This coming Sunday, I will begin the exercise dvd's for the Insanity Workout. YAY!!! I am SUPER excited because I plan on eating like the plan tells me while also keeping track using a food journal on my computer. I am so excited! The plan is to use this week to prep myself- going walking, running, and doing other exercises to get my body into some semblance of shape. If I follow all that I have planned I should start loosing between 3-7 lbs per week.
As I was looking through my photos I realized that two years ago I saw myself as fat when really I was a nice and healthy weight. I want to be healthy again. I am so excited that this time changing my diet will cost me nothing but time and honesty with myself. So say goodbye for real to the fluffy Natasha & I hope that 3 months from now I would have lost 20- 40 lbs & in 6 months lost an additional 20. At that point I will begin the harder process of keeping it off.
No more yo-yo dieting- just pure healthy stuff! Keep 3 John 1:2 in your heart & spirit: "Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth."
The Diarist...
For every moment was meant to be taken in and reflected on.
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Showing posts with label Diet. Show all posts
Monday, June 13, 2011
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Watchers...
I hinted in my last post that I would talk about my Weight Watchers initiative. I really get depressed at times at how 'fat' I've gotten. I am no longer that bobblehead whose only issue was finding her length. Now I cannot even fit into my fat jeans I knew it was time to take measures.
Even at my biggest in my past years I never felt this way about my body- where I actually hate it on many days. For a long time the only thing I found beautiful about me was my figure & my eyes. Now I wear glasses due to astigmatism & comfortableness has made me fat.
My first week on Weight Watchers I lost 2 pounds which was hard cause I had to relearn from scratch things I had just stopped practicing. Watching what I ate, making time for physical activity & in general doing more to be better & feel better. The thing is with watching I noticed that I had watchers of my weight.
A lot of people struggle with weight- I have for the past decade or so of my life. During this time I have had so many persons who watch my weight & the other things that change around me. Making me extra sensitive & self-conscious. What made this all harder is that everyone seems to have some advice on how/why I put on all the weight. What I really needed was support and advice on how to lose it. lol.
In my weight gain this time I learned that people are really critical of former skinny people when they put on any weight. I also learned that there were other aspects of me that was pretty/ wow worthy. The biggest thing for me was realizing that through it all I still have joy & God has in many ways humbled me. Keep Philippians 4:5-10 in your heart & spirit. But most importantly I leave you with the portion of this scripture that has become my mantra:
8Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
The Diarist
{For every moment was meant to be taken in & reflected upon...}
Pic of me now- too many pounds overweight.
Even at my biggest in my past years I never felt this way about my body- where I actually hate it on many days. For a long time the only thing I found beautiful about me was my figure & my eyes. Now I wear glasses due to astigmatism & comfortableness has made me fat.
Glasses & weight are my newest contentions
My first week on Weight Watchers I lost 2 pounds which was hard cause I had to relearn from scratch things I had just stopped practicing. Watching what I ate, making time for physical activity & in general doing more to be better & feel better. The thing is with watching I noticed that I had watchers of my weight.
A much skinnier Diarist- 2008
A lot of people struggle with weight- I have for the past decade or so of my life. During this time I have had so many persons who watch my weight & the other things that change around me. Making me extra sensitive & self-conscious. What made this all harder is that everyone seems to have some advice on how/why I put on all the weight. What I really needed was support and advice on how to lose it. lol.
In my weight gain this time I learned that people are really critical of former skinny people when they put on any weight. I also learned that there were other aspects of me that was pretty/ wow worthy. The biggest thing for me was realizing that through it all I still have joy & God has in many ways humbled me. Keep Philippians 4:5-10 in your heart & spirit. But most importantly I leave you with the portion of this scripture that has become my mantra:
Philippians 4:8 (King James Version)
8Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
The Diarist
{For every moment was meant to be taken in & reflected upon...}
Friday, November 5, 2010
Chopped!
Ok. So I did it last night. I went from being permed to natural. (Again!) lol. The hair feels so good & I feel so light & excited. I am on a goal to re-organize my home, lose 30 pounds & truly learn to love myself for all that I am.
For many years I love myself for how others saw me. I tried to do things to please my family & friends because realistically at heart I am a people pleaser. I love being loved. When friends walked away, when family turned their back I was left like a ship without a rudder- but now I am challenged to fin who I am without them & with only God as my guide.
I am so excited & hopefully soon I can blog about the big chop & how it felt. But for now enjoy the before and after photos. :)
The Diarist
For many years I love myself for how others saw me. I tried to do things to please my family & friends because realistically at heart I am a people pleaser. I love being loved. When friends walked away, when family turned their back I was left like a ship without a rudder- but now I am challenged to fin who I am without them & with only God as my guide.
I am so excited & hopefully soon I can blog about the big chop & how it felt. But for now enjoy the before and after photos. :)
The Diarist
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