Slacking

It's amazing how easy it is to fall off track.  That one single day not on your normal routine can completely throw you off course.  While I haven't completely fallen off track, I haven't exactly been 100%.  But today, I'm not only 100% back, I'm 200% back! 

A trip to New York, 2 days out with a migraine, and a 5K run later I am back at it!

I am getting closer and closer every week to my goal, and I have to stick to it. 

So here's to being back at it!  Got to keep my eye on the prize, and stay motivated!!

"Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going."  ~Unknown

Excuses

"An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded."  ~Alexander Pope

I am starting with a quote with today's blog, because it's exactly how I feel about excuses.  I truly believe that there really is no such thing as an excuse.  The Biggest Loser this season is good, because it's all about excuses.  And each day, I hear people with excuses.  Whether I hear it at the gym, or at one of my classes, or at one of my weight watchers meetings.  I just don't buy it.  There are so many people who complain about working out or eating healthy, yet they see results.  Why make excuses?  If your hungry, you aren't eating right.  You don't have time to workout, find the time!  If your bored with your workout, find something you enjoy doing.  There are so many ways to exercise!  There has to be something out there that you like.  I LOVE my classes.  That's why I do them.  I love everything about them.  I even enjoy my Team Weight Loss class.  My trainer even knows I like it. I'm the one that always wants to do something different, or try something different.  I don't deprive myself eating either.  If I did, I would definitely fail. 

I'm done with excuses in my life!  I have no more excuses.  I'm a mother now, and I want to be around for her for as long as I possibly can, and getting healthy so that I can show her how life can be enjoyable, and be healthy!

So stop with the excuses and get out there!  I'm done with them, and you should be too!  Get moving!

"Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure." ~Don Wilder

On a side note:  I want to blog more, but I have a hard time finding things to blog about, so if you have questions for me, or something you want me to talk about, I will, and can.  I can even do a Q&A blog.  My trainer is loaded with information, and he's always willing to answer questions, so I can always ask him something I'm not sure about.  So ask away!  Or give me ideas.  I'm up for it!

Feels good!

I haven't felt this good in years! I have energy, and spunk and actually want to do things. I don't feel bloated and yuck. It's feels great!

I took a before pic back in November 2011. I wasn't even 100% committed then to losing this weight. I just took the picture knowing that one day I was going to have an after picture to take. I still have a long way to go, but I am happy with the way I feel already.  I can only imagine what I will feel like when I hit my goal. 

We have a busy year planned.  Weddings, babies, graduations, communion.  Lots going on!  It'll be good to be healthy and happy and have the energy to do it all. 

Feeling this way makes doing everything in my life that much easier!

I'm looking forward to having a healthy, long life!


“Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.” ~Jim Rohn

I'm still here!!

I've been so bad!  I haven't blogged in over a week!  Sorry all that follow.  I've been a busy gal.

I am still 100% focused and haven't lost my mojo at all.  I did have a little bit of an "injury", on my right knee.  I use that term lightly, because I don't know what I did to it, and it's already better.  Thankfully I have the BEST trainer ever, and he was able to get me through it, and get me to stay on target. 

I go to New York in 4 weeks, and I can't wait!  Going with one of my favorite people ever, and I get to see some fun people!  I know it sounds crazy, but I am going to pack my workout clothes, and still workout while I'm there.  I'll be eating good, yummy food, and drinking some calorie filled drinks.  I don't want to fall off track, so I have to make sure my hotel has a workout facility and if they do, I will be packing my workout clothes. I know, I'm crazy!  But I'm doing too good to get out of control for 3 days.  And it's that easy to lose control.  It only takes 1 day to slip down that slippery slope!  I have some big goals for the year (not talking about them just yet) and I have to stay on track to meet them.

I promise I will be blogging more.  It keeps me on target, and keeps me accountable!

I'm going to leave you with  my own quote this time.  =)
"It takes an average of 16 weeks to learn a new habit!  Make it a good one!"

 

Comfort Zone

I am learning more and more every day, and especially on the nights I work out, I am pushing myself more and more.  I think it's why I am doing so well.  I know I can do more, but sometimes I mentally don't think I can do it.  Why does our minds mess with us so much?  What are we afraid of?  Why do we let our minds take over sometimes?

These are the questions that run through my mind every single day. I somehow manage to push through the thoughts, and the doubts that I do have sometimes, but I am afraid sometimes that my thoughts will take over and that I will fail, and not get to where I want to be. 

We all have a comfort zone where everything feels safe and familiar.  We tend to not want to venture beyond it, but if we let ourselves stay there we will not be challenged, experience growth, or learn new things. 

Tonight I have to push myself WAY out of my comfort zone with doing my assessment.  I KNOW I can do it, and I KNOW if I just focus on my music, and run, run, run I can do it. 

We have to learn to take control of our thoughts in so many aspects of our life.  So much so that you think you're going crazy because you have this battle with yourself.  I almost laugh out loud at myself too, knowing what I'm doing and wondering if people see me doing it.  Got to love making yourself nuts!  LOL

So keep your eye on the prize, push yourself, and know that you can do it!  Instead of a quote today, I'm gonna leave you with a poem I read the other day.  It's awesome!

"I used to have a comfort zone where I knew I wouldn't fail.
The same four walls and busywork were really more like jail.
I longed so much to do the things I'd never done before,
But stayed inside my comfort zone and paced the same old floor.

I said it didn't matter that I wasn't doing much.
I said I didn't care for things like commission checks and such.
I claimed to be so busy with the things inside the zone,
But deep inside I longed for something special of my own.

I couldn't let my life go by just watching others win.
I held my breath; I stepped outside and let the change begin.
I took a step and with new strength I'd never felt before,
I kissed my comfort zone goodbye and closed and locked the door.

If you're in a comfort zone, afraid to venture out,
Remember that all winners were at one time filled with doubt.
A step or two and words of praise can make your dreams come true.
Reach for your future with a smile; success is there for you!"

Old Habits

People find it difficult to change their accustomed behavior.  Like the old proverb says, old habits die hard. 

I think I have finally broken one of my nasty, old habits.  In the past when I was sad, depressed, stressed, or angry I would turn to food.  And I would go 100%.  I would eat a half a bag of chips, but that wasn't enough, so then I'd find something else, oh yeah, ice cream.  A big huge bowl of it.  I'd try and trick  myself into thinking it was enough, but it wouldn't work.  Within an hour of eating that, I'd be up again looking for something else.  A cookie or two, or three.  Now that I think about it, it was disgusting. 

But I'm find now that when I'm feeling any of the above emotions, I'm taking them out at the gym, in a hard, beat the crap out of someone, workout.  And it feels great!  I feel amazing afterwards, and I know I'm getting a great workout instead of stuffing myself with food that I don't need and isn't good fuel for my body.  Sure, I still have a craving for ice cream every now and then, but nothing that I can't nip in the bud with a low cal, low fat treat.  It literally is just a taste that I need now, not the whole container or box.

Knowing that I'm fueling my body in a better way makes me feel great!   I'm happy that I was able to break this habit. 

"Motivation is what gets you started.  Habit is what keeps you going."  Unknown

Success!

Sorry I've been slacking on my blogging...my REAL life has taken over!  A cranky, teething, growing baby, and the hubby's car has been in the shop for a few days and will be there for a few more.  It's all exhausting! 

Anyway, you don't want to hear about that!  You just want to hear about how my journey is going.  And it's going good!  I'm still 100% focused, and I'm still 100% in it, to win it!  Winning what you ask?  My health, my body back, my energy!  It's all worth it!

I didn't go to the gym Thursday night because I didn't have my car, and I could have gone when my husband got home, but at that point, I wasn't up for it.  I just wanted to stay home.  So I did.  When I woke up Friday morning, I felt yucky, and was in a slump, and I just felt off.  I weighed myself thinking I had gained, and that's why I was not feeling it.  But I didn't.  I had actually already lost a pound, so that was comforting to know I didn't miss a workout and gain. 

Last night I went to the gym to make up for it.  It was me and all the youngins' getting their workout in before a night out of drinking and hanging with friends.  Too many of them were on their cell phones while working out, planning their night out.  Funny to me, because I could never be on the phone with someone while I was working out.  The person on the other line would think I was being chased down a dark alley with the way I am while I workout!  LOL

I learned the last few days that I do like my routine, and that it makes me feel good.  I now know that my 5 day a week routine, sometimes 6, depending on how my week is going, is what I need to keep up with my journey.  Sometimes life does get in the way, but I have to figure it out and keep going strong...

"Action is the foundational key to all success!" ~Picasso