6 pounds gone!

Hello everyone!

I know I'm late on getting this blog post out...I ran out of time on Friday to write it but hey at least I'm getting it out for people to read now...better late than never!

So this past week I lost 6 pounds and I'm pretty dang proud of it.  It was hard but I had a single goal that I just focused on and the result was the 6 pounds lost.  My goal was to get up and work out 5 days a week at 6:45 am.  This was hard for me because I am NOT a morning person whatsoever but I set out and accomplished my goal and now I am feeling GREAT about it.  By Friday morning I was sore and I really didn't want to get out of my bed but I'm sure glad I did because not gonna lie I would have felt like a huge failure so good thing I did!

I also also kept to my carb-cycling schedule and that also helped with losing the 6 pounds.  I really think that was what had me lose 6 pounds because before I started the carb-cycling I was eating chocolate everyday, ate a bowl of cereal everyday and ate bread like there was no tomorrow.  After those things were cut out from being everyday to moderation then I was able to lose that high number that I did and even though sticking to my carb-cycling schedule wasn't my goal for the week I still wanted to do it and I did and I felt great throughout the week with more energy which also had it so I moved more doing more things.

My next goal this week is to get ready and prepared for my relay that is coming up on Saturday.  Prepared both mentally and physically because it will be the longest I've ever run before in my life!  I'm excited to take on this challenge and to let all know how well I do next week and how much weight I lose this next week.  So until next time everyone have a happy healthy week!

New Title? What?????

So my hundred day challenge ended on the 8th of August and to be perfectly honest it didn't go how I wanted it to and I also did a terrible job at keeping this updated!  So I changed the title of my fitness blog to what it is now because I decided I was going about losing weight way totally wrong!  I hadn't realized I was going about it the wrong way until I decided to order Chris Powell's book "Choose More To Lose More".  For those who don't know who Chris Powell is and his wife Heidi I will explain.  Chris does a show on ABC called Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition where he and his wife help one overly obese person lose weight over the course of a year.  But the thing is they aren't there to just help them lose weight....they help them transform and love themselves so that no matter what failures and hiccups happen along the way (because they do happen to all of us!) it doesn't tear them down and they don't go back to the way they used to be.

So that description is pretty much a nutshell description but you get the idea.  So that's how he wrote his book.  He didn't even start telling how to lose weight until the later chapters...his first chapters explain how important it is to set achieveable goals and do only what you know before you can do so that you don't get disappointed right away from not reaching the goals you set for yourself because when you don't reach them you get discourged and usually end up quitting.  So I followed his instructions and picked one of his really easy goals to do and I started on that end first before getting into the diet and exercise part and during the week I did 15 pushups, sit ups, and squats and during that week I realized that I can do that and I did it! It gave me a huge confidence boost and now I am set on doing this for me and transforming me! I set specific goals and on my way to attaining them! I'm doing carb-cycling and the exercise routines that are set out in Chris's book! I can't wait for my first weigh in on Friday morning and I will let all who read my blog know how my week went on Friday!  Happy healthy week all!