I only started my journey in February when my bf cousin Letty told me about the TONEITUP bikini challenge. I know many of you have heard me say it 1,000 times but I was only going to use the incentive of the prizes to lose a few pounds. Little did I know I would become addicted to the changes I was seeing in my body!
The plans and tips that TONEITUP give online was enough to get me started. My first thought was I can eat tons of veggies(cause I love them) but I would never try to eat protein powder, wheat, quinoa, or any of the health nut junk ...but I had tried every other diet to lose weight so I just went for it. I started slow with just the TONEITUP workouts on youtube and eating more veggies. I was starting to feel the better when I ate better and real heavy when I ate bad. So I was wanting the veggies and not the burgers.
I wanted to start it incorporating it in my own cooking so I started trading out one ingredient in my pantry at a time. Stevia for sugar, Olive oil for oil, wheat instead of white flour, I tried them all accepted change and gave them a real chance to be used before saying nope it taste different. I had a real plan for trying the new ingredients like whole wheat flour, I would buy it but I would make sure I used all the white flour I had in my house before trying it. After it was gone I start using the wheat and I forced myself to play with it since I didn't have a backup bag of flour in the house. Ya some of it was different but I started thinking I didn't like coffee the first time I tried it either, I had to play with it a little too.
Alot of time just by asking my TONEITUPTEAM and I found out I was just cooking/making it wrong. I tried different recipes on the web and found out it was easier than I thought.
I only liked smooth textures and hated any nuts touching my food! I didn't like change and had a huge list of stuff I don't like. I thought health nuts were just crazy! I was making it complicated when it didn't have to be. So as you can tell I had to ease into it. Now I get excited when I see something more healthy or organic at a restaurant I can try.
I really had alot to lose so I did still try to keep my calories under 1200 a day. And in the beginning I just walked. I got hurt every time I tried running so I waited for my body to strengthen up and be ready. I was carrying around all that extra weight and that was enough. I basically did some crunches in the morning and walked as far as I could in the evening and tried some more crunches at night. I started trying the TONEITUP workout in place of crunches a few times a week.
Since April I felt my body was ready for more so I got the TONEITUP nutrition plan. I was ready to commit further. I was already up to jogging 5miles a day and doing 1 TONEITUP workout a day. I dove fully into the plan and recipes. I have fully enjoyed the benefits of my hard work. I had already lost 27lbs.
In June I had another setback, my piraformis muscle had swollen and was pinching my sciatic nerve. When it got at its worst I finally went to the doctor and took the break my body needed. After the pain started feeling like it was finally going away I started only doing sciatica stretches for my workouts. After a while I felt ready and went back to walking. I am still healing so I'm taking easy and listening to my body. I tried to go bike riding in the mountains and realized my leg had lost a ton of strength and was to weak. So I had to start out by restrengthening my leg. I am finally back to doing some of the TONEITUP workouts again.
The best part is even though I got injured I kept eating lean&clean, and I kept losing. So I didn't get to discouraged. I just remained excited to get back to working out. As of last week I had lost 47lbs total. Taking pictures along the way and looking back really motivates me. My trainers Katrina & Karena really have put a creative spin on fitness. They have a amazing way of keeping me excited about fitness. I believe in the science of the TONEITUP diet plan and don't have to think about the nonsenses of a reg diet. The TONEITUP challenges are fun and the team supports each other. I see the results and I know my hard work is paying off. my journey isn't over I still have 30-40lbs to lose and alot of toning to do!
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