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Week 4: -4.4 lbs
Total Weight Loss: -15.4 lbs

Woohoo! I am so excited. It was a very difficult week for me but I did it and persevered. Well, actually I think every week and every day is hard. It's one step at a time, right? It just seemed to me that some days were harder than others. I pushed really hard this past month and realize that it will most likely be the one with the most significant weight loss. I am OK with that and proud of the results of all the hard work and effort I put into it.

Below is my weekly fitness log of all the activity I did throughout the week to help aid in my weight loss as well as healthy eating. I would love it if YOU joined me...yeah YOU! It will help with accountability and encouragement. You can CLICK HERE if you would like to participate. Ok, so here is my log:
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Week 2: -2.2 lbs
Total Weight Loss: -7.2 lbs

OK, so here are my week 2 stats. I will say that I weighed in every day (NOT RECOMMENDED) to see where I was at and got majorly frustrated because I didn't lose anything at all for four days. Then on the fifth day I lost about a half a pound...which is better than nothing but I still was getting discouraged because I wanted it to be more, especially with all the working out that I was doing. Then on day six I gained a pound. WHAT? Yeah, I was so not happy and gave up that day as you can see on my fitness log below. I didn't work out AND I ate horribly that day. I went to Wendy's and splurged because I was so discouraged and sulked and ate sunflower seeds during the whole day. UGH! And then of course all the guilt set in and I kept beating myself up over it all night long. It was a horrible week.

Sunday I had a choice...to ...

Well, here I am...AGAIN! I know, it's been way too long. Hanging head in shame! But I am committing myself to resetting the fitness button and getting it done NOW...once and for all. I am going to just start over, no matter how long it takes me and do it until I reach my goal...NO MORE multi-month hiatus! Can anyone else relate?

I hate that I struggle with this, I really do! It makes me so mad. But no more excuses. It's time! No more waiting until I "feel" like it because we all know that "feeling" rarely comes. I can't do that anymore. Trust me, I have been using that excuse for a while now. OY-VAY!

So I have a plan to get back into working out as well as tracking my food doing Weight Watchers. I didn't want to do ...

Isn't this a great motto? Perseverance that never gives up, ALWAYS SUCCEEDS! My pastor said something very similar to this on Sunday and it really left an impression on me. He said "Faith that never gives up, always receives"! I love that and it is so true. I think that this really does apply to weight loss as well. If we never give up, we will succeed. It really is true. The important thing is to never give up. Yes, we may fall at times and take a few steps back but the most important thing is to get right back up and to keep going no matter how long it takes.

The dictionary defines perseverance as:

Continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, obstacles, failure, opposition, or discouragement; the action or condition ...

Step 1.

Over the next two weeks I will be working on cutting out the coke-a-cola from my diet. I'm not a coffee drinker so the coke is my 'coffee'. I drink oober amounts of it during the day, starting as soon as I wake up. Most days I won't have anything to eat until supper, I survive on the cola and if I don't get the soda out of my diet I will never keep off any weight I lose.

Bring on the shakes and the caffeine withdrawal headaches and I will continue to remind myself this is only temporary and a healthy eating lifestyle is forever!!!!


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This morning when I woke up, I lay in bed wondering if I should work out or not. You see, my mind plays all sorts of tricks on me and it is super duper easy for me to make millions of excuses of why I shouldn't work out. Does this happen to anyone else or is it just me? I am betting I am not along in this, right? Well, I decided to just stop making excuses and made the decision to just work out and get it over with. I know, I know...I know that working out is AWESOME for me and my health but that doesn't change the fact that I absolutely hate it. And yes, for those of you out there who say, "Well, it takes two weeks for it to become a habit". I have done that too but I still hate it. I am not sure that I will ever enjoy working out but I know that my ...

I completed a half marathon on Saturday and ever since then my eating had been completely out of control. I’ve been starving no matter what I ate and no matter how much water I drank. It was a completely horrible feeling and it has made me extremely depressed and sure that I was going to have a gain when I weighted myself on Thursday. That was not what happened though, I surprisingly had a loss of 1.7 lbs that puts my total weight loss of 44.9 lbs. It was extremely surprising, but weight loss is an extremely strange thing.

I didn’t workout everyday and I didn’t eat well so I’m going to do just the opposite next week. I will be going back to my original weight loss regiment. I will ...

Welcome to December everyone. I can’t believe that it’s December and that 2012 is almost over. I’ve been having great success with my month goals so I am going to set goals for December as well.

Fitness:
1. Officially become a Beach Body Coach.
2. Sign up for all the virtual races I want to run though March including another race in December.
3. Do yoga at least once a week.
4. 62 miles for the month.
5. Complete my last two half marathons.

Health:
1. Take vitamin daily.
2. Protein shake 3 – 4 days a week.
3. 75 – 100 oz of water a day flavored or not.
4. Have no weight gain though the holidays.
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Another month bits the dust. I can’t believe that 2012 is almost over. It seems like it was just Halloween and it’s almost Christmas. November is over which means it’s time to look back at this months goals and see how it went!

Fitness Goals:

I achieved all of my fitness goals and I’m happy with it. I tried a new workout and blogged about it here, so be sure to check it out. I worked out at least 3 days a week, but most weeks it was 5 – 6 days. My workouts ranged from 24 – 60 minutes. It felt good to workout hard, lose weight & get stronger!

Food and Drink:

I’ve been drinking a ton more water this month and I can feel the change in my ...

Another week over means another look back at the week. Life this week has been really busy with the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, but I achieved a lot of goals that I’m happy to report. So, lets get started and look back at the week and see how everything went.

Fitness Goals:
1. I tried a new workout this week and I’ve learned that I need yo do workouts thar focus on arms and abs. That’s the areas of my body that don’t get enough training. That’s an achieved goal for the week & I really did enjoy a change in workout.
2. I didn’t do many workouts this past week because I’m still fighting off the bug that I caught at work, but I did get three workouts in which is ...

Hey Everyone,

This is by far my favorite weekly post to do. I love being able to reflect back on my week and see how everything went and move forward on to another great week.

Fitness Goals:
1. I have not tried a new workout yet, but with having to pick up all the house work on top of my own jobs I’ve just had to squeeze in workouts so I’ve gone back to Slim in Six with some mileage workouts in throughout the week.
2. Workout five days last week so that goal was an achievement.
3. I workout for between 25 – 45 minutes doing different workouts this week.

Food and Drink:
1. I’ve been drinking all kinds of water this week just because ...

The first week of November is officially in the books and that means it’s time to do week one in review. I’m feeling a lot better about my goals for the month of November. They are much more manageable and achievable which means I’m going to have some success this month for sure. Here goes nothing November 2012 week 1 in review.

Fitness:
1. I haven’t found a new workout to try yet, but this week I’m going to be checking out Pinterest and Facebook for suggestions.
2. I worked out 3 days last week so that’s an achieved goal. I planned for 5 days of workouts, but I’m being easier on myself and allowing myself a rest day if and when I need it.
3. The three days that ...