Success! It's your for the taking!!!

It's Monday morning and I'm sitting in my office chair cooling down from this morning's workout!  I'll have to admit that I was scared, skeptical, and just being wimpy about getting on the scale this morning.  Sean, my hubby said, "Don't let the scale scare ya, let it motivate ya."  I knew that there were 3 days last week that I didn't exercise due to my grueling schedule.  Also, I'd made a poor choice or two that I was sure was going to come back and haunt me.

So...I stepped on the scale and.....TWO MORE LBS LOST!  GLory to God!  Yes, I mean that!  Glory to God!  I will give God credit in this because He's what I"m all about anyways.  So Praise God!  I"m the smallest I've been in about 8 years and let me tell ya'll.  I FEEL AMAZING!  I feel more BEAUTIFUL than I have ever felt in my life!  It almost brings me to tears.  I can look at myself in the mirror these days and smile and know that all is well.

Mom would be proud I know.  Also, I have a young woman who has also inspired me.  She's my spiritual mentor.  If I had to speak to her out loud and tell her what she meant to me I'd be a bawling mess.  Her name is Sharon Thomas, President and Founder of Established Footsteps.  She's spoken truth into my life, and encouraged me to get out there and get in shape and if for no other reason, to do it for God's Glory.  I actually got to sit under her teaching of God's Word this weekend and had a blast! 

Success...Where is it coming from?!!!  I can tell you...It first comes from a choice to get up right after Bible reading and prayer and putting on those exercise clothes and hitting the machines whether I want to or not.  Success!  It's yours for the taking!  The first thing you must do is DECIDE to begin and get out there! 

I did and...I"M NINE LBS lighter because of it!!!!!!!!!  The pcture below is Sharon Thomas, my spirtual mentor!

Moved to tears,

Alicia

Put Down the Junk and Your body doesn't get hurt!

If you didn't know I work for Best Buy.  I work up front where the registers are!  Also up front are the snacks, and cokes (in Louisiana, every carbonated drink is a coke no matter what flavor!). 

They have the audacity to sit up there with their pretty little packages and over-sized fonts and call out my name REAL LOUD during the hours of 10-12 normally when I open!  Their voices are annoying...the Nacho Doritos call...Aliicia.....I know I look pretty in my red little bag.  I've miss you Alicia...Just one bag won't hurt you.  Can we be friends again?!!!  Friend  a Dorito girlfriend!!!  That's not the half of it...

THEN the Hersheys with Almond bars have to start sqwaking real loud at me.  I hear them even in the midst of the transaction with my customers!  Chocolate is SEXIER....I have nuts those doritos just have plain orange cheese powder!  I have extreme crunch and remember...I am your favorite candy bar...oh wait I used to be...ALIIIIIIIIIIIIIICIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAAAAA......

All day long temptation is around me.  I have a choice.   Will I give in?!!!  ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!!  I hear their cries from the shelves and my stomach is about 10 times that loud.  It says, EXCUSE ME...DO YOU NOT HEAR ME GRUMBLING DOWN HERE?  Here's your sign woman...I NEED SNACKS NOW give me some!  So...I oblige the stomach with....WATER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  HEHEHE!  It doesn't like it some days but I am the one in charge of this body after God and I will continue to treat it right.

I'm only on week 5 but I'm feeling great! Tempation is always high, but I am kicking temptation's backside one day at a time!  Guess what?!!! I feel GREAT too!

Onward,
Alicia

An update....Time to step it up a notch or two!

Hey guys!  Just a real quick update on where I am in my weight loss journey!  I hopped on the scale this morning and saw that I neither gained nor lost any weight!  That's great news right?!!! Well, it is, but it also means I must step it up a notch to keep the momentum going!

Last week I ate a couple of things that probably didn't help me.  So, this week I will be very disciplined about what I put in my body.  My regimen will change!  My body might be getting used to the regimen so I must continually tweak and peek it to see what works and what doesn't!  The important part is that I'm doing something!

A new food item I tried last week was Jicama.  It's sweet in it's taste.  I cut it up into fries and dipped it in crushed up garlic crouton crumbs.  Pretty good!  Will I eat it again?!!!  Maybe, but the sweetness made me think it's really full of sugar and possibly not so good for me.  I'll do more homework on Jicama soon!

I want to encourage you today that if you're on a weight loss journey to just keep going.  Do not let what the scale reads altar your attitude negatively.  Take it on as a challenge and get out there and kick it up a notch or two!

Have a nice day!  ONWARD!!!!!!!

Alicia :)

DECISION TIME!!!!!!!!

It's Monday and I couldn't be more thrilled!  It's the start of a new week with great potential ahead!  During each week there are 7 days.  During this time frame I have to make decisions on my weight loss.  The biggest one happens to be:  Do I buy that junk screaming at me from my front lanes or do I ignore it and choose to drink water and eat something healthier from home?!!!  I've been ignoring those voices this past week and to my grand surprise I lost 2 lbs!!!! SQUEALLLLLLLLLL!

Another thing that I find is tough is that the beginning of the week is your day to decide to get off my butt and go do my 45 minute exercise routine or to give the same lame excuse...I"m too tired.  WEll, guess what?!!!  This chick kicked the excuse in the backside and gave my 45 minute workout a run for it's money today!

Decisions.  They are where we start on any journey!  We decide to either start or not start something.  Overall no matter what you decide the choice is yours.  I"m here to tell you that yes you can do this!  It's only the first week with a coach!

I met my Wellness coach over the phone today!  A great conversation!  I've agreed to no longer eat any more potato chips, eat less simple starches ( potatoes, chips, crackers, white rice) and learn to eat more whole grain rice and pastas.  I've decided!  What about you?!!

Have an awesome day and remember you hold the key to making life changing decisions, all you have to do is DECIDE and NEVER turn back!

Regards,
Alicia