~Goal Friday~

Soooo, last weeks goal.....

1.  Cut WAAAAAY back on my sugar intake.  That didn't happen. Hello bulk barn. I did however take the time to notice just how much extra sugar and sweets I am eating - I have a sweet treat at least once a day. Crazy how quick they can creep up on you and just how mindlessly you can eat.

2.  Make a food list of my favorite healthy foods and favorite treat food This one didn't happen either.....

3.  Try 1 new recipe & find 1 new "snack food" recipe to try.  I got this one kinda...Tried a new recipe for a Shrimp & Rice dish.  It was ok, not one that I would do all the time.


I'm not beating myself up about this for the simple reason - I am still working like crazy at this....I didn't hit my goals but there is always next time.  I am loving the changes that I am seeing.  For the first time in 6 years I felt confident & sexy in my own skin yesterday.  I looked bangin' in that new outfit (well maybe not when I had pool hair and no makeup.....)




Goals for this week:

1.  Cut sweet treats back to 2X a week.  -  I am thinking that cold turkey just wasn't the way on this one.

2.  Go for a 5 minute walk 2X a week

3.  Find healthier snack options for the family

Check in tomorrow to find out why I've divorced my scale  feel so much lighter because of it.

Mid-Week Check-In

Well it's mid week and thought I would share a check-in....

I have not been focused on any of my goals this week.  And I am ok with that.  I still have 3 more days till I set my next ones.

I spent the weekend away with my BFF.  We shopped, drank, ate, shopped, drank & ate.  I thought that I enjoyed every morsel of the food at the time...but looking back.....It wasn't anything amazing.  Just your normal fatty/sodium/calorie laden dishes that you get at most restaurants.  Am I beating myself up over it NO WAY.  I've already moved on about my choices - I had a fantastic time and regret nothing.  Would I do it again - yup, but with a few healthier choices instead.

On the shopping front ~ Holy cow I am so frigging excited about all the great new clothes I found. That fit!!!!!!!  I spent yesterday cleaning out my closet so I can make room for all the new stuff.  I got rid of 3 garbage bags of clothes that were either, trashed, didn't fit or I no longer loved them.  Loving them was the biggest thing. I now know that I don't have to settle for it just cause it fits.  If I want to look fantastic than that's how I will look!  Cause damnit I am WORTH IT!

Happy Hump Day ya'll!

Goal Friday

One week in and what a difference in my mind about this journey.  I set three goals last week:

1. No more Diet Pop - Done! I have gone a whole week without it.  Definitely not easy! But I did it and only suffered minor caffeine withdrawls! Totally worth it :)

2. Drink more water - Done! I am getting about 3L + a day

3. Try Three new Recipes - Kinda Done - Third one will be tonight.  The first two I made were definitely delish! They will be going into normal rotation.


My Goals This Week:

Well I am a little nervous about setting them as I am going on a "girls night" tomorrow.....But here goes:

1.  Cut WAAAAAY back on my sugar intake.

2.  Make a food list of my favorite healthy foods and favorite treat food

3.  Try 1 new recipe & find 1 new "snack food" recipe to try.


There will still be no diet pop drank (though there may be some alcohol drank this weekend)

Every "small" change you make adds up ~ Start now!

Sadness, Tears & A little Joy

I write this post with a heavy heart after today's tragedy in Boston. I am sending all my love and prayers to the people and families affected by it. 

I swam tonight.  I needed to clear my head after all the terrible sights on the news.  I wish it could have been a run to honor them.  In my heart that's what it was.   I released my thoughts into those blue waters and had a few calming moments to myself. 

I am finding it hard to write a happy post in this aftermath.  I'm halfway through my first week of setting new goals.  My first as you know was to cut the diet pop out. Well I have done that :) No pop since Thursday afternoon!! I have upped my water intake .I am feeling great :) Less bloated.  A few headaches & some sleepiness along the way ~ but those are just little bumps in the road.

Tonight was the first night that I got to try one of my Meal Plan recipes.  I made Ginger Pork, Broccoli & Rice.  It was delicious! I will post the recipe under the recipe section tomorrow.

For now I will leave you ~ Hug your loved ones a little closer and remember things can change in a blink of an eye. Lets live a life with less regrets

XOXO

Ready - Set - Here I Go

Today is a beautiful day! Sun is shining and life is good :) Thought I would share with you today about my goal setting.

Old Negative Me would have set the goals and then thought. OK now that I have set those lets wait till tomorrow to start them.  And then that tomorrow becomes the next tomorrow (And I think you are starting to see my pattern here)

New Me decided on the goals last night and started enforcing them immediately! That's a big step ya'll!  So far today I have been happy & on track with the choices that I have made. 

So now your wondering ~ What are these magical goals that I have set?  Well I told you that I would be deleting 1 thing from my diet and replacing it with a healthier habit/choice.  It really didn't take long for me to choose what the 1st thing to go was. It will probably be one of my hardest ones to give up ~ DIET POP!  I have a caffeine headache already (someone might want to tell my husband to pick up extra hours at work - I'm joking.....kinda).  The replacement for diet pop will be WATER!!! I love water! I am setting a goal for 3L of water a day.  It's about 3pm and I have 1/2 of that in. 



I chose three new recipes to try out this week:

Spaghetti Squash Veggie Cassarole
Avacado Sprimp & Rice
Ginger Pork & Broccoli

If they are as yummy as I think they sound I will post them under the Recipes tab. 

Cleaning up My Act

This morning I got dressed and my inner thoughts were not ones of negativity. My inner voice was saying wow you look bangin' today ( my inner voice was a little ghetto this morning) 

Do I look any different today than from yesterday? Nope still the same me.  But I feel good about myself.  I am OK with where I am. That doesn't mean that I am giving up on losing weight.  What it does mean is that I am at peace with myself and am letting go of control that the fat, negativity & the scales. They don't get to tell me who I am anymore.  I feel pretty, I feel in control & I feel better than I have in months. (Minus the stupid ankle pain but that will heal - eventually)

Tonight's Agenda - Choose one vice to give up for the week & one healthy one to take its place
                              Meal Plan
                              Work on Photography biz

Check back tomorrow and see what my vice is that's going out the door ~ Any guesses?  I will also post my meal plan for the week!

Stopping the Negativity

This post started out as an angry rant at the plus size designers.  Then I hit the delete button ~ Why?

Cause my way of thinking all started to change when I started reading this blog http://fitmamatraining.com - she is amazeballs. What she was saying really started sinking in. There is enough negative in this world that I am so tired of hearing, seeing it and living it. I have decided to start shaking the negative out of my life and house.

No more focusing on what I can't do, no more hating what I see in the mirror. If I can't give it love I will at the very least give it acceptance. The scale no longer holds power over me. In fact, it's going straight to the garbage.

No more negative self talk ~ Embrace my life and live in the joy of it.

Exercise Addiction

Everyone has heard about Runner's High - That magical rush of endorphins at the end of a run.  Can you get that same high from other activities? Is it mentally healthy to be striving for that runner's high?

Runner's high is like that one sexy amazing man that you compare everyone else to.  Nothing ever quite makes the cut.  Everything else always disappoints.    If your lucky enough to be able to run without injury you can add in other activities and not be disappointed by them. But man, when an injury rears it's ugly head and you can no longer run - nothing ever satisfies you quite the same way. 

I haven't felt runner's high in months. I have not been able to run 9 very long months.  It's driving me bonkers this spring that I can't go out and feel that fresh cool breeze rush across my face, the sweat and tears pouring out as those miles add up. The pride of accomplishing something I never thought that I would be able to do.

So, I have settled for running's Mistress - Swimming. While I get a slight high off it ~ It still doesn't compare to running. Its like settling for Vanilla ice cream when you really wanted that pint of Rocky Road.  You know what though ~ It's a heck of a lot better than sitting my ass on the couch gaining even more weight!

Restart....Wait a sec!

Restart......Didn't I just promise myself that? Doesn't that mean that I should have started in the first place?

I feel like I am at rock bottom and swimming sideways.  I can get one thing going - right now I am completely happy with my exercise but the damn demon called food beckons me like you wouldn't believe. Wendy's Canadian Classic is truly evil (but tastes so damn good - twss)  I have had two in the last two days uggg I don't even want to see the calorie count on that.

So here I am vowing once again to "restart"  That means I REALLY need to give it my all this time. No more lying to myself. I am feeling like I am starting to run out of second chances. I want to LIVE - like really live.  No more being afraid to try new things, no more saying no I don't want to do that when its fear of being to big, or looking to big.   I wanna hang with my skinny friends and not worry about how I look to outsider ~ I just want to be able to enjoy myself.

So how do I do it? How do I control the food cravings so they don't control me....