Christmas Struggles

Good Evening to all!

Well today is Christmas and I know many of you enjoyed the day with family and friends, and of course you spent the day eating all the sweets, and good food you could place your hands on. Well just SO you know I did extremely well today and the past few days. Yes, I stayed true to my carb diet and only ate what was allowed on my food plan!

Today we made homemade "vegetable soup", and made our low carb bread to dip in the soup. For my breakfast I had 'eggs, cheese, and pepperoni sandwich'.  What you say sandwich, how can that be. Well you place the cheese on the plate then place the egg on the cheese drop some pepperoni, then cheese on top. It makes a great sandwich and stays within the carb count for the day. The vegetable soup does not have that many carbs, with a bowl full, and the oopies bread is very low as well. I did enjoy some celery with some cream cheese and my little bit of peanut butter.  On a side note I have a made decision to give up my "diet coke" this month to see if this will help speed up weight loss. We shall see!

We were invited out to eat dinner on Friday, and I was very good, I ate a salad only....and had my last diet coke...so today I had a headache which is caffeine related but I am going to persevere....I need to be true to myself and no-one else.  I believe you all will reach the goal you have set forth for you with your life dreams, whether they are going back to school, continuing your education, or finding a way to lose weight.  My wish for you today and always is to find the strength and believe in yourself when you choose to deviate from your path.

God Speed!
Cheryl

~Commitment!~

Good evening to all! 

As some of friends and family know life is challenging. Everyday can have struggles. I personally have been dealing with many things this past month in my personal life, and sometimes I ask myself am I committed? I know you are saying committed to WHAT? Well weight loss of course.  SO with that being said, let me ask you a few questions? 

When you hear the word commitment do you equate this word with weight loss or only with family, friends or work?   WELL for me this word is applicable to all things in life. When YOU decide to begin your weight loss journey, the first thing you do is make a commitment. The second step of your commitment is deciding on the plan, process, and end goal on the journey of losing weight?   

SO let me ask you were you able to stick to your commitment of losing weight? Did you hit a milestone during your weight loss commitment, or did you say enough is enough and break your commitment to improving your health?  If you decided to quit what was your reason and secondly are beating yourself up for the decision you have made? IF you are beating yourself up, then you are still committed you just need a helping dose of "GET BACK ON THE TRAIN"!!! Remember we all need to have support!!! Do not be afraid to ask for help or just find someone to talk to when you are feeling down or low!  ONE thing you should never forget is your are not alone!!! 

SO now comes the question what is your commitment goal? Did you commit to losing  a certain number of pounds, or did you just commit to eat better? Either way you  took the first step!!!! OH yeah for me my commitment was to lose ex-number of pounds this past year! YEP you all guessed it it has been 1 year for me on this journey!  Secondly I know you are asking yourself, did she make the goal or fall short!  WELL let me tell you, I stuck to my year commitment and I was able to lose half the goal I set! I am now working on the second half goal! Hopefully this will not take me a whole year! I know you are saying "WHAT"!  Let me just say: I understand now what I need to do so I can win this battle against the injustice of weight loss!!! 

A milestone could be 1 pound, or more! Remember you are working towards your commitment to increase your overall health and lifestyle! 

God Speed! 

Cheryl 

Count Down!

Good Evening~

I know you are asking "countdown" to what? Well to the weigh in time which is coming up next Friday! I am working extra hard these last  2 weeks with staying strong with in the structured format in doing a low carb diet. On a side note I did find a great cookie that only has 8 carbs...and they are so good. The one I like the most is the salted caramel and they are sold in "Walmart" with five to box or singular at Krogers. They are called  power crunch. Oh so good you need to try one and you will be in love! LOL....

Each day comes with challenges the best way to overcome these challenges is face the day one hour at time or if need be one minute at a time. So many times we focus on the whole day and then we become overwhelmed with the task ahead of us. As a society we all take giant steps instead of taking smaller steps to reach the goal we have set forth for ourselves.  Do you review your goal daily and then say I have accomplished a portion of the goal. I know you are asking what do you mean? Well when you plan for the day Do you pack your lunch and then stay true and eat the lunch you have packed, if you answer yes, then you reached one of your goals. If you go and buy lunch you did not stay true to what you set for yourself on this day. Yes or No?

So on a different path today. I have joined this app called "sparkpeople" and it is very interesting. They have Dieticians, life coaches and other who supply blog post on various food choices, exercise and life in general. When you read an article you gain points and when you track your food, exercise and water intake you gain points too.  I enjoy this app very much. I have been reading as much as I can on exercising and the difference between cardio workout and strength training.   It very amazing how much weight training will help you to lose more weight than just doing cardio.

So I have been increasing my weight training, and still doing my cardio. I have a program that only takes 6 minutes per day and you will never believe this but it does work the whole body in just 6 minutes a day! I know I know what you are thinking yeah yeah yeah! How can that possibly work. Well I am living proof. I have dropped my pants size to a size 12 and other styles a size 16 oh hell yeah! Just by doing this program for the last 35 days or more.

I am open to hear what program you follow and how does this program increase your target heart rate and does this help to clear the cobwebs out?

God Speed!
Cheryl