Motivation Thursday!

Last week was a slow week for me. I ate more then I had been eating and I wasn't as dedicated to the workouts as I have been in the previous months but this week I am back on track and I feel so much better. It is strange to me that if I know I feel better when I eat healthier and exercise then why do I cheat on myself by not continuing this healthy path all the time. I don't know if I will ever come up with that answer but for now I am glad I was able to get back on my daily regimen and continue my journey to better health.
My clothes feel looser and my excitement for the goal I know I will make has me feeling like a million dollars today. I look forward to weigh in Sunday. :)

weigh in

Beginning                         last week.                           Today

Weight 208.                      Weight 182.6.                     Weight 182.6
Bicep 16.                            Bicep 12.5.                          Bicep 12.5
 Waist 40.                            Waist 38.5.                          Waist 38
Thigh 27.                            Thigh 23.5.                          Thigh 23.5.
 Hips 47.                               Hips 44.                               Hips 43.25

I have finally set some goals.

I have been thinking about my progress today and have decided that I need to set a few goals. I have been putting off the goal setting part because it seems to me that when I set goals in the past I became discouraged because the goal weight seemed to be so far away and almost unattainable. I have decided that I am going to make some long term goals but I am also going to break the long term into short term goals as well so maybe the disappointment will not set in.
Saying this... here goes.
My long term goal weight is 133 lbs by January 11, 2015. I began my journey on May 11, 2014 at 208 lbs. That gives me 8 months to lose 75 lbs, an average of 9.38 lbs a month.
My short term goals...
2.5 lbs a week gone. 2.5 inches a week total gone. exercise daily but make two days a stronger workout then the other days.
My main goal - To be the healthiest I have been in years.

Guess what day it is...

It is weigh in day. :):):):)
Beginning                          last week.                              Today

Weight-208.                       Weight-185.6.                       Weight-182.6
Bicep-16''.                           Bicep-12.5.                             Bicep-12.5
Waist-40.                            Waist-38.75.                          Waist- 38.5
Thigh-27.                            Thigh-24.5.                             Thigh-23.5
Hips-47.                               Hips 44.5.                              Hips-44

Its been another successful week.

Happy Friday!

 I'm feeling energized and I'm ready to take on the day... well actually I think I woke up thinking It's Friday the end of my work week!
Taking off weight has a way of making me feel alive and ready to take on the world. I work in an office and I sit behind a computer all day but lately I have been making many trips around the office and outside just to get rid of the energy that is building up inside me. I know the energy that plexus is giving me is playing a big part in the extra walking but I also know that when I was heavier, it wouldn't have mattered how much energy I had because I would have wore myself out by moving around as much.
Forecast is calling for a rainy weekend but I am not going to let that spoil my exercise plans. I am thinking I will go to Mobile or Pensacola and walk the mall a few times or possibly go to Gulf Shores and walk in the rain on the beach? Either way, I plan to get in plenty of exercise.
I hope everyone has a great weekend. Happy Happy Friday!

Motivation

Rainy days tend to make me want to sleep in all day and relax but work calls and plexus has me energized. I want to share a little motivation for those of you who may need a push today. :)
I have been drinking my plexus pink drink for 65 days now and I am still losing weight and inches. I have lost a total of 23 lbs and 14 inches. I have never been so happy with a weight loss supplement. I call it my miracle drink.:)
I also want to share what it has done for me physically. I have only had one sinus headache in the last 65 days and that headache only lasted a half hour. This in itself is amazing. Before starting Plexus, I had a sinus headache every morning I can remember for the past five or six years. I had to take allergy meds daily along with a sinus nasal spray. I no longer take any allergy meds nor do I use the nasal spray. :)
The Plexus also gives me that needed energy to get up and exercise daily. A twenty five minute plus some on weekends daily exercise routine has occurred every day for 65 days.
If you are looking for a way to get healthy or if you want to take off a few pounds, contact me. Plexus can help!

Weigh in Sunday

Good morning everyone! Planning a big day full of fun and exercise but wanted to share my results before heading out.

Beginning-                               Last week.                               This week

Weight-208.                             Weight-187.                             Weight-185.6

Bicep-16.                                   Bicep-  12.75                             Bicep-12.5

Waist-40.                                   Waist- 39.                                 Waist-38.75

Thigh-27.                                   Thigh-24.5.                               Thigh- 24.5

Hips-47.                                      Hips-44.5.                                 Hips-44.5

Chest-38.75.                               Chest-36.                                  Chest-36

Beach, water park, kayaks... fun weekend planned.

Its Friday and I am very excited about the weekend. Planning a big one for sure.
Getting the grands tonight for some "Nana" time and planning to take them to the Water Park for some fun in the sun Saturday. :):):)

Planning an even bigger day on Sunday with the Hubby. Going to the state park and renting a kayak to get some wanted and needed exercise.
So thankful that I have plexus in my life to boost my energy and make me feel like I want to get outside and become so active again.

Drug abuse, jail time, stress, stress, stress.....

Today I am going to post about a personal issue that is causing me lots of stress and making me want to eat more then what I am hungry for. I am fighting the urge thanks to my pink drink but I find it crazy how life and its stresses play such a big part in my journey to become healthy.
My son, has been an addict for years. I don't think I really knew the extent to which he had gone until his arrest yesterday. He has been claiming he was clean for months now but the signs all pointed toward a different truth.
He has been in and out of trouble with the law and deep down I knew his lifestyle would eventually catch up with him. My thoughts were that he would end up dead or serving a large prison sentence, thankfully it will be the prison sentence that he will face. I kept telling myself that it wouldn't bother me if he got in trouble again due to the fact that he had been arrested many many times before but truth is, it hurts every time regardless of how I try to convince myself that it wont.
I have chosen to believe that maybe the prison sentence he will be handed will somehow straighten him out and he will come out a cleaner better person for himself and for his family. Making this decision has helped me to not stress eat and ruin all I have been working to obtain. To also help me along, I have made another goal to become healthier then ever while he is locked up so hopefully I will still have a few good years left to spend with him once he is that changed man that I know he can become.

weigh in...

It has been a very busy weekend. My idea of having a yard sale may not be considered a good one by all my family members but me personally, I think it was one of my better ones. I got a bigger workout moving items and carrying them from the house to the yard then I do any other day on my gazelle and my weights combined. All and all the yard sale was a success financiallly and fitness wise.
My weight and measurements are as follows...
                         Last week.            This week
Weight.               191                           187

Bicep.                   13                            12.75

Chest.                   36.5                         36

Waist.                   39                            39

Hips.                     45.5                         44.5

Thigh.                   25.5                        24.5

Three day weekend

Looking forward to the long weekend. I have a yard sale planned so it won't be very eventful but plan to get plenty of exercise in all three days. Plan is to sell as much as I can so we can afford to buy some kayaks and be able to increase our physical activity by leaps and bounds on our weekends. I will get a lot of exercise moving junk from in the house to the yard as well but kayaking sounds like so much more fun.
Funny how I used to look forward to doing nothing on the weekends now I look forward to doing as much as possible. I like the new changes. :)

First picture taken on May 21, 2014 second pic taken on July 2, 2014. :)

Things that make you go Hmmmmm

Every time I have ever started a diet, I have always had exercise goals. I have been successful with those goals in the past for two to three weeks, never any longer then that.
This time, its different. I started with small goals and it is escalating into bigger goals every day. I want to get fit, I want to feel better and I yearn for more physical activity. I had to start walking yesterday at lunch because I felt it was a need not a chore (that is the way it has always felt to me before). Today, I was looking forward to walking, so much so that I took my lunch at 9:30 vs the normal 11:30.
I was getting a little concerned with myself last night when I got into bed ready to go to sleep because I didn't want to sleep, I wanted to go find something to do that will give me that "high" that the physical exercise has been giving me.
I am not sure what to call what I am experiencing but I do know I am glad that I am feeling so different this time around. I am now calling this a change of life vs a diet because I feel so different about what I am doing and how it makes me feel.
Does anybody have any ideas on how to stop the constant yearn for exercise that seems to be lasting all day and night for me? I don't want to stop the exercise because it feels really good but I do want to be able to relax and know that I have done enough exercise for the day once its time to relax and go to sleep.
Feel free to share your opinions and ideas. :)

success

Well the 30 minute brisk walk went very well today. I am planning to try and walk everyday at lunch. As the days pass, I seem to want to just do a little more everyday. I am so thankful this journey is going so much smoother then other attempts I have tried in the past. Life is good for me right now. I have been wearing a smile daily and want to just share the joy and excitement.