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Fitness Challenges

Have you heard about the 30 day squat challenge? You know the one where you start with 50 squats and end with 250? About a month ago, I saw a picture about it on Facebook, but the picture that went with it was pretty inappropriate. I thought I wanted to try this challenge but there was no way I was gonna look at that picture each day. I decided to make it into a calendar which makes it easier for me to check off each day. I like the calendar format, it helps me keep on track and its easier to see “where” I’m at!!

Today is day 29 for me which equals 240 squats. When I started I honestly never thought I would make it this far. Would you like a copy of my version? 30 Day Squat Challenge.

Last week it dawned on me that once this challenge is over, what then??? So I kinda looked at myself and asked what is it I want to change? And I decided that I needed to work on my abs. So I made up a new 30 Day Ab Challenge. I will start my Ab challenge once I have completed my squats, and then I was thinking after 30 days of squats maybe I should keep up with some of them but I haven’t decided how many as of yet!

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I will be starting the 30 Day Ab Challenge on Sunday the 19th! Do you want to join in?

What fitness challenges are you doing???

Wishing you many Blessings Rainbow

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A Small Backslide

True Story: So last week I got a touch of the stomach flu, well normal people would refrain from eating to help settle their stomach but not this chick, I thought if I keep trying this and maybe that I would find that one thing that would make me feel better!! Surprise Surprise when the only thing that accomplished was me gaining weight :( So Monday night I show up for FP4H(First Place 4 Health) and do my weigh in and I am exactly the same weight as when I started 7 weeks ago. Bummer!!

Ok so here’s the fork in the road: I can either bemoan the fact that I gained weight and go back to eating and not exercising because you know this just isn’t working or I can pray about it and continue on the path that the Lord has told me to do. Guess what I did!!

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Well…I did BOTH! I had to bemoan for a bit but then I said wait a minute, Why did I gain the weight? What did I do different? Was I listening? The answer is I gained the weight because I was thinking that food was going to heal my stomach and make me feel better (haha), and NO I wasn’t listening. The Lord allowed me to go through this mini struggle/backslide to remind me that He’s got this, I don’t need to worry.

The Bible tells us in Psalm 107.9 “for He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.” and of course I was reminded of “I am allowed to do all things, but not everything is good for me to do! Even if I am free to do all things, I will not do them if I think it would be hard for me to stop when I know I should.” 1 Corinthians 6:12.

So my little struggle helped me to see that this journey I am on isn’t about weight loss (though the result will show some) but mainly about trust and following directions (for a type A personality this is a bit hard).

So I prayed and I listened and then I got on the scale this morning and surprise surprise….the weight I gained isn’t there and I actually lost an extra pound.

Are you trying to get healthy? what changes have you made?

One helpful tip someone told a group of us was that she need to “see” the weight coming off so she got 2 containers and in one of the containers she put 1 marble for each pound she wanted to lose and in the other container she was gonna put the pounds that she lost. I thought this was a cool idea so I decided to do the same. I rummaged in the closet and found these pretty candle holders. IMG_20130208_103110[1]

Then I went to the local Dollar Store and picked up some pretty blue glass stones.   IMG_20130208_103237[1]How are you keeping tract of your weight loss?

Wishing you many Blessings Rainbow

Check out what others are doing about getting healthier!!

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Wake Up Call

When people find out that I am a vegetarian they ultimately say, “I could never do that!” Honestly when I started my journey to get healthier I had no intentions to become vegetarian either.

To give you a little bit of history my father at the age of 53, had a stroke. When I received the phone call that he was in the hospital, I dropped everything and raced to the hospital. After being there a week they released him and I started making noise about eating better and exercising, but didn’t put anything into it. Then a few years later I receive a phone call saying my mother was being transported to the hospital, they thought she had a heart attack (she didn’t) but her carotid arteries where blocked and need surgery. I am very lucky to still have both of my parents but after my mom’s surgery I started really looking at how we ate, and at our family’s medical history. Needless to say it wasn’t that great.

I knew I needed to make changes but I didn’t know where to start and it seemed very daunting. I meet a few wonderful ladies who never judged and quietly chipped away at my ignorance about what I was doing to myself. I am so thankful that the Lord placed those women in my life. He knew I was gonna need them to help give me ideas, support, and love.

Through LOTS of prayer and LOTS of research (because I just NEED to know) I was able to make changes to my lifestyle. No it was NOT easy and it still isn’t!!! I make mistakes, I get frustrated but overall I strive to make this body a temple that is worthy of my Lord.

Helpful Tips:

  • Don’t try to be perfect from day 1!!!
  • Drink plenty of water, and when you think you drank enough, drink some more!! Most of us are dehydrated and never know it.
  • Try new things!! It takes us 15 times of trying something to actually get use to it.
  • Remember there is no contest, no race to be perfect. Experiment, try different spices, and try different approaches. For example if you fry your food a lot, try baking, or grilling once a week, then try it for twice a week and so on until you rarely even fry any foods.

Are you ready to make changes to your lifestyle? What changes are you making?

Wishing you many Blessing Rainbow

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