Weigh in Wednesday!

I'm back!!

O how i loved my vacation!



It was so Beautiful there. Upper 80's everyday. It was so nice to sit and relax with my husband, and thoroughly enjoy our 10th Anniversary.

This is where we stayed:)

Can't believe it has been 10 years!

Speaking of that, my new goal is to be the weight i was when we got married. 10 years ago i was 168.

That leads me to my current weight.......182.... i did gain a few pounds on vacation.

I am totally fine with this. It was an all inclusive vacation. So a 3 pound gain is nothing:)

I am trying to kick back into high gear, but i am really having trouble falling back into a good routine.

I will get the hang of it. i think it will take me a few days but i will get back there:)

I am ready to start this second half of my journey! I can't wait to see myself in another 6 months:)

Weigh in Wednesday!

OK, today i am going to go into detail. 

I wanted to post my starting points and my ending points (as of now:))

                                   Start              Today

1. Bust                    42---------------37
2. Waist                  38---------------31
3. Abdomen        46.5---------------37.5
4. Hips                47.5---------------42.5
5. Thighs            30.5----------------25
6. Calves               17----------------14.5
7. Arms             16.25----------------12
8. Weight             219----------------179  
9. Body fat     40.10%----------------35.01%                                                           

So there is my detailed measurements and weight:) 

  I am pretty happy with that:)

Even though my weight it the same as last week. 

I was not every good this weekend, and i missed a workout on Monday. That is the first time in months that i have missed. I felt terrible to for missing, but i have to realize that its gonna happen now and then. 

There will not be a Weigh in Wednesday next week. I am going to be in Jamaica (that's right be jealous:)) so i wont have a scale. I am going to take workout clothes though and take advantage of a full gym! 

I hope everyone has a great weekend. I will think of all of you while i am lying on the beach;)

Till next time........

Weigh in Wednesday!

Good Morning Everyone!

Hope everyone is having a good week so far.

As you know today is Weigh in Wednesday:)

I am very happy to share some exciting news with you!

Today i weighed in a 179!
Plateau BROKE!!

I am so excited!

Actually i weighed in on Sunday morning cause i was feeling thinner (if that's possible...hahaha)

and i weighed in at 178.5, but i had free day on Sunday and i pigged out ;)

I am so happy to have finally broken this plateau that hung over my for so long.

This just re confirms to me that the "Body for Life" book is working.

So far i have lost 5 lbs in 4 weeks, which doesn't seem like alot. You have to remember though that i had been trying to lose this 5 lbs for 2 months now, and working out 2-3 hours a night wasn't working either.

I now for out for 45minutes on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and i do 15-20 minutes of cardio (before i eat anything) on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday.

So much easier that what i was doing. This is definitely something i can stick with for life!

Weigh in Wednesday!

Good morning everyone!

How is your Wednesday going so far?

Well as you all know by now, Wednesday is my weigh in day....

Shall we get right to it?

Well after just 2 1/2 weeks on this Body for Life program,

my official weight is......180! I can hardly believe it! I am dead on with my plateau!

One more pound and i will have defeated it!

I am thrilled with this!

So now that's over, let me ask you a question....

Has anyone taken my challenge?
Read the book at least?

It works, trust me.

Now for some harsh words that i think so many need to hear......

Unless you decided that you are going to change your life, it will not happen.

Don't sit around and wait to get "motivated", because it probably wont happen.

You have to decide, "I'm going to do this for ME! For my kids, and spouse. I want to be healthy! I want to give God glory by taking care of the body he gave me" (its not our body but His)"

So whats your choice??

Do you choose to sit there in your own misery?

OR

Do you choose to take control of your life?

Ultimately the choice is yours, just remember that the next time you are in a dressing room trying on clothes

and you wanna cry because you don't like what you see,
or when you see a fit person and say "if only i looked like her", that person didn't get that way by sitting around waiting for motivation...........

Weigh in Wednesday!

Goood morning everyone:)

Today is weigh in day....

I know you can barley wait;)

OK so today i weighed in a 181.5!

That is down 2.5 lbs since starting this Body for Life book.....this makes for one happy girl:)

I am really enjoying the changes that this book is bringing.

It is teaching me that diets don't work (at least not long term),

It is also teaching me that certain lifestyle changes aren't realistic either.

You can not eliminate something from your diet and expect to never crave or eat it again.

Sometimes you just want pizza, or cake, or ice cream. Its just not reasonable to say

"I'm not going to ever eat that again cause its not good for me". 

On this plan i get a free day to eat what ever i want.

Now I'm not just talking about indulging a little, I'm taking about full fledged pigging out:)

I can have my cake, pizza, Chinese, pumpkin roll, ice cream, and a candy bar if i want.

I know what you are thinking. You just ruined your diet.

Wrong...i actually  made my week (not my diet) better.

When i allow myself to indulge once a week i don't tend to crave the unhealthy things, because i know i have a free day coming:)

I know that this probably doesn't make much sense just hearing it from me.

So let me make this challenge to you....

go buy the book and read it. Then try it for a few weeks.

Then let me know what you think about it. Tell me you don't feel better, that you didn't lose any weight.

Then i will believe that this doesn't work:)

As of right now, this is just awesome!

Weigh in Wednesday!

              

Ok so you guys should know by now that i am always searching

and looking for anything to benefit my journey.

Well last week was kind of a brick wall for me. I was stuck at an impass. 

I had done everything i could think of to get the ball rolling again.

I found some temporary solutions, but temporary was not what i wanted.

Last Wednesday I had a long (much needed) talk with my good friend Amber.

She had some much needed insight for me.

She told me about this book that she had read and program she was following.

Its called "Body for Life".

 Lets just say after 2 hours and some odd minutes i was convinced that this was the next step in my journey.

I went out that night and bought the book. Amber and i decided that we would have a little challenge. First one to lose 5#s wins....well we haven't decided that part yet. Haha.

I had to sit down and read the book first before i could start. It was very detailed, but in a way that made things so easy to understand. I would read something and say, "o my word! That's me!"

I started Monday. Monday was upper body weight training. Lets just say its Wednesday and I'm still saying ouch! Yesterday morning was Cardio. Ryan and i got up at 5:30 AM and did Turbo Fire. I think he was thinking...what did i get myself into. Haha....Today is lower body weight training. I am still looking for a decent priced weight bench and some free weights. I am borrowing what i can for now.  (so if any of you out there know of anyone with a bench, bar or free weights at a reasonable price, give me a holler).

So on to weigh in.....today i weighed in at 183, that is down 1# from last week:)

I got to say i know that some of that is the fact that i stopped eating so terribly.

If anyone wants more info on the body for life please ask. It really is a program that makes you go "duh!, that makes so much sense, but no ones ever told me!"

So until next week, happy fall everyone!

Weigh in Wednesday!

Soooo.....i didn't weigh in last week. Didn't even step on the scale.

I was sick for alot of the week and didn't even feel like it.

I did weigh in today, and guess what.....yep i went back up:(

184. Not terrible but it went the wrong way.

I have been terrible though. We went camping this weekend and i was not very good with my diet.

O well. I had such a good time camping that it was totally worth it:)

We went to Sauder Village in Ohio.



(this is not or camper, by the way)

The map is the village that you can tour:)

Just a few examples of what Sauder Village is:)

We had so much fun! It was relaxing and the kids enjoyed themselves:)

I have not been good the last couple weeks. I was taking the oxyelite pro,

i have not been taking that for the last week, due to the stomach issues i was having.

I think i am going to start back up on it though. Probably tomorrow.

My biggest problem right now, is my water intake. I just can not seem to get myself to drink enough water.

I have to just suck it up and force myself to do it!
I have 37 days before we got to Jamaica! That is not much time....eek!!

I want to be down at least 10-20 more pounds by then. Anything in there would be fine:) 

I am back into Turbo fire full force, but i need to start back on my protien drink. 

I did measure myself and i am down a few more inches from the last time. 

So i know that while it is not showing on the scale, i am still seeing it in the inches:)

My biggest thing is not letting myself get discouraged.

It is so easy to get down in the dumps about not seeing the scale move.

 I have to remind myself though that i did not put this weight on in one day

and its not going to come off in one day!

Anyway, i have lots of stuff that i need to get done around here.

Till next time......