March Already??

 Well, it looks like I'm only writing and posting once a month it seems... 

UPDATE:

I have been doing my weight loss journey on my own for a couple of months now and for the most part maintained. I only gained a little, but that's not the direction I want to go in.  I had to decide what was really important - pay off a credit card OR my health. Of course I chose my health, so I decided that I would hire my coach back...and soooo very glad I did.

Yesterday was my 1st check-in's since probably Nov/Dec timeframe, so I'm looking forward to my meal plans and getting back on track!

Since I last wrote, I got a job at the VA Hospital in Lexington, KY, so there is a move that is happening next weekend. SHOOO WHEEE!!! I'm excited for the move, but nervous at the same time. Lincoln starts a new school, I start a new job, and we both have to adjust to a new routine. I will be getting up at about 3:30am to be able to workout and get ready for work. I will have about an hour commute time each way, so I need to get my workouts in when it's best - and that happens to be in the early morning. We gotta do what we gotta do, right?

How is your health journey going? How can I encourage you? Leave a comment below and let me know how you are doing!

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February ....

 WOW!!! What a month January has been!!! It has been a whirlwind that's for sure!!!

With a trip to KY at the end of Dec-beginning of January, my son contracted the RONA...not a bad case, but enough to have him miss a week of school and sleep most of the time.  Luckily, I didn't come up positive, but it was exhausting - making sure my son was ok and sleeping well.

I gained weight over the holidays, which isn't surprising, but then lost 16.6 lbs in the following 2 weeks!! It's crazy!!! So that just tells me a lot of the gain was water and the travel.  

These PAST 2 weeks, not so good. For the most part, I was on track, but there were days where I didn't eat like I was supposed to - but this is a JOURNEY...not a race or a sprint, but a marathon. Life is a journey... full of life's lessons, failures, successes... life happens - so embrace it and be true to yourself! 

This is YOUR life... be encouraged!! This is YOU vs. YOU! No one else...

Self-love is so important in this process...

Here's to another month on the journey!!

Happy New Year!!!

 Yes, it's been a LONG time since I posted anything!! December was a rough month - lemme tell you!!!

Between being sick, the holidays, trying to get ready for a trip, take the trip, and come back - WHIRLWIND!! But this does NOT excuse the fact that I did not post!! Shame on me! I am working on getting better at that, I promise!

Here are some of the highlights, since I last wrote:

• I was able to buckle the seatbelt in the airline seat, which I haven't been able to do in YEARS!
• After being on disability for 7 years, I interviewed with the VA Hospital in Lexington, KY - I'm still waiting to hear about that position. I do know they are doing reference checks right now! :)
• I found a house that I am absolutely in love with in KY, should I get the position, I would love to be able to put an offer on this perfect house for my son and I
• I am FINALLY in the 250's after being back and forth between 262-265 for SEVERAL MONTHS at a time
• Having a better relationship with my son, as he is in the puberty years... OH WHAT JOY.. LOL *insert sarcasm here*
• I finally had a mindset breakthrough and implementing it daily

These are just the highlights over the past month that has happened - 

WHAT ARE YOUR VICTORIES? WHAT HAVE BEEN YOUR STRUGGLES? COMMENT BELOW SO I KNOW HOW TO SUPPORT YOU!!

November is here!!!

 Here we are in November already... time is just flying by!

How are you doing with your health journey? What are your victories? Your struggles? 

As you know, I've been really struggling with my MINDSET... 

I joined a 21 Day Challenge and it really focuses on MINDSET, along with the other stuff, but the main focus is the mindset. I SO NEED THIS!  I started on Monday and have been really digging in. I would recommend doing this challenge from InnerAlpha Fitness... www.inneralphachallenge.com   AnnMarie is amazing and does NOT beat around the bush! :D

So, if you are interested - I would check that out and see how your mindset, nutrition, and movement can change within 21 days and beyond!

Holidays are approaching...

 As this month has been flying by, I have to mentally prepare myself for the upcoming holidays on a couple of different levels...

1.  Emotionally - being a single Mama is hard when funds are limited and want to be able to give your child(ren) nice things or things that they would enjoy on Christmas, but the money is JUST NOT THERE.

2. Physically and Mentally - desiring to stay on your meal plan, as you have GOALS TO CRUSH, but the food prepared is just so delicious that it's hard to NOT give in to temptation. I have to keep my goals in the forefront and realize that IF I go off plan, that prolongs my end goal - to be healthy and lose this fat, once and for all. I can enjoy the holidays, without going "off plan" and bringing my meals with me. I am there to enjoy the company - the people in my life - not be worried about what food is being served or missing out on the holiday.

3. Spiritually - I do NOT want to further damage the body that God has created - I've done enough of that already and for so long - I don't want to do it anymore. This is HIS temple and I need to love and respect it.

It amazes me how everything is interconnected - mind, body, soul/spirit - that if ONE of these is off kilter, it throws everything else off.

What do you plan to do for the holidays? How are you preparing to still achieve your goals?

Comment below as I am on this journey with you... 

FALL IS HERE!!!!

 Can you believe that Fall is here y'all!?!?!?  The cooler weather is a definite welcomed change compared to the humidity that this past summer brought!

Well, it's been awhile since I last posted, due to having wrist surgery early September! What an ordeal, but we are slowly getting back into the swing of things.

I seemed to have fallen into this funk for a couple of months now and I'm fighting like crazy to get out of it, so I can slay this health/fitness journey! I know that there are going to be good/bad/ugly days, but seems like it's gone on long enough!

New Perspective. New Month. New Attitude. New Mindset! I have goals that I'm needing to crush and I feel like the longer I procrastinate, the harder it's going to be to get on stage and compete... how bad do I want this? Time to show myself and my Coach how bad I want it...

Random Thoughts in Sept...

 I have been struggling with fear...

These are thoughts I just needed to get down on "paper"...

👉Have you ever said to yourself:

“I didn’t know it was going to be this hard.”

“I can’t do this anymore.”

“I’m not good enough.”

“What was I thinking when I thought I could do this?”

If you have, you are in pretty good company. These statements are rooted in a fear of failure. And failure is a looming fear for most of us. Fear of failure is the belief that I need to perform well, succeed at everything, and never show weakness, or something bad will happen.

I struggle with this regarding my weight loss journey and journey to compete on the bodybuilding stage…. Fear of Failure. That I’ll never get there…

What if we believed failure was full of new insights, wisdom, and knowledge? What if we could see that failure filled us with humility, gratitude, and even a little grit from the battle?

And most importantly, what if we believed God doesn’t see our failures, but sees our future and holds it all in his hands?

But God….

👉Trusting God is a process. As we get to know him, to know who he is, his heart, and his nature, we find that he is wholly trustworthy. We build a history with God that is strong enough to stand against every scheme and plot of the enemy. Then when the storms of life come we are securely anchored in truth.

👉The enemy wants us to believe the lie that we can’t trust God, and he uses our past hurts and disappointments to cloud our view of God and convince us that we can’t rely on him. He is going to try to get us to see God in the way that will wound us the most.

He wants us to blame God for anything that goes wrong in our lives.

He wants us to bury and deny we ever have an issue trusting God.

By sowing these seeds of mistrust, he attacks our peace and happiness from every angle and steals the security and acceptance we enjoy in Christ. He does anything and everything he can to keep us from trusting in God.

Our job is to be aware of the enemy’s tactics and see them for what they really are: lies. Then we need to battle against the lies with truth. The truth is that we know God is trustworthy, present with us, and deeply loving towards us.

We CAN trust Him with EVERYTHING!!!