About me

My name is Sheila and I'm 29 years old. I have lived on the Oregon Coast my whole life. I have a sister who is 25 years old. I am an Aunt to two little girls who are 3 years old. My boyfriend and I have been together for 3 years. I would love for people to follow my journey and hopefully get inspired.

I have been heavy my whole life. I finally decided to do something about it and recently had the Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy done on 6/4/12. It is one of the best things I have done in my life. I started the whole process of having surgery in November 2011. At the time I weighed 227 lbs. The day of surgery I weighed 201 lbs. During the 6 months of waiting for surgery I quit drinking soda and started to eat more healthy. Was the hardest thing ever, but I did it and still am doing it. People say that having this surgery is the easy way out. Please let me assure you there is nothing easy about this. If your not sure what the surgery is you can Google Vertical Sleeve Surgery and there are videos and information on the surgery. I now weigh 185 lbs, but I am burning muscle instead of fat. It is very important for me to keep as much muscle as I can. Getting this surgery done will only take you far. I know I have the power in myself to do this. I want to be able to do all the things in life I have always wanted to do.


Monday, August 27, 2012

Chalean Update!!!

So most of you know I had started ChaLean Extreme about a month ago. Life got in the way and I had stopped it for about two weeks. On August 14th I started it back up. I can proudly say I am two weeks into it and feel great! My arms are getting stronger and I really can see it now. I learned how to flex and so I always looking in the mirror to see my new muscles :) that ChaLean helped me with. Everyday I try and push myself harder. I try and be careful with my knees and elbows because they get sore and it. I have always had a bad habit of putting all my weight on my knees. With this program I am learning things about posture and where to shift my weight. I used to lock my knees and I am trying to be more aware of not locking my knees. Old habits are hard to get away from, but I am trying. Today I weighed myself and I am down to 171 Lbs. I started out at 227 lbs in November 2011. As of June 4th, 2012 I weighed 201. Two weeks ago when I started ChaLean I weighed 174 lbs. Some of you may say to yourself that it is not a lot. I have done some research and the average weight loss a week should be 2 lbs. I'm in the middle so for me that is great! They say that the slower you lose it there is less of a chance gaining it back. I'm not so sure this is true, but if it is true that is great! I seriously tell everybody and anybody who is interested in losing weight but keeping muscle to seriously consider ChaLean Extreme or any Team Beachbody program. You can also sign up for free and allow me to be your coach. Just click on this link" FREE" and it is as easy as that. Your life can change as easy as a click of a button. It did for me, trust me. For some of you that feel you are past the point of being coached by someone you can always signup to be a coach yourself and can share your journey with people. To be a coach click this link " To be a Coach." If you have any questions about being a coach or the programs please email me sheilariley@live.com. I would love to answer any questions. In two weeks I have completed 30 days. I hope to get up pictures of before and now. I'm so excited to show everyone and hope to not scare everyone away. I hope y'all continue this journey with me. Stay tuned for the photos in two weeks..... 

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Gonna get it done

So I was doing great on my workouts with ChaLean Extreme, but some things happen in life and I got off schedule. I am going to be restarting my workouts on the 13th(Monday). I need to get back on track. I noticed within the first week of ChaLean Extreme that I was starting to get muscles and I felt stronger. The weights I was using was a 3 lbs that I started out with by the end of the week I was using a 5 lbs. It may not be a lot to some people, but for me I have no muscle what so ever. I owe it to myself to complete the full 90 days. For Halloween I plan on being a sexy cat. I would love more than anything to be fit for the costume. So here I go trying it again. I will try and do daily updates so y'all can follow along. Hopefully you can join me. If ChaLean Extreme is not the right program for you please search all their great fitness programs on Team Beachbody. If you do not have a coach I would be more than happy to be your coach just click this link Sign up for free. Remember anything on this page that is underlined and in orange/yellow you can click on and it will direct you to programs or where you need to go. For instance, if you click on Chalean Extreme it will take you to Chalean Extreme. If you click on Team Beachbody it will take you to all the programs they offer. When you get to the site on the left hand side of the page it will say fitness programs. Check them all out they are wonderful!