First off, I have to apologize for my absence. I'm so sorry I haven't posted in almost a week! Sometimes the beautiful thing we all call life gets in the way... Or does it just seem that way? So for the past week I've definitely gone through some stress and disappointment. I noticed it was starting to get me down and certainly wear on me like tires doing burnouts. Over the past few days I've begun to realize something that is so, so important. No matter what life throws at you, you need to put a smile on, pick up your bat at hit it out of the park. Life is not easy but whether you're religious or not just remember that your dealt your hand of cards for a reason. It's because whoever made your life possible (and I'm not talking about your parents) knew that you were strong enough to keep pushing through the obstacles and make it to the end - successfully! If you let your stress (no matter how drastic) get you down, you're letting your cards decide your destiny, not yourself. YOU have the power to do what you want to do, when you want to do it and however you wish to do it. You can change your life for better or for worse. And most importantly, you have the choice to take an opportunity, grab it by the cojones and run with it... Or you can let an opportunity pass you by and wait around while your hoping for the next one to fall in your lap. You need to choose your destiny. I understand that certain medical conditions cannot be prevented but so many of them can be and you might not even know it. It's proven that avoiding certain foods and/or substances can lead to much less of a risk of getting these conditions. With that said, you are probably here because you need inspiration and you have weight to lose. You may be like me and don't enjoy going to group meetings where someone weighs you and then everyone else talks about how they lost so much weight the past few weeks and you're sitting there silent thinking "yeah, I gained 3 pounds because my life sucks and I'm too busy to diet". Let's see who's done their reading...What did I say about dieting? "Dieting" DOES NOT EXIST - point blank, period.
***http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diet This is the link for the merriam-webster's dictionary online. I searched the word diet and I found all the things I thought I would. Clink on the link and see what I saw... It will help you understand that "diet" should not be a word in your vocabulary.
***http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/change Now THIS is the link for the merriam-webster's online dictionary and here I searched the word change. Click the link and hopefully you'll understand where I'm coming from when I say this is all about a lifestyle change! The definistion that stuck the most in my opinion was, "to replace with another". PERFECT! Exactly... The goal is to take your current lifestyle and replace it with another one that is much healthier, leading to long-term results and not the dreaded ongoing diet after diet, after diet. Get it?
If I haven't completely lost or bored you by now then WELCOME TO PART 2(: And congratulations... You probably understand where I'm going from and want to change for the better!
On to another dreaded subject in the weight loss world... WEIGH INS! Before we get to far into this I'd like to put it out there that I used to weigh myself EVERY morning while I was wearing my birthday suit before I get in the shower. If you're wondering if I'm that crazy person that has a birthday everyday... DING!! DING!! DING!! DING!! You would be correct AND You've won $5000 Target gift card! Just kidding you're not on Ellen my friend. But a girl can dream, right? Someday.........
Anywhoozer, where were we? Ahh yes... My morning weigh ins. Okay! So, I've decided to only weigh myself once a week to avoid seeing the day to day fluctuation. Instead I will only be weighing myself once a week and I choose FRIDAY! I know, I know, most people choose Sundays, right? No, no. I choose Fridays because if I weigh myself Friday morning then I will know how much I've lost (or gained) in the past week and I've lost weight I can use the weekend to continue motivating myself and planning out my upcoming week. If I've gained weight for whatever reason I can use the weekend to gather my thoughts, maybe go over why I may have gained weight and get my head back in the game to stay focused and still plan for the upcoming week! Another good thing about only weighing myself once a week is that it'll dramatically cut down my morning getting ready time... Why? Because tell me you can put on your birthday suit and NOT have a 17 minute dance party... get real!
So Fridays are the days that work best for me and my schedule but not everyone has the same schedule and hence why not EVERYTHING that works for one person will work for another. Really take a good look at your schedule and decide which day will be best for you and once you've done that you know that every week on that day you get up, drop off some lemonade babies and Hershey's kids off at the local pool, strip down to your birthday suit, get your activity on with a 17 minute dance party and step on that scale loud and proud. If you haven't done your initial weigh in then it's time... I don't care what day it is but tomorrow morning (or now if you JUST woke up) you my lovely lily are getting on that scale. You may not like what you see but you NEED a baseline and you need to know what your working with. Don't get depressed or discourage either, cause I know that's going to be you're body's natural first instinct! Use your power to change that negative energy into positive and use it to push forward and get your lifestyle change going!
I will let you all know that with all of the things I've told you so far (that I've been using all on myself) I have lost 51 pounds so far. Started before I started this blog of course but regardless I'm trying to help you with sharing some of my experiences and knowledge with you. I can only hope you will put these things to good use.
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Stay beautiful and as always,
xoxo
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