Good afternoon, Ladies! :P
Check out this story today. We all have NO EXCUSES that we can't challenge!
I hope you ladies all have a phenomenal weekend planned! Take care!
5/14/10
5/13/10
Feel the Burn Thursday
How are you shrinkin' sistas doin' this mornin'!!!!!!
So do you have any FAT PANTS? Pants that don't fit anymore becasue your body has shrunk?
Here's a hilarious Fat Pants anihilation app that I LOVED! And the rest of the Discovery Health site is pretty awesome, too. Check it out!!! http://health.discovery.com/national-body-challenge/interactives/fat-pants/fat-pants.html
I just watched the TiVo'd (after this Friday when I leave my friends' house and move into our own brand new place, I'm no longer going to have access to TiVo and I'll have to watch BL Live! The travesty! Ha ha, oh well) episode of Biggest Loser last night that aired Tuesday. It was all about maintenance. It was perfect for me! I loved hearing it. Past Biggest Loser winners came on and offered the success stories and the not-so-success stories. I particularly liked the guy who had won the BL grand prize in season 2 and gained a lot of it back, and is in the process of losing it all again for the second time. He talked about the "free passes" that we give ourselves. Which I'm 100000000% guilty of. He said he was at his goal weight, and he'd say, "Eh, this 800 calorie meal is ok, I'll burn it off later, it won't make a difference, it's just this once." He cautioned everyone against taking free passes because they add up, and before you know it you've slid down the slippery slope and gained weight back. Do you ladies take free passes? What would be your tips & tricks for NOT taking free passes? What do you tell yourself to stay the course?
So, FEEL THE BURN THURSDAY is upon us! What workouts have you been doing since last Thursday?????!!!!! Share with us the specifics- I love hearing them all.
So do you have any FAT PANTS? Pants that don't fit anymore becasue your body has shrunk?
Here's a hilarious Fat Pants anihilation app that I LOVED! And the rest of the Discovery Health site is pretty awesome, too. Check it out!!! http://health.discovery.com/national-body-challenge/interactives/fat-pants/fat-pants.html
So, FEEL THE BURN THURSDAY is upon us! What workouts have you been doing since last Thursday?????!!!!! Share with us the specifics- I love hearing them all.
5/12/10
Whatcha Eatin' Wednesday
Good morning, ladies!
First just a little unrelated-to-food discussion. Have you all had a
full annual physical with you doctor in the last year? If not, call
today and schedule! You can talk to your doctor about a healthy BMI
for you and perhaps the most important from my experience, get full
bloodwork done to show if your hormone levels are all ok, your thyroid
levels, your vitamin D, your sugars, other nutrients, etc. If your
thyroid is underproducing, it can make it superhard to lose weight-
you'll work and work and work out, but be plateaued and tired. If any
nutrients are low, your doctor can suggest over the counter vitamins
you should be taking. And you'd better all be taking a multivitamin!
Just a generic Target brand does the trick. Being low on certain
important vitamins can make you sluggish or your body not as strong in
defense as it should be. So let us all know if you take any vitamins
and if you like them, etc.
First just a little unrelated-to-food discussion. Have you all had a
full annual physical with you doctor in the last year? If not, call
today and schedule! You can talk to your doctor about a healthy BMI
for you and perhaps the most important from my experience, get full
bloodwork done to show if your hormone levels are all ok, your thyroid
levels, your vitamin D, your sugars, other nutrients, etc. If your
thyroid is underproducing, it can make it superhard to lose weight-
you'll work and work and work out, but be plateaued and tired. If any
nutrients are low, your doctor can suggest over the counter vitamins
you should be taking. And you'd better all be taking a multivitamin!
Just a generic Target brand does the trick. Being low on certain
important vitamins can make you sluggish or your body not as strong in
defense as it should be. So let us all know if you take any vitamins
and if you like them, etc.
Ok, on to the yummies!!! What have you been eating lately? What
recipes have you tried? What healthy snacks do you or your kids
enjoy? The weather here has been cold and rainy/sleety/snowy, so it's
got me thinking about warm homemade meals. Like in a crock pot! Here's
a link with lots of healthy slow cooker recipes. http://busycooks.about.com/od/healthycrockpotrecipes/a/healthycrockpot.htm
I am def trying the chicken & apples next week- sounds yummy!!!
5/11/10
Tuesday's Motivation
Good morning, wonderwomen!
A friend of mine posted this as his facebook status and it made me laugh out loud: "Excuses are like armpits- everyone has 2 and they both stink." Hahaha
On to today's post. Have you ever belittled yourself to make yourself feel unworthy of attaining your goals? Have you ever thought, "it's ok that I'm cushy, because it just doesn't matter what my body is like?" Do you ever feel like getting a toned physique is vane or selfish? Do you find yourself mentally putting down and criticizing thin people you see day-to-day, mentally rationalizing why they are like that and why you are might have some "extra padding?" This is really hard for me to put into words. I hope you can understand the intent behind this blubbering.
Successful and sustained weight loss is not about vanity. It's not about comparitive greatness. It's not you vs. others; it's you vs. you to become the BEST you.
YOU are worthy of feeling great. YOU are important enough to deserve to be happy. YOU are positively impactful in the lives of others and in making a difference in the world, and to most effectively be able to do so, YOU must be healthy enough to carry on day-to-day with energy and live a long, long life. YOU teach your kids BIG life lessons through your positivity, your enthusiasm for life, your love of healthy foods and exercise, your love of other people, your CONFIDENCE, your energy, your service, your challenging of your excuses, your drive towards your goals, your positive self-image, and your comfort in your own skin.
Weight loss success is not for other people in other circumstances, "oh it must be nice to....,"....blah blah blah....the grass is not always greener on the other side....other people don't always have it easier; no one else is at the helm of your life except you. Sure, you can't control the winds and storms that come, but you decide what direction your life is going to be pointing in. The other day it was so windy when I was out driving around, that I saw a bird in the air flying with all his might into the wind, and he wasn't going anywhere. He was stationary in the sky. At the time I thought it was hilarious and a little bit sad, this lil' guy trying to fly in the wind, but now I'm thinking of it relative to this. Sometimes the wind's at our backs and sometimes the wind's pummelling our face. There are always seasons to our lives. Heck, some of us might think our seasons have Tourettes. But you can control your determination, your attitude, and your direction. Hang in there and eventually the wind will change and you'll get to your destination.
You participate in this challenge because you're BRAVE. You participate in this challenge because you acknowledge you have excuses, but you're focused on finding a way over or around them. YOU are worthy of acheiving your goals. You are worth it. Your happiness and your confidence and your HEALTH. How much to they emphasize this in their emotional de-toxing on the Biggest Loser? It's about your health. It's about your happines. YOU are worth it. You are worth being fit.
Another way to look at it is that your body is a gift. To abuse your body is to take that gift for granted. To use that body like a fine-tuned instrument is to honor that gift.
Check out these stories of people who saved and extended their lives through living fittly and losing weight. It's not about vanity. It's about how you feel and it's about what you've done to improve the quality and longevity of your life. And you are worth it.
A friend of mine posted this as his facebook status and it made me laugh out loud: "Excuses are like armpits- everyone has 2 and they both stink." Hahaha
On to today's post. Have you ever belittled yourself to make yourself feel unworthy of attaining your goals? Have you ever thought, "it's ok that I'm cushy, because it just doesn't matter what my body is like?" Do you ever feel like getting a toned physique is vane or selfish? Do you find yourself mentally putting down and criticizing thin people you see day-to-day, mentally rationalizing why they are like that and why you are might have some "extra padding?" This is really hard for me to put into words. I hope you can understand the intent behind this blubbering.
Successful and sustained weight loss is not about vanity. It's not about comparitive greatness. It's not you vs. others; it's you vs. you to become the BEST you.
YOU are worthy of feeling great. YOU are important enough to deserve to be happy. YOU are positively impactful in the lives of others and in making a difference in the world, and to most effectively be able to do so, YOU must be healthy enough to carry on day-to-day with energy and live a long, long life. YOU teach your kids BIG life lessons through your positivity, your enthusiasm for life, your love of healthy foods and exercise, your love of other people, your CONFIDENCE, your energy, your service, your challenging of your excuses, your drive towards your goals, your positive self-image, and your comfort in your own skin.
Weight loss success is not for other people in other circumstances, "oh it must be nice to....,"....blah blah blah....the grass is not always greener on the other side....other people don't always have it easier; no one else is at the helm of your life except you. Sure, you can't control the winds and storms that come, but you decide what direction your life is going to be pointing in. The other day it was so windy when I was out driving around, that I saw a bird in the air flying with all his might into the wind, and he wasn't going anywhere. He was stationary in the sky. At the time I thought it was hilarious and a little bit sad, this lil' guy trying to fly in the wind, but now I'm thinking of it relative to this. Sometimes the wind's at our backs and sometimes the wind's pummelling our face. There are always seasons to our lives. Heck, some of us might think our seasons have Tourettes. But you can control your determination, your attitude, and your direction. Hang in there and eventually the wind will change and you'll get to your destination.
You participate in this challenge because you're BRAVE. You participate in this challenge because you acknowledge you have excuses, but you're focused on finding a way over or around them. YOU are worthy of acheiving your goals. You are worth it. Your happiness and your confidence and your HEALTH. How much to they emphasize this in their emotional de-toxing on the Biggest Loser? It's about your health. It's about your happines. YOU are worth it. You are worth being fit.
Another way to look at it is that your body is a gift. To abuse your body is to take that gift for granted. To use that body like a fine-tuned instrument is to honor that gift.
Check out these stories of people who saved and extended their lives through living fittly and losing weight. It's not about vanity. It's about how you feel and it's about what you've done to improve the quality and longevity of your life. And you are worth it.
- http://www.fitnessmagazine.com/weight-loss/success-stories/50-pounds-lost/losing-65-pounds-saved-my-life/ Six months after her diagnosis, she was 65 pounds lighter and her doctor took her off insulin injections. "I have so much energy now," she says. "Eating right and exercising isn't just about looking good -- it's about feeling good and being healthy."
- http://www.doctoroz.com/blog/bonnie-matthews/gym-saved-my-life [my disclaimer- mental health issues are serious and need professional help, but healthly lifestyles help (not cure)]. Working out not only changed my cholesterol numbers and my blood pressure to normal levels, it has also kept my mental health in check as well.
- http://www.quickandsimple.com/diet-weight-loss/success-stories/diet-weight-loss-davis Everything was shrinking, including her breasts, and she felt terrific....So the next month, ...she felt a lump in one breast while doing a self-exam.....Yet Michelle saw only blue skies: “If I hadn’t lost all that weight, I might never have been able to feel it and catch it in time,” she points out. “Weight loss saved my life!”
- http://www.fitnessmagazine.com/weight-loss/success-stories/100-pounds-lost/losing-100-pounds-changed-my-life/ "I think of my body as a gift," she says. "I'm determined to do all I can to take care of it."
- http://www.fitnessmagazine.com/weight-loss/success-stories/100-pounds-lost/lost-100-pounds/ Though she's thrilled about her new body, her transformation has been much more than just physical. "I feel more energetic, outgoing and confident -- and ready to conquer anything."
- http://www.fitnessmagazine.com/weight-loss/success-stories/100-pounds-lost/lost-227-pounds/ Within two years she had lost a staggering 227 pounds. "I feel powerful, energetic, and feisty," she says.
5/10/10
Monday Morning Check-In
Good morning, girls!
Hope you all had an active weekend!
Please share with us how much you're up or down & how you feel. Own
it. What's your game plan for making this week, week three, a
phenomenal week?
Hope you all had an active weekend!
Please share with us how much you're up or down & how you feel. Own
it. What's your game plan for making this week, week three, a
phenomenal week?
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