Ms. Blueyes' Life

How are we doing with keeping up with our goals? We are 20 days in the new year... how are we holding up? I know for me personally it's been ROUGH! !! My consistency for my workouts as been lacking, that is for sure.  Nutrition has been on very well, with minor detours, but back on track for greatness! What are the areas or area that you really struggle with to be able to reach your goals? Nutrition? Movement? Water intake? Logging? Sleep? You can always RE-START ! If you mess up on ONE meal - pick better choices on the VERY NEXT meal!! Exercise lacking? Get some stretching/yoga in before you go to bed - (I'm preachin' to myself on this one)... JUST KEEP GOING!!!

Here it is... only the 8th day into the new year, and I see all over social media that people need to stay encouraged, motivated, etc. to keep on track with their dreams! Nothing is going to happen within a week of making up your mind to do it. Sometimes, it takes a few weeks, months, and yes, even years. But if it's something that you are always wanting to accomplish, do, or go - isn't it worth the effort it takes to get there? THAT REQUIRES TIME and WORK to be put in ! It takes time to change bad or old habits and create new ones. I'm guilty of this! I want it NOW! Not in a few months or even in a year... I wanted to be skinny/healthy last decade! However, I have to keep reminding myself that it took time to put the weight on, it's going to take time to take it off. Here are hopefully some motivational sayings or memes that can help you along your journey:

I'm sure that there are lots of people that have chosen their "word" for 2020... I've been trying to decide between 2 words and I think I'm going to claim BOTH of them! LOL The two words that I want to focus on this year are: 1. Consistency - with lifestyle of food choices, exercise, and my quiet time with Jesus No change can happen if there are only a day or two of eating right. Or getting a workout in. Or even opening up my Bible to spend time with Jesus. It has to be consistent - even when I don't FEEL like it.  2. Excelsior - What does that mean? It's Latin for "Ever Upward" or "Still Higher". So does that mean that I'm "rock bottom"? NO... it means I can always strive for more and move up higher to accomplish my goals and dreams.....and that's where I'm going from here! What is your word/s for 2020 that you are wanting to live by? Do you think that they are just that - WORDS that sound...

As I sit here on January 2, 2020 and trolling FaceBook posts about, "What are your goals for 2020?", "BE STRONG! Don't give up this time!", "I'm GONNA do it THIS year!"...and the list goes on and on and on... I know there are gyms that are seeing a MAJOR influx of memberships from last week til about 2nd week of January(ish). I think that's great - however, this single Mama on a SERIOUS tight budget can think of ways I can get a workout at home and not cost a thing! Here are some examples of what I have been implementing into my day: Going out for a walk/run When weather is not freezing my bahoodum (I live in Wisconsin) - there is always YouTube and type in HIIT training (High Intensity Interval Training) that you can find with or without weights, low impact, etc... these are GREAT and most are only 30 min long - that's all you need with this bad boy! Doing squats while doing the dishes Dance while vacuuming Leg Raises watching ...