It's noticeable!

Hey friends its been awhile, but know I have been busting my butt almost daily and it has now simply become part of my daily routine :-).

I feel so much better and have more energy to do things.  I no longer come home daily exhausted and laying down on the couch depressed.  Yes, I still have the same crud going on that we all have going on in life.   I've yet to find my That Was Easy button for life, but that's ok.  It's all about how we handle these punches that life throws at us and my perspective on that has definitely changed.

Well I am currently under the 300 market now!  Woot Woot!!!  I have hot 298 and kissed the 300's goodbye forever!  My kids are excited as I am half way to my 50lb weight loss goal.  When I hit that we are all going to khalihari to celebrate!

So the last week and a half we have been on spring break.  In the past 3 days I have gotten 2 compliments on my weight loss saying that they could tell a big difference!! Yay Baby!!! Let me tell you that was fuel to this fire burning inside me!  It's exciting when the clothes are fitting better, then they start getting really lose, and then others start noticing!

The only down side to this weight loss is that I could use some new clothes but I'm not going to worry about it, my GOD will provide.  He Always does!

Well God is Good my friends and no matter what your facing remember God is bigger than it!

<3 you all!

It's.my.year!!!

New level = New Goals

Hello friends!  Today is a very big day for me, well this week has been!  Last Tue at our Zumba class, BL competitors were challenged to burn 1000 calories in 1 day.  At fort I thought Omgoodness she is going to kill us this week.  The. I was thinking when and how am I going to do this?  So I came into the gym on Wed with my mind set that I was going to burn this 1000 calories all at 1 time an on the elliptical.  My max time on the elliptical at that point was 55 min and a max of 657 I believe.  So I ha a challenge before me.  I had my head in the game an had people praying.  I Completed that challenge in 90 mins!!! 90!  I ended up burning 1010 calories!  Now I always take pictures of my screen showing my progress.  Well the machine only let me do 1 hr at a time and then I had to restart the machine.  So I took a picture of the 605 and set out going again.  When I hit 700 I felt good.  I hit 800 an thought there is no way, then it came over me if you don't do it now, you have to do it all over again.  I then got my head back in the game an told myself I was not quitting!  At the end of my 1000 i went to take a picture an because it still had tome on the clock i got a picture of pedal faster.  thats ok because i know I Did It! At the end I felt like I had really pushed it too far, tingling in my head and arms so I took a min and just rested.  But I can say I did it!!! 

Today I came and did a new personal beat for every day.  I set a goal to reach 700 in 60 mins.  I did 705 I believe the picture said right in 60 mins.
This has been a hard week feeling defeated even though I am conquering.  But I am in this for life and will succeed! Don't give up on your dream!

Love you friends!

It's.my.year!

It's become life changing!

Hello there my friends! It's been awhile since I've blogged about my journey but I wanted you to know I haven't given up. I am so Never giving up on this journey.  IT HAS BECOME MY LIFE! Never did I think the gym life would become my life but it has., an it feels Great!  I am building confidence in myself, pushing myself to do things that I never thought I would do.

Today I got on the elliptical and bumped it up another 5 mins for a total of 55mins!  I burned 625 calories and did 3.49 miles!  Insane!  Had someone told me I would do that in 8 weeks, losing 22lb I would have thought they were crazy!  But I did it!  Quit making excuses as to why you can't and change your I cants into I CAN!

Yesterday our pastors sermon was the push I needed.  What is it that you are called to do that your saying I can't to?  Is it your marriage?  Your health?  A new job?  A move? A commitment?  With Gof you CAN do ALL things don't give up, God has Never given up on us and is waiting for us to grab onto him and say I CAN!

I have committed to doing a 5k in August and let me tell you I am super excited!  This will be my first 5K and although I  working out everyday I have been hearing I can't run a 5k.  YES I CAN, and I WILL!!

It's easy to get discouraged, however keep claiming your scriptures.  Romans 6:9 tells us Let us NOT become weary of doing good, for in the proper time we will reap a harvest IF we don't give up!

Love ya all!

It's.my.year!

I did it!

Huge huge huge milestone set today!  I just did a 5k on the elliptical tonight my friends!!! There is no more excuses to make saying I can't do a 5k because I just did!   I did it I did it I did it!  Whoop Whoop that's right, this girl right here just did 3.15 miles over 6000 steps taken, and 567 calories burned all in 50 mins!

Ok sorry about my excitement but this is something I never thought I would do!  Tonight I could have made plenty of excuses as to why not to come to the gym tonight and not had this break through! My son has had the flu, tonight we made a trip to the hospital for X-rays on my daughters ankle, mot to mention i had to eat before due to my challenge of no food after 7:30, and I worked all day I'm tired!

What ever is holding you back is an excuse!  If you want something bad enough you will go after it hard core and you will succeed !  Tonight I succeeded, what are you going to suceed in?  

I love you friends, tell the mountain that is holding you back to move and be gone because You ARE more than a CONQUEROR!!!

It's.my.year!

Double time

Hello my friends!  Last night was a bad night for me!  I had a cookie and 4 pieces of chocolate on top of my meals and other snack.  I let a friend know to acknowledge what I did.  After that I was thinking about how I felt and lookin back how before changing this wouldn't have been any big deal at all.  In fact I probably would have ate the whole stinking candy bar.  I think God let's us fail so we can see where we have been and where we are now.  I felt horrible, upset and physically sick.  Yes I think that you can enjoy those things every now and then, reasoning why I bought it, however I don't think that I am at the stage of being able to have it in my home with it being a temptation for me right now.

Today however I did have some chocolate, I went outside and shoveled both drive ways and then came to the gym early and got a good workout!

I am excited for Tuesday night to come and we get to weigh in!  With it being a 2 week weigh in I am hoping for double didgits!

So no weigh in this week due to the snow but look for next week!

It's.my.year!

What's on my mind

What's on my mind?  Hmmm at times that can be a loaded question, I do have a lot on my mind from my health, my kids health, the choices I've made, the future, the mistakes I've made and hurts.

All those things can pull us down if we allow them to.  This week has been a challenge to say the least.  I knew when I read my BL assignment this week that it was going to be but I knew God was going to do some amazing things!  This is only the begging of what is to come and only the begging of the mountains that I will face.  However I am reminded…even as I type … that these are only moments and mountains all we have to do is tell them to move an they will move, tell them to fall and they will fall!  Our go is bigger than Anything!!!

So this Tuesday I am hoping for a BIG breakthrough which when it happens I believe I will cry!  I am so close to being out o the 300's and if I lose like I have the last 2 weeks I will kiss them goodbye!
Whatever comes my way I will praise my God for giving me the strength to get this far!

Love you my friends and stay strong!

It's.my.year!

I needed this!

Day 2 back at the gym and I pushed myself!  I added the bike to the end of my workout and did 18 mins and burned an extra 104 calories!  I have felt under attack these last 2 days and felt like I walked around with a dark cloud hovering over me today.  Last night was a rough patch with Mr C and then got some news during the day about Mr E and on top of that Miss K thought she needed to jump in on the fun and basically want me to give ER the answers to her homework without her thinking.  Ugh so what did I do?

I'm glad you aske my friend let me tell you what I did…ha.

Well after our come to Jesus meeting an me straightening their behaviors out and then me crying because let's face it parenting is the TOUGHEST job in this world.  Then add that your a single parent and you just doubled it.  After that I came and pounded it out in the gym all while I started a read the Bible in a year with an app on my phone. Then the WoW 2013 poured Christian music into me.  I wanted to cry at times because GOD is GOOD my friends!  So I had the word of God pouring into me while I was pounded the devil and sweat out of me!

Please don't take this is being prideful, I will be the first to admit I have a lot of changing to do! But saying that I do feel God working in my life and changing me daily!  I want to be the person that when I die my friends and family know that 1 day they will have the opportunity of seeing me again! I want to hug my Lord and Savior and be reunited with my Auntie June!  I want to leave a Legacy to my kiddos that they knew I wasn't perfect but that I gave it my all and loved my God!

So my theme It's.my.year is turning out to be more than I ever imagined…and I'm Loving it!!

I can do ALL things through Christ who gives me strength!  Philippians 4:13!

It's.my.year!