I am crazy!

Sorry I haven’t posted in forever. Our computer was broken and it was hard to find one to blog on while it was broken. We have it back now so my post will be every day again. Anyways, I wanted to share something that my weight loss journey has taught me. A few years ago someone told me that there coworker got up every morning and ran 5 miles. When I heard him talk about what this women does every day, I thought to myself "This women is crazy! Why on earth would anyone want to do that. I could never do that." I have thought about what he told me for years now and it really impacted me. I always thought there was no way I could do that. I wasn’t strong enough to do whatever it was that I wanted to do. Now I look at myself today and I am running over 40 miles a week, and I LOVE IT! I am crazy!!! How on earth did I get here. I have turned into one of those crazy health nuts that work out all the time and eat right and is crazy. We all have known them. They do all these crazy races, eat super healthy, and look amazing (though I am not there yet). I see myself turning into one of them and it’s amazing. Why do we (especially women) always sell ourselves short. Like we don’t deserve to have everything in life that we want that will make us truly happy. Why don’t we deserve to have an amazing body, why do we think that we can’t do what it takes to feel amazing. YOU CAN DO IT! We all have those things that we want to do and think there is no way to accomplish it. It scares us to death to just think about it. For me it has been running a marathon. That was how my weight loss journey began.  My sister-in-law convinced me to run a marathon. Now setting your first goal for something so extreme my not be for you. But for those of you who know me I am an extreme person. It is all or nothing with me.  So I set this big goal of running 26.2 miles and set daily, weekly, and monthly little goals of how I was going to get there. Yes, it seemed crazy but now that I’m only 2 weeks away from running it I am so excited and can’t wait for it!  I am pushing myself and boundaries I never thought that I could and I’m learning so much about myself and life in the process. Mostly I have learned that YOU are worth it. You know what your goal is and what that one thing is that just scares you to death that you don’t think you could ever do. DO IT! Set that goal and go for it. It will amaze you how rewarding it will be and how proud of yourself you are. Come join the crazy club with me and push yourself beyond what everyone else is expecting of themselves. You will be so glad you did! I know you can do it!

What Not To Wear?

One great lesson Ive learned is what not to wear all from the hit tv show with Stacy and Clinton. I LOVE this show so much I even bought the book "Dress Your Best" and the app. There all about loving and embracing your body with all it imperfections and dressing for your body or your body type. We all come in diffent shapes and sizes and Stacy and Clinton show you what will look best on your body type. Plus a lot of there tips and tricks will make you look skinnier and slimmer. I use there advice and it helps me hide my baby flab I do have it you just can't tell!! They also show you how to "hide" your problem areas (for me it's my thighs, shhh). I would highly recommend watching this show or checking out there website. They have a lot of great advice to making you feel more comfortable in your clothes.

Everyday is a new day, thankfully?

This week my Sunday was the worst I've ever had. I now understand why moms
always say they don't know why they even go to church each week. My kids
were horrible! Normally they are really good at church and if they aren't
dad takes them because Brian's awesome and knows Sundays are my only
reenergizing day. This week they only wanted Mommy though. My youngest was
crying so loud the last hour we had to walk outside. I only heard about
three sentences out of three hours. Thankfully Heavenly Father knew what I
needed to hear and made those three things just what I needed. I've been
really struggling with consistence lately. Some days I'll wake up ready to
work out and eat right and just go go go. Other days I just want to sit on
the couch all day and look at Pintrest and play solitaire. I keep struggling
that every day is a new day and I have to get up and do the same thing all
over again. As a stay at home mom it's hard because my sole purpose every
day is cleaning house, playing with kids, working out, and making dinner.
That's all I ever do! I feel like I'm a broken record. So my only way of
rebelling is having a messy house, not exercising, and having a hungry
family for dinner.  Which doesn't make anyone, especially me happy. Then
today my vicious cycle of self-pity changed. I got a call from my handsome
hubby, who probably knew I was in a slump.  He told me I needed to have the
kids and I ready when he got home because we were going on a date! So of
course right away I started cleaning, getting ready, and exercising so I can
be ready for my fun night. Then this thought popped into my head "Every day
is a new day" and I thought yay yay I know. Apparently Heavenly Father knew
I didn't get it the first time because it popped in my head again "Every day
is a new day" finally I got it! It doesn't matter what I did yesterday or
the day before that. I can start new today and try to get it right this time
around.  Just because I skipped my workouts and didn't eat the greatest this
weekend Heavenly Father has given me a new day that I'm alive to do a do
over. WHAT A GREAT GIFT! To be alive and have an opportunity to start new.
You can't lose all your weight in one day, that's not how it works. It takes
time and consistency working each day for one goal. For me it's been almost
a year of constantly trying to lose weight. It's been a long hard battle but
with daily practice I've had some success. Every day is a new day and it
doesn't matter what you did yesterday, two weeks ago or even this morning.
We need to start this moment and do what we want to do with our life. And
start thinking Every day is a new day, thankfully!!!!

My Editor

Yes I have an editor and he is an AWESOME one. Its my hubby Brian, the behind the scenes man! He reads through and changes all my bad spelling, and times when what I write just doesn't make sense. So I wanted to tell him how awesome he is and that I love him so much and that Im thankful for his support. Babe, thanks for putting up with me on this crazy journey we call life and being someone who always understands and supports me when I have insane ideas like running a marathon. An be abegue! (this is something we always say to each other it means, I Love You in an indian dialect)

Eating Right vs. Working Out?

What is more important eating right or working out? In my experience it has been eating right. You could work out all day burn a ton of calories and then go gain it back by eating a Big Mac, fries, and drink. Yes you'll gain muscle and get in better shape but in the end your not helping yourself be healthier. I started out just eating right and lost 17 lbs. fast. It's really important what you put in your body. I try to only eat and drink the best things for my body. I know whatever I put into y body has an effect on me for good or bad. I eat a chicken salad and I feel great afterwards. But when I eat a cheeseburger I always feel awful afterwards. So if you have to pick between making a healthy meal or working out. Eat something healthy

How I did it?

People ask me all the time how I lost weight. It's simple I ate right, exercised and worked hard. People always look at me funny like they're expecting me to say I did surgery or a special pill that made it all easy. Sorry it is not! It may seem simple and silly but that is the best way to lose weight and KEEP it off

Just do it!

This has become my new motto. Yes I borrowed it from Nike but it is an awesome saying. I have people ask me all the time how did you lose weight when you have two little kids? My response was, “I just did it.” I got up every morning and planned when I was going to fit in time to work out and exercise. I made it a priority! Trust me if I can do it you can. I started my journey when we had a two month old and I was hardly getting any sleep. I think sometimes we just get content with life and don't expect anything more of ourselves. Now I understand it’s hard to make changes. Losing this weight has been one of the hardest things I've had to do (and I have kids so that's saying a lot). We always say we’ll start fresh on Monday but what happens on Monday. Well at least in my experience I forget and nothing happens. If you have a goal you need to start today, right NOW! Make the decision to make YOU a priority and know that you ARE worth having a healthy body, mind, and spirit. I see all the time these beautiful women who just let themselves go. I'm not saying we always have to look like we are models are anything. I surely don't but just taking care of ourselves. Wither it’s painting your nails, reading a book, going on a walk, or eating an apple instead of a candy bar and being excited that you could make that decision. As moms we always use the excuse of our kids. It doesn't matter if your pregnant, nursing, sick, working, tired, or etc. you can make one decision today to become healthier spiritually, physically, mentally, or emotional. Whether it’s to decide to stop drinking pop or cutting sugar out of your life or making time to get out for a walk today or doing 20 push-ups before you go to bed. It doesn’t matter what your goal is as long as you set one and just do it. No matter what happens. Yes we all have days where we fall off the wagon and we need to just get back on and keep going. My problem is I always let myself get into my own head and psych myself out. That is why I always tell myself "Just do it!" and just don’t even think about it. 

My thoughts after 50lbs of weightloss

So last week I hit a 50lbs weight loss, then I went on a all time binge and gained 5lbs. Ugh! For some reason I wanted to do nothing. I kept thinking why am I training to run 26.2 miles I am crazy!!! Well finally I started running again. Today as I was running a little girl asked me "Why are you running" and I thought "WHY AM I RUNNING, THIS IS CRAZY" All I could think about was how much losing weight and training for a marathon has taught me about me. I have had to push myself beyond what I thought I could. I thought I was strong before but I know I'm stronger now. Then I thought of the man I married at such a young age, someone who was made for me and loves me unconditional. And kids who depend everyday on me and make almost every minute better than the one before. I give up everyday of my life for my family. But words can not even describe how wonderful my little family is and how much they teach me. So next time a little girl asks me "Why do you run?" I'm going to say "I run for me, because my life is about somebody else"

I just re-read this from a Facebook post I made a few months ago. It made me remember as moms we give up everything for our children and we need to do something for ourselves every once in a while. For me I exercise, I don't always love it but I always feel better afterwards. Plus its a lot cheaper than my scrap booking hobby and less time consuming! So what is it that you do for yourself to recharge and start over fresh?

30 Minutes a Day

"A recent study found most Americans can’t seem to find 30 consecutive minutes most days to exercise. We do manage, however, to “squeeze in” an average of 2.8 hours per day of TV viewing." 
If this doesn't motivate you to get up and exercise I don't know what will. I think I am going to go right now!!!

Stuck in a rut?

Are you stuck in a rut? I hate to admit it but I am. :( Over the past few months I have been working out twice a day for at least 2 hours 6 days a week. It was a lot and I loved it! I feel like now I have just hit a major wall. I have no motivation to do any workouts and if I do anything I can't go for very long without giving up. I'm just not able to push myself like I used to. The marathon (26.2 miles) is in 6 weeks, I AM REALLY STARTING TO FREAK OUT!!! How on earth am I going to do this? Training for it has been really hard and has taught me a lot about myself. Now that it's finally approaching I am scared. My sister in law, who is running it with me, has really got me hooked on the singer Hilary Weeks. SHE IS AMAZING!!! Sorry I know I use capitals a lot but that is how I really talk, yes I'm crazy. Anyways my new favorite song is "Beautiful Heartbreak". Here is a link to it on YouTube if you are interested. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyX-I-um5Kk
 I have actually heard one of the ladies that is on the video.  She is an inspirational speaker and it was such a spiritual experience. The song is all about how all the pain we feel in this life is for our good so that we can learn something and become a better person for the trials we go through. My ultimate goal is to have a healthy body. Yes having a body that looks good is a great result but not the ultimate reason. I want to run a 7 minute mile, and be able to play with my kids and not get so tired. I want to go hiking and feel like I can go forever and not be fatigued the whole way. I want to be able to play basketball with my husband and be able to keep up with him. There are so many things that I want and I can't do right now and it's so frustrating!! I hate to be so depressing because I want this blog to be inspirational and uplifting. That is the whole reason I started it. But all of us have hard days where we don't want to do anything. We need to have a way to be able to push through them and keep going. I am living proof that losing weight and keeping it off is a DAILY trial. Everyday I have to get up and start all over again, and it's hard but it's worth it. I think up to this point for me it has been all about losing the weight so I'm not so embarrassed by it, but I think I need to shift my thinking to having a healthy body. I think that will help me get through my rut and push on. Do you have any other ideas? If you could share anything that helps you get through the hard times I would really appreciate it. I could use all the help I can get.