I got the letter in the mail. On January 13th, 6:30am, all day, I need to be present to take the NYPD medical. (thankfully not physical yet, but I am being more careful with my legs. doing the Epsom salt baths & not overdoing it).
This is my year to get in. If I can pass all the tests, legs healed, and get in...I would be in for the July 2014 academy. Even that is perfect time of year - doesn't coincide with Spring allergies (I do get bad allergies and I am glad I will not be having to take tests / studying at that time of year.) July lasts through January and then after 6 months graduation. FAST and furious.
I really am trying my best to stay healthy, not get sick, continue to go the gym & be active.
I will get in.
My legs are going to heal.
These next few months are going to fly.
This is unbelievable & I am so elated. That the process is going to start kicking, once I take the physical on January 13th. Side note, I do have to lie - I cannot mention the leg injury I had these past few months - or I will not be accepted. I know this from friends, who are going through the process a second time - after not being accepted the first time and having to fight the system to get another shot. This is my shot (I'm 31, not 21) and only chance.
I am super excited for these next few months and am so grateful for this life adventure. Never would I have thought that I would get such an opportunity. To change my life. To be a hero, everyday, and work in such a meaningful profession.
I yearn for this part of my life to come to fruition. I yearn to be in that profession.
I am doing what it takes. I know I have what it takes.
God help me with this, help me to reach this goal that I aspire to. Help me, even though I can help myself, be successful in this journey. I want to be this type of public figure. I also want to be able to support myself and eventually pay my father back some of all he has given me over the years.
Life is a journey and I am thankful for my life this far. Even this job now - I complain so much - but it provides anything I could want now. Enough money to pay for all the prepared foods I like. Enough money to pay my bills. Enough money to live in peace and quiet in my own apartment.
But now I want more, and I have been training for more. I go to the gym & the pool. Everything I do is to further and physically benefit myself. Please help me reach this next goal. It may not even be my last. I am a person that does reach for self empowerment, self improvement.
I will strive to be good, and better than just average. I will strive, AS ALWAYS, to do my very best when I partake in something that I really want.
I will get in, I will keep working at it, and I will stay strong.
Progress as of today: -2 lbs lost so far, only 9 lbs to go!
HAPPY WEDNESDAY. GOING HOME AT 5PM YAY.
Breakfast & snacks = 700 mostly healthy aside from coffee and fake but decent protein bar. HEALTHY
late lunch @ 1:45pm was starved!: veggies 70, fruit 50, roll 150 with chicken 50, and spread 50?...around 400. yes, real good. decent
snack: almonds 150 HEALTHY
snack before weights: i think 1/2 wrap, veggies, and an apple....350 at most. healthy.
shake: 200-250 one scoop protein, ice, water, half banana. healthy.
total: 1850, prob not more. EXCELLENT.
plan is for a great gym workout tonight of upper body weights....i need it....lack of cardio is a killer. cardio today was walking to & from car and .75 mi during lunch.
will still lay low on the cardio end even though it's getting really frustrating. by lay low, it means I will not do any extra cardio at the gym tonight aside from walking around lifting weights.
i will take a 15-20 min epsom salt bath tonight...i really think it's helping very much. (also making me bloated which is a side effect along with diarrhea)...but luckily didn't get the latter.
Progress as of today: -2 lbs lost so far, only 9 lbs to go!
MUCH BETTER TODAY. :-)
Breakfast: 350 so healthy.
Snack: 300 coffee / bar
lunch: will be healthy :) was good...around 550-600.
snack: almonds 100
light, healthy dinner: turkey in pita 300 and apple 100, 400
ate more than I planned after gym: health salad from supermarket: 150??, sautéed leftover eggplant 150????, and turkey 50?, and yogurt 100. 450, is ok.
2200, fine. what can I do. at least it was healthy, ya know!?
light plan for exercise: abs and little upper leg weights. maybe few mintues walk on treadmill or bike to get a lil more cardio (will probably skip cardio at lunch - it's snowing.) and don't have exercise clothes to go next door to the gym. I walked on the treadmill at the gym next door from work during lunch for 12 min. was good.
Progress as of today: -2 lbs lost so far, only 9 lbs to go!
wow, no entry until 8:18pm....yep, busy day :-) even though I was sorta angry about it before, I got to the gym & had a great workout, I'm feeling so relaxed now :-D
Breakfast: very healthy - low carb wrap, one egg, one egg white, lots of pumpkin with stevia, some strawberries 350
snack: coffee, bar 300
lunch: primarily healthy. wrap with turkey. lots of "palak" pakastani style spinach spread. which I put on the wrap as I ate it! needed something different. oh, and half a tasty apple around 600...and this natural energy shot thing (no crazy things in it, sorta!)
snacks: apple, almonds, and a protein shake during upper body excellent workout! 450 at most.
total so far: 1700
snack when I got home: more tasty pumpkin (when you add stevia) in a greek yogurt yum! 150
total: lower and excellent. proud of this total: around 1850-1900. perfect for me, for maintenance & weight loss. go me.
goodnight all.
Progress as of today: -2 lbs lost so far, only 9 lbs to go!
Good Morning...
3am snack - all natural Pure Bar. mostly fat/carbs low protein chocolate flavor.- more like a healthier dessert & that's why I will probably end up buying more, actually. (ingredients include: dates, agave nectar, rice protein, cashew butter, almonds, almonds, walnuts cocoa)..and then peanut butter on a roll with a packet of stevia - 250. total = 450, good. (will count 150 cal of this with yesterday....so, 300 here)
8am Breakfast: cereal & almond milk: 30, 120, 120 (270), roll 120 with pb and jelly (270), and another 3/4 of a roll 90, with 1/2 pb 60 (150) = around 700. eh. thank god I didn't eat the whole 2nd roll.
10am large snack: veggies 100?, crackers 180, spread 50?, fruit 50-100: 400.
1400...may eat higher cals today as it looks like it already....and I just can't start trying to starve myself. will probably stop by old navy, use all the coupons I found, buy some larger pants to wear so I am more comfortable until getting back to the size 4's (I am around a 6 now I think...)
2pm snack before doing errands: turkey 100 and spinach dip 150.
snack during errands: 300.
snack after pool 150, followed by sautéed eggplant (damn...was so good but wasn't supposed to have it now!) 350...
2250-2300. decent (but not if I want to lose weight). overall though, good job, considering how the morning went! good for me - especially on exercise. I think I was actually in the pool 30 minutes instead of 20 (can't remember the time I started - if it was 6:50 or 7pm) either way, good job to me.
Let me plan my day so it doesn't turn into a massive eating-fest:
so, at least I got most of the list done. right?
Progress as of today: -2 lbs lost so far, only 9 lbs to go!
woke up at 3am, decided to do laundry at 4am....slept through getting my clothes after the dryer lol and this guy had to take some of them out lol! overall though, a good night and start to the weekend.
4-5am Breakfast 1: 450
10am Breakfast 2: 400
snack:medium coffee with milk and 2 equal. 50
BIG LUNCH around 2:45-3pm: tons of veggies & some lean deli turkey...along with 4 servings of different carbs (overdone, but so good on a snowy day) and peanut butter...lol (ended with peanut butter on a roll) - around 900 cal. lol maybe even 850....perhaps.
I am home the rest of the day (3pm on) bc it's snowing and not work a car accident. on days like today, the goal is never to eat low calories because I am around so much food I wouldn't ever stick to it....so therefore, it's better for me success-wise to indulge a little.
dinner: cooked cabbage and carrots 50?, yogurt 100, chocolate bar 200.
2100. plus 150 from Sunday AM's 3am snack....2250.
maybe a snack.
really not liking being home....and...my legs hurt. not sure what to do other than think positive and the pain will go away.
Progress as of today: -2 lbs lost so far, only 9 lbs to go!
Breakfast:: veggies/fruit 100, wrap 100, 1 whole egg 1 egg white 100, yogurt with stevia 150: 450, great!
snack: bar, coffee.
very healthy day. but high stress....but so busy high stress, that it felt good if you know what I mean. unfortunately though, I reached for caffeine most of the day to power me thru - especially after lunch and before the gym that I got to around 7pm.
calories after lunch: a nice, low 1150.
snack: 50 for a few almonds, 150 for roasted brussel sprouts from the supermarket and wow were they good!, and 2 big egg whites 50. total - 250 - and this was my sort-of-dinner with diet pepsi...before gym. and tons of vitamin water zero (one and a half bottles)
during gym: more to power me thru - small protein shake with half banana and one scoop protein. 200
1600.
after gym: well, makes sense, too much - but all healthy. around 600 cal.
total: 2200.
even though I was completely inactive most of the day, the gym workout (around 45 min upper body) was extremely strong. without hardly any rest periods and doing more of a high intensity circuit training for upper body. It was good & I am sure that overall today, with that workout, I may have burned more than 2200 cal. or at least that much. :-)
Progress as of today: -2 lbs lost so far, only 9 lbs to go!
Snack: airborne hot, some fruit, pumpkin, veggie salad: 150.
Breakfast: 2 eggs 140, on wrap 100, small amount of avocado 50. 300 - good!
snack: bar, airborne hot...(maybe lay off coffee) 200
650 :)
ended the day at....let me remember lol....2050-2150. was good. exercise was some walking at lunch & 20 min at pool....but, my legs were hurting last night. hopefully it's just from stress and nothing else right now....thinking positive. happy Friday now!
Progress as of today: -2 lbs lost so far, only 9 lbs to go!
Still debating if I would prefer the pool or abs/legs at gym tonight. Pool is more challenging for sure - I would go for around 20 min. I can even do abs after at home - if I really want to. - as long as I'm feeling decent tonight - I will even bring some sorta natural energy shot sample I have for after work...
Snack: piece of banana and hot airborne drink: 5-. (have a slightly sore throat - must kick it in the bud asap!)
finally satisfying breakfast: low carb wrap with turkey, one egg, avocado, and pumpkin: 350!
snack: coffee 50, bar 200
total: 650, perfect.
lunch: will be healthy...and deciding to skip pool and just do light exercise at gym (abs, few leg exercies) and maybe eat boss' food....but being sure to be healthy :-D
I will keep calories balanced, in check, including weekends...i will not get fat bc times are tough and i can't exercise - i will be smart and eat better, i know i can!
calories were great - 2050 :-) and a good core and legs day at the gym (45 min)
Progress as of today: -2 lbs lost so far, only 9 lbs to go!
1300 including lunch. good. crazy hungry lately and i Iam just not satisfied eating less...gonna have to try much harder.
1450 with snack of roasted almonds.
then, i have to eat before i go to the gym - i could do an easy routine tonight & hard tomorrow...in an effort to not have to each so much tonight before the gym....which would be a smart way to go...so i'll just to abs and legs tonight - but my abs are quite bloated!?
yay it's fixed!!! I can post again!!!
around 2050-2100. good thing is a did a strong, very strong, 45 min weights routine with very little rest periods. I just plowed through, doing more of a circuit-type workout! I probably burned every calorie I ate, I can say this with 99% positivity!
Progress as of today: -2 lbs lost so far, only 9 lbs to go!
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That's great! Good luck!
OhioRaven on 12/19/2013:
Praying for you, Hop-Cop.
glassgirl3 on 12/19/2013:
congratulations!
thinkpositive on 12/19/2013:
So exciting. With your enthusiasm you are the person who should be accepted