I have mentioned a few times about my amazing stud of a husband, and my two adorable little monkeys... my daughter is 4 and my bubba boy is 2.
My husband has always been really health conscious and at times has been over baring and obnoxious about his health desires for himself and for me. I have grown to ignore his obnoxiousness and have even changed over the past almost 10 years into a smaller version of him. Kind of.
Anyway, I used to eat McDonalds and Taco Bell and ice cream... like maybe a lot. He didn't really approve or appreciate this. I don't think he appreciated the cost of it, and I know he didn't appreciate me feeding my body crap food. He sorta practices and has always believed "you look a lot like what you eat."
The kids, have been fairly good eaters from the get go. As I have evolved into a pretty much health nut like my husband, I have still allowed the kids to teeter in both lands. The healthy lane (Eat this veggie and you can have that brownie when you are done), and the fast food lane.
I read a blog (can't find it now) and thought the woman was nuts. She was wigging out over the babysitter feeding her kid some McDonalds (He was three and never had fast food). Really? Is it that big of a deal? I was going to post how I thought she was a bit of a crazy lady last week, but then I thought better of it. She is incredibly fit, and obviously an incredibly nutritious eater... why would I judge her for that? I am sure she doesn't give a crap that I sometimes drive through the take out window and pick up something for the kids, while I waite til I get home for something nutritious.
I admit, I have thought about her blog several times since reading it.
I read another blog, the one where I got the sex topic, and she had said that her family is fairly frugal and spend a rather modest amount on groceries each month. She said her kids eat what they eat, and she doesn't buy sugary drinks or treats at the store. Kids have resisted but after going to bed hungry a couple of times, they have learned to eat what is made for dinner.
Can I just tell you that I have been making two different dinners for, like a year, most nights? My kids love fruits and vegetables, but their idea of protein is a turkey dog or chicken nuggets from Costco. I felt guilty making them eat a boneless skinless chicken breast and vegetables for dinner just because the man and I were. They have come quite accustomed to this, and will turn down breakfast or dinner, knowing that I will rescue them with a snack later. Even though the snack is usually a healthy option (greek yogurt, apple with peanut butter, rice cakes etc.), they know it will be there so they refuse my________ (Tacos, chicken breast, spaggetti etc).
Tonight we had a beautiful dinner prepared for us at their grandparents. Yummy roast, an amazing salad, and nutritious rice. They would have no part of it. Fine, I allowed it, but wouldn't let them have dessert when all the other kids were eating brownies.
Two minutes after we got in the car my 4 year old says, "call dad and ask him to make our dinner."
"Are ya freakin kidding me?" Seriously, 20 minutes ago that beautiful dinner right on a plate in front of her.
I put my foot down. No, I would not be making another dinner, neither would dad. And no, there would be no snacks before bed. And in the morning, they can choose to eat oatmeal, yogurt or eggs and if they want to skip that meal as well, so be it. But I am done feeding two seperate meals twice a day.
The law has been laid and we are all going to eat healthy. McDonalds chicken nuggets aren't healthy for me, and I am not even growing anymore. So why on earth would I fill my kids up on them and have them become addicted to a place that is contributing to the childhood obesity rate? I will not anymore.
What do you do? What do your kids eat? Do you trick them? Cuz I do feel pretty tricky when I give them a milk shake (protein powder, milk, spinach and berries). What is your stance?
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Friday, January 27, 2012
Vanity
I was reading on a friend of a friend's blog last night about the topic of SEX. Wow, I can't believe I am typing this on my public blog. But got me thinking a lot so I am going to share my thoughts and ask for yours.
Her post was talking about her and her loving husbands sex life after several years. How it evolves and how things change over time, how they make it better, more interesting, and more loving. She also mentioned that she doesn't "expect" her husband to find her sexy right after she has a baby, launching into the fact that her baby is a couple months old and she is getting back to eating healthy and exercising. *Note, this chick is 130 lbs, and looks absolutly beautiful... but she doesn't FEEL beautiful or "sexy" would prolly be the better term... because she just pushed a kid out of her chotch two months ago, her skin is still a bit saggy, and her muscle tone is lost. I think she referred to herself as skinny fat... although I'd take her frame and figure in a heart beat. (Side note)
This made me remember when I was pregnant with my first baby. Oh my, my, my. It was bad friends. Picture this... that picture to the right upper corner of where I started, with the worst acne all over my face. Like reallly, the worst acne you can imagine, that is what it looked like covering my face, chest and back. Then imagine that picture of my face swelled up times two, literally. My belly was HUGE. My stretch marks were horrifying. HORRIFYING. This is not me being dramatic, my husband saw a picture from my baby shower with me a few weeks later and we didn't even recognize me. We didn't know I looked "that" bad. Honestly, it was pure freaking hell on me. I was used to being an averagely good looking girl, with a little fluff on me. And I turned into a ginormous walking turn off. It was hard on my husband. He'd be lying if he said otherwise, and I would be an absolute idiot if I expected or thought he could be attracted to that. It was horrible, it was not who he married, I felt ugly, and I looked ugly.
Anyway, we had sex-- yes. But it wasn't that "blow your freakin" mind kind anymore. It was just have sex because normal people in normal relationships have sex. And eventually after our little princess was born and growing, I was able to get back into a routine of working out, eating healthy, and got me a mean perscription of Accutane. Slowly but surely I started feeling like "me" again, and slowly but surely our sex life was getting back to that "blow my freaking mind, my husband is amazing in bed" kind.
So my conclusion is that regardless of how I looked, my husband loved me. He wanted to make love to me and nothing would stop him, of course unless it hurt because I was huge and lets face it... when you are preggo there comes a point when it just wont work anymore for a while. :o) But, today-- when I am in the best shape of my life, (like actually and physically looking) I think our sex is the best ever.
I don't think it is because we have been together for almost 7 years, I think it is because for the first time in our entire married life-- I am pretty much at peace and thankful for the body I have, and I am not afraid to have "the lights on" if you will. I think the confidence that I have in my body makes a lot of things in our relationship better-- He finds my boost in confidence sexy, I feel like I "deserve" my sexy man, to the fact that I know he is attracted to me, and me only. I know that he "wants" me, and I "want" him too.
So, for you. Do you think it is important in your relationship to keep yourself looking and feeling good? Do you think the importance is on "looking" good, or actually "feeling" like you look good?
Come on!! Let's hear it!
Her post was talking about her and her loving husbands sex life after several years. How it evolves and how things change over time, how they make it better, more interesting, and more loving. She also mentioned that she doesn't "expect" her husband to find her sexy right after she has a baby, launching into the fact that her baby is a couple months old and she is getting back to eating healthy and exercising. *Note, this chick is 130 lbs, and looks absolutly beautiful... but she doesn't FEEL beautiful or "sexy" would prolly be the better term... because she just pushed a kid out of her chotch two months ago, her skin is still a bit saggy, and her muscle tone is lost. I think she referred to herself as skinny fat... although I'd take her frame and figure in a heart beat. (Side note)
This made me remember when I was pregnant with my first baby. Oh my, my, my. It was bad friends. Picture this... that picture to the right upper corner of where I started, with the worst acne all over my face. Like reallly, the worst acne you can imagine, that is what it looked like covering my face, chest and back. Then imagine that picture of my face swelled up times two, literally. My belly was HUGE. My stretch marks were horrifying. HORRIFYING. This is not me being dramatic, my husband saw a picture from my baby shower with me a few weeks later and we didn't even recognize me. We didn't know I looked "that" bad. Honestly, it was pure freaking hell on me. I was used to being an averagely good looking girl, with a little fluff on me. And I turned into a ginormous walking turn off. It was hard on my husband. He'd be lying if he said otherwise, and I would be an absolute idiot if I expected or thought he could be attracted to that. It was horrible, it was not who he married, I felt ugly, and I looked ugly.
Anyway, we had sex-- yes. But it wasn't that "blow your freakin" mind kind anymore. It was just have sex because normal people in normal relationships have sex. And eventually after our little princess was born and growing, I was able to get back into a routine of working out, eating healthy, and got me a mean perscription of Accutane. Slowly but surely I started feeling like "me" again, and slowly but surely our sex life was getting back to that "blow my freaking mind, my husband is amazing in bed" kind.
So my conclusion is that regardless of how I looked, my husband loved me. He wanted to make love to me and nothing would stop him, of course unless it hurt because I was huge and lets face it... when you are preggo there comes a point when it just wont work anymore for a while. :o) But, today-- when I am in the best shape of my life, (like actually and physically looking) I think our sex is the best ever.
I don't think it is because we have been together for almost 7 years, I think it is because for the first time in our entire married life-- I am pretty much at peace and thankful for the body I have, and I am not afraid to have "the lights on" if you will. I think the confidence that I have in my body makes a lot of things in our relationship better-- He finds my boost in confidence sexy, I feel like I "deserve" my sexy man, to the fact that I know he is attracted to me, and me only. I know that he "wants" me, and I "want" him too.
So, for you. Do you think it is important in your relationship to keep yourself looking and feeling good? Do you think the importance is on "looking" good, or actually "feeling" like you look good?
Come on!! Let's hear it!
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Workouts
One of my favorite workouts is called Tabata, it can be used with any exercises you like but here is one I have done with my bootcampers
You do each exercise for 20 seconds, rest 10, then go again for 20 seconds. You do each exercise for a total of 4 minutes
high knees
squat jumps
jump switch lunges (lunge position hopping switching legs)
pushups
vertical leaps (touch floor with finger tips, jump as high as you can)
squats
jump foward squat, hop with feet together back twice
burpees
wall sit
lunge left leg foward
lunge right leg foward
tricep dips off of a chair
repeat circuit 2x or 3x if you are advanced
Workout 2
warmup doing each exercise for 30 seconds, do it twice:
jumping jacks
back lunges
high knees
prisoner squats
pushups
slow mountain climbers
1 minute of pushups
1 minutes of prisoner squats
1 minute wall sit
1 minute wall jumps
30 seconds
prisoner squat
High plank (in pushup position)
single leg hip extension
close grip pushups
side plank
side plank
30 seconds
supermans (on stomach pull shoulder blades together)
T Pushup (pushup to side plank position)
Lunge switch jumps
Single leg deadlift
Other single lef deadlift
Squat jumps
break, repeat 2 or 3 times.
You do each exercise for 20 seconds, rest 10, then go again for 20 seconds. You do each exercise for a total of 4 minutes
high knees
squat jumps
jump switch lunges (lunge position hopping switching legs)
pushups
vertical leaps (touch floor with finger tips, jump as high as you can)
squats
jump foward squat, hop with feet together back twice
burpees
wall sit
lunge left leg foward
lunge right leg foward
tricep dips off of a chair
repeat circuit 2x or 3x if you are advanced
Workout 2
warmup doing each exercise for 30 seconds, do it twice:
jumping jacks
back lunges
high knees
prisoner squats
pushups
slow mountain climbers
1 minute of pushups
1 minutes of prisoner squats
1 minute wall sit
1 minute wall jumps
30 seconds
prisoner squat
High plank (in pushup position)
single leg hip extension
close grip pushups
side plank
side plank
30 seconds
supermans (on stomach pull shoulder blades together)
T Pushup (pushup to side plank position)
Lunge switch jumps
Single leg deadlift
Other single lef deadlift
Squat jumps
break, repeat 2 or 3 times.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Who are you
I wrote on a sticky note about a year ago
"Who are you going to be? Make a decision, and make it happen."
It is still taped to the mirror in my bedroom and on some occasions it has annoyed me, and on others it has pushed me to get to the gym, dig a little deeper, or to put the graham cracker with peanut butter down.
My California friend doing the weight loss competition brought up the topic of feeling overwhelmed a little bit by always trying to do the "right" thing. Confessing she hadn't had a poptart, toaster strudel, or other processed junk food in so long, but admidetly missed it. A few years back she ate that stuff all the time and is skinnier than she is now.
Well, there is medical terminology and explanations up the bum for why as we age it gets harder to lose weight. I don't know them, I don't even care that much either to tell you the truth.
She said that she is so sick of feeling guilty after eating a cookie, that she admires these bodies of fitness models and figure competitiors but has realized that isn't really what her goal is.
I read that post. I re read it. And I thought, "this girl has got it goin on!" She may not FEEL comfortable in her own skin that she says is 10 lbs over weight, but I have a very good feeling she is almost there because of this statement.
She has realized that it isn't her goal to look like so she is at 10% body fat. Honestly, most fitness models you see are at or below that, and they are also airbrushed to look freaking amazing. Most of them also eat a strict diet every single day of their lives over and over again. They do not eat cookies, they do not drink soda, they do not have cheat meals often. I read once on a girls blog who was both beautiful and amazingly fit that she has a cheat meal 3 times a YEAR. Her birthday, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Pauline Nordin said the last time she ate pizza was in 2008 and and before that was 2004.
I mean, that is nuts to me. I don't want to be that girl. Would I like to look like her? Ya, who wouldn't? But at what cost? These women have their entire careers, their homes, their food, their livlihood is based on them keeping their picture perfect body as picture perfect as it can get all the time.
I am not saying, eat processed foods, sit on the couch. I am saying CHOOSE WHO YOU WANT TO BE, and then be ok with the decision that you made. Our wants and desires evolve every day of our lives and what we want today is probably not what we will want in 6 months or a year. But for now, make a plan to be as healthy of a YOU, you can be.
I think it is good to get advice and/or sorround yourself with people that are as healthy as you or healthier. I think it is good to network with people and learn and gain from them what you can, but at the end of the day-- you get in your bed, you sleep with your spouse, and you wake up again the next day-- in your own shoes.
We all need to stop striving to be a "Jamie Eason" or a "Pauline Nordin" or a "Jaime Baird" or whoever it is you think is rockin. I have seen people on facebook want these women to SPELL out exactly what they do, eat, lift (Weight and repetition wise), how they run etc. They want to BE them. This will not happen. We can not become someone we are not.
For the 95% of us who are just working out and eating healthy-- we will never make a dollar off of it. We are just doing it to do it, to feel the sweat and to feel the burn. To feel the satisfaction of knowing that we have molded and sculpted our "temple" into the most beautiful, strong building WE can, with what resources WE have, and in addition to the millions of other things (that are equally and in some regards more important) we do all day every day.....(kids, spouses, jobs, pets, family, volunteering, church, blogging, neighboring, cleaning, etc.).
So to you, Melissa, and to you-- dear reader really look at your life. Look at the person you have become and think about the person you want to become. Be grateful, don't sell your self short, and don't underestimate your greatness. Be the person you were designed to become and enjoy the process of getting there..
and for the love of all things eat a damn cookie every now and again, and enjoy it.
"Who are you going to be? Make a decision, and make it happen."
It is still taped to the mirror in my bedroom and on some occasions it has annoyed me, and on others it has pushed me to get to the gym, dig a little deeper, or to put the graham cracker with peanut butter down.
My California friend doing the weight loss competition brought up the topic of feeling overwhelmed a little bit by always trying to do the "right" thing. Confessing she hadn't had a poptart, toaster strudel, or other processed junk food in so long, but admidetly missed it. A few years back she ate that stuff all the time and is skinnier than she is now.
Well, there is medical terminology and explanations up the bum for why as we age it gets harder to lose weight. I don't know them, I don't even care that much either to tell you the truth.
She said that she is so sick of feeling guilty after eating a cookie, that she admires these bodies of fitness models and figure competitiors but has realized that isn't really what her goal is.
I read that post. I re read it. And I thought, "this girl has got it goin on!" She may not FEEL comfortable in her own skin that she says is 10 lbs over weight, but I have a very good feeling she is almost there because of this statement.
She has realized that it isn't her goal to look like so she is at 10% body fat. Honestly, most fitness models you see are at or below that, and they are also airbrushed to look freaking amazing. Most of them also eat a strict diet every single day of their lives over and over again. They do not eat cookies, they do not drink soda, they do not have cheat meals often. I read once on a girls blog who was both beautiful and amazingly fit that she has a cheat meal 3 times a YEAR. Her birthday, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Pauline Nordin said the last time she ate pizza was in 2008 and and before that was 2004.
I mean, that is nuts to me. I don't want to be that girl. Would I like to look like her? Ya, who wouldn't? But at what cost? These women have their entire careers, their homes, their food, their livlihood is based on them keeping their picture perfect body as picture perfect as it can get all the time.
I am not saying, eat processed foods, sit on the couch. I am saying CHOOSE WHO YOU WANT TO BE, and then be ok with the decision that you made. Our wants and desires evolve every day of our lives and what we want today is probably not what we will want in 6 months or a year. But for now, make a plan to be as healthy of a YOU, you can be.
I think it is good to get advice and/or sorround yourself with people that are as healthy as you or healthier. I think it is good to network with people and learn and gain from them what you can, but at the end of the day-- you get in your bed, you sleep with your spouse, and you wake up again the next day-- in your own shoes.
We all need to stop striving to be a "Jamie Eason" or a "Pauline Nordin" or a "Jaime Baird" or whoever it is you think is rockin. I have seen people on facebook want these women to SPELL out exactly what they do, eat, lift (Weight and repetition wise), how they run etc. They want to BE them. This will not happen. We can not become someone we are not.
For the 95% of us who are just working out and eating healthy-- we will never make a dollar off of it. We are just doing it to do it, to feel the sweat and to feel the burn. To feel the satisfaction of knowing that we have molded and sculpted our "temple" into the most beautiful, strong building WE can, with what resources WE have, and in addition to the millions of other things (that are equally and in some regards more important) we do all day every day.....(kids, spouses, jobs, pets, family, volunteering, church, blogging, neighboring, cleaning, etc.).
So to you, Melissa, and to you-- dear reader really look at your life. Look at the person you have become and think about the person you want to become. Be grateful, don't sell your self short, and don't underestimate your greatness. Be the person you were designed to become and enjoy the process of getting there..
and for the love of all things eat a damn cookie every now and again, and enjoy it.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Happy People
Someone from my weight loss competition posted this the other day and I laughed hysterically!!
To quote Reese Witherspoon in Legally Blonde "Exercise gives you endorphins, endorphins make you happy and happy people don't shoot their husbands."
HILARIOUS!
So true! She was talking about her babies being sick and she hadn't been able to get to the gym until that day and she was feeling much happier since she had gotten in a sweat session.
LOVE IT. I feel like that every friggin day. For some people eating healthy and clean are super easy, but getting their butts to the gym is like getting my 2 year old to stay in his bed all night... it just aint gonna happen. But for me, I crave the gym-- and I crave cookies. :o) The biggest lesson I have learned and can teach you, and please please please just learn from me is this... YOU CAN NOT OUT TRAIN A BAD DIET!! If you could, I promise you I would have done it-- because honey, I aint gonna lie... mama is pretty freaking CARAZY in the gym.
It just doesn't equal out. You have to eat super clean, and train super hard, and rest a plenty to get lean.
So, if you don't love exercise yet- keep on a goin, as soon as it becomes a habit-- something you do everyday just like you shower, brush teeth or eat, you will realize how much you need it when bumps in the road come along and you are taken out of your routine.
Happy people exercise. Exercise makes people happy. Happy people exercise. Exercise makes people happy. (just keep chanting til you get your butt to the gym tomorow morning).
What are you doing this week to get closer to your goal?
To quote Reese Witherspoon in Legally Blonde "Exercise gives you endorphins, endorphins make you happy and happy people don't shoot their husbands."
HILARIOUS!
So true! She was talking about her babies being sick and she hadn't been able to get to the gym until that day and she was feeling much happier since she had gotten in a sweat session.
LOVE IT. I feel like that every friggin day. For some people eating healthy and clean are super easy, but getting their butts to the gym is like getting my 2 year old to stay in his bed all night... it just aint gonna happen. But for me, I crave the gym-- and I crave cookies. :o) The biggest lesson I have learned and can teach you, and please please please just learn from me is this... YOU CAN NOT OUT TRAIN A BAD DIET!! If you could, I promise you I would have done it-- because honey, I aint gonna lie... mama is pretty freaking CARAZY in the gym.
It just doesn't equal out. You have to eat super clean, and train super hard, and rest a plenty to get lean.
So, if you don't love exercise yet- keep on a goin, as soon as it becomes a habit-- something you do everyday just like you shower, brush teeth or eat, you will realize how much you need it when bumps in the road come along and you are taken out of your routine.
Happy people exercise. Exercise makes people happy. Happy people exercise. Exercise makes people happy. (just keep chanting til you get your butt to the gym tomorow morning).
What are you doing this week to get closer to your goal?
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Work It Work It
Good job this week-- everyone but one weighed in and had a loss I believe! It is hard to lose weight and it is hard to maintain weight loss so pat yourself on the back!
That being said, I am gonna go a lil "Jillian Michaels, sensored" on you for a second.
If you are commited to getting rid of this extra weight. If you are tired of looking in the mirror and being sad about what you see. If you are tired of your clothes fitting tight, or not fitting at all. If you are sick and tired of being sick and tired.
LISTEN THE HELL UP!!
You have to make lasting changes. Like the post April posted, it takes 6 weeks to drop 5 lbs, and it takes one day to gain it all back plus some. You HAVE to make small changes you can maintain.
The get in shape girl taught me about rules she made for herself. One of hers was, "I do not buy candy in the grocery isle at the store" so you know what? She NEVER does. She may buy a candy at the store (probably not cuz she is really lean, but she might) but it aint from the candy isle. One I made for myself is after dinner "I do not eat anything except cottage cheese or a protein shake." So I suggest you make some rules for YOURSELF that are liveable and manageable for your lifestyle.
It is hard to lose weight, but if you really want to lose weight. You just have to do it. You have to say no to "treats" more than you say yes. You have to go to the gym even when it's snowing, even when you are tired, even when you'd rather sit and watch Grey's Anatomy. You have to make a healthy dinner, and I say you have to make and encourage your family to eat what you are eating. Healthy food is not just for a dieter. Healthy food is a way to nourish your body and the sooner you teach your entire family how important it is to eat clean and healthy, the better the whole family will be.
So, I challenge you this week to be 100% commited. Give me 7 whole days of good, clean, nutritious food, and give me 5 workouts that are strong. If you need a cheat meal, because you have been really strict, or 7 days scares you-- take it tonight, make it one meal (make it a meal and a dessert even) and make it a good one. And then buckle the hell down tomorow morning and eat like you are eating to live, not living to eat. I say "GO BIG or GO HOME BABY!! Don't half commit, COMMIT DANGIT!! Each meal ask yourself, is this taking me closer to my healthier body, to my ideal weight? Or is it taking me further away. The holidays are over, stop making excuses.
Paula Deen anyone? I gotta post coming on that, because you know what? I have an opinion, and I think it is a good opinion. You can not feed your body crap and expect to be healthy and disease free, and I don't give a damn how much you weigh. You could be 120 lbs or 290 lbs, crappy unhealthy food WILL catch up to you, dangit.
That being said, I am gonna go a lil "Jillian Michaels, sensored" on you for a second.
If you are commited to getting rid of this extra weight. If you are tired of looking in the mirror and being sad about what you see. If you are tired of your clothes fitting tight, or not fitting at all. If you are sick and tired of being sick and tired.
LISTEN THE HELL UP!!
You have to make lasting changes. Like the post April posted, it takes 6 weeks to drop 5 lbs, and it takes one day to gain it all back plus some. You HAVE to make small changes you can maintain.
The get in shape girl taught me about rules she made for herself. One of hers was, "I do not buy candy in the grocery isle at the store" so you know what? She NEVER does. She may buy a candy at the store (probably not cuz she is really lean, but she might) but it aint from the candy isle. One I made for myself is after dinner "I do not eat anything except cottage cheese or a protein shake." So I suggest you make some rules for YOURSELF that are liveable and manageable for your lifestyle.
It is hard to lose weight, but if you really want to lose weight. You just have to do it. You have to say no to "treats" more than you say yes. You have to go to the gym even when it's snowing, even when you are tired, even when you'd rather sit and watch Grey's Anatomy. You have to make a healthy dinner, and I say you have to make and encourage your family to eat what you are eating. Healthy food is not just for a dieter. Healthy food is a way to nourish your body and the sooner you teach your entire family how important it is to eat clean and healthy, the better the whole family will be.
So, I challenge you this week to be 100% commited. Give me 7 whole days of good, clean, nutritious food, and give me 5 workouts that are strong. If you need a cheat meal, because you have been really strict, or 7 days scares you-- take it tonight, make it one meal (make it a meal and a dessert even) and make it a good one. And then buckle the hell down tomorow morning and eat like you are eating to live, not living to eat. I say "GO BIG or GO HOME BABY!! Don't half commit, COMMIT DANGIT!! Each meal ask yourself, is this taking me closer to my healthier body, to my ideal weight? Or is it taking me further away. The holidays are over, stop making excuses.
Paula Deen anyone? I gotta post coming on that, because you know what? I have an opinion, and I think it is a good opinion. You can not feed your body crap and expect to be healthy and disease free, and I don't give a damn how much you weigh. You could be 120 lbs or 290 lbs, crappy unhealthy food WILL catch up to you, dangit.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
weigh in!
Don't forget to give me a hollar tomorow by noon on your weight!
May the scale gods be on your side!!!
May the scale gods be on your side!!!
Monday, January 16, 2012
Body Measurements!
Have you measured yet?!
If not, DO IT today! Before you make any other progress that you will wish down the road you had documented. Take pictures too!! Do it Do it DO IT!! Please trust me, do this.
Weight watchers reccomends these places to measure.
right upper arm- midway between the shoulder and the elbow
waist- one inch above the navel (I do belly button because I am horrible with guesstimating measurements and keeping the measuring tape thingy even.
hips- at the maximum width of your booty.
right thigh- just below your butt cheek.
DO IT! I promise you will want these numbers on the days that the scale isn't moving, you will want these numbers when you are down another 10 lbs, you will want to remember how far you have come. Don't delay-- do it today!!
If not, DO IT today! Before you make any other progress that you will wish down the road you had documented. Take pictures too!! Do it Do it DO IT!! Please trust me, do this.
Weight watchers reccomends these places to measure.
right upper arm- midway between the shoulder and the elbow
waist- one inch above the navel (I do belly button because I am horrible with guesstimating measurements and keeping the measuring tape thingy even.
hips- at the maximum width of your booty.
right thigh- just below your butt cheek.
DO IT! I promise you will want these numbers on the days that the scale isn't moving, you will want these numbers when you are down another 10 lbs, you will want to remember how far you have come. Don't delay-- do it today!!
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Body Image
Today I was asked a question that I have given some serious thought to. I am going to try and relay my feelings, the information I have learned, and everything in between.
One of our challengers said that if she remembered correctly I had always really struggled with weight, and wondered when-who and what has pushed me over sorta to the other side of being fit.
First of all, this challenger lives far away and has never seen me in person. She has seen pictures and we have corressponded for several months through fitness and health over the internet. She thinks I am a little cooler, a little thinner, and a little buffer than I really am. Internet has a way of doing that huh?! (But I secretly really like that about her haha)
So my story is sorta like this.
So I started going to the gym and making goals for myself. The first of which was to run 3 miles, then the commitment to run a half marathon race in July of 2010.
That brought me to about August of 2010, which is when I discovered take shape for life. I had still been doing a TON of cardio (About an hour or hour and a half 5 or 6 days per week.) I was eating but as I have spent my whole life doing, trying to out train the bad diet that I had. Processed foods, eating out, junk was a good part of my day-- although I did keep calories in check. I was just not eating "good" calories.
10 lbs lighter and I felt so much better. At my thinnest (with little muscle tone) I was at 127 lbs. I always felt fat though. If I were put in a room of 10 other people I always FELT like the big, broad shouldered girl. So frusterating. I was spending 10 or 11 hours each week and yet, I still felt fluffy. And I was only eating around 1000-1200 calories a day.
I set out for my next goal of becoming a group fitness instructor. I learned a lot, I searched the internet high and low and I began learning about lifting weights and eating clean. I found the get in shape girl on the web and she narrowed my focus to weights and taught me about the cold hard facts-- I COULD NOT OUT TRAIN A BAD DIET. ( And neither can you :o( )
So I started training with the get in shape girl and cleaned up my diet.
I got to here with her...
I trained with Big Jon, bodybuilding guru for 3 months and he got me here...
And Looking at those pictures, I feel so good. I feel like I looked really good. But at the time, I felt fat. I still felt like the big girl in the room. I still only saw stretch marks and saggy skin on my stomach. For two months prior to this picture I ate a strict, strict, strict diet of lean meat and little variety. I was at the gym for about 3 hours 5 days a week and 1 hour the 6th day. This was intense. I quit right after this picture was taken and haven been on "vacation" from eating what I should be since, which is right about three months.
I took a progress picture last week, and I really DIDN'T want to share it. It is embarrassing, it is humbling, it is sad. It hurts to look at it, and it hurts to show it. My heart hurts bad seeing it, yet again. But, it's real life. Its part of the cycle that we all face and when we aren't careful it is what we let ourselves become.
The difference from finishing with Jon in October 2011 to today is 12 lbs different. 128 at my lowest and 140 today. Granted these pictures were taken right after a vacation and lots of sugar. They look a "little" worse than they really are.
I started right after the first of the year with you all, getting back to clean eating and lifting weights. I am following Jamie Easons free live fit trainer from bodybuilding.com and I am hoping I will see good progress with it. The thing is, is that the nutrition is extremely clean but varied. So I have to figure out how my body responds to the variety. I have figured out that I respond well to strict diet, but I got a little sick of living life like that-- so strict and no room for error.
It seems like my whole life has been that way. I have to work extremely hard, I would venture to say, harder than the average person to look the way I look. If I didn't spend 10-12 hours in the gym each week, I assure you I would look nothing like ANY of these pictures. I have to be very very careful about the food I eat.
So when I really put it out there and I tell you what has made the difference between the bad pictures, the ok pictures, and the good pictures the KEY is nutrition. It is for-going "bad" food. It is eating chicken breast, brown rice and broccoli for lunch every day. It is never eating sugar. It is always saying no to anything other than extremely lean foods. It is busting my butt at the gym, I always lift for an hour to an hour and a half and it is 30 minutes of hardcore HIIT on the treadmill or stair climber. It is hard work and precision. It is extreme. It is not liveable every day of my life.
As I reflect on each of those pictures too, I am reminded that in each one, I was suprised how much better the picture looked than I felt like I looked. Distored body image I think a high percentage of us have. I have it. I am trying to learn to deal with it. I am extremely grateful for this body, for the functions in performs, for allowing me to have beautiful children, for pushing through grueling workouts. I am extrememly grateful, but I am also extrememly hard on this ol girl. I am quick to say something negative (in my head), I am quick to notice every frickin flaw I have. I will never be able to maintain that 11 or 12% body fat I was at in October 2011 unless I give up on food and give up on ever enjoying it.
Do not trick yourself into thinking that if you lose 10 lbs, lose 20 lbs, lose 50 lbs you will be happy. You will be happier, yes. You will be healthier, yes. But I really think that human nature is to not be satisfied-- that can drive us hard and keep us thirsty for sucess, but it can also be really damaging to ones image.
I am trying daily to keep in focus the important things, and allow myself to appreciate the good things, while striving to "ignore" the imperfections that I do have.
As I look in the mirror this week, I see a swollen puffy reflection. As I look down at my own arms I see definition and muscle tone. I realize that the two pictures are so different and it is irritating as hell. I try and remember my own advice to you, to realize that the reflection is much better than your eyes are showing but it is a daily struggle to remind myself and BELIEVE that.
So, because I am still struggling-- and probably always will struggle with body image I don't have a lot of advice to offer other than work hard. Commit to yourself to keep working and realize that you are a work in progress, just like the rest of us. And remember that perfection is not attainable, so try and feel gratitiude with what you DO have, and at the end of the day-- realize that in the eyes of the Lord, you truly are a perfect masterpiece.
One of our challengers said that if she remembered correctly I had always really struggled with weight, and wondered when-who and what has pushed me over sorta to the other side of being fit.
First of all, this challenger lives far away and has never seen me in person. She has seen pictures and we have corressponded for several months through fitness and health over the internet. She thinks I am a little cooler, a little thinner, and a little buffer than I really am. Internet has a way of doing that huh?! (But I secretly really like that about her haha)
So my story is sorta like this.
I saw this picture from Christmas 2009, two months after my son was born and decided something had to change. January 1st 2010 was my first official start day to making fitness and health a priority-- not to mention I never wanted to see a picture of my face like that again.
10 lbs lighter and I felt so much better. At my thinnest (with little muscle tone) I was at 127 lbs. I always felt fat though. If I were put in a room of 10 other people I always FELT like the big, broad shouldered girl. So frusterating. I was spending 10 or 11 hours each week and yet, I still felt fluffy. And I was only eating around 1000-1200 calories a day.
I set out for my next goal of becoming a group fitness instructor. I learned a lot, I searched the internet high and low and I began learning about lifting weights and eating clean. I found the get in shape girl on the web and she narrowed my focus to weights and taught me about the cold hard facts-- I COULD NOT OUT TRAIN A BAD DIET. ( And neither can you :o( )
So I started training with the get in shape girl and cleaned up my diet.
I got to here with her...
I trained with Big Jon, bodybuilding guru for 3 months and he got me here...
And Looking at those pictures, I feel so good. I feel like I looked really good. But at the time, I felt fat. I still felt like the big girl in the room. I still only saw stretch marks and saggy skin on my stomach. For two months prior to this picture I ate a strict, strict, strict diet of lean meat and little variety. I was at the gym for about 3 hours 5 days a week and 1 hour the 6th day. This was intense. I quit right after this picture was taken and haven been on "vacation" from eating what I should be since, which is right about three months.
I took a progress picture last week, and I really DIDN'T want to share it. It is embarrassing, it is humbling, it is sad. It hurts to look at it, and it hurts to show it. My heart hurts bad seeing it, yet again. But, it's real life. Its part of the cycle that we all face and when we aren't careful it is what we let ourselves become.
The difference from finishing with Jon in October 2011 to today is 12 lbs different. 128 at my lowest and 140 today. Granted these pictures were taken right after a vacation and lots of sugar. They look a "little" worse than they really are.
I started right after the first of the year with you all, getting back to clean eating and lifting weights. I am following Jamie Easons free live fit trainer from bodybuilding.com and I am hoping I will see good progress with it. The thing is, is that the nutrition is extremely clean but varied. So I have to figure out how my body responds to the variety. I have figured out that I respond well to strict diet, but I got a little sick of living life like that-- so strict and no room for error.
It seems like my whole life has been that way. I have to work extremely hard, I would venture to say, harder than the average person to look the way I look. If I didn't spend 10-12 hours in the gym each week, I assure you I would look nothing like ANY of these pictures. I have to be very very careful about the food I eat.
So when I really put it out there and I tell you what has made the difference between the bad pictures, the ok pictures, and the good pictures the KEY is nutrition. It is for-going "bad" food. It is eating chicken breast, brown rice and broccoli for lunch every day. It is never eating sugar. It is always saying no to anything other than extremely lean foods. It is busting my butt at the gym, I always lift for an hour to an hour and a half and it is 30 minutes of hardcore HIIT on the treadmill or stair climber. It is hard work and precision. It is extreme. It is not liveable every day of my life.
As I reflect on each of those pictures too, I am reminded that in each one, I was suprised how much better the picture looked than I felt like I looked. Distored body image I think a high percentage of us have. I have it. I am trying to learn to deal with it. I am extremely grateful for this body, for the functions in performs, for allowing me to have beautiful children, for pushing through grueling workouts. I am extrememly grateful, but I am also extrememly hard on this ol girl. I am quick to say something negative (in my head), I am quick to notice every frickin flaw I have. I will never be able to maintain that 11 or 12% body fat I was at in October 2011 unless I give up on food and give up on ever enjoying it.
Do not trick yourself into thinking that if you lose 10 lbs, lose 20 lbs, lose 50 lbs you will be happy. You will be happier, yes. You will be healthier, yes. But I really think that human nature is to not be satisfied-- that can drive us hard and keep us thirsty for sucess, but it can also be really damaging to ones image.
I am trying daily to keep in focus the important things, and allow myself to appreciate the good things, while striving to "ignore" the imperfections that I do have.
As I look in the mirror this week, I see a swollen puffy reflection. As I look down at my own arms I see definition and muscle tone. I realize that the two pictures are so different and it is irritating as hell. I try and remember my own advice to you, to realize that the reflection is much better than your eyes are showing but it is a daily struggle to remind myself and BELIEVE that.
So, because I am still struggling-- and probably always will struggle with body image I don't have a lot of advice to offer other than work hard. Commit to yourself to keep working and realize that you are a work in progress, just like the rest of us. And remember that perfection is not attainable, so try and feel gratitiude with what you DO have, and at the end of the day-- realize that in the eyes of the Lord, you truly are a perfect masterpiece.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Week One Gone
Hi Challangers!
Good work this week. Almost everyone lost that is so great. Keep your chin up if you didn't. I sometimes refer to "Scale Gods" and I will give you a little lesson on these mysterious gods that I have learned.
The scale gods are sometimes on your side. Picture it-- all week you eat healthy part time, but you indulge in everything that comes your way too. You skip a few workouts, but you make a couple too. You eat ok the day before the weigh in and you ask the scale gods to be generous. Sometimes they produce (-2!) yay! Sometimes, they do not. (Same weight, weight goes up)
Picture this. You workout all week, in fact last night you went to the best instructors class on the planet and you freaking busted your butt and you burned some MAJOR calories. You ate healthy all week, and you said no to most all treats. You get on the scale... and what does the scale gods say? They say (same weight, or plus 1)
Picture this. You work out all week, you eat whatever the heck you want and you know that the scale gods are going to be brutal in the morning. So brutal you really think about using this as your ONE missed weigh in. It's gonna be ugly and you don't want to face it. Then you step on. Scale gods say (same weight, or minus 3) What the crap?!
These scenarios are all personal scenarios that I myself have experienced. Sometimes the scale just doesn't reflect the facts. This is why I encourage taking measurements (a post to come), pictures (a post to come), paying attention to the way your clothing fits, and the scale each as guidelines. They all make a piece to the puzzle in weight loss, health and fitness.
The scale can be messed up based on water retention (did you drink enough h20? Did you eat sugar, drink a soda late,drink alcohol, did you workout hard, is it the time of the month, did you get 4 hours of sleep?) All those things contribute to retention. All those things make the scale look higher than it really is.
This is also why I recommend weighing one time a week. One time a week-- at the exact same time in the exact same clothes (or lack of clothes for me). It gives us an "average" picture of what your weight is looking like.
I will tell you know that I weigh 140 lbs, and I look far better than I did a year ago at 127 lbs. I have a lot more muscle tone and my skin is much tighter.
I just don't want you to be obsessed with the scale, or scared of it, or sad at it. Always remember it is just one piece to the much bigger healthy puzzle. And, if the scale gods were on your side and gave you a loss that your habits don't really add up to-- do what I say and run the hell in the healthy direction and DON'T look back! You can not keep up the unhealthy habits and think they will grant you your wish again next week. I promise you it was a gift to be thankful for and untilize. If the scale gods were naughty and didn't add up to what your actions accounted for, look foward to next week because it will probably be a big weight loss of a week for you-- assuming you keep on track.
Remember, nothing tastes as good as being strong and healthy feels. Keep at it challengers!
Good work this week. Almost everyone lost that is so great. Keep your chin up if you didn't. I sometimes refer to "Scale Gods" and I will give you a little lesson on these mysterious gods that I have learned.
The scale gods are sometimes on your side. Picture it-- all week you eat healthy part time, but you indulge in everything that comes your way too. You skip a few workouts, but you make a couple too. You eat ok the day before the weigh in and you ask the scale gods to be generous. Sometimes they produce (-2!) yay! Sometimes, they do not. (Same weight, weight goes up)
Picture this. You workout all week, in fact last night you went to the best instructors class on the planet and you freaking busted your butt and you burned some MAJOR calories. You ate healthy all week, and you said no to most all treats. You get on the scale... and what does the scale gods say? They say (same weight, or plus 1)
Picture this. You work out all week, you eat whatever the heck you want and you know that the scale gods are going to be brutal in the morning. So brutal you really think about using this as your ONE missed weigh in. It's gonna be ugly and you don't want to face it. Then you step on. Scale gods say (same weight, or minus 3) What the crap?!
These scenarios are all personal scenarios that I myself have experienced. Sometimes the scale just doesn't reflect the facts. This is why I encourage taking measurements (a post to come), pictures (a post to come), paying attention to the way your clothing fits, and the scale each as guidelines. They all make a piece to the puzzle in weight loss, health and fitness.
The scale can be messed up based on water retention (did you drink enough h20? Did you eat sugar, drink a soda late,drink alcohol, did you workout hard, is it the time of the month, did you get 4 hours of sleep?) All those things contribute to retention. All those things make the scale look higher than it really is.
This is also why I recommend weighing one time a week. One time a week-- at the exact same time in the exact same clothes (or lack of clothes for me). It gives us an "average" picture of what your weight is looking like.
I will tell you know that I weigh 140 lbs, and I look far better than I did a year ago at 127 lbs. I have a lot more muscle tone and my skin is much tighter.
I just don't want you to be obsessed with the scale, or scared of it, or sad at it. Always remember it is just one piece to the much bigger healthy puzzle. And, if the scale gods were on your side and gave you a loss that your habits don't really add up to-- do what I say and run the hell in the healthy direction and DON'T look back! You can not keep up the unhealthy habits and think they will grant you your wish again next week. I promise you it was a gift to be thankful for and untilize. If the scale gods were naughty and didn't add up to what your actions accounted for, look foward to next week because it will probably be a big weight loss of a week for you-- assuming you keep on track.
Remember, nothing tastes as good as being strong and healthy feels. Keep at it challengers!
Friday, January 6, 2012
Weekends
The weekend is here!!!
Wooohoooo!!
I will teach you something it took me a very very long time to learn.
You can not work hard all week long at being fit and healthy, then go crazy on the weekend, and expect things to balance out.
Weekends account for a MAJOR amount of time per year, and going crazy eating unhealthy crap all weekend long derails the progress you made all week. It makes you work your friggin butt off all day Monday, all day Tuesday and it makes you pray your butt off Tuesday night that the scale will be atleast back to where you started last week-- so you don't show you gained any weight.
Don't play this game with yourself. Don't take a cheat weekend. I promise you, you will regret it and it will make your progress SO much slower. So pick a meal, or pick two, or pick a meal and a dessert. ENJOY IT!! And then get right back up on the healthy train. Take one day of rest from the gym, not two. Take one and ENJOY IT.
Lifelong changes we are working on here, not week day changes. Don't feel the guilt of going overboard on Monday.
Good luck, and enjoy your families, enjoy your friends, enjoy a cheat if you feel the need-- enjoy LIFE. It's the only one you are gonna get.
Wooohoooo!!
I will teach you something it took me a very very long time to learn.
You can not work hard all week long at being fit and healthy, then go crazy on the weekend, and expect things to balance out.
Weekends account for a MAJOR amount of time per year, and going crazy eating unhealthy crap all weekend long derails the progress you made all week. It makes you work your friggin butt off all day Monday, all day Tuesday and it makes you pray your butt off Tuesday night that the scale will be atleast back to where you started last week-- so you don't show you gained any weight.
Don't play this game with yourself. Don't take a cheat weekend. I promise you, you will regret it and it will make your progress SO much slower. So pick a meal, or pick two, or pick a meal and a dessert. ENJOY IT!! And then get right back up on the healthy train. Take one day of rest from the gym, not two. Take one and ENJOY IT.
Lifelong changes we are working on here, not week day changes. Don't feel the guilt of going overboard on Monday.
Good luck, and enjoy your families, enjoy your friends, enjoy a cheat if you feel the need-- enjoy LIFE. It's the only one you are gonna get.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
21
Did I count that right?
21 challengers?
Dang Gina, thats a big ol pot of money!!!
I was chitchatting it up with my favorite dad today talking about how many people are doing this competition and the money involved and he made the million dollar statement that I think you should all remember every, single day.
"There will be no losers, everyone will win."
That's right baby, everyone will WIN. If you change one unhealthy habit to a healthier one, if you lose 5 lbs, if you sleep better, if you drink more water, if you start exercising, if you get off a medication, if you feel better, if you win the whole she-bang.... you will have won.
Whatever keeps you going, whatever pushes you through when the going gets tough... keep on using it. You have 8 weeks to push yourself to your limits, 8 weeks to turn not good habits into better ones, 8 weeks to feed off of eachothers encouragement, and energy. Take advantage, get involved on the facebook group. Ask questions, give answers. I guarantee if you are wondering about something-- someone else is too.
Work it!! Push hard, today is the day to make yourself your priority. Health is the best gift you can give yourself. Don't live with regret. Make it a great day.
21 challengers?
Dang Gina, thats a big ol pot of money!!!
I was chitchatting it up with my favorite dad today talking about how many people are doing this competition and the money involved and he made the million dollar statement that I think you should all remember every, single day.
"There will be no losers, everyone will win."
That's right baby, everyone will WIN. If you change one unhealthy habit to a healthier one, if you lose 5 lbs, if you sleep better, if you drink more water, if you start exercising, if you get off a medication, if you feel better, if you win the whole she-bang.... you will have won.
Whatever keeps you going, whatever pushes you through when the going gets tough... keep on using it. You have 8 weeks to push yourself to your limits, 8 weeks to turn not good habits into better ones, 8 weeks to feed off of eachothers encouragement, and energy. Take advantage, get involved on the facebook group. Ask questions, give answers. I guarantee if you are wondering about something-- someone else is too.
Work it!! Push hard, today is the day to make yourself your priority. Health is the best gift you can give yourself. Don't live with regret. Make it a great day.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Weigh In
There was a bit of confusion from a few people on the set up of the blog. I hope you are all checking it frequently so you are seeing how I have it. Notice your name and your weight are listed. If this bothers you, please let me know and we can come up with a "code" name for you.
I have always been brutally honest when it comes to my weight. I realize that from day to day the number on the scale will vary up to 5 lbs depending on what workout I did the day before, how much water I drank, if it is the time of the month, if I haven't had a bowel movement (tmi there huh? sorry) etc.
I also realize that the number on the scale is just that, a number. It does not tell the whole story. People even GAIN weight, yet look better when they start building muscle. People lose inches when no number has gone down on the scale.
The scale neither reflects who you are as a human being, what kind of friend you are, or how much worth you have. It is one of a million different things that can be used to describe you.
Please do not get crazy with the scale!! I myself weigh every day to keep myself on track. It is a tool for me to say, "yay, things are working well" or "ahh crap, guess I didn't need that second helping of whatever it was". There were days in my past when the scale going up would ruin my whole day, make me a grumpy mom and force me to dig into the cookie jar in sadness. But those days are becoming a distant view in my rear view mirror. I am working so so hard on letting go of whatever the negative is or was and focusing on the positive. I encourage you to do the same.
If you lost 1 lb today, do not, DO NOT go eat a cookie to reward yourself. You do not deserve to fuel your body crap to congratulate it. You DO deserve to go have a sweat session to thank your body for performing for you. I encourgae you to plan a weekly meal for a cheat, (Ex: Saturday night) but other than that-- keep it clean and keep it healthy. Consistency is key in losing and maintaining weight loss. If you didn't lose a pound, or you went up-- who cares? This was just a check point and you have a whole brand new week spread out before you.
Work hard, eat clean, and thank your body for being yours-- for jumping when you tell it to jump, for running when you say run, and for processing the food you feed it. There are people all over this world who do not have the luxury of taking their mouths for granted, of taking their legs for granted.
This is your ONE body. How are you going to appreciate it today?
I have always been brutally honest when it comes to my weight. I realize that from day to day the number on the scale will vary up to 5 lbs depending on what workout I did the day before, how much water I drank, if it is the time of the month, if I haven't had a bowel movement (tmi there huh? sorry) etc.
I also realize that the number on the scale is just that, a number. It does not tell the whole story. People even GAIN weight, yet look better when they start building muscle. People lose inches when no number has gone down on the scale.
The scale neither reflects who you are as a human being, what kind of friend you are, or how much worth you have. It is one of a million different things that can be used to describe you.
Please do not get crazy with the scale!! I myself weigh every day to keep myself on track. It is a tool for me to say, "yay, things are working well" or "ahh crap, guess I didn't need that second helping of whatever it was". There were days in my past when the scale going up would ruin my whole day, make me a grumpy mom and force me to dig into the cookie jar in sadness. But those days are becoming a distant view in my rear view mirror. I am working so so hard on letting go of whatever the negative is or was and focusing on the positive. I encourage you to do the same.
If you lost 1 lb today, do not, DO NOT go eat a cookie to reward yourself. You do not deserve to fuel your body crap to congratulate it. You DO deserve to go have a sweat session to thank your body for performing for you. I encourgae you to plan a weekly meal for a cheat, (Ex: Saturday night) but other than that-- keep it clean and keep it healthy. Consistency is key in losing and maintaining weight loss. If you didn't lose a pound, or you went up-- who cares? This was just a check point and you have a whole brand new week spread out before you.
Work hard, eat clean, and thank your body for being yours-- for jumping when you tell it to jump, for running when you say run, and for processing the food you feed it. There are people all over this world who do not have the luxury of taking their mouths for granted, of taking their legs for granted.
This is your ONE body. How are you going to appreciate it today?
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Day Two
Hi everyone! I am back and ready to get this train started with you all! I am so excited there are so many people participating.
People that are fed up. People who are ready to make a change. People who refuse to give up. People who are going to push through when times get hard. People who are going to encourage eachother. People who are ready to make 2012 their big year.
I remember being so ready to lose those pounds. TO GET RID OF THEM. I remember being so ready to make healthy choices in the kitchen and in the gym. I remember watching other people go ahead of me and do the HCG diet, or a meal replacement program and drop weight like crazy fast. I felt jealous and insecure because my weight was coming off so much more slowly.
I am going to tell you now, don't be jealous. Don't be insecure. The weight you shed through blood, sweat and tears is weight that stays off. It is weight that is GONE from your life. And the journey you take to get there is worth a celebration every step of the way.
Maybe the scale doesn't move one day. But you drank 10 glasses of water, and you avoided sugar that day. That is a success. Maybe the scale doesn't move, but you walked on the treadmill for 30 minutes for the first time, or you tried a new class at your gym. Maybe the scale doesn't move, but you ran up the stairs without getting winded. Maybe the scale doesn't move, but your blood pressure is down, or your cholestrol is better than it has been. Those are all success stories, and don't YOU forget it.
If you ever feel down and out, I challenge you to scribble down the things you ARE doing, to move your body to be a healthier version of yourself. Human nature focuses sometimes on the negative things. (I had a soda, I ate ______, I didn't exercise) Get those negatives out of your vocabulary, but most important get them out of your mind. Just like every aspect of life, when we focus on the positive-- more things really are positive.
I have commitments from the final 4 people on our list to do this challenge, but I haven't heard a weight. Remember that you need to text or facebook me your weights tomorow by NOON, and then again EVERY WEDNESDAY by noon until the end of February.
Each challenger is allowed to miss one weigh in after this week. After that, you are forfeitted from winning the challenge, if you skip more than one weigh in. We are all making the commitments to eachother and to ourselves to SHOW UP for this competition, and it is important that we are accountable to ourselves and the others. I wont be texting and messaging all day on Wednesdays to get weights. This is YOUR challenge, and YOU need to take it seriously... this is YOUR year. YOUR time to create a new YOU. Do what it takes to get the results you want. Make the sacrifices necessary to ensure your success.
People that are fed up. People who are ready to make a change. People who refuse to give up. People who are going to push through when times get hard. People who are going to encourage eachother. People who are ready to make 2012 their big year.
I remember being so ready to lose those pounds. TO GET RID OF THEM. I remember being so ready to make healthy choices in the kitchen and in the gym. I remember watching other people go ahead of me and do the HCG diet, or a meal replacement program and drop weight like crazy fast. I felt jealous and insecure because my weight was coming off so much more slowly.
I am going to tell you now, don't be jealous. Don't be insecure. The weight you shed through blood, sweat and tears is weight that stays off. It is weight that is GONE from your life. And the journey you take to get there is worth a celebration every step of the way.
Maybe the scale doesn't move one day. But you drank 10 glasses of water, and you avoided sugar that day. That is a success. Maybe the scale doesn't move, but you walked on the treadmill for 30 minutes for the first time, or you tried a new class at your gym. Maybe the scale doesn't move, but you ran up the stairs without getting winded. Maybe the scale doesn't move, but your blood pressure is down, or your cholestrol is better than it has been. Those are all success stories, and don't YOU forget it.
If you ever feel down and out, I challenge you to scribble down the things you ARE doing, to move your body to be a healthier version of yourself. Human nature focuses sometimes on the negative things. (I had a soda, I ate ______, I didn't exercise) Get those negatives out of your vocabulary, but most important get them out of your mind. Just like every aspect of life, when we focus on the positive-- more things really are positive.
I have commitments from the final 4 people on our list to do this challenge, but I haven't heard a weight. Remember that you need to text or facebook me your weights tomorow by NOON, and then again EVERY WEDNESDAY by noon until the end of February.
Each challenger is allowed to miss one weigh in after this week. After that, you are forfeitted from winning the challenge, if you skip more than one weigh in. We are all making the commitments to eachother and to ourselves to SHOW UP for this competition, and it is important that we are accountable to ourselves and the others. I wont be texting and messaging all day on Wednesdays to get weights. This is YOUR challenge, and YOU need to take it seriously... this is YOUR year. YOUR time to create a new YOU. Do what it takes to get the results you want. Make the sacrifices necessary to ensure your success.
Monday, January 2, 2012
whats your number
wooop woop
today is the first day of the rest of your life
are you ready, are you commited, are you willing to do whatever it takes to succeed
make sure you text facebook or email me by noon your weight to get started and again this wednesday
the hardest part of a journey is the first steps. you can do this.
i apologize for the lack of exclamation points i am on my phone
good luck
today is the first day of the rest of your life
are you ready, are you commited, are you willing to do whatever it takes to succeed
make sure you text facebook or email me by noon your weight to get started and again this wednesday
the hardest part of a journey is the first steps. you can do this.
i apologize for the lack of exclamation points i am on my phone
good luck
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