Losing It

I am so excited because I weighed myself today for January.  I am officially down 13.4 lbs.  This is a great feeling to know that I have lost that much.  I know that I can keep up the good work as long as I keep my mind stuck on staying strong.

I know that the exercise is helping, I also know that eating better has helped me out.  I know that this is not going to be a trend all year, but I do hope that I can continue achieveing my goals each day and each month.

I have set my Feburary goal to lose 10 lbs.  With a few less days in Feburary it might be difficult, but it will be worth it.

I have challenged myself to do something that I have never done before, run.  I know that this is going to be a challenge, but it is going to be worth it, and I need to stick to it.

I have not seen many changes in the way I look yet, however I know that they will come with time, and that eventually I will see some amazing changes that I have wanted to see for years.

With all of the different changes that can be out  there.  I am going to lose this weight and change my life for the better!

Well I am so happy to say that I have lost 10 lbs, and they are gone for good….

I had surgery on the 16th of the month, and that helped, but I have also put my mind to the fact that I need to work hard and exercise so that I can lose the weight.  I have started by doing something simple - exercising.  I am back at curves.  I also joined fitness 19 so that I can start running.  I know that is a great way for me to achieve my goals.

I have also changed my schedule, and I am getting up at 5 am so that I can exercise.  For snowy days like today I go down my basement and do the wii fit, for days I can get out of my drive I go to fitness 19 and I am doing running and strenght training.  It is so hard to get up in the morning, but I know that I need to do something and change what I am doign to be successful in my weight loss, and this is going to work… I know it.

I decided to purchase a body buddy.  I am excited because I think that this will be a great way for me to be able to monitor my weightloss process.  It is the same system that is used on the Biggest Loser.  Being that the Biggest Loser is so popular I know that this is a product that they have tested.

I am excited at the possibility that it is going ot help me to change my life and start seeing results.  I know that I need to do something to get my life to change for the positive, and this is something that will help me to take my life to the next level.

Keeping that in mind I know that I need to get my butt moving and get going.  Knowing that every day it is going to keep track of how many steps I take, How many calories I burn and how many I take in, scares me and is a great way for me to finally work hard and reach my goals!

Looking around at my life, I know that I have the best intentions, and great motivation at first.  The problem that I have is that the motivation slowly starts to wear off and I just want to give up.

I have been trying everything to find that inner motivation and stick with it.  I know that achieving my goals is possible, and I just have to find where in my soul it is for me to be successful.

I have been tracking my calories daily.  I am hoping that will help me to stay and keep motivated.  I know that writing down what I eat is a great way for me to stop and think before doing anything.

I also check to see how many calories there are in food before I make it.  I am now looking at different unique ways to make lower calorie food for my family, hoping that it will help to keep me motivated.

So from now on Friday will be Recipe day - a new recipe that I have or I am going to try.  I am excited to see how my family will react to these new ideas.

Last night, my husband and I were watching the food network.  I love watching Good Eats, and Unwrapped, and just about any other show that is on that channel.  Well Unwrapped showed the $1,000.00 sundae.  My husband and I started joking about it.

What we were joking about was the fact that I eat so fast, that I would eat through the Sundae with out even knowing that it was gone.  That started going through  my head, and made me think.  It was so true I do eat very fast.

As a mother, and many mothers know that to eat, you have to eat quickly.  But trying to lose weight the opposite is true.  That leaves the question, how can you find a way to eat slower and still do everything that needs to be done as a mother?

I know what is holding me back from part of my weight loss is the fact that I over eat.  Over eating is very easy to do.  I need to figure out a way to stop over eating and start eating healthy.  To do this I need to learn how to do something very easy, eat slowly.

Did you know that it takes about 20 minutes before you stomach will register that it is full, and that is 20 minutes that it becomes easy to over eat.  That is just simply amazing, that it is so easy to over eat.  So the question is then, how do you change this, how do you slow down?

Once you slow down your eating, losing weight becomes easier because you are not going to eat as much.  Not to mention, when you slow down, you can actually taste the food that you are eating.

I have been looking at when to start my workouts, and I have officially decided that today is the day.  I have thought about this, and I like to start on a Monday, being that this is the first Monday of the year, I am starting today.

I started out with a great workout.  I feel good.  I will be going to Curves this afternoon, to finish out my workouts.  I have also happily drank 4 of my 8+  glasses of water already, which is a great thing.  I am very happy to report that I am on track to keep myself going and motivated.

I also started using Spark People again.  I love that website.  It is a great place to start tracking everything, and the best part of it is that it is a free website.  If you are looking for information and tools, this is the place that you need to go.

I know that I have a long way to go, but I am going to do it, I know it.

Wishing Everyone a Happy & Healthy New Year!  Keep your eyes on your goals and reach for them!

I am so excited that Tomorrow kicks off my work outs and getting back into shape.  I have a goal of losing 100 lbs this year, and it is going to be tough, but I know that I can and will do it, with a little focus and determination.

I have decided that I was going to purchase the Magic Bullet.  I know that I need something to help me out, and because I have the 2 surgeries I have to have something to help me when I am making liquid meals, LOL.

I made a strawberry banana smoothie - just a hand full of strawberries, 1 banana, 1 cup or so of ice and some orange Juice.  Delicious.  I loved it.  I am excited because it as so many different possibilities for me.  I am also looking at making cafe mochas in the morning for breakfast coffee.  I can make some protien shakes.  I know that there are going to be so many great things that I can do with this, I am so very excited.

I am starting tomorow back at Curves which is going to be a great start.  I am very excited to go to curves.

Wishing Everyone a Happy & Healthy New Year!  Keep your eyes on your goals and reach for them!

I have been 3 days into the new year, and things are going well.  I did not do any exercise today, but the other days I have.  I have been working on thinking twice before I eat.  Today was so easy to think about going to Mc Donalds, but I came home and made hambugar helper, but I used turkey meat instead.

Making choices, everyday is difficult.  There are so many different times that I just want to give up, yet I stop myself and I think twice.  I know that I can do so much better if I let myself believe that I can be successful.

I have so much against me to lose the weight, and I have to over come it all.  I have been diagnosed with Sleep Apnea, which makes sleep difficult, which makes loosing weight difficult.  I am also having tests run to see if I have PCOS which again is a hormone imbalance which makes losing weight difficult.  I have alot of different things that I need to fight, and I know that I can do it if I just try.