Making Changes....Being Accountable

I have learned so much about myself during the past few months.

I have learned that I need things to be organized and planned to be successful.

I have learned that when I am stressed (which is a lot) I eat.  I eat bad things.

I have learned that the weekends are difficult to stay on plan, so I really need to know what I am eating for each meal a head of time.

I have learned that I am strong.  I have learned that I can do it.

I have learned that I am worth it (That one is really hard to remember when times are tough)

I know that this plan is working for me.  I know that I can do this!

Which is why I am making some changes.

I have decided that I want to pay it forward and become a Health Coach.  Sharing this program with others, helping them to become healthy, helping others lose weight........ is only going to help me improve myself as well.

Am I in the best physical shape right now?  Have I lost all the weight I need to?  Absolutely not.

But I am getting there.  I said I wanted to make this a lifestyle.  That is what I am going to do.

Now, I am going to the next step to make this a lifestyle, not a diet.  I haven't become a coach just yet.  I need to purchase my kit and get things going, but I wanted to put it out there that I am on my way!

I have made the commitment to a healthy life..... for life!

May Not Be As Bad As You Think.....

I had a horrible, off plan weekend.

I avoided my Health Coach, as well as my scale.

Today, I faced the music and got onto the scale.  Up 1 pound.

At first, I was like, "whew!  Just one pound....thank goodness!"

But then I realized, that the one pound I was up, could have been one or two down if I had stayed on plan.  But still, it could have been worse...at lot worse!

After you make some really off plan choices, the best thing you can do is face it and move on.  Learn from your mistakes, and do better next time.  The worst thing to do is pretend it didn't happen.

When I pretend it didn't happen, I don't weigh in.  I don't talk to my Health Coach.  I continue to eat off plan.  Then, instead of gaining just a pound or two, it becomes 5....then 10.  Next thing I know, I have been eating lots of unhealthy food and the healthy habits I worked so hard to build, go right out the window.

Yesterday, I was back to 100% on plan.  Today I am 100%.  I am taking it one day at a time.  Small steps.  This week I learned that I am going to make mistakes along the way, but I am not going to make a small mistake an even bigger one.

I am going to weigh in.  I am going to talk to my Coach.  I am going to stick to the plan.

That pound is going to be gone before you know it....and it's taking some friends with it!

Have a great day!

Making A Lifestyle Change

For the past few months, I have been looking at doing Take Shape For Life not as a diet, but as a lifestyle change.  I don't want to diet anymore.  I want to be healthy and make healthy choices.

It's good to want things.

I can want all I want....but when it comes down to it, wanting it is not enough.  I am going to have to make tough choices.  I am going to have to tell that whining voice in my head to shut up and stop making excuses.

Why can't I do that?  Why can't I make good choices instead of falling back onto old habits?

GRRRRRRR......

This weekend was one of those weekends.  We were away for a family funeral.  There was lots of food, beer, and cake (did I mention that it was also my birthday?).  I could give you excuse after excuse, but I am not going to.

I blew it.  I messed up.

I have been messing up too much.

It is time to get my head in the game, and get things done.  I can not make healthy choices, so I need to take away my decision making and stick to the basics. Here is what I am going to do:

• Plan out my meals, get them ready, get my lean and green ready so I don't have to think about it.  
• Change my mindset....instead of saying "why can't I have this.....", I need to say, "You get to have this for dinner!"
• Take it one day at a time.  
• Log everything I eat into My Fitness Pal each day.  
• Drink all of my water and not think of having a diet soda until at least 80 oz. of water is gone.  
• My exercise has not been the best, only because when I take my walks, I take my dog.  She walks, then stops, walks, then stops.  I am going to keep walking with her, but take some without her so I keep my movement consistent.

I will get to the point where making healthy choices is my habit.