I GAINED 5 POUNDS!!!! LOL!!
Hello! Is anybody in there? I'm baaack. Have you been waiting with bated breath for my 9 week project results? Actually I lost about 8 pounds and gained about 5 pounds! Seriously - I was so up and down it wasn't even funny. The net is that I lost a solid 2 or 3 pounds out of the 4-6 I wanted to lose. So I am holding at about 2-3 pounds lower. Am I happy? Mmmmmmm - not THAT happy but I'm not quitting now. I'm almost there! And the holidays are here! Last Christmas I ate about 4 dozen Christmas cookies a week for 4 weeks and started the new year 5 pounds heavier! Not this year. I refuse to bake cookies this year - well, maybe some, the last weekend before Christmas - but NO EARLIER. I'll eat them all. That's the truth.
So anyway - no, I didn't make goal but I made a dent and that's what counts. It's a struggle. There is no doubt. You just keep working at it. I am pleased that I have cut WAY back on my alcohol intake and I am virtually eating no sweets. (I cheated on Halloween with 3 mini hershey bars and that was IT.) I am definately leading a healthier lifestyle than I was 9 weeks ago. I am sleeping longer and deeper (thanks to Mona Vie, I think) and I generally feel more energetic. All in all, this was a great way to get back to where I want to be. The lesson for you is that this is a lifestyle change, ladies! I'm not going to just stop doing what I'm doing because I didn't make goal. This is how I want to live my life going into my "older" years. I want to be active, I want to eat healthy, I want to feel great and I want to look as good as I can no matter what age I am. And so should you!
On to more interesting "stuff". I was thinking the other day about all the excuses I hear from women about working out. The biggest one is "I don't have the time." Guess what? I don't believe you. Time is about priorities. If you are not scheduling workout time into your week, it is because you don't want it bad enough. And if you don't want it for the weight loss benefits, you absolutely must do it for the health benefits. Do you want to live through your 60s, 70s and hopefully 80s, in a state of bad health? Do you want your week to consist of going to doctor's appointments, popping so many different pills a day that you need a suitcase to keep track of them and talking constantly about what ails you? Isn't the healthcare system in the United States overburdened enough without adding you to the pile?
You need to workout and take care of yourself. Diabetes and heart disease in this country is reaching epidemic proportions and has slithered it's way into our population of young people. It's disgusting. Stop contributing to the problem and start being pro-active. Start taking care of yourself. Stop taking the easy way out. It's the death of us!
So getting back to working out - where do you schedule it? For most people, you schedule it early in the morning. It will not kill you to get up a half an hour earlier in the morning to work out. You set out your workout clothes the night before, you set the alarm, you get up, get right into your clothes and you do what you have to do. You only need 20 minutes or so and chances are, you will go longer, once you start. Let me tell you - the best part of getting it done in the morning is that IT'S DONE! You will feel like a million dollars all day long. Trust me!
Stay tuned for some workouts you can do in 20 minutes that will kick your butt and get the job done.
So anyway - no, I didn't make goal but I made a dent and that's what counts. It's a struggle. There is no doubt. You just keep working at it. I am pleased that I have cut WAY back on my alcohol intake and I am virtually eating no sweets. (I cheated on Halloween with 3 mini hershey bars and that was IT.) I am definately leading a healthier lifestyle than I was 9 weeks ago. I am sleeping longer and deeper (thanks to Mona Vie, I think) and I generally feel more energetic. All in all, this was a great way to get back to where I want to be. The lesson for you is that this is a lifestyle change, ladies! I'm not going to just stop doing what I'm doing because I didn't make goal. This is how I want to live my life going into my "older" years. I want to be active, I want to eat healthy, I want to feel great and I want to look as good as I can no matter what age I am. And so should you!
On to more interesting "stuff". I was thinking the other day about all the excuses I hear from women about working out. The biggest one is "I don't have the time." Guess what? I don't believe you. Time is about priorities. If you are not scheduling workout time into your week, it is because you don't want it bad enough. And if you don't want it for the weight loss benefits, you absolutely must do it for the health benefits. Do you want to live through your 60s, 70s and hopefully 80s, in a state of bad health? Do you want your week to consist of going to doctor's appointments, popping so many different pills a day that you need a suitcase to keep track of them and talking constantly about what ails you? Isn't the healthcare system in the United States overburdened enough without adding you to the pile?
You need to workout and take care of yourself. Diabetes and heart disease in this country is reaching epidemic proportions and has slithered it's way into our population of young people. It's disgusting. Stop contributing to the problem and start being pro-active. Start taking care of yourself. Stop taking the easy way out. It's the death of us!
So getting back to working out - where do you schedule it? For most people, you schedule it early in the morning. It will not kill you to get up a half an hour earlier in the morning to work out. You set out your workout clothes the night before, you set the alarm, you get up, get right into your clothes and you do what you have to do. You only need 20 minutes or so and chances are, you will go longer, once you start. Let me tell you - the best part of getting it done in the morning is that IT'S DONE! You will feel like a million dollars all day long. Trust me!
Stay tuned for some workouts you can do in 20 minutes that will kick your butt and get the job done.
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