We're Back!!!

Newest Editions To Our Group...

I have decided to bring on new Phab Girls every year or so! It brings diversity, real women and more oppertunities to relate and inspire. These girls are amped up and ready to lose.

So far I have chose two, but may have one other in mind. Make sure to show them love!

This Years Newest Phab Girls Are...

Kim,  From Atlanta, GA

Laura, from Ventura, CA

Generation 2 Phab in full effect!

Long Time Coming....

http://fatflab2phatphab.blogspot.com/p/where-mandi-stands.html

60 pounds down in 3 - 4 months 

Phentermine

Insanity

Positivity

Perseverance!

Thank you for all your support!

~Mandi

Back In The Game!

Since I realized my postpartum Meds were causing me to gain weight, I've been on a mission to ween myself off of them and get switched to meds that better fit my personal physiology. I switched the beginning of this week and I've already dropped 2 sizes in water weight! I knew something was wrong when I was eating 500-800 cals a day and mostly in protein all while takin HCG (which has worked wonders for me in the past) for 2 months and I was not seeing results. The fact that I initially lost weight and then started to gain it all back was depressing and stressful, I knew something was wrong. Anyway I feel a ton better! I Also got a cortisone shot in my right elbow so working out will be more enjoyable. Nothing is stopping me now... I will be doing round 2 of HCG in about a week or so, I want to make sure my body has time to get used to the new meds. And I plan to start P90x. I may even wait to start the HCG till after I'm a month into P90x. So keep checking in to see our/my progress!
~M

Not gonna Lie!

So last week we finished round 1 of the HCG diet. I must say I wasn't all that impressed this time around, but at the same time I've been way stressed, and I didn't stick to my calorie intake like I should have. I look a lot thinner but the scale doesn't show much! I keep telling myself muscle weighs more than fat!

Next week we start P90X Im not gonna lie, Im scared! I haven't been active since before I was pregnant! I re-did my schedule and wrote down what days are what exercise... and when I look at the whole month my brain hears tires screeching to a halt and I think "nah ahh, that is toooooo much activity for this busy fat girl!" But I know it works and I know I will be smokin',  healthy and over all happier! I am also excited but its wrapped in anxiety!

I plan on doing the P90x CLASSIC routine for 90 days, then ill rest for a week or so and I will do another round of P90x only this time Im doing the LEAN version so I can stretch those muscles out and lose more inches, being more slender! Eventually I will purchase the new P90X2 and P90 insanity, plus, etc... so I can stay fit without getting bored of the same ol' same ol'! While on the first round of P90 I plan to take HGH which is the human growth hormone it actually turns back the clock. You can order it from the same website I posted for the HCG drops. My husband started taking HGH when we started the HCG and the results are phenomenal!  Also the It Works Wraps by Laura are amazing and totally worth every penny! I will be doing that every month as well!  We are on our way to skinny!

Great News:
    Our reunion has been moved back an extra month and a half! That takes the pressure off a little! Though we all know the ultimate goal is the BeachBod for the Summer!

~M

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The Small things are huge!

So I've heard it a million times, read it, wrote papers on it, have sat through lectures, advised patients of mine about it. Yet, when it comes to my own life I don't always wrap my head around it. STRESS SUCKS! Little inanimate things, non food sources of fat that stick to your body like a plague! When you put a number of these "little" stress causing things into motion it doesnt matter how much you diet or exercise you will be fighting a very tiresome uphill battle.
Me personally!
-SLEEP
-CLEAN HOUSE
-CLEAN CLOTHES
-ORDER
-PMS

      Since I went all crazy organizing my house and cleaning every nook and cranny it feels less chaotic, I feel a sense of accomplishment and pride in my living space. All of my laundry is done and put away. We reflect our surroundings and likewise our surroundings reflect us. If I want to look good and feel good then my home should look good and feel good, and visa versa.  Yesterday was Mothers day and I had seriously been up all night with Ezra and come 6am I was ready to wad that cute little boy up and throw him away! I decided to not go to Lancaster to visit family, I instead put myself on a time out and sent Ezra and my husband Mike out there. It was the first time I was alone in my home for a year and even longer completely alone un-ailed by Pregnancy in a year and a half! I had a me and my thoughts day, I cleaned, and tidied, and dyed my hair, I took a really long shower and shaved my legs and pits in the same showering period! Which is unheard of when you are a new mommy!
       When Mike got home at 10pm everything was in order, even me. Then he decided to take Ez for the night and they camped out on the living room floor together. It was the first night of full rest with out the responsibility of Ezra ever! When I woke up I suddenly fit into a pair of jeans that I hadn't worn since before I was pregnant. Granted they were  big on me then and they are somewhat loose now, but I have no muffin top, no flanks bubbling over, nothing! I look better because I feel better!
        So many things trigger stress. People talk about stress like it is a cause, but stress is the effect of things that go in in your life, stress is what you are feeling if you give into responding to things negatively,  it is the bodies way of over compensating, and in response to that our bodies break down. Stress induced conditions are a majority of major health issues, fatalities, and personality issues! Its no wonder my body is in survival mode holding onto my blubber like Ive been thrown into the arctic! Like a turtle sticks its head into its shell for protection, so your fat doesn't release or the toxins it needs to. Also it doesn't receive the nutrients to are giving it as well. Something to think on!  Im looking great day by day and Im feeling great, and though a part of it has to do with eating better and exercising most of it has to do with my attitude and what I surround myself with!
          Im working on letting go of control, how I respond to others and so on! It is all connected, our minds, bodies, hearts, and the world around us.

~M

Cant wait to weigh myself!

28 days in and Im feeling great and really starting to see results, though I still have quite a ways to go its comforting to know Ive lost some. This last weekend was my period and I couldn't help but need cookies. I was super bloated from all the hormones so in the next couple days I should really start to look amazing (in comparison)! This next month Im really buckling down on the diet aspect of all of this. I will also start using our elliptical machine, doing some crunches and using light weights for arm exercises, I am so sick of being fat! well pic and measurements to come.
~M