Started the HCG diet and am down 8.6lbs in two days which is awesome! I feel good, not hungry, not weak or dizzy and I know that I can do this. I needed a jump start after stalling over the past couple months and here it is! I would love to lose 45 in this cycle, that's my goal. A few things I want to remind myself.
1. It's better with a buddy. Dieting and exercising are much more palatable and enjoyable when shared!
2. Write down goals and progress, I don't like to log what I ate and what I did but I know that keeping track keeps me on track!
3. New running shoes make me smile!
4. My attitude and self perception are important and keeping them in a healthy balance really does keep me motivated. When I feel good about myself I want to keep doing better, when I start to beat up on myself I go downhill fast! Love yourself and your accomplishments, find something positive to compliment yourself on everyday.
5. Numbers are just that...numbers. They don't define me, they don't make me more or less kind, smart, happy, beautiful or capable...they are just numbers!
Well, I'm off, tomorrow is Zumba and I'm looking forward to it!
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Sunday, February 19, 2012
She believed she could, so she did!
I have been looking for a new mantra and I think I have found it!
When I went back to school as a single mom with three little kids I had witnessed several friends drop out after a semester or two, the excuses were many and understandable but I decided that if I got back into school (after paying off my previous student loans, obtaining a child care grant after being on the waiting list almost two years, and working three jobs while waiting to jump through all the hoops of our higher education system) I would stick it out come hell or high water! So my mantra then was "death or graduation" I decided that the only thing that would stop me from finishing without any breaks would be death...and with that I started my undergrad experience again! I managed to finish three degrees over the next 11 years while raising my kids and working as well. I'm not writing this to toot my own horn, I believe anybody can do whatever they set their mind to!
Over the past few years with the economy tanking and all the obstacles that I have encountered financially, personally, physcially and career wise I realized the other day that I have been flitting around from one thing to another with no real direction, no passion, no real goals and my life has been depressing and overwhelming as of late...what I need is a mantra, something that helps me get through with a positive and thankful attitude, one that looks forward but is able to enjoy being in the moment as well!...but mantra's can be hard to find, one's that really encompass everything that you need at the moment, easy to remember, ones that resonate with where you need to propell yourself...but the other day a facebook friend had posted a couple notes that included the following "She believed she could so she did" and there it was...I feel as if it was written and given to me. It covers all areas of my life right now...it is positive and still sits on the premise that "if you think you can, or you think you can't, either way you're right!" So I have fixed my new mantra on my phone wall paper, on my facebook wall and will continue to paste it wherever it will help me remember it until it becomes a truth! I plan on using it for all the areas of my life that are in such a sad shape right now; spiritually, physically, career, relationships...well you get the point! I'm preparing myself for amazing things and I encourage you to do so too!
When I went back to school as a single mom with three little kids I had witnessed several friends drop out after a semester or two, the excuses were many and understandable but I decided that if I got back into school (after paying off my previous student loans, obtaining a child care grant after being on the waiting list almost two years, and working three jobs while waiting to jump through all the hoops of our higher education system) I would stick it out come hell or high water! So my mantra then was "death or graduation" I decided that the only thing that would stop me from finishing without any breaks would be death...and with that I started my undergrad experience again! I managed to finish three degrees over the next 11 years while raising my kids and working as well. I'm not writing this to toot my own horn, I believe anybody can do whatever they set their mind to!
Over the past few years with the economy tanking and all the obstacles that I have encountered financially, personally, physcially and career wise I realized the other day that I have been flitting around from one thing to another with no real direction, no passion, no real goals and my life has been depressing and overwhelming as of late...what I need is a mantra, something that helps me get through with a positive and thankful attitude, one that looks forward but is able to enjoy being in the moment as well!...but mantra's can be hard to find, one's that really encompass everything that you need at the moment, easy to remember, ones that resonate with where you need to propell yourself...but the other day a facebook friend had posted a couple notes that included the following "She believed she could so she did" and there it was...I feel as if it was written and given to me. It covers all areas of my life right now...it is positive and still sits on the premise that "if you think you can, or you think you can't, either way you're right!" So I have fixed my new mantra on my phone wall paper, on my facebook wall and will continue to paste it wherever it will help me remember it until it becomes a truth! I plan on using it for all the areas of my life that are in such a sad shape right now; spiritually, physically, career, relationships...well you get the point! I'm preparing myself for amazing things and I encourage you to do so too!
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