Where My Excuses Ran Out

So this year was no different, than all the years before when it came to New Year's Resolutions. LOSE WEIGHT!!! Since I have been over weight since childhood, it has seemed to be a never ending battle with fat. A new diet, and I would last for about a month and see a maximum of 8 - 10 pounds gone and a dress size if I was lucky. Then after what seemed like holding my breath until I could eat normal again, I would slowly fall back into junk food, high sugar eating again because of my lack of motivation from my weight and size plateauing no matter how hard I worked at it.

So what makes this time different? The fact that it's different. LOL. There is a huge spiritual side to it, which I will get into at a later date. And the book "Master Your Metabolism" by Jillian Michaels. I have been a huge fan of Jillian Michaels ever since I came across her. She tells fact, not gimmicks. You can really learn alot from her. And so I have. Her book has changed my life, and given me what she calls in her book the "AHA moment". The point where everything makes sense and locks in place. And this moment has caused me to not feel like "I can do this til I loose all my weight", but a, I want to live this way the rest of my life. All I can say is READ THE BOOK! You will learn so much about your body. It connected all the puzzle pieces for me in a big way.

Now I am writing this blog to share with others the things that I am learning as I go that are changing my life in a good way, in hopes it will encourage others to live life the way God intended them to. And with God there is perfect love, perfect peace and perfect joy. If one of these things (if not all of them) are off a bit, even if you do love God with all your heart... chances are you aren't living life to the fullest He destined you to.

I finally got to the place where I don't want excuses. I have had so many. And the truth is, I want to be healthy, and I want to be at my God ordained normal size before I hit 30. That number will be rolling into my life in 2 years and some change. I want to spend the last two years of my twenties feeling like I am in my 20's. So when I hit an excuse , I find a way to get past it. Like, healthy food is gross, and boring. So I find a way to make healthy food delicious and fun. If I can't afford a gym, then I go walking and running outside. If the elements do not permit then I do a workout DVD. If I don't have time to, then I pace back and forth in my living room for as long as I can until I work up some kind of sweat, because I am tired of excuses. They have failed me. I am moving on from them. And I have to admit, with the first month down, I am loving it. I am loving the working out, I am loving the food, and I am loving knowing God in this new and even intimate way.

So if you are tired of excuses, join me in this new path. I am hoping to share recipes, reviews of DVD's, products, and books that help, or maybe waste time on this path of full life. I will also share my weight and size journey in hopes that it may encourage others too. Feel free to recommend books, or cookbooks, websites, whatever you have that you've found enjoyable or helpful on your path.

Next recommendation after "Master Your Metabolism" would be to watch "Biggest Loser" on Tues. nights on NBC. Seriously. It is another thing I find encouraging, not only from the weight loss stories, but also the facts and info I glean from it. In fact another thing that encouraged me to re-open the book of weight loss was a friend and I who followed Biggest Loser together last season saw a contestant after she had finished running a half-maraton, and we were like "Let train for a race of some sort cause we want to look like her"! Sometimes I even workout while watching Biggest Loser, if I haven't already done my two workout sets that day (which I will share my eating, activity, and weight loss info very soon)

If you want to join me, then I suggest you write down all your weight loss excuses and then write your solutions on the side of them and start now! The other thing I would do is have a date or occasion to set weight loss milestones. I have two currently, one is in 6 weeks when I see my family, I want to lose as much as possible. I am hoping to be in the 100's at this point. The next is this summer for my wedding anniversary. I want to be the same size I was when I got married, 170 lbs, and a size 12/14. I am sure you can think of some for yourself... a birthday, a reunion, fitting into a bathing suit for the summer, wanting to run a 3 0r 5k, something to get you going. Try making excuses in the opposite direction. I have to do this because...(insert your amazing reason here) You can do it, the only thing stopping you... is you!