I did it you guys, well I didnt do “it” but im half way there. I have officially lost 18 pounds! Are you kidding me! This is huge, I never actually thought I’d lose
weight. I have tried and failed so many times to lose weight and literally never gotten anywhere. I have so many friends and family (sorry guys) that try and try again to lose weight and then next week there off the wagon again.
I didnt want to be like that, I wanted to look cute. I wanted to be a hot mom, not for other men or my husband or anybody but myself, I wanted to feel good. It has been two years of my not liking my body, I was getting desperate.
I had to change the way I looked at and thought about food. Food is not meant to be an indulgence, food is fuel for your body and thats it.
*If it doesnt do anything posative for your body then its not an option.
I had to stop making excuses.
*”I cant work out at home because of my kids, no equipment, etc.” Not true. Workout with your kids. Everyday we have a dance party, you can chose to play with mommy but out of the way or go to your room, while I do Zumba on YouTube. I use my kids as weights. I have a perfect 20 and 30 pound weight right there (Gallon of milk, Basket of laundry, get creative). Everybody can workout, I watched a handicapped man lose over a HUNDRED pounds doing yoga and now he can run, get over it!
I had to stop being lazy.
*You get up and get the remote instead of your husband, park at the back of the parking lot, cook dinner (even if its frozen pizza), try to use your car as little as possible, exercise daily. Little changes have a big impact, start small and work your way up every two weeks.
I had to stop comparing.
*Do not compare yourself to anything, dont do it. Not to another mom, not to your “pre-baby body”, not to what you think you want your body to look like, nothing. You should be focusing on your here and now. What is going on around you right now, thats where your head should be. In the back of your mind there should be a posative, encouraging voice reminding you to eat broccoli instead or do some squats instead. Make your body getting healthy a celebration!
I had to learn to live in the now.
*When trying to get healthy only think about today. What you ate in the past can not be changed, its already in there, let it go. When you are going to start dieting should not be a far away date, why wait? Think about today, what are you doing today? Nothing, well okay then make wonderful choices today and only worry about those choices today.
Everything in moderation.
*I go by the 80/20 rule, %80 of the time I do the best I can so that the other %20 of the time when I cant/choose not too, I dont have to feel bad about it. If I want a cupcake, im having a cupcake, but you dont have to eat the whole thing. If its your nieces birthday later and you know there will be pizza and cake, only pick one.
I had to learn not to rush.
*It took you how long to put all of this weight on/how long to get this sick? When God says everything in his timing he is not kidding. I now hate the word “diet”. I am not on a diet and never will be again. I am not doing a 30 day nonsense, I am changing my life. Eating healthy and being healthy is something you are going to have to do FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. It doesnt end once you have reached your final goal, so why do you have the mentality that it does. Start slow, little changes here and there, and work your way up. If you try to go cold turkey hour going to fail. Cut out things you can easily live with you, I cut sweets out first, then go from there.
I had to reach a point to where I wanted to lose weight and be healthy more than I wanted to eat or be lazy. I at one point looked in the mirror and all I saw was a lumpy, dumpy mom, too tired to play, too out of breath to wrestle, too sick. I will never again let food control me. I will never again be a lumpy, dumpy mom.
I never let myself get excited about the number on the scale until I have kept it away for two weeks, weight is easy to take off and even easier to put back on. I am currently on day 5 of my “water challenge” (I call it that just as a reminder, but im never stopping). I am down 18 pounds and I have 12 more to go.
I never want to hear anyone say they cant lose weight or they cant be healthy. Yes you can, you just have to want it bad enough.
P.S. Another good tip is to only eat 1 meal, sounds craxy right? A lot of time my husband and I would find ourselves eating way too much food, ofcourse when everywhere people advertise for bigger and better. Your meal should only have 1 meat/main course and two sides. Bacon cheeseburger, thats 2meats, pick one. Dont eat out more than once a day, dont get food from one place and then the rest from another. Stick to only 1 meal at a time.
HippyLife 