RAGAZZA_'s SparkPeople Blog

Gained Weight... Starting this again

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:23:06 EST

hey guys! I've been really ghost since August, when I lost 51lbs. I ended up leaving Orlando and moving back to South Florida. The boyfriend and I broke up (my own doing), although we are working things out. (nothing bad happened, just a difference in the way we see our future and things we have to work out)

Being back home, around my friends, and the lifestyle that made me get up to 205lbs started creeping up again. I've been weighing myself but didn't really think much of it be...

51 pounds GONE and what I've learned!

Sat, 11 Aug 2012 21:10:38 EST

I remember my first week on SparkPeople I saw a blog that said "Things I learned when I lost __ pounds". I can't remember how much the weightloss was, the persons name, or much less what was said, but I do remember reading that blog and saying to myself, "I can't wait to write a blog like that when I lose my 50lbs!" As I've said (I think in every single blog lol) my original goal was 155lbs and today, weigh in day, I weigh 154.2lbs! That means I'm official at 51 pounds lost! FIFTY ONE!! I ha...

Excited for these changes!

Mon, 6 Aug 2012 22:33:08 EST

So there's been a lot going on lately but the biggest change has been my choice to move back down to South Florida. It's because of a few things, but it's a decision that was hard for me to make, but I'm confident and happy with my decision. I like Orlando, everyone here is super friendly, it's become home; but my heart and life still belong down south :)

I haven't been doing much of any cardio when I go to the gym. The times I go to the gym I've been focusing on strength traini...

GoodBye 160's and HELLO 150's! (pictures)

Sat, 7 Jul 2012 15:11:22 EST

So every time I break into a new weight class (every 10 pounds), I take my update shot so I can compare them to the beginning of my journey. I don't see the difference within each 10 pounds I lose but when I put them up side by side with my beginning photo, I'm able to see how far I've come. I remember when I started losing weight, weighing at 205lbs, I could only dream of the day that I would be able to say "I'm 159 pounds!". That number seemed so far off, so unattainable, completely out o...

One of those days....

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 22:34:30 EST

03/17 - 169.2
03/31 - 168.6
04/14 - 167.4
04/27 - 164.6
05/05 - 166.2
05/12 - 164.2
05/19 - 163.4
05/26 - 164.6
06/02 - 163
06/09 - 161.2

I checked my weight this morning (I got antsy waiting for Saturday lol) and I'm 163 again. Doing the math I see that I am losing an average of 1.25lbs a week which is great, but adding in my weight gain of 164 today it puts my average at 0.52lbs, which sucks! I try to not focus on the scale and to look...

Jeans Challenge update photos! YEAH, BABY

Sat, 2 Jun 2012 22:59:42 EST

So I started a "Jean Challenge" on August 5th ( www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_jo
urnal_individual.asp?blog_id=4409249 )
I reread that blog and saw I also thought I was going to actually start working out, LOL. I had good intentions, but I never worked out until recently. Doing a Jillian Michaels DVD once every couple weeks did not count as working out! But, I have been working out for about a month, Zumba + Strength Training.

When I started the "Jean Ch...

Two-A-Days, Shoo-A-Way

Fri, 18 May 2012 18:03:11 EST

I haven't done the two-a-days I stated in my last blog. Honestly, after I go to the gym the first thing I do when I get home is shower that by the time night time comes around, I'm comfy in my PJs and don't feel like going AGAIN to the gym... and I just go again the next morning!

I've been focusing a lot more (a lot) on strength training. Out of six day weeks, four days are being dedicated to lifting weights and then my other two days are Cardio. I don't like the cardio machines at...

Crazy or Ambitious?

Wed, 2 May 2012 22:57:23 EST

I want to start doing Two-A-Days.
Ambitious or Crazy? Hmmm...........

Well I went down to Miami again this past weekend, being that I only live a 3 hour car ride away, going there on the weekends every so often are pretty easy to do. I got to hang out with friends and family and I had a blast, as usual. Every Time I go down, I have more fun then the last time though lol. Anyways, next time I'll be going down is in the end of June because my sister is going to have a baby show...

I Love Her Body!

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:31:05 EST

From time to time everyone needs a little extra motivation. Between me having Aunt Flow in town and eating a few too many slices of pizza yesterday, my weigh in this morning reflected .04lbs of weight loss. On Thursday (Before mother nature hit) I was at 165! (that's 40lbs!)
So I know it's a combo of me having shark week and that pizza, but I still need to get regrounded :)

Everyone has a certain body that they want. I surely have mine, I've said it before and I will always sa...

I never know what to title my blogs...

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:29:07 EST

So I've been absent for a little bit. My cousins came down from New York and hung out here in Orlando for a few days and then we went down to Miami so we could see the rest of the family. Aside from me getting sick and coming home with zero voice, a sore throat, and a cough that kept me up at night -____- lol... it was a fun and great trip that I wouldn't miss for anything. We just went to the beach every day, went out at night, hung out with the family, just really chilled. I'm uploading s...

Mini Vacation and Weight Loss Goal

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:25:57 EST

I went back home to Miami this weekend and hung out with some of my old friends and family that I hadn't seen in a while. My friends and family kept telling me how good I looked and it was great to hear :)
I got there Thursday night and hung out with my Mom.
Friday afternoon, Brian and I went over to my sister's to go and sleep over. She has 18 month old (and is pregnant again! yay) so I wanted to spend time with her, my brother came over later in the afternoon with his daughter (al...

Weight Loss Update PHOTOS!!! WOW :)

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:30:55 EST

So since I broke the 170's that means it's time for my update photos and I must tell you, I am proud of myself :) I am putting several updates in on here so let's get a move on it!

I've been doing Zumba for the past two weeks and it's awesome. I go in the mornings MWF and it's pretty small, between 5-11 of us and I'm usually the youngest one there. But everyone there is so nice and it's literally all shapes, sizes, and ages! I am now exercising and who knew I'd find some joy in car...

Zumba

Wed, 7 Mar 2012 19:37:52 EST

I have taken two Zumba classes and I am kinda in love! I went on Monday and again today and it is so much fun! I think I'm going to go MWF mornings (if possible)

My teacher is fun, the class is a range of ages, sizes and shapes (although I am the youngest one there) and it is just a blast! I wish I would have found this sooner. I was thinking of fun ideas to do at home and exercises because honestly, exercise to me isn't enjoyable. But Zumba, IT IS ENJOYABLE! I have two left feet a...

Slow & Steady wins the race! (and some pictures!)

Thu, 1 Mar 2012 13:08:03 EST

Last week I went to H&M and I was so excited that I fit into their clothes! I am so self concious about going out shopping because I'm at this weird inbetween size where I'm too big for stores like Macy's and too small for other stores! SIGH. (I'm a 14, about to be a 12... So I'm hoping the 12 will push me over that edge and let me shop at Macys!)
I got a blazer (which never fit me before because the size I would have to get would look TOO big) and a couple of dresses. They were a size ...

A little bit of everything!

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 23:13:45 EST

Long time no blog!

Ever had so much happen that you simply don't know where to start? Yep, that's where I'm at right now. So I'm going to number the paragraphs (don't judge me!) and just talk it all out!

1. Does anyone here work out in the pool? I'm trying to think of ways that I will actually work out. I have a gym membership but I never want to go and drive 10 minutes to get there, I know once I get there I'm happy--but I never want to drive there. So I'm trying to co...

A blog for motivation

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:07:46 EST

How's everyone doing?!

Well today I am very proud of myself, I've been watching what I eat the past couple of days and tonights dinner is no exception. Just proud I'm back on track as I have been trying to do (why is getting BACK on track so difficult but getting OFF track is so easy? lol)

Today I am working 9am-8pm by myself, sigh. (insert a BIGGER sigh here) so since I've only had about 5 customers walk into the store all day, I have been surfing the web. I saw all of ...

Letting out my frustration!

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:00:51 EST

Don't you hate it when you're all ready to go and ready to get back on track and then SHARK WEEK comes? Lol...
But it's not like the other times, it starts off heavy, you're moody within minutes and you can't stop it, you crave ColdStone Birthday Cake Remix for the first time in a year, and everything went down the drain? Yeah, that's me...

I was so gung-ho about working out and then Mother Nature hits, a few days earlier than expected. (by a few, I mean a week!) I got mad for...

What should I do?

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:23:21 EST

Alright, so because of my schedule I simply couldn't make it to meet with the trainer at Planet Fitness :(
Totally sucks because I have no idea what to do at the gym.

I haven't gone to the gym in a few months, I've been focusing more on my eating right because that to me always seemed like the hardest step. I got that down and I'm ready for the gym now more then ever! (especially because I just had to pay the monthly payment and I haven't even gone other then to sign up on the...

And imma still wear a smile if it's raining!

Fri, 6 Jan 2012 23:15:54 EST

So I am going to Jamaica May 24 with a really close friend of mine and a few of her friends. That means I have about 19 weeks until I leave and I think I'm going to wait to wear that Bikini that I talk about in my resolutions on that day! I have 30lbs left to go for me to get to 145 (which I secretly think I might want to get to) and 20 for me to get to 154 which is my current goal. So I need to lose an average of 1.05lbs - 1.57lbs a week to achieve those goals! I think that is completely...

Happy New Year & 6 week Challenge

Sun, 1 Jan 2012 11:26:53 EST

With the end of one challenge I'm starting another. I did the 20 week challenge and I didn't do it to my max potential. But, slow and steady wins the race!! On August 13th at 186.8 and yesterday when I weighed myself I was 175.2 which is an average of ,58 a week. My goal was 1.5lbs a week (160), but I didn't do as great as I could and I'm glad that I at least averaged half a pound a week and I'm sure that's why I've been able to keep the weight off. Well now there is another challenge, it'...

2012 New Years Resolutions

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:36:36 EST

So 2011 my New Years Resolutions were pretty standard and basic:
1. To lose weight (I didn't start this until May, but at least I can say I did do it!!)
2. To stop putting time and energy into those that don't deserve it. (I had a lot of "friends" and "family" that took advantage of my big heart and that in my lowest moments, went behind my back to push me lower. So I 100% accomplished this resolution and I am a stronger and better person. "You are the company you keep" is a motto...

It's not an important number --but it is!

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:16:24 EST

So I've been busy! With me working all of the time, I don't blog as much as I wish to. I feel I say that every blog lol. But one of my New Years Resolutions (which will be a blog for later this week) is to become activate in SP Community, and not just on the personal front of it. But I'll get more indepth with that and all my feelings towards each resolution in my other blog... This blog, is about a number.

I weigh myself every Saturday and this Saturday I jumped on the scale a...

Got my Hair Cut! (that means BYE BYE 30lbs)

Fri, 2 Dec 2011 21:33:39 EST

So my 30lbs weight loss goal was to get my hair cut... I haven't cut my hair since May! Maybe a little earlier than that! My hair was dead and horrible looking, but I would not cut it. I have a crazy work schedule so I weighed myself this morning (although I won't track it until tomorrow's weigh in) and it said 175.8, that means I've lost 30lbs! Can you believe it, 30 pounds! I would have done ANYTHING to say "I've lost 30lbs" or to be 175 a few months ago, even a year ago! It's such a g...

Islands of Adventure!

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:06:45 EST

I've been so busy. Last week I had training 2.5 hours away for a week... it was in the middle of nowhere, the only thing there was where I was training and a bunch of strip clubs on every corner. Literally, every corner. Lol. My mom came over on Saturday until Tuesday (yesterday) and we all went to Islands of Adventure since today is her birthday. I took some awesome pictures, I grew up going to Islands of Adventure but I truthfully haven't gone in years so it was my first time with the ...

I'm slacking on my blogs!

Fri, 4 Nov 2011 21:51:33 EST

So I haven't blogged in a while, I feel like I haven't had anything to blog about. So let me update some :)

Remember how I got a job a few weeks back? Well they wanted me to work open-close every single day (even though there were other employees there, so there was no need for me to) and they were weary about me selling. Considering that my main focus of being in Orlando is for school, I left that job. No questions asked. On top of it, they took around six weeks to pay me! I...

Resisted the junk food :)

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:25:49 EST

So yesterday I went grocery shopping. Normally that isn't a big deal but this is the first time I went by myself! Normally, Brian comes with me and suggests everything and I say "yes" or "no" ...I normally just highly dislike grocery shopping. I went in and at first felt a little lost so I went to get all the veggies and fruits, knowing I could basically pick up anything I wanted and start from there. I went up and down each aisle looking at things to buy, didn't buy any bad foods! I bou...

Day three; my inspiration

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:19:06 EST

Day three; my inspiration

Before I start, I wonder if anyone else has this problem besides me. I know that I lost 24lbs and I know I'm down a pant size or so and that my clothes are fitting better... But I still haven't had to go shopping for clothes or anything like that yet. Sometimes I look in the mirror and I see all of my imperfections and how much further I really have to go. Sometimes I look and I don't see that I lost 24lbs (if you look at my other blog, day one, you'll ...

Day two; most important the longest

Sun, 9 Oct 2011 13:18:00 EST

So last night I went out. Every Saturday is my cheat day... I ended up drinking lol. I went out with my boyfriend, two of his friends, and this girl he works with that I'm friends with now. We had so much fun just laughing and hanging out. It was fun. But today it's back on the grind and off to working out. I jumped on the scale and it still says 180.0, and I was like "holy cow, I really am 180lbs!" lol. Then it hit me!! I started this weight loss at 204 and wanted to get to 154 (I mi...

Progress Picture Update!!

Sat, 8 Oct 2011 13:26:42 EST

So I saw DELTAGIRLFRIEND was doing this 30 day picture blog and I thought it was really cool. I have some of my old SP friends and I have a lot of new ones so I feel this is a cool way for you to get to know me or get to know me a little bit better! I mean, I'll be here for a while... I still have 26lbs to lose (and maybe 36.. we'll see when I get to 154lbs what I want to do!)

Before I start, I jumped on the scale today and saw I weighed 180.0 lbs! I did this about 4 times until ...

Grinds my gears & some motivation!

Mon, 3 Oct 2011 14:17:25 EST

Let me start off with a short "Things That Grinds My Gears" because I have to get this off my chest!
(For those of you who haven't watched Family Guy and don't know what this is, go to youtube and type in "Family Guy Grinds My Gears" )

I was on Facebook, reading my feed and I saw one of my friends wrote this: "Your not going to believe this! There not going anymore so I don't know weather or not we're going now! :("

How do these people on my facebook/twitter (t...

My Disney pictures!

Sun, 2 Oct 2011 14:39:03 EST

I'm completely tired of uploading pictures to a blog and SP telling me something went wrong and making me retype the entire thing again. So I'm writing this in a notepad and then copying+pasting it into a blog, so if I get that error again... I have the notepad still up! CLEVER! Lol

Anyways, my mom and her boyfriend just left a couple of hours ago. They got here on Wednesday night. On Thursday he worked so I spent the day with my mom and showing her parts of Orlando she hasn't ...

Excited for the morning!

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:30:28 EST

Don't you hate the days you simply over eat? Not because you ate anything bad but because 2/3 cups of pasta simply isn't enough for what you want. The small salad plate you normal eat on just isn't appealing because you're starving. So you fill up a giant dinner plate along with 1.5 breads. Yes, you had to take a half of another bread just because you can't resist it. Then you eat it all and start to put it in your tracker and you fully realize just how many calories you consumed, so you...

The scale tricked me!

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:22:26 EST

So today I jumped on the scale, I had a bit of a "off" week.
I planned to jump in with both feet and start really kicking ass with this weight loss, I've been just getting by with 'coasting" the past couple months and I was ready to put it in high gear and just get these pounds off of me... But, things happen! Lol. We got preoccupied with sports and an outing 2 days ago we really pounded down some drinks (which we completely felt yesterday lol) so ...as I said, things happen.
But I...

People noticed my weight loss!

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:37:09 EST

So I went to my niece's first birthday. It was super cute and she enjoyed it! There were so many kids there. It was just so cute and I can't believe she's going to be a year in a couple of days. How quick that year goes by.
I did see my brother and his girlfriend there (in my last blog, I explained why this was an issue) and I stuck my ground and respected their views. I didn't talk to them, nor their kids. Even though not talking to the children was insanely hard, I had to stick m...

I feel so outta the loop!

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 10:08:25 EST

How's everyone been?! I feel like I haven't been on spark in so long (well, I really haven't) and that I'm "out of the loop" lol.
I've been working at my new job for a little over a week now. It's really fun and I work with some really nice people. It's full time, which isn't what I wanted. I wanted to do school full time and work part time, so I can knock school out as quick as possible. But this came up, so I'll try full time of both. Brian is working full time as well. Although...

(Insert witty title here)

Thu, 1 Sep 2011 09:56:50 EST

I haven't been blogging as much as I should, I'm just getting readjusted... again. Haha. It's like I'm always doing this! (But, that keeps me on my toes)

Remember the old job that I had, that I hated, that I then quit? Yeah, so after a nice 3 week vacation (lol) I got another job. I had my first day on Saturday, it's a full time position which was more than I wanted but I'll be requesting Tuesdays and Thursdays off for school and just pile on my stuff there. But with my full t...

20 pounds lighter!

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:40:44 EST

So I went home to see my family and it was much needed. It's crazy how spending a day there can change so much, right? My boyfriend and I were deadset on moving to New York, you couldn't convince me otherwise. (I'm hard headed, what can I say! Lol) After being there, being around family, and our closest friends... Down south is home. So after we're ready to move (which isn't until February 2013) we're going to figure it out. I'll be 25 by then and he'll almost be 28 so we'll see if we w...

A slacking update & 20 week challenge

Sun, 14 Aug 2011 16:21:38 EST

Okay, so let me start off by saying... I am finally getting off my ass! I am not sure what happened to my motivation for the past month or so, but it's been gone. I was really down on myself. Every week I was weighing in I was moving up and down .02-.06 pounds. So it was really getting to me and I kept thinking, "I have to get back on track". That's the thing though, I was just thinking. Falling back into old habbits.

Not completely with the old habbits. But pushing off, I s...

25 Random Things (props to: CROWNOFBROWN)

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:40:34 EST

1) I straighten my hair every single day

2) I used to bite my nails, but now I just bite the skin on the sides of my nails. Until it burns -__-

3) I love roller coasters

4) I have two nieces under 2 who are also my god daughters.

5) You've seen "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"? That's my family, except we're cuban.

6) I only go on facebook these days to see people's pictures. I rather just tweet.

7) My dog sleeps on my pillow every ...

My Pants Challenge

Fri, 5 Aug 2011 16:01:02 EST

So while getting frustrated with the scale and from seeing NATALIE_87 show the difference in her jeans (great job, girl!) I came up with my own self challenge. "The Pants Challenge"! I took a bunch of jeans that I had in my closest in various sizes and took pictures in each of them. I fit in a couple of them, one barely fits, one doesn't button at all, and one is even smaller :)

So I'm going to take an update shot of me in the pants every month or so. Because I am starting to d...

The good & the not so good

Mon, 1 Aug 2011 16:31:02 EST

My job has some amazingly nice people that work there, but that can't be a reason to keep a job. There's a bunch of little things that go on within the job that I don't want to personally be a part of and my point of being in Orlando is to focus on school. So after discussing it with the boyfriend, my mother and my sister they all agreed to just find a job closer to home and a job that isn't a supervisor role so that I can really focus on school.
So tomorrow I am going to go ahead and ...

Today I don't feel like doing anything...

Sat, 30 Jul 2011 19:15:27 EST

It's Saturday which means it's my "cheat day". I weigh myself every Saturday morning so I've just made it my cheat day too, I usually stay within my calorie range or go JUST over it, but I eat crap and the rest of the week (actually by the time I'm done eating) I'm craving some GOOD food. So I usually don't get cravings all week. It works for me, so I'm going to keep it moving :) So you guys can understand my mind set completely on Saturdays, I'm adding a song on here that describes me per...

I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:40:53 EST

"I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles." -Audrey Hepburn

So I went to the gym near the house today and got a 2 week pass. It's a smaller gym, not like the LA Fitness or Bally's type gym, this chain is more of a "neighborhood" geare...

Back on the grind

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:54:48 EST

So let me not even lie about this; I've been wanting to work out this month but I truly can count on ONE and how many times I've worked out. It's just been difficult. When I moved to Orlando I didn't work for a few months so my schedule was wide open and free to do as I want and with my schedule now being all over the place... I just haven't gotten back on track -__-

But I was at work and I bought a new board for the fridge where it's a month (with lines and all) so I can write m...

Picture Update!!!!!

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:49:05 EST

I'm curious if anyone else has this problem... I love all of the music I have saved on my computer but whenever I put all of the songs on "play" and click "shuffle mode" I end up skipping 95% of the songs because I don't want to hear them! Does this happen to anyone else or am I just difficult? Lol

So on my very first blog I posted pictures of where I was. That was on May 17th and so today I woke up and was like "let me take some update shots"! I'm putting them side by side with...

5K update!

Thu, 7 Jul 2011 20:00:32 EST

So I've been slacking. No real reason but I could come up with 1,000 excuses! I've honestly just been tired and am trying to get in a routine. But today I feel fine so I plan on getting back to working out tonight.

I went looking online for 5k's, thinking if I signed up for one I would give myself loads of "just get up and do it" kinda thing. So I found one on August 13th in my area. I will be in NY from the 5th-10th so this is right around the time I get back. (I guess to en...

50 things you might not know about me!

Wed, 6 Jul 2011 22:41:27 EST

These questions are from YOUNGANGELAM's blog. You can copy them too so we can know I little more about you!
Have Fun!

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
After my amazingly wonderful Grandpa. When I have a son, I'll name the boy after him, not me :)

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?
Today when I was watching something on TV. I stay crying at stupid stuff lol

3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
It's MY handwriting, of course I like it!

Still can't believe she called me that!

Sun, 3 Jul 2011 01:54:51 EST

Okay, so I started at work. It's been a few days and honestly, it's super simple. I just need new shoes because I can't keep taking my shoes off to give my feet a massage every time a customer walks away lol. It's different when I'm on my feet all day because my last job was a 9-5. I had my own office and when I had customers they came and sat down. But, who cares. So glad that previous job is done with. (For so many reasons. It was poison and although I made excellent money everyone ...

What you eat in private you wear in public

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 18:01:31 EST

So this week I gained .4 pounds. I can't be mad at that because I have been eating pretty horrific and not really exercising. My boyfriend went to North Carolina to drive down south with his cousin so he didn't have to make the trip by himself, that's so sweet of him! The issue, I really can't cook... At all! Then it's been raining really bad here and my premadonna dog has been giving me such problems in the morning before work to get him to walk on the grass to at least pee! I swear, he...

There are no "Monday Blues" here!

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:57:54 EST

So I started my first day of work today. It's a bit weird to be working retail and to be working part time. I've worked full time since I first got a job when I was 18! I moved by myself a couple of months after I graduated high school so I am having a bit of shock (in a pleasant way) to working Part Time. I did move to Orlando to do school, so working less hours so I can focus on school is going to be a much pleasant change! Working retail is also a bit of a change because I've been wor...