As I type this in a state of insomnia, I am laying on my sister's couch with Preparation H slathered all over my stomach and sides with my stomach band wrapped snugly around me. Sounds crazy, but this is my newest pre-weigh-in gimmick.
I have not had the best workouts lately and I have been over eating. I don't know if my body is tired or has reached a plateau or what, but I feel as if I have not made significant progress with my weight this final weigh-in. If anything, I have maintained weight and haven't lost any, and that's not good.
So, with that being the case, I have once again resorted to gimmicks to give me the push that I need. I took a laxative, diuretics, and am now doing this damn Preparation H thing.
You see, Preparation H draws out water in skin (or so I have been told), and tightens it up. I have heard of male clubbers rubbing this hemorrhoid cream all over their muscles because it somehow irritates the skin and makes their muscles swell and look bigger, so I was certain putting this stuff on my stomach would not give me the desired effects. But after googling around a bit, I saw that people have been rubbing this cream on themselves and then wrapping their stomachs in plastic wrap to sweat out any water in their mid-section area. I read where this one guy did this remedy and then went cycling while wrapped up and quickly lost the weight he needed in order to be eligible for the Navy. And on Facebook, a girl on my friend's list who is in Navy Dep in another city used Preparation H as well. But she used it at night as opposed to working out with it on. She said it kept her up because it burned. So.. Obviously that means it is working, right?? The skin is irritated and the water is being drawn out.. Right? Sounded right to me!
So the very next day I went out and got some Prep H.
And I feel NOTHING. I mean, true, I am sweating/moist (don't you just hate that word? Ew.), but I don't have any skin irritation. So does this mean it is not working for me? Oh, God, I REALLY need this to work for me! My weigh-in is in a few hours!
So tomorrow before I head to MEPS, I am going to put this crap on again in addition to my full, hot ass workout gear and workout. I don't quite know what workout I will do tomorrow but it will have to be hard core for me to get the "maximum" effects. And the bad part is while I workout, I won't be able to drink any water(or drink water after I workout for that matter) and afterwards, I don't think I can get my skin wet or all the effects will be reversed. So.. That means a Whore's Bath with a soapy wash cloth is my best bet.
Great.
But this is all for a cause, right? A little discomfort won't hurt! I'm just tired of these damn weigh-ins. Wake me when this is over:(
I'll let you all know how everything goes.
13 Days until boot camp.
~Sailor Taylor
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Monday, August 2, 2010
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
The Fat Boy Suit
Whoever came up with the idea of working out in plastic is a mad genius.
Let me just say that my weigh-in did not go as well as I expected and hoped. I knew I was pushing it with my weight, but I honestly did not fathom this outcome. But, that is a story that is deserving of a blog entry all its own. Therefore, I will come back to the subject of my weigh-in at a later time..
Anyway! With the subject of my weight at hand, one of my recruiters told me to get a stomach sweat band and a "fat boy suit," as he calls it.
Actually, the suit he was referring to is called a "Sauna Suit." I'm sure you all have seen it on others. It looks like a sweat suit made out of a trash bag. They are shiny, made out of some plastic-type material, and make swishing sounds when people wear them. I actually saw my recruiter wearing one at the gym we go to, so he can testify to its "power." He wore that thing and lost 20lbs. But, of course, he does insane workouts when he needs to (like when a PRT is coming up). So he's a special case.
But as soon as I left the recruiters' office (very embarrassed and thankful, I might add) I made my way to Wal-Mart and bought a Gold's Gym brand stomach band and sauna suit. They were surprisingly cheap at $5 and $8, respectively.
I will say that the suit is HIDEOUS. The "shirt" is gun metal grey and the bottom is Smuff/hospital blue. And it's big on me. I tried it on and couldn't help but laugh at myself in my despair. I look like a baggy condom in that thing. LMAO! It's sad, really lol. But I have to do it:-/ I don't have time to be "cute" anymore. I simply don't.
Anyway, I was eager to work out with these new "toys" of mine. My recruiter swore by them and I couldn't wait. So the next morning I got up around 6am and made my way to the gym around 7am. I did push-ups and abs first and then put the stomach belt and suit on over my clothes, which were a green, fitted T and black running capris..
Y'aaaaaaall... That workout was something SERIOUS! My recruiters were feeding me all this bullshit about how full of water the suit would be because it was going to make me hella sweat and how the majority of the weight I would lose would be water weight and shit like that. I didn't really believe them because they go hard on their workouts anyway, so I didn't think that crap would work for me.
But my ass was WRONG! My suit was full of water; it was dripping and pouring out everywhere. My clothes underneath were soaking wet. You would have thought I went swimming fully clothed or something. It was amazing! Lol. Even my stomach band was drenched, and that's not easy considering that crap is made of some weird plastic material.
So now I'm all siked again about working out. It's almost like a game. Like, how hydrated can I get and how much can I sweat? How hard can I push myself to workout in that hot ass suit (and boy does it get hot and stuffy!) without passing out? How small can my waist actually get? How much weight can I lose and how fast can I lose it? It's almost sadistic it seems, but this is how I motivate myself. This is how everyone who seriously hits the gym stays motivated, I think. It's all about body modification in a positive and healtht way. And I'm glad I finally tried this new "method" to working out:) Thanks, recruiter! Lol.
But, long story short, I am glad I finally got that damn suit and stomach band. I felt tiny as hell after I got done working out and I know the weight will fall off very soon. I just have to drink ASS LOADS of water and eat like 6 times a day, which will be the hardest part. But I can do this! I will do this. I'm on my last stretch here. I have 6 weeks, 6 days left. It's time to STOP shitting around. My weight is about to get me kicked out the DEP and I will not and cannot have that. I have got to better. Which is what I should have been doing all along. It's only my fault, but now is the time to prove myself. And I will and am.
More later.
~Sailor Taylor
Let me just say that my weigh-in did not go as well as I expected and hoped. I knew I was pushing it with my weight, but I honestly did not fathom this outcome. But, that is a story that is deserving of a blog entry all its own. Therefore, I will come back to the subject of my weigh-in at a later time..
Anyway! With the subject of my weight at hand, one of my recruiters told me to get a stomach sweat band and a "fat boy suit," as he calls it.
Actually, the suit he was referring to is called a "Sauna Suit." I'm sure you all have seen it on others. It looks like a sweat suit made out of a trash bag. They are shiny, made out of some plastic-type material, and make swishing sounds when people wear them. I actually saw my recruiter wearing one at the gym we go to, so he can testify to its "power." He wore that thing and lost 20lbs. But, of course, he does insane workouts when he needs to (like when a PRT is coming up). So he's a special case.
But as soon as I left the recruiters' office (very embarrassed and thankful, I might add) I made my way to Wal-Mart and bought a Gold's Gym brand stomach band and sauna suit. They were surprisingly cheap at $5 and $8, respectively.
I will say that the suit is HIDEOUS. The "shirt" is gun metal grey and the bottom is Smuff/hospital blue. And it's big on me. I tried it on and couldn't help but laugh at myself in my despair. I look like a baggy condom in that thing. LMAO! It's sad, really lol. But I have to do it:-/ I don't have time to be "cute" anymore. I simply don't.
Anyway, I was eager to work out with these new "toys" of mine. My recruiter swore by them and I couldn't wait. So the next morning I got up around 6am and made my way to the gym around 7am. I did push-ups and abs first and then put the stomach belt and suit on over my clothes, which were a green, fitted T and black running capris..
Y'aaaaaaall... That workout was something SERIOUS! My recruiters were feeding me all this bullshit about how full of water the suit would be because it was going to make me hella sweat and how the majority of the weight I would lose would be water weight and shit like that. I didn't really believe them because they go hard on their workouts anyway, so I didn't think that crap would work for me.
But my ass was WRONG! My suit was full of water; it was dripping and pouring out everywhere. My clothes underneath were soaking wet. You would have thought I went swimming fully clothed or something. It was amazing! Lol. Even my stomach band was drenched, and that's not easy considering that crap is made of some weird plastic material.
So now I'm all siked again about working out. It's almost like a game. Like, how hydrated can I get and how much can I sweat? How hard can I push myself to workout in that hot ass suit (and boy does it get hot and stuffy!) without passing out? How small can my waist actually get? How much weight can I lose and how fast can I lose it? It's almost sadistic it seems, but this is how I motivate myself. This is how everyone who seriously hits the gym stays motivated, I think. It's all about body modification in a positive and healtht way. And I'm glad I finally tried this new "method" to working out:) Thanks, recruiter! Lol.
But, long story short, I am glad I finally got that damn suit and stomach band. I felt tiny as hell after I got done working out and I know the weight will fall off very soon. I just have to drink ASS LOADS of water and eat like 6 times a day, which will be the hardest part. But I can do this! I will do this. I'm on my last stretch here. I have 6 weeks, 6 days left. It's time to STOP shitting around. My weight is about to get me kicked out the DEP and I will not and cannot have that. I have got to better. Which is what I should have been doing all along. It's only my fault, but now is the time to prove myself. And I will and am.
More later.
~Sailor Taylor
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