My Healthy Journey for Better Living

This has been a long week. My two sons finished school for the summer, but when next school year rolls around they will both be starting new chapters, one as a freshman in high school and the other as a 7th grader in junior high. My niece graduate from high school, and her sister will be a freshman next year. My sisters children are starting a new chapter as well, because her son was accepted into the P.E.P program and both her school aged children will be attended a new school...

I have found my niche on what foods I should and should not consume to help me in my battle of the bulge, and sadly, it is NOT the foods I had been consuming for the past two weeks. I only say sadly because even though it was unhealthy, it was so yummy. I am an ice cream addict, and I had been eating a lot of that lately. However, being lactose intolerant and trying to lose weight, I should know better and just step away from the cone. I need to just go back to my more whole fo...

With today being a day to remember, I apparently forgot that I was on a well eating plan. But spending time with my family was awesome. We spent the day playing games and grilling out, enjoying our freedoms that the many selfless people fight day in and day out for us to have.

I went over my calorie intake at the cookout, but only by 415 calories, which was 2 of the Red's Strawberry Ales I drank. Then on the way home, it was so hot we stopped at Dai...

Ok so I went extra hard on the workouts, but I also went a little overboard with food intake. I had a crazy weekend last weekend with attending my sons baseball games and going to a wedding, and of course I have no self control, so I over ate. The good news is that I still lost weight and inches 

4/29 Start-5/23 Today

Weight= 226/219.6 -6.4 pounds

Neck= 15.25/14.8 -.45"

Let me start of by saying that this week was only productive at the beginning, not to divulge too much information, but my "lady friend" came to visit and lets just say exercising was NOWHERE on my mind from Thursday on. I did TRY to stick to my food regimen, and except for a few indulgent times, I did. However, I will not balk at my results for the week as I am happy for them. I am down a total of 4.2 pounds, from 226 to 221.8. That in of itself is a huge success because I carry A LOT of wat...

I am going to start off by saying... The doctors were right, but SSSHHHH don't tell them. They've been telling me I need to exercise more and I would hurt less. This baffled me, I didn't understand how I would hurt LESS by exercising because just sitting around doing nothing made me hurt pretty bad. Well folks, let me tell ya, I feel better than I have in years. I have more energy and stamina than I have had in about 10 years, and I am only 2 weeks into this gig. I don't have h...

It has only been one day of eating MUCH healthier and I woke up energized and without any stomach bloating or aches like I normally do. I have been up since 4:45 a.m. and it is now 2:00 p.m., and I have not taking any nap. This is a HUGE feat for me, because I took a nap almost everyday no matter how many of night hours I slept. For breakfast I made a snack that lasted from when I woke up until after lunch. I combined dried bananas, raisins, peanuts and cocnut shavings in a bow...

Today I took the time and money and invested in my food future. I have decided to go vegan and gluten free. Gluten free is for Gluten Sensitivity and Vegan is because I have horrible stomach issues, and I want to be  healthier in the ling run. Shopping for unhealthy food was hard enough, being strict and cautious is tedious, but I am sure it will be worth it in the end. I just need to start seeing results, then I won't complain anymore about the time.

This week was an interesting week. I started watching my best friends grandson from 6am-3:30pm 4 days during the week. Luckily, I was still able to squeeze in time for myself. Monday I did the "Stability Ball Challenge", Wednesday I did some pilates and yesterday I went for an interval walk of 1 mile. No it is not much, but my activity rate is up 1000% from the week before. I have lost 1.5 pounds so far, which is awesome, because I broke my plateau of 225. This morning I joined...

Today I started my exercise program. Since it is rainy and cold, and I am already sick, I opted for a look through Pinterest to find an indoor activity that looked worthwhile. I stumbled across "The Stability Ball Challenge" from kamafitness.ca. I did all the exercises only 1 time each, but that is a very good start for someone whose biggest feat of the day is doing laundry!

I also took some selfies for my before pics and uploaded them. That was emba...