Anyways I’m using my Wii and loving it and i’m back to the gym as of this morning. Enjoyed it!

Going to start logging all my food intake again and get back on track!

Cons- Expensive, Games are expensive, You need a bit of room to play, You have to buy a second controler and a Num chuk, you want to invest in a charger.

Pros- 5 games come with the Wii! These games alone lead to hours and hours of fun. Great for getting your kids up and moving, Fantastic for getting us up and moving! Oh and now you can buy actual exercise tapes for the Wii!

Over all I am absolutely feeling like I got my ass kicked sore today! My body aches and its a good ache. 

So I’m guessing as long as I’m doing something it’s better than nothing. I’ll be hitting the gym after work today.

I am keeping each one of you in my prayers and I hope you are each finding your way…..

On the 23rd of Febuary I wrote a post about giving up pepsi, well I can happily say that since that day I’ve been totally caffine free. Not even Tea! I’ve gone water all the way getting 80 oz a day.

I know it’s a small thing, but it’s a habit that was adding to my weight and it’s a habit that is now broken. It’s a step toward becoming who I want to be.

We are all here for one main thing dropping weight but we need to worry more about those little things that are causing our weight issues.

I haven’t been so focused on weight loss because I know that in order to lose the weight I have to get all these little things in order. Stopping caffine, Watching what I eat, exercise……. If we try and do it all at once then we get over whelmed then we give up. So maybe we need to stop worrying so much about how much we weigh and worry about habits that helped get us where we are now…..

I’ve been focusing on the caffine issue. That is now an accomplishment. Now it’s time to start focusing on Fewer Calories. Calories that are dead for instance iceburg lettuce. There is no nutritional value to it. So why eat it? Start adding other salads such as Spinach which I enjoy and actually has nutritional value.

Stop eating so many Creamy Sauces, let go of Potatoes, White bread.

Start focusing on Eating Veggies and Fruits and lots of High Fiber foods. I buy my kids shredded wheat cereal. I got to looking at it and OMG it’s amazing how much Dietary Fiber is in there on top of being whole grain and contains lots of iron and other great vitamins. So I’m going to definitely be adding that to my daily routine.

I also found that when I eat things the first time I don’t much like it but once i’ve decided to give it a real try it’s not near as bad as i’ve made it out to be. It’s a mental thing we do to ourselves. Our body craves all the bad stuff we’ve been eating for years and so it wants to rebel against the good.

Just like with water, 3 months ago I’d drink water in the morning and I’d get sick to my stomach. So when I started drinking water I’d skip it in the mornings and drink it the rest of the day and now my body has come to love it and I drink water at all times now. We have to recondition our minds as well as our bodies.

Good Luck to you all and I hope you start breaking those little habits and start creating better habits that benefit you in the long run!

However, I think I’m going to have to divorce pepsi because I’ve fallen in love with someone new. Crystal lite has become my new love. I love how you can pack a few in your purse and just pour it into a bottle of water shake and its ready!! The flavor isn’t like Koolaid so it makes me very happy.

Soda is nothing but dead calories and yukky sugar. It’s bad for us all. It helps our bellys to expand to pre-child birth sizes and helps our asses to look like coffee tables.

I stopped drinking pepsi and started really exercising and now i’m finally seeing the weight move off a bit. Sure it’s not alot but i’m finally seeing it.

Good bye pepsi you made me so happy for a long time, but my love for you is gone. I’ve moved on and I think Crystal lite and I will be much happier together. You Gave me all you had but our relationship was destructive and unhealthy. I deserve better.

I hope you are all going down this same path. Love yourselfs and stick with it!

I have a problem, it’s called not being worthy! Yes it’s true. I have always known this fact and everyone in my life have always known this. I tend to allow people and even just allow myself to put burdens or blame on me even if it’s not my burden to bare.

This started at a young age. When my mom was being abused by my father I always felt it was my fault. That mindset has followed me throughout my life. People see me as strong bossy and opinionated. They think I can do anything. I too think I can do anything but at the same time I’m a self loather. I tend to be self destructive.

If people say they love me I never believe it. I always  have felt I’m unworthy of love. I’ve always felt that everything wrong in anyone’s life around me was caused by myself even something small. If my mom is unhappy I feel that it’s because I’m not there for her. If my sisters are having problems I feel it’s my fault because I’m not there helping them. If my DH is unhappy at work I feel like he’s feeling trapped because he’s married with kids. He’s being held back.  If my child is slipping in school I blame myself  because I’m the parent and I should have taught my child more. If my boss is having troubles I feel as if it’s my fault because I didn’t have the answers to help them.

I have always carried the world on my shoulders. I never ask for anything. I’ve never felt worthy of it. I don’t like gifts because I never feel like I’m deserving of it. If my DH is quiet I always think he’s considering leaving me. I know it’s not true but there is this voice in my head telling me you’ve screwed up this time.

It’s the same with my weight. When people start noticing i’ve lost weight and complimenting me. I don’t feel worthy of it and the weight comes back.

I’ve never been Proud of myself. I’ve never felt like I’ve done anything worth anything. I love photography.  People once asked me if I sold my work and I said no it’s not good enough. Then all of a sudden people were coming to me to buy my work. I’d sell it to them but then I noticed I stopped taking photos. There was always this voice in my head asking me what are you going to do when someone wants you to showcase your work? You know you will choke….. So the next thing you know i’ve stopped.

It’s an ugly cycle and I know it’s one that I must start working on. So This is a new goal for me. I’m going to start taking my work seriously and start working at being proud of the things I’ve done in everyday situations. Some of them that I post may sound trivial but for me I need to accept these things.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Ok Gotta run but since it’s the middle of the week I’ll leave you with a smile!!

Gotta love this one!

One day my mother was out and my dad was in charge of me and
my brother who is four years older than I am. I was maybe 1 and a
 half years old and had just recovered from an accident in
 which my arm had been broken among other injuries.

 Someone had given me a little ‘tea set’ as a get-well gift
 and it was one of my favorite toys. Daddy was in the living
 room engrossed in the evening news and my brother was
 playing nearby in the living room when I brought Daddy a
 little cup of ‘tea’, which was just water. After several cups
 of tea and lots of praise for such yummy tea, my Mom came
 home. My Dad made her wait in the living room to watch
 me bring him a cup of tea, because it was ‘just the cutest
 thing!!’
 My Mom waited, and sure enough, here I come down the
 hall with a cup of tea for Daddy and she watches him drink
 it up, then says, ‘Did it ever occur to you that the only place
 that baby can reach to get water is the toilet??’

Women have this intense emotional connection to what we eat. Why is that so?

It’s the way we’re raised. Our mothers consoled us with comfort foods. Family gatherings, birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries, funerals – everything is centered on food. But we lose our grip on what’s real when we eat this way every single time.

We approach food as if it holds greater meaning for us. It’s not love - friendship - acceptance. It’s an object. A bag of candy. The pleasure we get from it lasts less than a minute, but the after effects are forever.

Shift your thinking. Instead of you working for food, think of food working for you. Change your attitude and things will turn around. You’ll get out of the downward spiral of not eating well. Good quality food cleans your body – they do for the inside what shampoo and soap do for the outside.  http://womensissues.about.com/od/weightissues/a/foodaddiction.htm

“The main reason to avoid sugar is that it ages your arteries,”http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/break-your-food-addictions

When words like “food addiction” are bandied about, there are plenty of skeptics who hesitate to put foods like cheese and chocolate into the same category as widely acknowledged addictions such as cocaine or alcohol. But Barnard asks, “What other term would you use for a woman who gets into her car at 11:30 at night and drives six miles to the 7-Eleven to get a chocolate bar, and does it every night? She’s gaining weight, she feels profoundly guilty afterward, and though she resolves to stop this behavior, she does it every night, night after night? That’s a food addiction.”

“Yes, people do get into habits,” adds Ayoob. “But the good part is that habits can be changed.”

try making a complete break just from the foods you crave — a process that Barnard says works much better than trying to eat them in moderation. He argues that staying completely away from a food item for three weeks often resolves the problem. “At the end of three weeks, your tastes will have changed,” he says. “You won’t want the food as much anymore

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=5248

Would be nice if it were just that easy!! Hope you all have a good food day tomorrow!