PERSPECTIVE

I have been frustrated the last few days that my weight has not gone down any more.  As I mentioned before I am having some lady troubles and am certain this has something to do with it.  So today I decided to look back at some pictures of me at my biggest weight.  I lost a lot of my weight about three years ago, so now I start counting down from a lower weight.  I may say I lost 7.2lbs, but the truth is, it's A LOT more than that.  So from now on, after my weekly weigh ins, I will be telling you how much I have lost TOTAL.  I have never really put any before and after pictures together, but decided it may be time!

So that was me.  Yea...I didnt realize how large I was.  Even thinking back I never thought I looked that big. 

That's me now!  I may not be where I want to be, but the point is that I have come a long way.  Weigh in tomorrow, but as of today I have lost 33.8lbs.  At one point it was 46.  Hopefully I will get back to that.  I have a feeling that when I started losing weight I was not at my largest though.  Anyway, I just thought a little perspective was in order :)

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On track

It's been awhile...

I'm on day 16 of the 24 day challenge.  Next Wednesday is the end of it, but in some aspects just the beginning.  This challenge has already taught me so much.  In the end, it's all about making better food choices.  This may seem like common sense, but as a pretty smart 27 year old woman, I can tell you that's not always the case.  Yes, it makes complete sense to eat grilled chicken rather than fried chicken when you go out to eat, however, it's not as simple as it sounds.  I WANT the fried chicken haha.  The challenge has really helped me in realizing it isnt the end of the world if I don't have the fried chicken.  In fact, if I don't have the fried chicken, I'm probably not gonna feel like greasy shit for the rest of the day.  Pretty simple right?! 

***Real quick like pity party****
I should be skinny as shit.  I never have eaten THAT badly.  I am extremely active.  I play tennis with jon for 2 or so hours a few days a week.  I play softball one to two times a week.  I cut the grass once a week.  I play with our dogs.  What the hell metabolism??  What the hell???
***end pity party****

Sometimes that's just life folks.  I'm still feeling pretty amazing and loving having my spark every morning.  I am having some lady issues which I think is the reason I haven't dropped anymore weight at the time.  7.2lbs is nothing to frown at though. 

Also, this conversation had with Jon over gchat....
I read your blog

i saw i got a couple shoutouts

its nice to see that you are being so positive about it

i think the biggest change ive noticed is you are happier

 

Mind blown, Scale Tales, and Balance

Ok my mind has been blown...
http://honeyandfitz.com/2011/10/18/bobby-pin-101/
I have been wearing bobby pins wrong for my whole entire 27 year life.  Why didn't anyone tell me?!?!

This morning I weighed myself and I was up .4lbs.  Now, most logical people would say, sometimes you fluctuate even when dieting hardcore, but I wasn't feeling particularly logical this morning.  I kept thinking, "OMG what am I doing wrong??"  The answer to that question is weighing myself every damn day.  The scale is gonna fluctuate every now and then.  I have always been taught once a week is plenty and  now I am ready to stick to that.  My weigh in days at WW have always been Thursdays so Thursday it is! (Yes I realize this allows me to weigh myself again tomorrow...total fluke people).

Another thing on my mind today...the grass needs cutting, the flower beds need weeding (I accidentally typed wedding instead of weeding and pictured a flower wedding ceremony. Go ahead and do it), the laundry needs folding, the dishes need doing.  How do we find balance between living our lives and making sure the day to day chores are done?  I need to work on this.  Our house is a mess.

One more thing...All State Farm Burea.  All State, State Farm, Farm Bureau.  Why do they all have State or Farm in the name?  I keep forgetting who insures us.

This is what my brain feels like today...

Uber Motivated

I am on day 9 of the challenge and I am down 7.2lbs.  I could not be more pleased...or motivated!  Today is the first day I really started telling people about what I am doing, but once the cat is out of the bag there is no turning back.  Now that I have told some people it has me more motivated than ever.  I mean who wants to fail when you have people watching you?!  This not only motivates me to follow the plan exactly, but also to get to the gym.  So far since I have started the challenge I have been just as active as before.  I wasn't going to the gym as much because we were having softball twice a week and needing to do yard work which kicks your butt in this heat.  Friday night I had a softball game and injured my hand AND leg.  That meant no cardio or strength training which was the plan for Saturday morning.  I did force myself to play tennis Sunday and what do you know the hand and leg both feel better.  Last night Jon and I played tennis.  Not like hit around lazily tennis, like very competitive I want to win singles.  We played for two hours and my hair was sopping wet like I had jumped in a pool.  I wasn't that hot, but oh Louisiana and your ridiculous humidity!!!  I felt like a champ and my body felt like a machine.  It made me excited to get in the gym and see how far I could push.  Feeling great guys!!  Here's to making this a habit!!!

Forgetting what day

I am on day 8 of my 24 day challenge and I keep forgetting what day I am on.  This makes me so happy because I know it's not a countdown to binge eating after 24 days.  I really feel like it will be a lifestyle change.  I looked in the mirror this morning and thought, "I look really good!"  This does not happen often haha.  Jon woke up this morning while I was getting dressed for work and when I went to give him a kiss bye he said, "you look really cute today!"  No, this may not be all because of the cleanse, but I don't feel I can put a price on self-confidence.  Part of the reason he probably thought I looked cute is because I had the energy this morning to get up and put some makeup on.  I fixed my hair, picked out a cute outfit, and was feeling so good about myself that I even picked out cute jewelry that I would not normally wear to work.  Losing weight is awesome and I thought it was my ultimate goal when I started this, but something has changed along the way.  It has really hit me now that feeling good about myself and being healthy is what is making all the difference right now.  I couldn't be happier!  I saw this on pinterest and liked it, but I think they got it backwards.  It should say, I have decided to be healthy because it is good for my happiness :)



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Love/hate relationship

I have discovered a love/hate relationship with whole foods. Jon and I went there last weekend before I started the challenge to load up on some healthy foods that werent so processed. I knew it would be a little more expensive than our weekly Albertson's trip. You guys it was WAY more expensive. We got a lot of  produce there. I had gotten an apple from harvest a few days prior to that and my apple literally tasted like nothing.   I kept taking more bites expecting to taste something and instead tasted absolutely nothing. So I thought maybe organic produce would taste better. Thinking this produce was going to be only slightly more expensive I was on board. After checking out at whole foods I looked at Jon and said, "never again..."

Today we went to Walmart. Yes, I forgot today was Sunday and more people attend wal mart than they do church services on Sunday. I got some produce there for much less and figured I wouldn't notice the difference too much. I just had half a cucumber. I don't even know if I can call it that, but I can't think of anything else to call it right now. It was disgusting. It tasted basically like slimy semi-solid water if you can imagine that. 

My point...well I don't know. I know the produce tasted like a million bucks from whole foods. It cost that much too  but who am I kidding, ill see you tomorrow whole foods so I can once again savor my delicious apples and cucumbers. If I'm going to have a diet consisting of so much fruits and veggies you better believe they are going to be the tastiest ones I can find!

Winner winner chicken dinner

So it's the morning of day 6 and I'm down 5.4lbs. This is the first morning I've gotten up and looked in the mirror and saw a difference. Yesterday I ate out TWICE!  This is a big deal. I'm on a cleanse and still able to eat out?!  For lunch I went to whole foods and ate off their bars. I got grilled turkey (tasted like thanksgiving!), edamame. Squash, tomatoes, and grapes. It was so tasty. For dinner, Jon and I had las palmas. I got the lite bite tacos and dumped the grilled chicken off the tacos and ate them  like that with veggies. So delicious!

I know it has seemed that the last 6 days have been easy, but this today was the first tough day I had. Just so everyone knows. It's definitely possible to do the challenge, however today it proved to be pretty difficult. 

Just because this little one and the boy sitting next to me on the couch make me so damn happy :)