Its a Process

  I constantly have to remind my self that I wont see results over night,  and the hardest part is not to quit and keep going forward with this change of life style.  I'm dying to go back to my regular size and be able go shopping and not feeling discouraged about how clothes look, or feeling bad because the size on the tag seems to big.  But I remember that I pined this for inspiration and I need to contantly remind myself that it take time and that its a process that is not done over night.   

Couple of weeks ago I saw this on pinterest (here is the direct link)  and it was a very clear to me that I wont see the results of my hard work in 24 hours if it took months for to gain the weight, its going to take months to get rid of it.  As of today I have not weighed my self I decided that I'll get weight every 4 weeks, which means that next sunday it will be 4 weeks since I last weight my self at 182.5lbs  I have not lost the motivation and I know I have to keep going and not quit.  It's been hard really though and many days I've wanted to give up but I tell my self that today is not the day to quit, because there is so many reasons to keep going and the most important is me. 

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Pin it Try it : Green Juice-Smothie

We all gave seen the green smoothies or juices on Pinterest and they look amazing and let me tell you they taste amazing here is my version.  

Ingredients: 

1 Cup of Spinach 

1 Cup of Kale 

1 Cup of 100% Organic Carrot Juice 

1 Cup of Green Tea

1/2 Apple 

1 Small Orange 

3 Slices of a Yellow Lemon

1 Slice of Cucumber 

1 Small Pinch of Ginger

Mix all ingredients in your blender, you can add bananas or grapes, I usually drink this during lunch along with half a sandwich.  With this green juice I feel full until dinner time at 6 have you tried any green smoothies or juices?? What are your favorite ingredients ?

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Healthy Life Tuesday: Week #2

I haven't weight myself yet even though I said that I was going to weigh my self every other Sunday,  but I have noticed that my clothes are fitting better.  I had bought a shirt about 6 weeks ago at that time it did not fit but I tried it on and it fit, I was so happy it felt good knowing that the minimal changes that I made were working.  A friend told me that the number on the scale its just a number and that what really matters its how I feel inside and when I tried on that shirt I felt amazing.  That is my motivation knowing that the my clothes are finally fitting better and that just makes me want to keep going forward with the changes that I have been making.  I've walked about 3-4 times a week and this week I plan ride my bike about 3-4 times a week as well, I'll mostly be doing cardio and then move on to toning my muscles. I have been eating three times a day with 2 snacks in between also with my meals I have been drinking a cup of green tea, this seams to be working for me so I'll continue with this routine.  I know that this post was short but I want them to be straight to the point.

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Pin it and Try It

As part of my new Healthy Life journey I decided that every week I would try or begin a new challenge from the thousands that I see on Pinterest every day for my first one that I have actually began is the 30 day Squat Challenge

                                                                                            Source: instagram.com viayamileth on Pinterest

I'm currently on day 14th almost half way through this challenge last night I had to do 135 squats and it was hard I was about to quit at 80 for some reason my legs were just giving up I couldn't handle it but my supportive husband kept telling me that I could do it and I finished.  At the beginning of this challenge I was using a broom behind my head to help me keep my back straight but I noticed that it was actually making it harder for me and I had to take breaks more often.  Then I decided to try to place my hands right in front of me straight out and that seems to help me get through them faster.  I've also noticed that if I space them out it sets of 25 and take a 2 minute break in between sets it helps me finish them.  As I'm doing my squats I feel the outside and the back of my legs burn specially as I pass the 50th or 60th squat it burns but its a good burn that reasures me that I'm doing them correctly.  I'll continue my challenge and I will let you know how I finished and what I think of this challenge. 

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Healthy Life Tuesday

Lets begin by saying that the last couple of months my life has been a little depressing, I had so many ups and downs that I couldn't understand why I was feeling like this you see I've never really suffered depression or anything similar.  One day as I was sitting down with my husband and sister-in-law we begin talking about weight and how it affects us in everyday life that's when in hit me I'm feeling this way because of my weight,  I asked her if she had a scale and she did she brought it out and I weight my self and I could not believe the number that I was seeing I was 177.5lbs can you believe it I told myself how much you have let your self go 177.5lbs kept ringing in my head. For the next couple of days I told myself I was going to start eating healthy and blah blah blah,  but once the weekends came all I did was eat out and very unhealthy.  I noticed that as I started getting ready I would be all excited about my the way I looked in the mirror but as I was ready to dress my self and saw that 90% of my clothing didn't fit I would cry inside, to prevent my daughter and husband see me like that.  One Sunday I decided that it was enough that I could not continue like this that it was not good for me or my family, and also for health issues I just needed to stop and take control.  That day we went to have an early dinner at my favorite pizza restaurant where the food is amazing,  after we left I asked my husband to take me to get weight because the following Monday was the beginning of a new me with a more healthier state of mind.  We arrived were I was going to weight my self and I got on the scale and I was 182.5lbs more than 3 weeks ago at my sister in laws house I couldn't believe it.  That night we decided to go for a walk and Monday it all began no more eating unhealthy and more exercise and making the right choices when I do eat out.

 

Here I am on Monday  March-20-2013 at 5'6 tall with a weight of 182.5 Size Large in tops and Size 11 in jeans.  My ultimate goal is to loose about 35-40lbs slowly and keeping in mind that this will not happen over night.  I will dedicate 2 day a weeks updating my blog on my progress and what I have been doing to help me in this journey that has just began. On Tuesday I will update how I'm doing and how I have been feeling and every other week I will post my current weight.  Then on Thursdays I will take take somethings from my Pinterest Board  HEALTHY LIVING and try them out and give you a review and see if they work. 

My plans are to stay healthy and keep a work to having a positive state of mind 100% of the time

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