BobynRarker

Turning Point

2011-03-16T11:34:00.000-07:00

As of today, I have lost a total of 62 pounds, weighing in at 185 for the first time in years! I cannot remember the last time I was this small. Everytime i get on that scale and the number keeps going down, just keeps me so empowered and motivated to keep running to keep eating right and to do what i know i need to do.

One of the best things i have realized in the past two weeks is i have been so lazy and ran maybe 4 times in the past 2 weeks and maybe 2 night strength work outs, I wasn't even eating very well, but my weight maintained through it all!! what does this mean??? FINALLY my metabolism is starting to work they way it should!!! and when i go to maintain my weight i know i will be able too!!

I still have 30 pounds to lose to put me at well anywhere around 150-160 which i think would be a perfect healthy weight for me to be at, though some people think i should be smaller, but this would make me the most happy just to be at a healthy weight and active once again. When I visit utah, which i hope i will in august, i want to hike the Y, in a good time, I want to be running races all summer long, and one day join a gym and take kick boxing, do zumba, and anything else to make me unstopable!!!

155 is my goal, and i will see it soon!!!

5k

2011-03-05T10:40:00.000-08:00

As everyone should know, i signed up for a 5k that i was supposed to run this morning. turns out it was only 21 degrees this morning when i woke up to go and decided not to run it. but will be signing up for more races in my near future.

Well i did hit my goal i weighed 190 by my birthday!! now my goal is 180 by the end of march, and i really hope i can reach it. i need to get out of my lazy state of mind and hit it hard i want to be 170 by the time summer hits!!! that is atleast 2 months from now, and i know i can do it, i just have to be really good about everything, but mostly my eating.

well here we go, 180 here i come!!! I hope you all enjoyed my pictures, sorry for taking so long to update!

2011-02-19T09:10:00.000-08:00

2011-02-14T22:18:00.000-08:00

198...still... but that is okay, i had the HARDEST time with eating this week and gave in to ALL of it!!! I had pizza, nachos chips and queso, chocolate, anything and everything i could get my hands on this week.. but my weight is still the same, so now we know i can maintain weight! lol

I have been so motivated, my mom bought me a pair of jeans that are just a little small and i am so excited, i love them and want to wear them, so there is my motivation. Not only that it has been getting so nice out!! 60 and 70 degree weather this week and i could not be any happier, i even ran almost 6 miles today!! It felt good, and i wasn't even that tired after, i even contemplated doing more workouts until i realized its laundry day... haha

Tonight for my night work out I did 100 pushups, manly ones.. 800 crunches, 200 super mans, 100 squats, and 80 lunges, and 3 sets of 10 of bicep curls and some stuff for my triceps! I just have to keep thinking, 10 pounds by my birthday!!! 190 by my birthday!!! I guess that i technically 8 pounds, which sounds easier then ten seeing it is in less then 2 weeks! well good luck to me and good luck to you all who are trying to do something like this, i know it is a challenge! but its all achievable! hard work, pure dedication, and personal motivation.

It is goin down..

2011-02-08T21:48:00.000-08:00

This week of exercise has been amazing!! i missed one day of work outs due to getting my hours at work and obviously didn't work out on Sunday. but the amazing thing is, i dropped weight, and i have NO idea how that happened!!

Well the beginning of january, i kind of stopped doing my night work outs... which is probably why i hit my plataeu. Tonight i probably had my hardest night of workouts in a long time!! My Trainer kicked my butt.. I plan on being so sore tomorrow, I did squats and lunges and some other weird things with his 40 pound vest on.. it feels so good to know that i dropped those 40 pounds and reminds me i will NEVER go back!!!

well say hello to a girl who now weighs 198!!! and is so happy to be there and will be dropping this weight like you won't believe!!! Hope you all enjoy and have a wonderfull week! Untill next time!

2011-02-04T22:37:00.001-08:00

alright alright last week i said was a challenge, but i can say this week has been even more challanging than any other so far. We have have a blizzard and snow for the past 4 days and i have been doing insanity and just regular work outs for the past few days and it has been killing me!!! not just the work outs, but being stuck in my house for days... I have learned I am not so good at resistance training, and may need to focus some on that.

one thing I love is that people at work know i am trying so hard to lose weight and watch me so carefully and anytime i try and stick anything bad in my mouth they look at me and say something to me. They have been such a good support for me. sometimes Chef Dave will even just take my food if it isn't good and just eat it himself or somehow get rid of it to try and help me not eat the carbs or sweets that i love so much!!!

as for my progress, one day last week at the end of the night, my weight dropped down to 199.6 which is the lowest i have been in years!!! but with being snowed in, i have been not as active and been eating way more!! putting my weight at 202. I am so ready for this weight to just melt off of me!!!

New Goal: the next five weeks, I have to lose atleast 4 pounds a week.

Ready. Set. Go.

Challange...

2011-01-24T13:18:00.000-08:00

Oh how i love and dread mondays... lol

I love mondays because i get to spend my day doing nothing or everything! laundry and clean my house, shopping, and relax!

I dread Mondays because I know I have to weigh myself.

But this week I didn't dread weighing in. I have been doing Insanity and I have been running, and for the past 3 days and only three days I have been eating fruit and tuna, as much of both as I want, and I have been running with my sweat suit on and my sweat band. Running with both of those things on I tend to only run half of what I normally run, or just over half. I am in the wrong industry for dieting. Work this week was so hard, because all I wanted to do was eat, so people at work would set bowls of fruit on my station for me knowing I am having such a hard time, but yet were so nice when I would ask for just one bite of there dinner because I was just dying to have that flavor and texture in my mouth.

now to the good stuff. at one point this week i dropped to 203 though I know it isn't so accurate, my weigh in today was 205 which is a 2 pound loss from last week. I am so happy with it because it is lower then 207. This week i am going to hit it up so hard i hope it will blow even my own mind, working out for 2 or 3 hours every day and eating so healthy and dropping this weight like it's nothing, now that I have ran OUTSIDE twice this week I cant wait for spring to roll around and I think I am just inspired all over again, its just like starting over!!

Well until next week or even this week if i am struggling really bad, have a great week!!!

motivation?!?!

2011-01-20T11:15:00.001-08:00

This whole week has been a challange, I have yet to lose any more weight, just staying the same as it has been for the past 4 weeks. Good thing is I haven't gained any weight either. Now to come to the motivation part.

Motivating myself has not been an issue... ever.. well this whole time around until now. I wish i could blame it on the weather, since it has been so cold outside, I am getting so bored runing in circles, or in the same spot. Yesterday I needed some motivation because not only can i not motivate myself in this cold, but obviously i have hit my plataeu. I called Angie and we talked and she talked me into doing insanity a few times a week instead to change things up, which i think is a great idea. This is only my second day doing insanity, and trust me it is hard, but no where near as hard as it was when i lived in Utah.

Doing insanity again has shown me how much my cardio has improved since october, I am running faster, and longer distances, i can almost keep up with insanity for the most part anyway.

I am sorry for not updating any sooner, lol I was very discouraged on Monday when my number was yet still 207.

Now for those of you who know nothing about what is going on in my life, just a few things to mention. Dwight and I broke up around the first of the month, he is now living on the other side of campus and I am living alone and actually LOVING it!! In March Andrew and I are planning a trip to Paris... i think for about a week. hopefully I will get to visit Utah for a day before we fly out of SLC to Paris. Really that is about all that is going on other then working out and working all the time!!

See ya next week!!

Something Different....

2011-01-13T23:08:00.000-08:00

Okay as we all know, I am terrible at updating my blog. So instead of the normal whats really going on in my life, a friend suggested that I blog about my weight loss, which for someone like my grandma who doesn't use facebook would not know what has been going on. haha.

So to start, I have been trying for years and years to get active and to lose any weight I could ever want to lose. I would try and run, or use elipticals and bikes and even swim. When I was a child I did swim, and dance and even play soccer. For some reason I decided to give it all up, and ever since I have struggled to keep my weight down or even lose weight. When I moved to Utah in 2007 I walked to the bus stop from my grandmas house and back until the snow hit, and then i did drop some weight but not enough to really make a difference in my life.
In the beginning of 2009 I took my Fitness For Life class where I was graded on my workouts. I had to run a mile and a half, and my grade got better if my time improved and was required to work out 3 times a week. Well I never thought I could even run until then, where I was proven wrong, and Kimber had me get on the tread mill and said just start running. Surprisingly enough I am still alive! haha

So since then I ran and worked out and nothing happened. I even bought Insanity and even then i still could not lose the weight I need to lose.

Almost 2 days later, a guy that I work with started talking to me and offered to start training me. Which I accepted, and I started out at a weight of 247 pounds. I know, that is a high weight.

My training started out with a run around the UCO campus which is 2.7 miles around(i couldn't run it all to start with). 100 Girly pushups, 100 crunches, 50 squats, 40 supermans.

Now to bring you all up to date, my training is a lot more intense. I am running 5 miles a day(straight!!! in 48.25 minutes, which is a HUGE improvement, that i'm running it without stopping!) 400 crunches, 200 supermans, 140 squats, 80 lunges, and 100 regular pushups.
and 2 or 3 days a week I work with my trainer to mix up my workouts and to work other parts of my body.

I run during the day, though that is the only time i have for it, and i work out when I get home from work at Oaktree in the Evening.

I started this what I guess I could call a "Journey" in my life the last week of October, and as of today January 14th I have lost 40 pounds putting me at 207 Pounds and a goal weight of 175, and after that, if I am not happy it is just a continuation of doing what I am doing now so that I will be satisfied with how I look and feel about myself, and I am half way there, and will hopefully be able to continue doing well. As my trainer keeps telling me, "Rome wasn't built in a day, you'll get there"

I am not going to lie most of the battle, not just half but most of the battle is food. And being in a profession where food is what you do, live breathe think and even dream about, it's a hard thing to put restrictions on. My Diet has been almost fruit and vegetables only, no carbs and very little protein. Broccoli, asparagus, nothing with butter, bananas and clementines, and random things and i can come up with such as zucchini pizza, fill my diet. I eat canned tuna, eggs, and chicken mostly for my protein.

Thank you Miranda, for this idea, it is a great idea, seeing as i am struggling, and my numbers from 210 to 200 have been the hardest 10 pounds i have been trying to lose this whole time!! It is a good reminder of what i should be doing and have to be doing to be where i want to be, and is kind of putting me back into the mindset of my eating habit, which is the only place i am struggling, but like i said it is the hardest part of the battle.

I hope you all enjoy I will update monday with my weight loss! Remember as of today, 207!

"OFF WITH HIS HEAD!!!!"

2010-04-17T13:02:00.000-07:00

It's been a while since I have updated.. haha almost a year! last night was our scholarship ball dinner. Theme: Alice in Wonderland. It was so fun, Cody my boss had Andrew and I come as a guest, though he just got off work and was late, I was able to dress up and have a really fun night!

Summer 2009

2009-08-09T10:36:00.000-07:00

This summer I have had quite a few things to do, like find a job. Well I worked for Camp McFadden for 4 weeks, I am also painting Heathers house here in Ponca and helping my mom organize the house, and well just having a good time in general. Also the arrival of my new nephew Wyatt Allen. which was so extremely exciting and so adorably cute. Here are a few pictures of my summer! Hope you enjoy! :)

Update! Oh and Sugar!

2009-02-15T10:06:00.000-08:00

Lately not a whole lot has been going on i guess. just the same old.. except working out everyday since i have been back to Utah! i believe i have finally gained the muscle and i am starting to drop the pounds! This also includes watching everything that goes into my mouth. Angie has been helping me alot by motivating me and giving me little hints. like write things down when in goes in your mouth just so you are concious of what you eat! It's helped like crazy! somedays are really hard to keep track being in a kitchen and all but it's great as of today i have lost 8 pounds! go me! everytime i see the number go down, it makes me want to go to the gym even more!

In Class we started working with pulled sugar, though we only get to do it for one day because the sugar used is very expensive. we learn how to make it cool it and pull it and we made a rose and some flowers i don't know the name and some braches for a base. let me tell you! it was awesome!!

Anchors Away!

2008-12-15T19:42:00.000-08:00

This past week has been amazing on the experience level for catering! On tuesday we had a h'orederve Banquet for 2300 for a business called Nu Skin. the very next day we had a dinner banquet for 1200. Along with h'orderves. let me tell ya! it was a crazy week.
The next few days we spent our time doing ice carvings! It's a total blast just taking a chain saw to a huge 300 pounds of ice!

So Far In November

2008-11-20T16:16:00.000-08:00

Lately not a whole lot has been going on, just going to school, working at Gregg's kitchen, and going to grandma's for Sunday dinner. I leave on monday to go home for Thanksgiving Break! Oh how i miss Oklahoma! Some fun things going on that are exciting to me and may not be to you, but I am growing my hair out again and it's finally getting long!! well long for me! (: I also colored my hair red and brown, i actually like it alot!

In school I am learning alot about carving fruit, time managment, and work is basically school for me, the kitchen is run by Chef Troy who's class I will be in next semester! I am learning so much there! How to run the line, and as dishwasher, where everything goes in the kitchen! haha that's basically all! i'll return with pictures from Thanksgiving Break! love you all! (This platter me and my friend Jinkuk did in class today! I am very proud of it!)

Halloween

2008-11-01T11:42:00.000-07:00

For Halloween this year, i didn't really dress up, but at the same time i did. My entire class.. though there are only 10 of us, we dressed up as the Chef we are working with right now, Chef Franz Kubak. He is just like a grandpa/teddy bear. we all wore Chef hats and drew a mustache and wore fun socks and a different type of neckerchief. It was so much fun and he laughed for a while. That was alot of fun!

I also have not posted any pictures of my apartment! I took some this morning, there is my bed room, my bathroom, my vanity, common room, dining room, and kitchen and entrance to my room and 2 others.

9 Day Vacation

2008-07-07T16:09:00.000-07:00

In the past about two weeks i have had a 9 day vacation from work. Let me tell you, it was absolutly amazing! During this time i went to Dwight's Dad's Fire Fighter retierment party, Heather, Travis, Angie and Peter all came to visit, along with David and Donna Cummings and all their children, ALL on the same night! It was really alot of fun! Some of the event's we did through the week were having the harrison's and Foys over for a celebration dinner of the Fourth. We also went canoeing, and went to Sun'n'Fun to Celebrate Kaity's Birthday. The Kids loved it! and it was so much fun to have almost all the family in town, and of course we really really missed Nathan! We all wish he could have been here!

I cannot believe the summer is coming so close to an end! It is so exciting and so sad all at the same time!

I also got to decorate Kaity's Birthday cake! and she loves cinderella!

Fathers Day

2008-06-19T19:44:00.000-07:00

So lately I have just been working, like normal.. nothing real big happening around here, but the storms are beautiful, these pictures are on my way to work so a sunrise, and it was awesome, i wish i would have gotten a pic of the other side, it was a thunderstorm with a huge rainbow in the middle! it was amazing, with the sunrise in my rearview mirror and the awesome storm. One reason i love this place!

On Father's Day I made this picture thing for my dad, it is some pictures of Grandma and Grandpa Barker( my grandparents of course, his parents) and me and the kids all gave it to him for father's day. it says hapy father's day, and has a scripture Jeremiah 3:4(if not 3:4 then it's 4:3, sorry my memory isn't that good) anyway he enjoyed it, and hung it up on tuesday night in his office(on the nasty pink wall i might add)

Other then that, all is well, and i love and miss you all in Utah!

Summer Time!

2008-06-09T19:38:00.000-07:00

And definatly not to mention the new hair style, there is redish purple in it! (:

Recently Heather and Travis were in town with their two so cute and adorable daughters!!! it was so much fun to see all of them, and is anxiously awaiting for their return, and also ariving, Angie and Peter. In the mean time, I am just working my life away at the Conoco cafeteria, not the best job, but it's a job. The upside to working there I actually get to see my dad, and occasionly he will be there during my break! so we eat together. (It's only fun until he asks me to mow the yard when i get home, then i regret the decision to invite him to lunch.) Just Kidding! I also work about 2 times a week at a local snow cone stand! It is so much, though it doesn't make much money, but it's for a good cause (a orphanage in Thailand) other then that, i try to spend time working out and spending time in the sun to get my good old Oklahoman tan again!