Sister Wives.

So... when I started this healthiness I knew I had to exercise a lot. So I got a treadmill and started walking a couple miles a day. 

Then I bought a work out DVD.

I thought It would be soooo easy peasy... It wasn't it totally kicked my butt. I got so frustrated about it too. I was seeing some small results with my weight and I was eating fruit and veggies like no other so I immediately thought that working out should be pretty easy right now! I also thought that by now I shouldn't feel hungry much anymore and be use to the abundance of fruit and veggies.

 This was like week 2... (I like speedy results)

So I started complaining that It wasn't getting any easier, and that it didn't seem like any use. Then 5-0 Hubby talked me down and made it clear that it wasn't all going to happen over night. I knew that but it took someone saying it to me for it to click.

So then. Ya'll watch Sister Wives? Well I do! Janelle has been losing weight and she keeps a blog and I was reading one of her posts titled "Weight isn't Everything" She talked about how her scale hadn't moved but she could tell so many differences within herself and daily events that at one time had been an obstacle but isn't a problem now. So I got to thinking about that and by week 3 I could tell so much. I'm just now in the beginning of Week 6 and just in this short amount of time I can tell so many differences in my body.

I now have energy, i've always been a little hyper and chipper but I could fall asleep on demand. I realized I wasn't hungry anymore and I was having to make myself eat my snacks. Then I noticed on my work out dvd I would do 2 circuits and then run to the fan, drink a bottle of water, and just try to die. Then all of a sudden I realized I was doing 6 in a row without stopping. I was cutting a lot of minutes off of my miles on the treadmill as well. I had gotten so use to eating my healthy food one day that it didn't even feel like I was eating foods that were good for me... it was just food that I needed. The weeks I didn't see the scale move a lot, would be weeks that I lost inches.

Now, I'm not putting all of this on here for a pat on the back by no means!!! But more so as  motivation. Motivation for myself. Sometimes I think i'll just quit and eat whatever, whenever and not worry about the repercussions but I think of little things that i've accomplished and it helps me keep from reversing any progress i've made. I keep a weekly journal of my weight and measurements so now its nice to look through it and see the differences. REAL DIFFERENCES i've never really stuck to a plan long enough to see differences and now its a really good feeling! And nooooooo one day of laziness or a big meal of something very unhealthy is NOT going to destroy mine or your diet i'm a firm believer in a cheat meal and a lazy day! But keeping record and a reminder of progress is such a boost of motivation to keep going! So if your reading this and your starting out or you've been in the process and your tired and your not seeing huge results... hang in there!!! We're gonna make it!! 

This is a lot of motivation too!