It has been a couple of weeks since I have blogged about my weight loss journey... and that has been for a couple of reasons: I have been very busy and out of town for some of that time and because with gaining some weight back that I had lost last week... I wasnt very proud of myself and wasnt feeling quite like putting it out there to everyone! BUT..... I have been thinking about this and I am trying to be very transparent so that I can help more people with their journey also and having to post the bad with the good is part of that! So, here it is.... I gained back 2 pounds a couple weeks ago and this week gained back 1.5 pounds :(
The positive side of this is that normally I would have given up completely already and sabotaged myself to the point of no return with eating so much and convincing myself that maybe this wasn't a good idea afterall and that its not worth it to be a healthy weight! (see I am really screwed up sometimes! )
BUT.... I do know that it is totally worth it to get these pounds off and to be that example of who I want to be! So I am going to have to figure out another way to be accountable and stay on track! I have had a couple people ask me about doing this weight loss journey along with me and I am thinking that this is the key! What if whoever wants to be a part of this can let me know and we could still weigh in the privacy of our own homes, but one time a week get on a conference line and record our progress together and talk about our successes, concerns and maybe even great recipes, etc...... If you are interested... please inbox me and let me know if you have any other ideas!
People who are overweight are around 70% more likely to develop any health condition than someone who is at the recommended weight! I can do this and will do this... but it's definitely going to be a journey! Thank you to everyone for your support and please let me know if you have any other suggestions for me!
Take care of your body, its the only place you have to live!!!
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
My first week of weightloss!!
My first week of my healthy journey is done!! I am 5 1/2 pounds lighter!! Dont know if that will be the hardest week or not.... but I managed to get through it! I definitely had some challenges to overcome as this was a very stressful work week for me without trying to eat right! I am NEVER hungry in the mornings and the day after I said I was going to start this diet, I woke up to my stomach growling!!! I'm sure it was all in my mind so I tried to ignore it and go on about my day. I was hungry most of this first day but got to eat plenty of good food and by the second day my stomach wasnt growling near as much!!!
I noticed that I am a very emotional eater. After a long day at work on Wednesday I wanted nothing more that to go thru a drive thru and pig out on something bad for me!!!(Hamburger and fries is what I had in mind!) But since I was prepared, I managed to get myself and the kids home and make the dinner that I had planned! Preparation is a huge factor in losing weight! If my refrigerator is stocked with fruits and veggies and things that I can cook then I am way less likely to go grab something from a fast food place! I have also found that it is very hard to eat healthy when you go to a fast food place, unless its Subway, and find something that I can eat that will fill me up...... so its better for me to cook at home! My family did eat Hunt's in front of me one day and that was hard.... but I decided to get something better than that option for myself and just got a grilled chicken salad from El Tapatio.... so I didnt feel like I was being mistreated!
I normally have the mind set that I need something big for dinner, like a meal and then dessert.... but actually this week I even had some smoothies with just fruit, ice, water, and JP+ complete in it instead of dinner and I was completely satisfied! I know that most of losing weight is a mind set for me!
I tried to eat the best I could on the diet that I am trying to follow..... but one night got very hungry for something sweet! I normally would have whipped up a batch of cookies and eaten a bunch of the dough and then some cookies when they came out of the oven.... but instead, I made a recipe of chocolate JP+ complete, oats, honey, and peanut butter and mixed it all together and rolled it into balls. They tasted like a no-bake cookie.... but they were much healthier! So even though I cheated a little bit, I still managed to eat something better for me than I would have a week ago! And the kids loved them too!!!
The exercise part I pretty well failed in this past week.... but planning to do better this week!!
I am finding that there are many great recipes out there and I am trying to follow a certain diet..... but modifying it where I can make it last for myself and my family is the main key! I dont want this to be a diet that I am on..... but a lifestyle change!
I noticed that I am a very emotional eater. After a long day at work on Wednesday I wanted nothing more that to go thru a drive thru and pig out on something bad for me!!!(Hamburger and fries is what I had in mind!) But since I was prepared, I managed to get myself and the kids home and make the dinner that I had planned! Preparation is a huge factor in losing weight! If my refrigerator is stocked with fruits and veggies and things that I can cook then I am way less likely to go grab something from a fast food place! I have also found that it is very hard to eat healthy when you go to a fast food place, unless its Subway, and find something that I can eat that will fill me up...... so its better for me to cook at home! My family did eat Hunt's in front of me one day and that was hard.... but I decided to get something better than that option for myself and just got a grilled chicken salad from El Tapatio.... so I didnt feel like I was being mistreated!
I normally have the mind set that I need something big for dinner, like a meal and then dessert.... but actually this week I even had some smoothies with just fruit, ice, water, and JP+ complete in it instead of dinner and I was completely satisfied! I know that most of losing weight is a mind set for me!
I tried to eat the best I could on the diet that I am trying to follow..... but one night got very hungry for something sweet! I normally would have whipped up a batch of cookies and eaten a bunch of the dough and then some cookies when they came out of the oven.... but instead, I made a recipe of chocolate JP+ complete, oats, honey, and peanut butter and mixed it all together and rolled it into balls. They tasted like a no-bake cookie.... but they were much healthier! So even though I cheated a little bit, I still managed to eat something better for me than I would have a week ago! And the kids loved them too!!!
The exercise part I pretty well failed in this past week.... but planning to do better this week!!
I am finding that there are many great recipes out there and I am trying to follow a certain diet..... but modifying it where I can make it last for myself and my family is the main key! I dont want this to be a diet that I am on..... but a lifestyle change!
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Who is that in the Mirror???
Have you ever been shopping or been somewhere and you catch a glance of someone in the mirror that you think...”oh my!...poor thing.. glad I dont look like that" and then you realize that the person that you caught the glimpse of was you!!! Well that has happened to me! It was like a rude awakening to myself when I realized that the person I had become physically didnt match up to the person that I feel that I am... at all!!
I can remember being young and skinny and thinking that people who got to be overweight were crazy for not losing a few pounds when they realized that they had put them on and thinking that I would NEVER let myself look like that! Well..... guess what?? It happened!
Over the past 13 years of becoming a mom and going through all of those changes I knew that my body would never be the same.... but come on... I have got to be able to do better than this!! I mean.... this is what I preach to people: Health and Nutrition and I offer solutions that we can do to stay healthy such as Juice Plus. Which is a wonderful product and job that I am very proud of, but recently had the revelation that I am talking the talk but not walking the walk at all! Yes... I take my Juice Plus, but I need to be a better example to everyone around me..... Especially my kids!
So to be honest this is NOT the first time that I have noticed that I am overweight!! I notice this on a regular basis and think ..."I am going to do something about this!" I am going to start on a diet! So then comes the hard part.... what diet am I going to try to do? Then I decide that I will wait and start on "Monday" to give me the best start! So I eat the entire time of waiting til Monday like each meal may be the last one that I may ever get! Then I start on the diet on Monday and do really well! Tuesday comes and I do really well again!! Wednesday comes and a friend calls and asks if I can go to lunch and I contemplate it and then say sure (because its not everyday your friend invites you to lunch) and I think that I will just eat healthy while I am there! Then we sit down at the table and I argue with myself that this may be a good day to treat myself and I will do better the rest of the week... so I order whatever I want! Then Thursday comes and I think...wow, I didnt do very well yesterday and its almost the weekend.... so you know what... I am just going to eat whatever I want again today and I can start this next week! Sometimes I try it again on Monday and sometimes I just wait a few more weeks and be sure that I eat plenty of good meals inbetween... just incase that I do start on Monday!
Can you believe that??? Even as I write it I think what is wrong with this person??!!!
I have contemplated doing many of the fad diets and other ways to lose weight out there ..... and not that there is something wrong with all of them, but for me, I really want to be able to say that I had enough to do it without pills, shots, surgery, etc....(but if this doesnt work... I may change my mind! haha)
Maybe some of you have never had these kinds of thoughts and have never dealt with a weight issue, but let me assure you that food is a horrible thing to have an addiction to and that I am ready to shed these pounds once and for all!!! So....I am going to start blogging about my progress and what I am thinking and feeling as I start my journey to a healthier me!!! I am going to try to be very transparent so that others may learn and benefit from my journey! I believe that I CAN and WILL look better and be healthier in my 30's than I did in my 20's! I will also have a better self image of myself! I know who I am on the inside and I know that is the main thing that matters.... but I want my physical image to reflect the person that I am! So... more will be to come and if you want to start this journey with me.... message me at jillwagner44@hotmail.com or on Facebook!! I would love to have more people involved so that we can support each other!
I can remember being young and skinny and thinking that people who got to be overweight were crazy for not losing a few pounds when they realized that they had put them on and thinking that I would NEVER let myself look like that! Well..... guess what?? It happened!
Over the past 13 years of becoming a mom and going through all of those changes I knew that my body would never be the same.... but come on... I have got to be able to do better than this!! I mean.... this is what I preach to people: Health and Nutrition and I offer solutions that we can do to stay healthy such as Juice Plus. Which is a wonderful product and job that I am very proud of, but recently had the revelation that I am talking the talk but not walking the walk at all! Yes... I take my Juice Plus, but I need to be a better example to everyone around me..... Especially my kids!
So to be honest this is NOT the first time that I have noticed that I am overweight!! I notice this on a regular basis and think ..."I am going to do something about this!" I am going to start on a diet! So then comes the hard part.... what diet am I going to try to do? Then I decide that I will wait and start on "Monday" to give me the best start! So I eat the entire time of waiting til Monday like each meal may be the last one that I may ever get! Then I start on the diet on Monday and do really well! Tuesday comes and I do really well again!! Wednesday comes and a friend calls and asks if I can go to lunch and I contemplate it and then say sure (because its not everyday your friend invites you to lunch) and I think that I will just eat healthy while I am there! Then we sit down at the table and I argue with myself that this may be a good day to treat myself and I will do better the rest of the week... so I order whatever I want! Then Thursday comes and I think...wow, I didnt do very well yesterday and its almost the weekend.... so you know what... I am just going to eat whatever I want again today and I can start this next week! Sometimes I try it again on Monday and sometimes I just wait a few more weeks and be sure that I eat plenty of good meals inbetween... just incase that I do start on Monday!
Can you believe that??? Even as I write it I think what is wrong with this person??!!!
I have contemplated doing many of the fad diets and other ways to lose weight out there ..... and not that there is something wrong with all of them, but for me, I really want to be able to say that I had enough to do it without pills, shots, surgery, etc....(but if this doesnt work... I may change my mind! haha)
Maybe some of you have never had these kinds of thoughts and have never dealt with a weight issue, but let me assure you that food is a horrible thing to have an addiction to and that I am ready to shed these pounds once and for all!!! So....I am going to start blogging about my progress and what I am thinking and feeling as I start my journey to a healthier me!!! I am going to try to be very transparent so that others may learn and benefit from my journey! I believe that I CAN and WILL look better and be healthier in my 30's than I did in my 20's! I will also have a better self image of myself! I know who I am on the inside and I know that is the main thing that matters.... but I want my physical image to reflect the person that I am! So... more will be to come and if you want to start this journey with me.... message me at jillwagner44@hotmail.com or on Facebook!! I would love to have more people involved so that we can support each other!
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