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Kimberly lost 60 pounds

February 9, 2013 by Ajima Jackson 16 Comments

Today’s featured success story: Kimberly lost 60 pounds post-baby with juicing, Zumba and the Daniel Fast. Her story is another example that adding more fruits and veggies and cleaning up your diet can lead to rapid results.

Kimberly weight loss feb

Here is what she had to say about her weight loss journey:

“I have lost 60lbs so far. I started out juicing for 3 weeks then began eating salads, fish and fruit. No sugar or starches, only whole grains. I’m currently on a 21 day fast called the Daniel Fast which is basically just fruits and veggies. As far as my workout I do Zumba for cardio and resistance workouts with resistance bands. I also do pushups crunches for my abs. My journey took about 6 months.

A lot of people have had negative things to say the 1st time I lost weight, well guess what Im doing again!!! The SAME way ..Clean healthy eating and exercising & In That Order. Theses pix are embarrassing but I can care less because I know where God has brought me from. I only hope to be motivation to someone else! #thatisall #motivated #blessed”

Toccaro lost 248 pounds

February 8, 2013 by Ajima Jackson 10 Comments

Today’s featured weight loss success story: Toccaro lost 248 pounds with the help of weight loss surgery (gastric bypass). She is now a certified spin instructor and is prepping for a bodybuilding competition.

Toccaro weight loss

Here is what she shared with us about her weight loss journey:

“After reaching 435 pounds, I had gastric bypass in 2008. I been working hard every since. I have lost 248lbs, and I am currently a certified spin instructor teaching at three different gyms. I work with a personal trainer two days a week and I am currently training to prepare for my first female body building competition. In terms of eating I have a balanced diet of lean protein, veggies, and I juice 4 days a week. I restrict processed sugars, high fat, and heavy carbs!”

Toccaro’s workouts are no joke. Check out her video.

Georgina lost 30 pounds

January 21, 2013 by Ajima Jackson 15 Comments

Today’s featured weight loss success story: Georgina lost 30 pounds. Changing her eating habits, juicing and running helped her transition to greater health.

Georgina lost 30 pounds

Here is what Georgina had to say about how she lost the weight:

“I wanted to share my weight loss story. For years, I struggled with weight. I had a high blood pressure. On my before picture I weighed 150 pounds. The after pic I now weigh 120 pounds. Never in my life, I thought I would be smaller size. I received a lot of negative feedback from people saying that I will always be obese and overweight because it runs in my family genes. I did not receive tuition assistance from the army because I was overweight. I got tired of feeling bad about myself and having a low self esteem. I got tired of having excuse after another and decided to change my life. I used to eat fried chicken every weekend and hot dogs every day.

In order to begin the transformation, I had to eliminate on the fried food because 70% of my weight loss had to do with what I was putting in my mouth. I decided to buy a juicer and make my own vegetable and fruit juices and eliminated on the artificial flavors. I started drinking more water and a lot of cardio five days a week. I also combined strength training so I can build muscles. My run time now is 17:20 in 2 miles and before was 24 minutes for a 2 mile run. I personally believe consistency, will power and determination will get you to where you want to be. Blocking out all negative voices and focusing on the goal that you want to achieve and never giving up.”

Black Women Losing Weight’s November Challenge Goals

October 30, 2012 by Ajima Jackson 442 Comments

Our November 2012 Weight Loss Challenge will be the “Exercise 5 days per week | Avoid sweets, candy, soda, or white flour Challenge”!!! We will also be juicing as a bonus challenge for those who are interested.

We will begin on Nov 1. What do you need to do to join the challenge?

1. Commit to the challenge goals!

Exercise 5 days per week for a minimum of 30 min per day. Of course you can do more, but this is the baseline minimum.
Reduce your sugar intake – We will focus on processed sugar (white sugar, corn syrup, artificial sugar, etc). No soda, no diet soda, no sweets, no candy, no cake. You can have natural sweeteners like agave nectar and honey in reasonable quantities. You can also have fruit and sweet veggies like carrots.
No white flour – Our goal will be to avoid as much white, bleached flour as possible. You’ll want to avoid most breads, baked goods, crackers, etc.

2. You will commit to check-in with your fellow BWLW sisters on our online community each Saturday in November to let us know how the challenge is going for you. You will let everyone know your workout totals in terms of days and hours worked out. You will also note what challenges and successes you’ve had while trying to avoid sugar and white flour. Of course, you’ll also note how your weight is affected by the challenge goals. Check-in with a status message, photo, blog post…it’s your choice. We just want to hold each other accountable. BWLW members will also be posting on our Facebook page.

Bonus Challenge – Juicing at least once per day!
Do you want to step up the complexity of this month’s challenge? Interested in adding juicing to your daily eating goals? Me too. I’ve decided to add at least one 20 oz glass of juice to eating regime each day. There are a lot of free recipe resources online that you can check out. I’ll be using a great collection of 101 recipes I found: “101 Juice Fast Recipes“. I bought it after I saw the juice fasting documentary “Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead“. Just $1.01! for 101 recipes from African American Juicing Diva, Carla of Raw Raw Life. Check it out!

Leave a comment below and let me know what your goals for November are and what you’d like to get out of this month’s challenge.

Our book of the month will be “Ada’s Rules” and I’ll be posting book club questions on the blog for discussion for those who are interested.

Ada’s Rules: A Sexy Skinny Novel – Ada’s Rules, the story of a black preacher’s wife who has 100 pounds to lose and maybe a cheating husband provides 53 principles for a personal health and beauty revival. A funny novel about serious subjects, from diabetes and obesity to infidelity, it provides a road map that any reader can follow to create change in their own lives and in the world. And it may just be the secret weapon we need to help us all balance the national health budget. Readers will see Ada in themselves as she perseveres through the joys and pains that come with being a loving parent, daughter, wife, friend, and community member pushing for change. Join Ada’s Army. Be one of the readers shifting the shape of the future one body at a time.

Black Women ARE Losing Weight with our monthly challenges! Let’s keep the momentum going in November.