIG DEEPER!"
Stay Beautiful,
      xxBrittany kay*

Birthday for my little man!

Hello Dolls,
Today has been a very hectic and fun filled day! Today my little man turned four years old! Whew, I have no idea where the time as flown. It's gone by way too fast. I tried not to cry, but I choked up a few times. Dieting today didn't go to well, although I was under on calories ect.. I just ate stuff I do NOT eat. Like birthday cake, but hey I have to live a little bit right?
So anyways, this is going to be a short post. I feel like I'm getting sick again and I need all the sleep I can get because I'm starting Turbo Fire tomorrow!! So, I thought I would share some pictures from today!!

Landon man woke up this morning no longer a 3 year old, but a big 4 year old!! He's been running through the house all day screaming " I'm four, I'm four... wait am I still four?!" He is too funny. I swear this little man keeps me on my toes like no other.

Of course he woke up and started looking around the room searching for presents or how he says it "presnants!" he he he!! So we let him go at it and open his presents in his pajama's!! He loves Legos so he adores these batman and robin lego pj's!

Off to Dave and Buster's we went. We usually take him to Chuckie cheese's, but we figured this year the dining would be better for us adults while the kids could still get in some play time. Dave and Buster's was perfect. He really had an amazing time, but before we headed in I wanted to snap some pictures!!! Here's Landon man and his daddy outside of Dave and Buster's! Aren't they handsome?

I didn't get in any of the photo's because I was always behind the camera! Not because I was hiding, but because I had no one to take pictures. My husband broke his hand 2 weeks ago so he has a cast on and he couldn't really function my big camera!! I did manage to get this one which I think turned out nice!! Thank goodness I've lost 56 lbs. because I was finally happy when I quickly jumped up and grabbed the camera to see how the picture turned out. I can really see my progress here! Plus, Landon just looks too cute!

We finally got inside had our food and got into the gaming section. Landon loved it and he was saving ever single ticket for something special at the end of the day. This little booger ended up having 2,755 tickets!!! He got 2 stuffed animals. You know, they really rip you off on those points things. For a freaking lolly pop they were 700+ points?! sheeeeesh!!!

Landon and I also got this sketch photo taken of us. I just love it, I think it really came out great. I think we look a lot alike here! :)

After 4 hours we were ready to go and at first he wasn't, then I think he realized he had a big day and was tired himself!! So, daddy walked us out and I had to take this picture. Look at daddy admiring his big 4 year old man!!! I just love my boys :)

Okay, dolls, that's it for now!! Tonight at 12:38 I will be turning 21!! It's so crazy.. so I'm off to relax! Have an amazing weekend people!!!

Stay beautiful;

  xxxBrittany kay!

Just a quick blog post!

Hello dolls!!
It's Saturday and I just got home from being out and about. Now, I'm getting ready to head back out again!! Tomorrow is my sons fourth birthday so I need to get out minus him and birthday shop.Nothing like the last minute, right? Then, Monday is my birthday!! Speaking of which I'm kind of disappointed about that. One of my goals was to be 140 before my 21st birthday and I didn't quite make that this year, but I'm coming in close at 148.3. Hey, I'll take that. It's better than the 205 I weighed on my 19 birthday, and whatever weight I was last year that's for sure! I got an early birthday gift today from my in-laws! See, we have the Apple mac all in one 27 inch computer which is amazing, but my husband is on that most of the time and honestly I don't always feel like sitting at the desk after I've worked out hard. So, I got the 15 inch mac pro laptop which I'm posting from right now! I love it !! I have such an amazing family (sometimes!) Only kidding! ;)
Anyways,
Back to weight loss. TOM and/or Aunt Flo brought a lot of gain this month which I was freaking out about. Thankfully that all disappeared and I lost almost 1 lb. this week, I think 0.6 or something I'll have to double check. I'm very glad that I seen a low number on the scale! I worked out every day last week and that goes to show that if you keep doing what your doing no matter what you'll see results. Monday I plan on starting my Turbo Fire! I'm so excited about that so tomorrow after Landon's birthday party at Dave and Buster's I am going to take my before pictures, measurements and weight.
I know a lot of people are probably interested in this program so I will be making a post later Monday to say my initial reviews on the program and I hard the first day was ect. I'm pretty sure its going to be hard, but I'm excited for that. It's what my body needs. It needs to be pushed and I need to tell myself I can do it and actually do it.
Okay,
Well, that's all for today folks! I hope you guys have an amazing weekend and I'll see you guys Monday!
tootles~
   Stay beautiful,
          Brittany Kay :)

Turbo Fire arrived!

Hello dolls!
As you can tell by the title my Turbo Fire kit arrived today! I was getting ready to get on my treadmill when I looked out the front window and saw a white box... I run outside I didn't even expect it to be for me and on the side it said......"Get hot!" I knew it was my box then!! I ran in and I wanted to tear right into it, but I knew I wanted to run so I did my treadmill and then got off to open the box! Don't worry I took pics to show you what all is in the box and boy can I tell you I am freaking stoked to start this program Monday! Here's a few pictures of what it looks like!

This is what the box looks like when you open it! Does it not look so fresh and healthy! I felt like it was Christmas and was so excited!

Here you can see the 2 books, the 5 day inferno booklet, and the disc box there in the back. You get 11 disc in the set. 1 book explains all about the program and even gives you recommendations on shoes and types of clothing to wear.

                    It also came with this so you can record your measurements, but how     encouraging are those words! I loved that! It gets me very motivated and excited!

And last but not least here's the schedule so you can keep track of your workouts. I can't wait to have this hanging up beside my desk!

This weekend I plan on taking my dreaded before photo's. It's funny those photo's shouldn't be so dreaded anymore minus 55 pounds, but they are. I can't wait to watch my progress and feel the burn with this workout program! I'm very excited to start this and finish through. I believe it's 12 weeks. I can do this! 

On another note the scale was down a bit this morning to 149.9 and Aunt Flo made her dreaded visit with a bang. Cramps and bloating are still bad, but I'm just glad its here so I can move forward and maybe have a good weigh in next week! Now, I gotta run! I have to give the little man a bath and straighten my hair before bedtime. We have school tomorrow and I do mean WE. Tomorrow is my volunteer day so it will be a filled day with 11 pre-schoolers! Wish me luck :)

Stay beautiful,

   Brittany kay*

Good and bad day!

Hello dolls!
Today started off badly! I know that your not supposed to weigh yourself daily and usually I don't! I chose for Friday's to be my official weigh in days here at home, but the last week has been troubling me. My last official weigh in I was hitting the scale at 148.8!! I was so proud of myself, so amazed and so happy to log that weight in. Then it went up to 149.0. OK, not bad. Next thing you know I'm feeling extremely bloated! My clothes don't look the way I want them, I don't feel good and I'm weighing in at 151.5 , then 152.8 and now today 150.8. Of course I checked the calender and bam aunt Flo is due for a visit, in now 3 days. I've got the cramps, the back pain, the headache and def. the bloating. So, I've been researching and researching. I've come across that DUH! we do gain weight during our TOM (time of month) We can gain anywhere between 2-7 lbs! So, I'm guessing that is my problem. It's just aunt Flo!!
I've continued eating correctly, getting in my 8+ glasses of water and working out. Even though I know what the problem is now it's not helping me feel any better what so ever.
So, today I didn't think I was going to work out. I've been sitting at the computer beating myself up about this gain. I know I shouldn't be, but I just can't help it! What I did do was after I dropped my little guy off at pre-school I came home and got on the elliptical outside. I was only able to do 20 minutes because then it was time to go back and get him! Which, I'm never late for because I miss him something terrible when hes there. So within that 20 minutes I was able to burn 224 calories. It wasn't the number I was hoping for, but I managed to do something right?
So, I go off to retrieve my little guy and when I get home I decided I was going to go for a jog. I look outside and BAM its raining. As a matter of fact we have tornado watches out for our area until 6 pm. tonight. I pulled out the treadmill and busted my butt! I burned 342 calories in 34 minutes. I have this awesome little app on my ipod touch that's called "Couch to 5k". It has you walk to warm up, then jog for a minute and then walk for 1:30 seconds. Back and forth for 30 minutes and then theres a 5 minute cool down! It's actually really cool for the price! (99. cents_)
So, today's total calorie burn came out to 566 calories! Could have been better, but I consider it great since I wasn't even going to workout because I was dwelling on aunt Flo!
Now, I just have to play the waiting game. Wait for aunt Flo to make her visit, continue what I'm doing and hopefully watch the scale go DOWN.
I have a ton of calories left for the day and I have everything logged including my supper. I like to plan ahead because it helps me stay focused. I only have 4 glasses of water in right now though so I need to push that to at least 8 before bed time. I currently have a major headache right now though, so I'm about to try to relax and watch a little t.v :)
For more exciting news my Turbo fire is due to arrive at my house via Fed Ex Thursday morning! That's my volunteer day up at the school so I should have an awesome surprise on my desk when I get home at 11:30!! I'm starting the program Monday!!! I'll let you know how the first day is!
I hope everyone has had a great day today. I know that even though my day started out like crap, it gradually got better. Not the best day, but better than before!
So, how has your day been today? Are you stressing about anything? Just try to make the best of it and continue in everything that your doing! Remember.... it may be cloudy now, but it can't rain forever!

xxStay beautiful!
     -Brittanykay*

Turbo Fire Workout.mp4

First major step to dropping the weight!

Hi dolls!!
This is going to be a very exciting blog post, well to me at least! Yesterday I was on the couch thinking about weight loss and how much weight I've lost. A big part of me wants to be super duper proud because 55 pounds is a big number to me especially since that's the amount I've lost, not gained. While thinking about that I got up and walked to the bathroom. I stood just looking in the mirror trying to see just where I had really lost that 55 pounds. My stomach is flabby, my legs and arms are jiggly.. and nothing honestly is toned.. at all! I do have to admit I haven't had any intense workouts that would tone any of those things up. I mainly run, do my elliptical and I had in the past done Jillian's 30 day shred, but didn't stick with it.
Anyways,
Some of you may or may not know, but I am a makeup junkie. I love doing my makeup, others makeup and I love collecting makeup from different collections that are released. I stay up the night before just so I can place my order. Well, I have been waiting for 2 months for MAC's Venomous villain's collection to be released. The money I planned on spending was in the bank. I was ready to go! Then, I started reading up on Turbo Fire. Yes, I said Turbo Fire. I know a lot of people are raving about it, loving it and are actually seeing results. I had thought about insanity or p90x, but my beach body coach didn't really recommend those programs because they require lifting and such. I have an AC separation in my shoulder currently. I'm not going to go into detail about it, but basically my shoulder is broken and has been for 2 years. I cringe at the fact that I need surgery. *eeeeek! So she suggested Turbo Fire. So, the money I had been saving for that makeup collection I spent on the beach body website so I could get Turbo fire! I am so excited to start this program and I'm so excited that I decided to buy something to better my body instead of cosmetics!!
I am hoping that I am Strong enough to do it.. no I'm not hoping I know I am Strong enough. Granted I will probably most likely feeling like fainting, but I AM strong enough.
I plan on taking before photo's so that I can track my progress. I will be posting comparison photo's on here and I'm also going to be updating each week that I finish. I wanna blog about how that week went, if I lost anything, If I see any changes and how I'm liking the program. I will hope some of you will follow me and watch me as a I go through the journey of changing my body!!! Maybe, just maybe I will inspire some of you to start on your lifestyle change or get you into a new workout program!!



Turbo Fire: What is it?

TurboFire^® is the intense new cardio conditioning program

from fitness innovator Chalene Johnson. She'll help you get leaner with exercises that burn up to 9x more fat than regular cardio does. And with more than 20 smoking-hot music remixes, TurboFire will pick you up and push you past your limits.

Chalene's New to Class option also gives you the breakdown on how to do each move with the right form.

So forget the excuses. Forget the gym. Now the hottest classes in Southern California come to you.



Check out Turbo Fire here! :  http://www.beachbody.com/product/fitness_programs/turbofire.do?tnt=TF_FOLD_B1&code=BBHOME_CONTROL_TF

My order was shipped today and I can NOT wait to receive it in the mail!!! So, do any of you have Turbo fire? Have you tried it? Have you seen results and do you LOVE it? Let me know in the comments I love feedback!

P.s I'm going to post the video on another post because I can't get the video in this one!

xxBrittany

A very big accomplishment for me!!

Hello dolls,
    Today has started out great for me and I wanted to share it. I want climb on top of a building and scream it from the roof tops!! 


Reached my second major goal today!!! I am so excited! I got on and off the scale about 6 times, then finally got off and did a happy dance around my bathroom!! I weigh in my undies so... I'm glad no one else seen that! **LOL** 


I started my journey weighing 204.8 and I'm 5'7 for reference! My first big goal was to be 170. That's exactly what I wanted to be when I first started and I made it when I thought I never would!! 
Then it was to be 160... and I made it!! 

I began having this problem where I look in the mirror and say " Whoa, how can I have lost 50+ pounds and still look the same!! Whats wrong with me", then I look at my before picture and I realize that "No, I do NOT look the same!! This is really happening for me and I'm doing it the healthy way. Living a lifestyle change, not a diet!" 

Now today I weigh 150.8!!! I am so proud of me!! * 9.8.2010* 

When I first started I felt miserable and I remember crying myself to sleep because it was SO hard and I knew for sure I wouldn't even be strong enough to lose 10 lbs and look at me, I've lost 53 so far!!!!! 

I wanted to share a comparison photo for ya'll... sooo.... 

So, I wanted to say to all of you who may have really bad days, who think they aren't strong enough and that you'll never do it.. YOU WILL, YOU ARE STRONG ENOUGH,you have the willpower and your bad days will get better. 

Tomorrow is always a new fresh day and you will succeed. Please NEVER EVER give up. You can be ANYTHING you want to be. You have the choice, so choose it! 

I am so thankful for the people I've been blessed with and the people I've learned from. My journey has been amazing and I still have some to lose, but today is the day where I realize all the days I had sore muscles, the days I was still hungry, but had no calories left that it was all worth it. That my life will be longer, my smile will be bigger and I will be happy with who I see in the mirror! 

                      Stay beautiful!!! 

                    -Brittany kay xoxox