Hey everyone!!!
Before I get into the blog I will have to say that I did my weigh in today and guess what???? Yup! I am in ONE-derland! I weighed in at 199.5lbs today. Sure it is only .5lbs in but I will take it and keep on trucking!
I feel successful! I feel freaking awesome! So far I have just been watching my calorie intake and no more soda! I still love my sweet tea but I reserve it for when we eat out. So now it is just water, water, and well more water. I feel like for once everything is coming together!
Now I know I said in a few blogs back that this time I wasn't going to follow any certain plan, exercise regimen, etc. Well, I lied! You know me and my Type "A" personality there was no way I would be able to go through this with out some sort of guidance/plan. So here it is. It is simple and to the point.
There is an app. out there called Lose It!. I LOVE it! Really simple put in your info and it gives you the calories you should be hitting. You plug in what you have eaten and it counts the calories down for you. You can even scan the bar codes. You keep up with your weight on there as well and when you hit little milestones you earn badges (kinda like Spark People). Cost: FREE! Look it up! You will LOVE it too! I get a little over 1,400 calories a day. And the best part is I am keeping in my calories every day.
Now on to exercise. (This is where the title comes in.) I was trying to figure out what type of exercise I would like to do this time around. So I started researching videos, plan, web, etc. Then it hit me. I have in my office 3 different workout programs that I spent over $300 on combined and they are there collecting dust. How many of them did I complete? Oh that is easy...NONE! I spent the money on them, used them for a week or 2, and then threw them into a basket and on to a new one. So now I will be dusting them off and completing them one at a time. This should almost get me through to next year between these and training for Disney next year. (Oh by the way I will be using Couch to 5K for that...another AWESOME App!)
The first one I will be using is the PINK Method. I loved this when I used it last time I just wish that I would have stuck with it. You know I bought that program in 2011 and I was 189lbs then. I reflect on if I would have kept up with the program what I would look like today. I would look Damn good! But nope the food was more important. Not anymore!
So this past week I learned:
Water isn't so bad after all...the bathroom breaks those still suck but worth it
The more water you drink the less you will eat
This weight loss is great but it is time to get moving!
This week my goals:
Keep going with the water
Stay in my calories
Workout for the week sticking to the schedule
See if I can become a morning person (this will be the hardest by far I have never been a morning person no matter how much I try)
So I hope everyone has a great week! Get moving or just change one little thing. For me it started with saying goodbye to the soda and I try to add a new goal each week!
xoxoxo,
Kelly
Hey Chics!
Well, I am just going to get this out of the way now...I gained 1.5lbs back. Yup, I gained, I own it, I ate crappy. Enough said moving on...
So I had a bad first week. I really started feeling down and almost decided that I was going to say screw it maybe I am just not ready! Then I got a package in the mail. In it contained the most beautiful pair of shoes. No they are not a pair of heels (let's face it I would so fall flat on my face!).
In a way these shoes are bitter sweet. You see they are the Minnie Mouse New Balance from Run Disney. It is bitter sweet because I was suppose to be in that 5k. No I was not shooting for the full or half marathon...yet. I am very optimistic but I am also a realist and for me the first step is a 5k. So I should have been waiting in that line at that expo to get the shoes that I would be running in. But instead...I had to have a personal shopper get them for me and I laid around that whole weekend.
But as I just stated I am an optimist and as you will now see I am going to turn this negative into a positive! These shoes now represent my starting line. Next year I WILL be at that 5K! I WILL sign up the day they start registration. And if need be I WILL do it alone.
I have been making better choices in food so far this week and tonight I begin exercising again! You will not see a blog every day because I have begun to see what my life really can be. I am back in my office working on my husbands and my business, I have started up my own little crafting thing, I am being a mom and wife, keeping a clean home, and taking care of myself so there will not be time every night for a blog and that is ok. I may even move to doing some video blogs because I am sure that would be a lot less time (but I bet I would ramble even more and I have no idea how to edit a video lol).
So maybe these shoes are not a glass slipper but this time...this will be my Cinderella moment!
xoxoxo,
Kelly
Hey Chics!
I am back! Yes, again! With a newer, bigger, and brighter attitude! This is MY year! You may have heard it before and hell, you may not even believe it but that is OK because I WILL do this!
First off. Last week I weighed myself and was 204lbs. This week I am at 200lbs! Yup 4lbs lost and nect week this girl WILL be in "ONE"derland! I get a lot more now than I did all these other times. Some I have learned on my own and others through guidance. So this is what I am doing THIS time.
I am done with all the books, pills, regimens, etc. I think I went on diet over load! You get all this great information and really they are all great! I have a bunch of books if you want to have some good ones. But I am going to keep this so stupid simple.
I am not going to change everything at once. HELLO! I do it every time! I clean out the pantry only to want something so bad 2 days later. It will go a little at a time. Each week I will challenge myself to make another change in my life. This week it is to only eat out on my cheat day 1 time. That was today and I did it and I am happy that I kept it moderate and I was satisfied.
This week it is all about getting my home life back in order. It is full of clutter so it is time to clean it out! I can't even exercise in my home because it is so bad. So those are my 2 steps this week. No eating out except 1 time a week and cleaning out the home to get my schedule back!
Now with that today was awesome! Cole (my 3 year old), John, and myself had a picnic followed with a 2 mile hike. Then later on I went back outside and played with Cole. It felt so go to be out and playing and just taking family time that we normally don't get. Now only to get my older 2 kids involved.
Well this is it for tonight. If I can leave you with one thought it is do not give up! Look at my blogs and how many time I have done this. I know it may have taken many tries but I am worth it to continue my journey no matter how long it takes!
