Healthy Living Sucks...

So Let me be vulnerable/transparent or a moment...

I hate working out, and drinking water, and eating small portion meals, and having to wait months to see results. I hate that I love Sundrop so much that when I gave it up for lent, I thought I was going to die. I hate that I love dessert so much that everytime I have something salty (or eat in general) I feel the complete "Need" to have something sweet. I don't know what you would call that, but I call that ADDICTION...

So Wednesday was officially 2 months of me working out almost every day. I have to admit, I'm pretty darn proud of myself (and could not have gone this far with out my buddy Abby). And out of those 2 months, I have not lost a single pound... Now that is even more frustrating than giving up Sundrop. And I thought giving it up was life or death (ha), needless to say, it wasn't, and my teeth will be thankful that I stopped drinking that too.

Anyway, side tracking... 2 months working out, zero weight lost...  

However, I can tell a difference in my clothes and in my "Birthday Suit" but I'm obviously still not at my goal. And to be even more honest, I don't really care about the number of the weight, I just want to be healthy and look cute in my clothes, and have confidence. So with all of that said, YES I hate working out, drinking water and portioning my meals. BUT, I LOVE the way I feel after working out, and going to bed after pushing my body to certain limits, and waking up and having energy (still working on my morning happy face, cause that is none existent). But over all it is such a better way to live, and I wish that I had done this when I was in better shape and smaller, so that I would have this healthy habit throughout my mid-twenties, and not beginning in my mid-twenties. No sense in looking into the past though, I'm looking ahead to the future, and I'm pretty excited about my new healthy body :)! I'm excited about where it will take me and Kyle in the future when we are looking to start a family, and when we do have a family and play with our children! I don't want to be a lazy mom, that doesn't go outside and play with their children. And by golly, I won't be! I'm changing things here and now! And I'm excited about it! :)

Just wanted you guys to know ;)

So to celebrate this up and coming new me, we are having a Crosswinds vs. Crosswinds Softball game tonight, and I'm just gonna say, it's gonna be awesome! Team Blue is probably gonna lose, but hey, we can still hope, and it will be fun to play with other people in our church.... I just hope it's not an embarassing loss. So I'll try to take some pictures of the event tonight, and have pictures up here soon :)

Have a fabulous day!

And so it begins...

Kyle and I are on a Co-Ed Softball league called "Crosswinds Blue Team". Very intimidating I know, but it's a church league, so what can ya do? Yesterday was our second game and as nervous as I was, we WON 18-2... YES, 18 to 2!! It felt pretty awesome considering that our first game we lost, 15-7. We also had a make up game tonight and unfortunately lost 17-7. Let me say though, for a team that has never played together, and a group of people who barely even get to practice together, I think we are doing pretty awesome! It's really exciting for me too because I've never really played a sport before and I am pretty excited about where it is taking me lol. Talk about a life change :). If you are ever in the Leland, NC area during the weekend, you are more than welcome to come watch us play, just be advised... I'm pretty terrible, but I'm a great encourager and I am trying to be more positive with myself. :)

Ok so with that short story, I didn't really play very much tonight at softball and needed to exercise pretty bad! I had Chick-fil-A for lunch, and a Large Coke at a movie, and then grilled chicken for dinner... Totally a bad eating day, so I went to the gym to begin my "Couch to 5k" work out. I have to admit, working out without Abby there is kind of difficult. It doesn't help that I was the only person in the entire gym also...  But I went, non the less. The way that the program is set up, you walk 5 minutes as a warm up and then alternate running every minute for 20 minutes then you walk another 5 minutes as a cool down. And I must say, I'm pretty proud of myself. I really tried to focus on my breathing and my stride, because I'm obviously not a runner and I needed a little more brain focus in order to get my body acclimated to this new work out. So, I must say that I enjoyed my first workout for this program... I just hope that after 8 weeks I will love running, because even every other minute was kind of frustrating for me. :-/ but I shouldn't complain. This IS a Life Change, after all! :)

Anywho, I shall right again later to update you on my progress! Have a lovely weekend everyone!

Life Change.

Ok, So here comes a whirlwind of information and I'm pretty sure no one reads this blog anyway so, here I might as well be super honest...

My friend Abby and I have been working out since June 14th, 2012. Almost, every flippin night. We originally started out walking 3.2 miles everynight in hers and my neighborhood. As of June 25th, 2012 Abby and I have been working out at our local gym to try and help boost our weight loss and new healthy life style. I have to give kudos to Abby right now, she has been an amazing inspiration to me. I have tried to get healthy/fit for as long as I can remember but I lack discipline and determination, and yes I admit it, LAZY. So, anyway, Abby and I started working out and since all of my previous efforts have failed, I am SUPER proud of us! We have fought through sickness, weakness & pain, even tears... (come on we're girls) But we are just now getting to the point where we are not really dreading the gym, but still don't enjoy it very much. However, we have been working out regularly for over a month, none the less, so I would say that is a pretty big deal! (insert applause) With all that being said, I am going to start blogging about my exercise and eating. Yes, I am being honest, Yes, I am going to blog about it, and No, I will not back down on this. I find that I have a problem with committing to things on a regular basis if they are not things that I really want to finish. Therefore, I am declaring a Life Change. Not only in my workout and eating, but also in blogging and being honest about how this is affecting me. (ugh...)

So let's begin. So far my results are minimal. I have cut my soda intake in half, which was hard, but I felt it was necessary after I had to get 6 oral surface cavities filled recently (Ouch my poor mouth, and wallet). So, now if I have soda, it's either when I am ridiculously tired or if I am having it with dinner. My substitute has been Coffee in the morning and only in the morning, and doing Jumping Jacks to wake myself up. :) Other than that I have water all day, and sometimes will put a Crystal Light packet :Raspberry Ice: in my water... SO Yummy. Kyle and I are also trying to be "Financially Fit" and have stopped our eating out, well made it minimal as well. So we have been eating at home and making majority of our meals. That part gets kinda boring, because my daily lunch is getting a bit boring, but I am trying to spice things up and think of new things to bring with me instead of a sandwich.

Our Workout routine...

We have stopped walking 3.2 miles for the time being, however I am planning to start that back up soon. But we do Cardio and Abs EVERY NIGHT... Cardio is usually the Elliptical for about 20-30 mintutes. Then we go to the mats, and begin our 3 reps of 40 Russian Twists, and 3 reps of 40 crunches. Then we alternate days for Arms and Legs on weight lifting.

As of tonight, we are getting a little bit harder on ourselves (that is if our softball game is cancelled). We will be adding 3 reps of Leg Raises for the lower abs, and adding more cardio. I have also downloaded the app for Couch to 5k.... I just recently saw a photo of a girl I used to know that just did this and looks amazing! So I will be using that program tonight for cardio (even if we have softball ;p). Since working out, I have maintained the same weight, which is kind of ticking me off. But I have a goal of 6 months to start seeing real results. I mean lets be honest, it took well over 6 months for me to gain this weight, I need to think realistically and make myself aware that I will not be able to lose this weight in a month...

So there we go, this is the first post of many regarding my "Life Change".

My Goal...

I want to be healthier. I want to try and fight the odds of my bad family medical history. I want to run a 5k and NOT walk a single step. I want to be the fit mom that plays with her kids. I want to look cute in my clothes. I want confidence. I want a healthy heart. I want to be a hot wife. I want to help other people get healthy and stay healthy.

My body is a Temple (1 Corinthians 3:16) <--This should really be #1, My body is a temple, Jesus came to earth, to die for MY sins. To allow the Holy Spirit to dwell in me. Why should I not take care of my body and stop feeding it junk food and stop sitting on the couch and being lazy?

So there it is. This is what my life has now become and where I am taking it. And if you are reading this, I'd love for you to join the journey with me. Hope you have a great day! :)

Thanks for reading!