20 days and a project (:

It's been 20 days today since I decided to change my life!  It's been amazing, I am not looking back.  I am so much happier and I feel 100% better.  I may not be seeing a huge loss on the scale but I have been doing circuit training 2-3 days a week and cardio the remaining days.  I had a few problems with some shin splints so have taken it easy for the last couple days.  I will be back in the swing of things soon.  Things have been a little crazy the roommates moved out and just getting everything back in order and making my house feel like my house again has been challenging.  I made over the hall bathroom with some spongebob just need to pick up the shower curtain from my mom.  It looks cute though and my son loves it. 

I think it looks cute I still need to paint the walls again and get some new flooring eventually but for now it will do.  My next project is my bathroom and then painting the room my roommates just moved out of....lots of projects going on and I love that it keeps me busy. My son certainly keeps me on my toes everyday.  I wish I lived somewhere he had more friends though.  It would be nice if he had some kids to play with.  Things are good though and I wouldn't trade it for the world.  Well that's my rambling and a quick update.  I need to get back to cleaning, tackling the hall closet is next.  Until next time, enjoy this Labor Day weekend!! 

Feeling Amazing! (:

12 days in and I feel Amazing!  This has been the best thing I could have done for myself. The awesome thing is that no one can take it away from me.  They can't take away my hard work, they can't take away my healthy eating and they cAnt take away how I feel.  I love working out, I love the new healthy foods I have been eating.  I love the fact that I haven't had any soda for 2 weeks....there is nothing better than I how feel right now.  I think the only discouraging thing for me is not seeing the number on the scale move. I know it is not the number that counts though and I know that sometimes working out causes you to gain muscle and it take a few weeks to see the pounds drop.  I am not letting this stop me! I love everything about what I am doing and for once I am putting ME first and I know I am doing the right thing for me and for my sweet boy!  Living life has a new meaning and it starts now and I couldn't be happier <3

Setting Goals

I decided to set some goals for myself....after all this is my journey.  Plus rewarding yourself for doing good makes you feel good.  My first weight loss goal is 10%.  I think this goal just fits and is a common first goal for many people.  My second goal that isn't weight loss related is to workout at least 3 nights a week. This week I have already hit 4 nights and that doesn't include today, so this goal is for next week.  I know I can do better than 3 nights but I need something to work towards.  This goal is to workout 3 nights a week starting next week for 3 weeks in a row.  I am not sure what my reward will be yet, maybe a new pair of workout pants or a top.  My reward for losing 31 pounds is to get a new sports bra because I will need one after a 31lb loss I am sure and working out in the gym with floppy boobies is not on my list of fun(: 

I think the single most thing about starting this journey again is that it is for ME.  I am doing this for myself not for anyone else.  I am proud of myself already and it has only been 6 days but that is something and for me that is a huge accomplishment already. What is better than loving yourself and giving yourself the gift to be healthy since you have it in the palm of your hands already?  It is time we start loving who we are.   I can't wait to see where this journey will take me. 

Because sometimes it just clicks!

It's amazing how you might see something on TV, or hear someone say something, or read something and you stop in your tracks and everything just clicks!  I haven't been blogging much as I had other things to do like lay on the couch, eat lots of food and get fatter.  Let's be honest sometimes that is just what you want to do.  I was laying around the other day and thinking is this it?  Is this truly my life? Then something clicked in me and I thought to myself "I don't want to be fat anymore, I am tired of living my life this way!" I went to the grocery store filled up my basket with healthy food, came home and started right then.  I didn't say oh it can wait till tomorrow or I will start Monday.  I started right then, I ate a healthy dinner...I fixed a healthy breakfast and lunch for the next day and I went to the gym.  I felt amazing, and it was like something clicked in me that hadn't for a long time.  I am tired of being on the side lines and wasting my life away sitting on a sofa eating fast food and watching weight loss shows on TV.  I am tired of people saying you have such a pretty face, I am tired of watching my friends go out and me sit home because I don't feel good enough about me to go.  I can't tell you how many times I cancel on my friends because I don't feel good in my own skin.... I want to live life, experience new things but most of all I want to be around for my amazing 6 year old.  Being a single mom isn't easy it is one of the hardest things I have ever done but I know I can do it and I want to do it right. I want to be able to kick around a soccer ball with my son on the field or just play with him at a at ground.  I realized I am worth way more than I give myself credit for and I need to remember to Believe in myself and that anything is possible! I have to be able to love myself and I know it is hard to say because so often we don't love ourselves but we need to and we can.  I got this and I have my feet pointed in the right direction for the first time in a long time. I am my biggest FAN!