New Years Resolution

New Years always comes with me breaking my promise to lose weight. Well, I am losing weight and I am working out. This was a life change I made a few months ago. But my real goal is to stay healthy. I began to think how can I help myself this New Year without being so discouraged or every morning wake up kicking and screaming because I made a resolution I cant keep. But I needed my resolution to correspond with my path to being healthy and losing weight. Here is my New Years life change I am gonna try and stick with it and hope that it becomes a life change. I am going to bring a refillable water bottle everywhere I go. Everywhere. I will always carry water in my purse or with me. I know it seems silly, your thinking water... but how many times are you thirsty and go threw a drive thru for that soda or run to 7-11 for a Slurpee, or Washingtonians favorite Starbucks? I think this will help curve my cravings for being so thirsty, and water is so important for your body and skin. So I ask whats your small life resultion??

Skinny Secret

To help me stay on my goals and compliment myself on my goals achieved I write on my bathroom mirror. I take a dry eraser pen and write on my mirror pounds lost and something that I want to achieve. The goals can be big, but I tend to keep them small like this one this week is get through these dead lifts with proper form. Sometimes I will add I want to walk an extra mile. They are goals that are attainable in short time for me. Its fun to erase the weight loss from 10lbs to 12 lbs. For me its makes me smile each day as I wake up and get ready for the day and reflect on what I have achieved and where I am going for this becoming a healthier person. What is cool about this is, its dry eraser pen it washes right off if you have company over. For me now all my company go look at my mirror and expect to see my artwork.

Recovery Time

I hit a wall with life and working out. Not my idea but I did not fight it, Brian from Fitness Together encouraged me to take a week off. He showed me why, saying my performance when doing my reps were not good. I felt fatigue. He asked me not to do anything but work and eat healthy. He followed up mid week reminding me and asking me not to work out. Well no excuses only the truth, I missed two weeks because sometimes life hands you a few bumps in the road and exercise was set aside.

After having two weeks off I knew I was in for it. I have this obstacle course I do at Fitness Together. Its a combinations of 8 exercises that he wants me to do 3 times. So once I do the first 8 then I repeat myself until I have done it 3 times. There are two exercises that are not my friend but I have gave it my best and said we are best of friends. This course really works every muscle in my body and keeps my heart rate up. When I am done I feel like a panting dog that is having a lung and heart failure.

Monday morning we meet, obstacle time! He explains that hes going to make me pay for missing out and not thinking about myself and working out that last week.

Monday only could go twice through all the exercises in 33 minutes, with a few times of crying because I let myself go again.

Wednesday I did all the exercises and did not cry but in 36 minutes.

Friday he explains that if I don't do all the exercises in 30 minutes like I did before my two weeks off he was going to continue to do this until I achieved this goal.

I did it in 30 minutes and a few seconds into it.

Ya, I did not do it in less that 30minutes but I was very close, so I won the confidence of knowing that even if I get a road block that I can plow through it and get through the obstacles in life.

Feedback and Followers

I would encourage and ask please leave feedback. I can take negative and positive feedback. I know what your thinking, negative... why would I ever say anything bad. Hey its okay. I have had some. I just use that to become better person or use spell check. hahhahha. Honestly though dont be affraid to leave a comment on here.

Also don't be shy about becoming a follower. I have had alot of you that read this and say I read it but havent become a follower, its easy just click follow and it will take 3seconds of your time. This will allow me to know whos leaving the comments and respond to them or any questions.

Encouragement

I was introduced to a woman that is a daughter of one of our clients at my work. I am sharing this story with you because it brings tears to my eyes when I think about how I have impacted her and she has me.

She came to the salon, juggling two twin boys (that are a year and a half years old) saying how she read my blog, (her mother gave her my info) and was encouraged by me. WOW me?? Seriously?? When I looked at her she appears to be very fit and athletic. She tells me how she read my blog and was encouraged by me to get on the treadmill at work and walk. As time went by she got courage and strength to run and walk. Now she is running. She told me that she was doing her first 5k jiggle bell dash last weekend. I am sooo excited to hear if she completed it. (if your reading leave a message here very interested in knowing)

I am astonished at who finds encouragement from what I am doing. I had another client that told me her and her friend are now doing the same thing running a 5K once a month. I have had an older lady tell me she got out her weights and is moving around. Its an amazing feeling. The encouragement is like a rush, almost like an accomplishment, stepping over the finish line.

Thank You!

Both the newspaper articles came out. I was very nervous for everyone to see what someone else sees as I explain my trip to becoming healthier.

I had overwhelming amounts of positive feedback and encouragement from the article. People that have read the article have made telling you all my weight worth it :) You all have made me feel as though when times are rough and I want to give up, that I can't. I feel the love now, its like you all are waiting at the finish line or encouraging me all to do another rep or add more weights when I am working out at Fitness Together, with Brian Wehner.

So for this I say with a big hug THANK YOU, for all the support.

Lesson Learned

Today was my first day back at the gym, from taking 2 weeks off. The first week was a planned week of not working out in the gym, both my body and my trainer Brian from Fitness Together told me that I hit a wall and I needed some rest time. I agreed, though I did not want to I knew it was necessary.

Brian called me for the first week and made sure I was not working out. I have to admit I felt like I got so much stuff done, working out is like taking care of a dog. When I was not at work I was working out or eating healthy. I still ate healthy but this freed up some time to get some stuff done.

Now the second week was not planned for missing the gym. A few life bumps in the road and getting ready for a busy few month with work and holiday I just did not make it in to Fitness Together.

Its a weird cycle, even though the first week, I was told not to work out but eat healthy I did what I was told. Now the second week I was on my own, I tried to eat healthy, I did not get to the gym, this is where the cycle of becoming chubby can start again.

I do not know why I did not make time to work out on my own, other than I was so busy last week which is why I could not make it in Fitness Together. But I am kicking myself now.

I worked out this morning. I dreaded it, more than the first time walking in there. I was nervous. I knew I was lethargic and felt fat again. Like the last 3-4 month was nothing, all my hard work and I felt like it had gone down the drain with two weeks off. I struggled with my body not because I was tired and hit a brick wall, no I am strong, I struggled because I have not moved in two weeks (in the gym). WOW what an eye opener. I never want to go without getting into the gym again. Honestly I feel horrible physically. I almost wanted to cry because I thought I was a chubby girl again. It took alot to hold back the tears from giving myself 2 weeks off.

So that's it "Lesson Learned" I promise myself I will not do that again. I need to keep moving and keep pushing myself. I feel so much better after I work out, I was not as sore either. Which I will be tomorrow morning. Bummer I will be so sore on my 34 birthday. But I see light my 35th birthday I will be healthier! I was taught today from my trainer and my body that moving keeps the body and soul healthy.