Healthy You Challenge week # 35

Since starting back with my WW lifestyle change and the Healthy You Challenge I have really felt good about myself and what I am trying to achieve :) This weekend I kind of messed up but you know what I did differently? Instead of giving up just because I went over in points on a couple of days I said to myself , "No I am NOT going to give up" So I just picked myself back up and went back to counting my points today and have been on track all day :) This is a breakthrough for me because before I would have just said "The hell with it" but this time I TOOK CONTROL and it feels soooo GOOD :)

Well my first week back on WW and back with the Healthy You Challenge I lost 8.8 lbs. I was VERY happy with myself and with those results. Even though I know I won't get those results every week it is good to know that I can lose that much on some weeks. This week I am striving towards at least another 5 lbs. off but if it's only 1 or 2 lbs. off then I will be happy with that too. I am just so happy with all of the breakthroughs I am having. I am a big time emotional eater and that is what usually destroys my weight loss efforts and it is really frustrating to deal with. I have a certain mind set now and so far it's working , not perfect but it's working :)

My goals for this week are to:

* start excercising (this is a hard one for me )

* eat more fruits and veggies ( I find myself not eating as healthy as I should be only because it's easy to just count points on junk food as it is on healthy food but I want to get out of this bad habit)

I hope everyone is having a GREAT WEEK :) Let's make this another LOSER WEEK for us all!! I promise I will get up to date on reading as many blogs as I can and commenting , I am behind on that but I will get caught up :)

Healthy You Check - In

Well as I said in my previous post ....I AM BACK!!! Like I said it's been a few hectic weeks and that is why I wasn't blogging or active about weight loss but now that the pressure and stress is lifting I am ready to get back to getting fit , and healthy and losing this weight!! I haven't had much energy lately but I am starting to eat right again, take my vitamins, and herbal remedies and I am starting to feel somewhat better :)

As I think I said on this blog before I had lost my job due to my boss getting laid off and the company closing down and that is the first thing that stressed me out because I lost my income in a matter of a week and a half and I didn't know what I was going to do ....I tend to panic which isn't the thing to do! So losing weight was the furthest thing from my mind, and that is why I just had to take a break. The good news is I got my income back pretty quickly by opening up a home daycare in my home ....I had been thinking about doing this for quite some time but I wasn't sure about it but I thought that taking a chance couldn't hurt since I was already out of work.

Well I put an ad up on craigslist and within a week I had seven children enrolled with me :) I am now making more than what I was making as a nanny and it's doing what I love the most and that is taking care of children :) It's a challenging job but it has it's rewards as well!! So now that stress is gone , new stressors have taken it's place , which is just life! But I am ready to start losing weight once more :) I am not sure how much I have gained to be honest with you because I have been to afraid to get on the scale to look but I can tell I have gained with the way I feel. I will be weighing in tomorrow morning to see where I am at, and I will blog about that later.

For now I want to get back on track with :

* Drinking at least 100 oz. of water daily

* Eating healthy foods , low carb, and high protein.

* Take one step at a time and don't get frustrated with myself.

* Take all vitamins, and herbal supplements.

So wish me luck everyone!!! I will be visiting blogs this week , not sure how many I can visit but my goal is to visit at least 3 blogs per day on my lunch break (when the kids are napping). Take care everyone and Happy Losing!!!

The Healthy You Check-In

Well I have got to keep my butt out of that fridge!! Today has not been a very good day for me and I ended up eating out of emotions and that is something that I thought I had under control but I guess I was wrong and now I just have to work way harder to get that under control. I found out yesterday that my boss is losing her job , therefore I will be out of a job as of next Wednesday so I am very stressed over that and I think that is why I just haven't been in the best of mood to count my calories and eat healthy :( But I have already told myself that tomorrow is going to be a better day and I am going to get right back up and NOT give up!!! I know I can do this , and just because I fell flat on my face today doesn't mean I should give up , it just means to get back up on my feet and keep on going :)

This past week was a good one , I lost a pound and even though I was hoping for a bigger weight loss I am happy with this one :) Losing weight has been hard for me so I am very proud of myself because this is my 5 th week into this and I have NOT given up ....which is a small miracle for me :) I am going to do this and NOTHING is going to STOP me :) My goals for this week are :

* Drink more water ...I am doing well with drinking 100 oz. per day but I would like to increase this a little to 120 oz.

* Say goodbye to the 340's for good .....this is a biggie and I am hoping to do this on my WI day this Saturday :)

* Take my vitamins everyday ...I have been really bad about this one and forgetting so I need to start remembering to take them right after I eat breakfast in the A.M.

* Staying positive with self-positive talk ...this one is going to be difficult this week due to my job loss but I am determined to stay positive because losing a job isn't the end of the world and there are other jobs out there :)

I hope everyone is doing good this week so far!! I promise that I am reading blogs , and as many as I can comment on I do , but with my job during the day it's sometimes hard but I am catching up :) Have a great week!! Happy Losing!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Healthy You Check In Update

Well this past week went ok , I didn't lose but I maintained so I wasn't to disappointed and it's better than a gain so overall I was happy although it took sometime to sink in. I did lose 8 inches off my body (waist,thighs,and bust) so that made me really happy :) I knew that my clothes were fitting loosley but I didn't think I had lost that many inches , so it surprised me and then I was real excited about it!!

So far this week is going well ....yesterday (Monday) I stayed within my calorie intake and I also ate only good carbs and I limited the fat I was eating and ate mostly good fats so I think overall I did well for a Monday!! Today I am feeling pretty good physically, and so far I have had a good healthy breakfast and soon will be eating a good healthy snack :) I eat mini meals throughout the day (six mini meals) and it keeps my blood sugars leveled and I am never hungry , I always eat a good carb along with a protein at each mini meal and so far it's working well for me. I find that this is much better than eating three square meals a day , at least for me it works.

I feel like I have lost some weight , but as I have promised I am NOT going to get on the scale until my weigh in day (which is Saturday) but I can't wait until WI day , I am excited because I know that I will have a loss this week and I am hoping it's a big one :) I just am feeling lighter in my steps today and when I look at myself in the mirror I can see a flatter stomach , and my double chin is becoming less and less ...so this is working and I am excited!! When I see results it just keeps me motivated to keep on going and not to give up!! I don't think I will ever give up on this fight becase I am a fighter , not a quitter at all , it's just not my personality , and this is my one challenge in life that I plan on defeating :) I hope everyone is having a great week so far ....keep up the great work guys , WE CAN DO THIS , AND WE WILL DO THIS!!!!