Thank you Jesus for this amazing transformation! So happy!! (and not done yet!)
Friday, April 24, 2015
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Get Healthy, Be Healthy!
Wow! I have not updated my blog in a while!
My 24 day Advocare challenged ended at the end of March and from that challenge I lost 12 lbs and at least 5 inches!!!
I have continued to use many of the Advocare products and learning how to eat healthy and I am also still very active! I have a fitbit and I love how it tracks my progress and my activity! For me it really helps me do just a little bit more! I set goals for myself throughout the day and I really strive to achieve those goals! Giving myself small achievable goals gives me the satisfaction of feeling successful while I work towards my bigger goal!! I need that motivation, feeling of success, and encouragement to help me!
My first goal each day is to reach 10,000 steps before I leave work! When I walk in the mornings before work and also on my lunch I can get 10K steps before I even eat lunch! Then I set goals for myself for when I get home too! Setting small achievable goals makes you feel successful and gives more motivation to reach the next goal! I am averaging 18K steps a day! "No one owns a fitbit... the Fitbit owns you!" This is so very true! HAHA! I just want to get my steps in and if I'm not wearing my fitbit (if it is charging) then I really don't have any motivation to do anything... like if I am not wearing my fitbit those steps don't count. LOL. sad, I know! But it has helped me keep track of my steps, calories burned, active minutes, and sleep. Which, by the way, my fitbit has been telling me just how awful I have been sleeping.... going to need to get that figured out too! If you don't have a fitbit, you should get one and then add me as friend!
I am also using the Free Coaching at the YMCA! I get 30 minutes with a trainer each week! The trainer has been teaching me how to do the weight machines and helping me figure out the settings and weight I need for each machine and telling me how many reps and whatnot I need to do! After we finish going through all of that then I can start using those sessions for different kinds of workouts. Since this service is free they aren't designing a workout or program for me but instead I can tell them what I want to do or what I want to work on and they will give me a workout. So if I want to work on my core I can ask for a core workout and they'll tell me what to do. Basically it is all lead by me and then they guide me. I never thought I would say that I enjoy working out, but I really do! I love getting on the elliptical and treadmill (with my fitbit on of course! lol) and also going to classes! Everyone at the YMCA has been sooooo friendly and nice! I have talked to several trainers and they have all invited me to their classes!! It is nice to know I am welcome to try out any of the classes and that I can change it to be lower impact or however I need to without judgment! There are so many different types of people in each class! This helps me feel comfortable too! AND if I do a class that my fitbit doesn't track... for example a core/ab workout, I can go to my fitbit app and log that workout so I can see my active minutes!
Soooooooo my most exciting news right now is that I have lost 18 - yes that is EIGHTEEN- POUNDS!!! I am soooo excited about that! I am just 9 pounds away from my FIRST weightloss goal! Well- second I guess since my first goal was to lose 10 pounds on the Advocare 24 day challenge which I DID achieve that goal!!! I wanted to loose 27 lbs by June 1st and I think I am going to blow right past that goal EARLY!!! I am wearing shirts and pants that I haven't worn in years.... It is pretty amazing at how much better I am feeling!!
I definitely lift it all up to God! I know that I would not see this kind of success without him holding my hand and carrying me along!!! There was a week in there somewhere after my Challenge was over that I wasn't as faithful in my daily prayer. Not that I didn't pray but that I wasn't specifically praying for my weight loss. I was stuck for several days.... I started praying again for my weight loss journey and almost immediately lost 3 more pounds! I CANNOT do this journey alone! The power of Prayer is amazing!
Thank you everyone for your continued support and prayers!
My 24 day Advocare challenged ended at the end of March and from that challenge I lost 12 lbs and at least 5 inches!!!
I have continued to use many of the Advocare products and learning how to eat healthy and I am also still very active! I have a fitbit and I love how it tracks my progress and my activity! For me it really helps me do just a little bit more! I set goals for myself throughout the day and I really strive to achieve those goals! Giving myself small achievable goals gives me the satisfaction of feeling successful while I work towards my bigger goal!! I need that motivation, feeling of success, and encouragement to help me!
My first goal each day is to reach 10,000 steps before I leave work! When I walk in the mornings before work and also on my lunch I can get 10K steps before I even eat lunch! Then I set goals for myself for when I get home too! Setting small achievable goals makes you feel successful and gives more motivation to reach the next goal! I am averaging 18K steps a day! "No one owns a fitbit... the Fitbit owns you!" This is so very true! HAHA! I just want to get my steps in and if I'm not wearing my fitbit (if it is charging) then I really don't have any motivation to do anything... like if I am not wearing my fitbit those steps don't count. LOL. sad, I know! But it has helped me keep track of my steps, calories burned, active minutes, and sleep. Which, by the way, my fitbit has been telling me just how awful I have been sleeping.... going to need to get that figured out too! If you don't have a fitbit, you should get one and then add me as friend!
I am also using the Free Coaching at the YMCA! I get 30 minutes with a trainer each week! The trainer has been teaching me how to do the weight machines and helping me figure out the settings and weight I need for each machine and telling me how many reps and whatnot I need to do! After we finish going through all of that then I can start using those sessions for different kinds of workouts. Since this service is free they aren't designing a workout or program for me but instead I can tell them what I want to do or what I want to work on and they will give me a workout. So if I want to work on my core I can ask for a core workout and they'll tell me what to do. Basically it is all lead by me and then they guide me. I never thought I would say that I enjoy working out, but I really do! I love getting on the elliptical and treadmill (with my fitbit on of course! lol) and also going to classes! Everyone at the YMCA has been sooooo friendly and nice! I have talked to several trainers and they have all invited me to their classes!! It is nice to know I am welcome to try out any of the classes and that I can change it to be lower impact or however I need to without judgment! There are so many different types of people in each class! This helps me feel comfortable too! AND if I do a class that my fitbit doesn't track... for example a core/ab workout, I can go to my fitbit app and log that workout so I can see my active minutes!
Soooooooo my most exciting news right now is that I have lost 18 - yes that is EIGHTEEN- POUNDS!!! I am soooo excited about that! I am just 9 pounds away from my FIRST weightloss goal! Well- second I guess since my first goal was to lose 10 pounds on the Advocare 24 day challenge which I DID achieve that goal!!! I wanted to loose 27 lbs by June 1st and I think I am going to blow right past that goal EARLY!!! I am wearing shirts and pants that I haven't worn in years.... It is pretty amazing at how much better I am feeling!!
I definitely lift it all up to God! I know that I would not see this kind of success without him holding my hand and carrying me along!!! There was a week in there somewhere after my Challenge was over that I wasn't as faithful in my daily prayer. Not that I didn't pray but that I wasn't specifically praying for my weight loss. I was stuck for several days.... I started praying again for my weight loss journey and almost immediately lost 3 more pounds! I CANNOT do this journey alone! The power of Prayer is amazing!
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