Bethy's Story, part two... Like Final Fantasy (With 23942 different sequels)

I took my new Xbox and Kinnect home last night to get ready to play all the new games, but since the new trailer for Assassins Creed came out yesterday, I decided to replay AC Brotherhood.  (Xbox GT: BethytheBest and AugInBethany)  Now I know this is prob the biggest slacker idea that I could have come up with, but watching Etzio scale buildings and kill people made me want to get in better shape and strength train.  I want to be able to do a pull up, so I can climb the Colosseum, and survive jumping into a pile of hay.  (As a horseback rider, I actually know how hard and itchy hay really is....It is not something I would use for padding in the event of a fall.)

Although the competition is over, the rest of my life is not!  I am still a nerd (A big one at that) and I still have a few more pounds to lose.  I will no longer be strictly on just a technology workout, but I can promise that I will be still heavily relying on it to stay fit!  Who knows, maybe next year at this time I will be able to pwn the n00bz IRL...  With my fists (Okay, so I do not like to fight, and I actually am against real live violence, but it sounded right in my mind).

Since the major part of the weight loss is over with, I can start get in shape and share it with the world.  And if anyone in Ubisoft wants to send me an advanced copy of AC4 for some free write-ups, I will gladly have that arranged!

The ending credits- How I lost 20lbs playing XBox

The weigh off is over!  Although it has been extremely hard in the process, the results have made me forget the cravings and wining over the workouts.  I dropped 20+ pounds, and dropped my body fat percentage by over 6%.  Tejal lost 15+lbs and 8% Body Fat.  All together we lost almost an entire super model!

I had a wonderful opportunity that I am so thankful that Jackie, Dave, Tejal, and the rest of Red Bull allowed me to participate in!

I cannot explain how wonderful I feel and how confident I have gotten in the past few weeks!  I have not only transformed into my college body, but also the mindset (well, without the keg stands and the beer pong championship... for now!)

Me before fit for Tech, waiting on the Hogwarts express.

9/29/11- After Fit for Tech

College Bethy, on my path to fatness, hanging with Homer.

I feel like this opportunity not only helped me get my butt in gear, but also helped me learn that I can work out with any budget and at any time.  You do not need a gym membership, you just have to get up and have fun!  Something as simple as a kinnect party can burn 200+ calories, which you can do with your buddies.  (You can tech do it drunk, and munching on chips, but that is not going to be productive!)  You can swap out the potato chips for some baked tortilla chips and salsa, and you have a better party snack!  

Many of you are asking how I did it?! 

4 more days!!!

I am so close I can almost taste it, like a breakfast burrito from El Burrito Jr's with free guaq (because the owner thinks I am funny).  I am just ready to take it easy and start conditioning my body with weights and working out.

I think it is funny that when it began, all I wanted was a sprinkles cupcake and some mexican food.  But now I am craving a harder workout and a better life.  I sometimes miss the small stupid indulgences, like cheese fries and In N Out (Grilled cheese....that is what vegetarians eat!) but I just really want to go swimming and do some major gym flirting at the local gym to show off my new bod!

I know Tejal begs me to post photos, but the truth is, I always have a jacket on!  It rarely comes off, since I am always cold (sitting next to a server room, and infront of an AC vent makes work difficult without one!)   But I do have a cheesy Myspace worthy photo I took in a jacket a friend bought me for my 18th birthday.  I have had this jacket forever, and it has not fit me in two years!  So it was an accomplishment to be able to sport the jacket this weekend at Knotts Scary Farms!  I will make Jackie take a better photo of me later on in the week to show the company the weight loss results!!

The nerd zoo... population, one.

The past week has been crazy!!  Between work, school and helping put on the last show of the season, I have not had a chance to sleep, eat, or be merry.   (Ok, you caught me, I have slept and eaten... but I have yet to get the chance to dance around a May Pole...)

The past few days at work have been extremely physical.  Melanie an I decided to make the IT storage cage a little more "female friendly".  No, we did not hang photos of N'Snyc on the walls, (because we all know that 5ive was the better boyband) but we organized the crap out of it.  But when it comes to IT equipment, a lot of it is heavy!!  Being 5'4" most of the lifting was above my head, so it was a nice tech induced workout.  :-P

All-in Yoga is still prob my favorite iPhone app for working out.  I have def gotten way more flexible and my core has way more strength than I have had in a long time!  I am prob still not the strongest girl int eh world, yet... but I think I am strong enough to run around the streets of LA dressed as a superhero to fight crime, or to fight Spongebob for bashing my mom because I didn't tip him for the photos.  What started as "aww man an HOUR of working out" has now gotten to "What program can I do next!!"

I have started to feel way more energetic in the past few weeks, I am pretty sure its the healthy eating and working out, but shouldn't working out tire me?!  The other day I had a Red Bull (Sugar Free.... duhh) and I was so energetic I couldn't sit still.  I felt like a kid who was dropped off at Chuck E Cheese and beat the stupid bully at skiball.  Usually I need a Red Bull to wake up in the morning, but I had to actually cut down on them or I would be too obnoxious for work.

I am honestly getting tired of working out indoors.... I am ready to see the sun (or fog in my neighborhood) I am also ready to show off my new awesome skills in the classes we have at the office!  Since I can only use technology, I am not aloud to take the classes that are provided here.  I actually used to only take them once in a blue moon (aka, I had a date that night and I was last min cramming to get thin...because thats how school works, my body should be the same) but now that I am back in shape and starting to look good, I want to go to classes!!  I cannot wait to kick ass in the Yoga class, and get my ass kicked in the Burn Bliss class.  I am counting down the days were I can go swimming!  I miss swimming so much!  I am debating joining the Y so I can take water aerobics since I miss the water so much!  (At least I will be the best looking one in the class since they will all be 60+....go ahead make your Florida jokes now) Once this program stops, it will be my real challenge of keeping it off!

I am getting so many compliments I have decided to approach Jackie with a Fit for Height program... that way I will be runway model height and can finally live my dream of becoming a model.... okay my goal in life is to score a reality TV show so I can be a socialite and not have to work at becoming famous and rich.  I dunno if I have teh right material for a reality show since I don't really have the exciting life of getting drunk and falling in the street....DARN MY CLASSINESS.

My Post- 9/11 Post

I would like to take a second to thank those who have served our country and take a moment out of my day and out of my blog to shut up about food and exercise for a cause that is bigger than me and hits all of us close to home on this month, but should be looked at 12 months a year.

I know I have drilled this in most of your heads 1000 times, but if I could reach out again to see if there is one person who has not read or heard my speeches about donating to the troops.  Every year I donate our broken phones to Cells For Soldiers so that our US Troops can call home when deployed overseas.  Each phone donated by Red Bull gives one soldier a 60 min calling card to talk to his loved ones.

While you are hoarding that BlackBerry 8700c for a rainy day, or the phone with the broken screen just because you are afraid I am going to judge you, think about how many times a week you get to talk to your child, husband/wife, boyfriend/girlfriend, mother/father, or just your best friend that you lean on every day. Now imagine being sent to a shit hole land where you cannot get your Big Mac or Taco Bell (I am a fan of the Fresco Menu!) and your contact with your family, you lose all of your privacy, and your life is at risk 24/7.  These men and women are displaced from their families for months at a time, and the least we can do is send them just a bit of love!!

Please, if you have any phones that are lying around your home or office, drop them off at my desk at any time!  Year round I collect the devices, so you are never too late to give!

Also, I would love to send out multiple care packages so if you are interested in donating any toiletries or easily shippable non-perishable food, send it my way as well!!  Something small like the toiletries you steal from the maids cart at the Hilton can make a soldiers day!

Thank you all for your support, and time!

MILITARY CHARITIES THAT I SUPPORT
Horses for the Heros - A charity under Horses for the Handicap that help soldiers injured overseas gain confidence with horsemanship and riding skills!
Cells for Soldiers - Donate your old and used phones to help send soldiers calling cards
Adopt a Platoon - Apply to adopt a platoon and send care packages and letters while they are deployed

Vacations over

So I am finally getting back in the groove of eating at home, working out, and working.  It is always nice to return after a long period of time, since everyone notices your weight loss if you just go away for a while.  (Or they just miss me and want to show how amazing I am.... yea prob that!)

I am kinda ready for the end of the competition now!  All of my buddies and co-workers have all started to take classes at yoga studios and fun outside things (Fall is my favorite time of year) and I feel deprived that I cannot flaunt my chicken legs to the world!!

I am also in dire need to hit a tanning bed (yep, I tan inside, like a nerd... because I keep the fit for tech spirit alive!) I am more pale than casper... I am pretty sure you can see through me if you really tried.  I need some vitamin D to make myself look awesome!

I am def dropping the pounds (but not as fast as Ali Lohan... although I did propose that Plastic surgery is not below me!) and have been getting a ton of questions on how I am doing it only playing video games.

First, I play approx. one hour of an active video game, i.e. Wii Fit, EA Active2, DDR (I attempted this once, failed miserably, and it just is not rewarding to get yelled at by Ash from PokeMon) ect.  I also went from a diet heavy in carbs and cheeses to a balanced diet with a ton of green crap that is not gummy bears!  I think they are called Vegetables.  Honestly the Green Giant Steamers bags are my best friend,  I can eat massive amounts of them without the guilt... and since I live alone, they are usually in the perfect size!  Rex isn't a big veggie eater, but he will sometimes gobble down some carrots.  I also cut out all white carbs and eat whole grain when possible, I found at whole foods tortillas that are 80 calories each, extra fiber and whole wheat.  These are my favorite to make an egg white burrito.  I also use salsa as a condiment.  I will put it on anything, except ice cream, when I need an extra kick of flavor!  It tastes great on rice, tofu, chips, ect.  I also do not drink, ever... I am sXe as fuck!  This allows me to not consume excess calories while in a hazy mood of cheese fries cravings!  I miss my cheese fries and breakfast burritos.

I would like to get down to my goal weight before halloween, and after that I would like to learn just how to maintain.... Now that I am in a routine of eating 1200 calories, it will be hard to add more healthy calories and be able to keep it like that FOREVER!  Or at least till I meet Elijah Wood and after the wedding :-P
 

Oh nooo Technology failed me!

I went out to San Francisco with my best friend this weekend, I def had a blast with him since we havent seen each other in years.  Two days before we left I was thinking, "wow I should really get my car looked at before I drive 400+ miles north, but maybe I can gamble with it...."  Then my brakes decided to go out on the 405.  Luckily, nothing bad happened, and I got the car to my local mechanic to fix the $500 issue... ARRRG

I got the car fixed and headed out to San Francisco with Rob.  It was def a fun and great experience, and a fun road trip seeing all the "Happy Cows" which I referred to as milk cows, and Rob decided to remind me that people eat cows and most likely those were not "Happy California Milk Cows".

Scary hallway in Alkatraz

We def got a ton of steps in this weekend, walking around Alcatraz, China Town, San Jose, and even a mile long walking tour through the Winchester Mansion.  (Yes, the house is over a mile long tour through the house!  How did a crazy old lady not get lost in it!)

I also attempted BART public transportation.  I learned how to read a subway map and get around a strange city without getting stabbed to death.  Which in my mind, is an accomplishment!

I did some brief workouts through the iPhone, since I forgot my iPad at home :( and contrary to popular belief, I do not frequently travel with a Wii.  But since I was getting double my daily walking workout, I figured it was okay.

RIP tire :(

On our way home, Rob and I decided to drive across the golden gate bridge... on the bridge, my tire decided it no longer wanted to drive, and popped!  Looking at my tires, I decided that they were balder than a 50 year old man.  So I was forced to purchase new tires at the local Wal Mart.... which I discovered that California Wal Marts, are NOT like the rest of the country.  They are dirty and have fist fights over boxed wine.

Us being totally attractive on the Golden Gate bridge... Hands Free Laws do not apply to cameras!

I ended up losing weight on my trip from the "Hurry up and Go" situations that we were in, so it was all in all a great trip!  Pounds lost, did not get shot on the BART, good friends, good food, and a great time!