"Progress pictures"

OBVIOUSLY, I NEED TO TONE MY STOMACH, THIS IS TWO WEEKS AGO, TAKEN ABOUT ON THE 5TH OF JANUARY. I AM SICK TO MY STOMACH WHEN I LOOK AT THESE PICTURES, I AM GOING TO BLOW THEM UP AND POST THEM ON THE FRIDGE AND EVERY MIRROR IN MY HOUSE.
CHAD WILL BE POSTING PICS OF HIM SOON AS WELL...



I SWORE TO MYSELF THAT I WOULD NOT PUT THESE UP OF MYSELF, BUT I AM GOING TO DO IT, SO THAT I CAN JUST KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE LOOKING AT MY FATNESS, THINKING TO YOUSELVES " WOW, I HOPE I DON'T LOOK LIKE THAT." & THAT WILL MOTIVATE ME!!! WAHOO, HERE WE GO. WILL POST MORE IN A MONTH!!! :)

OH, ONE LAST THING; PLEASE LEAVE COMMENTS WITH THOUGHTS, INSPIRATION, THINSPIRATION, TIPS AND OR TRICKS! THANKS EVERYONE!!

VENTING, MUCH?

HEY, its Amberrrr:

I am a train wreck. I have never had so many emotions running through my body all at once. I am just going to bring you up to pace with what has been happening in my life recently, sense I have been slacking on the blog thing.

1)This week I have been retaining water VERY bad, it added a total of 12 pounds water weight on to my already chart topping weight.

2) I have been having a really horrible attitude about working out because of my water retention.. mostly when I hop on the scale and it is up 12 POUNDS sense the day before, and I feel like a freaking BLIMP with all this excess water weight, hell I feel like a blimp before the excess body weight. So imagine my astonishment when I see THAT after I am trying to eat healthy and exercise.

3) I had to get my blood drawn & get an ultrasound on my right leg to rule out possible DVT's (blood clots)/ kidneys failing/ possible reasons my WHOLE BODY is retaining water, much to my amazement, they found nothing. notta. zelch.

4) I had to go buy "grandma socks" aka: Ted hose, or Support hose. That does the self-esteem good, NOT!!!

5) We saw some really not cute girls at the gym today, and I asked Chad, "Do I look like those girls, or do I look better?" and I got the response, "Babe, your skin is so much nicer than theirs..." Which is good, don't get me wrong but now I am all insecure because I am hoping I look better with my ass hanging out of my shorts than those girls did.

ANYWAY, The reason I have said all of that is because, I am trying to train myself to think better. EXAMPLE #1: I can get insecure after what Chad said, or I can buck up, and work harder hoping the next time we see them, he glances at them, and turns to me to say, "Babe, you look SOOO much better than those girls." ORRR I could sit and sulk about it, and get all depressed. EXAMPLE #2: I could look at myself in the mirror with 12 pounds of water weight and cry, and get unmotivated, ORRRR I could work 2X harder, and think of it as a blessing that when those 12 pounds drain out I will be covered in rock hard, head turning, sexy, lean muscle! :)

Yesterday at the gym I worked harder, I had a better attitude and I told myself that I can do anything that I want to, with a little help of a new workout playlist. I told myself that summer is coming up soon and I want to feel great about myself, be in shape and look as good for Chad as he does for me, and guess what?! Tonight at work, I stuck to my diet even though everyone was eating quesadillas and cake and crispy creme doughnuts.... and I bet I feel better than any of them do, so horray for me!! :)

CHAD ROY MEYER:

THANK YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE, WHAT YOU STAND FOR, AND BEING MY MOTIVATION TO BE THE BEST I CAN BE. YOU ARE MY ONE AND ONLY, I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO REPAY YOU FOR THE GOODNESS AND HAPPINESS YOU HAVE SHOWN ME. IN TIME I HOPE TO LOOK AS GOOD FOR YOU AS YOU LOOK FOR ME. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE "PEP-TALKS" AT THE GYM, AND MOSTLY LOOKING PAST THIS EXTRA LAYER OF BLUBBER RIGHT TO THE INNER ME.

I PROMISE TO YOU THAT I WILL BE IN BIKINI SHAPE IN THE SUMMER!!!! :)

I LOVE YOU NOW, AND FOR ALL ETERNITY, YOU ARE THE LOVE OF MY LIFEEEE!!! <3333

GOALS!!!!!!!!!!!

Chad here puttin down some of my goals that I want to achieve for this upcoming year that is almost upon us already. It has gone so fast as there has been a lot of change to this year all for the better, the BEST thing being my BEAUTY Amber and having her in life and at my side, I absolutely love it !!!!!!
As Amber and I work together to motivate and push each other to reach our goals and vision we have for ourselves, I need to write down those goals so that I will be held to them as hard and as long as some of them might take. Some goals will be long-term and other short-term, but all are goals that in due time I want to reach and hope for, wish me LUCK.

!. It has always been my goal to be able to bench 300 lbs, I have gotten closer and closer this past year but have yet to quite get there. I want to smash a pop can between my pec's, ha ha ha.
2. I want a chiselled pack, I have been able to get the 6 pack but not to where I would like to see it, I want to be able to wash clothes on them if I ever needed too, LOL.
3. I want to weigh over 200 ibs and have around 8 % body fat to go along with it.
4. I want to run the mile and a half in under 10 minutes, I can run at the pace right now, but with gaining muscle and reaching that weight, I want to be able to maintain that level of cardio.
5. Eat right everyday, no more snacks, pop, or junk food stuff, consume good calories that will help me reach my goal.
6. Take vitamins and other supplements everyday, including creatine, before and after workout supplements, and others to others in between.
7. Work harder to get a full amount of daily protein in so that I will gain weight and muscle mass.
8. AND most importantly get to the gym at least 5 times a week.

Hopefully with these goals and things in mind and sight I will be able to stay focused and motivated to reach my goals, with the help of my Angel, family and friends I will acheive much more and I know that I can, its just a matter of when.
My goals will be added to and likely to change at a moments notice, so stay tuned and alert, lol. Thanks for all the support and help to make it all happen. Here goes nothin...........
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The six meal a day diet;

Hello Helleeew.

Ok well today I spent some time looking at some good diets for me. I learned some new and helpful information for myself that I took into consideration:

1: To KEEP/ SUSTAIN your muscle mass you must consume .025/.050 grams of protein per pound of body weight you have.

2: To GAIN MUSCLE/ LOOSE WEIGHT you must consume .070/1.00 grams of protein per pound of body weight you have.

So, I am going to do the six meal a day diet plan which will allot me to consume 100-200 calories per meal. (These are small meals) However, these small meals are ideal to boosting my metabolism, and keeping me satisfied hunger-wise, so I don't feel like snacking!

Chad & I went to Walfart (walmart) Tonight and I bought some of the following: Tilapia fish (VERY HIGH IN PROTEIN) Salmon (High in protein) Tuna (High in protein) Halibut (High in protein) Non-fat cottage cheese (High in protein) Apples (High in vitamins) LIGHT yogurt (Good all around) All of these are low in calories, which is a huge plus for me, because I need to consume low calories to get to the goals I have in mind.

**p.s, we went to the gym today and I didn't do cardio because I was sick and puking my guts out the day before, so we didn't wanna run and shake the tummy more than needed, so we worked our lil fannies off doing our backs. OOOUUCH, I can feel it already! PAIN IS BEAUTY, PAIN IS BEAUTY!! :)**

THINK THIN, STAY STRONG, Please, comment with questions, tips, concerns or THINSPIRATION!!

...:be true to you:...

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Here goes nothing. Chad style

This is my first post ever ever and i hope this works out so that i can continue to add more and more everyday.
I am hoping that with the start of the new year and the support of my wonderful girlfriend Amber and family, I can set goals that i will be able to achieve and make myself a better and more in shape individual then i am now.
I love going to the gym, but more then going to the gym is getting results and making things there happen in a postitive way for myself. Hopefully with my goals i will be able to obtain those results in which i am shooting for.
For those who read this, i ask for advice and other comments that may help in achieving goals that are geared towards fitness and making it a bigger part of our lives.
Thanks Chad

Jessica Alba

I love how tone and just flat out awesome this girl looks- this is my goal for 6 months (June/July): To have a tone body, in shape- to be confident in a swimming suit., thanks for the thinspiration Jess! :D

THINK THIN!!!

~@mbeR

Hey guys, its mee- Amber! I was just stopping by to say, we worked out today ( Me & Chad) We didn't do all that we wanted to, due to going kinda late (2:20 ish) and the MAJOR snow storm... so we had to leave at like 3:oo ish so that we could get our butts from Riverton to Lehi so I could get to work by 5:40... so yeah. Oh, and P.S- We made these amazing charts, (dry erase calendars from walmart & a plain pink one for me and a green one for Chad) so that we could plan and track our progress!

THINK THIN!!!

~@mbeR!