Spring is on the way!

Where did the last few months go. I just returned from a trip down south. I was in Arizona for 17 days. When I left I weighed in at 185. When I returned 17 days later I weighed in at 200 lbs. Well I say 200, but it was like 199. Yikes! Well my plan for getting healthy, losing weight, feeling good about my self, exercising, walking, eating more fruits/veggies, staying away from sugar - all these hopes seems to be backfiring. Do I really want to lose weight? Do I really want to be healthy? It doesn't really show- does it? Well I need to do something. My husband wants to be healthy and he wants to work together to lose weight. I should just put this body to the test and see if it is possible. See what will happen if I stay away from sugar for a month. See how I feel. I am so tired lately and I have been tired for years. Today I woke up at 7 a.m. and felt like I could still sleep some more. I had a nap in the afternoon and slept for 1 1/2 hours and then later on in the day I slept for another 2 hours. I am tired now, but I am trying to catch up on my housework that I missed because I was sleeping. I need to react now and get busy living and taking better care of my body. My daughter graduates in 2 months and I don't want to be the fat mom there. I was the fat mom last year at my son's graduation and I told myself I wasn't going to be the fat mom ever again.

It's a New Year!

Well, Here it is a new year, and as you can see not much change has happened over the few years that I have had this blog. I am deciding today that today is the day! It is time. My wardrobe is ceasing to exist, because nothing fits, so I just keep giving it away. I am down to two sets of track pants that I wear daily and 2 skirts to wear on Sunday to church. I have my exercise clothes, but the shirts keep getting tighter and tighter. I should just wear a tent. Anyway, here I am again starting fresh, new and more aware of what I need to do to succeed in this weight loss journey. So, I guess I will start with my stats: Body Composition Weight: 189.6 Height: 5'8" Waist: 36" Hips: 40" Belly Bulge: 38" Chest(underneath): 37" Thigh (right): 21" Calf (right): 16" Body Fat (tape measure) 36.27% - Body Fat 68.76 lbs. of Body Fat 120.84 lean body weight Goals for today: (February 8th, 2013) 1. Drink 1 gallon of water 2. Avoid added sugar 3. Avoid simple sugars (cakes, cookies, donuts, candy, chocolate, etc.) 4. Avoid saltine crackers 5. Avoid eating chips out of the bag (I bought them for a recipe) 6. Take my omega 3's 7. Take my vitamin D 8. Take my supplements 9. 45 minute walk on treadmill 10. Circuit workout with weights

Why our goals don't get reached!

Here are the 8 reasons why you fall off the wagon

1. No focus: you didn't set goals, you didn't put your goals
in writing, and or you didn't keep your goals in mind daily
(by reading them, affirming them, looking at a vision board, etc.)

2. No priorities: you may have set a goal, but you didn't
put it on or near the top of your priorities list. For
example, your goal is six pack abs, but drinking beer and
eating fast food on the weekend is higher on your priorities
list than having a flat stomach.

3. No support system: you tried to go at it alone; no buddy
system, training partners, family, spouse, friends, mentors
or coaches to turn to for information and emotional support
when the going got tough.

4. No Accountability: you didn't keep score for your own
accountability - with a progress chart, weight record,
measurements, food journal, training journal, and you didn't
set up external accountability (ie, report to someone else
or show your results to someone else)

5. No patience: you were only thinking short term and had
unrealistic expectations. You expected 10 pounds a week or
5 pounds a week or 3 pounds a week, so the first week you
lost "only" 1 or 2 pounds or hit a plateau, you gave up.

6. No planning: you winged it. You walked into the gym
without having a workout in hand, on paper, you didn't plan
your workouts into your weekly schedule; you didn't have a
menu on paper, you didn't make time (so instead you made
excuses, like "I'm too busy")

7. No balance: your diet or training program was too extreme.
You went the all or nothing, "I want it now" route instead
of the moderate, slow-and-steady wins the race route.

8. No personalization: your nutrition or training program
was the wrong one for you. It might have worked for someone
else, but it didn't suit your schedule, personality, lifestyle,
disposition or body type.

So there you have it - 8 mistakes that cause most people
to fall off the wagon. Are you guilty of any of these
transgressions? If so, the solutions are clear and simple:

Focus, prioritize, get support, be accountable, be patient,
plan, balance and personalize.

This was taken from Burn the Fat~Feed the Muscle

Day 1 of the New Year

Today is Tuesday- January 3, 2012.

Body Composition:
Weight: 184.2
Waist: 38"
B.B: 42½ (Belly Bulge)
Hips: 41½

Exercise: Walked 35 minutes on the treadmill (2 miles) I know it was slow, but I that is how I roll. I need to start out slow and take baby steps to success.

Here is a note from December 26th- the day after Christmas. "I'm tired of punishing my body. I have an addiction to food. If I want to be an example to my children I need to take better care of myself. Stop eating when I'm full. Choose healthy snacks. Choose better food for my spirit. Drink only water!!!! No juice, no pop, no sugar drinks. My waist is size 41" and my ponch is 43" and I know I have water retention, but still I'm obese. My weight is 188.2 lbs. A few weeks ago I was 175-180 lbs. It's time to pay the price and get fit!"

Affirmations:

I see me- Energetic
I see myself lean and fit
I see myself being an example of health
I see myself helping others overcome addictions
I see myself healthy
I see my and my husband happy
I see my boys addiction free
I see my girls being modest and virtuous
I see me- full of live, happy, healthy and strong

Goals to accomplish my affirmations:

1) Get rid of all junk food in home
2) have fresh fruit and veggies available and ready to eat
3) Exercise daily for 30-60 minutes
4) Strength train 3 times a week
5) Plan meals each week
6) Prepare meals- fruit in a.m. and veggies in p.m.
7) No food after 7-8 p.m.

Happy New Year 2012

I started this blog about 3 years ago, and here I am still fat! I lose the weight and then go back to my old habits and gain it back. It is a vicious circle that I can't get out of. I have red books, followed recipes, exercise routines, hired trainers, gym passes, vitamins, supplements, protein shakes. I have done it all and it works, but I give up and don't finish. I give up on myself and then get depressed and start eating once again.

I ordered an e-book back in 2009 and finally read it. It is amazing and has wonderful ideas, and results. I am going to put it to the test and see if I can actually follow through this time.

I know exercise and eating healthy produce great results and I want to be able to help people, but I have to do it myself first, so here I am - doing the trial run of Burn the Fat- Feed the Muscle. I will post daily on what I have learned, what I have done and what I am doing to burn fat and feed muscle.

Have a great night and we will begin tomorrow! It is 12:51 a.m. right now. My first goal needs to be to be in bed by 10 p.m. everynight! I will only get about 6 hours sleep tonight. Thats not a very good start. Do better tomorrow.

I'm healthy again!

It has been 6 weeks since I have exercised. Ouch! The first week I had a really bad sore throat- I wasn't able to eat anything but Popsicle (they soothed my red hot throat). The next two weeks I had a bad case of hives - head to toe hives- huge welts. They were very painful and I itched like crazy. After battling that for two weeks I then had a head cold which caused an extremely runny nose and then congestion and then a week or two of coughing- not just a little 2 second cough- a full outraged smokers cough. I now just have lots of phlegm, so I hope I am on the mend. Tomorrow which is a Monday- I will do my best to get my butt out of bed after this 6 week hiatus and begin my work outs once again. I really do enjoy working out- it is just building up the momentum to actually do it.

I have a few things I could do. I could get up before the kids get up and do my strength training and then once the kids are on the bus I can go for my hour walk. I love the outdoors and now that the weather is getting warmer I think I just might conquer that beast tomorrow and start hill training once again to get my butt back and my calves strengthened again.

I did the eating Vegan for one month and absolutely loved it. I did cheat a few times as I didn't realize that eating Vegan meant no honey, so I did have honey. I will continue eating Vegan, but I am going to change it a bit to meet my needs, so it won't be a true Vegan, but it will be close. It has been nice because I know I have lost inches- no so many pounds, but inches, so that is good. I love having protein shakes and so I will use the whey protein isolate. I don't really care for cheese anymore, so I won't miss that. Yogurt I really liked, but I think I will do without that too, so for now I will allow the Whey protein isolate and continue with my 4 food groups which are grains, lentils & beans, vegetables and fruits. I will only eat meat if I am at a friends house who have cooked a meal for my family other than that I won't be eating it that much. I felt less bloated when I was on the Vegan diet plan.
tnd making goals and then not meeting them or making them and not following up. I really want to succeed this time, so I will make a few goals and go from there.

Goals:

4 week goal- April 25th - be 8 pounds lighter than I am now. I will weigh in on Monday, and should be 8 lbs less in a month.

I bought a brown skirt size 10- I want to be able to fit into that comfortably with no bulges in 4 weeks.

Walking outside for 1 hour- everyday (no Sundays) for the next 4 weeks.

I have been sick

Wow, I have been out of the loop for awhile now. I have been battling a flu for about 4 weeks now. I think the end is near. Week 1 I had a really bad sore throat. Week 2 was a bad cause of hives infact that was week 2 and 3 and now week 4 I have sneezing, head conjestion, runny nose, coughing and a slightly sore throat. Tired lots. I tried doing cardio on Monday and I was so exhausted after that I was tired all day. I am thinking next week will be better. It has too as I have goals that I want to accomplish.