Andrea's space

Ok, I guess Im doing this right, Im starting to get friend requests from other people in the million pound challenge.  Hello, I know I havent properly greeted you all yet, I will start being more committed to this page.

 

So Brian and I have been doing pretty okay.  We were both so sore last week from our workouts that it was hard to push ourselves much harder.  Already though the workouts are causing less pain, so its getting better.  Soon we'll start pushing ourselves a lot harder.  We've been doing mainly body weight exercises and lots of walking and Ive been boxing on my heavy bag. 

Last night we didnt get our workout in until after 10pm.  It was a nice workout though.  We found a park that has a nice walking path in it.  So we walked and made "stations" where we did different exercises at. 

Eating is our downfall.  We have to get a handle on that.  Brian has been heavy his whole life.  His brothers are all heavy.  Its almost like its encouraged in his family to eat as many goodies and bad for you things as possible. Its just been that way always for him.  Me, I used to be in really good shape.  I used to be able to watch what I ate.  Then somehow just the last 4 years, I stopped being able to control my urges to eat.  I actually eat more junk than Brian does at this point.  And its almost a compulsion.  Im not even hungry and I still will dive into something. 

Brian and I talked last night, we have to now kick it up a notch.  We're not so sore anymore, so we need to start pushing ourselves a lot harder during our workouts. 

Ok, I am completely confused.  I want to be a part of the million pound challenge that they announced last night on the show.  My husband and I want to

do this together.  I read the information and I filled out the form, I made this space.  But I dont know what it is Im to do!  Who is checking up on this to make sure we are updating it each week?  Who is reading this?  I dont know if this is right or not.  Im completely lost. 

Just in case someone IS reading this, which I doubt, there has to be millions of people entering this....anyway, here is our story.

I (Andrea) was always the skinny girl all through high school.  Very shy, not outgoing at all, I never participated in sports, I never tried in gym class, I barely passed gym class.  I graduated and put on a little weight, enough that I actually looked good.  I also became very fit too.  I used home videos, I had tons of workout equipment at home, I joined various gyms through the years.  I started taking karate and earned my black belt.  I got very interested in kickboxing and was doing pretty good at it too.  I had good muscle tone and was very fit from my early 20s until I was about 32.  Then I dont know what happened to me.  I  became very unmotivated, lazy.  I lost all interest in martial arts.  I spend the majority of my time in front of the computer or TV.  I went from 125lbs to my current weight of 157.  I am extremely out of shape.  I have high blood pressure and am medicated for it.  Ive been struggling with depression for the past 2 years as well.  Im very unfit.  I get winded quickly.  Im embarrassed to go out in public because Im so uncomfortable in my body.  I want nothing more than to be heatlhy and fit again.  I want to get back into competetive kickboxing someday.  I want to wear a bikini at the beach again.  I want to feel good again. 

 

I dont want to speak for Brian, who isnt here at the moment, so I'll let him later tell you about himself.  He weighs over 300lbs right now though and wants to lose 100lbs. 

 

We decided that we were going to try to do some of the challenges that are done on the show whenever possible.  Obviously we cant pull hot air balloons through our neighborhood, but we did run up a steep long hill and back like they did on the show last night.  It was terrible.  We both were seeing stars and gasping for breath only a minute into the run, which quickly turned into a walk.  It was very upsetting to both of us to see just how unfit we are.  It took us a long time to recover from that as well.  We are going to return to the hill on April 1st to see how much our endurance has increased with our workouts the next 3 months. 

 

Im trying to figure out an eating plan that we can both live with.  We are the most unhealthy eaters that I know.  I cant tell you the last time I had a vegetable.  We eat fast food most of the time.  We eat late meals very frequently.  We eat snack food.  We do not drink nearly enough water.  So Im going to spend a lot of time trying to work something out for us so that we can eat healthier.